Sad news re El Collie

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Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold">I read of El Collie’s passing away and join

her friends in prayers. El contributed to the spiritual communities with

vitality, humor, compassion, understanding, and love and touched all of us. I

don’t recall ever telling El how much she was appreciated and the immense value

of her work on Kundalini. I am so glad that so many others like Jerry and

Angelique did tell her that. They have my gratitude.

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Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold">Given below are the messages on El by

Hillary, Jerry, and Angelique. I liked El’s poem that Angelique gave at the end

and am reproducing it here.

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by El Collie

I AM

all that ever was or will be.

I AM

always and forever

nameless, formless, selfless.

I AM

source and substance,

the magic All, the quintessential Who,

the What It Is

behind the many guises

of this, that and the other.

I always AM

nothing and no one

but the light of consciousness pouring through

prismatic dreamspace and illusion-time

into a trillion variations on a single theme:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

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Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold">God bless you all

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Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold">Love to all

Arial;color:blue;font-weight:bold">Harsha

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druout (AT) aol (DOT) com

[druout (AT) aol (DOT) com]

Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:57

AM

To:

Kundalini-Gateway

[K-list] Sad news re El

Collie

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I just heard via Jerry at the list that El Collie just

died.

She was the editor of Shared Transformation Newletter and one of the

originators of this list.

Most of you may know her from the *signs and symptoms* which have helped so

many of us.

In mourning

Love, Hillary

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GCWein1111 (AT) aol (DOT) com

[GCWein1111 (AT) aol (DOT) com]

Saturday, April 20, 2002

5:30 PM

Re: El

is gone

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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy">Dear List,

To those of you who knew her, l've just been

informed of the death of El Collie.

El was publisher of SHARED TRANSFORMATIONS, a newsletter that served the

kundalini community, along with a website containing k links and her invaluable

insights.

As l have only just learned of her passing, l'm in a

state of shock and feel deep sadness. l considered El a dear friend, someone

for whom l felt deep respect and affection for all that she did and represented

to those of us who have struggled with spiritual energy. l had been out of

contact with her during the past year -- l knew she'd been suffering physically

and had largely withdrawn, and l didn't want to intrude. l don't know the exact

cause of her death, but knowing how much pain she'd been in in recent years, l

suspect the energy contributed heavily to it.

l know many of you will want to join me in paying

tribute to our beloved friend. l pray that after all her suffering and for all

that she was to us, she's in a beautiful place.

jerry

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Mystress Angelique Serpent

[mystress (AT) fire-serpent (DOT) com]

Sunday, April 21, 2002 11:34

AM

To:

Kundalini-Gateway

[K-list] Farewell to a

friend.

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color:navy"> It is with great sadness that I report the passing of

El Collie.

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Most of the newer listmembers do not know El, but the older

ones will

remember her well, and with much love. All of us have found comfort from

her work: the signs and symptoms page, her writing, poetry and her own

ground breaking print magazine and website, Shared Transformation.

http://members.aol.com/ckress/st.html

She was a great spirit, wise, generous and

compassionate. She gave much

of the last decade of her life promoting awareness of the Kundalini process

and helping other awakened people in difficulty, even tho her own life and

process was marked with chronic pain and illness. Yet, she rarely mentioned

her difficulties, and her sharing on this list was often very humorous as

well as insightful.

This community that so many of you, and including myself have

gained so

much from, would not exist but for El. I am greatly in her debt. I am very

glad I told her so, july 2000, when she retired from active

participation

in this list. I wrote:

<< You are one of the true Pioneers of the Western Kundalini

phenomena.

Few people know that about you. Now, it seems that gradually you are

retiring from that activism, and truly you have earned it. Your

influence

on this entire social subgroup of awakened folks has been

tremendous, and

you have always been an inspiration to me. From back when I first

came

online, and came across the "Signs and Symptoms list".. it

changed my

perspective of my entire life.

It makes me think of the early

feminists, and the brilliant blazing

torch they passed on the succeeding generations. My career as a

Kundalini

activist has just begun, by comparison, and it would not Be, if not

for

your efforts in creating the legacy which I, among so many, are

heirs to.

It saddens me tho, to see you departing the

field. Those of us who are

just starting out, still need you. We need your wisdom and insights.

Your

passion. >>

Those words are even truer today. Her brilliance, and my

sadness to

hear she has truly, "departed the field" doubtless for greener

pastures

that she truly deserves. My spirit is happy she is freed from pain, but my

heart grieves the loss.

The impetus and support for the creation of the K-list came

from El, it

was inspired by her "Friends online" site which was the first

website to

offer a place of community and comfort for awakened people. She was an

original, and will be greatly missed by me, and everyone who knew her.

The last thing she posted to shared Transformation was

an essay on

Shamanic death and dismemberment last March.

http://members.aol.com/ckress01/darkness.html

Even through her own troubles she continued to reach out and

help

others, to share her wisdom that it might benefit any who might be in need.

She retreated from this list about two years ago, citing health problems

and a need to invest energy elsewhere, think about something besides the

process. Last time I wrote to her, she said she was mentoring new writers.

Yet, I noticed when her name reappeared in the member list, although I did

not mention it to anyone. She chose to be in seclusion and I respected

that, and did not disturb it ... but it gave me great joy to know we were

again blessed by her presence.

Over the next few days I will be forwarding some of El's posts

from the

archives, as a memorial and tribute to this great lady. If you wish, go to

the archives search engine

http://www.kundalini-gateway.org/klist/search.html

and enter El Collie or ckress to find her posts. The search will take a

while, she was prolific in her generosity of sharing. I did so and found

this poem:

KNOCK KNOCK

by El Collie

I AM

all that ever was or will be.

I AM

always and forever

nameless, formless, selfless.

I AM

source and substance,

the magic All, the quintessential Who,

the What It Is

behind the many guises

of this, that and the other.

I always AM

nothing and no one

but the light of consciousness pouring through

prismatic dreamspace and illusion-time

into a trillion variations on a single theme:

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

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