Living Near the Amish -- How They Inspire Us
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Are you interested in the Amish? We live near a group of Amish who are very traditional, living mostly without electricity or many things we consider "essential". How do they live? What's it like to interact with them? And what have we learned from them? Come along as we dive into the lives of the Amish living in southern Wisconsin.
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My family and I had lived in Lancaster county near the Amish and it was the best part of living there. We moved from there 14 years ago but we are close enough to take trips there every so often.
Good job !
Thanks David!!!
Hi there!
Thanks a lot for this informative video! I’ve been interested in the Amish for several years already, mostly for their Christian background, so this was a real treat for me!
Perhaps some of you might be interested in the Amish America homepage and UA-cam channel. Both are run by Eric Wesner, as far as I have understood, a bookseller to Amish communities.
He has helped me a lot to start understanding the Amish. Some of you might find it interesting to check his findings against what you have experienced yourselves.
Be blessed!
Stephan
Stephan, thank you for this recommendation!
I loved the video and the thoughts you discussed!
I live in Pennsylvania about an hour away from Lancaster, where many Amish communities exist. I've always been fascinated with their way of living which rejects many modern conveniences.
Several times I have contemplated what a life without a car would be like (especially after getting my car back from several thousand dollars in repairs - yikes!). Or life without screens - which complicates our lives in so many ways, but also has contributed to good things like modern medicine which allows people to live with a better quality of life. I like your suggestion of setting up a shared car with neighbors or the idea that the Amish would have a community telephone for the case that either is needed. Maybe this could be a model that could more easily be adopted by Americans rather than attempting to go without either completely.
As a teacher, I resonate so much with what you talked about relating to education. The factory-efficiency model of the public school in many cases usually benefits a handful of students while neglecting the flourishing of the majority of other students. One of the fundamental flaws of that system is the detachment from practical life - sort of like the dichotomy that we can have of work vs. life. But I believe these lines shouldn't be so clear-cut. Good on you for emphasizing emotional intelligence and connectedness to nature as you homeschool.
What a fun comment. We love that you've contemplated some of the same things we have -- what it would be like to live without screens or a car -- things that seem so "necessary" to modern life, but perhaps aren't as important as we think =)
Great stream - sorry I didn’t catch it live.
I’ve come to understand that there’s a bounty of methods and other miscellaneous lessons to be learned from all manner of what I refer to as “Old Ways-culture.”
One crucial realization I had off the top of my head is how synthetic fibers kind of suck in comparison to natural fibers - linen for hot weather, and sheep’s wool for anything chilly to freezing.
The Japanese term “sensei” comes to mind, simply meaning “one who has walked the path before me,” and just as a sensei can be your mentor in the dojo, or your father or mother is another form of sensei, so too are those who practice the Old Ways ones who have done it all before us, sometimes with great success for literal centuries or more, and we would do well to study and implement those ways where ever we can.
Beautiful, and I love your way of weaving the word "sensei" into it. Teachers who aren't teachers -- who just teach by living via experience, and what a great way to think of those who still walk the Old Ways!
Thank you! I love the energy of these livestreams and hope to catch the next. It’s interesting to hear because in many ways, there seem to be parallels between my own path and that of the Amish. One that struck me was about cars, since I use a bicycle for my own transportation, and have noticed the same about friendly versus unfriendly drivers. Some seem like they’re trying to kill you and others give you the whole lane. For me at least, biking is more efficient than riding because the little arable land I have access to is better cultivated for staple plants.
With the “English taxi”, it’s inspiring to hear about because there is so much pressure from the dominant culture to be “independent” and if you don’t drive then you’re not fully human, so I am always feeling ashamed to ask to be driven/come along to places further away.
As to all this cultural difficulty, maybe we can also learn from their peacefulness. I remember how the Buddha said we should learn to be like earth, which doesn’t complain about swallowing trash, but eats it, digests it, turns it into good soil. (At least, that held two and a half thousand years back.) When we try to take a path of humility, people will stomp on us like earth, throw their crumbs and ashes, carcasses and feces, but if the earth tried to stop being earth, then it would nourish no life. Likewise, a mind which judges, holds onto and rejects and doesn’t absorb truth as it is, is like a hardened clay which will not absorb water and life.
Enough philosophical babble. The cold tolerance is also very inspiring and encouraged me to try sleeping out in the debris shelter again. It didn’t last to midnight, but I’ll keep trying. It sounds from this conversation like there is so much to learn from them; I could go on and on.
Clarification! Riding a horse and buggy. That is, not enough space for pasture.
I love your philosophical babble! We didn't talk much about their peacefulness, but definitely an important part of their lessons. And your thoughts about trash becoming nourishment -- that is super inspiring for me, remembering that when "bad" things come into our lives, they can be a sort of gift =)