[Oe List ...] Remembering Brian

[Richard and Maria Maguire]

Dear Jeanette and All

We join with you in gratitude for the life Brian lived among us.  His 
presence was a blessing in so many ways. Though we only knew of a few 
of them, they were none the less awesome.  We all will feel the loss.

Our own contact with Brian was primarily in the Academy of 1976 while 
we were still working in the local church in Omaha.  He had a manner 
which engaged our minds in lectures and seminars, and our hearts with 
his gentle humour and unself-conscious actions, like standing on the 
tables in the lecture room to put up his chart or running around 
wildly on a scooter during a celebration.

What most stays with us in recent years was how he combined his 
intellectual ability with his care for his colleagues, relating to 
new people and movements and the mission. We did not directly 
experience his activities in Research, but were aware that he played 
a major role in many new ventures, such as the Planetary Connection, 
Jean Houston, Edges, etc.  One long lasting effort he made was acting 
to bring together as much as possible of our collective wisdom on 
methods and significant engagement into three books.  These were not 
just useful to many new people we reach through our diversified work 
worldwide, but also challenging and expanding our own understanding 
and practice of the depth of the methods and living in the face our 
all existence and our own real lives.

For us the books were part of a greater concern, that we as a body 
around the world recognise and live out our being one body in many 
places.  It has not been all that easy to do, especially in recent 
years and his presence was always a reminder that there was something 
deeper going on among us, which was only visible here and there.  He 
was a searching soul, listen, watching, reading, noticing the 
presence of the Other World here and now.  We wish there would have 
been occasions when we could have dialogued with him about what he 
discerned.  But now he has left us to discern for ourselves and with 
one another.

His return to Australia seemed to represent a return to his roots and 
the mystery of this land.  We enjoyed some significant conversations 
at the Lake Mungo event, Mulgoa, Kings Cross, etc.  We were glad that 
he had the chance to reconnet here, even if the time was all too 
short.  The many visits from old friends and colleagues in the past 
year were surely precious moments for both him and for them.

We join with all of you in grief over his all too early departure 
from this life.  It is hard to imagine life without Brian, in many 
ways.  But we know as well that the gifts he gave will remain with us 
and help to light our way and call others to pass on his legacy and 
develop their own.

Richard and Maria




Richard and Maria Maguire, Unfolding Futures Pty Ltd, GPO Box 349, 
Sydney NSW 2001, Australia
Ph (61-2) 9896 3839, Fax (61-2) 9896 3904, mail at unfoldingfutures.net, 
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