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I originally began, and titled, this blog when I traveled to India for 6 months in 2011. I ended up helping the royal Panwar family start an organic farm, cultural conservation center, and hotel in the foothills of the Himalayas, 6 hours drive north of Delhi. Hence the blog posts from four years ago depicting those wonderful travels. I often think fondly of the kind people I know there.....

Happily I am continuing this blog, and keeping the name. My intention is to engage with and bear witness to the shift in consciousness I believe is happening all around the world. It is a miracle to be able to join people everywhere who are healing ourselves, each other, and the Earth through discovering the unity and the freedom of being alive.

On this journey though our magical world, we become aware of how we create our inner and outer world as one. Let us be true to ourselves, that we might inspire each other! Witnessing so many ways of life, we recognize to the archetypal spiritual forces vying for the world, disguised in the veils of our personal story lines and ordinary lives. Every moment is a sacred offering, when we decide which ones we serve.

I will be posting draft chapters of my first novel, "Otherwise What?, as they become available. Most recent posts appear on top. Thank you for reading :)

Saturday, February 19, 2011

Darbar Living Museum

The entrance of the Darbar Living Museum is based on th Sakundevi Temple, a temple  for  the Nature Goddess Durga
Ok I'm over my honey-moon period in India. I still love it here, and am sure that I will come here many times in my life. I now get annoyed when people cut me in line, instead of think to myself how perfectly amazing it is just to be here. I feel relaxed and at home instead of surprised that I feel at home.
I'm also through the cautionary stage of wondering if and how much I should get involved with the farm project I was helping with. I am now fully involved and will probably devote most of my energy over the next five months and beyond to making this place as good as I possibly can. Right now my goal is to try to find funding, consulting and design work to get the building off the grid as much as possible. If anyone can help with grant writing, let me know.
The name of the project is the Darbar Living Museum. There will be a large lecture hall upstairs in the museum. If the building in an eco-friendly construction, we could be an example of sustainability in a developing country where these things are very new and rare. It would nice to have conferences, lectures and information sessions on solar and other renewable energies to help promote these technologies in India. WWOOFers are welcome at the farm, and anyone knowledgeable about solar energy is especially welcome.

My prayer is that the forces of peace, beauty and higher knowledge will guide this project, and the Darbar Living Museum will be a beacon of sustainability, tradition and diversity in the world.

Beginning of construction of Darbar Living Museum  with restored windows from the royal palace in old Tehri

Chamba, District Tehri, Uttarakhand, India
Darbar Farm is a 14 acre terraced property in the heart of the Himalaya, 18km from Tehri, 56km from Rishikesh and 62 km from Mussourie. Our project is a new initiative, and much of our infrastructure is still under construction. It is a good place to learn how to build up an organic farm. Our professors will offer theoretical advice as well as practical instruction to agriculture students of all levels of experience. These two week courses are designed for beginning and professional farmers alike. Our staff includes professional agriculture professors of horticulture, sustainable agro business and animal sciences.


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