Who knows Findhorn ? (9)
WhovianGeneva: I was just curious to know if you've heard about Findhorn.
I've read about it a few years ago and found it was really interesting.
If you had the opportunity to have the same kind of experience in your garden, would you do it.
I've read about it a few years ago and found it was really interesting.
If you had the opportunity to have the same kind of experience in your garden, would you do it.
A lot of friends of mine spent time there. Fantastic experience by all accounts. The health aspect of it would be something I would like but not maybe all of the social aspects of it.
They have their own site online...
WhovianGeneva: I was just curious to know if you've heard about Findhorn.
I've read about it a few years ago and found it was really interesting.
If you had the opportunity to have the same kind of experience in your garden, would you do it.
I've read about it a few years ago and found it was really interesting.
If you had the opportunity to have the same kind of experience in your garden, would you do it.
When I saw title of this thread I thought you were asking if we knew of a CS member called "FindHorn" 
But, no up until now, I'd not heard of them
Zellarrone1: When I saw title of this thread I thought you were asking if we knew of a CS member called "FindHorn"
But, no up until now, I'd not heard of them
But, no up until now, I'd not heard of them
Lmao
i also hadn't heard of Findhorn but after checking it looks lovely
darren9030: Lmao i also hadn't heard of Findhorn but after checking it looks lovely
I only had time to watch the first two minutes of the ten minute video but will check it out properly tomorrow 
Zellarrone1: I only had time to watch the first two minutes of the ten minute video but will check it out properly tomorrow
I'm at work & can't play videos but will be sure to look myself tomorrow too
gingerb: A lot of friends of mine spent time there. Fantastic experience by all accounts. The health aspect of it would be something I would like but not maybe all of the social aspects of it.
They have their own site online...
They have their own site online...
Thanks for the link.
I was more talking about what happened before that the community become what it is now. When they were "helped and taught"
WhovianGeneva: Thanks for the link.
I was more talking about what happened before that the community become what it is now. When they were "helped and taught"
I was more talking about what happened before that the community become what it is now. When they were "helped and taught"
I remember that they started out very small, a few people (the locals labelled them drop outs or hippies), in a couple of houses who ran courses that helped people get rid of emotional baggage. They let people stay in their own houses as there was no accommodation ther at first.
In return for their services and to help pay for staying there, they asked people to wash dishes, make beds, help them build new accommodations, tend their gardens, plant, sew and harvest etc.
Later they started charging for the courses and gave retreats to help people to get away from everyday stresses, and people flocked there to tend gardens and build and use their special skills to help out.
More and more people went and more accommodations had to be built, etc, so it just grew to what it is today. These days they ask people to contribute what they can in monetarty terms as well as help out while they are there, and they have exanded the courses to include the medhods they have used to build the "green" self sufficient village that it has become today.
I was more thinking to this :
In May, 1963 Dorothy Maclean received an insight from within as she meditated:
. . . The forces of nature are something to be felt into, to be reached out to. One of the jobs for you as my free child is to sense the Nature forces such as the wind, to perceive its essence and purpose for me, and to be positive and harmonise with that essence.
When Dorothy shared this insight with Peter, his idea was to apply to their fledgling garden what Dorothy learned from the forces of nature. Dorothy then received this insight:
Yes, you can cooperate in the garden. Begin by thinking about the nature spirits, the higher overlighting nature spirits, and tune into them. That will be so unusual as to draw their interest here. They will be overjoyed to find some members of the human race eager for their help.
Angels, devas and elemental beings
Dorothy first attuned to the garden pea. As her communication with the forces of nature developed, Dorothy realised that she was in contact not with the spirit of an individual plant, but with the 'overlighting' being of the species, which was the consciousness holding the archetypal design of the species and the blueprint for its highest potential. She was experiencing a formless energy field for which there is no word. The closest word to convey the joy and purity that these beings emanated was the inaccurate word 'angel' (which in the west is full of form), and her first thought was to call them that. However, the Sanskrit term 'deva', meaning 'shining one' seemed more accurate and freer of cultural associations. In practice, she uses both words, although neither word is adequate. Peter and Dorothy applied the insights of the meditations to their work in the garden, and through this the Findhorn garden flourished. These were the first steps in the Findhorn Community's co-creation with nature.
In 1966 Peter Caddy met Robert Ogilvie Crombie, or Roc, as he is often called. Roc's ability to communicate with elemental beings is a well-documented part of the community's history, and he was an important influence on the development of the community as a place where the role of nature in ordinary life was brought to the forefront of consciousness.
This special relationship with the beings of nature continues to be practised by some of the people working in the community's gardens today, but not by everyone. However, attunement to the angelic level of consciousness is taking place in many different areas of community life, not just in the gardens. Before most activities such as cooking, painting, healing, or starting work in a department for the day, there is usually an attunement invoking active cooperation with an overlighting consciousness, to help align our actions and unfold the highest potential available in that particular task.
Awareness and cooperation with the forces of nature at this level are an important support and balance for the more exoteric, rational and scientific ecological approach of our ecovillage development and education. It is important to recognise and emphasise the intrinsic value of nature to truly form a cooperative partnership. It is the combination of these approaches that allows the Findhorn Foundation community to give its unique gift towards the sustainabilty of humanity and all of life.
In May, 1963 Dorothy Maclean received an insight from within as she meditated:
. . . The forces of nature are something to be felt into, to be reached out to. One of the jobs for you as my free child is to sense the Nature forces such as the wind, to perceive its essence and purpose for me, and to be positive and harmonise with that essence.
When Dorothy shared this insight with Peter, his idea was to apply to their fledgling garden what Dorothy learned from the forces of nature. Dorothy then received this insight:
Yes, you can cooperate in the garden. Begin by thinking about the nature spirits, the higher overlighting nature spirits, and tune into them. That will be so unusual as to draw their interest here. They will be overjoyed to find some members of the human race eager for their help.
Angels, devas and elemental beings
Dorothy first attuned to the garden pea. As her communication with the forces of nature developed, Dorothy realised that she was in contact not with the spirit of an individual plant, but with the 'overlighting' being of the species, which was the consciousness holding the archetypal design of the species and the blueprint for its highest potential. She was experiencing a formless energy field for which there is no word. The closest word to convey the joy and purity that these beings emanated was the inaccurate word 'angel' (which in the west is full of form), and her first thought was to call them that. However, the Sanskrit term 'deva', meaning 'shining one' seemed more accurate and freer of cultural associations. In practice, she uses both words, although neither word is adequate. Peter and Dorothy applied the insights of the meditations to their work in the garden, and through this the Findhorn garden flourished. These were the first steps in the Findhorn Community's co-creation with nature.
In 1966 Peter Caddy met Robert Ogilvie Crombie, or Roc, as he is often called. Roc's ability to communicate with elemental beings is a well-documented part of the community's history, and he was an important influence on the development of the community as a place where the role of nature in ordinary life was brought to the forefront of consciousness.
This special relationship with the beings of nature continues to be practised by some of the people working in the community's gardens today, but not by everyone. However, attunement to the angelic level of consciousness is taking place in many different areas of community life, not just in the gardens. Before most activities such as cooking, painting, healing, or starting work in a department for the day, there is usually an attunement invoking active cooperation with an overlighting consciousness, to help align our actions and unfold the highest potential available in that particular task.
Awareness and cooperation with the forces of nature at this level are an important support and balance for the more exoteric, rational and scientific ecological approach of our ecovillage development and education. It is important to recognise and emphasise the intrinsic value of nature to truly form a cooperative partnership. It is the combination of these approaches that allows the Findhorn Foundation community to give its unique gift towards the sustainabilty of humanity and all of life.
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I've read about it a few years ago and found it was really interesting.
If you had the opportunity to have the same kind of experience in your garden, would you do it.