HOW DO WE BEGIN?

 

It sure looks like Spring on Laughing Water Farm. We still have patches of snow and ice, but they are receding quickly. Good sense and knowledge of history should insulate us from being too optimistic. Is there such a thing as too optimistic? Even though we know, we could get three feet of snow next week, one has to trust their feelings. Spring feels for real. I put my toboggan and snow blower away. Well the snowblower wasn't working anyway.

Jamie planted seeds of tomatoes and peppers in the greenhouse and great gardening dreams begin.

My intention was to start a discussion of our need for healing/learning centers. I am a little overwhelmed by the task. Condensing my thinking of forty years, on the subject, to a few short blogs sounds difficult. If I had any sense I would prepare outlines of each subject I want to cover in a blog. But, that is not me. I just sit down here and start tapping at the keys and hope what comes out is intelligible.

Some things to consider are the make up of the people. The setting. Our aim. We need to ask ourselves, “How are we crazy?” Not just how is the world crazy, but us too. The people who make up the staff of the center must be aware that they are crazy, too. The only difference is they know it and want to seek healing. I see the staffs as a collection of healers, educators, scientist etc.; those who belong will know they belong. Some folks will come together because they know it is their mission, others will need a little persuasion.

I see a group of people, who want to further their own healing, offering an experience of healing to the surrounding populace. Every person seeking healing will select the modality that makes sense to them. There will be a smorgasbord of healers, but the one seeking healing must make their own choices. Those skilled at helping people choose, can help, but there will be no expert/dummy consciousness.

We need to, be very aware, of the energy that comes into the centers. One of the major conduits of energy is food. I don't know how things may play out, but it seems to me, in the beginning, the center should consider raising their own food. In our society right now, there are very few who would not benefit by getting their hands in the dirt. Part of the overwhelming sickness of our present society is the food we eat. If a healing /learning center is going to be successful, they must have a good source of food. At least in the beginning, that means we raise our own. Also, gardening would be good therapy for both the staff and folks seeking help.

We need to be profoundly aware of how misled we have become. Most of what we think, we know, is in error, in full or part. The drive for money and power have corrupted medicine, agriculture, science, education, religion and every other aspect of our society. In our present state, we don't really know if what we believe is based on truth or is part of the indoctrination. But we do recognize truth when we see it. Some folks have excellent B.S. detectors, others will need a little help finding their intuition.

In future blogs I will discuss aspects of the learning/unlearning we have to do.

Happy Spring!

Love and Peace, Gregg