I met Patty in 1979 at the first European Summer Training in the Netherlands. Getting to know her better in later years, through the Legacy Holder meetings and in personal contacts. What follows is a confetti-like presentation of how I knew this exceptional, beautiful, creative, sympathetic, loyal, wise, witty, and knowledgeable person. Full of qi, soft and strong, One with us. Enjoy! Els
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Patty* the poet
Embracing the Tao
Unravelled.
I have become unravelled.
I am no longer me.
These ‘illnesses,’ these ‘events’
are truly not mine.
They belong to a person
who is no longer here.
And she no longer
belongs to them.
Patty’s computer life
It took a while before Patty embraced the use of e-mail and Word. And did so well. In the beginning Tina helped and in 2006 Tina wrote: “Patty says please send her love to you all, and here is a poem she wrote about our new work.
- Patty the methodical
We all know that it was Patty who, sitting down with Patrick, collected indications for most of the STCC Curriculum for students. Writing them down by hand in het clear handwriting, adding her illustrations.
The indications themselves, but also the overall goals and steps for each course. - We evaluated the Golden Orbit work in 2014 with carefully designed questionnaires, answered by 38 apprentices. For ourselves to know what the work does for us. Data and conclusions are still there. She also thought that getting grants would be helped by having data available. She expressed her appreciation for the methodical evaluations that Patrice and Patrick developed and put into practice for the many years since.
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