I Will Always Love You

1. I have lived my life and have come to believe there are many types of love, real love, that affect you differently at different times in your journey. I have felt parental love and the warm and happy, secure feeling that you’ll always remember. I have had puppy love that seizes you and shakes you to your very core with its odd and unfamiliar emotions… always to end tragically and you can never forget. Then, your first love; full of desire, lust and discovery… you’ll try to hold on, but then

AN EXTRAORDINARY ABSENCE ì Liberation in the Midst of a Very Ordinary Life JEFF FOSTER NON-DUALITY PRESS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Deep gratitude to Nathan Gill Special thanks to Philip Pegler With love to: Adam, Amy, Barry, Joan, John, Josh, Julian, Jeannine, Kriben, Lynda, Mandi, Menno, Mike, Nic, Pamela, Sid, Tijn, Wendy, and everyone else! AN EXTRAORDINARY ABSENCE First published August 2009 by NON-DUALITY P RESS © Jeff Foster 2009 © Non-Duality Press 2009 Cover photograph by Nic Oestreicher

* I miss you (I miss you, I miss you) Hello there, the angel from my nightmare The shadow in the background of the morgue The unsuspecting victim of darkness in the valley We can live like Jack and Sally if we want Where you can always find me We'll have Halloween on Christmas And in the night we'll wish this never ends We'll wish this never ends (I miss you, I miss you) (I miss you, I miss you) Where are you and I'm so sorry I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight I need somebody

t'aime You returned in one second in my life, And you left more there. And yet You had left with it to by front. I did not have any more the again one of you. Today You return to the meadows of me. Like a spark Can be a news, But I do not believe in it. Rather that which you had left in me. That which makes me believe in us, Despite everything. I hope can be for nothing, But I would like as much as you return. I know that I love you dimensioned always as much, But I know that

I CELEBRATE myself; And what I assume you shall assume; For every atom belonging to me, as good belongs to you. I loafe and invite my Soul; I lean and loafe at my ease, observing a spear of summer grass. Houses and rooms are full of perfumes—the shelves are crowded with perfumes; I breathe the fragrance myself, and know it and like it; The distillation would intoxicate me also, but I shall not let it. The atmosphere is not a perfume—it has no taste of the distillation—it is odorless;

When I'm the loose it is you who shining through and through again Whenever, the rain comes down, the sun turns grey... When I needed you, you were always there When it comes to you, really nothing can compare You feel what I feel, know what I know Even through the darkest night You'll see what I see There's a reason to belive in you and me... I would die if you left me Drowning in sorrow Baby don't kill me tonight Would you hold on to me, girl? and love me tomorrow When I'm feeling

A Love Supreme I will do all I can to be worthy of Thee, O Lord. It all has to do with it. Thank You God. Peace. There is none other. God is. It is so beautiful. Thank You God. God is all. Help us to resolve our fears and weaknesses. In you all things are possible. Thank you God. We know. God made us so. Keep your eye on God. God is. He always was. He always will be. No matter what... it is God. He is gracious and merciful. It is most important that I know Thee. Words

long time since the last time I saw you. I know it's only been several weeks since I saw you. So far my summer has been great! L’introduction. Le corps de la lettre. I spend my all my weekends at the beach. I am getting a nice tan and you can no longer say I am paler than you. I have been playing lots of volleyball, surfing and building a nice collection of sea shells. Just this past weekend I took second place in a sandcastle building contest! On the weekdays I work. I drive an ice cream truck around

with you in a new county is extremely exciting. I love sports, especially tennis but I also like badminton, rollerblading, skateboarding, bike riding, basketball and football. Swimming is also something that I like a lot. I like going on the computer or playing video games and I love music. I’m always listening to something. My friends see me as sociable, outgoing, and as a sporty person who likes having fun, but also serious. They find me interesting, curious, flexible, ambitious and say I always

with it. The "marrying for love" argument doesn't hold water for me. Think about it. Marrying "for love" is a recent concept. People used to marry for more practical reasons, such as true compatibility, wanting to start a family, shared resouces, etc. And those marriages (not based solely on love) actually lasted. In today's world, the divorce rate is sky high. Love waxes and wanes. How will a marriage survive this if it is only based on the one thing that is not always constant? People who can't