‘Listen to your body’s wisdom which expresses itself through comfort/discomfort.’ When I read this the other day, I thought about joining an ecovillage. Over the past 10 years, I have visited villages all over the world. I stayed for a week in Ecovillage at Ithaca and felt very comfortable with the place and the people who lived there. At another ecovillage, I saw some people dancing and felt some discomfort....why, I don’t know - I love to dance! Then visiting yet another ecovillage, I thought: no way, not for me in this lifetime!
People will come along to check us out and some will say to themselves: Yes, I feel very comfortable with this project and these people. Others will say: No way, not in this lifetime! And that’s fine, this is a very small, special, niche project and it can’t accommodate a mass intake.
But what about those who might feel a little uncomfortable about some aspect - who hold some attraction but need something more to move into their zone of comfort? We need to make sure that we give people what they need – more information, education, space and time, so that they can understand and become comfortable. I have been on this journey, becoming more and more comfortable for nearly 10 years now, so i know that the process can sometimes take a while!
But also, to you people who have a little discomfort right now, be careful not to miss out on something that could really make your heart sing. Work out what you need and seek to get it.
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