[MD] Zen

[Adrie Kintziger]

export-quality drivel

2015-08-04 3:11 GMT+02:00 david <dmbuchanan at hotmail.com>:

> Pure drivel, chicken zen clap trap. Boo.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 28, 2015, at 5:00 AM, David Morey <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk>
> wrote:
> >
> > Hi John
> >
> > Well an interesting experience, care is important, we need a lot more of
> it, for a better quality planet.
> >
> > All the best
> > David M
> >
> >> On 28 Jul 2015 03:15, John Carl <ridgecoyote at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> from your link:
> >>
> >> "What is great faith? Great faith means that at all times you keep the
> >> mind which decided to practice, no matter what. It is like a hen
> >> sitting on her eggs. She sits on them constantly, caring for them and
> >> giving them warmth, so that they will hatch. If she becomes careless
> >> or negligent, the eggs will not hatch and become chicks. So Zen mind
> >> means always and everywhere believing in myself…"
> >>
> >> We had a hen like that.  She sat faithfully, last march, on her eggs.
> >> It's called "going broody" and it's not greatly encouraged in layers.
> >> They get cantankerous and peck you when you try and pluck the eggs
> >> from under them.  We did the best we could and just bought store eggs
> >> for a while, hoping she'd give up.  She didn't give up.  A couple of
> >> weeks ago, its the middle of July, and this god-forsaken hen is
> >> brooding over eggs that will never hatch.  Why won't they hatch?
> >> Because roosters are a pain in the ass, and we've gotten rid of ours,
> >> long ago.
> >>
> >> But that damn hen, keeps sitting.  Or setting, I think it's termed.
> >>
> >> Finally, we decided to put an end to it.  We got her some chicks.
> >> Only a day old, unsexed (more roosters!) and stuck them under her and
> >> waited to see if the mothering instinct would kick in.  It did.  And
> >> now she's the best mom, hovering over her little brood.  She hasn't
> >> lost a single one and they are growing fast, learning the ways of the
> >> farm and the family.
> >>
> >> So the question is, what is the moral of the story?  Which came first?
> >> The urge of the chicken or the urge for the egg?   Was the hen
> >> foolish?  She was setting on unfertilized eggs, that certainly seems
> >> foolish.  But on the other hand, we had to acquiesce in the end to her
> >> stubborness and provide her with the family that she so obviously
> >> demanded.  She's happy, we're happy and everything works out great,
> >> especially with the rise in egg prices these days
> >> (
> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/worst-bird-flu-outbreak-u-s-history-spreads-egg-prices-begin-skyrocket/)-
> >>
> >> a whole new brood of layers is a good thing for self-sufficiency.
> >>
> >> The really interesting thing tho, is that one of my hens died.  I
> >> don't know why, she just got really sick and wouldn't get up and
> >> started to smell bad, so I dispatched her and after that, Blackie the
> >> mom, went all broody.  Something about the witnessing of death,
> >> triggered the mind of the chicken to bring more life into the world.
> >> I can't explain it, but
> >>
> >> it's a beautiful thing.
> >>
> >>> On 7/27/15, David Morey <davidint at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> >>> A little Zen for little ones…
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/27/dropping-ashes-on-the-buddha-death/
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> >> play within boundaries.
> >> Infinite players
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