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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Just want to reply to Marcia – and to this entire hope-and-vision-filled group, with positive affirmation of the best that is in us.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, two links:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>One to Rinaldo Brutoco, a local Santa Barbara businessman and partner with Barbara Marx Hubbard for many years, who wrote this in his recent World Business Academic newsletter.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://worldbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Perspectives-12.24.2020-Peace-on-Earth-and-Good-Will-to-All.pdf">https://worldbusiness.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Perspectives-12.24.2020-Peace-on-Earth-and-Good-Will-to-All.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=487 height=325 style='width:5.0729in;height:3.3854in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image005.png@01D6DF63.C0E33380"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And then there is this design that has been in me for many years, which I would say is an expression of the Homo Universalis idea as it applies to every aspect of life, at all levels of scale, as a single resonant whole, in a “perfect chain of transmission across levels of scale”<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://newcongress.net/legend.cfm">http://newcongress.net/legend.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=586 height=922 style='width:6.1041in;height:9.6041in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.png@01D6DF63.5AC6C260"><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Bruce Schuman<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Santa Barbara CA USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:bruceschuman@cox.net">bruceschuman@cox.net</a> / 805-705-9174<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.origin.org">www.origin.org</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> ChatAction <chataction-bounces@communitymagic.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Marcia Raff via ChatAction<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, December 31, 2020 10:14 AM<br><b>To:</b> ChatAction List <chataction@communitymagic.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [ChatAction] Happy New Year to all!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I think of you with a heart filled with love and hope for the New Year! I think when I finish reading Our Moment of Choice, the info Bruce sent us from Duane Elgin and all that Michael Smith is doing, I will have hope for us for 2021. I’m trying hard to keep my equilibrium in this COVID time. I really hope all of you are managing to<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>stay safe and that Franka and Sally are recovering. Sending xxoo's<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <br><br></span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <img border=0 width=120 height=59 style='width:1.25in;height:.6145in' id="_x0031_CEA7C07-F8AB-431C-9C9D-7ACB904D5142" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6DF62.3293BBA0"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br> The Peace Labyrinth©</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><img border=0 width=90 height=86 style='width:.9375in;height:.8958in' id=D78432FC-BE14-439D-B0B0-D2BD986F1E8F src="cid:image002.png@01D6DF62.3293BBA0"><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br>Marcia Raff<br>Link to a short update to my website: My Portfolio 2020 <a href="https://youtu.be/biAdP6iaKVI">https://youtu.be/biAdP6iaKVI</a><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="http://www.marciaraffstudio.com">www.marciaraffstudio.com</a><br>Phone: + 917 670 1580 <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br><br><br><br><br><br><br> </span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:black'><br style='font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: auto;-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);word-spacing:0px'><br></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>