No Wrong Way

Our efforts at ecosystem restoration on Plum
Village’s Happy Farm are not just about sequestering carbon dioxide. They are also exploring the importance of habitat.
The word “habitat” means the natural place
or environment where a living organism makes its
home.
The first Dharma Seal of Plum Village is: “I have
arrived. I am home.”
Thầy offered this deep teaching to help each
of us come home to ourselves in the present moment. With joy, I have adapted this teaching for all
of our more-than-human kin who are finding home
here as the land heals, transforms, and regenerates: “They are arriving. They are coming home.”
Together we help the land move towards its
own true wild nature.
The motivation to offer these retreats twice
a year is to empower our guests to realise deeply
that they are the Earth; taking action for the Earth
is taking action to heal themselves. With this prescription we can help heal the modern malaise of
loneliness, disconnection, and isolation. You are
the power of the cosmos, arising as pure intelligence and utter beauty. You are the extraordinary
power that is life on Earth.
Healing, transformation, and regeneration for
the land. Healing, transformation, and regeneration for ourselves. I invite you to join us one spring
or autumn to explore these teachings in the wild
together.
Mick McEvoy, True Pure Earth (pronouns he/him), an
Irish native, lives, works, and studies in the community
of Plum Village, France. Mick brings over twenty years
of experience working with people, plants, and mindfulness practice to his management of the Happy Farm
and rewilding projects. The farm welcomes hundreds of
retreatants annually and combines mindfulness-based
approaches with seasonal organic food production and
land stewardship rooted in deep ecology.