Greetings!
So I finally made my first two posts since being back on Steemit after 8 months of traveling and planning/prepping for Eden 2.0!
I am super stoked to be back here and reconnect with you all!
As I promised in my first post since being back I would write a recap of the 8 months of being away and being purposefully on the down low.
First, I want to make a post about why I am expanding and developing Eden 2.0, which is the reason I have been traveling for months in South America.
For anyone who does not know, I founded The Garden of Eden about 8 years ago. I founded it because I had already been living SUPER sustainably for many years and realized most of the American population had no idea why sustainability is so important, or even what real sustainability is!
I also had become VERY aware, not just through my own experience but also through observation of people, that the quality of life for the vast majority of people I saw was VERY low--very low, that is, in comparison to the potential of what life could be. Even the people with full fridges, AC, TV, and a car were living very unhealthy lives, not just for their own well being, but for the health of the entire world and didn’t even realize it!
The level of happiness, health, and fulfillment was very, very low, yet I have found these to be the MOST important aspects of life! I know from experience that it is possible to wake up every day, not to an alarm clock, but to full rest. It is possible to feast on healthy and delicious meals daily with the ones we love most. It is possible to easily and naturally be healthy. It is possible to have our daily lives filled with things we actually enjoy and feel are of real importance. It's even possible to achieve all this while improving the world as a whole!
For most of my life, I experienced (and also observed) that people were spending the vast majority of their life working somewhere and for someone that they would NOT be doing if they didn’t get paid. They were wearing clothes and following rules because they had to, and spending very little time doing what they really love--or even not knowing at all what it is they really love!
Seeing how many rules people followed, how much time they spent doing things they did not want to do, and how much debt they were in…..It almost seemed like slavery….
I had also realized that this was actually by design. The system has been indoctrinating--basically brainwashing--the human population for a very long time. For the vast majority of history, it has been done through religion. Not that everything about religion is bad or that everyone who is religious is the problem. Yet the truth is, religion was designed and has been used to control & manipulate people for thousands of years.
Now days, money is the main factor of control & manipulation. Yet there are countless ways the system/matrix is controlling & manipulating the masses.
Anyone who does research will find that the major media outlets are bought and controlled by the global elite agenda. Politicians are the same, and mega corps basically own the governments and thus have free reign over the world.
The medical system is just as bad (maybe even worse!), because the research is there that plants have and can be a remedy for basically every ailment known to man, not to mention simple basic nutrition, yet they are creating sickness and disease on purpose to create clients for their multi-trillion dollar industry. In fact, almost all the successful pharmaceuticals are patented from plant technology. They just make synthetic versions with crazy high prices and all sorts of side affects.
The POLICE state is VERY real, and few people know this better than I because I was subject to a full-on BLACK OPS SWAT RAID as if I was Osama Bin Laden. You can find LOTS of info about that, as I was on Alex Jones, the Ron Paul Show, radio shows and more. Every year there are more statutes, codes, licenses and regulations. Basically the government is taxing people to slavery and death. It is blatant extortion at gun point.
Did you know that there are more unarmed people killed in America by police than terrorists? Unfortunately, it's a FACT. Did you know that the highest prison population in the world is in--yes that's right!--“The Land of the Free”. Did you know that even prisons are being privatized and that it's now a very profitable business model?
So I could go on an on and on and ON about the very real problems humanity is facing. I used to be very upset, depressed even, seeing all this.
What I didn’t realize is that I was depressed because I wasn’t doing anything about it! I founded The Garden of Eden because I wanted to give people a chance: a chance to experience and learn things they had never seen or heard of, maybe didn’t even know was possible. I wanted people to be able to see a real living example of people living healthy, happy, honorable lives. Because it IS possible and it's actually a LOT easier than the 9-5 grind. The only hard part about it is the unknown, the change.
So I started building what is now the organization with the lowest carbon footprint of any organization I have heard of anywhere that feeds tens of thousands of free meals a year and houses hundreds of people of all ages from all around the world for short or long periods of time. We also educate tens of thousands with our online articles, tv shows, radio shows, youtube videos, social media and our FAVORITE platform: Steemit!
We have done all of this without any government aid (in fact we have achieved this despite the threats and harassment at gun point), rich private benefactors, or much funding of any kind. We have even achieved this in the middle of one of the biggest metroplexes in the country on a very small piece of land.
While our life is SO good--by far it's the most enjoyable living situation I have found anywhere, even after traveling extensively and knowing many thousands of people--it is time to expand and develop a much larger community in an environment that is far more conducive to the alternative (in almost every way) lifestyle that we live.
We have planted and cultivated the entire property, and we have about as many people living here as the land can handle. Not to mention the environment around us is trying to destroy us, despite the fact we feed, clothe, shelter and educate people for free.
So it is time to expand, not only in the size of the land but also in the full spectrum experience of true thrival!
After deciding this, one of the biggest questions is where to do that? I won’t get into that too much because there are a LOT of factors. Suffice it to say we decided that South America was of prime potential worth consideration.
To do that, we would need to put feet on the ground in a far away land. So after lots of research, I planned a scouting trip to South America with my 2 children and pregnant baby momma.
It was obvious that traveling through third world countries with 2 young children and an infant would be difficult, but there is no way we could be separated for so long, plus conscious evolution/adaptation is my specialty!
One of my favorite quotes I have come up with is “there are no problems, only opportunities for solutions”. I live by this and this adventure would provide many such opportunities hahahaha.
So that is a brief summery of why I founded The Garden of Eden, and why now it is time to expand to new levels of sustainable thrival. It is also the perfect intro to one of my next blogs which will be a recap of these travels!
SteemOn!!!
Love what you're doing. This article really resonated with me. My favorite part is where you mentioned the depression you faced when looking at the stronghold the global elites have on things but ONLY because you weren't doing anything about it! Look forward to following your journey in South America. Would love to visit your Texas location at some point. Much love!
Yes Brother~
While the outlook is grim, while the human game is diabolical there is always hope and anything is possible~*~
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
You have inspired me so I see you're doing something right! Where do you suggest I look for more information on your community?
YES!
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
www.intothegardenofeden.com
Thank you!
Bless it be~*~
I love how you say all the things that people are feeling but often aren't capable of acknowledging are real. I love how you just lay it out on the line, say it like it is, and then do something about it. So clear, true to your values--based on love, responsibility, sustainability and freedom. It is incredibly inspiring to witness you live to the depths of your soul's purpose, honorably sharing your awareness, and laying it all on the line for free.
I'm excited to see what unfolds through this journey and am blessed to be a part of the Eden 1.0 and 2.0 experience with you. May abundant blessings be forthcoming to make way for families to be together, taking care of one another, with vibrant health, skills for thrival, and unconditional love. A truly beautiful and remarkable vision!!!! I feel certain that which you have to share will change the world. Thanks for giving of yourself so freely. <3
great post. I love your project. I know it will be successful :) You are doing something great.
Thank you Lovely~*~
You are the best humanitarian I know in real life, @quinneaker! It's really an honor to witness your project change the world, one life at a time. Thanks for everything you share 💛
I really appreciate your support and like that you put it so practacly " You are the best humanitarian I know in REAL LIFE" which means not ever or in existence just that you know of in real life. We can all always do better and there is always someone more successful or accomplished. What we do have is what we have and we do the best we can~*~
Yes, and if you do have a superior out there, I would love to meet and learn from them too...and I would like to see you both wrestle. :) I'm a much better person and I think I make a more meaningful impact on the world because of your influence!
You are doing a great job, am impressed , keep up the good job
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Wow, eco village is my dream. Happy to know your project
Yes it really is the dream!
Remember Anything is possible~*~
very nice project, welcome back
SO great to be back!
I appreciate your support and hope we can find ways to build a better world for us all~*~
Wicked mate! THRIVAL!! I thought of that myself and you are the first to say it outside of my head!! Kudos pal!
Yeah Mate!
This is so cool. My wife and I actually live in Dallas and she heard about Garden of Eden even before I told her yall were on steemit. Love the work you are doing. Truly inspiring.
Wow!
I love seeing the endless ways synchronicity plays out!
Hope to continue to inspire and be a valuable contributor to the betterment of Steemit and the world~*~
Quinneaker you are definitely a hero homie - good looking out!
I appreciate, I hope to be able to live up to it!
So good to see people like you, definitely I'll follow you and resteem your posts if that will help people and earth.
Tuning myself to follow not only your post, but your steps.
Wow!
What a fantastic comment to read! I sure do hope this is true and that I can live up to such an honor!
Wow that sounds like a really nice place! As an "office slave" I can directly feel many of the things you described. Money dictates our daily routine. It's a relief to see that it's possible for some people to escape this "treadmill". I know about a similar community in Portugal but never heard about one in Germany.
To live without without pressure and stress everyday - sounds like a dream and you made it true.
Nice post, it gives back some hope in humanity :)
Yes there is always hope and anything is possible!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Blessings on your journey, may it get better and better~*~
I loved reading your comment. It is great that some of those who have a semi-normal 9-15 existence can feel the value of a life of freedom away from the money-chasing reality. This dream is available to anyone if they so choose. There isn't a better gift you can give yourself than a life of your own choosing.
I am excited to hear about the community in Portugal. Perhaps we will connect with them while in Lisbon in November for Steemfest2.
Long time ago I watched an interview with some of the founders. I found the video and looked up the name of the community: Tamera (https://www.tamera.org). Unfortunately they seem to have no Steemit profile.
Thanks! I believe I have heard of them before. I will check out their website. Thanks for the connection @thecoach. Do you have any experience with them?
No I have absolutely no experience! I've only listened to an 2 hours long interview with two of their members. They and their community seemed nice but a tiny bit weird as well. But that can be something positive as well :)
But I can't say anything more about them. But maybe it's worth a travel.
Thanks for your reply @thecoach. I knew I had heard of them before, so mostly curious what your experience was with them, if any. Thanks for the heads up.
Amazing. As a four day old steemian infant I found this read quite inspiring. It didn't take me long to begin to fathom the life changing potential of the new paradigms we are unlocking as we start to realize that it's not MONEY that we need... it's not MONEY that nourishes us, it's each other!! It's unconditional love in the form of tangible change. I commend you for walking the walk.... thank you for all you do.
Thank you!
Your comment means a lot because I can feel it is genuine.
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
I love your quote: “there are no problems, only opportunities for solutions”
Thank you! It my modo for life!
Keep spreading good vibes, Quinn. We're all in this together! Here's to abundance and peace becoming the new normal. Nice Fig trees by the way, have you done some propagating off of them? Once I was able to root a 4 foot long fig cutting and that made me want to experiment with much bigger cuttings. Onward!
Yes we hav 5 fig trees we have cultivated from cuttings!
Works very well, super free and sustainable!
Nice! I want to get into air layering some fruit tree cuttings. It seems that method works for almost anything unlike traditional cuttings.
There are so many ways to propagate plants and some ways work better than others for certain types of plants. Fig trees are pretty easy though!
Indeed, Figs seem like a great one to start on for propagating and then building off that success to explore other methods. Are there any other fruit trees you know of that are as easy as figs to multiply? Be well!
I can't think of any as easy as the fig trees for that kind of propagation but anything local should grow easy. We have pecan and peach trees that grow from seeds so easily and sprout up all over the place.
Nice! No need for growing food(for fruit trees) to be hard. Love it!
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Indeed~*~
This is amazing work you are doing! I'd love to connect with you and discuss some ideas! I've been offgrid for 11 years now in an Earthship thatI built after many years of journeying. Whilst i do live in a kind of community in India (Im British by birth) .. I am looking to create a new self sufficient community somewhere in Europe or perhaps somewhere else.. I have some ideas and am sure we could bounce them off each other and help each other to support this great cause.
I really like how you are using Steem Dollars! THIS is what its all about in my view. You are clearly ahead of your times my friend! WIshing you Very best!
Big Upvote coming!
I appreciate your support and the time you have invested in making a comment. I am open to discussions with anyone on anything that is furthering the cause.
I hope to continue to inspire and brig REAL value worth your up vote. Be in touch.
Anything is possible~*~
thank you! Let's stay in touch!
Bless it be~*~
Weldon for your effort to create a selfless human race. The polutions in the world today is very scaring, people want to meet up with soceital starndard without considering the implication of that, they live in borrowed life just to please others, some even go to the extent of cheating their business parthners and so on. The government are not helping matters with somuch regulations that they can't keep, but they want their citizens to keep them.creating a garden of eden will be so good because things in this garden may be free or relatively affordable. I will like to visit this garden one day if i am invited. Good job, you will succeed.
I appreciate the support and hope to continue to live up to such standards~*~
Thank you @quinneaker for sharing with us such wonderful and powerful message! 💜 You have a beautiful family, enjoy your scouting trip and research in South Africa. Look forward to seeing your new updates! 💜
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement~
I hope to see you around and continue to contribute REAL value~*~
A minnow here. I spent a minute to your website now and wow it is really a straight from the heart sustainability project for humanity's sake. Keep pressing on Sir, you are not far from the prize... and thanks for sharing this post to us. :)
Thank you!
This comment means a lot tome as I can feel u are genuine.
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
@quinneaker will following you and in due time I will support your advocacy here. Soon I have my own wings to fly and from there I can do what I want to do--to help the downcast, outcast of our society. Thanks Man!
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
I hope my few cents will help you and your cause!
Every little bit helps!
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
This was very interesting to read actually. I've been talking to @everlove and got tiny impressions of the place. I love the mentality and the freedom you guys offer, and if I am ever around I would definitely want to visit yo guys and take look!
Welcome back to Steemit.
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around Steemit and maybe even The GOE.
I wish you tons of luck and love :) Bless you!
I shall definitely give a heads up :D
Bless it be~*~
Crazy good stuff.
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Thanks for the positive - it looks like a ticket from "Charlie the chocolate factory (he also achieved everything by his own work)"
Hahahhaahaha yes indeed!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Fantastic work you have put in, and the results speak for themselves. If every one was honest with themselves then they would see that all the problems in the world that have pointed out in this post, are very real and effect us all in some way or another.
Your project is proof it can be done without the government holding our hands. The more people wake up and walk away from the system that enslaves them, the less power these vermin have, we don't need to fight them, just walk away, it's that simple.
Love what you are doing, and looking forward to seeing Garden of Eden 2.0
Bless.
Wise words, agreed~
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
It's amazing to meet here such an interesting person with such wise philosophy! I'll follow you to read ))
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
You sound pure Rainbow to me Brother, I Love the term Thrival and will add to my vocabulary :-)
Good to have met you and now following for more great stories from your life.
May I say....Welcome Home
Life is Good
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh Yes!
Life is good, we are blessed and anything is possible!
Rainbow Love Brother~*~
I've been spreading the Love all day, now I'm 3 cents LOL
Take the night off to recharge I guess :-)
Rest is just as important as work!
Ive always admire this kind of love.
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Love is the answer~*~
Thank you
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
We all look for freedom. I am an Egyptian. I hope we will be much better
Freedom is priceless and of the utmost importance to me~*~
I know you're not an anarchist, but you should try to connect with Jeff Berwick. He has recently changed to a very healthy lifestyle, and his ideas on freedom have been on point for a long while. There is a cross pollination of audience between the two of you.
Im not an anarchist but believe in freedom as much as anyone I have ever met. I also embody it and actually live far more free than most.
I am aware of Jeff but we have not really had a moment as of yet. Appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and the world~*~
I have experienced the fruits of your labor first hand. It was the gateway to my evolution. I am forever grateful.
@apollomission I am very pleased to see your continued support and testament to The GOE and I. Obviously everyone here when they are here says its the best life they have ever had, the best food the best everything. Yet few people are able to actually receive/take what the real gifts are and carry it on. You are so far proving to do so and I hope that continues. If you are forever grateful then I shall forever provide.
Bless it be~*~
Great article! Love what you are doing and I wish you all the success in your project. Just a few points as Permaculture student that you might already be thinking but for everyone else it might be useful..... Earthworks and Support species. If you are developing this land it is good in the long run to do some hardscaping/Earthworks and get the dams, swales, gabions and such out of the way first so they can start changing the hydrology. If you have the money, use a machine, if you have the labour, you can do it by hand. Simplest could be a few trenches dug 4 x 8' and about 6 to 30'' deep all over the property to improve the water recharge. Swales also need to be planted since they are a dynamic technology with both structure and biology. Just be sure to add nitrogen fixing cover crops, bushes and short term tree species that you can chop and drop to feed the fruit trees. Grows your compost and mulch on demand right where you need it. Geoff Lawton's DVDs on Food Forests and Rain Water Harvesting/Earthworks are great to check out. Wishing you a lush, fertile and abundant future! Cheers!
I have been practicing sustainable grow methods and permaculture for many years. I appreciate you trying to help and hope u can help many others!
Great post! Keep it up :)
By the way, I'm following you now
Cheers
Great to know!
Thanks so much and I hope to continue to bring content worth your time!
Nice read! :)
Thanks!
Hope to bring more content worth your time and up vote!
Good luck!
Thanks!
Very inspiring work you do! I would love to help out !
Fantastic!
I hope to see you around~*~
Well HELLO!!! My goodness, this is amazing! Everything I believe also! Looking forward to following your adventures!! What an inspiration you are!
Awesome post dude! I am currently living in Thailand on a small holding with a mate and his girlfriend. We are in the process of building an aquaponics system to grow our own food and become more sustainable. Great work keep it up!
@quinneaker
You captivated me with your post...I loved the area where you exposed the big pharmaceuticals...who provide mainly addictive drugs for their gains rather than curative of which nature provides through plants and lifestyle changes...
I also admire the way you feed and shelter a lot of people with no government support...keep it up. I wonder why in the US...the land of the free, where black lives does not matter....the police are trigger cracy and shoots far more good people than the bad guys...where prison is been subletted to private capitalists for profit at huge tax payers expense as such ans ssmall crime gets people into jail...the land of the free becomes the land of the captives...
Your post epitomizes freedoms from servitude...a breath of fresh air...will hope to get more updates...
Thank you
I appreciate your response~
I am committed to striving for Utopia if not embodying it. I hope to continue to inspire and bring real value~*~
Welcome back. Now following you and looking forward to hearing more about your new projects.
Thank you!
Hope to see you around!
So happy to see you back and speaking your truth. It's happening!
Yes it is~*~
Great project!! May humanity never again perpetrate such gross injustice against humanity.we the living vow to uphold this...
Amen~*~
Welcome back to steemit again @quinneaker
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
A topic like this I have done well inraising Sara
What?
I wish you a happy day possible support
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire!
Thank you my friend
Your welcome!
I'd love to get involved in something like that, it's my dream to be self-sufficient and living off the grid but I'm a 5***** kinda guy so I do need all the luxuries I am accustomed too. Dreams do come through but not in the belly of the beast.
It is possible to have the comforts and do it FAR more sustainably, though the would require a lot knowledge, planning and money.
BUT IT IS POSSIBLE. It is also possible to change, as difficult as it is.
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Wonderful work there hope your tripe was awesome.
Thank you!
I really appreciate the support and hope to continue to bring real value to this community and world. Hope to see you around and inspire support!
Are you inspired by the teachings of OSHO?
Not particularly but I do resonate with much of it.
Love your work man. Only a newby to Steemit but am loving all the creative ways people are connecting via this medium. I often talk amongst our friends aboutliving in a community but so far we haven't found anything that truly resonates. I am really interested in seeing how your new eco village pans out. Who knows, maybe some day we'll make our way across the Pacific and join up with you. Cheers.
Anything is possible~
Be in touch and we shall see what happens!
We are the power~*~