export-quality drivel 2015-08-04 3:11 GMT+02:00 david <[email protected]>:
> Pure drivel, chicken zen clap trap. Boo. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Jul 28, 2015, at 5:00 AM, David Morey <[email protected]> > 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 <[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 > 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 > -- parser 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
