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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please hold the talking stick a while longer,
Florian,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>it rests well with you</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a baton for the authority of
gentleness;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a wand of magic wonder at the
universe;</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a beacon of the power of innocence.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here it is autumn. This place is buried in a
mist.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Human spirits are weighed in sorrow, anger and
confusion. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Where is the energy to heal wounded hearts,
bodies</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and relationships of a fractured
world?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Does 'progress' yield no more than a bigger
stage</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>for the magnified interplay of ancient human
enmities?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who but humans create hell in
paradise?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Look quietly and listen. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can we sense, might we gather</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the energy of plant beings, to gently break the
concrete</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>that lies across men's souls?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the perception of animal beings, to prize
a path through</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>our willfulness of plenty, our anxiety of
want?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can we revere with any humility </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the abundance of our mother,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>the generous earth </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>who denies us nothing </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and who waits, enduring in patience, for
honour and respect?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Can we again dance and dazzle in the sun
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as brilliant children of eternity?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Not long ago this List spoke of a
next Buddha as a collective.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Who shall find such form, such freedom, such
discipline?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Perhaps it is time to walk without
knowing, </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>to hold out our questions </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>as petals on a treasured flower</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>which at the brink of rage </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>awakens care and tenderness</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and is gone</FONT></DIV>
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