“In life we are not taught we are asleep. We take it for granted that we are awake and fully conscious, and that we act consciously. In the Work, we hear of a quite new and startling idea. We are, in fact, told a mystery. We are taught that we are asleep and do not know it. We are not properly conscious.”
—Maurice Nicoll, Psychological Commentaries on the Teachings of Gurdjieff and Ouspensky, Vol. Five
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A Place to Be
BlogA Place to Be blog by Tim White A poem: the Camp Caravan front porch as a Place to Be A Place to Be The front porch at Camp Caravan is my favorite place to be. It is a place of contrasts. It is open, yet enclosed. Public, yet…
We are the ones we have been waiting for
Blogfrom the Hopi Elders We are the ones we have been waiting for You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour. Here are the things that must be considered: Where are you…
Camp Caravan Haiku
Blogwritten as an exercise on a Work Day at Camp Caravan Haiku from an October Seminar at Camp Caravan We were presented with a Haiku exercise during a 2025 work period. We were challenged to create the 17-syllable poems—about anything. Here are some that emerged. My eyes search the…
Kitchen Garden Plan
BlogIdeas about creating a new space to replace the poison ivy and bittersweet that used to lurk outside kitchen. Dreaming of a Kitchen Garden at Camp Caravan Now that the Camp Caravan’s Main Building porch repairs are about to start, it would be good to explore creating a landscape design…
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“You receive impressions according to your state. When I’m here, it means there’s a silence.”
—Fran Shaw, The Next Attention
