Name: Episode #51: Fruitfulness
Uploaded: 2025-05-27T14:10:40+00:00
Duration: 1 h 7 min 23 s
Description: These Fools talk about Brian’s apricot trees, and his musings on the deep meaning of the term “fruitfulness” - its origins in language and usage, its implications for our interrelationship with nature

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These Fools talk about Brian’s apricot trees, and his musings on the deep meaning of the term “fruitfulness” - its origins in language and usage, its implications for our interrelationship with nature and stewardship, and its insights into the nobility of common struggle, the tension between surrender and control, and meaning itself. Dedicated to Frank Andrews: may he rest in peace.

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Chapters:
00:00 Dreams and Intuition
02:54 The Nature of Fruitfulness
06:05 Intuition in Cultivation
09:14 The Balance of Engineering and Nature
20:10 Understanding Coherence and the Human Experience
39:03 The Heroism of Everyday Life
41:03 Fruitfulness and Eudaimonia
44:48 Finding Meaning in the Ordinary
48:01 Acceptance
52:00 Art, Passion(Lust), and the Human Condition
57:59 The Shift from Stewardship to Control
59:59 The Quest for Certainty and Security
01:03:05 Vigilance, Surrender, and the Human Experience