2016: a basis for a new network

The Pilgrims' Nest is a place open to all pilgrims on their individual path of evolution, inviting them to rest their weary feet and to absorb the transforming energy of the place, to connect with nature and with a simple life style and consequently to (re)connect with their own unique authenticity...

Seasons develop and dissolve into one another, winter into spring, spring into summer, summer into autumn and again in winter... a never ending cycle, steadily spiralling up towards some unknown destination... 

Graciously bobbing on this gentle flow of Life the Nest has kept on flourishing happily throughout 2016, welcoming all sorts of visitors, travellers and soul seekers, and offering all kinds of uplifting events, workshops, concerts, full moon gatherings and camp fire parties... mainly during the summer months when most people have their holidays. But basically the fun at the Nest never really stops. Every day here feels like a holy-day...

whether it be by sharing work...

by sharing food...

by sharing music and dance...

Dances of Universal Peace weekend of October

or by sharing the joy and pure fun of children's play...

Leeuwke, our newest resident

 
Where beauty, creativity and sacredness go hand in hand...

visitors' contributions to "expressions of love"

decorated drum

flower bath

the sweat lodge

the ankh

A great big THANK YOU I owe to Wouter and Anke, a young and dedicated Dutch couple who have been staying here at the Nest during the past summer months, and who have been an incredible help with all the work that needed to be done.

Anke and Wouter in the new outdoor bathtub, constructed by Wouter, the water is heated by a wood fire underneath

Wouter and Anke

Apparently their stay here at the Nest has inspired them to also create a place of love, healing and creativity back in their own country. It's called "Kloppend Hart"  No doubt it will become a great success. You just can't stop this kind of heartbeat... ♥
http://kloppendhartdrenthe.eu (in Dutch)







It's sure that the world is in great need of this kind of places now during the current times of uncertainties and new developments that have never been seen before. So many people are ejected from systems that no longer work for them. So many people feel the need to shed false identities, tight schedules and old imposed belief systems and are desperately craving for guidance in order to reconnect with their own pure authenticity. So it's with great joy that I see this kind of places springing up, and it fills me with humble satisfaction that the Nest is playing an inspiring role in this process...

A particularly fortunate evolution during the second half of 2016 has been the creation of a new circle of friends, some of which have recently come to live in the surrounding villages, and others with whom earlier friendship ties have been strengthened. Very likely this is heralding the birth of a new network of people, strongly connected, and committed to happily create all sorts of joined activities, of which a few brainstorming sessions and the latest full moon gatherings here at the Nest have been a prelude. Is it coincidence that in a region with such a strong Magdalene energy most of these friends are powerful women...? 😊

walking Pilgrim, the donkey, to the next village

The road in 2017 surely looks promising...!!

So as 2016 is drawing to its end I'm once again all excited by the prospect of new developments, the excitement that comes with the awareness of the never ending flow of Life and Creativity...
 
May your path be filled with Light and Love.
And see you sometime in the new year...

Eddy  
the Pilgrims' Nest
Labit
11580 Villardebelle, France 

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photos by Eddy Voorspoels and Wouter Buijs. 

 

2015: spirit of transformation

The Pilgrims' Nest is a place open to all pilgrims on their individual path of evolution. It invites us to rest our weary feet, absorb its transforming energy, eat and drink together, and share of what we all are, and of who we want to be…

Tucked away in green, the Nest has continued this year its exploration in the riverbed of its unique evolution, and this beyond personal goals and expectations. It has become quite clear, it's not me anymore doing something with the Nest as it was in the beginning, now it's the Nest doing something with me, taking the place and myself on a journey which course is clearly determined by higher energies. As the guardian of the place I only have to say "yes" to it and do the necessary practical work in order to offer a sacred space to all who are inspired to come here and be touched and transformed by those energies. The Nest has become a sanctuary...

Stronger than ever life at the Nest has become more uplifting, more flowing, more sharing, more hugging, more community minded, with more heart encounters and more group activity, throughout work...

play...

the workshops...

and moments of contemplation...

Through creativity...

and singing...

leisure...

and sharing food...

and of course not forgetting our good friend Pelgrim the donkey...

Evolution never stops. The way how things are developing near the end of this year and especially the kind of people that have been attracted recently to the Nest makes it look very promising for a whole new chapter to be commenced, if not the possible experience of a real rebirth! Next month the Nest will turn 7, a magical number! Let's see what it will bring...

Thus, to be continued... 

Love to all from the heart space of the Nest, 

Eddy 
the Pilgrims' Nest
Labit
11580 Villardebelle - France
pilgrimsnest@gmx.com
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full moon in June in the glow of the campfire

2014: gone by in a blur...

The Pilgrims' Nest is a place that wants to open itself up to all pilgrims on their individual path of evolution. It invites us to rest our weary feet, absorb its transforming energy, eat and drink together, and share of what we all are, and of who we want to be…

Pilgrims' Nest and its surroundings, seen from the top of Cantaloups

Another year has flown by, so swiftly that I can hardly remember its highlights, its activities, its visitors... it seems to have rushed by in a blur and I have to look at the photographs that I took to remember the things that have happened, and the people who have visited.
Some impressions....

winter job: creating a new sign for the Nest's 5th anniversary

and manufacturing a new propeller for the wind turbine

    

first springtime campfire

Dances of Universal Peace weekend in June

 

the camping area, at times quite busy

and of course music concerts

and more music....

full moon celebration on top of Cantaloups

 

...and more music and singing around the full moon campfire

  

view on the back of the barn from near the big old beech tree

Things that are behind us are slowly fading in our memory. Things that are to come are still hiding behind a veil.
Life is forever inviting us to live in the eternal now moment, with its infinite creative potential...


Love to all from the warmth of this Nest,

Eddy 
the Pilgrims' Nest
Labit
11580 Villardebelle - France
pilgrimsnest@gmx.com
0033681250002
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