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bRAD<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Since you were
concerned that we might not get what you were talking about. I’ll tell you how I
interpret it. Then you can tell me whether I got it.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The intermissional
sauna; that’s where we go between incarnations.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The piece leaves it up to the reader to
decide if this is the path for all souls, or whether only a certain breed of
soul does it in the way described.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The incarnations,
which are referred to as assignments, happen in all the environments possible in
the Universe. Maybe also in different dimensions.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The piece explores just a few of the
kinds of existences that are possible. It invites the reader to do some
speculation of their own. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Time is a different
matter in different places. Beings live very brief to astoundingly long periods
when compared with human standards. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">One thing that wasn’t
clear is how immersed these souls were in these variant lives. Do they lose
their awareness of who they really are during an incarnation, or are they kind
of only tasting these lives? <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The ‘clear light’ is
total awareness or enlightenment. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The philosophy follows
the idea that these beings or souls have devolved from their clear
identification of who they are as unlimited consciousnesses<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>and now are undergoing these
assignments of fragmented ways of being in order, eventually, to return to their
original state of godhood, or total identification with God.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The sauna is a process
of cleansing the soul from the traumas and limitations of the various
incarnations. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">A spotlight is focused
upon Humanity. Basically we’re a mixed bag. We’re all mixed up. We are a strange
mix of disasters, unlimited potential, limitations, good, evil, sensitivity,
wisdom and silliness.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Some of the
other incarnations have a healing effect. But it takes a long time in the sauna
to recover from the earthly assignments. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">These assignments
eventually are the means for return to the light. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">One would think that
after a lifetime on Earth as a human, he could get cat and dog straight. On the
other hand, why is he talking English?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">These beings that are
in intermission seem very human to me. They judge and think like humans. Of
course, I don’t know how you would make them sound otherwise, since the writer
is human. Isn’t he? <BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Meet you in the
Intermissional sauna<BR>C By Brad Corallo<BR>Word count 961<BR><BR>"Hello, my
old friend, I have been waiting for you. But where were you, you<BR>look
terrible!" <BR><BR>"I was on a small obscure planet named Earth. I don't
recommend the place at<BR>all. I mean, the planet was beautiful once but the
highest level life forms<BR>have turned the place into a workhouse out of a
Dickens novel." <BR><BR>"What are you talking about and what in the universe is
a "Dickens novel?"<BR><BR>"Oh, sorry, Dickens was a great story teller on Earth.
Hey can someone pour<BR>some more water on those rocks, I really need to cleanse
Earth off myself!"<BR><BR>"Yes, sorry I have been ungracious. More water and a
soft cloud towel for<BR>your comfort." <BR><BR>AH, balm for the returning
warrior. I really do need some to recover from<BR>that last mission."<BR><BR>"Of
course my friend, decompress for as long as you need. I won't bother you<BR>with
annoying questions until you have sloughed off the detritus of your<BR>trying
mission."<BR><BR>"Thanks, I will tell my story after I have chilled in this
lovely warm<BR>place---well you know what I mean." <BR><BR>"So, wake up my
friend it has been one half an era and you appear like your<BR>old self again."
"Yes, thank you I do feel fully unburdened. But how long<BR>have you been here?"
<BR><BR>"Oh, quite a while. My last mission was on Eridani-B-prime where the
life<BR>forms Clantajanet living rock beings have 10 Era long life spans. So, I
had<BR>no trouble getting extended time here in the sauna." <BR><BR>"Well, good
for you. One good thing about these crazy multiple mission<BR>journeys that
we're all on is , they do allow for much quality time in<BR>between."
<BR><BR>"Oh sure, they are very lenient about time. I mean, you could remain
here<BR>for an Eon or two before anyone even began to try to move the process
along.<BR>And, even after this there is the cherishing and channeling to go
through<BR>and that also takes a good long time. When all that is over you are
all gung<BR>ho to choose another suitable mission and take the next step on your
journey<BR>back to The Clearlight."<BR><BR>"Perhaps, but even after all that, I
think I will retain some memory of my<BR>Earth mission. The highest level
beings; they call them humans really, well,<BR>suck!" <BR><BR>"They do what?"
"Oh sorry again just a term they use a lot down there. For<BR>example, when I
was a roving wave lattus on Aldeberon-4, it wasn't the best<BR>of all missions
but at least things made sense there. Earth, forget it! The<BR>creatures
there-wow! They have such great potential but their most important<BR>values are
greed and popular fancy. It is so discouraging!"<BR><BR>"Well yes, that doesn't
sound like much fun. Is it worse than a mission as a<BR>Plutonian cave slug?"
<BR><BR>"Oh yeah, I'd be a PCS anytime over a human. They do have lower life
forms;<BR>I think they call them dats and cogs which are pretty cool. I suggest
if you<BR>are ever mad enough to choose to mission there, be one of those. Just
forget<BR>about being one of those totally frustrating human creatures. You
won't<BR>believe it but they have actually created a mechanism to destroy
their<BR>entire species and much of the planet and its other life
forms."<BR><BR>"Really? I mean, why? Are they extraordinarily
stupid?"<BR><BR>"No, they are not exactly stupid but they don't work and play
well with one<BR>another. They love to create artificial divisions between
groups of<BR>themselves so they can fight."<BR><BR>"Why do they do that? I must
say it sounds pretty stupid to me!"<BR><BR>"I really don't know why. That is the
frustrating part as they also do<BR>things which cause them to appear as beings
with great compassion. It is so<BR>confusing. The dats and cogs try to help them
by offering unconditional love<BR>and the humans do love their pets but they
never learn to extend such love<BR>to each other."<BR><BR>"Wait a minute, what
is a pet?" "Sorry again, I really have to stop using<BR>their expressions. When
a dat or cog lives with them, they call it a pet. I<BR>think this means that
this is a designation that the dat or cog is a<BR>delightful and enjoyable
possession of the human it lives with."<BR><BR>"Very curious and strange! How
can other living beings be possessions?"<BR><BR>"It is even worse than that, in
their recent history, they did the same<BR>thing with members of their own
species."<BR><BR>"Wow, so they have created the means to destroy themselves and
they enslave<BR>their own kind and other intelligent species. I am beginning to
understand<BR>why you have been so affected by your mission there."<BR><BR>"I am
just hoping that when I receive the cherishing and channeling that I<BR>gain a
greater understanding of that place through The Clearlight."<BR><BR>"For your
sake, I hope so too! I would suggest (if it fits your development<BR>profile) a
mission on Synclavier-2 as one of their cloud beings. It is very<BR>peaceful and
you get to observe and learn a lot." <BR><BR>"Well thanks, I will keep that
suggestion in mind and will consider it very<BR>seriously at the time of
choosing. But wait, another of our old companions<BR>has just entered the sauna.
Let us greet our old friend."<BR><BR>"Old friend we both welcome you! But you
look awful. What happened?"<BR><BR>"Oh may The Clearlight preserve me. I just
came from a mission in a terrible<BR>place called."<BR><BR>"Don't say it" said
the first two old friends "I think we can guess! More<BR>water for the
rocks, quickly please!"<BR><BR><BR>Dedicated to the memory and work of Kurt
Vonnegut.<BR>………..</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">#<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>aBBIE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The first thing that
my mind goes to is the last line. which is a question. I must ask, “Why would
the writer ask the question?” What mother would have chosen that her daughter be
blind, or have any handicap? Then I think, “The life path might not have
anything to do with the blindness. “ “However, Can blindness be counted out as a
major factor? Perhaps the question meant to be asked is, “does my mother approve
of what I’ve done with my life, period.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This last line
certainly would generate a lot of discussion in a group of people.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">In the first stanza,
the writer gives a good description of the painting. It offers questions and
insights as to the nature of her mother. But how does the viewer know that the
T.V. program was a soap opera?<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>How
does she know it was blaring? Is the soap opera an analogy to what went on
around the mother, to which she was unresponsive, which could be both good and
bad? Did she have the capacity to look beyond the mundane chaos around her? Or
is she just not sensitive to the family dynamics. Does she turn a blind eye to
her daughter’s issues?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The third stanza says
that the writer wants to believe that her mother is smiling at her from the
picture on the wall.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then she says,
“But … etc.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The ‘but’ seems to be a
negation that a benevolent, approving smile is not likely, because the mother
was everything that the daughter is not. Then the writer lists several of the
positive attributes that her mother had which she (her daughter) does not. Is
that a reason to assume that the mother would not smile approvingly at her?<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The daughter seems to wish that she had
those qualities, especially that of sight.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>So I’m left with many questions about the relationship between these two
women. Am I reading too much between the lines? Does the author intend these
ambivalences? The relationship between parents and children are often, if not
always complex and full of mixed feelings. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">It is because of these
unanswered questions that the piece is powerful.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR>PORTRAIT OF MY
MOTHER<BR><BR><BR>One hot Arizona summer afternoon,<BR>clad only in bathing
suit,<BR>ensconced in her favorite red armchair,<BR>hands at her sides,
relaxed,<BR>as if not being painted,<BR>she smiled at no one in
particular,<BR>gazed into space,<BR>not at the television<BR>blaring a 1960's
soap opera.<BR><BR>Now, almost fifty years later,<BR>I want to believe that in
death,<BR>she smiles at me<BR>from my Wyoming kitchen wall,<BR>but she was
everything I'm not,<BR>a perfectionist, pretty, witty,<BR>and most
important,<BR>she could see better than me.<BR>Would she have chosen my life's
path?<BR>…………….<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">This poem captures the
essence of a series of scenarios.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>It is exquisite. The pictures are unrelated to each other. It is like
walking through an art gallery, pausing to observe and absorb each one
separately. They are all captivating in their own ways. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Great title. It puts
things in perspective immediately.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">First verse, second
line: I like generous better than large nose. Maybe it’s ethnic
bias.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The last line of verse
one should be broken into two lines. Its present length is out of keeping with
the line lengths of the rest of the verse.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Second Verse, line 2:
I think it would be better if you left out ‘one.’ So it would read “cold cup of
coffee in hand.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Second verse,
4<SUP>th</SUP> line: I love the short, clipped and powerful effect of this line.
It works well to be shorter than the other lines.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>“Where is he?”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Next line: I’m not
sure you need the words, “no communication.” You’ve already said that in the
line above.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The rest of the line
adds to the picture and the emotion, as does the last line in the
verse.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">The last verse is
beautiful. I don’t know if you did it on purpose, but I love the continuous roll
of the rs throughout the verse.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">When No One's
There<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><BR><BR>1. He sits in
the oversized recliner<BR>2. glasses crooked on large nose<BR>3. as he dozes,
head bowed,<BR>4. newspaper in a disarray of pages around his slippered
feet<BR><BR>5. She paces the livingroom<BR>6. cold cup of coffee in one
hand<BR>7.as she checks her phone for a text--<BR>8. Where is he?<BR>9. no
communication, dinner dry in oven<BR>10. with the late news on the
television<BR><BR>11. they Thshare a room--<BR>12 twin girls in second
grade,<BR>13 longg dark hair spread against their pillows<BR>14 as Marcy sleeps
curled on her side,<BR>15. Mazie's blue eyes stare at the dark
ceiling<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">16. cat settles his
long body<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>in the center of the
coverlet,<BR>17. stretches and prepares himself for a<BR>18. dreamy, exquisite
nap<BR style="mso-special-character: line-break"><BR
style="mso-special-character: line-break"></SPAN></P>
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