Joe, Thanks for all this info. I didn't know most of it.
Yes, I do have water on my property but I had to have a hole bored down into the earth 100+ meters and have to coax it to the surface with a pump. My pump is an electric-powered pump. ...Bill! --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Friends, ...many of you may know about the Quakers. > > These are folks, guys, gals, who sit -- and they sit together -- in Meeting. > If anyone rises and speaks, usually it's an Elder who will do so, first. > Then younger folks might. The speaking is "Vocal Ministry". But the > practice of Meeting is silent. Until someone speaks. There is no *one* > Minister. Some Meetings, no one speaks. Meeting is Meeting. What happens > in Meeting, stays in Meeting. It's like Sesshin. ;-) > > There are many Streams in Human appreciation and practice of togetherness, > assembly, belonging, sharing, and participation. Who knows where they come > from. > > Bill!?, you may have water on your property. RAF?, we know you have flowing > water. They are different streams, at your different sites. Where do they > come from? We're better not to say! It's one place, though. A deep place. > The streams are different, but their reasons for being are not. > > (i'm a naive Geologist, though; and metaphors are metaphors; you all know > what metaphors are for! I never met a metaphor I didn't like!, And I like > Mr. Will Rogers, too) > > See the classic fine book by Howard Brinton, FRIENDS FOR THREE HUNDRED YEARS > (1952). Just the title alone made me grab the book from the used bookstore > shelf and hold it to my breast. My dear Love, Mary Beth, was a Quaker, and > taught me a lot, before she passed. I taught her the Zen I knew, which was > nothing, compared to her heart. Now, always, all of Brinton's words, > tempered in Meeting and given wings by Love, bring me back to where I ought > to be. Maybe you too? Will you give it a try? Zen folk will know Brinton > like the gal who sat next to you for a week on Sesshin. Just read. You'll > recognize. > > Friends practiced English- and American Zen, my Friends, before Soyen Shaku > touched our salty shores in 1893 (speaking from USA, I am), where S. Shaku > Roshi gave a talk then in Chicago, and the translation to English of his talk > was made by his very OWN student in Japan, left behind on the island, D. T. > Suzuki. Small world. But I wouldn't want to paint it (as a house-painter, > say). > > With Love!, > > and as a bedtime Lullaby, > > nite-Nite, > > nite, > > --Joe > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
