Personal Experience
My wife’s ‘farming’ activity this year has lead to some exciting and unusual personal experiences … with their consequent reflections … contemplation. This morning I felt the urge to observe her peanut seeds germinating … a fascinating experience.
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Today I learned … as far as observation is the equivalent of learning … how peanuts germinate and sprout. The peanut seed seems to create a white ‘stem’ (for lack of a better word) that pushes down into the earth or … perhaps simply creates an anchor … that serves to push the peanut to the surface. For many of the seedlings the peanut breaks through the surface of the earth … intact … the peanut later opens … exposing it’s two independent halves … the colour changes to green and leaves start sprouting from the base of where the peanut split into it’s two halves. For me, absolutely fascinating … the only plant I know of that pushes the seed to the surface before sprouting leaves.
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Observations concerning my wife’s corn plants. They sprouted several days ago … the leaves were about 3-4 inches long. The leaves were full of holes … and some had the end of the leaves chewed off. I jumped to the conclusion these corn plants were doomed … they wouldn’t grow into mature corn plants because of my wife’s strong aversion to pesticides. I was wrong again … these same plants have recovered and are growing normally. Hmmm!
“On discussing God and Religion”
In the previous post I wrote:
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This morning I witnessed some of that symbiotic relationship.
- The peanut seed … the genesis of it’s symbiotic relationship with the soil occurs in the ground … in the dark … unseen … dancing alone with the soil. Reminds me of the book “Dark Night of the Soul” by St John of the Cross. According to St John the genesis of our symbiotic relationship with God starts in the dark … in the unknown … the unseen … some part of our being is dancing with God and we’re not consciously aware of the dance.
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Writing the above reminds me of something Ambiguous has written about himself many times … again this morning in another OP:
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Perhaps finding a way for “our house to be at rest” and patience … ergo … no effort on our part is the answer.
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The peanut seed splits into it’s two halves … exposing each half to the sun. The sun joins the dance the peanut seed is having with the soil … the peanut seed turns green … and tiny leaves begin to sprout. The sun … the light … is an integral partner in the growth of the seed plant. Perhaps answers why the sun … the light … figures so prominently in many world religions.
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The corn plants … it’s not over until the fat lady sings. People … like the young corn shoots … are full of holes … a portion of our being has been eaten or chewed off … not to worry … there is something within our being that has the power to overcome these ‘attacks’ and we can grow into a healthy productive life.