Landscape plans. More than the private lands, commons. More than farming. Multi-layered multiple crops. 365-day green cover. Increased land equivalent ratio, more than double. Trees included. Animals embedded. Localized customized A-grade, ATM Models. Doubled cropping intensity, land equivalent ratio. Prosumption, with food-nutrition-health security. Local enterprises, processing, storage, value-addition. Local first surpluses. Certification, market linkages. Community taking charge of data, transparency. Cadre accountability to the community. Communitized natural farming. Reduced fallows, increased meaningful decent engagement, employment. Showcased case studies, exported CRPs to scale. One year ahead engine before the larger movement. Of farming, living in harmony with nature, with multiplied wellbeing. 10X. Handholding, troubleshooting farmer scientists everywhere. Nutrition, fairshare, eco-credit triggers. Curriculum, policy, systems change preventing lapsing back.
Global academy, embedded in a world class university a la Indian, International management, leadership school of natural farming and food systems, or independent but mutually reinforcing NF centres of research, academics, learning. Community collectives, enterprises. Implementation support organization, network. This robust triad spearheads NF movement.
Can we build teams for this triad? In multiple locations, multiple hues, may be multiple teams. Can we nurture them? Can we build their willingness, interest, ability, space, therefore, agency? With hope, faith, promise, love, coexistence. Can we build and realize their vision, with the internal, external ladders, while tackling internal, external snakes, by resolving the tension with the reality vis-à-vis vision?
This yoga day, apart from being a summer solstice, is a full moon day. This happens once 18-20 years. Next full moon day is Guru Purnima. Thanksgiving to Gurus, starting with mother, father, aachaarya, friend, Siva, Krsna et al. Can we get into yoga? Yoga is a way of being together with the ultimate, desired end. The way includes: practice of Ahimsa, satyam, asteyam, brahmacharyam, asangraham; saucha, tripti, tapas, svaadhyaaya, universe focus; coextension with everyone, everything; aasanas, physical stretches; breath control – praanaayaama; mental stretches, withdrawal of senses from the physical objects – pratyaahara, concentration – dhaarana, meditation-reflection – dhyaana; liberation – samaadhi. Free individual of dvaita, advaita, or visistaadvaita in union with innermost, and/or universe. With body and panchendriyas, mind-heart, breath, diet. Can we pursue action, doing our work? Can we pursue devotion, remain devoted? Love. Can we pursue reflection, meditation? Can we pursue unlearning, learning? Can we, will we? Can we turn inward fully, and fully outward? Can we keep walking, stretching, laughing at ourselves? Can we pursue, practise humility? Self-resilience, gratitude? Can we practise no return expectation? Can we practise listening? Can we practise volunteering, maybe anonymously? Can we pursue bioavailable natural, physical, social, human, intellectual, spiritual capitals? Can we pursue kindness, compassion, joy, equanimity?
Can we be useful for better flows of life, living, leading, loving, learning within, without?
Yes, we can. If we coexist. In the pursuits of co-flows. In N? In yogayoga for 7L.
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