~ a whisper to the soul, August 10, 2011
Since the previous post had two quotes mentioning bees and sweetness, I thought this was perfectly appropriate as the next! Quotes are repeated below, in case you missed them :) And here's some info about honey that I found online: "Honey is made by bees in one of the world’s most efficient facilities, the beehive. The 60,000 or so bees in a beehive may collectively travel as much as 55,000 miles and visit more than two million flowers to gather enough nectar to make just a pound of honey! The color and flavor of honey differ depending on the bees’ nectar source (the blossoms). In fact, there are more than 300 unique kinds of honey in the United States, originating from such diverse floral sources as Clover, Eucalyptus and Orange Blossoms." - source: honey.com
"The honey in the flower or lotus does not crave for bees; they do not plead with the bees to come. Since they have tasted the sweetness, they themselves search for the flowers and rush in. They come because of the attachment between themselves and sweetness." ~ Sri Sathya Sai Baba
"O God, my mind is fascinated with Thy lotus feet as the bumble-bee with the flower; night and day I thirst for them." ~ Guru Nanak
In the book I am reading right now, called The Bond, it mentions bees and ants as the only two communities who's individuals are totally cooperative with one another for the good of the whole. I don't know that we as humans want to be like bees, but there is definitely something to learn for us about how we are all in this together! We do not need to lose our individuality, we can each play our own note in the symphony, being different, as well as acting for the greater good.
ReplyDeleteYes :) Which book is that? I see several called The Bond on Amazon. There's a new one with that title by Lynne McTaggart that it on my 100-mile-long reading list ;)
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