i don't feel like i will be a free human being until i can produce the necessities of life with the help of other like-minded people. i truly want to live with others to share the task of growing food and building shelter. i don't want a job, bank account, tv, car... i don't think i'll ever be happy living in this web of traffic, concrete and pollution called civilization. i've thought about this for years but i still have no idea where to start. i can't imagine finding an already established community on the internet if they are really living off the radar. i want to live with other people in a population replenished not by having children but by allowing in others who need to leave their current surroundings for their own wellbeing. my motivation to keep the outward appearance of being a 'normal' person is continuously draining, and i don't feel like i am truly alive. i honestly want to work to maintain a contained lifestyle growing food and doing whatever it takes to stay alive in that way. i know there are other people who have the same goals, but of course i wasn't raised with any knowledge of how to do any of this. any thoughts? it seems like such a naive desire... in essence, only the indigenous people knew how to live with nature and what the uses for different plants were, and look what happened to them. i would be like a child lost in the wilderness if i were on my own.
So you go out and start learning. Nobody is going to come to you and show you how to do everything, but all the information that you need is out there, just waiting for you to become motivated enough to grab it...
I think in time in the right environments you will meet individuals who take part in communal living. You just have to get yourself out there and look around, it won't be incredibly easy but in the end it will be worth it. Worse case scenario consider investing in your own piece of land, nothing is stopping you from starting your own commune. There are actually alot of communes listed online that do live off the land, there is nothing wrong with wanting to attract other like minded people. You're not the first person who has come to this forum interested in finding a commune like this, it's smart for them to advertise the fact that home isn't that far away. You dont need to join a commune either to live off the land and sustain yourself. California is beautiful and great weather to grow your own produce year round. Try getting out to a rainbow gathering that way you can share thoughts and mingle with people like yourself. <3
thanks for the replies! i've researched permacultures a bit, and i really don't expect this to happen for me any time soon - it deserves a lot of preparation. i have friends who would be interested in doing this, but it's easy to feel stuck. neone - yeah, i realize that. i'm volunteering at a place where i can learn about native plants, but crop raising is another story... wild-flowers - thanks! i'm not in a great location for crop growing, but there are some supportive places in northern california, i think.
I don't know if they have this site for the US but over in the UK there's a website called Diggers and Dreamers which lists a lot of communal places who are looking for volunteers to come and join them. There's also WOOF where you can go all over the world and stay in communities for exchange of hard work on the land.
