June 7 and 8, 2008
At the end of our tour of Scott and Arina Pittman's Sustainable
and Permaculture land and home yesterday, Saturday, June 7., 2008, Sat Nam Singh and I were sitting with Scott trying to figure
out our next steps. So, together we came up with this:
Anyone who is interested
in creating a Community Garden according to Permaculture principles, probably set in a central place in the
ashram would get together for a few meetings to come up with what we really want as a group of folks. Then
we could hire Scott as a consultant to help us organize the whole plan, being particularly aware of potential pitfalls from
his own wide experience. I was really struck with the sage advice Scott gave us regarding setting up a
group enterprise, which is to think of every eventuality you can, work it out as in a marriage, and then write it all down
as bylaws!
Then today at lungar, Ravi Har Singh expressed that we should get this moving right away. And
Mataji said that we—anyone in the community who wants to, could meet in the Lungar Hall
this coming Saturday, June 14 from 9 to 11 AM ! So Ravi Har Singh agreed to bring
the big paper, easel and markers to put down all of our ideas! And he also found out that our acequia water
rights are still in tact!
Then a group of us happened to be talking with Guru Chander Singh who said that
he didn’t see any problem with us creating a group garden—probably in the middle or lower field! The
top one is planted with grass right now, and may be used for some other events at some time, he thought. He
stressed that we should get together and make a proposal to give to the Ashram Management Team so that everyone could work
it all out. He said that in the past there had been a garden in that place, but at the end of the season,
it had been abandoned and he personally had to get out there with a rake and shovel to clean it up. So,
he thought that we might put in some provision such as a security deposit to cover hiring someone to do such a cleanup just
in case this happens again. Pretty reasonable, I think!
Guru Chander also noted that rainwater is harvested
off the roof of the Lungar Hall and is stored in a 1,000 gallon underground tank. But since the water is
not currently being used, they have to pump it out occasionally. Therefore, he felt that the gardeners
are welcome to it! And we could use the ashram water rights and dig a channel from the acequia to wherever
we needed it, such as to the middle or lower field.
So, folks, it looks like Guru is creating this thing with “greased
lightening”! My feeling has always been that in the Aquarian Age, Guru has the whole planned worked
out. Then He gives pieces of the puzzle to each one involved. So, it is just up to each
one of us to “get” our piece from our most pure, yet totally down to earth Source, and then begin feeling out
how our piece fits in with everyone else’s to help the whole thing come together! And that means
also contributing the time and energy it takes to get it all done!
I also feel that our pieces come together according
to an evolving time line, and we may find quick changes happening—both quick establishing and quick dis-establishing.
Knowing this, we can better ride the changes like surfing the waves of change with lightness, joy, and love for one
another knowing that we are having fun carrying out Guru’s plan for us.
See
you next Saturday at the Lungar Hall from 9 to 11 AM ! Tune into your puzzle piece with your
ideas, projections and connections and bring them all along! Then we’ll have fun together!
Lots
of Love,
Siri-Gian Kaur
