Notes from a different drummer Learning the unforced rhythms of grace In the course of the past week we’ve given the bigger picture of our approach and we’ve zoomed in on the different aspects of our diagram*. We’ve introduced you to the skeleton as it were. Now it is time to add some meat and expand even more on the different issues. In our approach we want to be as practical as possible. How does all this that we are talking about play itself out in ordinary life? There is the common misconception that mysticism has to do with pie-in-the-sky, airy fairy stuff. From experience we want to differ. Mysticism does not mind in the least to get its hands dirty. On the contrary, it thrives in the nitty-gritty – often the mess - of the ordinary. To convey that right from the start, it is important to write from the right angle. After all has been said and done, more must have been done than said. Looking at our diagram it might seem as if we disregard what has gone befor...
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.