farming with no quams

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Dear anyone,

Hare Krsna, AGTSP,

 

Yesterday, I was in an agriculture meeting for the farm to which we come

forth with different topics every week and try to rectify problems or

improve on the standards and facilities. Some times often I become agrivated

because it seems each individual has their own idea of how things should be.

And this goes the same outside this meeting to the whole community. maybe

there is some simularities but there is many, many differences. To the point

that if you followed one or the other the outcome would be completely

different as for a society.

Then this same logo goes outside here and spreds for the entire Iskcon

movement.( I'm refering to simple living in KC)

So how is it that anything will come to a head? Even if it was a very wide

head, would be a possitive angle.

 

Now, to break away for a moment..

Yesterday after feeling discouraged, like there is hardly a chance in the

world for there to be "some kind of uniform goal" as for simple living

standards, Like an Iskcon culture.,,, I went down the road maybe a mile

from the farm to an Amish farm where I've been a couple times to check

things out and offer barter of favors if needed.

When I pulled up, he was out plowing with his horses 4 abreast. He was

sitting on a double direction plow and it looked very much like a picture.

when he came back around for the next run and gave his horses a break, we

talked a little. I told him that to just be there and watch and walk behind

his plow while he is digging, that this was very inspirational for me and

that I came over for that purpose. He looked at me a little curious and

asked "inspirational", as to how could what he is doing be so inspirational

for me. It would take me a few hours to explain even a little to him but I

wouldn't disturb his mind with it. I just shrugged my shoulders.. So he

continued and I just walked behind in the furrow, and chanted some rounds,

back and forth, back and forth, and it was great.

 

( hope I'm not afending or boring anyone)

 

Something that I could see there that helped inspire was the system and

determination with the standard he lives by, and not even based on so much

strong philosify, but still driving on. I overlooked the faults, and looked

on him as an individual that has desires and a capacity to make decisions,

and wondered what makes him carry on so strongly without just getting fed up

and endulge in buying a tractor and a car and microwave and tv with

satilite, taking the kids to disneyworld.. I knew alot had to do with his up

bringing as a cultural strength helped, but anyone can become polluted if

their not chanting the names of God. Yet There is a whole simple standard

like no zippers, and no rubber tires, no this and that, which in the end if

you knock out the new system of little motors and air power, looks very

simple and peacful materialy. What a nice condusive peace for a village of

devotees, yet, even more so, if that were, because of cow protection and of

all animals and plants being engaged in gods service.

As I walked down the main farm road to his barn so he could put the horses

away, The road had no signs of car travel and you could feel that along with

the no electric atmophere and on either side the feilds that were worked

with the animals. There was a great comfort and feeling of peace and being

in another time.

 

So, as I left that day going back down the road to my car which I left at

the end of the property as a feeling of respect and to not polute the

atmosphere, I reflected on this conference and the farms and the devotees.

And thought, why is it that these Amish jointly for the most part live a

cirtain way, without much reason other than following the forefathers ( if

you ask'em), and here the devotees with the highest and strongest of all

knowledge and a great Acarya like Prabhupada describing what to do, and yet

there is no co-operation even to get to aleast the level of the Amish as for

simplness and standard. Why is there soo many different interpretations of

what to do from the same instruction? Everything is an experiment after some

time that everything has already been done somewhere else. trying to

recreate that which is already going on or has been done is stagnating

though it seems. Just my thoughts of the day. I'm sharing them so any can

tear them apart and answer, correct or comment, or have something to add

into the thought tank.

 

 

There is more, but I kept it short.

Hare Krsna,

YS, Derek-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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