Love this Christy. I'm at a loss. Chris was dear to me in those years as well sharing poems and beautiful images and mutual friends. And I too never got to meet him in person.
Chris ___________ CHRIS CORRIGAN www.chriscorrigan.com > On Sep 21, 2017, at 4:50 PM, Christy Lee-Engel via OSList > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Birgitt. > > I am so deeply sad to hear about Chris. It will be a regret of a lifetime > that I never got to meet him in person. > > Years ago, Chris and Ashley Cooper and Eiwor and Jeff Aitken and I spent some > exquisite months together touching minds and hearts from our different parts > of the world, in the Open Space of Chris' long gone blog, Metaphorest Walk. > > Here is a poem he sent me when he decided to spend less time online and close > his blog. So many blessings. So so sad. > > candlemas > for christy > Feb 3 2005 > > The project of building is the project of ten thousand lifetimes. > but looking deeply, we see it has already been realized. > The wonderful wheel of transformation is always leading us ahead. > Take my hand and you will see that we have been present together > for a long time in this wonderful existence — Thich Nhat Hanh > > placing in your hands a message > not sealed like an envelope, but open > like a flower: > > i have arrived > i am home > > home safe, home free > > journeys there are > on the cliff-edge above the sea > that require leaving home, > that require their own ending > > through my smoldering thickets i returned > to these exquisite ruddy stone garden walls, > stepped through the archway > > beloved eyes met, beloved hands touched, > an ancient branch of seed pods was given me, > each pod the keeper of a fierce > & delicate rainbow flame. > did you not know, she asked, > that this is yours, > that each flames’ life breath > arrives through you? > > this anxiety today > moment of candlemas > home safe, home free > each breath a prayer > alight in gratitude > in transformation > a blessing sent > a blessing > received > > > > 2611 NE 125th St, Ste 240 > Seattle, WA 98125 > Clinic: 206.708.7172 > Cell: 206.399.0868 > > >> On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 4:42 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Ah very sad. Thank you for posting the news Birgitt. Chris shared his >> remarkable creative soul with us and this was such a gift. Blessings on all >> touched by him. >> >> Jeff >> San Francisco >> >> >>> On Sep 21, 2017 4:23 PM, "Birgitt Williams via OSList" >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> dear friends and colleagues, >>> I have not seen posts about the passing of our good friend Chris Weaver and >>> so with deep respect and love for Chris, I note his passing here. Funeral >>> will be Sunday in Asheville, North Carolina for this truly beautiful man >>> who contributed so much to humanity, especially the youth....and to all of >>> us who knew him. >>> >>> Feeling such profound sadness, >>> Birgitt >>> -- >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Birgitt Williams >>> >>> >>> >>> President & Senior Consultant of Dalar International Consultancy, Inc. >>> >>> http://www.dalarinternational.com >>> >>> Co-founder of the Extraordinary Leadership Network >>> http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com >>> >>> Co-founder of the Genuine Contact™program and author of The Genuine Contact >>> Way: Nourishing a Culture of Leadership http://www.genuinecontactway.com >>> >>> >>> Co-owner of the Genuine Contact Co-owners Group Ltd. >>> http://www.genuinecontact.net >>> >>> >>> >>> Supporting leadership development for leading in a culture requiring >>> agility and flexibility in a performance environment of constant change. >>> >>> >>> >>> Leadership development at your own pace? Become a member of the >>> Extraordinary Leadership Network >>> http://www.extraordinaryleadershipnetwork.com to participate in an online >>> leadership development program designed to increase the leadership skills >>> and capacity you need to perform in a performance environment of constant >>> change. >>> >>> >>> >>> PO Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619 >>> >>> phone: 1-919-522-7750 >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >> > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > Past archives can be viewed here: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
_______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
