Allan Balliett wrote:
An unknown length of time ago a man on the road to Damascus was struck blind by an angel of the Lord. When he recovered his 'sight' he found himself going somewhere else with a new name and purpose in life. Allegorical probably but that is how the Bible tells the story of Saul of Tarsus which is explainable on a spiritual level but scientifically? No way.As you know, we are postulating a spiritual science here that operates beyond the perceptions of orthodox science. It is very very difficult to create a proof of our system within a lesser system. Having experienced the power of biodynamics in food and in soil, I have no need to 'prove it' to anyone. Having seen 'organic trials' conducted at the local ag research center, I have not hope for a proof of biodynamics under those circumstances.
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On a day in the year 2001 AD, a non-farmer, a person whose sum-total knowledge of agriculture acquired over 50+ years could be written in large print on a single sheet of paper, walked on to a grazing property not far from Canberra Australia and said "This will make your grass grow beyond belief", and dropped a small packet of granulated brown substance into the farmer's hand.
And at the visitor's explanation to his questions, the farmer's eyes grew wide with disbelief. But fortunately he had a sense of humour and, more importantly, a mind open enough to 'give it a go'. Now he has the best grass in the district and he delights in telling everyone how it got that way.
BD is not orthodox science or spiritual science or any sort of science, it is traditional (or cultural or old if you like) knowledge coupled with the insights of Rudolf Steiner (and, since, others) and it is attitudinal. If any person were to accept for just one moment that humankind is a part or a component of the environment and not its lord and master, that everything we think or do has an effect on the environment, and that every other part of the environment has an effect on us, his or her life would change for ever. I do mean 'for ever', not just this life.
NZ after attending the Organics 2001I cannot claim that the angel of the Lord appeared to me and said "Roger, henceforth your purpose is changed, go thou and do this." All I can say is that between boarding an aircraft at Christchurch Conference at Ashburton and stepping off it in Sydney not too long afterwards something very significant happened within me, and the things I have seen, learned and done since then read like a kind of fairy story.
Try and explain that scientifically.
We do not need proof, all we need is product, patience and perseverance, and humour. Who in their right mind would choose to eat a tasteless conventionally grown fruit, sprayed with whatever for 'protection', harvested unripe, refrigerated until displayed and sold, instead of a biodynamic one? Only someone who has never tasted the latter. There is one store in Canberra that sells BD certified orange juice. It's on the other side of the city and the juice costs twice as much than we'd like to pay but, by golly, it's worth the drive and the money.
Forget the science - make the bastards laugh and then give 'em an apple and we won't go far wrong.
James, the grass is growing in the BD paddock at Dalgety down the gullies where I dowsed the underground rivers. There was none there mid December, now it's thick and lush and flattened in places 'downstream' as if there had been a burst of very heavy rain. Except there hasn't - no more than 20 millimetres. On my last visit after Rosie and I had searched fruitlessly for a close-to-surface outlet, I asked the devas for evidence that the rivers and lakes did exist and to show us a way of getting at them easily. The answer is growing before our eyes in the gullies - and nowhere else.
roger
