This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_883853261_boundary Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Hi Brian, I am very grateful for your reply, and intend to follow through and experiment with your program (which sounds ingerently experimental in the best way). You are a profound example of the efficacy of your approach, with 19 years to back it! Incidentally, the file I enclosed was in microsoft word. I usually put it in simpletext because the mw doesn't download easily. So I have attached a simpletext version for the list. Thank you again. More later. Wes --part0_883853261_boundary Content-ID: <[log in to unmask]> Content-type: text/plain; name="p chronicles st" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Content-disposition: inline =0DNote: The following brief history of my interaction with Parkinson=D5s= Disease =0Dis all in limericks. It is part of my continuing effort to se= e the serious through=0Dthe playful, and to demonstrate that every circum= stance we face offers us=0Dchoices to how we can respond.=0D=0D=0DTHE PAR= KINSON CHRONICLES=0Dor=0DPARKY. ME AND ENTROPY=0D=0D=0DMy hands started s= haking in class.=0DIt would last for a spell, and then pass.=0DBut I thou= ght I should check =0DIt out, what the heck!=0DIf I don=D5t and I=D5m sic= k, I=D5m an ass.=0D=0DFor just suppose on down the road.=0DI have a bizar= re episode=0DWith some rare disease=0DThey can cure in a breeze =0DIf it= =D5s caught in its premature mode.=0D=0DSo I sat in a room in the sun,=0D= Anxiety? Virtually none.=0DThen a Dr. Van Dyne=0DSaid, =D2From all of the= signs,=0DI=D5m quite sure you=D5ve got Parkinson=D5s.=D3=0D=0DOn being = thus apprised of the state =0DOf my health, =D2Oh my God! That=D5s just g= reat!=D3=0DWas the thought that emerged. =0DAnd my feelings then surged= =0DAnd pathetically cried, =D2Awful fate!=D3=0D=0DBut that lasted only a = moment =0DAnd before those emotions could foment=0DAn unending ditty=0DOf= useless self-pity=0DI felt a transcending bestowment=0D=0D=0DAnd a voice= from inside seemed to say,=0D=D2What a great chance to learn and to play= !=0DYou have a strong bent=0DFor experiment=0DAnd this one=D5s beginning = today!=D3=0D=0DAnd then from that place deep inside,=0DSomething lifted m= e, gave me a ride,=0DThat continues today.=0DSupporting my way=0DLike a p= layful, but challenging guide.=0D=0DThe experience was clear and direct:= =0DIt went beyond cause and effect,=0DSaying, =D2Change your intent=0DSea= rch for the complement, =0DGive your new partner respect.=D3=0D=0DThe wor= th of that counsel has grown,=0DAnd though everything was unknown, =0DAnd= I was confused, =0DI never refused =0DThe advice for I knew=0DSomehow it= was true=0DAnd I needed to make it my own!=0D=0DAnd little by little I l= earned=0DA lesson good health never earned:=0DTo seek opportunity=0DEvery= where, unity=0DWaits to be fully discerned=0D=0DAnd so as the Parkinson= =D5s grew =0DMy ride became flight, and I flew, =0DAnd my guide from insi= de=0DBegan to confide =0DIn me, things that were old and yet new.=0D=0D= =0D=0D=0DI awakened at 4 every morning=0DIn the past I=D5d have gone into= mourning =0DSo what a surprise =0DWhen I opened my eyes=0DTo feel pleasu= re the dawning adorning.=0D=0DAnd I wrote and I wrote and I wrote,=0DWhat= felt like a very long quote=0DFrom my inner advisor=0DA daily surpriser,= =0DTo worry, a sure antidote.=0D=0DAnd as for regret and despair, =0DThe = advice was, =D2Pretend you don=D5t care!=0DThen care with a will=0DTill y= ou=D5ve had your fill=0DThen don=D5t care and care and don=D5t care!=0D= =0D=D2When you can care/not care with ease,=0DBlend those stark antithese= s=0DCreate combinations=0DThat knit bifurcation=D5s=0DTill your journey t= ransforms to a breeze!=0D=0D=D2Now Parkinson=D5s is an affliction=0DThat = can seem a foul malediction,=0DIf you fix on its flaw=0DAnd let regret gn= aw=0DAt your heart without interdiction.=0D=0DIf you seek out the value i= nstead,=0DWith the following plan, you=D5ll be led=0DTo a new point of vi= ew=0DBeyond false and true,=0DThat will help get you out of your head. = =0D=0DFirst, describe how your life was before=0DParky tried to make less= out of more=0DAnd then make a second =0DDescription to reckon=0DWhat Par= ky allowed you to score.=0D=0D=0DMy life had been habit, well-known,=0DPr= edictable; I had not grown=0DIn meaningful ways =0DFor years, and the gla= ze=0DOf the known glibly banned the unknown.=0D=0DBut since Parky I=D5d c= ome to know =0DSomething more than the mere status quo:=0DA flow non-habi= tual=0DFree of dead ritual=0DAnd again I had started to grow!=0D=0DWhen I= put those two lists side by side=0DI found it a snap to decide=0DWhich o= ne I preferred=0DBut preferred is absurd=0DI loved where I=D5d come to re= side.=0D=0DThen one day I suddenly knew=0DIf I could go back and undo=0DT= his so-called disease=0DI=D5d refuse, for the ease=0DOf the habits of old= =0DWere surpassed by the bold=0DRevelations that lived in the new. =0D=0D= The voice is my higher observer,=0DOf gifts and conundrums a server=0DHe = is me and not me=0DBut for all he=D5s taught me=0DI seldom feel like a de= server.=0D=0DBut I am no dummy! A gift=0DThat gives me a much needed lift= =0DWhenever I ask=0DI accept, and I=D5ll bask=0DIn it, happy that I=D5m n= ot adrift.=0D=0DI wont fret about what I=D5ve done=0DTo earn it for it=D5= s like the sun;=0DIt lightens my way,=0DNot asking for pay,=0DOr a fee wh= en its course has been run.=0DAs Shakespeare said, if we all got=0DWhat w= e truly deserve who would not=0DReceive a good whipping=0DFor their lifem= anshipping:=0DSo gratitude should be our lot. =0D=0DAnd if we ask, =D2Wha= t should be sought?=D3=0DThe answer is clear, =D2Have we caught,=0DThe le= arning that=D5s there?=D3=0DAnd if we ask =D2Where?=D3=0DWe=D5re the teac= her, the subject, the taught!=0D=0DOf course we must practice attending = =0DTo the teaching that teacher is sending=0DThe lesson is clear=0DDespit= e what we fear,=0DWe can find a pathway ascending.=0D=0DOn the inside, of= course, not the outer,=0DThough the inner is not a great shouter,=0DIts = voice will grow stronger=0DThe longer and longer=0DWe practice not being = a doubter.=0D=0DThe lessons aren=D5t learned on the spot=0DI ran into tha= t truth a lot=0DFor my four AM buzz=0DBy noon turned to fuzz=0DAnd its pr= esence was no longer hot.=0D=0DA dense, and delimiting fog=0DWould arise= and effectively clog=0DMy relative mind=0DWhich felt in a bind=0DAnd sta= rted a tense monologue=0D=0DFor the mind felt its loss of control,=0DAnd = knew it must learn a new role=0DAs only one part=0DOf a Whole with a hear= t=0DAnd a body, and spirit and soul!=0D=0D=0DThe new information it knew= =0DWas beyond it, and yet it was true!=0DThe mind could receive it,=0DBut= could not conceive it,=0DAnd that made the mind feel blue.=0D =0DAnd we = two thought that =D2This is a time,=0DWhen you wake with a vision sublime= ,=0DAnd scribble it down.=0DQuite sure that you=D5ve found=0DA brilliant = new paradigm!=0D=0DBut when you wake up the next day,=0DTo see what your = note has to say,=0DYour fresh, eager eyes=0DSee this dubious prize:=0D=D2= The universe is a great play!=D3=0D=0DSo when I went home I expected =0DT= o read through my work all dejected=0DBut instead what I found =0DWas oft= en profound =0DAnd never could be disrespected.=0D=0DMy mind even found i= t exciting:=0D=D2Why not?=D3 it said, =D2I did the writing!=0DI have to r= educe it,=0DAnd then introduce it.=0DThough I only edit=0DI=D5ll take all= the credit=D3=0D(I must interrupt,=0DMy mind=D5s so corrupt=0DIt needs s= ome instructive indicting!)=0D=0DMy mind had to learn it was vincible,=0D= A victim of Peter=D5s great Principle:=0DWisdom pretense=0DEquals incompe= tence,=0DAnd that made the mind newly winceable.=0D=0D=0D=0D=0DIt found t= hat its assimilation=0DLagged behind the full flow of creation,=0DBut it = came to see=0DIt was honored to be=0DA secretary=0DConscripted yet free= =0DFor some sort of cosmic dictation.=0D=0DNot channeling, for participat= ion=0DOn my part was clear=D1cocreation=0DWas there at the heart of it=0D= As the best part of it=0DAn uplifting collaboration.=0D=0DMy mind seemed = to be in a school, =0DThat drew from a great cosmic pool, =0DI could take= it all in =0DWith my own discipline. =0DOr forget it, but I=D5m not a fo= ol!=0D=0DI know when I=D5ve got a good thing,=0DAnd the thought of not le= tting it sing,=0DAnd thereby be lost=0DWas awful, no cost=0DWas too great= to let its song ring!=0D =0DAnd when I had made it my own=0DThe unknown = transformed to the known.=0DThat=D5s a deep-seated drive =0DThat lets us = derive =0DWho we are and come in to our own.=0D=0DThese limericks recount= ing my story, =0DA Process a posteriori =0DAre one good example. =0DA Per= sonal sample. =0DOf how it unfolds. con amore.=0D=0DI talked about comple= mentarity=0DA lot, though not always with clarity.=0DThen one day a frien= d=0DBrought my talk to an end:=0DAsking, =D2What complements complementar= y?=0D=0DAnd then, rather quickly, I thought=0DThat entropy seemed like it= taught=0DA message reversing=0DWhat life was rehearsing=0DThough both in= imbalance were caught.=0D=0DFor life without death=D5s an illusion=0DAnd= death as the end a delusion=0DWhen they get together=0DThey ride out the= weather=0DOf either=D5s unbalanced confusion.=0D =0DFor entropy deals wi= th dying=0DIf that were the whole we=D5d be crying,=0DBut ebbing and flow= ing=0DDecaying and growing=0DAre cycles of transmogrifying.=0D=0DAnd thou= gh it seems most paradoxical=0DEither alone can be toxical=0DSo living an= d dying=0DLike trying, not-trying,=0DLike laughing and crying=0DReceiving= , replying,=0DHelloing, Goodbying=0DComplicate, simplifying=0DAre cycles = that are not out-foxical.=0D =0DI realized with some delight,=0DWhy Park= y was not just a plight =0DThat I sadly lamented =0DOr deeply resented, = =0DIt was my own entropy insight.=0D=0DHe helped me to know my mortality= =0DAnd experience its true temporality, =0DAnd that set me free=0DBy show= ing that =D2to be=D3=0DWas more than our mere physicality.=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D= =0DThat=D5s a commonplace, but when you know it=0DIt=D5s different than t= rying to show it,=0DTo think is a gift,=0DTo know is a lift=0DTo shrink k= now to think is to blow it.=0D=0DIf we could know all this completely=0DW= e could stop viewing life obsoletely, =0DAs that which declines =0DWhen o= ur body resigns =0DIts functions, overtly, concretely.=0D=0DFor the life = of the spirit expands, =0DOr it can when our physical glands =0DAre on th= eir last legs =0DAnd each of them begs =0DTo be granted some final demand= s.=0D=0DAlthough we are mostly beginners=0DWe can balance their needs wit= h an inner=0DAttention to energies=0DWhich become synergies=0DMaking each= part feel a winner.=0D=0DSo whenever life feels like a trial=0DLet go of= what could be denial=0DAnd seek out the value=0DMake Parky a pal who=0DC= an teach you a new living style.=0D =0D=09= =09=09=091993=0D=0DAddenda in 5/97=0D=0DParky is now in his teens,=0DAnd = living with me just demeans=0DHis growing maturity=0DSince his futurity= =0DLies with new places and scenes.=0D=0D=0DI=D5m pursuing alternative wa= ys,=0DTo move to a new Parky phase,=0DThough he is a blessing=0DHis style= grows stressing=0DI=D5ll find him a new place to graze.=0D=0DI still thi= nk of him as a friend,=0DWith whom I have found a new blend=0DOf knowing = and growing,=0DOf ebbing and flowing=0DBut all partnerships finally end.= =0D=0DTo help him move smartly along=0DI written him a farewell song,=0DI= t=D5s firmly insistent=0DAnd will be persistent=0DUntil my old friend is = long gone.=0D=0D=0DADIOS PARKY=0D(Because, Just Because)=0D=0DJust becaus= e we=D5ve been super partners,=0DJust because we=D5ve danced up a storm,= =0DDoesn=D5t mean, my old buddy, Parky,=0DThat pattern will stay the norm= . =0D=0DNow that you=D5re a brand new teenager=0DLet=D5s take a little an= alyzing pause,=0DTo see whether I=0DShould say Parky, Good-bye!=0DBecause= , just because!=0D=0DJust because I haven=D5t been angry=0DJust because I= let you hang out,=0DDoesn=D5t mean I wont change behavior=0DThat=D5s one= thing you=D5d best not doubt=0D=0DIt is time that we said addio,=0DWitho= ut any argument or pause,=0DYes, I=D5m telling you, Parky,=0DI=D5m throu= gh with you,=0DBecause, just because!=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D=0D= =0D --part0_883853261_boundary--