renee vitvan

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Hi renee

I think the Christos is a good place to start with him

along with his short and easy to read bio. It's sort

of strange how I found out about him.(this is the long

answer as i have my feet up and ready to tell a story

on my laptop so I apologize for its non brevity) I

had had this strong urge for several years to go to

Great Basin National Park on the Utah/Nevada border,

very remote, has the oldest living beings on the

planet, trees 2,500-5000 years old called bristlecone.

One time I got within a few miles of the place and

turned around an went in another direction. But in

2003 I was stressed out big time from my job, I took a

2 month leave of absence, packed my camping gear and

headed for the park, with a I don't know why I just

have to go there but I do attitude. Just when you get

to the entrance of the park there is this sign that

says > School of Natural order and it points down a

dirt road that goes off into the high desert foot

hills. After I had camped in the park awhile and got

to know some people in Baker Arizona the closest town,

well actually its 2 bar restaraunts and a gasstation ,

I asked them what was that school about. They said

well its some religious commune, some guy called

vitvan, and when i would ask well what kind of

religion, they would hem and haw and couldnt really

say, but they all said oh just drive up there they

wont mind. Myself being a little commune suspicious I

really wasnt going to go up there, but then one

evening as i was leaving the gasstation laundrymat, at

dusk, this guy comes up to me and says he is a

professional photographer and would like to take some

pictures of my car. (I had made it into an

artcar,painted and glued stuff on it> he said he was

traveling through from the East Coast and saw my car

in the gas station and wanted to shoot it, but since

there was not enough light how about tomorrow. I say

sure and he says well Im staying at the Home Farm, why

don't you just come over there. So I did, I went down

that old road, past jack rabbits and a guy walking a

three legged dog, to this little oais of big trees and

grassy lawn, some really old buildings of stone, a

central building house with a porch, and up around it

other buildings and trailers. We decide to shoot My

car, way back on the property in a place where it

seems people had dumped old rusted vehicles for

decades. Afterwards I met the interesting assortment

of people who live there and they told me about

vitvan, very low key. this was his ranch, the last

place he lived and taught and died and was buried on

the land. they basically live there and send out his

books and tapes to people who request them Most people

have other jobs, they work at the state park or at the

local school or restarurant. they eat together twice a

week, have a meditation each night and plan a couple

of workshops in the summer. I bought a couple of his

books from them, the Christos was one, and went back

to my campsite. I stayed at great Basin for almost 2

months, and once or twice a week I would go back up to

the home farm. i offered them Jin shin treatments,

hung out, and shared some meals. I kept reading more

and more and it just resonated with me. sometimes

after reading a particular part i would just stop and

applaud. I was very interested to find such an

American Master. I had already also discovered Peace

Pilgrim, another American Master and Vitvan was so

untraditional, a very manly backwoods sort of guy. I

continued reading his work until I read everything he

had published, and then I began listening to his

tapes. He really broke things down in a very clear way

I felt, and while my Kundalini awakening is a result

of all my varied paths, it was really practicing

vitvan that I feel had the strongest influence. I

would also suggest if you are still interested after

Christos his book one two and three of lessons. I

found those the most helpful of his writings. When I

got back from my 2 moths in big basin, i quit my job

of Director that I had had for 16 years, sat a number

of silent retreats, and bought a small rv which is

where i live, and where i am sitting right now, (in

the commuter parking lot at an exit off the freeway by

san rafael california.) I have now listenend to almost

all of his tapes and am going through them a second

time. He continues to guide me through his work as do

some of the people he recommended reading such as Shri

Aurobindo. when I listen to these tapes, recorded in

the 1950s, I am amazed at the things he is telling his

students. I mean this is pre woman's lib, civil rights

in its infancy, almost nothing but a traditional

christian influence, very little eastern thought had

made it into america, and hes teaching energy centers

and " new age " school of wisdom. I think after getting

a basic understanding of him from the Christos and the

three books of lessons, his tapes really convey his

teachings because you can hear his emphasis and his

laugh and stories and that he is not talking about his

beliefs but rather what he is experiencing himself.

but I have not found many people who have read him

even in a spiritually varried place like the San

Franciso Bay area, If you or anyone finds him

interesting enough i certainly would be open to some

kind of dialogue around his books. Anyway

thats the I apologize for such a long answer answer!

georgeann

--- reneedots <reneedots wrote:

 

> Hi.....was it Georgeann who was mentioning Vitvan?

> I spend quite

> awhile reading in his website. What an interesting

> fellow! When I get

> thru reading the small mountain of books that I've

> committed myself to,

> I will most likely order his Christos. I never knew

> that he even

> existed, where did you find him? Renee

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