The Coweeta Heritage Center has established infrastructure (organic garden, off-grid power system, temporary housing, pond, sawmill and timber to build with, tools, and much more. I’ve hosted volunteers for over 25 years and now I want to establish a permanent cooperative community before my time is up here. Coweeta could be a great site for a healing/retreat center as it is in the mountains, but close to a major road, is off-grid in a peaceful, quiet, intimate setting with diverse wildlife. It is not a place to escape to; rather a place to find your roots and to reach out to the world that is in dire straights. It is a place to give up habits that keep you trapped. Here is a more detailed description of Coweeta:
Coweeta is a place of healing. It’s pure spring waters, the sounds of water flowing, birds singing, clouds sailing by are music to your soul. Coweeta is a place to get lost and found; tucked away in an intimate valley with little human activity. It is the perfect place to rediscover who you are and your place in the natural world. It is a place where cell phones don’t work and your watch may lose time. It is a place to park your car and walk.
Coweeta’s beyond organic gardens teach you to nurture yourself and the earth. Each year tons of leaves are incorporated into the soil to feed the hordes of micro and macro organisms that feed the plants that are grown. Nourish your body and spirit with food you help grow and harvest.
Coweeta’s gardens also help feed the local community and this is the perfect place to connect with folks and share the bounty of the earth and invite them to come to Coweeta to visit. Coweeta is a place of sharing.
Coweeta is a place to gather your energies to do the work that nurtures your spirit and contributes to the good in the world whatever this may mean for you.
Coweeta is a place of spirit, in the trees, rocks, animals, water and air. Drink in the beauty and spirit here to nourish your soul. Quiet your mind and be open to the spirit and energies of life around you.
Coweeta is also a place to engage in meaningful work. With your hands you can help create a place of shelter, paths to walk on, beds to grow healthy food in, contributing to a welcoming community. Yes, this takes work and some sweat and tears at times.
Coweeta is a place that will grow in you and you will grow in it. Caring for something means that you become part of it. This can be as simple as picking up branches that have fallen on roads or paths, building a rock wall that will last a century or more, gathering leaves for the garden each year to enrich the soil, or just sitting quietly in a spot you have chosen.
Coweeta is a place to learn new things and apply what you learn to doing the “good work” of living simply so that others can simply live. It is a place to learn to feed yourself from the earth.
Coweeta is also a place of cleansing. Of giving away habits that may keep you from living as free and healthy a life as you can. Let the peace and quiet and companionship of the world fill your heart. Give yourself entirely to the earth and it will fill your needs. For more info go to www.coweetaheritagecenter.com, www.facebook.com/coweetaheritagecenter; posts and ads on Ic.org and in the directory.