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Tuesday, July 8, 2008
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Location: RVML - 258 A St, Ashland
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Time: 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Lecture: Life in Auroville and Findhorn Communities- A Look at 40 Years of Intentional Community Experience and Development
By Pamala Joy and Olivier Hetzel
$5.00 - 20.00 Suggested donation, everyone welcome
Presentation Description:
Since 1988 Olivier Hetzel has lived and worked in the Auroville community in southern India. Founded in 1968 and based on the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, Auroville, with a current population of about 2000 people from around the world, is the only community with endorsements from UNESCO. This year Auroville celebrated its 40th anniversary with the completion of its spiritual center, the Matrimandir, and is on the brink of a new phase of its development. In a much colder part of the world Pamala Joy lived at the Findhorn Foundation in the highlands of Scotland.
Begun in 1962 by three people steeped in spiritual teachings and following "the still small voice within" of Eileen Caddy, Findhorn is a sister community to Auroville. Known for its direct connection to the nature kingdom and called the greenest village in Britain in terms of environmental practices, Findhorn today is recognized as a potent influential voice, recognized as an NGO through the United Nations. Though a much smaller community, with only about one tenth the population of Auroville and much less acreage, Findhorn has a dynamic program for the hundreds of visitors that continue to make the long trip there from all parts of the globe, hoping to find new meaning and direction in their lives.
Olivier and Pamala met recently in Auroville, where they recognized their shared interests in community life, performance, alternative healing, complementary currency systems, communication, and creating new possibilities for planetary change.
Together they offer an opportunity to explore the positive and not-so-positive aspects of living in an intentional community, to look at two of the world's most famous communities from an insider's perspective, and to discuss the potential for increasing community interaction and involvement here in Ashland.
Presenter's Biography:
Pamala Joy, a resident of Ashland since 1992, first journeyed to Findhorn in 1979 and spent most of the 80's there with her family. Since leaving in 1989, she has been a Findhorn Resource person and has been back to visit several times, including a five week stay in the spring of last year. She has also lived in and had experience with other intentional communities, including two communities of artists in central London and a recent stay in Auroville. Here in Ashland, she has been involved in a wide range of community activities and projects, including mentoring teens and promoting the arts. Since 1996 she has co-ordinated the Food for People project which collects and distributes food and household items to hundreds of people weekly throughout the Rogue Valley.
Olivier Hetzel, originally from France, is a creative entrepreneur, alternative economist, self-taught architect and builder, dancer, healer, long time meditator and jack of all trades. He has been developing and managing the Auroville Cheese Farm company for 20 years, and is the initiator of the ACCESS project, a complementary currency exchange system for the Auroville bio-region. He has recently written "The Future of Economy," a booklet elaborating a new concept of seven different levels of economics for intentional communities. He practices energy healing and body consciousness yoga, and gives body awareness and dancing exploration coaching for personal growth and development.
More information: e-mail pj2cw@yahoo.com
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TUESDAY LECTURE SERIES FORMAT: 90-120-minute lecture presentation including break and Q&A period. All events conclude promptly at 9:00pm.
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