Our Thoughts Going In To 10 Days of Silence

Have you ever gone to a meditation retreat or tried multiple days of silence?
Would you be excited or have any fears?

Today, on our way to a 10 day silent meditation retreat, we talk about some of our reflections going in!

This marks our last post (likely) til we go offline for the next 11 days! We see this as a gift to ourselves and have been looking forward to it, though there is usually some anxiety related to committing to such a thing.

It’s been over 5 years for each of us since we’ve done a Vipassana course and we’re really thankful for the space and teachings this organization holds for everyday people to meditate, learn about and experience our innermost being, and have some beautiful space of silence.

@walkerland

Inspired Gifts for the Wildcrafter 

Wildcrafting (also known as foraging) is an age old practice of collecting plant materials in their natural habitat for food, medicine, and craft. It encompasses studying plants and habitats, sustainably harvesting and helping wild plants flourish. Wildcrafting is a skill that nurtures mind body and spirit. For those with an appreciation for nature, it can be a deeply rewarding craft.

One of the greatest benefits of eating wild food is that it reminds us that we are not fed by the supermarket but by the sunshine, rain, and soil.” ~ Samuel Thayer, Forager’s Harvest.

@riverflows

Ollas Update: Self Watering Garden System Pots

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Do you have trouble watering plants in the summer?
Worry when you go away they'll die?
Does it get super hot in your area, so hot you use far too much water on your vegetable garden?

@celestialcow

Ecotrain QOTW: why do vegans experience so much hate towards them?

One thing I didn't talk about here but came to mind is the reason why I gave up meat was I felt that I was energically indegesting death and suffering and was making me more stressed and aggressive. I don't know if there is any science to prove this but its just a feeling. All humans are different and respond differently. There are many people I know who eat meat and they are really nice. But I do wonder how much eating meat affects our brain and if it can make us more aggressive?

@trucklife-family

When People Seem to Think They Know What Is best For you!

My lifestyle is not for everyone. It is certainly not for anyone who is afraid to get dirty, or who likes to live a life of conveniences. There are many things that I need to undertake daily, but I enjoy these things. It doesn't bother me that I don't have hot water in my truck, I just need to heat it up on my cooker.

Living this close to nature, and I have lots of insects that share this space with me and also lots of mice and occasionally a rat or two. It doesn't seem to matter that there are 3 cats in this family.

@senorcoconut

Voluntary Enslavement... Can't We Change This? 

"If we led our lives according to the ways intended by nature and the lessons taught by her, we should be intuitively obedient to our parents; later we should adopt reason as our guide and become slaves to nobody."

Please reflect on that for a minute... maybe read it a couple times again, what does it mean?

The text was written probably around 1549 and published clandestinely in 1576 under the title of Le Contr'un. source
Translated this means Against One, as rising against one ruler.

@misslasvegas

A Spread-the-Love Contest with a t(r)ail. 60 Steem total in prizes.

Hello my dear Steemian friends, brothers and sisters,

So @dreemsteem and I were talking a few days back, and as it turned out: both of us had a similar idea to spread the love. We both agreed that this kinda thing is needed on this platform right now. For those who didn't know this yet: @anomadsoul and @blocktrades had a contest last week, and we both won a month long @blocktrades scholarship, which means we, and six others will be getting 8 of their upvotes this month. How awesome is that?

@porters

Indoor Gardening Project - Part 6 - Pest Control

Pests can be a big problem when growing indoors especially if you are bringing plants in from out doors as I had done.
See previous post on my experiment digging out garden plants to grow inside for the winter at:
https://steemit.com/ecotrain/@porters/gardening-for-food-security-indoor-gardening-project-part-3-the-experiment-worked
I have a few simple methods of pest control that doesn't involve the use of any chemicals.
A very simple and effective way to get rid of aphids is by simply washing them away.
If gardening outdoors just spray them off with your garden hose.

@nainaztengra

The Impact of our Cell Phone use on Ourselves and Nature 

Yesterday I watched an Indian movie where the whole plot of the movie was revolving around the harm that Cell phones use causes on us and nature, specially the Birds. Of-course the whole plot was too much hyped up and the character defending the birds who was a very good person in the beginning eventually turns into a bad energy monster trying to destroy all those who are using Mobile phones. But there were some very good messages to take away from the movie and also to put a deep thought that many things are being done so unconsciously by us.

@zen-art

Carrots improve your vision... Fact or fiction?

Another day and another opportunity to learn something. You have to expose your mind to new information every day and read about new things to stay sharp. When it comes to dementia, help yourself in advance by regularly reading, solving crosswords, sudoku puzzles, and learning learning learning. Today, I will offer my assistance and present you with educational material about carrots. Why carrots? Well, you are just going to read the post to find out :)
"Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food."
–attributed to Hippocrates

@eco-alex

Join Us ecoTrain QOTW Launch Post - If you were suddenly and unexpectedly elected to be president / prime minister of your country what would be the first executive orders you make? 

This week's question is one that involves a bit of fantasy and can also be a bit of fun! What would you do if you held the highest office of power in your land? What changes would you make to help make your world a better place?! This week I encourage you to have some fun with this question and would be very happy to see some entertaining, imaginative as well as meaningful ideas! Things seems to feel quite heavy around my Steemit life right now, and so I do invite you all to play with this a bit and enjoy the question! If you do have some serious ideas they are of course welcome as well! Feel free to write as many or few executive orders as you wish!

@artemislives

Delightfully Declined.  

"Mama, could we just, like, not go ANYwhere tonight?"

The rains are over, the tourists are here, Chiang Mai's Loy Krathong was huge, it's countdown mode till Christmas and New Year and I started the week with precisely 39 events in my facebook event reminder for the coming week. Urgh! Everyone has their hustle on.

On a regular week, my solo-mama schedule includes after-school Korean class on Mondays and Wednesdays for Miss 14, guitar class on Tuesdays and ballet on Thursdays (for her). We leave home for the morning school run around 7.15am and are rarely home before 7pm.

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