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'Grain of wheat' (5)
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Daily meditationsMeditate on the long adventure of a grain of wheat before it becomes bread and food for humans. It is placed in the soil in the dark and the cold, and when it gives birth to a new sprout it dies. When this sprout comes up out of the soil, it ...
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Daily meditationsWhat a lesson there is for us in the grain of wheat's eventful journey toward becoming the bread that is the food of humankind! Placed in the dark, cold earth, it has to die to give birth to a new germ. When this germ comes up out of the soil, it ...
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Daily meditationsDo you know this tale of Tolstoy's?A king was walking across his land one day, when he picked up a grain the size of a hazelnut. This surprised him, and he called on the knowledge of all the sages at his court, but not one of them was able to tell ...
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Daily meditationsAlchemy is the science of the transformation of matter. In the crucible, the alchemist places the prima materia, the base matter, which, initially, dies and rots down; this operation corresponds to the colour black. Next, the matter is dissolved and ...
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Daily meditationsWhat an extraordinary adventure the ear of wheat has! First, it is harvested then it is tied into sheaves, threshed and sent to the mill to be ground between two huge stones. When it has been reduced to flour, it is mixed with water, kneaded into a ...
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