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Gary Smith
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Male
member since May 27 2016
American
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We are a healthy, mature couple who bring overall our calmness and deep understanding from rich life experience.
It is essential to us to be in an environment which nurtures health and well-being and to have an opportunity to contribute our unique talents and gifts for the betterment of all.
Currently we live in California near Yosemite National Park. We have traveled widely. Ideally, the hosting situation will have potential to be longer term.
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Gary is skilled with writing, photography, creating presentations and development in Weebly. He is the artist of the meditative designs on the Emanate Presence () and the author of the Whole Human ()
Gary is a certified foot reflexologist. He has taught foot reflexology, computer skills, and making finger labyrinths in clay.
He has light gardening and maintenance skills and is a willing learner and worker.
Kati has organizational, counseling and creative skills. She was a nurse in Germany, and had a small farm in the south of Spain. She has experience with gardening, permaculture, housekeeping and raw food preparation.
Languages Spoken
English (Mother Tongue) German (Mother Tongue)Full CV / Resume
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About Me
On the journey of being a whole human, I have reached the place of being 'done with doing.' Being done with doing does not mean that practical actions end. It changes the way of doing. In the practice of being a whole human, there is no doing — there is only acting in the flow. For me, the goal-setting, ‘To Do’ lists and measuring a day by a sense of productivity and accomplishment have ended. I am more interested in the quality of attention I give to the moment.
My days are full and rewarding. Living a meditative (mindful, present) life is the whole human way. It is applied to every moment, every breath, every primary focus and passion are to experience being a whole human.
In this, I am a living laboratory, making myself more self-aware each day and experimenting with ways to consciously bring my body/mind to balance and embody the eternal qualities.
There is no greater gift I could give to myself or the world, and my enthusiasm and joy towards conscious evolution is unbounded.
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In 2000, Kati followed her inner voice and flew to the States from her home in Europe, though she did not know the language or any person there. The night we met, as we walked in the misty rain, she said to me, ‘I am from another star and am looking for people from the same star.’
She said it this way because she did not have the words to fully express her feelings, but I understood as I felt the same. I do not know exactly where ‘I am from’ but do know that the earth and this lifetime do not wholly define who I am. I have sometimes said light-heartedly ‘I used to be from Sirius but now I am from Playful.’
Kati and I enjoy connecting with people. We are drawn to the potential of a conscious community or model village where each member lives a simple, natural, sustainable and fulfilling life with a focus on being a whole human. That is our dream.
