| Introduction I first came to the Findhorn Foundation for a weekend in ~974. I was not a spiritual type but I certainly was looking for some- thing. Having left my home in South Africa with an over- whelming sadness at the separation in every aspect of that society, I dreamt of an idyllic utopia where everyone had acommon unity and purpose. What power that could generate!I didn t know how to create the harmony I longed for in myworld, so I went looking for it. My first impression of the community growing at Findhornwas that the ~5o people I met there also wanted to live in har-mony, and were setting about creating it themselves. So Istayed for a weekend.., then a few weeks.., then a year,which stretched to ten.., and more. What appeared at first glance to be just a group of nicepeople living happily together turned out to be much more.The community lifestyle was very busy - delicious vegetarianmeals were produced twice a day in the spotless kitchen, thecommunity centre was kept immaculate, there weregardeners digging, planting and weeding in the lovely flowerand vegetable gardens, and other people worked in the craftstudios or the Publications department, which had a dark-room and printing press and had published several books.The community was also about to break ground to build a newHall to accommodate their ever increasing numbers. Andthere was something special about the place I couldn t define- a kind of magic. In my quest for harmony I had set one foot on a path whichwas to lead me into worlds far beyond my dreams - towards anew understanding of Self, and of the very purpose of life. One of my first steps along this path as a new member of theFindhorn Community was to clean Peter and Eileen Caddy sbungalow each morning. Only years later did I learn that I was |
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