Silence / genesis

Mon Feb 9 16:25:53 PST 2004

There could be no other florian fischer!

*placing hands together and bowing*

Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Therese
> Fitzpatrick
> Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:49 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Silence / genesis
>
> Thank you, Florian.  Are you the same Florian Fisher who has written
about
> social art/organization work in the anthroposophical press?  If so, I
have
> enjoyed that work immensely.
>
>
> >From: Florian Fischer <ff at begleitung-im-wandel.com>
> >Reply-To: OSLIST <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> >To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> >Subject: Re: Silence / genesis
> >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:59:43 +0100
> >
> >Am 06.02.2004 3:37 Uhr schrieb "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." unter
> ><76066.515 at compuserve.com>:
> >
> >... a moment of silence here, online? Now?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >dear doug,
> >that gives space for me to come in again after a while
> >of neither reading nor posting.
> >
> >in these days beside lot of lots I wrote my personal version
> >of the genesis. the story is relating well to silence.
> >if you may listen ??  here it is:
> >
> >Florian Fischer
> >The Creation of The World
> >
> >In the beginning there was nothing - totally dark and absolutly
silent.
> And
> >the Spirit of Darkness protected Nothingness and Silence. Nothing
ever
> >happened and Nothingness had been silent since the dawn of eternity.
> >However
> >there came a voice from beyond the darkness; restless and invisible -
and
> >called out: >Hi there! Creative Spirit here. I'm calling you oh
Spirit of
> >Darkness, answer me! Why are you doing nothing? Why don't you do
> something
> >in this eternal silence, anything - let there be light or say
something,
> >whatever!< No answer from Nothingness. He called out over and over
again
> >and
> >shouted: >Hello, you don't even answer, but I want an answer,
> >a word at least,< - he didn't want to wait and so carried on >Go on,
let
> me
> >have a go. You must do something, you can't just hang around doing
> nothing,
> >nothing's going to happen. It's just not on.< And he didn't stop
calling,
> >for silence was not on his side.
> >The Spirit of Darkness finally gave in, learnt to hear, listened and
> >answered the invisible one and said: >Well then, you throw words into
> >space,
> >develop language, demand, force me to use words, extort an answer,
just
> you
> >wait and see what you've done. Right then, fine, if you really want
to
> get
> >going, go! Get on with it and do it, just create a world, a small
world -
> >well, you'll manage all right. - What? You need time? It doesn't
exist
> yet,
> >you'll have to invent it yourself. But do it now, yes, in this very
> >instant.
> >There is nothing else but now. And get a move on - ah! you must leave
> half
> >of it in darkness, that's the condition!< >Condition, condition,
what's
> >that? There was nothing until now!< >Stop, no more calling out, I
want
> >silence.< >But  < The Spirit of Darkness answered with another
condition:
> >>No buts!< >It's easy for you to speak from your nothingness,<
countered
> >Creative Spirit, >but if  < >No ifs, no buts! Right, that's enough
> calling
> >out and talking, simply begin! Now!<
> >Creative Spirit got straight down to work talking to himself all the
> time.
> >>Okay, that's right like that, super, that's just the thing,
exactly.<
> And
> >he started by creating light, in the half that had been left to him
and
> he
> >became afraid, because all of a sudden millions of colours appeared -
by
> >themselves, so he simply left them as they were. Something happened,
> >somehow
> >both elastic and kneadable, and he said: >I've still got plenty of
time.<
> >But there wasn't much, because only half was visible. The other half
was
> >still in darkness and it was not possible to make out whether there
was a
> >lot or just a little of it, and if you could call that: Time.
> >Somehow, he didn't seem to be making progress because it kept getting
> dark
> >and he had to rest half of the time. However, nothing got to him like
> >silence. Out of everything he only achieved what was most necessary.
Only
> >two specimens of each being and not too similar for that matter.
> Somewhere,
> >in the midst of all the chaos he managed to create something like two
> human
> >beings. They still hadn't met, nor did either know what was or was
not
> >edible. The air was transparent, but you couldn't walk on it; and so
was
> >the
> >water, unevenly spread in width and depth. A number of mountains were
> still
> >on the move - when all of a sudden the call rang out: >Stop! Spirit
of
> >Darkness here! Listen here oh restless one, you who calls yourself
> Creative
> >Spirit: Seven days and six nights have passed, so you must have
rested
> six
> >times, unwillingly, in my half. This is the measure of time and so
shall
> it
> >remain. However, it's over now, off into retirement you go<.
> >>What a load of rubbish!< called back Creative Spirit, >I'm not done
yet!
> >Nothing has come to perfection. Besides you've been meddling, with
your
> >conditions and the definition of time. Is that what I must put my
name
> to?
> >Well, I couldn't care less, it will just have to carry on by itself
> then.<
> >And so he carried on >You call as the voice of what was silent
darkness
> to
> >restrict me with silence. So be it - the swap is done: Yours is the
> >language
> >from now on and mine eternal silence. Amen<. And so he went on to use
his
> >last ten words, in capital letters, to write down his recipe which
had
> >produced the world he was about to free:
> >NOW - LESS - IMPERFECT- SILENCE - NO IFS OR BUTS - ITSELF - SIMPLE.
> >And as mankind, both imperfect and unequal, got to know themselves
they
> >learned the lesson the hard way: only from now to now, without ifs or
> buts,
> >everything develops by itself.
> >-------------------------------------
> >Translated
> >from German to English
> >by Andrew Mortimer
> >-------------------------------------
> >
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