Techno-Indigenous Lifestyle
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"I wanted only to live in accord with the promptings which came from my my true self. Why was this so very difficult?" - these are the beginning words of Hermann Hesse's enigmatic novel. Demian. I believe they can be the opening words of any life-story for any of us who walk their authentic paths. During my spiritual quest, I have learned that we each have a special life mission (existential program), which unfolds as we follow our inner voice. C G Jung calls this individuation, a uniquely rewarding, at the same time notoriously difficult process which leads us towards becoming our own authentic self.
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This path is not easy to embark on, consequently many people never do. Brazilian consciousness researcher, Waldo Vieira, estimates that over 90% of all people lead a robotized existence, relying on conditioning from family, school and society in general. Breaking out of a firmly established system of social securities and expectations is by no means easy, as virtually anyone who has started on their own authentic path can testify. I can still remember working at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, doing research at an institute for international business law. It felt so absolutely wrong: this job, which could have been an academic dream job, quickly became a nightmare for me, because I began to realize that I was on the wrong track. My book-shelf was full of publications about altered states of consciousness, hypnosis, indigenous views on reality, mythic archetypes and personal development. What on Earth was I doing at a law institute?!
Sometimes life leads you really far away from where your soul wants to be. So, what is there to do when you have an already well established life, yet you feel you need to do something completely different? I found that ignoring this feeling was the worst thing possible. It made me sick and depressed. Such thing just leads to existential melancholy: a joyless life devoid of drive and purpose. Life begins to feel like a drag, instead of an adventure and an unlimited quest into the magic of the universe.
If you feel the drag: get out! The best way is to consistently move towards what you want, as fast or slow as you can afford. You may only have an hour or a half each day to do what you really want to do, but use that. Plus, whenever life gives you a choice, take the one that is bringing you closer to your dream, regardless of other considerations (like money or status). I started writing one hour a day, every day. (Often the only time I could do this was at night before I went to sleep.) I never told anyone about it, but it was a truly special time and I've learned that if you are doing something on a regular basis, which comes from within you, it will transform you. Soon, I started to have dreams and out-of-body experiences, in which spiritual guides reminded me of something that I have seemingly forgotten: that I am here to understand some of the deeper patterns of existence and tell others about it. Things began to unfold: as soon as I had an opportunity to change my academic direction, I did. I am forever grateful to have had a chance to "escape" into anthropology, applied spiritual anthropology and hypnotherapy, and could start working with people as I was meant to.
I felt, however that there was an even deeper calling...
Sometimes life leads you really far away from where your soul wants to be. So, what is there to do when you have an already well established life, yet you feel you need to do something completely different? I found that ignoring this feeling was the worst thing possible. It made me sick and depressed. Such thing just leads to existential melancholy: a joyless life devoid of drive and purpose. Life begins to feel like a drag, instead of an adventure and an unlimited quest into the magic of the universe.
If you feel the drag: get out! The best way is to consistently move towards what you want, as fast or slow as you can afford. You may only have an hour or a half each day to do what you really want to do, but use that. Plus, whenever life gives you a choice, take the one that is bringing you closer to your dream, regardless of other considerations (like money or status). I started writing one hour a day, every day. (Often the only time I could do this was at night before I went to sleep.) I never told anyone about it, but it was a truly special time and I've learned that if you are doing something on a regular basis, which comes from within you, it will transform you. Soon, I started to have dreams and out-of-body experiences, in which spiritual guides reminded me of something that I have seemingly forgotten: that I am here to understand some of the deeper patterns of existence and tell others about it. Things began to unfold: as soon as I had an opportunity to change my academic direction, I did. I am forever grateful to have had a chance to "escape" into anthropology, applied spiritual anthropology and hypnotherapy, and could start working with people as I was meant to.
I felt, however that there was an even deeper calling...
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One day I was watching an interview with James Cameron, which came on the DVD with his movie "Avatar." The film director was talking about indigenous and environmental issues similar of those portrayed in the film, and used a phrase which entirely captured my attention. Ha said: techno-indigenous lifestyle. This new, "techno-indigenous lifestyle" could be adopted by those, who want to find ways of sustainable living, while using modern technologies such as computers and the internet, when appropriate for a higher purpose.
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Film scene from
James Cameron's Avatar (2009)
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When you can give things a name, you also give it power. So began my own experiment into a techno-indigenous lifestyle: in 2017, I found a spot of land in the Northern Highlands of Hungary at the edge of a national park forest. On it stood a tiny, 200 year old cottage. Even though I normally am quite a nomad and always found the idea of buying property quite alien and restrictive, I ended up buying this place and moving there for a major part of the year. Living here is an experiment to go back to a way of life, which allows direct access to the soil, growing my own food and foraging, while also going forward: exploring the possibilities of the world wide web to reconnect all of us who share the longing to explore nature, the inner realms and to evolve consciously.
The place received the name
The place received the name
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Little Vicienteinspired by the "Celestine Prophecies." Viciente in that book is a place in Peru, dedicated consciously to higher vibrational living and to raising the energies. Now, Little Viciente has become a small, but real counterpart to the ficitious place from the novel. Its history is beginning to unfold quite beautifully, as it is drawing people in (sometimes in person, sometimes through conversations and sharing of ideas), who seem to be on the same wavelength.
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