--- Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dear Sponsors and Friends, > I can feel that Nature utilized our move for some > deep clearing out on both an individual and cosmic > level. Hmmm. Just another story, perhaps. Why do we tell ourselves such silly tales? > Although > we > miss the beautiful NC mountains, life feels simplier > here beneath wide-open Iowa s kies. We are finally > free of the complexities of the Kaplans, Ahhh, I think that needs to be re-worded as the complexities of MMY. and have > gained the blessed coherence of the domes. Our > Fairfield friends have given us an enthusiastic > welcome. Even though we are a few miles "out" on the > prairie, and don't see them often, we can feel the > warmth here. > That warmth came in handy during the past few > weeks > of subzero temperatures and ice storms! I can only > describe it as being like an explorer, holding down > a > barren outpost in Antarctica...the wind whipping > around the long line of our "barracks", the flat ice > fields stretching endlessly in all directions...one > kept wondering,"is this the moon?" Break out the Prozac, Martha, I'm gettin' depressed again! > Then,I'd notice tiny lights of farms on the > horizon, and the startling clarity of many more tiny > lights forming the constellations above. > Quickly,the > realization would come...no,not the moon, > "This is Iowa!" > The joke circulating in Fairfield was that Mother > Divine's influence lowered the entr opy and thus the > temperatures. Whatever the case, the transcendent > was > a nice place to cozy up in when the winds blew. :) Who cozies up to what? Oh, your I-thought enjoys its attachment to a particular condition of mind. > The time indoors gave Mother Divine lots of > opportunity for unpacking,interior decorating, and > spontaneous popcorn parties. Now our barracks feel > much more like cottages---and home. > Personally, I've been enjoying greater silence > and > nice breakthroughs in program, and I know I'm not > alone in this. After 30 years of "breakthroughs" you need a good Zen Master to kick your attachment: "Quick, you silly whore, what is your original face?" __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
