At 6:11 PM we reviewed the various updates and changes recently made by colleges discussing blog-site and college updates, insights and discoveries, and investigating how a college’s content addresses the needs of a diverse community. One observed that GFLAA, a group of "spiritual-self aware” people, created DSU to explore the who, what, where, when, why and how of life, and works to share wisdom and experience for those who seek illumination in life by providing opportunities to gain knowledge, acquire wisdom and live with integrity.
DSU then created or recruited colleges, groups acting as a unit, typically focused upon a limited or focused field of study to create content – the wisdom that they choose so share with those who seek illumination in life. This content is shared with those interested.
Those who are NOT seeking illumination in life may find content entertaining, but hopefully content may stimulate interested people to participate with and support colleges in creating their content.
College content allows for a diversity of sharing and a place to focus attention based upon interests.
 |
| Click to enlarge |
At 6:25 John shared some wisdom from his Random Thoughts college which is still being constructed. He shared a fable from a book similar to the story of God creating the dog and telling it to "sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of 20 years." Of which the dog asked for only 10.
Then God created the monkey and said, "Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a 20-year life span." Of which the monkey settled like the dog for 10.
Then, God created the cow and said, "You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of 60 years." Of which the cow asked for only 20.
Finally, God created humans and said "Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you 20 years." But the human said, "Only 20 years? Could you possibly give me my 20, the 40 the cow gave back, the 10 the monkey gave back, and the 10 the dog gave back? That makes 80, okay?" God agreed saying "You asked for it."
So that is why for our first 20 years, we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 years, we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next 10 years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last 10 years, we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone. Discussion ensued.
At 6:55 PM we reviewed suggestions for our upcoming meeting on March 11 and noted that it will be one week before the equinox gathering. It was determined that each would seek to find some short equinox story to share for our wisdom sharing segment.
GFLAA will meet March 4th and DSU on March 11th.
At 7:00 we closed with our closing intention and the song I Hope you Dance by Lee Ann Womack.
No comments:
Post a Comment