Sunday, November 15, 2015

MY SAMPLE OBSERVATION - November 21 - The Virtue Of "Thought"

MY SAMPLE OBSERVATION

NOV 21 – DEC 20:
THOUGHT (CONTROL OF SPEECH AND TONGUE)
BECOMES FEELING FOR THE TRUTH

OPPOSITE: GOSSIP OVER EXTERNALS, TALKATIVENESS

By Jean Yeager

IN NATURE
            A friend sent a link to a PBS show on “What Plants Talk About”
Quote from one viewer: 

“Plants were the first living organisms on the planet, the first to unite body and soul into life. They are the only organisms that convert solar energy into fuel for the body, which fuels the soul. Not only do they convert solar energy to spiritual energy, but they also provide critical components for other life forms to do the same. Perhaps we should reconsider our perspective of them on many levels. Plants rule!”

            Animals can “think” to a certain level. In many cases, their thoughts are in keeping with “instinct” or learned patterns of behavior. Even instinctive responses are based on the “truth” of the environment or local situation. Migrating Salmon, for example, listen to the “sound” that water flowing down rivers makes when it enters the sea in order to select their birth stream.
            Apparently, all of nature is filled with beings that communicate with one another and may demonstrate knowledge of a higher order. When the environment changes – drought, flood, etc. – this is communicated by plants and animals and they alter their instinctive behavior. Their “Truth” changes. Darwin called this adaptation.

IN THE HUMAN BEING
             Nature is comprised of Truth and we can approach that Truth and get a “feeling for it”.
            How does Nature speak to us?  Many scientists such as Goethe, George Washington Carver, and Luther Burbank report that Nature “spoke” to them directly and they “heard/saw” what she said through observation. What they said about these experiences, required that they controlled their thoughts. This gave them a feeling for the Truth about plants.
            There are lots of types of “truth” for human beings, aren’t there? They seem to vary widely. The truth of a scientist is different from the truth of the artist. The “truest” longings seem to be in the heart. Our observations can be wrong or incomplete. Inner truths may be very creative and unique. This virtue seems to depend upon improving our capacity for discernment. Wholeness is essential for “arriving” at the Truth and that phrase means we probably have to travel a distance to get the whole story.

OPPOSITE: GOSSIP OVER EXTERNALS
I worked as a news reporter for a while when I was young. We reported “what happened” which was, in many cases, not the whole Truth. Beware such factoids – they may lead you far from the Truth. Gossip sometimes feels like a “being” seeking to keep people from ever reaching the Truth. 


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