Throughout my many travels and sustainable-community experiences all over the world, I have noticed that there is often an imbalance between what I consider the three pillars of how we interact with others and with our direct environment; the intimate interconnection between how we relate to:
As I use the word “community”, I refer to any type of community somehow, whether it is sustainable or not, and regardless of the number of its members -the minimum being 2 people, which can make us wonder and debate about the notion of friendship or “couple” (what I like to call “intimate relationship”, although again, any type of relationship contains love-which can manifest itself in a multitude of fashions, and any type of relationship can possess its very own form of intimacy).
Through the rat race of city life (which I personally also experienced and chose to leave behind at some stage), we tend to be surrounded by a lot of distractions and social pressure, which, in turn, tends to disconnect us from nature, hence from our very essence. Maintaining the balance between these three pillars is what supports us in becoming unconditionally happy and satisfied with our existence, as well as in love with ourselves, and with others:
- The self
- Our fellow community members
- Nature
As I use the word “community”, I refer to any type of community somehow, whether it is sustainable or not, and regardless of the number of its members -the minimum being 2 people, which can make us wonder and debate about the notion of friendship or “couple” (what I like to call “intimate relationship”, although again, any type of relationship contains love-which can manifest itself in a multitude of fashions, and any type of relationship can possess its very own form of intimacy).
Through the rat race of city life (which I personally also experienced and chose to leave behind at some stage), we tend to be surrounded by a lot of distractions and social pressure, which, in turn, tends to disconnect us from nature, hence from our very essence. Maintaining the balance between these three pillars is what supports us in becoming unconditionally happy and satisfied with our existence, as well as in love with ourselves, and with others:
- Taking some personal time for ourselves is what makes us process and integrate all our life experiences, lessons and emotions.
- Taking some collective time to exchange ideas with like-minded people makes us grow, heal and feel human.
- Taking some time to connect with Mother Nature and the cosmos (whether individually or collectively) changes our perception of the world and teaches us our real place on Earth and in the universe, so that it may facilitate the process of understanding why our soul has decided to come back to this physical plane in this very physical body for this very experience in the here and now.
