Multifaceted Connections
Connection, in all of its multifaceted aspects, is central to the way we choose to live on a daily basis. We view this as the meeting of a trilogy of deep human needs. The first is connection to one's Self through yoga, meditation, time alone in nature, and developing our own individual parcels. The second addresses the importance of connecting to the natural world in an honorable manner. This is an ongoing challenge when living in the jungle. Considering its abundance of thorny plants and large variety of biting and stinging insects, making peace with Mother Nature can be difficult. Yet those challenges are more than balanced by the incredible bio-diversity of plants and animals, some of them strikingly beautiful and others almost completely unafraid of us humans. Finally, connecting to our own species in a respectful, healthy, and loving manner is the ideal of any community of human beings and can certainly be viewed as a spiritual practice.
Non-Violence
Non-violence has been at the core of our culture since the beginning. Honoring all life, as most indigenous cultures worldwide have always done, is very important to us and our sense of well-being. Learning to consistently live lives of peace, inner and outer, individually and collectively, is probably our strongest commonality, the glue that binds us and increasingly guides our behavior.
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Connection with Others
