The multiplicity of available forums such as blogger, wordpress, my space and etc...allow us the ability to share something of our experience. And I like that:>) On some subjects we will agree while on others we may see things differently. And that's okay. So, here I go again... I recently read a brilliant and well written post on a Buddhist blog that mapped out the reasons why it is that Buddhists do not believe in a supreme being and that the concept of a creator God is antithetical to Buddhist thought. The post also cites that the Buddha listed belief in a supreme creator as one of the wrong views in the Brahmajala Sutta, Digha 1. This neatly packaged "Buddhist belief" feels like too big a piece of gristle in my mouth. Chewing it creates a rather fatty taste in my mouth and to spit it out feels rude. I have come to a place where I am sensitive or aware of beliefs, labels and such. At several points in my life I could say that I am a Christian, a Taoist, a Buddhist, ...
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Our eggs are spoken for before we have them! I could easily sell many more dozen than the chickens can supply. Early Spring and fifteen chickens = tens eggs a day on average. We are hoping to increase our little village of ladies to twenty five. Now, with this house going up for sale, where we end up is being hinted at but all is not certain. A new and improved TaoSpring is on the horizon. It has miraculously appeared. And as is often the case, when it comes to the miraculous, it is more than one could dare dream or hope for. So you sit quietly and hold your breath hoping that you don't somehow jinx it. You ever feel that way?? - Last night, remember that it is only mid-March and we are in New England, there was a rain storm with summeresqe lightening and hail. This morning, the world seemed scrubbed clean and this was the first time in 2012 that the early morning birds were out! All of nature seemed to be welcoming Spring. I could not help but go off to work with a smile of contenetment upon my face. Nice!!.JPG)
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