After dinner conversations / parable of the sower

Florian Fischer ff at begleitung-im-wandel.com
Sun Jun 12 07:56:14 PDT 2005


Am 12.06.2005 10:28 Uhr schrieb "EVERETT813 at aol.com" unter
<EVERETT813 at aol.com>:

> 
> In a message dated 6/9/05 5:58:38 PM, duff at innergy.ca writes:
> 
> 
> Interestingly, it was 9/11 that stopped them. We had been meeting for years
> once a month with a substantial number of attendees (for a home meeting). Then
> 9/11 happened and it just ended. People stopped coming.
> 
> 
> ... thought-provoking......   Or, was there something about the
> many-year-group that wasn't robust, Duff (no blame or aspersion intended, just
> a question)?
> 
> I am reminded of the parable of the sower by Jesus of Nazareth (Mark 3-8).
> Particularly verse 6: "when the sun was up, it was scorched; and because it
> had no root, it withered away".   In verses 14-20 he interprets the parable.
> It's worth reading and pondering.   What does it mean "to have real roots" in
> OS?   Or, in the Practice of Peace, for that matter?
> 
> 
> dear paul,
> I had a look to mark 3-8 verse 6.
> 
> facilitating the sower in seedtime
> I would encourage him
> to sow in abundance
> not worreing about the lost
> of more or less of the seed
> because abundance needs lost
> who knows for what may serve
> the so called lost, the break, the void
> the silence, the unintended --
> perhaps it´s just the  space in need
> for birds (looking for seed)
> (and buzzards and bats)
> moving in the flow
> without any roots.
> 
> the lost is never in vain
> the lost is part of the crop
> the robust is partner of the weak
> over is the end of not-over
> not-over is the beginning of over
> 
> let us invite mark
> to tell us once more the parable
> after so many time
> perhaps in another way
> having listened as a lurker sometimes
> the discussion on the OS-list.
> 
> 
> a hug
> florian
> 
> 
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