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“God is Change. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina”

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

“God is Change, And in the end, God prevails. But meanwhile… Kindness eases Change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us In the greatest, The most intense Of our chosen struggles”

Love Change Kindness

Book:Parable of the Talents

Source: Parable of the Talents

“Your teachers Are all around you. All that you perceive, All that you experience, All that is given to you or taken from you, All that you love or hate, need or fear Will teach you-- If you will learn. God is your first and your last teacher. God is your harshest teacher: subtle, demanding. Learn or die.”

Life Change Learning Life Experience

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

“I have to write. I don't know what else to do. The others are asleep now, but it isn't dark. I'm on watch because I couldn't sleep if I tried. I'm jittery and crazed. I can't cry. I want to get up and just urn and run... Run away from everything. But there isn't any away. I have to write. There's nothing familiar left to me but the writing. God is Change. I hate God. I have to write.”

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

“We are all Godseed, but no more or less so than any other aspect of the universe, Godseed is all there is—all that Changes. Earthseed is all that spreads Earthlife to new earths. The universe is Godseed. Only we are Earthseed. And the Destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.”

Universe Change Changes Destiny Earth

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

“To survive, Let the past Teach you-- Past customs, Struggles, Leaders and thinkers. Let These Help you. Let them inspire you, Warn you, Give you strength. But beware: God is Change. Past is past. What was Cannot Come again. To survive, know the past. Let it touch you. Then let The past Go.”

Inspiration Past Change Knowledge History Learning Future Survival

Book:Parable of the Talents

Source: Parable of the Talents

“I've never felt that I was making any of this up—not the name, Earthseed, not any of it. I mean, I've never felt that it was anything other than real: discovery rather than invention, exploration rather than creation. I wish I could believe it was all supernatural and that I'm getting messages from God. But then, I don't believe in that kind of God. All I do is observe and take notes, trying to put things down in ways that are as powerful, as simple, and as direct as I feel them. (p 78)”

God Change Simplicity Earthseed

Book:Parable of the Sower

Source: Parable of the Sower

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