A place / a search for the meaning of life On the Far South Coast of NSW, near Bega, facing three bush covered hills of the South East Forests National Park, along a permanent creek, a simple place in nature, where contemplation, contact with nature and sharing can be experienced. |
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ABOUT DESERT CREEK HOUSE | A PRACTICE OF HARMONY | MY BOOKS + CLIMATE CHANGE + JUSTICE | A SPIRITUAL SEARCH | ||||||
About Desert Creek House | How to get to DCH | . | Practical ecology | Building: a community house |
. | My published books: The solution is simple...but demanding A Vision and Strategy for a Meaningful Life in a Fracturing World |
. | Next program | Past sessions |
Photos of DCH | Our daily program | . | Our solar house: how it works |
Climatic architecture | . | My books on this website - A practical Manual about: Community, Land and Nature, A new Economy, Femininity |
. | Meditation day | A selection of texts |
Et si vous parlez français, allez voir les rubriques suivantes: | |||||||||
Page d'accueil DCH | Plus de détails sur DCH | . | Mes livres: Mode d'emploi pour un bonheur partagé | . | Commentaires des Evangiles |
Print this page about how to participate at DCH (3x A4 - 78 kb) | Print the map and instructions how to access DCH (A4 - 634 kb) |
AT DESERT CREEK HOUSE YOU CAN PARTICIPATE: 1) In sharing our everyday life, working on the building site, in the garden and learning practical skills about the practice of ecology, biologic gardening, self-limitation... 2) You can take also part in the regular practice of meditation, or in retreats organised about a given theme... 3) Or you can have your own time of personal recovery or silence... 4) You can participate in seminars about solar architecture, practical ecology, psychology... 5) You can also organise an exhibition, a tald, a concert... More details... | WE BELIEVE THAT: The cosmos is more than the material world we see; behind its appearances it is animated by a spiritual energy (invisible like the wind) which teaches us about the meaning of life (peace, justice, love) through its diverse expressions in matter; in order to find happiness we have to learn to recognise how the invisible dimensions of life forster our everyday life; in this sense we need to integrate into the laws of nature (ecology) and to live in peace with other human beings (community). More details... |
Do not be surprised when I say: you must be born from above.
The wind blows wherever it pleases; you hear its sound,
but you cannot tell where it comes from or where it is going.
(Jn 3:7-8)
At Desert Creek House, you can participate in different ways: | ||
PRACTISING ANOTHER WAY OF LIFE | A SPIRITUAL SEARCH | |
1) WORK EXPERIENCE (for instance as a WWOOFER) Work a few hours a day, for a week or more, against food and accommodation, and learn about many alternative techniques and ways of life: organic gardening, composting , recycling, ecological maintenance of the land, bioclimatic building, management of water (no wastes). With meals in common and many possibilities for sharing: o See a description of a regular day o See a description of the kind of work we do (photos) o Look at the photos of the building process (our main activity today) |
1) TIME OF SHARING Take part in an afternoon of sharing, each first Saturday of the month (between 1pm and 5pm): o See our program for the next months o Have a look at the text of the past retreats o Use our commentaries of the 3 synoptical Gospel for your personal study of the bible (in French) | |
2) COMMUNITY BUILDING Take part in the building of the future community house: o See what and why we are building (drawings and explanations) o Look at the photos of the building process |
2) SILENT MEDITATION Take part in our regular meditation day, each second Saturday of the month (from Friday 6pm to Sunday 9am): o See the description and the schedule for this meditation day o See our program for the next months | |
3) NEW WAYS OF LIFE - NEW PRACTICES Take part in our search for a new way of life which integrates our activities into natural cycles and brings real happiness through co-operation, self-limitation, community empowerment, practice of the power of truth; how to relate to money, work, subsistence, nature, ideals, etc: o Read or download free a few extracts of our "Instruction manual for a shared happiness" (2 first books - 5 more in preparation) o Print the summary of the 8 volumes - 8 x 10 commitments for our daily life (4x A4 - 42 kb) |
3) PERSONAL RECOLLECTION Have a time of personal recollection or recovery, in silence or in interaction with other people present, according to a personal program to be agreed upon. o See how the place looks like | |
4) SOLAR ARCHITECTURE / ECOLOGICAL WAYS OF LIFE Take part in one of the programs which are in preparation, about solar architecture: the principles, the solutions, and many examples. o Have a look at the kind of material we propose for our seminars about climatic and solar architecture (in preparation) | 4) YOUR OWN SEMINAR / CONCERT / EXHIBITION Organise by yourself a seminar, an exhibition, a retreat, a concert, etc... Take contact with us in order to discuss your project! |
Contact Us: desertcreek(at)skymesh.com.au