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The Office Fish Tank

Some of you may be able to relate to this if you knew Bob and had seen him as a client as I long as I had. I have been thinking about some of my previous sessions lately with Bob from a long time ago and have been writing them down. At one point in the '80's, he used some Ericksonian hypnosis and neurolinguistic programming techniques with me to help oversome panic attacks without medication. This was when he had his office on Bouchelle St. in Morganton. With the help of the fish tank bubbles,… Continue

Added by Margaret(Marge) Wetherell Maycoc on August 22, 2009 at 8:00pm — 5 Comments

dear Dadzo

Dear Dadzo

I adopted a burmese cat from the shelter. Her name is Mariana and she's 5yrs old.

I know you would love her. She's so kind and loving like Chaya. She has a silky soft sable

coat and she's very petite at 6.5lbs. I got her right after our trip to North Carolina.

Did you have a hand in this? You would say you didn't but I have to wonder.

In any case, what a treat to have such a sweet companion again.

Love you

with a big… Continue

Added by ninaliza on August 17, 2009 at 12:00am — 2 Comments

a poem that reminds me of how fragile life, while with my Mom after my Dad had changed form (died 8-15-04), she still grieving:

Anna, I understand the void...yet, I see your strength as you move about your day, one step at a time....

written 3-5-06 after reading her some poetry about Dad, then watching the tears that fell ...(she died April 12, 2006)

I stepped into another Universe,

wetness streaming down my face,

as I recited the poetic words to

my mother of 82

Together we sat in a dense fog

of garbled unspoken aching,

that speared both broken hearts

Dad, yes, we both… Continue

Added by Susan Clingenpeel on August 12, 2009 at 3:30pm — 1 Comment

My dad's 92nd b'day

At his birthday table
My dad makes a speech to us
his chin quivering

He says: "thank you all
but one of the closest people
in my life's missing

He looked like Karl Marx
His mind: Sigmund Freud's, his heart
Mother Theresa's."

My dad's speech over
image of white-beard angel
lingers in our minds

At birthday table
We contemplate in silence
The gift of Avi

Added by Anna Hertzberg on August 10, 2009 at 11:30pm — 3 Comments

avihaiku

I found a haiku in Avi's little notebook that reflects how I feel about him:

I am filled with you
It is something we have earned
By having opened

Added by Anna Hertzberg on August 6, 2009 at 8:58am — 2 Comments

Bob

You have been gone
A while now
But still with us,too. So many things...
Have come up..I miss driving down there.
I have made mistakes.
I remember your wisdom,your nonjudgementalism
So hard to practice with myself
I have to now.
I could laugh with you
I could cry with you
You always helped me remember to love myself
No matter what
You helped more than anyone
You touched all of our lives
I love you,Bob...miss you

Added by Margaret(Marge) Wetherell Maycoc on July 29, 2009 at 2:25pm — No Comments

It's All A Dream

I had a dream about Bob last night that I want to share with you all. I dreamed I went to his house for our appointment, and things got immediately hazy and confusing. Instead of sitting and talking to me, Bob seemed to be in a hurry, but had a number of gifts for me. Most of them i didn't know what they were, or what they were used for. One I remember clearly was a knitted shawl. This one was significant because I knit, often knitting shawls. He was giving me my own gift! As I was calling to… Continue

Added by Blair Robertson on July 20, 2009 at 10:37pm — 4 Comments

4 months ago

Just four months ago
I told him be my guest
go take your Journey

I would not have known
How to allow him to leave
Had he not coached me

Gabe: I regret that
my children will not know him
I: through you they will

Little Adina
remarkable at his side
From where such big strength?

Choking on her tears:
"d'you think he knew I was there?"
I know you're here now

Added by Anna Hertzberg on July 15, 2009 at 1:00am — 3 Comments

Still Hanging In There...Love to all, Marge

Dear Friends and Family of Bob, Just wanted to visit and say hello and send well wishes. I have not been on in a while. I continue to try and apply all I have learned from Bob in my life as dilemmas, of course, come about as they do,sometimes small and some very seemingly big....I try and think of what Bob would say, I read spiritual literature, and talk to friends. Noone will ever, that I know of, come again in the way he did to help. Accepting his absence and feeling that has been so very… Continue

Added by Margaret(Marge) Wetherell Maycoc on July 14, 2009 at 8:47pm — No Comments

Avi Haiku

Avi believed that in order to truly understand a concept (like inevitability of death) you need to practice, spend time pondering the meaning of it, like you do with a mantra. This haiku, again, reminds me to stay alert in preparation for more (inevitable) loss:

There's no bargaining
With our life's impermanence
There is no sale price

Added by Anna Hertzberg on July 11, 2009 at 8:31am — No Comments

beautiful words

Few days ago a letter arrived in the mail, addressed to Avi. I opened it and I realized the person who wrote it did not know that Avi had passed, so I let her know. I feel I should share her beautiful response:

"Thank you so very much for emailing me and letting me know of your beloved's transition. I was quite stunned, and yes, I did cry with sadness, gratitude, peace and joy in my heart. While our paths crossed but for a short time, his presence and what he shared was and is… Continue

Added by Anna Hertzberg on July 8, 2009 at 9:55am — 2 Comments

two quotes by Rainer Maria Rilke

avi loved this quote:

"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue to exist, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky."

— Rainer Maria Rilke

and i just read this quote, i'm not exactly sure ... i need avi to explain it to me:

"It seems to me that almost all our sadnesses are moments of… Continue

Added by bhasa leona on July 4, 2009 at 11:05pm — 3 Comments

One Hand Haiku

I came across a minature (2" x 2") hand made book of haiku made by Avi .

Here is the content:

I want to make sure

that life's end doesn't find me

wishing I had laughed more

This is the lowdown

those things that matter, matter

those things that don't, don't

No matter my age

I will always house a child

who won't understand

It's just this simple

how I see it is how I live

how I live is me

How… Continue

Added by Anna Hertzberg on July 3, 2009 at 9:00am — 3 Comments

an evening of spiritual poetry with kaveen

beloveds, we are all invited to an evening of Spiritual Poetry with Kaveen,

Monday, July 27th at 7:30pm, Samasati Healing Arts Center,

440 Montford Ave, Asheville, NC, suggested donation $10.

for more info call 828-273-2438 or email kavenski@charter.net

... just fyi ... anna, nina, hina and bhasa are planning to be there.

i just had my 70th birthday on june 21st, i have been receiving

many warm wishes, but i feel to share one in particular,

a beautiful… Continue

Added by bhasa leona on June 22, 2009 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Here are more poems and haiku for you...

We prepared this to celebrate Avi's 70th birthday...

Just click here or on the photo, to download this PDF of poems and photos. We printed a small quality of booklets as well, and if there's interest, we can do so again.

Much love to…

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Added by Moses Ma on June 7, 2009 at 1:30pm — 1 Comment

My Haiku for Avi today

I feel Avi here

unsuppressable by death

heart like the open sky

I was at this Hollywood spirituality event last night, where Eckhart Tolle and many others spoke. During the inevitable spiritual schmoozing afterwards, someone mentioned the idea of being limited by our beliefs. I walked up to this group of almost celebrities and wannabe's and repeated Avi's last performed haiku...

you do understand

that which you believe

you are doomed to… Continue

Added by Moses Ma on June 5, 2009 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Still working on those same things

Hi, I am Marge who wrote a blog about my 25 years of therapy with Bob...I have to say that each thing I had mentioned there has become an even greater challenge for me now especially since Bob left. He told me if I ever get off the path I really want to be on that it was not as important as getting back on...I know that many of us may struggle with similar things and today I got to speak with Anna about that who said, it is all pretty much "life". I agree and it helped me remember the big… Continue

Added by Margaret(Marge) Wetherell Maycoc on June 1, 2009 at 8:55pm — No Comments

In Avi's House

While in Avi's house
Things around me speak to me
What should I tell them

That my heart is cracked?
That their fate is unsure?
I say sweet nothings

Added by Anna Hertzberg on May 28, 2009 at 11:00am — No Comments

my teeth

dear dadzo
I'm taking care of my teeth. Today I went for a permanent crown but
since it hurts so much, they want to test it for a root canal tomorrow.
I told them you would be happy that I was taking care of my teeth.
When I left, I sat in the car and sobbed. I'm compelled to share this with
you and the community for some reason. Tooth care meant a lot to you.
love and miss you so much
~beans

Added by ninaliza on May 27, 2009 at 4:50pm — 9 Comments

I am of the nature

Bhasa,
Thank you for sharing this. So true..so beautiful..a reminder that nothing is wrong here..it all is the way it all is.
Heart's best, Susan M

Added by Susan McCachren on May 27, 2009 at 2:27pm — No Comments

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