As we honour the Past, we meet in the Present and together we step into the Future.

This is the motto which resonated with the core group of the 60th Anniversary Initiative very early on and it still is our guiding star.

As we reflect on the tremendous multiple crises our world is facing on so many levels we ask ourselves if it is an indulgence to spend energy on celebrating the 60 years of the spiritual community at Findhorn, on creating our collective autobiography for ourselves and as a legacy for the future. There are so many urgent actions to be taken to be of service to the world at this time. Is this work part of the service?

In several conversations this week this question came up, a sure sign that it is alive in the field! And each time the conclusion was, YES, it is crucial work.

Many indigenous peoples tell us that knowing your roots, knowing your ancestors, knowing your land are essential for embodying connection and integration.

In the powerful session of the Findhorn Extended Members Council in January this year we heard from Diana Whitmore, Kosha Joubert and Michael Linfield. They all shared from their different perspectives on “How do we heal and transform the fractures that divide us?” Allowing all voices to be heard, witnessing with love and the perspective of the sacredness of all life … all this enables us to move beyond division and fear. In this 60th Anniversary Year we are tending our roots, listen to each other celebrating in many different way, offer ways to tell our personal stories to create the collective autobiography of this Centre of Light.

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” (Rumi)

The practical relevance of this is demonstrated by a grant the Park Ecovillage Trust has received from our local third sector interface charity (tsiMoray). The objective is to make the history of the Ecovillage accessible as a contribution to Moray’s climate emergency endeavour to create a Net-Zero future. As we collaborate in this project, we celebrate the mutual benefits: this work will feed into our collective history as we can provide the online platform to make it widely accessible to Moray as well as other communities wanting to learn more about Net-Zero strategies.