Born and grown up in rural Germany at my age of 17 years I began seriously questioning some structures and workings of society. Whilst I could not accept the current conformity I set off to encounter the world self-determind and self-responsible - to study life itself as apprendiceship. Along the years I was engaged in different political and ethical scences which have being dealing with the abolition of patriarchy, racism, anthropocentrism and structures of domination in general. At that time I lived in squatted houses, resistance camps, communes or alone. I enjoyed an active and simple life, partly in big cities and partly within Nature to withdraw myself and recharge energy. In running an informationstall and distributing that what I was fighting for I saw myself fulfiled and content. Amongst other things thus I earned my livelyhood. As a passionated music lover I organised ( charity) concerts and festivals. All in all I thus fell quite content up to a certain time.
Yet after rising up in me a deeply urge for a more and more authantically spirituality and a life within Nature it came clearer to me that living in Germany and even Europe was no longer possible for me.
As a vegan rawfoodist I would live in the tropics and be self-sufficient, more independent and self-responsible for my whole life. So I followed some clues which pointed toward Costa Rica. Here I have got known Roland and Wolfgang with their farms. We became friends and they invited me living here. I live here now since sept. 1999. A time with ups and downs. Yet all in all a magnific time. I have found my calling in what I do here and am grateful for recieving the gifts here day by day.
I would love to recieve more kindred spirits here with whom I can share Natures devinely treasures. People who encounters each other with respect and love and are deeply engaged living in harmony with Nature and her creatures. There have been a lot of people here. There are some friends who come regularly and there are friends in the neighborhood or spread in Costa Rica. But what the project most needs are people who want to live here permanantly.
With his/her extraordinary potential of intelligence and spiritual conscience woman/man amongst other divine beings is the only one that takes a particular role in creation. These tools, mostly to the largest part hidden, provides him/her with an extraordinary power of doing good according to divinely providence. Or, if ruled by "demons", may be expressed in destructive power. Since mankind devastating effects have gained predomination on earth, I see it as my absolute duty to strive for self-revolution and to reclaim full developed spirituality. Since I am not believing in violent persuasion of non-willing-to-learn-ones (apart from occasionally cases in which people may be brought back to consciousness by being submitted to so-called nature catastrophes or diseases), I even refuse verbal persuasion. Man/woman may only brought back to good, by means of love. Good only results by acting and thinking something out of love.
First of all, to me a simple lifestyle does not mean the parasite attitude that some may lead a "comfortable" life at the expense of Nature, her creatures and fellow-beings who are suffering from exploitation, slavery, murderer etc..
Or regarding to this project: This should not be seen as an explicit service-business. Each one has his/her contribution to give in return. Further it requires the willingness to a high extent of independent thinking and acting, responsibility and empathy towards the community members.
Neither I see simple living as something coerced to ascetism or minimalism. A simple lifestyle to me is something that is to be taken for granted. It is mostly something whose richest rewards are given by those sources which do not cost anything or/and are of immaterial nature. Don't complicate your life, instead, live life according to the device: simple in means, rich in ends. He/she who ones had this experience belongs to the richest ones.