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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>And Raven asked:</span></font><font size=2
color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";
color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]></span></font><font
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size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>Will they ever be ready for it?</span></font><font
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"Courier New";color:navy;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>Creator answered, they may not, but you will, for you
know the great</span></font><font size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:navy;mso-color-alt:
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size=2 color=navy face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Courier New";color:navy'>emptiness they have chosen to make in their hearts.</span></font><font
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Signature" <span style='mso-element:field-separator'></span></span></font></span><![endif]--><b><font
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mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AvantGarde Md BT";color:#3366FF;
font-weight:bold'>K e n<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"AvantGarde Md BT";
color:#3366FF;font-weight:bold'>Peace is Security<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:black'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Winston Kinch<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, December 29, 2001
7:03 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Sioux Legend</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>I was
struck by the wisdom in this little story when it was sent to
me several months ago (apologies if it has already been on the
list). I'm not sure <em><i>exactly</i></em> how it relates to Open
Space, but I sense it may have something to do with 'expanding one's Now'.
I offer it as something to ponder as we prepare to cross the boundary into
a new year...</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black;
mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Shalom</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Winston</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><em><b><i><font size=3 color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Creator said…</span></font></i></b></em><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;mso-color-alt:
windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Creator gathered all of creation and
said, I want to hide something from the humans until they are ready for
it. It is the realization that they create their own reality.</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>The Eagle said, Give it to me, I will take
it to the moon. Creator said, No one day they will go there and find
it. The Salmon said, I will hide it on the bottom of the ocean. No, they
will go there too. The Buffalo said, I will bury it on the great
plains. Creator said, They will cut into the skin of the earth and find
it. <br style='mso-special-character:line-break'>
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margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Then Grandmother Mole, who lives in the
breast of Mother Earth, and who has no physical eyes but sees with spiritual
eyes, said, Put it inside them. And Creator said: It is done. <br
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