3 weeks in the Valley of Peace/Jordan

3 intensiv weeks at the Valley of Peace in the Jordan Valley in Jordan #ChildrenoftheValley

 

I arrived at Christmas (Qays picked me up at the airport and payed the Taxi) and stayed until yesterday, aroundabout 3 weeks. This will be again a little bit longer report. Relax and enjoy reading when you have enough time for it….

 

3 years ago I met Mohammad Atiyeh on the road to King Hussein bridge, where I was not allowed to enter Israel and Palestine. I stayed at his date farm…. all together 3 month. After some time we worked on a vision to have at his place a Peace Community, Earth School and Organic Farm. So we gave this place in that three month the fist little initiations….

 

Some things made progress in the years in renovating the buildings in the entrance area of the farm, having a organic field for vegetables in the area in the back. Also a simple dorm for volunteers was created incl washing mashine and fridge.

At the street buildings a simple cafe with a prayer room will run again from February on. Two rooms are rented to some taxi drivers as rest areas.

 

Mohammad has opened his private house to the volunteers and provides there a kitchen, bathroom and living space. In max we have been 7-9 people …. and we managed quite well.

His heart is very welcoming to guests and volunteers, always. And we prepared always very delicious food.

 

The farm has so much potential and good will, also with the special unique buildings in the center and we often could feel it. Sometimes the place showed us, what it wants, but a lack of order and rules, caretaking, constancy, space building and grounding does it not make happen fully jet.

There is so much work to do in nearly every corner, and it’s often to overwhelming.

 

We volunteers did our best to add our spirits, beings and heart in it. Because of overwhelming, also lots of good, ideas and happenings it was often like a trainings camp for staying centered, we joked. Every morning we tried to focus in a brief morning circle.

We missed a bit to center our enery also in some more exercises such as mindful praxis, days or half days of silence, no judging days, not talking about others when there are not around….. and so on.

All together, I feel, we did as much as we could in this days….. improvements are always possible.

 

And honestly I must say, I miss already the good people there, the love, the food and the nature.

 

You are all in my heart

  • (And I did to little pictures, see more #ChildrenoftheValley)
  • Some ppictures my Facebook side ‚ThomasHeinrichSchmöckel‘ oder stepppspeacewalk

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