<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear friends,<div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>We are certainly living through interesting times - “the times that try men’s souls”, in the words of Tom Paine. In these dark days we all need some of the comfort found in community. Rumi’s Caravan offers medicine for the spirit and balm for the soul. I iinvite and encourage you to join us this coming Saturday in Sebastopol. </div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I guarantee that you will come away uplifted and renewed. In fact, if I will personally reimburse your ticket costs if you don’t feel comforted and inspired.</div><div class="">Larry</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">Two Kinds of Intelligence</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">There are two kinds of intelligence: one acquired,</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">as a child in school memorizes facts and concepts</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">from books and from what the teacher says,</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">collecting information from the traditional sciences</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">as well as from the new sciences.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">With such intelligence you rise in the world.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">You get ranked ahead or behind others</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">in regard to your competence in retaining</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">information. You stroll with this intelligence</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">in and out of fields of knowledge, getting always more</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">marks on your preserving tablets.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">There is another kind of tablet,</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">one already completed and preserved inside you.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">A spring overflowing its springbox. A freshness</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">in the center of the chest. This other intelligence</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">does not turn yellow or stagnate. It's fluid,</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">and it doesn't move from outside to inside</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">through the conduits of plumbing-learning.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">This second knowing is a fountainhead</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class="">from within you, moving out.</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; min-height: 22px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""> - JellaludinRumi</div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span> (Version by Coleman Barks)</div></div><div style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal;" class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Seats are available for both the <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://2" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">2 pm</a> matinee and <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://3" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="3" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">7 pm</a> evening shows. Tickets for the <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://4" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="calendar-event" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">5 pm</a> dinner to benefit the Center for Climate Protection are also still available. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><span style="line-height: 18.399999618530273px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">If you haven’t already, secure your seats now.<span class="textexposedshow"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: 16.866666793823242px;"><b class=""><span style="line-height: 16.866666793823242px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">TICKETS:<o:p class=""></o:p></span></b></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">·<span style="line-height: normal;" class=""> </span><span lang="DA" class="">Online at </span>Brown Paper Tickets: <span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-decoration: underline;"><a href="http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2720565d" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="5" class="">http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2720565d</a></span><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">·<span style="line-height: normal;" class=""> </span>In person at Many Rivers Books and Tea, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://6" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="6" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">130 South Main Street, Sebastopol</a>, <a href="tel:(707)%20829-8871" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="7" class="">(707) 829-8871</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">·<span style="line-height: normal;" class=""> </span>Or at Sebastopol Center for the Arts, <a href="x-apple-data-detectors://8" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="address" x-apple-data-detectors-result="8" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);" class="">282 S. High Street, Sebastopol</a><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Please consider inviting some friends to join you. It’s easy with Facebook. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Just below the heart image on the event page -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1200887923299084/" class=""></a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1200887923299084/-" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9" class="">https://www.facebook.com/events/1200887923299084/</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1200887923299084/-" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="link" x-apple-data-detectors-result="9" class="">-</a> click “Share”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">·<span style="line-height: normal;" class=""> </span>Clicking “Share” brings up a menu of sharing options.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">·<span style="line-height: normal;" class=""> </span>Clicking “Invite Friends” brings up a list of your Facebook friends. You can select individual friends to invite or “Select All.”<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;" class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""> </span><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class="">Event proceeds benefit the Sebastopol Center for the Arts<span class="textexposedshow0"> (<a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sebarts.org%2F&h=ATMXJUcRksPhx9lfj8klAAVQi7rKq2Ucf-DqaLOH71-Ywm2zE-HK94nAbwOQId9CcGkgZqCiFi4G_GJCvKItD_uOUvJiBnFmgbKYpyl50lUuGaVYfPkO3ARIoCj-CUINg7I2Idmc1S8f4RpbbUc&enc=AZNGYoMNHu8g5lIuL9nc-hutbQ1Nznb_MaQ4ldHuI56Ua8k2DzGg6z2Lvay9BfazOus&s=1" target="_blank" class="">www.sebarts.org</a>) and the Center for Climate Protection (<a href="http://www.climateprotection.org/" target="_blank" class="">www.climateprotection.org</a>). <o:p class=""></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></p></div><div class=""><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);" class=""><span class="textexposedshow0"><br class=""></span></span></div></body></html>