06-23-2019, 10:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-27-2019, 11:07 AM by loostudent.)
Meditation On Earth
The earth bears fruit. It's the most tangible element. It often symbolizes everything bodily, material, physical, limited. It's interesting that in original creation light is the building block while in man's creation earth was the building block - first tools were made of stone ... Also in creation of our body? "We Are Stardust"- sung Joni Mitchell in Woodstock. Elemnts in our body are literary from this dust. So the Bible is rightly saying: "God formed man of the dust of the ground." Ground is permanent but dust is impermanent. Earthly body is mortal and transient. Another song comes to mind - "Dust In the Wind".
Ground. It's not just the source for material, it's also the fundament to build on. Earth animals need solid ground. I'm reminded of Jesus' parable: house on a rock vs. house on sand. We (humans) are rooted in earth (see the meaning of name Adam). Water is something fluent and supple but earth/ground represents something solid and stable. Stability, order, support, haven. This reminds me of home and the role of parents in the life of a child.
Walking. Our most simple kind of travel. We walk on ground. Jezus was supposed to walk on water. That's interesting. Why didn't he simply teleport himself? Actually he walked a lot when he was teaching and when he invited new disciples he said: follow me (in other translation: walk behind me). Walking is learning. We are here on this ground to learn and bear fruit.
Humility is a virtue connected to earth (humus=earth, humilis=on the ground). It's having a grounded (realistic) view of self ...
The earth bears fruit. It's the most tangible element. It often symbolizes everything bodily, material, physical, limited. It's interesting that in original creation light is the building block while in man's creation earth was the building block - first tools were made of stone ... Also in creation of our body? "We Are Stardust"- sung Joni Mitchell in Woodstock. Elemnts in our body are literary from this dust. So the Bible is rightly saying: "God formed man of the dust of the ground." Ground is permanent but dust is impermanent. Earthly body is mortal and transient. Another song comes to mind - "Dust In the Wind".
Ground. It's not just the source for material, it's also the fundament to build on. Earth animals need solid ground. I'm reminded of Jesus' parable: house on a rock vs. house on sand. We (humans) are rooted in earth (see the meaning of name Adam). Water is something fluent and supple but earth/ground represents something solid and stable. Stability, order, support, haven. This reminds me of home and the role of parents in the life of a child.
Walking. Our most simple kind of travel. We walk on ground. Jezus was supposed to walk on water. That's interesting. Why didn't he simply teleport himself? Actually he walked a lot when he was teaching and when he invited new disciples he said: follow me (in other translation: walk behind me). Walking is learning. We are here on this ground to learn and bear fruit.
Humility is a virtue connected to earth (humus=earth, humilis=on the ground). It's having a grounded (realistic) view of self ...
![[+]](https://www.bring4th.org/forums/images/collapse_collapsed.png)