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<p>So much gratitude and thankfulness for everyone's presence in the
journey we are having. <br>
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<p>Carlie<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/24/22 1:24 PM, Toni Bernbaum via
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<div class="">Dear Ed and Beloved Community, </div>
<div class="">Thank you for your poem of inspiration….</div>
<div class="">Sending a shout out for poetry, rhyme and serious
silliness! So many blessings to have and to share……</div>
<div class="">so grateful for all of you and beyond……wishing you
all a beautiful day of gratitude, knowing everyday is indeed</div>
<div class="">a day to celebrate our blessings……enjoy this sun,
your familiy and friends and as we love to remind ourselves…</div>
<div class="">keep opening wider, empty out the old limitations,
give and recieve like never before.</div>
<div class="">With only love, </div>
<div class="">T</div>
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<div class="">Another Thanksgiving, Still Here</div>
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well, Indeedy you got that licken stick
<div class="">shakin me awake</div>
<div class="">this hunger is legitimate</div>
<div class="">the earth is gonna quake</div>
<div class="">the ground will swell</div>
<div class="">the clouds will fall </div>
<div class="">and we, all in all good faith</div>
<div class="">shall around the table gather</div>
<div class="">with mirthful lips upon our face.</div>
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<div class="">These empty hands, these empty bowls </div>
<div class="">offered from this empty place</div>
<div class="">oh fill my heart with hearty soup </div>
<div class="">stirred with spoons of twirling grace</div>
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<div class="">warm my toes</div>
<div class="">and glisten my eyes</div>
<div class="">and fill again my soul </div>
<div class="">my thankful cup runneth over and over</div>
<div class="">into this community bowl. </div>
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via Thespiritexpress <<a
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<div dir="ltr" class="">Great soup kitchen minglings
here, good people!
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<div class="">Thanks for showing me a soul kitchen
that I've not identified with for some time.
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<div class="">Ladle up! These are good eats! </div>
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<div class="">~ Ed </div>
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at 7:33 PM Riantee Rand <<a
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<div class="">Oh Ed -
<div class="">I am still here <span
style="font-size:15px" class="">–– with you!</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size:15px"
class=""><i class="">Very good soup!</i><br
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<div class="">On Nov 22, 2022, at 13:43, Ed
Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <<a
href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org"
target="_blank"
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<div class="">
<div dir="ltr" class="">I was so happy to
have our grandson, Jayden, join us for
Shaking Yoga and Meditation this morning
before his buddies came and picked him
up for some time in the park. He did
real good!
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<div class="">This is a poem that
meditation and Pathwork of
Self-Transformation class inspired in
me today. Always a pleasure studying
with you all. </div>
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<div class="">Blessings, </div>
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<div class="">~ Ed </div>
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<div class="">
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""><u class=""><span
style="font-size:16pt" class="">Still
Here</span></u></div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – scratching
on the walls of yesterday. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – knocking
on the doors of tomorrow. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – embracing
so many moments now. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – like I
always thought I was before. </div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">This shift in my steady
reflection leaves </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">my acceptance tipped in
favor of staying. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">Here, hold my soul in your
hands and warm </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">it from within before it
freezes in time, help me.</div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">This shift in my idealized
self is a walk through </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">the kitchen pantry looking
to pull some of my own </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">imperfection off the shelf
of unknowing and whip up </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">a new batch of humble pie
to serve myself freely.</div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">Yes, I’m still here –
tasting each expectation. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – lathering
every dirty spot to wash. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – in
contemplative instigation.</div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I’m still here – cradling
the infancy of my true self. </div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">The more I look into this
melding mirror, </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">the more I become one with
<i class="">mirror living</i>. </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">The more I dissolve this
image, the more </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">it becomes its own
deflected reflection.</div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">When I recognize
impossibility in its full dress, </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">I wanna head back to the
kitchen of my soul, </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">stir the pot on the stove
top, tasting implicitly </div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class="">the spices of truth, space
and being here now.</div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<div
style="text-indent:0.5in;margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""><i class="">Soup’s on!! </i></div>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
<p
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""> </p>
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style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""><a
name="m_-5878848287452327701_m_-2710504329821424631__Hlk37055206"
class="" moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class="">Edgar Z.
Balldinger </span></a></div>
<div
style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"
class=""><span
style="font-family:"Monotype
Corsiva"" class="">November
22, 2022</span></div>
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