 By: Iulian Emil Moldovan (see also Bread, Feed (how) “In the saying that Education is a life, the need of intellectual and moral as well as of physical sustenance is implied. The mind feeds on ideas, and therefore children should have a generous curriculum." * “Education is part and parcel of religion and every enthusiastic teacher knows that he is obeying the precept,--‘feed my lambs’—feed with all those things which are good and wholesome for the spirit of a man; and, before all and including all, with the knowledge of God.” * “We are, in fact, only taking count of the purlieus of that vast domain which pertains to every man in right of his human nature. We neglect mind. We need not consider brain; a duly nourished and duly exercised mind takes care of its physical organ provided that organ also receives its proper material nourishment. But our fault, our exceeding great fault, is that we keep our own minds and the minds of our children shamefully underfed. The mind is a spiritual octopus, reaching out limbs in every direction to draw in enormous rations of that which under the action of the mind itself becomes knowledge.” * “ 'You must sit down,’ says Love, ‘and taste my meat.' So I did sit and eat.” ~ George Herbert “We cannot escape the dangers which abound in life without the actual and continual help of God. Let us, then, pray to Him for it continually. How can we pray to Him without being with Him? How can we be with Him but in thinking of Him often? And how can we often think of Him but by a holy habit which we should form of it? You will tell me that I am always saying the same thing. It is true, for this the best and easiest method I know: and as I use no other, I advise all the world to do it. We must know before we can love. In order to know God, we must often think of Him; and when we come to love Him, we shall also think of Him often, for our heart will be with our treasure. This is an argument which well deserves your consideration.” ~ Brother Lawrence Examen: Must. Mason sees this method of education as an imperative, the hunger and the sustenance both part of our human make-up and experience. Where is this hard for me to accept? How did I learn to think of my work as other than encouraging the “Holy habit” of “a realizing faith?” ~~~~~~~ In the saying: Charlotte M. Mason, Home Education, 1:Preface. Education is part: Charlotte M. Mason, Towards a Philosophy of Education, 6:245. We are, in fact: 6:330. You must sit down: Poetry Foundation, “Love (III) by George Herbert,” text/html, Poetry Foundation (Poetry Foundation, July 16, 2024), https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44367/love-iii. We cannot escape: Lawrence, “THE PRACTICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD,” Ninth Letter. Day 89 Feed (why) meditation/100 days copyright Laurie Bestvater 2025
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