Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.
– Dalai Lama
Listening with the Ears of the Heart
This is our message: It’s important the world learns how to listen with the ears of the heart. The ears of the heart allow us to listen to the rocks, to listen to the water, to the mountains, to the trees and to the grass. Nature is constantly communicating with us, but we can’t hear Her song, because we’re trying to hear it with our ears. Nature’s songs must be heard with the heart. Nature itself is the message. When we learn to access the ears of the heart, we will hear Nature’s song.
Mamo Senchina and Jaba Aluka (his wife) have been gifting us with their songs and wisdom for many years now. We’ve deepened in our understanding of the above message and are learning to sing the songs of creation and the cosmos. I’m so grateful. The beauty, grace and wisdom of this message is an ever-evolving blessing.
There are very few openings in our sessions as they’re purposefully intimate, but we have a space or two for new beginners coming up next weekend. https://www.teyuna.org/workshops
Ginger Peach Sorbet
Organic Palisade Peaches, Organic Ginger, Local honey, Love. Local Cilantro garnish. Yum.
Where Were You?
In April, 2018 we were in Sedona, AZ as part of our pre-tour road trip for our work with Teyuna. Sixteen Elders wanted to come to North America to do pagamento, a service they were literally born to do whereby they communicate directly with Mother Nature to bring Earth into balance and harmony. North Americans, they said, had been treating Mother Nature badly and natural disasters were on the way. They could, they said, help to mitigate or lesson the damage our country was in store for. They wanted Paul and I to determine “the 4 corners” of the country and then four elders would go to each corner and then meet in the “middle”. So, Paul and I set out to see who would welcome the Teyuna in the “corners” of the country. We especially hoped to meet North American Elders.
We had some plans to go here and there, and tended to focus on places with good mountain biking that were beautiful. We were also on vacation. A magical synchronicity had sent us the Teyuna as we were in transition. Generally we disperse camped. More specifically for this moment, we had found Lawrence Crossing Campground and it was great splashing in the creek in that hot Arizona sun after another spectacular ride.
We met 2 regulars while we stayed. These guys each had a class C RV which certainly had an 8 track player as original equipment. They had a routine of where to go and timed as the year progressed. It sounded like the Butter Test, which is go north or higher elevation of the butter is too soft, and visa versa when appropriate. We all acknowledged it was pretty hot in Sedona and time to contemplate where next to go. They were indeed headed north while we talked about Prescott, family in Tucson, and then nothing definite after that. Then came the momentous words which changed our lives:
How about Crestone?
We’d never even heard of Crestone, but their description of the towering mountains, swift running creeks and the diverse spiritual practices which had taken residence moved us to add it to the list. Still, it was not our next stop and it wasn’t until Taos, NM when it was entered into the GPS following a series of calls with a wonderful woman who encouraged us to come to Crestone to attend a presentation Earth Law was giving. She thought they’d be a great fiscal sponsor for Teyuna and indeed they were!
Growing Together
Decades ago my mother helped start the Golden Bay, New Zealand, co-op. She and other locals saw the gap and came together to improve their community. There was plenty of excitement but funds were needed. When the co-op opened everyone who contributed to make it possible were given vouchers and got 100% of the funds they’d put forward back in food and merchandise. It was amazing: people gave, not necessarily large amounts, the budget was funded and the co-op opened. It is a terrific story of what we can do when we pull together.
We are offering 110% on donations and are grateful for the community’s response thus far: thank you to our fiscal supporters!! Once open we will offer scrumptious farm to table meals in a comfortable, well-appointed space. Does this sound appealing? Please consider offering your support to keep us moving forward.
Virtue and Vice
The healthy social life is found
– Rudolf Steiner
When in the mirror of each human being
The whole community finds its reflection
And when in the community
The virtue of each one is living.
Rudolf Steiner formulated what he called “The Cosmic Law of Work” (CLW) in 1905. Basically, his law states an exponentially higher return, physically and spiritually, happens when we work together for the benefit of all. Individuals seeking personal gain as testament to their own accomplishments achieve less on spiritual, physical and material levels. When, together, we contribute to the well-being and success of our community, our needs are met at degrees exponentially higher than what we achieve as individuals – not through our own efforts, but through the unified efforts of the whole.
Steiner’s CLW is reflected in religions and philosophies world-wide. Ideals like service to others is the highest path really ask you to put your money where your mouth is when it comes to social reform. Underlying Steiner’s CLW is the pivotal question: Is one’s work benefiting the larger society? Going a step further, Steiner felt it was critical to understand that for humanity to thrive, work and income needed to be completely separated. What? How do we put CLW into practice especially now when survival mode is so prevalent?
Have You Seen Me?
A Facebook post some years ago read something like: “I wonder if they’ve found my picture in the ceiling?” Is this it? Many people have left their mark on the Sage and we’ve heard beautiful stories about great times. We’d like to part of splendid new stories for you.
We know, you haven’t seen much of us. We’ve been in the trenches. Speaking of which, they’re nearly ready for the pour i.e. new subfloor plumbing to meet health department mandates and the daunting task of replacing the building’s plumbing in entirety are nearly behind us. Putting in Insulation/rebar/pex? Check. Well, any day now.
“The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.” – John W. Gardner
Your patience as we manage our situation is appreciated. Looking forward to the day we are able to welcome you inside.
Primed
We are making great progress on the downstairs apartment. It has WD hookups, radiant heat, west views and good light. Very close!
Just Exactly How Many Drains?
All the floor drains and floor sinks are now installed and ready for business. Now that the weather is agreeable with epoxy temperature guidelines it is time to attach the rebar stubs, mesh and rebar, lay insulation for the walk-in and omg pour concrete!
Goodies
Look at all the treats from the Alamosa Restore. Plus we were lucky enough to show up on a 50% off day. It looks like a good sized restaurant went out of business; there were 2 more handwash sized sink alas with no faucets not taken. One of the health department reopening requirements were additional hand wash sinks. The light and porcelain sink are for the downstairs apartment which is looking to be completed in April.
We’ve met new people here in Crestone and appreciate the help and advice on navigating what are apparently repeating area patterns.