I always dreaming of living off the grid in a forest and live independently: growing my own food, sewing my own clothes, building my own furniture & house, teaching my kids on my own, etc. I don't like today's system which made us dependent and unskilled or incapable of doing things. This system destroys our natural resources, produces a lot of non biodegradable waste, and creates competitive, stressful, sad and poor community. God has provided us abundant resources that are supposedly enough for EACH ONE of us, but this awful system makes these resources only available and accessible for 'powerful' people. It doesn't make sense to me that there is still hunger in the world where we have enough land to plant on, but thanks to this system, it happens.
This very system also creates insecure individuals by telling lies on what is acceptable and what's not. We are encouraged to do the things we don't want and buy the things we don't need, to meet certain standards in order to be accepted by society. Those who run this system reap a lot of profit by taking advantage of our insecurities and giving us false hope that we will be happier once society accepts us. But that's not true. Sick society will never accepts us, and we will never be happy by seeking approval from other people. Insecurity creates consumerism, and they know it very well. They don't want us to feel secure, because if we do, they can't sell useless shits. But at what cost? depression? suicide? corruption? climate change? war?
As I'm still living in a big city, I try as best as I can to live independently out of this system. I meditate to increase my consciousness, I learn about self love, I don't wear make up, I wear the same clothes that I wear 10 years ago, I buy local brands, I shop in bulk, I eat real food, I compost my organic waste and I learn about permaculture. But I feel like this doesn't mean anything, unless I really produce and manage my own needs. Living self sufficiently is my protest that I don't support and conform with this broken system. I want to show to others that we own the power to control how we want to live the way we like it, and that we deserve all the abundance this life has offered. Also, we need to be grateful for all these blessings by taking care of what gives us life, mother earth.
So here I am, preparing myself to be a skillful human being so I can stand on my own feet. Me and my family will be moving to a new house in kampung to start living (not really) off the grid using permaculture approach. I'm just lucky that my parents have small plot of land where we can grow our own food, raise living stock, make a living, get closer to nature and live more slowly. It will take many years to really achieve a holistic ecosystem, and there are lotsssssssss of works to be done but I'm sure it will all be worth it in the end. What you reap is what you sow, as long as we sow goodness, we will receive goodness, it may take a minute, a day, a year or longer, but we will get it. That's the law!
Through this blog, I will document and share my journey in living in kampung, so follow along if you're interested! Meanwhile, please enjoy these snaps of me making my first no-dig bed. Pictures were taken by my talented boyfriend, Agusriady Saputra. Welcome to my blog and see you on the next post!
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