A Message from
Wayne C. Allen
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Well, here we are, at the last regular issue of Into the Centre. I'm both sad
and relieved. This has been a wild and interesting ride, a great way to make new
acquaintances and friends world-wide, and to disseminate a bit of what we've
called "The Phoenix Philosophy." We claim no authorship of new concepts -
rather, we've tried to help you to see and understand how self-responsibility
has been "the way out" for centuries.
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Today's article is really brief, and mostly a "thank you." I wish you all a
full and rich life, and as always, bid you peace.
Warmly, Wayne
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The Fringe Dweller's
Guide to the Universe
Beginnings and Endings
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Well, here we are at the crossroads. With this article, Into the Centre
shifts to an occasional publication.
I'm not going to overdo this article. At one point, I thought it might be
nice to review some of my past articles or to try to summarize the content. In
the end, as I sit at my Port Elgin computer and type, I notice I'm not motivated
to do either.
I do want to say a few thank you's.
My friend Debashis Dutta contributed some excellent parenting articles, and
he and his beloved Adrienne are two people Dar and I really care about. Thanks
for your wisdom and insight, as well as your friendship.
David Sheedy was just getting started writing for us, and, I think, was
getting a sense of the gap between promising an article and delivering one.
J David has a gift for saying briefly and well
what I twaddle on about for pages, and that's a skill worth building on. I
really liked the articles he submitted.
Dar had a couple of periods of really getting excited about writing for
Into the Centre, most notably after she finished Phase 1 at Haven,
and many of you enjoyed her "stuff" too. She has a clear and elegant way of
seeing and knowing, cutting through the "complications of thought" I am known for.
She is every bit my equal partner in all that goes on around here and with
Into the Centre, my best friend, my love and lover, and both the only
woman I would ever want to spend 24/7 with, and the only woman who seems to be
able to stand that much of me.
A special word of thanks to Peter Hoban, who has been reading Into the
Centre forever, and commenting elegantly and directly whenever our
perspectives have been at cross-purposes. He has done so with grace and humour,
and has also shared his journey with me. And, he's been a great financial
contributor as well, something I want to acknowledge with great gratitude, and
publicly.
Others of you have written and posed questions or made comments, and many of
you, as I said last week, have commented on the importance you have placed on
Into the Centre. I thank you for your openness and vulnerability. I
cherish having met you through this medium.
I don't have much more to say. I encourage you to look to your self and to
take responsibility for your life. It is so easy to blame others when the going
gets rough, and yet, all we can do is stay focussed on our walk and our goals
and make the changes that we can make.
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the first issue, to a maximum of nearly 1500, through the attrition of the last
year or so, and to a fairly consistent "send" to 700, we have talked about life,
about relationships, romance and sex, about communication and about
self-responsibility, always, I trust, in a supportive and yet goading way.
I wish you all well on your journey.
It's been a trip.
In warmth, with love and gratitude,
Wayne
This continues to be my favourite "Wayne and Dar" picture.
Taken
in 2001, at Haven, at the end of Dar's Phase 1.
My hair's shorter now, and
we're both smaller (thank god for Atkins) and continue to be "truly, madly,
deeply..."
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