Posted by gardenergirl on August 4, 2004, at 8:02:43
Hi Rod,
I was reading from my book "Meditations for Women Who Do Too Much" and the passage for yesterday, Aug. 3 reminded me of your work.The topic was Freedom:
"Would you sell the colors of your sunset and the fragrance
Of your flowers, and the passionate wonder of your forest
For a creed that will not let you dance?"
Helene Johnson"Would you? Have you? What kind of creed have we accepted that tells us that we are of no value unless we are working ourselves to death? What kind of creed have we adhered to that tells us that *doing* is superior to *being*? What belief have we accepted that suggests that, if we are not rushing and hurrying, we have no meaning?
We don't have time for sunsets, fragrances of flowers, or the 'passionate wonder of our forests.' We don't even see sunsets, flowers, or forests. Do they still exist?
Dancing surely must be for pagans who don't have to make money. We used to dance before we became so important."
And the meditation sentence..."When a creed is not articulated as a creed and is assumed to be reality, we don't have much freedom of choice."
What do you think?
gg
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