[Thespiritexpress] Simplicity In Tears

[Toni Bernbaum]

Wow.  I love this so much, Ed.…..its like a photo in words…..a picture of a poem….an image out from the emptiness we all created and then it dissolved and now its back in this form……♥️

> On Apr 21, 2026, at 5:02 PM, Ed Balldinger via Thespiritexpress <thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org> wrote:
> 
> Greetings and Blessings to All ~ 
> 
> I was moved by some remarks by Rabbi Yasskin in our Recognition Sutras class today which lead to this observational poem I wrote from notes and other remarks made today.  It's my intention to read it in class next Tuesday in the yurt.  
> 
> Peace and harmony to all, 
> 
> ~ Ed 
> 
> Simplicity In Tears
>  
> There’s a sutra class
> on Tuesday in a yurt.
> Do I recognize it?
>  
> There are feelings of love.
> There are feelings that hurt.
>  
> There is one soul
> woven so close together
> it can’t tell itself from
> the thread of itself
> in an integrated garment
> ever wanting to be shed. 
>  
> There is one moment
> for each breath.
>  
> There is relief with
> every kind touch.
>  
> There is simplicity
> in rice and tea –
> and I cry.*
>  
>  
> Edgar Z. Balldinger
>    April 21, 2026
>      © Nublin’s Pub, 2026
>  
> 
> [*] <x-msg://7/#_ftnref1> Rabbi Yasskin
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Thespiritexpress mailing list
> Thespiritexpress at lists.mcn.org
> https://lists.mcn.org/mailman/listinfo/thespiritexpress

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/thespiritexpress/attachments/20260421/3034d366/attachment.htm>