There could be no other florian fischer! *placing hands together and bowing*
Chris --- CHRIS CORRIGAN Bowen Island, BC, Canada (604) 947-9236 Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Homepage: http://www.chriscorrigan.com [email protected] (604) 947-9236 > -----Original Message----- > From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Therese > Fitzpatrick > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2004 1:49 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Silence / genesis > > Thank you, Florian. Are you the same Florian Fisher who has written about > social art/organization work in the anthroposophical press? If so, I have > enjoyed that work immensely. > > > >From: Florian Fischer <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: OSLIST <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: Re: Silence / genesis > >Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 20:59:43 +0100 > > > >Am 06.02.2004 3:37 Uhr schrieb "Douglas D. Germann, Sr." unter > ><[email protected]>: > > > >... a moment of silence here, online? Now? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >dear doug, > >that gives space for me to come in again after a while > >of neither reading nor posting. > > > >in these days beside lot of lots I wrote my personal version > >of the genesis. the story is relating well to silence. > >if you may listen ?? here it is: > > > >Florian Fischer > >The Creation of The World > > > >In the beginning there was nothing - totally dark and absolutly silent. > And > >the Spirit of Darkness protected Nothingness and Silence. Nothing ever > >happened and Nothingness had been silent since the dawn of eternity. > >However > >there came a voice from beyond the darkness; restless and invisible - and > >called out: >Hi there! Creative Spirit here. I'm calling you oh Spirit of > >Darkness, answer me! Why are you doing nothing? Why don't you do > something > >in this eternal silence, anything - let there be light or say something, > >whatever!< No answer from Nothingness. He called out over and over again > >and > >shouted: >Hello, you don't even answer, but I want an answer, > >a word at least,< - he didn't want to wait and so carried on >Go on, let > me > >have a go. You must do something, you can't just hang around doing > nothing, > >nothing's going to happen. It's just not on.< And he didn't stop calling, > >for silence was not on his side. > >The Spirit of Darkness finally gave in, learnt to hear, listened and > >answered the invisible one and said: >Well then, you throw words into > >space, > >develop language, demand, force me to use words, extort an answer, just > you > >wait and see what you've done. Right then, fine, if you really want to > get > >going, go! Get on with it and do it, just create a world, a small world - > >well, you'll manage all right. - What? You need time? It doesn't exist > yet, > >you'll have to invent it yourself. But do it now, yes, in this very > >instant. > >There is nothing else but now. And get a move on - ah! you must leave > half > >of it in darkness, that's the condition!< >Condition, condition, what's > >that? There was nothing until now!< >Stop, no more calling out, I want > >silence.< >But < The Spirit of Darkness answered with another condition: > >>No buts!< >It's easy for you to speak from your nothingness,< countered > >Creative Spirit, >but if < >No ifs, no buts! Right, that's enough > calling > >out and talking, simply begin! Now!< > >Creative Spirit got straight down to work talking to himself all the > time. > >>Okay, that's right like that, super, that's just the thing, exactly.< > And > >he started by creating light, in the half that had been left to him and > he > >became afraid, because all of a sudden millions of colours appeared - by > >themselves, so he simply left them as they were. Something happened, > >somehow > >both elastic and kneadable, and he said: >I've still got plenty of time.< > >But there wasn't much, because only half was visible. The other half was > >still in darkness and it was not possible to make out whether there was a > >lot or just a little of it, and if you could call that: Time. > >Somehow, he didn't seem to be making progress because it kept getting > dark > >and he had to rest half of the time. However, nothing got to him like > >silence. Out of everything he only achieved what was most necessary. Only > >two specimens of each being and not too similar for that matter. > Somewhere, > >in the midst of all the chaos he managed to create something like two > human > >beings. They still hadn't met, nor did either know what was or was not > >edible. The air was transparent, but you couldn't walk on it; and so was > >the > >water, unevenly spread in width and depth. A number of mountains were > still > >on the move - when all of a sudden the call rang out: >Stop! Spirit of > >Darkness here! Listen here oh restless one, you who calls yourself > Creative > >Spirit: Seven days and six nights have passed, so you must have rested > six > >times, unwillingly, in my half. This is the measure of time and so shall > it > >remain. However, it's over now, off into retirement you go<. > >>What a load of rubbish!< called back Creative Spirit, >I'm not done yet! > >Nothing has come to perfection. Besides you've been meddling, with your > >conditions and the definition of time. Is that what I must put my name > to? > >Well, I couldn't care less, it will just have to carry on by itself > then.< > >And so he carried on >You call as the voice of what was silent darkness > to > >restrict me with silence. So be it - the swap is done: Yours is the > >language > >from now on and mine eternal silence. Amen<. And so he went on to use his > >last ten words, in capital letters, to write down his recipe which had > >produced the world he was about to free: > >NOW - LESS - IMPERFECT- SILENCE - NO IFS OR BUTS - ITSELF - SIMPLE. > >And as mankind, both imperfect and unequal, got to know themselves they > >learned the lesson the hard way: only from now to now, without ifs or > buts, > >everything develops by itself. > >------------------------------------- > >Translated > >from German to English > >by Andrew Mortimer > >------------------------------------- > > > >* > >* > >========================================================== > >[email protected] > >------------------------------ > >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > >view the archives of [email protected], > >Visit: > > > >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > _________________________________________________________________ > Click here for a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee. > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
