The Village 4-9 (Chaos of Determining)

The Village is a movement.

Its connection, community and self-responsibility

The Village gatherings are fun, celebratory, gifting, zero commerce, inclusive and family friendly.

We're called together in Balance, Peace and Freedom, underpinned by love.

Thanks for being that every day.

If you've not been to a village before it is imperative that you make it to the Opening Ceremony.

It is where we all create the container for the entire experience.

OPENING CEREMONY at The Village 4-9 CHAOS of DETERMINING will be at 6.30pm Friday 4th July

WHERE: Cedarvale Park, 229 Cedarvale Rd, Sandy Creek QLD 4515

WHEN: FRIDAY 4TH JULY 12 noon to MONDAY 7TH JULY 12 noon

VENUE (No DOGS) - Except by specific approval from the campground curators

THIS is a magnificent campground, tended and curated by lovely friends of The Village who are villagers themselves. - warm community fires, hot showers, an exquisite swimming hole (for the winter brave), fabulous land, flushing toilets, friendly local residents, accessible roads, more offerings fro you ot than we can poke a stick at.

PLEASE NOTE: no reception at the camp, some close by for genuine need.

It's a magnificent slice of heaven!

Nearest shop is at Kilcoy, but not to worry, your community will look after you in the same way that you will look after them...

You are part of a CONTRIBUTION gathering of friends

That might be something grand or it might be something gentle and hardly recognizable as a gift for anyone.

Either way, you are so very welcome.

Here's just a few of the things that have featured before:

•  Massage and bodywork, ceremonies, ecstatic dance, DJ's and Live music, Community Cabaret, poetry and theatrical offerings,
  
• 5 rhythms dance, coffee and chai shares, Sound baths, crystal bowls and gongs, tanaiki, yoga, Land regeneration, gardening, tree planting,
  
• Giant bubble blowing, Didge healings, so many workshops, childcare and kids activities and games, Community kitchen and cooking,
  
• Campfire discussions and sharing, sweat lodge. theatre sports, birthday parties, really good shareable acoustic music, singalongs,
  
• Adult and Youngster talent shows, cuddle puddles, hug patrols, board game development, pancake, pizza and sourdough making workshops,
  
• dowsing experiences, henna design, paint and colour, Bushwalking, Guided Meditations, World’s biggest tree swing, sharing of existential wisdom and so so much more…
• you can come thinking you have nothing to offer at all - that is an offering in itself.
• bring your own special offering! That is the beauty of every Villager making their unique contribution!

The COUNT - What is this thing The Village 4-9 - CHAOS of Determining?

Well, since you asked. Give this a few moments of your time:

The Village 4-9 – The CHAOS of Determining

Welcome to this edition of The Village – no two are the same. This time we will be navigating

THE (9) CHAOS OF (4) DETERMINING, so that speaks to what lots of us are getting RIGHT NOW.

The numbers ARE important in the continuing story of The Village. We’re following a design that comes from shamanic teachings that tell us that ALL energy moves in a particular pattern Zero to Nine.

That looks like this:

Zero – The Void, the infinite possibility of anything and everything where, continually – SOMETHING HAPPENS – in this case that something was The Call (0) back in 2014, where 13 of us sat under a tarp and decided to create The Village. That was the beginning of this particular ENERGY MOVEMENT.

One – Focus, as something happens and is observed as having happened, it becomes a point of FOCUS – in this case, the first Village in early 2015.

Two – Substance, when something happens and focus occurs, that means there are two points, and the energy has SUBSTANCE

Three – Form, the third step in energy movement is the triangle, the geometric basis for all the FORM we see around us, all the form of everything and the building block for manifesting everything into our world of matter.

Four – Determining, as the observers of this energy movement, we begin to determine what we want to do with the energy as we are human, and in the same teachings, the humans are the DETERMINERS of energy. So, we can determine where the energy goes and how it is used.

Five – Understanding, which we gain as we determine. Some determining can lead to favourable outcomes, some can lead to dysfunctional and less favourable outcomes that don’t serve us. As we come to understand which ones are which, we can choose better pathways for the energy movement we are a part of.

Six – MAGIC/Imagination as we understand how to make those choices, we can use our imaginations to do what can be seen as magic. Using our imaginations, we devise ways to direct energy for fabulous outcomes which is a beautiful and magical thing.

Seven – Freedom, the result of all the steps previous, culminating in understanding the movement of energy, using imagination to do magic with the energy and thus attaining the freedom to choose precisely what to do with the movement of energy.

(That is really the end of the journey, though a few extra steps follow)

Eight – Pattern, because with freedom and the responsibility that comes along with it, patterns form in the movement, settling outcomes into place and providing reassuring confidence that we can relax into comfort knowing that things can pretty much stay the same if we don’t rock the boat and stick to what we know and become less adventurous. It might not be as good as we want it to be, but we can settle for this and just rest back on our laurels.

Nine – CHAOS, the all and the everything stepping in to remind us that it’s called an energy “movement” for a very good reason. If we don’t take the initiative to keep shifting things along, the energy movement will continue on its course and will toss us into chaos, disturbing us in our comfort and inertia so that the energy movement can complete in order for a new energy movement to begin. Without this everything stops and life ends.

10/0 – Completion and Infinite Possibility in which something happens – away we go again!

So, we are in the DETERMINING round of this energy movement called The Village. And this edition is the CHAOS of DETERMINING.

Which as far as I can DETERMINE – is the opportunity to look out for and take action on things like:

• How am I being shaken and stirred right now? Is life delivering me a real shake-up? Is that because I refused to shake things up myself? Is life now insisting that change enter my realm?
• Am I meeting this CHAOS kicking and screaming or am I looking for just the right wave to surf a bigger life than I ever thought possible?
• Can I imagine that this CHAOS is actually PRECISELY what is needed and that even though it is almost unbearably painful, life has a grand plan and it is just the short sharp pain that I will emerge from, free of all the long term "mild" pain that I thought was "not too bad". mostly pretty good”, “can’t complain – ah, if I did no-one would likely listen anyway”?
• What is the lesson in this CHAOS that I am in? If I didn't make the hard choices and now life is tossing me in the middle of that BECAUSE I didn't, can I glean the lessons so that I don't have to do this over and over again?
• If CHAOS is the final step in an energy movement, how can I DETERMINE which next energy movement to embrace to enhance and expand my experience of life, fulfil my dreams, attain perfect peace?

Behind the scenes there is till a lot going on. We have a Village Matrix Inc AGM 15th June, still angling for our first property to share, the Festival of The Villages is one step closer, we're doing much fund raising and seeking contributors, philanthropists and deceased estates so we can purchase an awesome property REALLY REALLY soon. One that will be the first of thousands of properties that own us, rather than us owning the land...

Yes, definitely ask and talk about that...

Welcome to The Village 4-9 The CHAOS of DETERMINING

WHAT? You actually read all this! Then grab your pass, bring the kids (or not) and see you there xo