Findhorn: History

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[A message from one speaking for the elementals, in _The Findhorn Garden_]

 

The elementals are not the physical body of a plant. A plant is a

manifestation of the beingness of Earth, the ensouling life of the planet

which you may call the Earth Logos. Plants serve a function for this being.

They also serve the function of providing an environment for higher forms

of life to enter and be comfortable within this physical dimension. The

elementals, whom I represent, make possible the growth and development of

natural forms.

We are far more ancient for the most part than the physical Earth

itself and we draw freely upon the powers of cosmic creativity. Before a

planet can come into existence, we exist; we bring the planet into

existence.

At one time, we were the sole masters of Earth. In a way, man developed

from our womb, which you call nature. In part, man is a product of the

elemental and devic kingdoms, for he was once a being like ourselves,

attuned to creative, cosmic sources. When the form of man was created and

humanity as you know it began to develop, we were his teachers. For ages,

we guided and protected him. He responded to us because in his inmost

sensitivity and remembrance, he was one with us. In the realm of our true

beingness, we walked together as one.

However, there came a time when it was decided that to promote man's

evolution and the accomplishment of his destiny, he was to be given the

gift of creative thought, the gift of individuation and selfhood. This also

implied the experience of separation, polarity and duality as part of the

creative consciousness and power. Man was set upon the road toward learning

mastery in the use of that power. Within him and before him lay the power

and the seed of authority to mold the Earth as he might see fit. He was

given dominion over the Earth, in expectation that he would learn to use it

wisely.

Our authority was never taken from us. However, we were told that man,

to develop the potentials of his divinity and to prepare for a cosmic

destiny, needed to be freed from that authority and from the possible

domination of his being by the more powerful planetary forces of nature. To

gain such freedom, he was placed in touch with the authority of his own

being which he needed to understand in order to exercise wisdom, love and

understanding in dealing with the needs of Earth and the rhythms of our

work and life.

We, the elementals, the kingdom of builders and those who externalize

form, do understand the needs of Earth. Because humanity shares the same

source with us and is one with us on deep levels of being, mankind, too,

has an inherent sensitivity to the needs of Earth, and to the plan of God.

But when man becomes overly lost in the development of his own self and

obscures that inner knowledge, consequently acting insensitively and even

hostilely towards his planet and its divinity, we have the right not to

obey him. We cannot dispute man's authority. We simply withdraw and allow

his creative power direct and unshielded access to the primeval forces of

formation. Because man in such a state lacks the sensitivity, knowledge and

wisdom with which we work these forces, he cannot control these basic

energies. Being out of tune with his devic qualities, or what you would

call your soul consciousness, man attempts to express this creative

authority through his mind alone, which is not broad enough, subtle enough

or strong enough to fully encompass these energies. Hence, nature does not

obey him as swiftly and perfectly as it does us.

We recognize that man has the right and obligation to create nature, to

externalize the forms that reflect his own nature. However, when this right

is stretched and man attempts to destroy the balance between us and to

cloak all the planet in artificiality, there is conflict and difficulty.

Man must learn that authority does not mean license.

He himself, however evolved, is still part of the nature kingdom. Though he

has dominion over nature, he cannot destroy it without destroying himself.

The key to his expression of dominion is to first gain sovereignty of his

own nature, then all other reflections of nature on a larger scale will

willingly and joyous!y work with him.

If man continues to misunderstand the nature of his authority and

dominion, he will destroy the ecologica! patterns of his planet and himself

in the process. We cannot be destroyed, for we are beyond form. Neither can

man's true nature be destroyed, although his form can. He can render his

planet unfit for his form of life, thus cutting himself off from the chosen

avenue of his unfoldment and evolution. This will have serious spiritual

consequences for him. We will survive such an action; the evolving idea and

image of man in his present form will not.

You have asked specifically about the role of man in nature and about

the role of Findhorn and its garden.

Man's role is to tend the Earth as a steward. lt is wrong for him to

attempt to play the part of devic or elemental lord; that is our role. What

man must do is exercise his creative, inspirational authority which is his

true place in the scheme of things on Earth. Man is given the gift of

creative imagination and must create the vision of what must be done. This

power is equivalent to but in some ways exceeds that of the devas; it is

man's God-power.

The elemental beings, under the authority of the being you call Pan,

do not originate the patterns of Earth and of nature; we only build and

maintain them. We possess this great power because we are cosmic in our

origins. lt is man who has the authority and the potential to take the

energies of life beyond these patterns and into new realms of possibilities

and forms.

Gardening in the past has been man's attempt to externalize that

potential and authority, but he has often approached this not in a spirit

of unity and cooperation but in one of conquest, seeking to mold the earth

to his own pattern. This may be proper in essence but he has approached it

insensitively and wrongly. He does not need to

douse the earth with chemicals. He does not need to exercise brute force on

the forms of nature to make them obey his designs. He must provide us free

scope to work with him, in love, respect and cooperation.

But understand this: if we are limited solely to being servants of man,

our power is curtailed. It is important that cooperation comes to mean

something deeper than obedience, for in understanding us and cooperating

with us, man will learn valuable lessons about himself, which is one of the

objects of the exercise. Man's consciousness must expand to new insights

and into deeper communion with and dominion over his own nature. Out of

this can come a communion with us, a mating, if you will, that will embody

a divine power to transform our planet.

To us, the experience of this center is an event of profound joy, for

here we can participate in the kind of cooperation I am describing and

witness the invocation of new and powerful energies. We see it as an outlet

for us to reach into human consciousness and it gives us hope.

In working with you here, we must have an increasingly free hand;

otherwise we cannot cope with the energies you are invoking, and we would

have to withdraw. If you think you can yourself embody the nature energies

to make this garden grow, then you are welcome to try, but how much greater

it will be if we can work together. As the experiment of your garden

continues, you must think of us and see us as perfect partners. Use your

authority to encourage us, to have trust in us and to give us a greater

freedom of action to pour our cosmic energies into this garden and into the

human beings who are part of it - for we seek union with the humans here,

as well. Together we will produce a garden, a flowering, an abundance

beyond anything human imagination can conceive of. This is our promise.

Man cannot grow unless he learns to understand his oneness with his

world, with us. The necessary step for man is to draw out his nature

heritage from his past being and elevate it. He will not become a deva or

an elemental but something far greater, something that will release us and

show us a new promise and a new path of growth. Our evolution and yours

depends on it. That is why we cannot cater to your desires or simply be

your servants, for then there is little incentive for you to really

understand us and yourselves. If we see you manipulate and mutilate our

plants, as you and most gardeners have been doing, in order to force them

to meet your human-conceived requirements and images of perfection,

ignoring their inherent divine perfection and doing nothing to help us

encourage its unfoldment, then how can we blend with you? How can we

achieve our joint destinies?

 

Question: Are you saying there must be changes made in the way the

gardening is being done here at Findhorn?

 

That is what I am saying. This is more than just a cooperative venture.

We are not here to beautify this garden for the glory of any man but for

the glory of God. We, too, are manifestations of God. Man is not our

superior; we are not his superiors. We are lovers. We must become one if

these new creative energies are to be utilized properly and not allowed to

become destructive. We yearn for this oneness, but it must go beyond simple

cooperation. Before anything is done in the garden, it must be considered

from our point of view as well as from man's point of view.

We are being directed by God to expose ourselves and become more

vulnerable to man than we have ever permitted in the past since man lost

his sense of communion with us, in order that you may approach us more

directly and with greater ease within this center and others like it that

may arise. If in the process of the experiment we are hurt through

injurious actions to the forms we build and minister to, we will have

patience and bear the hurt, knowing that you are learning. We do not mind

if there is minor offense as you seek to learn a greater communion so long

as you correct it and do not repeat it and are sensitive to our needs as

they are revealed to you. We are aware of your motives and your intents.

But if the hurts continue or the motives are less than sensitive to the

whole, we must retreat under the law we obey. lf we withdraw from this

center due to your own lack of wisdom, it will lessen that healing force -

the love, the peace, the hope, the light - that is flowing into the world

from this and similar centers elsewhere where cooperation and attunement

between our kingdoms is being explored and developed. Understand the

responsibility you have taken on.

[Guest guest]

Yes, alot of this is what I've also seen, but in the middle of this

post, a heaviness descended, which indicates to me that it has been

slightly misinterpreted.. But such is the nature of man... And how we

understand language, which changes from culture to culture and

generation to generation.. It probably is such that the writer of

Findhorn has different understandings of his words than I do of his

words, and that is why it is misinterpreted to me... kwim?

did you write it Dharma???

I've never read it before.

Hugs, Lynette

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynette,

>Dharma, alot of this post, resonated as truth, but also some is

>misinterpreted, I guess is the word I'm looking for... I have pages from

>the beloved on the evolution of mankind and the spirit that we are, as

>well as to the reasons why we are here.. and to the true power we

>have...And what man really is..I dont have any of it typed up yet,

>perhaps I will concentrate on getting it typed up, so I can share it.

>

>Yes, alot of this is what I've also seen, but in the middle of this post,

>a heaviness descended, which indicates to me that it has been slightly

>misinterpreted.. But such is the nature of man... And how we understand

>language, which changes from culture to culture and generation to

>generation.. It probably is such that the writer of Findhorn has different

>understandings of his words than I do of his words, and that is why it is

>misinterpreted to me... kwim?

>

>did you write it Dharma???

 

No, not me. There really is a place called Findhorn in the north of

Scotland... sandy soil and cold weather... Years ago three people, a

husband and wife and another woman, stopped at a trailer park there and

stayed. One of the women was writing down messages from her spiritual

guide. The other one discovered she could hear and talk to the nature

world of devas, elementals, etc. And they were told to make a garden.

They acquired a little land, maybe an acre, next to the trailer park, and

started working.

 

Their garden grew into such an amazing phenomenon that gardeners came from

everywhere to see the amazing huge flowers and vegetables that grew in this

place where it should have been impossible. They kept asking how it was

done, and finally Peter told them that the devas were helping, telling him

how to do everything.

 

Other people began to come and stay, and today it's the Findhorn

Community... I think you can find them on the net.

 

It's all in the book _The Findhorn Garden_, which has absolutely gorgeous

pictures. It gives much of the messages of guidance, as well as many of

the messages from devas and elementals. Some are from such entities as the

Sweet Pea Deva or the Cabbage Deva. They may welcome the people to the

garden and to their company... they may give prosaic advice, like what to

fertilize a particular plant with, or what to do about something infesting

the cabbages. But many of the messages are about farther ranging topics...

the relationship of the human and deva evolutions, etc.

 

The passage I sent came from one who said he was speaking for the

elementals. It was received through the human consciousness and available

language of one of the women, who was a natural medium, what they now call

a channeler.

 

Love,

Dharma