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give.” He often was alone, but other times one or two or three people would be next to him, quietly talking or just meditating. At least 140 people came to Tutuska’s memorial — coffee slingers, office workers, shoppers, government workers, shopkeeps, poets, musicians, merchants, sidewalk witnesses, members of his “A Course in Miracles” group and more. Someone burned sage, another set up a table filled with spiritual writings and CDs by various artists. The table also held piles of what appeared to be Tutuska’s calling card with Church of the Eternal Now. It has a photo of Tutuska on it (a photo taken by the Journal) and a number to call “for all the answers, or to contact John Tutuska.” The number, alas, conjures a recording that says, “Refinance your mortgage and save” and offers a 900 number to call. (The card also suggests meditation for all of the answers or talking to John, so, that might be the better course right now.) Many who spoke at his memorial noted how he “was a devoted student” of “A Course in Miracles,” that he shared its ideas with everyone, and that he exuded a love that seemed specific to each person he met. One woman said he was especially fond of one of the course’s teachings that says there is no death. “We come from spirit and we will return to spirit,” she said. A few spoke of his more earthly life — boxer, wonderful cook, Giants fan. But most remembered him as being, as one woman put it, “the spiritual anchor to Old Town.” An older man, pointing up through the canopy of trees into the cloudy bright sky, said “There, there is the light.” Tutsuka, he said, was all around, still here.
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