21/ Hence Nund Rishi, a farmer himself, called for action, not abstraction. Sahaja was incarnation, the eschaton practiced at ground level. Social concerns trumped religious preoccupations. Paradise was practiced in the vernacular of addressing hunger. Justice was handmade.
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Image of Nick with Ann. B. smiling together at the grafting table.
I’m feeling deeply fed by yesterday’s prop fair in Cottage Grove, not least by the lovely surprise of grafting trees with Ann B, who came to the fair to pick up trees on behalf of the Cottage Village, a new, permanent tiny-home, ‘eco-village’ for low-income residents she now calls home. This project has been established by ‘Grovers’ seeking practical, grounded, humane, permanent solutions to homelessness in their community.
I was greatly struck by the quality of the scion choices, and conversation, Ann brought to the grafting table - traits I repeatedly and refreshingly encounter among low-income folks settling such communities, it seems. Frankly, her perspicacity, intelligence and no-nonsense clarity about the nature and significance of things, echo a soul wisdom I commonly encounter among low-income folk … [deletion for alt-text limit]](/media/1932886898248462385-GtL-YtqbMAEwspS.jpg)
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Copy of Facebook post here: Image of Nick with Ann. B. smiling together at the grafting table. I’m feeling deeply fed by yesterday’s prop fair in Cottage Grove, not least by the lovely surprise of grafting trees with Ann B, who came to the fair to pick up trees on behalf of the Cottage Village, a new, permanent tiny-home, ‘eco-village’ for low-income residents she now calls home. This project has been established by ‘Grovers’ seeking practical, grounded, humane, permanent solutions to homelessness in their community. I was greatly struck by the quality of the scion choices, and conversation, Ann brought to the grafting table - traits I repeatedly and refreshingly encounter among low-income folks settling such communities, it seems. Frankly, her perspicacity, intelligence and no-nonsense clarity about the nature and significance of things, echo a soul wisdom I commonly encounter among low-income folk … [deletion for alt-text limit]
9/ New World Creation isn’t a hashtag. It’s a middle finger to collapse, soil under your nails, messianic action in the dirt, one shovel and one plot of land at a time, each seed a meme against despair, redeeming history and ourselves where we stand with what we have to hand.
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