Stone Soup, Healing Saturdays
Date/Time
Date(s) - 02/28/2015
12:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Location
Peace Tree Spirituality Center
Categories
Peace Tree Spirituality Center is hosting “Stone Soup, Healing Saturdays” on four Saturdays in Lent:
- February 28, 2015 – Sister Marge O’Gorman F.S.M., “The Healing Landscape of Dreams”
- March 7, 2015 – Gen Eiler, “Emotional Freedom (Tapping) Technique”
- March 14, 2015 – Members of the Fellowship, “Twelve Step Spirituality for Everyone”
- March 21, 2015 – Judy Williamson from Our Lady of the Snows, “Healing Art that Anyone Can Do”
Participants will gather and share bread, and vegetarian soup, with a variety of toppings provided by participants. After this communal lunch, participants will learn about, and practice body and soul healing practices from a variety of paths and traditions. Sessions are designed so participants may attend one or all. Gathering begins at 12:30 p.m. and the sessions will last until around 3:00 p.m. Please reserve a space in advance. If you have any questions, please contact Brian Sieve (bsieve@eden.edu), Student Intern.
***A love offering to cover the cost of lunch will be accepted. No one will be turned away.
Stone Soup: Three monks were on pilgrimage, when they came at dusk to a village. After greeting the locals, the monks became aware that the locals, while of modest means, were actually afflicted with scarcity mentality, division, suspicion, and resentment. In their wisdom, the monks offered to show the villagers how rich they truly were, and how blessed they could be.
The monks asked for a cauldron of water, and some from the village found one, and filled it with water as directed. Others foraged for kindle and built a fire. The monks produced from their small sack a beautiful river rock, and placed it in the pot. When the soup began to boil, the monks and villagers celebrated the coming feast, but they realized it would be even better with cabbage, and so one villager found cabbage and added it to the soup. Then another found carrots, and another foraged for some herbs. Several offered a potato, and an onion. And eventually every family in the village contributed something from their modest reserves.
By then the festive gathering and the tempting aroma had drawn the whole village to the fire. Some added their musical talents, another juggled, some danced, still others performed tricks, and shared stories. Neighbors spoke who had not interacted previously for a long time. By the time they enjoyed the shared soup, they realized that the flavor was better, and the experience richer for everyone having come together in harmony. The monks, knowing that the journey was as important as the destination, slept well that night. In the morning, they found a new river rock to wash, and place in the sack to carry to the coming evening’s celebration.