[MD] Zen

[david]

Pure drivel, chicken zen clap trap. Boo. 

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> 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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