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| Supporting The Sacred in Everything |
| January 29, 2006 by Stuart |
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A truly human culture has the obligation to produce profoundly heart-awakening art. It is also obligated to live in harmony with other human cultures. And it has the further obligation to live harmoniously, respectfully and sacredly with ALL the non-human cultures, including the earth itself.
In the world today there is one thing that is more endangered and threatened than any other.
Although it can never be extinguished or destroyed, it can be forgotten, abandoned and apparently lost.
Life can be lived as if it does not exist.
The sacredly lived human culture is among the most endangered and rare things on the Earth at this time.
Truly human and profoundly enlightened men and women are more rare than the rarest non-human.
For humanity, and for the sakes of all others, this must somehow change.
Truly human culture must be re-established, world-wide, such that it is never lost again.
The non-humans, including trees, rivers, oceans and the Earth itself, dwell naturally in the state of Divine Communion.
They embrace the necessity, and pleasure, of spiritual contemplation.
It is rare to find real human support for nurturing and preserving the sacred contemplative life of both humans and non-humans, equally.
Fear-No-More Zoo and Gardens is based upon the felt need for acknowledging and supporting the spiritually contemplative life of all living beings.
Our mission is to support the authentic spiritual life of all things, and to serve the integration, or re-integration, of humans and non-humans, as equals at heart.
Adi Da Samraj: Quote : At heart, all are One. At heart, a human being is not the slightest bit different from the reptiles, the birds, the former dinosaurs, the elephants, the plants, the trees, the wind, the sky, the microbes. Apart from their function in conditionality, all beings are the same.
The living process of "Fear-No-More" supports Divine contemplation in the world; supports it in the animals, in natural places, in the earth, the wind, and in human beings.
Inspired by Avatar Adi Da Samraj, Fear-No-More Zoo
is a tangible expression of the fullness of Adi Da's
Spiritual Work with humans and non-humans.
Adi Da Samraj asks everyone who visits the animals and gardens of Fear-No-More Zoo to do so with sensitivity and respect, being aware of the non-humans' contemplative disposition; and by right association be guided into the natural state of Divine Communion also.
Adi Da Samraj: Quote : Go to Fear-No-More Zoo as a Sacred Place. Feel what its particular components are. The more I get to do what I intend there, the more you will observe it. But even as it is, as simple as it is, it immediately awakens a certain congenial disposition in you, if you go down there sensitively of course, and free to do so.
It's another place of Puja (Worship), a kind of walking, petting Puja. It awakens compassion for all living beings, and a feeling of non-difference, of Unity. I spend a lot of time around non-human guys. To Me they're the same as human beings, in the Ultimate sense the same...
It's about 'fearing no more', about going beyond the knot of separate self, being in the condition of the Samadhi of God-Communion, and, at the level of form, feeling structured, and a Great Unity.
SUPPORT FEAR-NO-MORE ZOO TO GROW FURTHER
You can contribute in a variety of ways:
- email: fearnomorezoo@adidam.org
- post-mail: see address below
- telephone: (707) 928-1153
- website: www.FearNoMoreZoo.org
Buy a gift: and support Fear-No-More Zoo
while doing so:
http://www.fearnomorezoo.org/gift_shop/
On-line Donations: If you would like to make an on-line donation to Fear-No-More Zoo, you can do so through our "Help The Zoo" web-page: http://www.fearnomorezoo.org/getinvolved/main.php
Monthly Donation Program: Make a pledge in 2006 to make a difference in the lives of these animals and in world-wide outreach!
People pledge and contribute from $5 per month to over $100 per month. Do whatever you can manage. It all adds up. It all helps!
This can be done by check or credit card, or online: http://www.fearnomorezoo.org/getinvolved/main.php
Please contact Stuart: Fearnomorezoo@adidam.org to offer your pledge for this important form of monthly giving. Or you can just do it here on-line (as above).
Fear-No-More Zoo & Gardens
12040 Seigler Springs Road
Middletown, CA 95461
USA
www.FearNoMoreZoo.org
fearnomorezoo@adidam.org
THANK YOU ! |
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| Garage Sale Raises $750 |
| June 27, 2005 by Stuart |
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This last Saturday Fear-No-More Zoo supporters Rita Gordon, Susan Thompson and Jake Siglain ran an all-day garage sale to benefit the zoo, raising $750. This money will go toward the new camel habitat.
Thanks to Rita, Jake, Susan Thompson and others who helped. And thanks to everyone who donated goods to sell.
Chances are good for another such sale in a few months or so, so keep us in mind when you come across giveaways in your cupboards and storage.
Stuart
Rita Gordon and camels |
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| The Zoo Guild, Our Suppliers, Vets and Supporters |
| June 23, 2005 by Stuart |
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The Fear-No-More Zoo Guild was commenced in 2004 to further support the zoo by lifting it beyond the one or two person project it otherwise has been since 1974. The Mountain Of Attention Sanctuary zoo guild now includes about 15 people who help with the hands-on care of the zoo and animals, and a growing number of other supporters, some of whom live as far away as Australia, Germany and Fiji.
As the guild develops, its responsibilities will encompass a variety of supportive functions and enterprises such as, education, hosting Fear-No-More seminars and retreats, (see photo at left) producing literature, fundraising projects, animal training and husbandry, help with veterinary care, sacred animal care-taking, research, habitat design, gardening and landscaping, inter-species communication, assisting other animal and environmental groups in various ways, and so forth.
Today, the local guild members handle much of the animal care. Thanks to Susan Hughes, Ron Bartlett, Terry Cafferty, Paula Stryker, Dorothy Hall, Trudyanne Hasenauer, Sandy Gutman, Susan Thompson, Andrea Keningston and Andrea Schwab, all the animals are well cared for with nutritious daily meals prepared and served on time. Other guild members help with clean-up, habitat maintenance and general care of the zoo grounds. Fiona Syme, Lena Jenkins and Crane Kirkbride put a lot of energy into the miniature horses. And we welcome Elaine Lombard to the guild and look forward to her service, particularly to the llamas and mini horses.
This Saturday (June 25) Rita Gordon is running a large garage sale to raise additional funding for both the zoo in general and the new camel and tortoise projects. Local zoo supporters have gifted the sale with a wide variety of items to benefit the care of the animals. And Marta Herlin is contributing fresh, home-made, Swedish ginger cookies! The sale will be happening at the lower end of Shenandoah Circle, just up the road from the zoo. Come early for the best deals....
Mary Nerney, an excellent jeweler in Santa Rosa, is now producing a small line of original jewelry specifically for the zoo to sell in its online shop, which is currently in development. Mary is very generously offering these special zoo-based items with 100% of the sale profits going to support the animals' care. Check back with the Gift Shop for these and other unique items that will soon be appearing on the "shelves" there. Other products we'll be carrying soon include posters, T-shirts, caps, painted emu eggs, camel hair baskets, and who knows what else...
With the generosity of singer and performer, Jacqueline Clemons, and sound man Tom Stiles, we are also creating a CD of some of Jacqueline's original music, which will be sold through the Gift Shop to benefit Fear-No-More Zoo.
I want to take a moment here to express my thanks, on behalf of the zoo, to all the tradesmen, who have helped us so much over the years. Electrical, plumbing, construction and maintenance and repair work is essential to moving things ahead these days.
Much thanks to Nahshon Nahumi, Tom Remus, John Colon, David Johnson, Ron Jensen, Shannon Goolsbee, Steve Curtis, Helmut Imberger, Andrew Fuller, Marc Carfrae, Bob DeLollis, Donovan Train, Bob Sabatino, Roger Gerakin, Jake Siglain, Scott Gough, Steve Claydon, Frank Marrero, Robert Salisbury, David Carroll, Daniel Tynan, Rob Litchman, Mark Hanson, Malcolm Dunshee, Emmett Johnson, Al Young, Larry Rugoff, and the many service retreatants who also helped with various projects. (Apologies if I didn't get your name down here.) These volunteers have saved the zoo from otherwise spending tens of thousands of dollars.
While I'm on the track of saying thanks there are a few others I'm going to throw in here...
Without our various suppliers we'd be starving here, and lacking in a few other ways too! But thanks to friendly service and good products the animals and zoo are in much better shape today than they might have been. The suppliers we tend to use are Lower Lake Feed and Supply, Rainbow Agriculture, Rainbow Mealworms, Mendo Mill, Piedmont Lumber, Dynamite Supplements, Young Living Essential Oils, Flint River Foods, Silver Lining Herbs and Heartland Industries... and a few others.
I must also thank our much valued veterinarians, each of whom has helped us through both tough and happy times. Many thanks to Kenneth Harkewitz, Lisa Takesui, Jeffrey Smith and Debra Sally.
I'm almost done... saving the most important to last. Much gratitude and thanks goes to all our supporters and patrons, who over the years have made so much possible. It's an honor to serve alongside all of you. And very special thanks is due to Stanley Thompson and Loretta Sheehan, as well as Michael Bennett, Will Hirschowitz, Paul Wagner and Linda Gerrard, each of whom has given handsomely at different times. Together we can continue to do a lot more for the Vision of Fear-No-More and thereby leave behind us a foundation for future generations to carry on and develop further. Fear-No-More Zoo still stands right at the beginning of its development.
To quote what Adi Da once said, "Feel what the zoo's particular components are. The more I get to do what I intend there, the more you will observe it. But even as it is, as simple as it is, it immediately awakens a certain congenial disposition in you, if you go down there sensitively of course, and free to do so." (Talk excerpt January 5th, 1996)
More to come...
Stuart
(Drench and H20, right)
PS: In all this I never forget my good friend and brother, Glen Johannes, who years ago tricked me into coming to serve at Fear-No-More Zoo, and who still guides and critiques my service with a sensitivity and understanding unique to him. |
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© 2005-2006 The Avataric Samrajya of Adidam Pty Ltd, as trustee for The Avataric Samrajya of Adidam.
All rights reserved. Perpetual copyright claimed.
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