Pierre Babin is no longer with us. The Founder of CREC and pioneer of the "Symbolic Way" died on 9th May 2012. He goes to the Christ that he strived to bring to all.
This photo is perhaps the last one taken before Pierre completely retired. As you may already know, Pierre spent the last part of his active life for more than a year in Thailand, trying to write a book on Living Life to the Fullest. He could only finished the Table of Contents. It took him a long time trying to get the first chapter done. His Alzheimer worsened by days and he could not continue any longer. The picture was taken at a private beach in Pattaya one evening. He spent almost an hour watching the sunset at the horizon (probably revisiting his entire life). Late that night, Pierre told me it's time for him to return to Lyon for a complete retirement.
Chainarong
Dear Chai,
That is a wonderful picture and in one way it aptly reflects the person Pierre was - a prophetic dreamer. He told me once that we need to go beyond words. For him words restrict as we need to vibrate with the total environment which we are all part of.
But he loved poetry and art and poets and artists. He said they are the people closest to the truth as they walk a fine line between reality and fantasy between sanity and insanity. He was excited when I showed him the slide show on the life of Kim Chi Ha, a Korean poet who was at that time imprisoned in Korea. The poems of Kim moved him very much.
It will be important to re-visit, learn and reflect on Pierre a man ahead of his time.
Augy
A large number of tributes, in different laguages, were posted on this website at: http://crecinternational.org/new/index.php/francais/4-une/91-dcbabin We invite you to add your own contribution by clicking on the link above.
