Mollie
4/16/2014 01:32:37 am
thank you Larry, a reminder to be thoughtful in our words, and thoughtful in our thoughts, in a world of too much information. 4/17/2014 02:06:37 pm
I've wanted to leave a comment here, as this is a touching subject for me personally, and at the same time, feeling the gravity and beauty of silence after an elder speaks, not wanting to take away from that. When a burning question is hanging in the air, I have learned to wait, to listen more, and even wait for another time, another place, still listening, still being led by that question. The respect for knowledge, for skill, and the respect for another question, coming not from me, but from the elder, "Why do you want to know?, For what are you going to use this?" The point being, are you sincere about holding this knowledge, this skill? Are you really going to use it?, are you going to use it to benefit the people? These are all questions that temper the asking of questions, "what does that word mean?, how is that plant used?, etc." But when the trust is there, the time is right, the gifts have been given, and stories are flowing, then more can be revealed than could possibly be imagined, let alone asked. Comments are closed.
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