A Tribute to Fred Barton (1993)
A moving tribute to Fred Barton, a legendary Findhorn gardener. His second wife, Lynn, reflects on their years together, his deep connection to nature, and his legacy of love in action.
A moving tribute to Fred Barton, a legendary Findhorn gardener. His second wife, Lynn, reflects on their years together, his deep connection to nature, and his legacy of love in action.
In the beginning was the garden, and the garden continues, but the forms that express this spirit are today far different from those of nineteen years ago.
From 1978, around the nucleus of Fred and Dick Barton, the idea of a 'school within a garden' has grown and taken shape at Cullerne, a ten-acre property adjacent to the caravan park overlooking Findhorn Bay.
As I look out the window at the Park garden, the trees are bending with the gale-force gusts of wind, and rain is pelting down. How often we view our environment as though framed by the weather, and how often people have viewed Findhorn as though framed by the garden.
Once a year the members of the Findhorn Foundation get together for a time, usually a week, of sharing with each other and conducting a general stocktaking exercise that puts the past year; current issues and plans for the coming year into perspective.
Now that I have accepted the role of focaliser at Cullerne for the next wee while, I must begin to look for the creative purpose of its being. Mine is a process of attunement to the earth, of quiet meditations in our rock garden, of listening and looking.
Remembering those days of tree climbing when I absorbed and became semi-conscious of the strength, peace, protection, and stability which the trees offered, I began to understand that spiritual perception is primarily a qualitative experience.
This interview during the World Wilderness Congress in 1983 sheds light on how Dorothy's understanding had involved since leaving the Community in 1973, including the presence of angels in more unlikely places than the garden.
Finance and economics are undoubtedly powerful factors in the world at present, and indeed could reasonably be said to be the dominating source of energy and satisfaction for much of the world's population.
The following article was first published in One Earth Magazine Issue 15 Autumn 1994 *** Some people come to my workshops or presentations with the idea that I am going to teach them how to manifest