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66. Adulthood Earthseed is adulthood. It’s trying our wings, Leaving our mother, Becoming men and women. We’ve been children, Fighting for the full breasts, The protective embrace, The soft lap. Children do this. But Earthseed is adulthood. Adulthood is both sweet and sad. It terrifies. It empowers. We are men and…
61. What others say Beware: All too often, We say What we hear others say. We think What we’re told that we think. We see What we’re permitted to see. Worse! We see what we’re told that we see. Repetition and pride are the keys to this. To hear and to see Even an obvious lie Again And again and again May be to say it…
56. When vision fails When vision fails Direction is lost. When direction is lost Purpose may be forgotten. When purpose is forgotten Emotion rules alone. When emotion rules alone, Destruction…destruction. ∞ = Δ 57. Self is Self is. Self is body and bodily perception. Self is thought, memory, belief. Self creates…
46. Do not worship God Do not worship God Inexorable God Neither needs nor wants Your worship. Instead, Acknowledge and attend God, Learn from God, With forethought and intelligence, Imagination and industry, Shape God. When you must, Yield to God. Adapt and endure. For you are Earthseed, And God is Change. ∞ = Δ 47…
41. Death Death Is a great Change— Is life’s greatest Change. We honor our beloved dead. As we mix their essence with the earth, We remember them, And within us, They live. ∞ = Δ 42. We have lived before We have lived before. We will live again. We will be silk, Stone, Mind, Star. We will be scattered, Gathered…
36. We give our dead We give our dead To the orchards And the groves. We give our dead To life. ∞ = Δ 37. Darkness gives shape Darkness Gives shape to the light As light Shapes the darkness. Death Gives shape to life As life Shapes death. The universe And God Share this wholeness, Each Defining the other. God Gives…
31. Sculptor and Clay As wind, As water, As fire, As life, God Is both creative and destructive, Demanding and yielding, Sculptor and clay. God is Infinite Potential: God is Change. ∞ = Δ 32. Your teachers Your teachers Are all around you. All that you perceive, All that you experience, All that is given to you or…
21. What a living world will demand There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you. ∞ = Δ 22. Earthlife We are Earthseed. We are flesh—self aware, questing, problem-solving flesh. We are that aspect of Earthlife best able to shape God knowingly. We are Earthlife maturing, Earthlife preparing to fall away…
11. The Paradox Why is the universe? To shape God. Why is God? To shape the universe. ∞ = Δ 12. A Tree A tree Cannot grow In its parentsʼ shadows. ∞ = Δ 13. The Destiny of Earthseed Destiny of Earthseed Is to take root among the stars. ∞ = Δ 14. Consequences To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your…
1. God is Change All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change. ∞ = Δ 2. Prodigy Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what…