<div dir="auto">Thank you Mark. That was very moving to me in the moment I was in. I really needed to absorb that. Thank you for sharing. <div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">~ Edward </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Mar 31, 2025, 5:45 PM Yasskin Marc via Thespiritexpress <<a href="mailto:thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org">thespiritexpress@lists.mcn.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space"><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">Something that seems to keep popping up lately ~</div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Was on my desk this morning.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">Has always been my firm conviction</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">that we are informed at the deepest levels</div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">by our Compassion.</div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal">w/love,</div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none">~m. 🙏 💛⚡️</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><br></span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal"><span style="font-kerning:none"><img alt="IMG_0026.jpg" id="m_-8225169407851792798F53846B8-10C2-4198-8FE4-5068C2DF9148" src="cid:3EDE4E74-19FA-4020-BBD8-499C4970A868@lan"></span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:12px;line-height:normal;font-family:Helvetica;min-height:14px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">It is by going down into the abyss</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">that we recover the treasures of life.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">Where you stumble</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">there lies your treasure.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">The very cave you are afraid to enter</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">turns out to be the source of</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">what you are looking for.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">The damned thing in the cave</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">that was so dreaded</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">has become the center.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">You find the jewel</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">and it draws you off.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">In loving the spiritual</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">you cannot despise the earthly.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">The purpose of the journey</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">is compassion.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">When you have come past </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">the pairs of opposites</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">you have reached compassion.</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">The goal </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">is to bring the jewel back to the world</span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-kerning:none">to join the two things together.  </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS""><span style="font-stretch:normal;line-height:normal;font-family:"Apple Color Emoji"">🌟</span><span style="font-kerning:none">  </span></div><div style="margin:0px;text-align:center;font-stretch:normal;font-size:20px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";min-height:28px"><span style="font-kerning:none"></span><br></div><div style="text-align:center"></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">It is by going down into the abyss</div><div style="text-align:center">that we recover the treasures of life.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">Where you stumble</div><div style="text-align:center">there lies your treasure.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">The very cave you are afraid to enter</div><div style="text-align:center">turns out to be the source of</div><div style="text-align:center">what you are looking for.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">The damned thing in the cave</div><div style="text-align:center">that was so dreaded</div><div style="text-align:center">has become the center.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">You find the jewel</div><div style="text-align:center">and it draws you off.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">In loving the spiritual</div><div style="text-align:center">you cannot despise the earthly.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">The purpose of the journey</div><div style="text-align:center">is compassion.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">When you have come past </div><div style="text-align:center">the pairs of opposites</div><div style="text-align:center">you have reached compassion.</div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">The goal </div><div style="text-align:center">is to bring the jewel back to the world</div><div style="text-align:center">to join the two things together.  </div><div style="text-align:center"><br></div><div style="text-align:center">🌟  </div><br><br></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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