permaculture

[Wil and Megan Seiler <logboy@bordernet.com.au>]

This course sounds great and I know of others particularly in our  
part of the world by Robyn Clayfield of Crystal Waters Queensland  
Aust. More of this stuff is needed to get together the collective  
conscience of "getting on".

 Please forgive my self indulgence  and rambling here but I get  
around my little world with a certain  sense of naivety believing in  
the people care ethic and fair share without a second thought  and  
get confused and my senses are offended when I see a deeply hostile  
and power hungry person. I have to admit that the concept of  
workshops to combat this anguish once would set off alarm bells of  
"hippy shit", but I now see that very few people are capable of truly  
taking on the People Care ethic let alone Fair Share in every sense  
of the word as easy as that is to me. (I know that sounds ego- please  
don't take it that way)

 I was recently reminded of this when giving a workshop on  
Permaculture in general for the local garden festival. Someone  
commented to me - "yes, but it is people who ruin the concept" and  
proceeded to focus on the so call established Eco village and  
communal living problems. Real shame cause it is true to an extent....

Where did true humour and letting go of someones's careless words go?  
Not so long ago people in the Western context had to live together in  
family units to try and get ahead. What do you think is around the  
corner? This is what we are going to have to learn to do again and it  
is going to take a strength of character more stoic than any other  
time in history. If Permies can't do it who will lead the way?

I love this forum and read more often than not as an unintentional  
voyeur - never having enough time to comment... but this is important  
to me.

Wil and I (Megan ) run a 540 acre farm in SE Qld based on  
Permaculture. Our whole lives have been based on permaculture since  
we were 17. I did my PDC in 91 and Wil despite doing  Post Grd  
degrees in Sust, Science he is now in Melbourne doing his PDC with  
Bill Mollison and Geoff Lawton. We both recently did the Advance  
Skills workshop with David Holmgren and would highly recommend that  
to everyone who can get to it.  Despite continual lack of funds and  
labour we make our living for almost 20 years with the multitude of  
produce a Perm, system can bring mostly focusing on free range pigs  
(Wessex Saddleback- fed mainly via the system),  
cattle,vegetables,honey ,olives and the add ons of everything else  
including the farm open days we now have and teaching we are trying  
to get together. We want to make it known we are very seriously  
thinking about an intentional community here and have much to offer.  
Lots of highly developed infrastructure and tools and are very happy  
to send anyone the Prospectus for this. Our website is   
<www.bottletreehill.com.au>. We are not necessarily talking about  
money changing hands just a chance to build your own enterprise or be  
part of ours.

Anyway that is my bit.... please lets get over hiccips like this  
however small they may be.

megan seiler


On 23/09/2010, at 1:19 AM, jenny Nazak wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> To add to our collective toolkit for defusing conflicts and  
> hostilities (whether between members of this email list or between  
> people you encounter out in the world), I want to share with you  
> some tools I've been using for the past five years. They come from  
> a consciousness training course called Avatar®, which is taught all  
> over the world to people of all ages and backgrounds.
>
> One Avatar tool I particularly recommend for winding down conflicts  
> is the Compassion Exercise. You can do it quickly and easily on  
> your own, observe immediate personal results, and feel a ripple  
> effect on the world. You don't even have to be one of the parties  
> who are directly involved in a conflict to help wind it down!
>
> You can find the Compassion Exercise at  
> www.internationalavatarcourse.com/compassion.html
>
> The Avatar tools were developed in 1987 by an educator named Harry  
> Palmer. You can get a feel for Harry by watching his podcasts at  
> www.avatarepcmedia.com
>
> If you want to experience some more Avatar exercises, I would love  
> to set you up with an intro minicourse. It can be done in person or  
> over the phone. And also by Skype -- so you can do it even if  
> you're outside the United States. It's free, and you'll be  
> surprised at what you can accomplish in this 2- to 3-hour course.  
> You get to set your own intention for what you want to accomplish.  
> This week would be a particularly good time to do the minicourse,  
> as we have a concentration of Avatar Masters gathered in one  
> location (Denver, Colorado) to teach the 9-day Avatar Course and  
> give the minicourse.
>
> I really hope some of you will take me up on this offer. These  
> materials are remarkable, which is why I became a licensed  
> instructor of the Avatar Course!
>
> With respect and appreciation to all of you, my fellow designers of  
> a better world,
>
> Jenny
>
> Jenny Nazak
> Licensed Avatar Master
> 512-619-5363
>
> "When we perceive that the only difference between us is our  
> beliefs, and that beliefs can be created or discreated with ease,  
> the right and wrong game will wind down, a co-create game will  
> unfold, and world peace will ensue." --Harry Palmer, author of the  
> Avatar® materials, www.TheAvatarCourse.com
>
> Avatar® and ReSurfacing® are registered trademarks of Star's Edge,  
> Inc. All rights reserved.
>
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