This week's iJourney reading is by Roger Walsh titled 'Seven People Cutting Stones': For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about what these noises could be, but no one could make sense of them. Even the village elders had never heard anything like them. Finally one of the young men of the village was chosen to cross the mountains and see what was going on.
After two days of hiking he reached the mountaintop and saw in the valley far below a hive of activity with dozens of people working. As he drew closer, he saw a line of people, each with a huge stone in front of them that they were hammering and chiseling.
When he finally reached the valley floor he approached a young man at one end of the line and asked, “What are you doing?”
“Huh!” grunted the young man. “I’m killing time until I get off work.”
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Seven People Cutting Stones
This week's iJourney reading is by Roger Walsh titled 'Seven People Cutting Stones': For several weeks strange sounds had drifted over the mountains from the neighboring valley. There was much talk in the village about what these noises could be, but no one could make sense of them. Even the village elders had never heard anything like them. Finally one of the young men of the village was chosen to cross the mountains and see what was going on.
After two days of hiking he reached the mountaintop and saw in the valley far below a hive of activity with dozens of people working. As he drew closer, he saw a line of people, each with a huge stone in front of them that they were hammering and chiseling.
When he finally reached the valley floor he approached a young man at one end of the line and asked, “What are you doing?”
“Huh!” grunted the young man. “I’m killing time until I get off work.”
Puzzled, ... [Read more]
Posted by iJourney.org
on May 19, 2013
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