How long does a natural farmer work ? What are the limits of doing nothing ? Has been asked many times and continues to be asked.
The natural farmer works as much as a worm, squirrel, pig, chicken, mole, mouse or bird works on a piece of land, offering it to life through its simple movements. So it doesn’t work at all.
It feeds its stomach and makes its nest. He/she wakes up with the first lights of the sun and stays on the farm until the last minutes of the sun. He/she walks every corner of the farm step by step, but step by step… from morning to night, there is no place left untouched on the farm. He/she sings songs, carries the seeds he/she ate his fruit from a little further away, gently takes his hand and continues to walk around the garden. He’s on the farm all day but doesn’t need to do anything. A natural farmer is always at home. If there are thoughts keeping his/her mind busy, he/she takes a nap under a tree and comes back with a clear mind.
For a child entering the garden, every living thing is something he cannot help but explore and observe. The child’s mind sees no problems anywhere and does not try to destroy or change anything. It observes with pleasure and love. A child’s mind is the natural mind. It does not see any living thing on the farm as a problem and learns much from each one. It does not interfere. It first observes, then immerses itself and becomes one with “it.” He/she plays with joy, love and cheerfulness all day and sleeps peacefully at night.
When you see a hungry or thirsty creature on the side of the road, you do not go away but. That is the limit of doing nothing. Even if you feed the hungry creature in that moment, you then trow seeds to create an environment in which that creature can feed itself in the long run.
The natural farmer sees the truth without thinking. When he stops looking, he discovers that a farm and a farmer are the same thing, he does nothing, everything happens on its own.
The only difference the natural farmer experiences, to share this paradise and he/she harvests and sells natural foods that grow wild around him/her. He/she simply harvests tons of natural food and delivers it to people.
Note: The photo is an updated photo of a natural farm in Sicily.
