Newsletter Nijar, April Edition 2025 Dear Friends, During the last month spring has officially opened its gates, allowing its promise to burst out and be expressed in all aspects of life. This transition however was dressed in an abundant rainfall that gently and during several weeks quenched all possible thirst of the flora and fauna,…
Newsletter Nijar, March edition 2025 While the last oranges are being picked from the trees, new blossoms are already emerging. In between a few rainy days we can feel it: spring is in the air! It is beautiful to witness the play of perception at work. Memory immediately colours experience and ignites a longing anticipation…
Monthly Journal, Februari edition 2025 The last Journal was published about six weeks ago. Our readers had to miss a new years – January edition. As noted earlier, December has ushered in a new phase for us. A terminus, in which endings meets beginnings. Well, the foundations are ready; the garden, buildings and residents have…
Monthly Journal, December edition 2024 The longest night is approaching and the wintery cold just kicked in today. For those living in Northern Europe and for the Romanian builders that help us to create our guest facilities this cold is probably not really impressive. But for many others who are used to the intense semi-desert…
Monthly Journal, November edition 2024 Gradually the signs of nightly visitors from El Tribu de Jabalí are fading from the garden. More recent attempts of entering ´their garden of delicacies´ are visible on the other side of the newly installed fence but by the look of it the boars have finally given up. Good news…
In this early edition Andree sketches a nice picture of last month’s living in the Garden of Nâm. Special Guests We have had several specials guests in the Garden of Nâm; invited and not invited, day and night visitors: Guest number 1 was Chico, the very nice, young dog of our neighbour, who was all…
Strange things are happening in the Garden of Nâm. We have started noticing unexpected changes, anomalies. Big rocks are suddenly moved, we discover pieces of cacti that apparently were broken off. And then we find that somebody or something has started digging holes here and there. What is happening? Change Every change seems to mean…
The year has come to an end. Or the year has just begun. It’s a matter of perspective and convention. Living in an Asharum means living in service of what is. Realising that all seperations are an illusion makes one encounter a multitude of perspectives. With the practise of non-judgement, one is more or less…
They say change is the only constant. Adapting attitudes and behaviour to changing circumstances, while realising everything is an expression of the same unknowable whole-ness is one of the keys in finding well-being in life. Through gracefully accepting in peace whatever appears, happens or just is. And moving from there with loving kindness and respect….
