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The ascetic isolated summer retreat club

I absolutely love my garden retreat in summer, the hundreds of photos testify yet this medallion made of paradise makes some things less easy.

I don’t know where to begin. With what I learned perhaps? But is that interesting or even feasible in my attempt to inspire you? Or shall I simply write a bit about what life means in the countryside of Hungary? Read more…

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By Cindy

Years of traveling brought me many different insights, philosophies and countries I needed to be (over 90 in total). I lived in Pakistan, went over 15 times to India and when I stopped cycling the world, that was after 50.000 kilometer through 45 countries, I met Geo. Together we now try to be more self-sustainable, grow our own food and live off-grid. I now juggle with the logistics of being an old-fashioned housewife, cook and creative artist loving the outdoors. The pouches I create are for sale on www.cindyneedleart.com

13 replies on “The ascetic isolated summer retreat club”

Hi Cindy! So many things you are going through. It is incredible to read about You. Also it is interesting I Go through many things the same in terms of nature food preparing and so stuff. Only in Paraguay. Thank You x the email. Greetings Marylin

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Dear Marylin, I am glad to read you here! How wonderful would it be to live closer by so we could share, meet and help each other out. I always liked to be at your places and liked to be with you. Geo and I had also Paraguay in mind for living, especially I liked the Chaco but it is not that logic (easy?) as non-mennonites plus we would be too far off from our parents. Geo thought the soil might not be too good to grow food but I think, I know, it is possible with harder work and enough water. You must have quite a hard task with growing food?

I know you will succeed as your energy is sky rocketing! I am super curious how you fare and hope you and especially Gert are in good shape, in abundant health and managing the businesses well. We both ssend you love, blessings and a hug X

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Your garden looks so colorful and creative, I think it reflects you. No wonder you like to review the photos again, and again. So many kittens as well, they do grow up too fast, don’t they?

Preparing food from scratch – or should I say from seed? – takes up a big part of our ‘time budget’. But, looking at it in the biggest possible picture we actually safe time by not having to repair the things we destroy when buying into any convenience product. Whether this is the environment, our physical or mental health.

Some days I love to ponder on the idea about how the world would look like without money. How would people spend their time, where would they live and what would they eat?

How lovely would that be, right?

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Thank you for your beautiful compliment 😊 Marita!

The kittens stayed relatively small for long, perhaps because their mom is small but of course, it would be cool if they’d never got bigger at all ; )

Preparing food in itself is also subject to change, like the garden and like ourselves. I am really into delicious ‘healthy’ cooking but it takes so much time, yet it is normal when you veer off the convenience (poisonous) route. I think coming summer I will go into the raw vegetable consumption a lot more. Do you do that as well?

Currently reading Anti-Inflammatory Diet Solution of Stig Bengmark.

Your thoughts on a world without money has been going through my mind as well, already years ago when, because of these thoughts, I visited a famous Pondicherry ashram (Aurobindo) where money is not circulating. I noticed within a day that the exact same issues as outside are at play!

So, I wonder now how it would look like if a Covid would have smashed all supermarkets, all transportation, all lazy and all shop depending people? I sometimes wonder, when standing in the supermarket queue (doesn’t happen very often anymore) who could survive in the woods (could I)? Who would make fires to keep warm? Who would cry for breaking a nail on the finger? Who would take the leading role? Who would be stronger than initially expected? And what would I be able to do? What do I actually know?!

So, would it be lovely when there was no money? I doubt it! Then something else would replace money as a currency. Imagine how the world would look like when we only had consciousness people striving towards a longer healthier life with only ayurvedic practitioners and no factories and modernized existing. But of course, it took me also very long to arrive at the stage where I am now and I am nowhere close to an ideal. If ever… do you think we will ever reach our potential?

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Money sure is what it is because we humans are what we are. Getting rid of money wouldn’t really fix the structure of society.

But, how lovely it be if we more easily able to choose whether we want to spend our time or money on something. Working two hours to buy a healthy clean meal versus two hours in the kitchen for the same good meal, but for free.

Eating raw can be very beneficial, but this depends on your dosha. I prefer fermented vegetables to have it predigested for me.

I think nobody can do everything by themselves, hence community is so important. When really needed people will come together and help, until hell breaks loose again…

But, yes. I think we will reach our potential… just doubt it will be in this life time.

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Yeah, I believe community is very important and it is so difficult to get this going when not among like minded people. It seems we all like to keep that important part of privacy and calmness. I believe almost every one wants to go the route of living alone versus extended family and finds it difficult to share what is a fair trade (cutting a tree versus catching a fish). What was once a strong community was not wished for, people wanted to be by themselves, alone. Same with personal farming. And traditions, and clothing and…. on … and… on… it… goes. You must surely have seen that very well in Patagonia!?

And no, it is impossibe to do it all yourself!

I also think we can each reach our personal potential once we narrow down what is less needed to fulfill the largest desires that we want to put our efforts in. I think we can reach it in this life time even. Optimistic as I am ; )

Greetings Cindy : )

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Hahahahaaaa, glad I could be of some use, long distance wise.

Please, there’s never an obligation nor time window to respond. I like the blog comment thing a lot but you mustn’t feel pressed.

😘

Back to learning to knit socks.

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