[MD] Zen

[David Morey]

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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