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Timeless Living: IC focused on true happiness

 
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I posted about a tech free community before, but wanted to get more specific. I wonder if there are people interested in living this way. I feel like it's very focused on the things that truly make us happy.
If someone has land and wants to create this, please let me know.

So here it is: Timeless living

Imagine waking up in the morning with the sun and not checking the time, not knowing what day it is and not having a need for it, only listening to your heart, being guided by love.

Imagine coming out of your cabin and being greeted by friendly and loving faces who wish to live in the same way as you. You notice some people playing with the animals, others are watering plants, but they all have one thing in common: they're all happy.

When the sun gets too strong, we move into the shade, get our instruments out, play, sing, and dance. There's no judgment, we all support each other in the name of love.

When it's warm enough out, we don't wear shoes, we just walk on the grass feeling free and connected to loving earth. We feel her love warming the soles of our feet.


In the evening, we sit around a fire and chat about whatever comes to mind. Again, no judgment, only love. Sometimes, we just hug.
There are no artificial lights, so we get to enjoy the most beautiful views of the night sky.

Other activities include hiking, cooking, swimming, knitting and making art.

We help each other out like a family, so there is no need for money or any kind of bartering system. We don't expect the same person that we helped to give us something in return and vice versa, we know that someone in the group would be more than happy to help us if a need arises.

This is a timeless way of life that belongs to humans. There's no self-sabotage, no vices, no electronics. There's only that which truly matters to us, only that which increases our joy and bring peace to our minds.
 
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That sounds wonderful, but it reminds me of the story of the grasshopper and the ant.  I don't at all want to infringe on your dream, but I'm wondering who the ants will be in this story?
 
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Trace Oswald wrote:That sounds wonderful, but it reminds me of the story of the grasshopper and the ant.  I don't at all want to infringe on your dream, but I'm wondering who the ants will be in this story?



Hey, everyone will be working equally but the work won't be considered something like a chore, it will be done in a balanced and fun way. Nobody will be forced to be out in the sunniest hours due to how strong our sun became. We will wake up really early and it won't be hard to do without distractions. (I already began this a few years ago)
 
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If you would like to elaborate a little more on your vision, your philosophy for the community, I’d love to hear.

It seems to me that most people want to be happy and not doomscrolling or taking drugs except that traumas, uncertainties about a good way of living, and addictions to various negative things get in the way. Is that the essential premise or am I oversimplifying?
 
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Maieshe Ljin wrote:If you would like to elaborate a little more on your vision, your philosophy for the community, I’d love to hear.

It seems to me that most people want to be happy and not doomscrolling or taking drugs except that traumas, uncertainties about a good way of living, and addictions to various negative things get in the way. Is that the essential premise or am I oversimplifying?



Yes, that is a big part of the premise, but the point is to return to something that is most natural and secretly desired by the soul. People engage in harmful activities because they feel disconnected from wild nature and each other, and it has become normalized. My philosophy is to step out of living in the mind and get into living with the heart, with love. Birds do this well ;)
 
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Sounds like you're on the right path. Much like the one I started on some years ago. Although I combined living free with having my creature comforts IE: lights, heat, AC and running water. Life is full of compromise as long as they are the right compromises!  

Just keep in mind as we grow our end goals often change!
 
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