Finn's bear is safe

Tue Aug 5 08:01:58 PDT 2008

Matilda...the bear is a he and his name is Rudon, and here is a picture of
him in Chinatown with his best friend.:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chriscorrigan/2734972549/

Cheers,

Chris

On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 2:41 AM, Matilda Leyser <mleyser at mac.com> wrote:

> Hi Caitlin, Chris, Finn, Bear and all,
> I have been very moved by this story and your ways of telling it too.
>
> As I mentioned in the closing circle I am in the process of trying to come
> down myself, from the aerial heights I threw myself up to and got stuck in
> over recent years, so I, for one, identify with the bear. I am encouraged
> and heartened by his journey (is it a he? Does he/she have a name?).
> Home-coming can indeed take a long time, but your bear helps me to trust
> that it really does happen at the right time.
>
> Thank you Bear, Finn and all of you for helping me have faith in this
> metaphorical ladder I am slowly descending towards home and safety....
>
> Matilda xxx
>
>
> On 5 Aug 2008, at 05:32, Phelim McDermott wrote:
>
> Hi Chris,
> This email brings on tears for me.
>
> This makes me think of Matilda's slow bear walk at the end of her circle
> which Wilhem taught her..  a bear,s rhythm has a different attitude to
> time... and who knows when a bear might come home.. and it also makes me
> think of Shakespeare's Cymbeline:
>
> Jupiter:
>
> Upon your withering banks of flowers.
> Be not with mortal accidents opprest;
> No care of yours it is, you know 'tis ours
> Whom best i love i cross, To make my gift,
> The more delayed, delighted.
>
> However...  lord knows what i'd do if my Monkey went up and didn't come
> down!
>
> Phelim
>
>
>
> On 4 Aug 2008, at 18:31, Chris Corrigan wrote:
>
> Hi Christy,
>
> I was thinking of that too - and merging with the "whatever happens is the
> only thing that could have happened" conversation that is floating about.
> Holding that principle inside actually helped me to be fully present with
> Finn in his emotions when it happened - that combination of a fully open
> heart and a mind open to the not knowing how it would or even should turn
> out but trusting of what is happening, noticing how the result was a very
> strong connection (being present for Finn, not feeling the need to squash or
> distract his emotional response as it moved through various stages of shock
> and grief to calm and possibility) and full availability for wise action
> (getting the help we needed to get the bear down if possible).  I was also
> able to appreciate the beauty of what the moment was also bringing: of
> Finn's feelings, what he was learning about gravity, surprise, being able to
> be sad and how many people care about him among other gifts.
>
> It also strikes me as an example of trusting and allowing longer stretches
> of time for events to unfold and not judging their rightness or wrongness on
> what is happening in the moment - thus less of an impulse arises to control
> the outcome.  Finn's bear was with us in our thoughts in a different way on
> our camping trip, Finn is now thinking of the people who used some enormous
> ladder to retrieve his bear, his new friend Jeff driving to the Presidio to
> fetch is beloved bear, carefully wrapping and sending it home to us.  When
> the bear arrives - we are all changed by the experience in our own way - and
> it takes weeks to unfold.  Sometimes things take years, decades, centuries
> and we can't possibly track all the ways "whatever happened" in that
> particular moment plays into the bigger design of it all.  Even things as
> small or momentarily disastrous as a lost teddy bear.
>
> Anyway - lots of philosophy for a travelling bear.....  but we were ripe
> for it after some great days in Open Space.
>
> See you soon,
>
> Caitln.
>
> On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:38 PM, Christy Lee-Engel <cdleee at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear Caitlin,
>>
>> How good to know that Finn's bear is on its way home!
>>
>> It makes me think about the place of the Bear in the Open Space menagerie.
>> Maybe something about patience and endurance in love? Going away for a while
>> and coming home at last? Something about the sometimes quick, sometimes
>> slow, cyclical rhythm of exuberance, and sadness, and celebration?
>>
>> Thank you for sharing the happy resolution!
>>
>> love, Christy
>>
>> --
>> Christy Lee-Engel, ND, LAc
>> Seattle, WA
>> 206.399.0868
>> http://lifecultivatinglife.blogspot.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 11:59 PM, Caitlin Frost <caitlin.frost at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> In the very last minutes of OsOnOs in San Francisco - our son Finn tossed
>>> his teddy bear into the air in a joyful moment and astonishingly it did not
>>> come down again as it had landed in the lighting bowl way up in the
>>> ceiling.  There were many tears and the summoning of the longest ladders and
>>> kind helpers but nothing could reach his beloved bear, and we headed out on
>>> our camping trip sans bear with a sad boy.
>>> This week the big ladders were called in and the staff at the Presidio
>>> rescued Finn's bear, and Jeff Aitken is kindly mailing him home for Finn.
>>> Thanks Jeff!
>>> Just wanted to give the happy ending to those of you who were there and
>>> helping and consoling.
>>> All is well and Finn sends out his thanks for all your help.
>>>
>>> Thanks again for a great time in San Francisco.  It was wonderful to
>>> finally meet so many of you.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Caitlin.
>>>
>>> --
>>> "It all turns out to be a gift."
>>> Byron Katie.
>>>
>>> CAITLIN M FROST
>>> Facilitation, Coaching, Project Management,
>>> Principal - Harvest Moon Consultants Ltd.
>>>
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