Deep in Foxfire Hollow (meanderings of a slightly crazy mountain woman)

[blufire]

In April of this year I started a thread on my decision to step out of the rat race and to create a way life that will empower me and those brought into my life to thrive. (the opening post of that thread and an additional post are below).

I feel compelled to start this thread because of all the years I have been on Project Camelot and Project Avalon I have never seen a “practical” thread of someone who is actually trying to live the life many of us pontificate about. Yes, there are bits and pieces peppered throughout the forum . . . . but most of the information is . . . . well . . . . shall I say unattainable for us regular folk. More than that, as we study, read, watch videos and debate on topics such as cme’s, rogue comets, bilocation, changing timelines, karma, and being the 99% (side note: I am not a part of that % either) WHAT do we do in the meantime to bring about this change we all seem to desire. One of the original purposes of the forum (under project camelot) was for groups around the world to form and become communities.

And so brings about the purpose of this thread.

I have made that leap out of what we deem a “normal” lifestyle and I would like to chronicle my adventure. A practical and pragmatic expose’. More than my experience I emphatically want to encourage others to chronicle their adventures of creating this new way of life. I know you are out there and maybe feel a bit shy because you can't travel in the astral world. I just want to master traveling this world before I take on another one. . . . how 'bout you??

Opening Post April 26, 2011
Stepping out of Rat Race and Jumping into Real World

I have made the solid choice to completely change my lifestyle and to live the life that I know is truth.

I have lived in two worlds for many years, all my life actually. There is the one world where I play the “game” and appear very much like an average American woman . . . . I play this game very, very well. Then the other world where I relentlessly search for bits of elusive truths and intuitively know that this second world is the “real” world and the other is illusion.

I was conditioned from birth to live this world of illusion and it has been a very interesting 52 years.

But I never quite conformed and this non-conformity has kept me precariously balanced.

When I was in first grade we were instructed to draw a picture of our house, of which I did and proceeded to color the grass in my yard purple. My teacher told me to “do it right” and draw a new picture with green grass . . . . I refused and I was punished.

That was 46 years ago . . . I still have that picture . . . . with a corner torn off where the teacher drew a “frowny face”


My question to the forum is . . . .Are there others here that have made this decision also? Or are there others here that are on the verge or are being “pushed” (consciously) to make the choice? Do you know of someone who has stepped out of the game?

Is there interest in discussing the incredible difficulty and total relief of making this type of decision?

I have come to believe strongly to change the world we first have to personally “make the change”.

Post #25 of Rat Race Thread

I know there are perhaps thousands of people that come to Avalon who are beginning to morph or I feel, there are many who are close to making “that” decision, but are reluctant to take that final step because of the lifelong programming and the personal soul stories and journeys

I intuit so deeply that there is a new emerging group. And it is occurring so quickly that it is hard to stay fluid and sanguine

We are arriving at this place in different ways. Many, many life paths are converging into one narrow path that leads to . . . . . where?? That “where” is one of the most powerful aspects that kept me from my “leap of faith”. But I also deeply intuit that we won’t know the “where” until each of us take that path . . . . and then wait and be at peace and listen carefully.

I know there are thousands who like me have been brought to this “place of decision many times” and in different ways.. . . . a failed marriage, a lost job, the loss of loved ones, thousands of hours and many years of research and watching videos and reading books, rejection of organized religion, having your life foundation ripped apart and left with the task of rebuilding. I have experienced every one of those and I know the thousands that come to Avalon are also . . . . these life experiences are the “2x4 between the eyes” that our guides or angels or our own souls saying Wake Up! you are going down the wrong path again.

Sometimes we are wounded so deeply that it takes years to find the path again. But this wounding is vital.

Finally, for me it was the realization that since I keep being brought to this “place of decision” this place, that in my minds eye has many, many little roads behind me and a meeting point where I have stood many times and one path in front of me . . . . I have stood at this place of convergence many years and at many times in my life.

It . . . this choice . . . is not a “rejection” of family or friends or our current life . . . . it is the acceptance and more than that a Melding of our own personal soul’s decision.

This emerging or shadow group does not fit any of the current groups completely. I feel deeply that for the thousands that keep returning to the “point of choice” that it is this lack of “fitting in” that keeps us undecided or unable to take that first step.

I feel deeply that, like me, thousands feel that the current “defined” groups make us feel slightly uncomfortable or we just don’t fit . . . something just isn’t . . . right.

I have wandered among all these different groups and glean from each of them and I know “you” are too.

We are not New Age searching for the ultimate ascension or conscious level, we are not organized religious or even “being spiritual” doesn’t quite fit any longer, we don’t want communal living . . . its been tried many times, we aren’t old hippies or are but know that is not the way either, we are not pagan, witches, wiccan, warlocks or shaman, we are not vegan or vegetarian, survivalists, conspiracy theorists, granola organic, we don’t want to revert back into total homesteading or 1800’s but want to mix in new technology, we resonate with Zeitgeist to a degree but feel the Venus Project is unreachable, we can’t travel in the astral or influence other peoples thoughts and we probably have the wrong eye color, or Carmody’s posts leave us in complete confusion.

We KNOW deep down . . . in our dna . . . our souls . . . . something is happening and quickly and with conviction.

We see the weather changing rapidly, we know our planet is changing, we believe in chemtrails but not all the “reasons”, we know we are about to be “turned on” but all the information on how to flip the switch doesn’t feel quite right, we believe in aliens and life on other planets but can’t quite swallow the “messages” from the aliens, we are having “those” dreams, we know we should be growing our own food and preparing, but for what? We know that gmo food is killing us along with vaccines and pharmaceutical drugs, but helpless against the massive companies, we know the U.S. and world economies are about to self-destruct, we almost believe in PlanetX and the Brown Dwarf Sun but draw the line that Annunaki are coming to eat us, we know the Mayan calendar ends in 2012 but don’t believe it’s the end of the world but don’t quite know what it does mean.

There are many thousands of us that stand before this heap of “almost knowns”

I do know . . . . .

We are the real “Shadow Group”, the lurkers, the so called newbies, and we are many thousands and we are the group that will usher in the new existence. We are not going to survive . . . . we will Thrive.

The current generations and the generations to come are the pioneers. We will build those stepping stones along the narrow path.

But. . . . each of us has to make that final step and live the change so we will begin to evolve. That mountain of “almost knowns” will become known or obsolete.

And we are finding each other in the collective . . . . whatever that “collective” is.

[Wantsthetruth74]

We also have to consider exactly what makes the change unattainable. For me, it is the laws that keep divorced parents from removing a child from the State. If that were not the fact, I would be at the very least well on my way to being self-sufficiently living off the grid.

By design???? Most likely.

Until my child is of legal age, I have no choice but to live the "double-life", and I have to say, I'm not good at it anymore, as each day, my tolerance plummets to a new low.

[divine_moments_of_truth]

First I would like to say that I spent the majority of my life in Charlotte and the Appalachians were absolutely beautiful, definitely a great place to get away. I also agree that we all have many opinions but we realize most of them are "almost knowns", we simply don't have the resources to verify most of it.

[blufire]

Hello starchild,

I can completely relate . . . not only with your divorce and limitations because of the laws regarding child custody but with your thinning patience.

May I suggest something I did for many years while in your shoes. (I suspect you already are) Start experimenting with the lifestyle you will live in the future, buy books, investigate and visit different places you would like to move too. Put out feelers in the places you resonate with for when land or property may come available for purchase.

I accumulated, studied and read, weeded out, practiced and fumbled and succeeded many years before I could finally make the leap. And guess what I fully expect to accumulate, read and study, weed out, practice and fumble and succeed a whole lot more

PREPARE to live your life of reality.

Posted by starchild111 (here)
We also have to consider exactly what makes the change unattainable. For me, it is the laws that keep divorced parents from removing a child from the State. If that were not the fact, I would be at the very least well on my way to being self-sufficiently living off the grid.

By design???? Most likely.

Until my child is of legal age, I have no choice but to live the "double-life", and I have to say, I'm not good at it anymore, as each day, my tolerance plummets to a new low.

[blufire]

Meandering #1 Why I chose the Appalachian Mountains

Mostly I chose to move back to the Appalachians’ because I grew up here and my Mother who has early Alzheimer’s needs care.

More importantly these mountains have everything for self-reliant living. The people here are mostly from Celtic heritage and you can’t find a heartier, loving, self-sufficient folk anywhere.

To be able to completely disconnect from the madness of the western world you cannot find a more peaceful untangled place. It is also my personal belief the some kind of S**T will soon be hitting the fan (already is flying thickly), whether it is global financial meltdown, catastrophic natural event or the insanity of the world that has been designed for us. Here in these ridges and hollows the outside world is hard pressed to enter, as well as, there are three roads that come here . . . . if need be they will be blown to completely cut us off from harmful human and outside elements.

Also, I feel very strongly about healing what we have done to the planet. It is a very important mission of mine to fight the coal, gas and logging companies that continually rape the natural resources of these mountains.

Posted by divine_moments_of_truth (here)
First I would like to say that I spent the majority of my life in Charlotte and the Appalachians were absolutely beautiful, definitely a great place to get away......

[MorningSong]

If there were any place in the world I would choose to live other than where I am now, that would be in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My roots are there in so many ways. Each time I have returned to the States, I always have to run up to those mountains to get a breath of "home".



I truely wish you well, blufire, and look foreward to reading your posts.

[blufire]

MorningSong . . . .You are welcome any time to come sit a spell and have a cup of herbal tea or perhaps something a bit stronger.

Posted by MorningSong (here)
If there were any place in the world I would choose to live other than where I am now, that would be in the Blue Ridge Mountains. My roots are there in so many ways. Each time I have returned to the States, I always have to run up to those mountains to get a breath of "home".


I truely wish you well, blufire, and look foreward to reading your posts.

[Earth Angel]

Great post blufire, I look forward to reading more. I resonate with a lot of what you wrote......first I also am a 52 year old woman who more and more thinks about living off the grid......and of course the major trauma of being chastised by my grade 3 teacher for colouring my rose blue is still with me lol.........she said colour it any colour you want!! guess she meant any colour that SHE thought was appropriate.

[conk]

Blufire, much respect to you for making this move. I would be envious if I thought those kinds of thoughts, but rather than envy I feel comfort and joy for having read your story. This is my dream as well. To have a wooded piece of land, with a nice stream running through it. Good, rich soil in which to grow plant material. Ideally, a solid house partially underground. And for no one of authority to know where I was!

Salute!

[blufire]

I have begun a chapter in my new journey. This chapter for me is doing what I can to begin the healing of our “blue jewel” and rolling my sleeves up to clean up our mess.

Here in western Virginia billions of dollars of natural resources are raped from these mountains in the form of coal, natural gas and logging every year. Poverty in this county in particular is extreme even though literally a million dollars in coal goes through the intersection of the only red light in town everyday . . . six days a week. This does not even begin to address the billions that go through this little town in natural gas and logging. Very little of this money stays in these mountains.

I have begun documentation and investigating so I can begin to make people aware how horribly insidious this truly is . . . . not only to the incredible mountains in this area but to the people who live it everyday.

The pictures are of liquefied nitrogen gas being transferred from large tankers into smaller tankers that can manage the mountain roads that lead to the gas wells being drilled.

This happens two or three times a week. Six to eight huge tankers come in and transfer to about twenty or thirty smaller tankers a day . . . so on average 80 to 100 small tankers a week for this area alone.

Liquefied Nitrogen Gas is what gas companies’ use to frack or shatter or fracturing substrata rock layers to release the natural gas so it can be collected.

Fracking of the rock is what is causing the cluster earthquakes and destabilization . . . . poisoning water aquifers . . . . it allows gasses of many forms to leak into the atmosphere and causes not only animal deaths but human death and illness. Fracking is being used all over the world and under great secrecy.

I wanted people to begin to see exactly what happens and at what level. The first time I saw these tankers I was stunned. I had no idea the amount of nitrogen gas that is used which then reveals the amount of fracking and drilling that is actually taking place in this area alone.

When I pulled into the lot to take the pictures this is what took place. I had no more than left my truck and taken the first picture that I was immediately surrounded by three men. One guy held up his hand in front of my camera and said “Miss you can’t take pictures of this operation”. I asked why. He said first it was unsafe to be around the tankers during transfer, which is true. Birds that fly though the gas that escapes during transfer freeze immediately and drop dead.

Another guy looking at the back of my truck said “She’s one of those environmentalist wacko’s”. Which I guess because I have a bumper sticker that says “Support Organic Agriculture” and another that says “I Love Herbs” put me in the wacko category. Then the tension on their part ramped up. First guy again said “Maam get back in your truck and leave you cannot take pictures of this operation”. Then he made his big mistake. I asked “do you have permission to use this property for this operation”? They had no idea I had purchased this lot back in the summer. He said “This is public domain and we need no permission”. I said very sweetly . . . as I continued to take pictures. “Funny, I have a deed with my name on it that says I own this property which then means you and your operation are trespassing”. Then I got the “lady” thing. “Lady if you don’t stop taking pictures and get back in your truck and leave we will call the police”. I pulled out my cell phone and handed it to him and continued to take pictures.

All three guys had me surrounded and hounded me the entire time and tried to intimidate me by moving in close and throwing remarks. One had the misfortune to say, “Lady, this gas is what is keeping your lights on”. I proceeded to explain to him that I was off-grid and this gas certainly wasn’t keeping my lights on and that the rest of the population in the area did not benefit in any way from natural gas either.

The “boss man” pulled in and actually was pretty decent and asked if I owned the lot. I told him I did and they were trespassing but that I was more than willing to lease the lot to them on a per use basis for their operation. He took down my info which actually wasn’t correct, because I have no intention of helping them. I could tell he wanted to tell me to leave and to stop with the pictures but realized he had no grounds for either.

Wake up and look around with eyes open wide . . . . we are at war and we are losing . . .

[eaglespirit]

Love and Honor and Gratitude to You, Blufire!
...and Higher Watchful Spirit IS with You!

[baddbob]

Wow that explains all the earthquakes there recently and probally in OKLAHOMA,UTAH,ARKANSAS,WESTERN MONTANA all miles from any fault line

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/

[blufire]

You are dead on my friend.

The cluster earthquakes that obviously are not from volcanic activity or shifting fault lines can be most likely from fracking, whether from nitrogen gas or water.

Posted by baddbob (here)
Wow that explains all the earthquakes there recently and probally in OKLAHOMA,UTAH,ARKANSAS,WESTERN MONTANA all miles from any fault line

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/

[blufire]

I thought I would load a couple pictures of mountain life.

The picture of the deer was taken literally from my Mom’s back porch. You can throw a rock into the river from her porch. It is incredibly relaxing and peaceful to be this close to water. I have spent many hours wading and swimming in these waters and fishing too.

The other picture is the view from the top of my driveway. Tonight I spent some time sitting up there looking at the stars and listening to the nighttime waking up.

[Lefty Dave]

Thanks, Blufire...

You are a credit to your country and to all of us

Just don't let the corp crooks catch on to you...they play dirty !

Wife and I tried to stop the so called "smart meter" intrusion in our little city... we refused installation...they waited till we left...and installed it anyway..went to city council meetings...brought the facts and figures...they asked us to leave... wrote a letter to the editor of our local paper...he wouldn't print it...and he wouldn't answer it...then the sheriff's office started cruising our street for a few days....hadn't seen one on our street in years...so...

When bucking the system...be carefull... watch your back...and remember these corp crooks are playing for keeps...many millions of $$$ at stake, and the local PTB are in their pockets !!

Having said all that, many thanks for all your efforts .

Blessings

[Lefty Dave]

Thought I'd bump this for Blufire...here's your thread....keep it moving...you have good ideas...

[1derer]

Some interesting things to think about there blufire, thanks!

You sound like Morpheus to me, as you seem to have come through the matrix and recognise something in this world which isn't right. I think you could inspire others who are borderline, who have no direction or feel out of place in the current society in which they live. sometimes I think those that suicide are our failings, as they did not have the hand of hope that could guide them to the notion that it is ok to feel different or not park of a certain pack mentality, and had they read this thread, they might have a different pov to add, and could have been saved....

Maybe not, but the thread serves to consolidate the current feeling, and I like the use of the word thrive, as it is very poignant to me and others who recognise that we do not have to go down the road to war of we caqn work together in an ambiance of love, respect and empathy.

I also wonder as I 1der, whether ours it only to observe and not necessarily intervene, in order to experience the good and the bad, and to rerutn to the source with these experiences which can be evaluated and corrected, thus preparing us for our next journey based on what we perceive to be an ideal world!

1derer.

[Lisab]

Just stumbled across this thread, dont even know how I got here! Needs a bump, its brilliant. Thankyou Blufire.

[blufire]

The only way I know to do things is to jump smack in the middle of something and just get it done. It is very calculated well thought out jump, for the most part, but always full steam ahead when I make up my mind to leap.

My first HUGE leap was to sell my organic farm and two very successful businesses last year and to move lock, stock and barrel back to the mountains. There are very calculated reasons for my move . . . . some personal . . . .but more important an intense desire and drive to “make a difference’ and to create a new way of living and thriving now!

Which this leads me to my next huge leap . . . . I’m making known, for the most part, who I am not because I am special or important in anyway . . . I am not . . . I am a regular person just like everyone else.

But to begin my next Leap of building this new way of living and community I need people who desire the same thing and to find those people I need to make known who I am and where I am for individuals to trust me and know I am legitimate and sincere.

I am incredibly excited about the area I live in now. This little town, county and region has everything needed to build what we have seen with videos such as The Venus Project and The Thrive video. There are right now masses of people moving to other parts of the world Ecuador, Peru and Africa . . . but how about those of us that want to stay in the US or maybe people who want to move to the US.

I know there are communities being built in the US right now but when I look at these they seem to be unattainable for most. They are highly restrictive, there is a loss of individuality, require you to give up all worldly goods or have large sums of money. Many are moving to Oregon, Colorado, or areas in North West, but the cost or living is very high and unattainable for most.

This brings me to where I live now in southwest Virginia.

• The land values are extremely low
• There are a solid four seasons here with a growing zone of 6
• People here for the most part are self reliant and self sufficient
• Free energy is possible here within the next ten years (my opinion)
• Eco tourism and creating eco friendly and green businesses is huge here and completely untapped

I have barely scratched some of the reasons I feel this is viable for many of all ages and income levels and those who want to create a new way of living NOW. Let’s bring in 2013 truly with a new beginning.

Are you remotely interested? Let’s begin by dialoguing and asking questions and throwing out ideas . . . let’s begin fleshing this out and bring it to a reality.

Truly and with Love,
Tammy

[onawah]

Virginia is a beautiful state, with very nurturing, gentle energy, though the winters can be tough.
I was born in Virginia and later spent one of the best years of my life in an intentional community in the mountains outside the town of Blacksburg.
I haven't been there in many years now, but I can certainly see the potential there for some more lovely communities springing up.
There are already quite a few there, I believe, and there is probably some good networking going on.
If you haven't heard of it yet, Blufire, you might want to connect with The Foundation for Intentional Community at :
http://www.ic.org/

Intentional Community is an inclusive term for ecovillages, cohousing communities, residential land trusts, communes, student co-ops, urban housing cooperatives, intentional living, alternative communities, cooperative living, and other projects where people strive together with a common vision.
This web site serves the growing communities' movement, providing resources for starting a community, finding a community home, living in community, and creating more community in your life.

There are some communities who are part of this organization in the Ozarks, and I think the network really helps to give them a viable base to work from and a good, grounded group of people to network with and draw from who are interested in and/or have direct experience with community.
Wishing you the best of luck in your endeavor!
I wish I was a decade or so younger, and I might join you...