<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">I wake up <div class="">and breathe with you</div><div class="">with love.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thank you for the potent message.You cook a great goulash!</div><div class="">R<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 20, 2024, at 13:11, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org" class="">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><font size="4" class="">Thank you for the privilege of studying, creating and reading together in Tuesday Pathwork class. Between shaking yoga, meditation and class time, I'm often inspired to write what wells up within me and comes gushing out in what I sometimes call, "goulash poetry" - lots of many things baked into one dish! </font><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">I wrote most of this piece a few weeks ago during and after a Tuesday Pathwork session - thank you everyone for your delectable influences through experiences in our lives together.</font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">Peace, love and blessings, </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class="">~ Ed </font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class=""><font size="4" class=""> </font><u style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt" class=""><span style="font-size:18pt" class="">For Those About To
Partake…</span></u></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">Here, on this plate before
us – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">the dish, the cup, the
fern in the forest – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">and to Rosa Parks who said,
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">“I <u class="">will</u> <u class="">not</u>
move to the back of this bus,”</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">–
you stood so tall while remaining seated – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">Thank you, Sister Rosa</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">! </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">Here, at the feast of humanity’s
table – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">there are portions for the
ailing and the able; </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">we can share with the
young and the old; </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">the tipping gypsy, the
impermanently stable – </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">each<i class="">
</i>one of us bold enough to sing </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">in
our symphonically unified distorted voice – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">one song</span></i><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">.</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">For those about to partake
–</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">each piece we cause to shake,
</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">creates a more full union
– </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">one
harmonic hum at a time – </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">an abundant bliss of
eternal peace with every soul – </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">table
or not, <i class="">here we come</i>. </span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">For those about to receive
this time –</span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">stay…
give… go… </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: 0.5in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">now, wake up.</span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">Evolution clears a murky
mind </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">this very moment, shifting
every universe </span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">ever made manifest </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class="">into
one breath at a time. </span></div><div style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> <i class="">Huu…aayyy…iiii-aaayyy</i></span></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><a name="_Hlk37055206" class=""><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=""> August 1-19, 2024</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><i class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class=""> ©
Nublin’s Pub, 202</span></i><i class=""><span style="font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"" class="">4</span></i></div><p class="gmail-MsoNoSpacing" style="margin:0in;font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt" class=""> </span></p></div>
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