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Wind Spirit Community
Community update (changes at Wind Spirit)
Fall 2007
Edits and updates coming to this
page soon 8/1/08
The times they are a changin'
Overview
Wind Spirit Community is a 12 year old community, which is located
partially on the
same land as the old Christmas Star Community. Christmas Star was begun in
1979, but was owned by one family. At this time we have 7 community
members, although a few of them at this time do not live at the community.
Many of the community members are original members of Windspirit. We also
have a couple home plots open at this time, which should raise the
population of the community back to about 12 people when they are filled.
Members range in age from 28-62 years old. During the fall through spring the actual population of the
community is usually between 10-30 people when you include the interns and
visitors. Summer is usually between 6-12 people. As in most communities the
population of Windspirit can change from day to day.
Each member of the community is unique and has different skills. Community
members' skills include permaculture and gardening, healing arts, astrology
and counseling, graphic design, wood working, building, irrigation systems,
music, art, mediation, and community development.
Windspirit uses a consensus minus one voting system in making major
decisions during meetings. This means
At Windspirit
we place a great importance on the social and spiritual aspects of the
community. We feel it is extremely important to have positive social
interaction with each other at Windspirit. We place importance on having
fun, celebrating, and sharing meaningful dialogue with each other. It is
our goal to be as real as we can with each other. To support each other's
spiritual growth and healing while, realizing that it is not always easy to
be a human on the planet right now. We attempt to not expect perfection
from each other, but also encourage each other to grow and learn from our
mistakes. We aspire to live in harmony with the earth and be good stewards
of the land. We attempt to be as sustainable minded as possible, while also
being realistic about what we can afford to do with the resources and help
that we have. Ultimately our goal is to be of service
and to increase our ability to accept and love each other. This goal is for
ourselves, other people at the community, and all of our relations and
nature. We are not a cult in any way! We have no leaders and are open to
all spiritual practices as long as they do not hurt anyone else. We honor
diversity of thought and spiritual practices!
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We often have
community gatherings to celebrate full and new moons, solstices and
equinoxes, holidays, and peoples birthdays. At night we have spontaneous
meetings in the community kitchen and around campfires. We have a weekly potluck on Sunday. We also have at least two weekend gatherings a year.
Usually one in the fall and another around Easter.
We feel
communities that have positive relationships among community members is what
makes a community a great experience more than any other aspect. This is
what makes Windspirit such a great place. Between the environment and the
people, Windspirit is a sanctuary for all who are there. We strive to
attain balance in the areas of work and free time and to accomplish and
learn a lot while also enjoying the rewards of living on the land with each
other.
We encourage
good custodianship of the land and its resources to seek beauty and flow in
our environment. We seek to develop attunement with all life and remember
that we are caretakers of the
land that supports many species of plants,
animals, and insects. Biodynamic farming and permaculture are the goals of
our ecological practices. Fruit trees and vegetable gardens are 100%
organically grown.
Photo's top to bottom
A weekly meeting
Ceremony area
View from parking area
Dirt road coming to WS
Reeds
A green valley, sometimes
Garden meeting
top of the temple
see visitors page for
more information
We are evolving our commitment to ourselves and the global community. In refining our vision we are encompassing an ecological, spiritual, educational center integrating the principles of body, mind, spirit and earth connections. Continually deepening our connections to spiritual guidance we have been developing our co-creative partnership with nature, ourselves, visitors locally and from around the world.
In continuing to nurture the community/land trust we
established in 1995-96, as a AZ non-profit corporation our ecological goals of
preservation of this eco-system sanctuary have grown. Our eco-system now
contains over 1500 fruit, nut and native trees, of over 100 varieties. We have
been adding many new varieties as well as adding to our overall fruit tree
population. We have expanded our gardens with the addition of the circular
garden as well as expanding the variety of vegetables and ground fruits. We
are committed to 100% organic methods of food production along with
continually working to bring WSC more in line with permaculture practices. All
this creates a sanctuary for
With all these goals in mind, Windspirit invites you to come and co-create with us this vision. If our mission resonates with you and you feel inspired please join us. With a spirit of service we are committed to this path. We appreciate your positive reinforcement, thoughts and prayers, physical and monetary help. If you can contribute in any way, please contact us. We now have several types of memberships available, If you are interested in becoming a member or associate member please contact one of us listed below. We will send you a information packet via e-mail or s-mail. We our continually updating and adding information about our community and information supporting the local and greater global community. If you have any questions or would like more detail you can contact Community update In this section we give updates about current conditions here at Wind Spirit. July 2008 When you read Our community has been experiencing many changes in the past several years. We have lost two core members, dear friends, Richie and Patricia who have passed on. Three other core members are taking time away, Brian to pursue his doctorate, Kimmy’s music with the band Woodland Realm and Clark whose business is growing at a rate that demands all of his time. Along with all this we have had some issues with a few other community members who have now left the community. There is a small group of us here, 7 right now (March), that number changes often as visitors, and work exchange people come and go. All our housing is filled which leaves mostly RV's, buses and tents for housing at this time. We are discussing building additional housing with what money and energy we have to work with. Living here is on the primitive side so do not expect a resort. As you read about our
community on this website know that our goals, values and vision are intact.
At times
We encourage people who feel drawn to Wind Spirit to come visit with us and enjoy and experience our community. A sharing mutually beneficial experience is had by most who come here.
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