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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > A little Zen for little ones… > > > > > > http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/07/27/dropping-ashes-on-the-buddha-death/ > > Moq_Discuss mailing list > > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > > Archives: > > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > > http://moq.org/md/archives.html > > > > -- > "finite players > play within boundaries. > Infinite players > play *with* boundaries." > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org/md/archives.html Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
