[Oe List ...] FW: "Ring the bells that still can ring" -- holiday greeting

[Isobel and Jim Bishop]

Dear Herman,
Thank you so much for giving me the opportunity to hear this song.  
Leonard Cohen was here in Oz recently and sang to large audiences.  
Our daughter Rebecca was lucky to go on a spare ticket!

I would like to add to the "Legacy"   question :      the three  
sentinel challenges-  Contextual Re-Education, Structural Re- 
Formulation, Spirit Re- Motivation.
For me these three still hold the key to what is needed across the  
globe.
I agree with all that has been said already, of course, and yet what  
I see in Global/ Australian society-
The two that upset me here the most are the plight of the Aboriginal  
community in this land, and the Asylum seekers in our Detention Centres.

To you all, a safe and healthy holiday season, with  a spirit for  
2011 to keep doing what you're doing, for justice and peace.

In peace,
Isobel Bishop.

On 20/12/2010, at 11:11 AM, Herman Greene wrote:
> I received this from a friend. It has so much of RS-I in it I  
> wanted to share it with you.
> Herman
>
>
> Ring the bells that still can ring
> Forget your perfect offering
> There is a crack, a crack in everything
> That's how the light gets in
>
> Leonard Cohen
>
> Hear the song: http://www.youtube.com/watch? 
> v=_e39UmEnqY8&feature=related
>
> Wishing you a joyous holiday season 2010 and a happy 2011.
> Alice
>
>
> "Anthem"
>
> The birds they sang at the break of day
> Start again I seem to hear them say
> Don't dwell on what has passed away
> or what is yet to be.
>
> Ah the wars
> they will be fought again
> The holy dove
> She will be caught again
> bought and sold and bought again
> the dove is never free.
>
> Ring the bells that still can ring
> Forget your perfect offering
> There is a crack in everything
> That's how the light gets in.
>
> We asked for signs
> the signs were sent:
> the birth betrayed
> the marriage spent
> Yeah the widowhood of every government --
> signs for all to see.
>
> I can't run no more
> with that lawless crowd
> while the killers in high places
> say their prayers out loud.
> But they've summoned,
> they've summoned up a thundercloud
> and they're going to hear from me.
>
> Ring the bells that still can ring ...
>
> You can add up the parts
> but you won't have the sum
> You can strike up the march,
> but there is no drum
> Every heart, every heart
> to love will come
> but like a refugee.
>
> Ring the bells that still can ring
> Forget your perfect offering
> There is a crack, a crack in everything
> That's how the light gets in.
>
> Leonard Cohen
>
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