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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">G'day fellow participants at
WOS2002 and All</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I 'happened' on </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0LpKT_-Kmw" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">this song</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> recently through hearing Greg Champion,
</span><a href="http://gregchampion.com.au/music/"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a well known singer and song writer</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> in Australia, on our local radio
in Adelaide. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For it
captures the grief experienced when most of the lovely little town of
Marysville (near Melbourne) in which WOS2002 was held was destroyed in a huge
bushfire in 2009.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">After playing the song several
times it came over to me as a beautifully crafted and poignant reminder of the
wondrous time which was had by those who were fortunate and privileged to participate
in this particular international get together of OST practitioners.<span style>  </span>And of how ephemeral life can be. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The venue for our gathering, the
majestic largely wooden construction Marylands Hotel - in the heart of
Marysville - suited our purposes beautifully, not least as we all housed under
one roof. One of my favourite memories was going on a night walk in the nearby
forest. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">There was nothing left of
Marylands after the 2009 fire. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A sense of this place, its
setting, and the process of the WOS event can be seen in </span><a href="http://openspaceworld.ning.com/video/wosonosinoz-2002"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">this exquisite little video</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> made by David Smith. <span style> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Also
featured in the video is the facilitator of the event, Fr Brian Bainbridge. Brian,
as many would recall fondly, was a staunch promoter of OST and attended every
WOS up until WOS2009 held in Taipei in Taiwan. Sadly he died shortly after
this.</span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please pass this on if you wish
to others who you consider may appreciate seeing and hearing it. <span style> </span></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Looking forward. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Go well</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alan</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Alan Stewart, PhD<br>
</span><a href="http://www.multimindsolutions.com"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">www.multimindsolutions.com</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br>
</span><a href="http://conversare.net"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Conversare.net</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <br>
Adelaide </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">‘If there’s dancing count me in.’</span></p>

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