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Remembering Dr. Ralph R. Gregory
Founder of the NUCCA procedure
www.rrgfoundation.org

Robert Pynn is a friend of mine who writes poetry and has published his amazing works in his book LifeLines. Robert is a wonderful man and a long time supporter of our work. I invited him to write a poem about the NUCCA work. I shared with him my life's experiences and asked him to look from his own experience. I asked if he might find some words. This poem came a week later and is his gift to all of us, not just me ....... and I would like to share it with you.

Today, as we remember the past, present and future people that strive to make the world better. May we all be aligned with our true nature.

Sincerely,
Dr. Gordon Hasick

PLUMB LINE

In remembrance of Dr. Ralph R. Gregory

An open window slams against its frame.
Shock moves across the skin of the floor.
Glass shatters in the gust of the unforeseen
as everything shifts off its foundation

We can be homeless in our bodies,
displaced within the frame of our being.
We cling to the offset - false home of the self,
throwing our children into the breach of lost equilibrium.

Cannot right ourselves until a plumb line is set
at core and art combines technique in realignment.

An ancient voice says:
I will set a plumb line in the midst of my people

I saw his eyes weep as he thought about
commitment to this promise.

He knew life flows from inner depth to outer existence
He knew he must call both to return to the core of their core.

More than even art and technique together,
nothing great can be done without an abundant heart,
nothing great can be sustained without tending the fires
of original vision.

An open window slams against its frame
nothing shifts for the core has been made strong:
the plumb line holds firm, aligning spirit to source.
The children are safe within their home
where transference of compassion's regard opens the flow
of life's essence, through the central corridor of the house being.

Robert Pynn
for Dr. Gordon Hasick

Robert Pynn was born in Toronto and received his higher education in Boston, Massachusetts, earning his graduate degree at the Episcopal Theological School in Harvard University. Since moving to Calgary in 1977 he served as Archdeacon and later as Dean of the Anglican Diocese as well as Prolocutor of the General Synod and was a founding Advisory Board member of the Chair of Christian Thought at the University of Calgary. Throughout his career he has inspired and helped found many social programs, including Homefront and FaithLink. He has received many awards, including Spirits of Gold Outstanding Agency Volunteer Award from the United Way in 2001; the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005; and was the first recipient of the Jerry P. Selinger Community Builder's Award in 2006.