Is 'challenging existing paradigms' allowed?

Rupert Sheldrake, a frequent visitor teacher of my favourite holistic education college in Dartington tells what is wrong with the existing paradigm that defines our institutions we depend on.  In a TED lecture he uses the very same method to test a few basic core principles embedded in the existing scientific paradigm.  In a related radio interview he tells how science cannot recognise its dogmatism regarding the scientific world view.

On a different note, science is capable to ignore proven therories especially when they are not in the frame of the materalistic world view based on the existing scientific paradigm.  Masaru Emoto's memory of the water, Ian Stevenson's research on reincarnation are just a few of the many examples.  Regardless, the paradigm is shifting.

The year of creation

Chariot is the symbol of the year 2014.

UK

My stories not important, except one.  It's about a lovely Indian lady called Amma who travels around the world and embraces, hugs all who wish to be in her presence.  I started planning a trip to see her in London.  But two days to go, I decided to postpone seeing her.  I will see her in this life, I am sure.  It can be later this year or next year.  If you have a chance, go and see her. She simply loving and great. 

Hungary

I started the year with living in a community in Szentendre.  We rent a family home of 400 square meters a quarter an hour walk from the river Danube.  This is a convenient location for town centre and its frequent public transport to Budapest is convenient for future commuters.

View from the front gate

Community living is a great opportunity to find out what drives one up on the wall, what is tolerated and what isn't, how one can communicate in a non-violent way and so on. We all have fears and hopes and lots more feelings that we are not aware and these all come up during connecting and interacting.  All people living in communities can work on existing disorders or simply feelings because challanges are more intense and the environment is inspiring.

 Great hall

We want to bring quite a few events here.  The organisers of communities convergence is meeting here to plan and develop this year's meeting.  Various self-help, healing and transformation methods are applied.  An event to share and sell local food will be organised in the spring.  Joined the dining room, a huge lounge with an attached library are ideal for training and meeting.

My new year's resolution is to do more blogging this year.  Your comments would surely help me to stick to this :)

Gifted

The gifted understands the gift. The ignorant walks in circles.

2013 October in the UK

My British Autumn started with a metamorphic techniuqe workshop with Helene in Dartington. I saw a few friends and formal colleagues in Exeter, walked and cycled depending on weather and sorted whatever was left behind last year.

I attended the last Community Action day at Bowden House in Totnes and moved in to experience real community life for a week before taking off for Hungary next Tuesday. I decided to fly this time to avoid the hassle of train ticket purchase and lengthy journeys across Europe, will need to find out how to offset that.

With my small PC back in Hungary I could not do a proper update, sorry about this. Further pictures and news to follow in a few weeks. In the meantime, you are most welcome to join me for Bowden House Community Action Day this Saturday :)

Summertime in Hungary

Hayden and Sophie visited me in August

Sophie and Hayden did hiking in the Fogaras Mountin and around Brasov in Transylvania.  Once got back to Budapest, we went to a local restaurant that served traditional Hungarian food and I invited them to see one of the best thermal spas in Budapest that is Lukacs Furdo.  There are a few more popular thermal spas and this one is my favourite.  Another half a day programme was a trip to Szentendre, a nearby beautiful town by the river Danube.  We travelled by the local train and returned by a boat.  It was great to see them again and we had a good time <3

Shops with quite a few traditional / hand made goods in Szentendre

Spring and Summer in Hungary

A field visit was planned at Somogyvamos around mid-March had to be cancelled due to bad weather conditions.  I started communal living in a rented house located near the Krishna-valley in Somogyvamos. 
The house at Somogyvamos is called Place Spotters' Base.  Most of my time one or more housemates lived there with me.  We shared gardening, cooking, cleaning the house, etc.  I was away in the capital quite a few times as I started picking up a few more healing techniques such as Bowen Technique and Kinesiology, attended meetings, etc.  Krishna Valley is like a little India in Hungary. I volunteered in the garden, the orchard, the mower, etc.  I sorted a few things around the rented house and started farming in the garden, only what a household could eat. It felt good to start living in a new lifestyle.

Annual ecovillage gathering @ Magfalva, Hungary

Community life

Both Place Spotters and Place Creators held quite a few meetings in the meantime I participated or co-organised.  In Dunavision, we organised the Budapest meeting and seminar.  Listen to a hang drum plus guitar music from the Meditation Picnic held at Margitsziget I attended.  There were lots more events / programmes I attended :)  My time at Somogyvamos is coming to an end as I am giving up the house and a family is planned to move in with two kids. 
I am looking forward to my trip to UK that will start with a Metamorphic Technique Workshop.  I am hoping to see my old friends, join a Devon based community for a short time and serve a Vipassana course near Hereford. Hoping to see all of you in the UK :)

Margitsziget - Margaret Island @ Budapest

'Prisoner, leave your prison!'

I am going on a journey again, just like I did last year.
I am planning to return to the UK to see my old friends.
I shall continue to write more posts about past and future.
My new style is a little more poetic and I hope you'll like it.

The first poem is a quote from the Ingmar Bergman film 'In the Presence of a Clown'.

'Prisoner, leave your prison!
 Consider then, that you are your own judge...
and your own goaler.

Prisoner, leave your prison!
To your astonishment,
you will find that no one will stop you.

The reality outside prison is indeed terrifying...
but never as terrifying
as your anguish down in that locked room.

Take your first step towards freedom.
It is not difficult.

The second step is more difficult...
but never allow yourself to be defeated by your goalers... who are only your own fear and your own pride.'

Down-to-earth crafts

Aimed to get an idea of a few traditional craftsmanships I met a 71 years old blacksmith in my native town this week.  Like most old people, he was very talkative and enjoyed demonstrating the use of his tools and equipment.  He gave me a list of what is needed to set up a blacksmith workshop.  Place Creators plan to combine traditional and modern methods, e.g. we will sharpen the heated edge of a mattock by hammering if needed but do not abstain from electric welding if the middle of the same tool is broken.  He demonstrated his skills on a few axes that needed sharpening.  I enjoyed the visit and even bought a second-hand axe that should last a lifetime unlike most newly made and imported goods.

Actually, the best axe I've seen was Tony Wrench's at Brithdir Mawr ecovillage that I visited in Aug 2001.  This was the time when the authorities ordered him to demolish his roundhouse.  I remember, it became a strong example of how activists with no other power than love and non-violance can win against building bureaucrats.  (Sounds odd, but there were quite a few times in my life when I've found myself at places and at lesser known historic but not party political events.  It feels a bit like Forrest Gump :)