The Vision

The vision is like tihs:
Consciously living. Intentionally living. To have land in the mountains. To have an apple orchard and grow other things-- herbs and veggies. To have solar power, recycling, and compost. To have ample space for guests. To have a wood stove and goats. To make my own cheese and yogurt. To bake my own bread from sprouted spelt-berry flour. To have a home that I used my hands to build. To have a partner in this work to love and to be with, to build with, to learn with, and to share my commitment to God with, to that something greater than ourselves. To have a school that teaches consciousness, teaches awakening, teaches yoga and meditation, and how to do and how to be, how to do from a place of being, how to be an individual from a place of unity, how to evolve, how to love and to be grateful. To be a place open and a home to people of all backgrounds, to anyone open to ahavat ben adam. To be a place where people of different religious backgrounds can come together and realize our oneness and our shared truth, while still appreciating and respecting each of our spiritual paths. To make healthy food and eat together- kosher vegetarian food. To have a mezuzah on the door. To host shabbatot-- I imagine it like this: to host many people in my home to food that is organic and fresh. We sit on pillows on the floor and eat slowly. Many candles are lit. The space is quiet. The energy is strong and healing. Only one person speaks at a time, or sometimes no one. All meditative, ascending together while still feeding our very animals in order to remain here and work here in this world. Ascending while still within this world. To write-- stories, books, movies-- and to have people read and be affected positively. To be a pure vessel for Hashem in every thing that I do, say, walk, listen, touch, taste, see, breathe... To be a true friend, daughter, sister, lover, wife, teacher, student, mother, grandmother...To be a true Shifra. To be a true human being. To be true. To be.
This is my vision. This is what I hear when I listen. This is my prayer.
Amen.