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1. inner world
Our inner world consists of four dimensions: Spirit, body, mind and energy.
The main task of shaping our inner world is to harmonise these four dimensions.
The consequence of this is that we lead a life that is free from stress, worry and lack - a life of abundance, gratitude, love, trust, forgiveness and acceptance.
When all our inner dimensions send clear signals to the universe about what we want, opportunities arise all by themselves. We just have to remain open to ourselves and other people instead of prejudging them and make the best of the opportunities that arise.
This is a fundamental prerequisite for reconnecting with ourselves, with the life energy that lives within us.
This connection automatically opens up a connection to everything in the entire universe, including our environment, nature and all people.
If we succeed in doing this, we will easily achieve our personal goals and do so in harmony with nature and all our fellow human beings with whom we feel a deep empathic connection.
Whether we achieve this through meditation, dance, yoga, singing, music, artistic activities, working in nature, tantra, altruistic activities, conscious communication from the heart with other people or in other ways is irrelevant.
Our aim is to experience these practices daily in the community and thus stay in contact with the life energy.
At the same time, we would like to share these strategies in our retreats and events with interested people to open their hearts / open them even more or keep them open.
Unfortunately, our own minds often become a major obstacle.
However, as long as we are the victims of beliefs taught to us by society, school, politics, our parents, etc., we cannot be free and feel connected to ourselves.
Because as long as we are already recalling the opinions of others about certain areas of life as if they were our own thoughts, we are also producing emotions that are the result of our thoughts.
Only when we become aware that we need to release our inner judges and do not give ourselves love by criticising, punishing or judging ourselves and others, thus creating certain emotions such as envy, hatred and imperfection, can we begin to reprogramme ourselves.
We can replace negative thought patterns with positive ones. In other words: We can turn our mind back into the tool it was meant to be - serving us in fulfilling our needs of heart, mind and body and not ruling over us.
At this point, it should be noted that life is not about understanding life, but about feeling, experiencing and living life.
Albert Einstein once said that he spent 99% of his time in "being mode" in order to have enough energy to be in thinking or doing mode in 1% of his time. These are wise words and basically express the same thing as Dr Joe Dispenza describes in his books:
The natural state of animals and humans is that they exist contentedly, simply.
The emergency programme for external dangers should only be activated in such situations. However, when we are in the emergency programme and our mind takes control and runs through scenarios or worries about the future, we send a huge amount of signals to our body. These signals may be effective in the short term, but in the long term they overload our hardware and we can no longer feel creativity, gratitude, love, etc. Many other "consumers", such as the immune system, are as good as switched off in "emergency mode", as energy is needed to survive in the short-lived situation.
This programme is wonderful, the only problem is that we humans spend most of our time in "emergency mode", worrying about the future or stuck in the past with our thoughts. We don't experience the present moment. Personally, I have long wondered why it is so difficult for us intelligent beings to lead a happy and peaceful life compared to animals.
The answer I think I have found is that we as humans have been given the gift of determining our own destiny. We are direct children of God. Unfortunately, we find it difficult to use this gift to our advantage. Compared to animals, we humans have the choice of where, how and with whom we live; in other words, the choice is either the agony or the gift. Depending on how you want to look at it ;)
- But do we reconnect with ourselves and thus with the life energy and the entire universe so that the universe works for us?
- How can we produce different thoughts and not always the same ones so that we no longer generate negative emotions?
- How do we manage to use our mind as a tool again and not place our ego above all other dimensions, fellow human beings and our environment?
- How can we maintain an inner world full of love, gratitude, openness, acceptance, creativity and free from prejudice, stress and worry?
- How can we retain what we have learnt in the long term and not just be theorists of good-sounding wisdom?
There are many strategies for getting out of your head and into your heart and body, and the path is up to you. Among other things, they can be helpful:
1. Observe our thoughts and emotions so that we no longer identify with them.
2. Embodiment through regular practical experiences such as yoga, meditation, tantra, singing, dancing, making music, sharing circles, releasing emotions, etc., because the inner world must above all be felt and not understood.
3. To become aware of which emotions we no longer want to feel and which we want to feel.
4. To become aware of the thoughts that produce these emotions.
5. To share and discuss our knowledge and experiences with each other.
6. Reading literature to expand our consciousness, such as the book "The New Me - Meditation" by Dr Joe Dispenza and the book "The Four Promises" by Don Miguel.
7. To consciously listen to our inner self and not to the ego so that the mind can once again function as a tool and the heart, the mind and the spirit can once again have their say in what is really important for us.
8. To reprogramme ourselves through meditation.
9. Plant medicine.
10. What else ? :)
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
Dr Joe Dispensa, -Becoming Supernatural: How Common People Are Doing the Uncommon
Dieter Duhm - The Sacred Matrix
2. The outside world
Let's assume that we have succeeded in becoming the person we want to be.
Free from the opinions of others, in a state of absolute fulfilment, gratitude and love.
We have forgiven ourselves and all our fellow human beings and no longer allow ourselves to be controlled by our ego, but use our mind again as a tool to serve ourselves and the world.
We have also reconnected with the life energy that gives us access to our emotions and our heart.
We listen to our heart, body and conscience and follow our inner intuition again.
However, maintaining this state within the existing social structures is a major challenge. It is possible, but very difficult, and the risk of falling back into old patterns of behaviour is great.
Humans are social by nature and rely on relationships, otherwise we would go mad. That's why we spend time with other people.
However, if we don't find enough people around us who have similar thoughts and feelings to us, it is difficult to stay strong.
We therefore need an environment (an outside world) that is synchronised with our inner world and is in harmony with it.
This means that not only we, but also the people we interact with on a daily basis, are free people.
They don't judge us, are open and trust us completely.
Just going to work every day, where many professions encourage direct competitive behaviour, or the manipulation of consumers in marketing, are examples of social patterns that can disrupt our inner harmony.
This also applies to the policy and use of alcohol or drugs to anaesthetise pain instead of treating its cause.
Constant traffic jams and the urban jungle of concrete and metal do not contribute to inner harmony either.
Although spiritual practice can help to transcend time and space, it is not easy and few people succeed in reaching and maintaining this state.
Moreover, in our society it takes a lot of time and energy to maintain this state. However, most people do not even have a few minutes a day for meditation, yoga, healthy eating or other parxises to stay in harmony with themselves.
Therefore, the creation of a conscious outer world is just as important as the development of our inner world.
Our aim is to create an environment (an external world) in which we do not fall back into old patterns of behaviour or allow ourselves to be seduced. We want to create communities (eco-village communities) and organise events where people with similar intentions come together. People who want to act in harmony with the world, do good, work with nature and not against it, experience love, freedom and well-being, where all needs are met (a life of abundance and not scarcity).
According to our research so far, the optimal size of such ecovillage communities is 30-50 people in the first few years and 100-300 people after 2-3 years. This is large enough to maintain personal contact and relationships, but not too small to be self-sufficient and manage themselves sustainably.
An important part of this external world is also the opportunity to pursue an activity with passion, to the extent that it feels good.
Whether it's activities that focus on physical labour, art or collaboration with other people is part of the overall concept. Our motivation is to ensure that no one in the community has to trade their time for money, but can lead a fulfilling life and pursue their passions, which can of course change depending on their stage of life.
As a rough idea, we imagine doing 4-6 hours of effective work a day, with half of the time dedicated to work on activities we love (preference) and half of the time work that needs to be done but is within the range of acceptability.
Therefore, an important part of our outer world is the ability to grow enough food, secure our own electricity supply and create added value. This enables us to greatly limit the cost of living for all residents of the communities and the organisation, pay pocket money to the residents of the communities, offer events and retreats partly free of charge or finance our global peace work and drive forward the expansion of our Villages.
The income can be generated through the sale of artwork, clothing, jewellery, food and other items that we either produce ourselves or develop and produce in collaboration with other people and organisations, as well as through events, courses, retreats & festivals that we will organise, or the accommodation of guests or through fundraising, donations and other measures.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
eurotopia Directory
3. Basic laws of nature and the basic needs of all people
Everyone strives to live in harmony with nature and their fellow human beings.
The basic prerequisite for this is that our own needs are met.
All people have the same basic needs:
1. physical well-being.
2. Security.
3. Love.
4. Empathy, empathy, connection.
5. Creativity.
6. safety.
7. Play and recreation.
8. Autonomy and free will.
The difference lies only in the strategies that people use to fulfil their needs.
The more strategies we know, the more consciously we can select the strategies that best fulfil our needs.
Realising that every human being basically experiences joy in helping other people to achieve these needs when they do not stand in the way of achieving their own needs is very valuable.
Because then we also understand that there is actually no need for something like morality and man-made laws.
A much cleverer higher order are the basic laws of nature, to which we belong
And in the leap of nature there is no distinction between good and bad, there is no need for rules, reward or punishment.
This can be illustrated using a simple example:
A young tree begins to grow. It grows by several centimetres every year.
Although it takes more and more space away from other, smaller trees, leaving less room for others, it also provides new habitats for other plants that need its shade or for a woodpecker that builds a nest in this tree.
And at the same time, this new tree is made light by the construction of the woodpecker's nest. Nevertheless, it continues to grow steadily and thus satisfies its need for growth without being in conflict with its environment. It is in harmony with the energy of life and its surroundings.
If it did not do this, it could possibly extract all the nutrients from the soil at a growth rate of 2 metres per year without leaving any room for other plants. That would be in conflict with its environment. But it doesn't do that. It fulfils its needs in cooperation with nature and its environment. The fulfilment of its own needs and the needs of the environment are not in competition with each other, they complement each other.
Eventually, this large tree reaches an age of over 30 years and a height of over 15 metres.
But its time has come, because a beaver family has started to use it as the best building material for their beaver lodge.
So the tree dies in one day, and that is neither good nor bad.
Nevertheless, its entire environment benefits from its death, because new life can emerge. Fungi begin to decompose the tree, creating space for new small trees.
The tree has transformed its life energy, and this energy lives on.
The whole story of the tree is at no point good or bad. It is what it is and simply has its consequences. It is remarkable that in this story all living beings pursue the achievement of their needs without acting exorbitantly in their own favour but in harmony. Thus, all events have always had both positive and negative consequences for the ecosystem, without disregarding the needs of the environment. In today's world, we talk about sustainable growth and consider it an achievement of modern mankind. The opposite is true: sustainability is by nature.
It was only when people began to compare themselves with each other, developed jealousy and fear of having less than others, and their ego took control, that situations arose in which one person has 1 billion more than another.
This would be like a tree suddenly growing 1000 metres high and leaving no room for anything else.
This is not in accordance with the laws of nature. Therefore, systems were developed to set limits for people who are no longer connected to the life energy so that the world does not spiral out of control. This is how the system of rules, punishments and rewards came about.
Unfortunately, our society has increasingly lost touch with the energy of life and regards the system of rules, punishments and rewards as normality.
Even our children, who are still fully connected to life energy at birth, are trained to know what is right and wrong instead of growing up in an environment where this connection is maintained and their hearts remain open.
In such an environment, no rules, laws, punishments or rewards would be necessary. Instead, we would live in harmony with the laws of nature (Natural Law) and speak the language of nature.
When we are connected to our environment, we fulfil our own needs in harmony and in cooperation with it.
That's why we should strive for what is natural rather than what is normal.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
Marshall B. Rosenberg - Nonviolent Communication:
4 - Spirituality, connection with life energy - boundless unity
Spirituality has an individual meaning for each person, and everyone follows their own personal spiritual path.
Nevertheless, the fundamental prerequisite for any spiritual experience is the connection with the life energy within us.
This life force, which is present in all of us, connects us to each other. Generally speaking, every spiritual experience, philosophy or religion revolves around this connection.
Of course, the terms vary depending on culture, language and origin. Whether we call it the Great Spirit, God, love, life energy, higher self, life force, quantum field, universe or something else is ultimately irrelevant.
The feeling of being connected to a greater order that links everything together is something that people have always sought and still seek today to fulfil this need.
In spirituality there is no way out, only the way inwards. But spirituality is also part of the laws of nature, it does not judge us. The concepts of good and wrong, heaven and hell have nothing to do with spirituality, they are man-made. Heaven or hell is now, here on earth. And everyone can decide for themselves whether they want to experience heaven or hell. In nature, in spirituality, there is only the boundless unity in which everything is connected. We are all part of it, and everything is part of us.
On my personal journey, certain experiences have helped me to rediscover this connection to life energy, to myself and to everything else. These included a ceremony with ayahuasca and several experiences with psychedelic mushrooms.
After these experiences, I practised meditation and yoga every day and took partin various retreats. The joint activities such as singing and dancing during these retreats and my stays at the Peace Community Tamera in Portugal also helped me.
Co-operation and communication with non-visible beings or receiving messages from the universe are also part of spirituality and can be experienced by everyone. It is often enough to be open and truly receptive. Visiting spiritual places such as stone circles, which have existed worldwide for thousands of years and have been used to receive and send messages, can also be an extremely valuable experience.
Of course, everyone has the freedom to decide what is the right path for them personally and when they want to start on this path.
Feeling love for yourself and for all people, living beings and the entire environment, always living in the here and now, without judging yourself or others, but accepting things as they are and making the best of every situation, will be rewarded.
With the most beautiful feelings such as gratitude, forgiveness, love and openness.
We then feel that our life is abundant, creativity awakens within us, and we have the feeling that the whole world is supporting us, without time pressure, stress or worries ever affecting our lives again.
The search for spirituality and the connection to life energy are universal human endeavours that can take many paths. Some find fulfilment through religious practices, while others feel a deeper connection in nature. There are those who focus on meditation, while others experience spiritual fulfilment through art and music.
Whatever the choice, the key is to get to know yourself better and create a deeper connection to the world within you and around you.
The journey to spirituality can be characterised by different influences, be it through personal experiences, meeting inspiring teachers or exploring different belief systems. It is a journey of awakening where you gradually realise that everything is connected. You begin to realise that the separation you once perceived is an illusion and you open your heart to the oneness of all life.
It is important to understand that there is no set time frame for this journey. Each person has their own pace and experiences. Some may experience spiritual breakthroughs in a short period of time, while others may take years or even decades. The important thing is to be patient with yourself and enjoy the journey without fixating on a specific destination.
The connection to life energy leads to a deep sense of peace and inner fulfilment. It is as if a riddle is solved that fills your life with meaning. You begin to recognise the beauty in the simplest things in life and feel a deep gratitude for everything you encounter.
In this spiritual journey, you may also encounter obstacles and challenges. There may be moments of uncertainty when you doubt yourself or allow yourself to be distracted by external influences. However, these challenges are part of the process of awakening and they help you to continue to grow and learn.
Ultimately, the connection to life energy leads to a deep understanding of who you really are, beyond your external identity and your role in society. You realise that you are not just an isolated individual, but an inseparable part of the greater whole. You no longer feel alone, but in a boundless unity with all that exists.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
Dr Joe Dispensa, - Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself
Ruiz don miguel - 4 agreements
Sabine Lichtenfels - Tamera's Stone Circle book
Sadhguru - Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy
5. Eros, love and sexuality
There is no right or wrong way to experience love and sexuality.
But first of all, true love and jealousy have nothing to do with each other.
That what our society calls love, which can immediately turn into hate, is not true love, but fear. Fear of loss. Fear of being alone.
True love is experiencing the other person in your own soul.
And we have to realise that this area has been very much shaped by our societal morals over the last millennia and we can't really "have our own opinion" about it.
This is because many topics are taboo and are not allowed to be openly discussed, spoken about or experienced in society. Unfortunately, sexuality is often strongly suppressed, especially that of women and often by men. As a result, sexuality in general is hardly ever discussed in public, even though it is one of life's most powerful energies.
The concept of monogamous marriage for eternity is the common model in our society today.
Statistically speaking, this model has long since failed, at least if you consider it to be the only socially accepted model.
Here are some facts:
- In the USA and the EU, around 50% of all couples divorce.
- Between 30 and 60 per cent of married couples cheat at least once in their marriage.
- 74 per cent of men and 68 per cent of women admit that they would cheat if they were guaranteed not to be caught.
- 60 per cent of affairs begin with close friends or work colleagues.
The fact that Eros arises between people, regardless of whether they are in a relationship or not, i.e. a need for love and sexuality with people other than one's own partner exists, is therefore officially proven.
But society's ignorance of these facts means that this energy is expressed through other outlets, and the sex work and porn industries are booming, more than ever before.
But there are even worse negative consequences in everyday life in our society today due to the suppression of sexuality and the ignoring of emotions, love and Eros.
- More than half of women and almost one in three men are victims of sexual violence involving physical contact.
- 25% of all women are raped at least once in their lives.
- 10-17% of all girls are victims of sexual violence in childhood.
- Every day, 500,000 children are victims of sexual harassment on the internet.
And these figures are only the officially recorded cases and are probably just the tip of the iceberg.
Indirect problems caused by the repression of sexuality and emotions, such as wars, murders, depression, suicide and the lives of people who are not emotionally alive, can hardly be measured.
What is free love and sexuality and how does it work?
Firstly, it is astonishing to assume that love and sexuality cannot be free. Love is always free, and sexuality should be too.
In my research, I have visited many people and places who have spent most of their lives dealing with this topic. These include communities such as Tamera in Portugal, sex-positive events such as Hedone, tantra retreats and learning from leading sex and couples therapists such as Shachar Caspi.
I can say one thing so far:
Almost all of the people I have met who live a non-monogamous life have committed relationships with one or two partners and have occasional sexual experiences with other people. What I'm trying to say is that a non-monogamous lifestyle in no way precludes long-term relationships. On the contrary, it could be the key for many people to happily maintain long-term or even lifelong relationships, with absolute trust in each other.
It's simply about not giving in to the illusion of promising yourself that you will love each other exclusively until death and then later concealing, deceiving or lying to your partners about your emotions, desires, fantasies or attraction to other people.
It's also not about being intimate with random people. It's about following your heart and mind and having the freedom to make decisions without automatically being penalised by your partner, society or others, or lying to your partners. It's about being authentic, living in the moment and having freedom over your own decisions.
So it's not about living monogamously or non-monogamously. It is much more about giving space to both needs that everyone feels in their lives - the need for freedom and the need for security. It's about understanding that our partners don't belong to us, and it's about open communication, trust and understanding.
How exactly everyone lives out their love, intimacy and sexuality is a very personal decision that can of course change again and again in the course of life.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
A highly recommended podcast on this topic of non-monogamous relationships is linked here:
You can also find out more about open love and sexuality and partnerships at https://www.tamera.org/de/freie-sexualitaet-und-partnerschaft/
Dieter Duhm & Sabine Lichtenfels - And They Knew Each Other: The End of Sexual Violence
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php?title=Marriage_and_divorce_statistics
https://hackspirit.com/infidelity-statistics/
https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/sexualviolence/fastfact.html
https://www.d2l.org/child-sexual-abuse/prevalence/
https://childsafety.losangelescriminallawyer.pro/children-and-grooming-online-predators.html
6. Trust, honesty and open communication
First of all, it is extremely important that we are honest with ourselves.
Because only then can we be the same with others.
In order to promote honesty in the community, it is essential not to judge people - neither themselves nor others, especially not for emotions and thoughts that are always inherently truthful.
And only the truth is what interests us.
But what is the truth?
Truth exists on many different levels at the same time, so we often can't agree on what truth is because we experience it on different levels.
There is the universal truth and the individual truth which takes place on different levels at the same time.
What we know is that the truth always comes from the heart and everyone can feel in their heart when the real truth is spoken.
Sharing the truth with someone should only be a service to the other person and not to show that we are right.
This means that we should only do this with people we really care about and love deeply.
This goes hand in hand with an awareness that someone does not have to lie just because we believe we know a different truth.
This awareness gives us the possibility of boundless trust, which is indispensable. Trust that everyone always gives their best and everyone gives as much as they can and only takes as much as they need. This applies to all areas of life such as work, love, food, relationships, etc. Because when these principles are guaranteed, open communication arises all by itself.
Unfortunately, our society today is very far removed from this, and the daily lives of most people are characterised by mistrust, control and lies.
According to the latest findings, everyone lies twice a day! This is particularly damaging for the person who lies, because everyone knows the feeling of discomfort the moment they lie, tell half-truths or conceal something. A feeling of connection can never develop in this way. Lying is not natural, but the social systems we have created, such as patriarchy, capitalism, monoculture and racism, have made it normal to lie.
Not only do we no longer want to lie, conceal or mistrust, we also no longer want to control. Because as long as we try to control others, we will also be controlled. The only way to experience freedom is to let go of all control. However, this does not mean that we no longer take our lives into our own hands. On the contrary, we take responsibility and make the best of every situation in life.
However, this does not mean that the entire outside world becomes what we want it to be. However, it does mean that we actively influence the environment, but in harmony with the laws of nature.
But to be given the trust of everyone around you and to know that you are not being judged and are not responsible for other people's emotions is like a super boost on the path to inner bliss. Because then we can be 100% ourselves, like little children, and the life energy and lust for life just flow through us. This is not a theory, but a guarantee.
Open communication requires concrete tools.
A tool for open, honest, non-judgemental communication that serves both the speaker and all listeners is the so-called forum.
The forum promotes awareness, communication and trust. It is a transformative process for inner work in groups. At the same time, it is a holistic and creative way for individuals to express themselves and explore more deeply.
FORUM is a ritualised form of transparent communication for larger groups. It relies on trained moderators. One person, "the moderator", steps into the centre of the group circle and begins to speak. It is like an existential stage that involves the whole person with their physical and verbal expressions, heart, mind, creativity and feelings.
It is much more than just a technique. The forum is a culture-building process based on world views with high human and ethical values. It serves transparency and comprehensibility for all participants.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
7. Free children
Children are born into this world, free from the influences and influences of today's society.
They are carriers of life energy, radiate pure trust, are honest and lovable by nature, feel love for everything and everyone, are full of curiosity and empathy.
They feel connected to the world and are a living example of how we ourselves would like to live.
But once we have fallen victim to social influences, there is a lot of work to be done to return to the pure state we described in Chapter 2 on the inner world.
It is therefore a top priority to provide children with an environment in which they can grow up without losing these divine qualities.
Our motivation is to leave the children - and by that we mean all the children of this world - a better world than we found it.
In concrete terms, this means that children should grow up in an environment in which their parents are physically and emotionally there for them.
Happy parents produce happy children, that is beyond question.
For us, however, it also means that children should have more carers than just their biological parents. Science has shown that children develop their personality better when they have a variety of carers with different characters.
A wide range of different personalities, approaches and lifestyles that children can orientate themselves on enables them to grow beyond the boundaries of their own parents.
In today's society, however, it is often a huge challenge to bring up children when only the two biological parents are responsible for the care and upbringing of the children. Unfortunately, it is all too often the case that only one parent takes on this role.
Without a "family unit" to look after the children together, this is an enormous burden and many couples are unable to cope with this task. One of the most common reasons for separations is that the love relationship between the parents is neglected while all the time is taken up with work, housework and bringing up the children.
In the evening, the parents often fall into bed exhausted without being able to find the time and energy to keep their own relationship alive and if there is no separation, there is all too often the model of continuing to live together in a partnership of convenience.
In communities of earlier times, children were raised by all members of the community and there were many caregivers to whom the children could orientate themselves. They always had other children to play with and parents who found time for their relationship and for themselves.
It should not be necessary to give up your freedom as an individual or jeopardise your relationship with your partner just because you have children. These aspects should complement each other and not conflict with each other.
The active involvement of older people, which played a natural role in communities, is also extremely beneficial from today's perspective. It is logistically easy to implement and a great support for parents, while helping older people to 'stay young'. In fact, science proves that older people who stay in contact with children are healthier and more vital. This keeps them mentally and physically fit and gives them the feeling that they still have a valuable place in society. However, if older people are only in contact with their peers and no longer feel needed, they can fall ill more quickly and die sooner.
In concrete terms, this means for our projects that we want to offer children a strong presence in our events and communities. We also endeavour to ensure that every child in our villages has "social parents" in addition to their biological parents, who can be taken on by other adults and actively participate in raising the children.
Such a close-knit community and the opportunity for children to have regular sleepovers with other children in the community are valuable experiences for everyone involved and give parents space to focus on themselves.
In terms of education, we are planning to set up our own schools. These schools will of course fulfil the legal requirements, but above all they will teach life. Our teachers will be moved by passion for their subject. Therefore, we want a combination of external teachers and committed parents and community members who will be responsible for the curriculum and not just teach what is prescribed by the government. In most countries there is the option of homeschooling, which gives us the legal basis to do so.
In addition, we have close relationships with alternative schools and educational projects such as Montessori schools and kindergartens, as well as alternative educational institutions founded by former teachers from the USA and active worldwide. We hope that our network will help us to establish such schools in our ecovillages.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
The Montessori Baby: - Simone Davies
Online courses free Children Tamera - https://rfc2023.sutra.co/space/nm0zdi/content
8. Global peace work
Not in our name.
We do not look away.
War is raging in over 100 countries worldwide.
And even where there is no official "war", people are often filled with hatred, aggression, murder and suicide.
What does peace work mean?
Why is there more and more war in the world?
Why don't people live in peace?
How do we stop the war?
How can we contribute to more peace and less war?
Above all, we want to create space in which peace work and peace research are possible. At the same time, we want to actively finance peace and develop models that channel more money into peace projects and less into war.
For us, this means opening the hearts of all people in our community. To allow the pain and emotions in our hearts to develop compassion for all those affected and to raise awareness, even for those who are not yet directly affected by the war.
Our highest concern is to allow healing to take place in the heart and to transform hatred and aggression into powerful and constructive energy that serves peace.
· We intend to organise events, courses, retreats or multi-week camps and create a space where both people affected by war and those not directly affected by war can come together to facilitate healing in the hearts of all involved. To fund these events, we plan to raise funds both from the profit our organisation generates and from fundraising activities.
· In addition, our aim is to support people around the world, especially in crisis regions, in organising themselves into peace communities. In this way, they can withdraw from the firing line of local conflicts and serve as an inspiration for those around them, showing that a life in peace is possible even in violent or war-torn countries.
· We plan to build and finance schools in poor and crisis-affected countries, train teachers and provide educational materials. We believe that education is the key to improving living conditions and promoting peace.
· Build a global network that is politically motivated to promote global peace.
· Develop financial models and build an international network of investors who participate in financing peace. In this way, more money will be available for peace and, in the long term, there is a chance of eliminating the imbalance between overfinanced wars and underfinanced peace.
· We want to initiate projects that enable people on the breadline and socially disadvantaged people to improve their personal situation and create fairly paid jobs. One example of this is our project with indigenous communities in Colombia and the poorest people in Bogota. We already produce jewellery in the form of bracelets, necklaces and clothing and pay twice the usual market price for this work. The products are sold through our events, our online shop and other partnerships. The profits from this go towards building up our own organisation and supporting local people.
Our global peace work enables us to attract people from all over the world and involve them in our mission. This is especially true for those who cannot or cannot yet imagine spending their lives in just one place. Through this wide range of initiatives, we can reach people worldwide and spread our mission to help as many people as possible to live in harmony with themselves and nature. In doing so, we are creating a paradise on earth together and helping to promote peace. We are convinced that each of us can contribute to a better world and we are determined to achieve this together.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
Sabine Lichtenfels - Grace. Pilgrimage for a Future without War
9. Joy, creativity, dancing, music & inner peace
We can only bring as much peace into the world as there is peace within ourselves.
So we want to take care about our inner selfs and feelings. We have already focused on the topic of self-realisation in the chapters on the inner world and spirituality. Nevertheless, we would like to dedicate a separate chapter in this manifesto to inner peace, joy, creativity, dance and music. We do this because almost everyone, even if they cannot identify with spirituality, can find access to it through activities that bring them joy.
That is why we consciously create space for such activities and encourage people to really follow and actively experience their inner need for what we love and what brings us joy. Because this fills us with inner peace and bliss, which gives us the strength to give our best in the many other areas of our lives.
It is often our mind that prevents us from experiencing the joy in life. It constantly tells us that we don't deserve to do what we love and so we torture ourselves. It is helpful to consciously take time for the beautiful things in life and to share these experiences together. Switch off your mind, free yourself from the past and all kinds of relationships and immerse yourself in the here and now, experience the joy and flow and spend enough time there.
It is therefore also part of our vision to organise regular events at which we consciously experience these activities and help to shape them together.
This does not mean that we want to live in a bubble, but rather leave space for what is happening in the world during these events. We invite you to build compassion for those who need this joy of life the most and to give them our energy and joy of life.
10. Co-creation and experimental approach
One of the most important approaches in everything we do is that we experiment and research.
We do not see our own experiences as something definitive, but as a constant development and an open field of learning. Like life, always being in flow and contemporary.
We see life itself as a great experiment in which we want to find answers to global problems by courageously facing up to these global challenges and fears instead of running away from them.
This approach also means that we allow ourselves to make mistakes and learn from them without being judged or self-condemned. Mistakes are a source of further development and growth for us.
At the same time, it is very important to us to act as a community and involve everyone in our activities.
We want everyone to be able to take the initiative and assume responsibility, whether by initiating their own projects or participating in projects initiated by others.
This philosophy is reflected both in the way we make decisions and in the design of our event programme, our daily life together and our legal organisational structures.
In our community there will be no hierarchical structures or a single owner. Instead, we plan to establish a foundation or co-operative that will own the land(s) on which the ecovillage(s) will be built, act as an independent asset and own itself, and serve and belong exclusively to all the people living in the village. In addition, we plan to establish this non-profit co-operative, which will be jointly owned and implement our activities.
A central aspect of this approach is that all participants become co-owners.
This means that even if someone decides to leave the community after a few years, he or she is not left empty-handed. Instead, the contribution to the community can be cancelled in order to build their own life outside the community. This flexibility promotes individual freedom and the ability to make personal choices, while strengthening community bonds and co-operation.
For further information on our organisational structure and our guidelines, please refer to the document "How we are organised and Almarte's guidelines".
In line with our philosophy of co-creation, this manifesto is also a call to action: Anyone who reads this and has suggestions for changes, regardless of whether they are part of the community or not, is cordially invited to do so.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
https://nglcommunity.org/about/ngl-framework/
Miki kashtan - reweaving our human fabric: working together to create a nonviolent future
11. In co-operation with nature and healthy nutrition
Under Construction...
Food sustains life. At least they should.
But which foods really sustain life energy?
Is gardening also hatha yoga?
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
Rüdiger Dahlke - the secret of life energy (german Book)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hF2QL0D5ww (Water Retention)
12. A post-capitalist and post-patriarchal system
We have already described what happens when we no longer act in accordance with the laws of nature in the chapter on the laws of nature and human needs. But what about the current social system is in line with the laws of nature and what is not? If we are not aware of this, even if we try to build a new system, we will repeat the same mistakes.
Many experts realise that the current capitalist system is doomed to fail one day. A system that requires constant growth in order to survive and is not sustainable or focussed on the good things in life will collapse sooner or later. Nevertheless, most people today can imagine the end of the world rather than the end of the capitalist system. If you read this with full awareness, it brings home once again how deeply and blindly we are anchored in this system. This probably also has to do with the fact that none of us were asked whether we want to live in a capitalist system.
But where exactly is the problem in the capitalist system?
Business in the sense of creating added value is something great and indispensable. Sharing this added value with others is also great. Within a community, this can also be implemented well as a common good or shared economy. However, if the community grows to over a thousand people or if it involves the exchange of goods and services (added value) with people and organisations outside your own community, a medium of exchange such as money is a sensible and good idea.
The problem we have in our current capitalist system is that there are global currencies that are controlled by a few people who have the licence to print as much new money as they want, instead of local currencies that are owned and controlled by the people. In addition, banks have the licence to create money out of thin air at the push of a button when they make a loan. Banks make their money this way nowadays. They therefore have to grant more and more loans, so humanity has to get more and more into debt and grow more and more at the same time. The money flows to where the best monetisation models exist and not to what best serves the planet and people.
Here's a quick example: you're probably familiar with the game "Musical Chairs", in which there are always about 5% fewer chairs than people, and when the music stops, everyone has to find a chair. If you can't find one, you are eliminated from the game. Imagine that the game is about something more. If you can't find a chair, you lose your house, your job, you won't have enough food for your children. And the music stops... What happens now is pushing, shouting, elbowing - everyone fights for themselves. Even if you send in a psychologist or a clergyman who is nice and offers people psychological help, it won't change the problem! This example is very reminiscent of our current capitalist system, where it is clear from the outset that there will not be enough for everyone. But nobody asks the question, why are there fewer chairs than people?
Therefore, a system change is the only way to enable a life in abundance for all people on this planet in the long term and not just to provide selective help in the existing system so that there is a little less suffering.
To really understand the whole picture, we have to go back many hundreds of years. When mankind still lived like this, when life was free! The air we breathe - for free. The water we drink - for free. The fire that warms us - for free. The earth on which food grows - for free.
Many of the areas that have been monetised today to enable permanent economic growth were not monetised or taxed in the past: childcare, entertainment, cooking, haircuts, massages.
All of these and many other actions were generally carried out by most citizens of the western world among themselves around 50 years ago, and no monetised models were needed for this. Or insurance... In the past, there was no insurance against house fires. If a house burnt down, the community got up and built a new house for the person affected!
But the story that we are all individual beings has been actively supported by money, because today everyone has their own bank balance, and most people no longer think collectively and in terms of co-operation with others and our planet, but in terms of exploiting the planet and themselves instead of the common good.
But what could a post-capitalist and post-patriarchal system look like in concrete terms?
This is a research question to which we would like to dedicate our work:
The return to communities in which members support each other can make a major contribution to this issue.
Some grow tea, others vegetables, others fruit.
There are those who cook, do the dishes, build houses, are solar experts, specialise in water retention, look after guests, raise children, make music in the evenings, cut hair, are doctors, and so on.
In the thousands of communities on our planet today, this model, as described above (the so-called "Shared and Gift Economy"), is already widely implemented.
The decisive factor here is that the land on which these communities live belongs to the inhabitants.
Over the last 10 years, the introduction of small currencies has made considerable progress, not least thanks to blockchain technologies.
In general, it can be said that many local, self-governing communities, which can be up to 60% to 80% self-sufficient and co-operate with each other, are the key to a new system.
The detailed elaboration of this question requires a lot of work and experimentation, and we would like to contribute to the development of such a system in collaboration with many other communities and organisations.
Further information, knowledge and book recommendations on this topic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GoFzU3cRE4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy_8ZGq-FSE
Charles Eisenstein - Sacred Economics.
titus gebel- Free private Citiys
Film - demain