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NEW » POSTED September, 2008
Helen Luke on MAKING CHOICES:
In our moments of choice how do we /know/ that we are obeying the voice of truth? We can only do our best to discriminate our motives, free ourselves from conventional opinions, watch our dreams, use our intelligence, together with our intuition, weigh the values involved and the effects on other people, and then act wholeheartedly from the deepest level we know. If our choice proves to be a mistake, it will be a creative mistake – a mistake leading to consciousness. If it is a question of a big change in our lives, something almost always comes from without to meet the urge from within, and we have a chance to /recognize/ our way – either by resisting a temptation or by accepting a new attitude. If our commitment to our ‘fate,’ to the will of God, includes the willingness to pay the full price, we will not go astray – we will relate to the Spirit within, not succumb to possession by it. There is no rule to tell us whether this or that is the right attitude, the right way to behave in all circumstances.
From: Helen Luke, The Story of Saul, Kaleidoscope, p. 262
"In these times, we generally start from a place of fear..."
» POSTED JANUARY, 2008: Apple Farm Community Christmas Party; December 22, 2007; Christmas Talk from Don Raiche. PDF » "Fear Not"
» POSTED NOVEMBER, 2007
Respect old things. Experience those old things.
But take the old outer shell away and create something new from it.
This is the true nature of "tradition."
—Takuo Kato, Japan, current "Living National Treasure"The phrase, "extending the tradition," is making it's way into the language of Apple Farm Community. It stems from an August 2007 Thursday group guided by Joan Yoder Miller in which two examples of extending the tradition were offered.
First, a summary of an address heard in Chautauqua, New York by Peter Gelb, new General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Gelb is working to enhance/extend the tradition of opera so that it's appeal continues in a new generation.
Second, an article on Japanese potters written by Dick Lehman which can be found at www.dicklehman.com. Follow the "writings" link to: 1997 Ceramics Monthly (USA), Summer Issue, Cover Photo and Feature Article: "Shiho Kanzaki: Extending The Tradition" or go directly to: http://www.dicklehman.com/html/writing/kanzaki.html
» POSTED OCTOBER, 2007: Don L. Troyer, M.D., led a recent group at Apple Farm using the book The Matrix and Meaning of Character; An Archetypal and Developmental Approach. Don is a Jungian Analyst and has been associated with Apple Farm for many years. The response to his presentation was so favorable that Don has consented to write a review of the book for us.
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