The place of life is your source of life force. How to come to this

People are amazing: they can catch a cold and end up in the hospital because of a light rain, or they can survive in the most severe conditions that humanity is experiencing very much.

We, the inhabitants of cities and villages, did not even dream of the trials that people face every day, being in different parts peace. Somewhere people suffer from a lack of drinking water, and precipitation fell last time a little less than half a century ago. Other inhabitants of our world are overwhelmed by cold winds and snow, tempering their character.

In these regions, you will be ridiculed for your complaints about the weather and stuffy buses. It is time to find out where it is most difficult for a person to live.

1. Coober Pedy, Australia

Everyone knows that in Australia anything that moves will try to kill you. In addition to these dangers, the region also has a very hot climate, especially in Coober Pedy, where about 1,500 people live. Being almost in the middle of the desert, Coober Pedy boasts an average annual temperature of about 40 degrees. The landscape also leaves a lot to be desired, with sun-scorched lands, orange sands and rocks reminiscent of the surface of the planet Tatooine.

Everything is so severe that many residents hide in special underground caves that have been adapted for life. What makes the locals stay on this land? Coober Pedy produces some of the world's finest opals (a mineral used to make jewelry) and many residents are employed in the industry and earn very good money.

2. Kandovan, Iran

Continuing the theme of strange dwellings, let's talk about Kandovan. Here people settled in hollowed-out cave houses that look like huge termite mounds. Some of these houses are about 700 years old! This is not your apartment from your grandmother in Moscow to inherit. Despite the difficult living conditions, local residents are not deprived of such benefits of civilization as electricity and the Internet. Apparently, the desire to watch cats on YouTube is too strong even there.

The climate here is quite suitable for a normal life, but there are other inconveniences. Since the houses were carved into the caves, the stairs and climbs are very steep. One wrong step can lead to a fall. The rooms themselves can be a real nightmare for people suffering from claustrophobia: low ceilings, miniature windows and doors, combined with narrow corridors, make this place not the most attractive place to live. If you are tall or overweight, then it is better to buy a ticket to another city, but here you have nothing to do.

3. Isertok, Greenland

The weather in Isertok will make you reconsider your views on the hearth and a blanket with a cup of tea, because the conditions here are one of the most extreme for life. Around this place there is no greenery and mountains, which means that the area is completely unprotected from the icy winds blowing through. People here are surrounded only by snow, gray rocks, cold bays and drifting ice that has become great place for the seal population in the region. The temperature is negative most of the year, reaching -45 degrees.

It is not surprising that today there are about 70 people in this region.

4. Citta di Castello, Italy

Even in the very heart of Europe, there may be a place where it is not so easy for people to survive. Castello is a small village with a population of about 150 people. The village is located at an altitude of 1452 meters above sea level, but what makes this place so extreme? The settlement is located in a place that is constantly flooded by rains and mountain mudflows. With heavy rainfall, the village turns into a huge lake. locals forced to put up with such conditions: the village is predominantly inhabited by old people who simply cannot afford to change their place of residence.

5. Atacama, Chile

Travelers describe this land as a place around which there is no vegetation, no birds, no animals. The harsh place, which last rained in 1971, can shelter only the most hardy and desperate people.

The only source of water that is available to the inhabitants is a stream seeping from the depths of the rock. But the problem is that this water contains large amounts of arsenic, which makes it undrinkable. Due to the combination of cold ocean currents and mountainous terrain, it is physically impossible for clouds to form over the desert, so it may not rain here for a hundred years. Because of this, Atacama gained fame as the driest place, because precipitation here is 10 times less than in Death Valley.

But it's not as hot here as it might seem. The average annual temperature is about 25 degrees. Local residents extract water with the help of special "fog eliminators", on the walls of which water condenses, which is quite suitable for drinking. Despite all the difficulties, people have adapted and learned to survive in such conditions.

6. La Rinconada, Peru

Exactly this high place on Earth, where people constantly live. At an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, about 30,000 people found their homes. But the city was formed in such a harsh place for a reason. Next to it is a gold mine, which stores incredible reserves of the precious metal. True, this mine does not promise enrichment for ordinary hard workers, and all profits go into the pockets of the owners. The miners have a very specific payment: for 30 days they work completely free of charge, and on the 31st, any gold mined by the miners belongs exclusively to them. But no one gives guarantees that the workers will be able to get at least something on this day.

7. Verkhoyansk, Russia

Verkhoyansk is a harsh city located in the very center of Siberia. It is located on the banks of the Yana River, which has been frozen for nine months. Today, about 1,500 people live in Verkhoyansk. Residents of the city see the Sun no more than 5 hours a day, and the temperature in winter ranges from -40 to -60 degrees. Today, the city attracts people with a special one: those who wish can experience all the “charms” of the climate in this region.

You must be the change you want to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi

Happy is he who is satisfied with his place of residence. But many do not like something: the environment, nature, climate.

Most people live with thoughts: “What difference does it make where, I still can’t change anything ...”.

With the development of transport mobility and the Internet, people are increasingly thinking about changing their place of residence.

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Beautiful pictures beckon, the stories of experienced people turn into a dream, but it often happens that moving does not help to find harmony in life.

In the new place, it turns out that there are also shortcomings, difficulties and difficulties.

What to do?

  • Put up with it or look for a new place to live?
  • Spend your life in search of an ideal or create this ideal for yourself?
  • Is it possible to make the place where you live source of life strength? And how to do it?

Let's talk about it today.

It so happened that I chose life in a small village. The village is beautiful, life is wonderful, but very different from life in big city where I spent most of my life.

At first, I rushed between the village and the city, getting inspiration in the city. And then travel became difficult, and I felt sad for old friends and for the opportunities that the Big City gave.

I realized that I have two paths - either I fall into a state of victimhood and slowly begin to hate the place that I myself have chosen for my life, or I go the other way.

I understood that the first path would lead me to the fact that anywhere in the world I would find flaws and would not be happy.

Therefore, for execution, I had only the second option.

I got acquainted with the people around me, with the Earth, with its cycles and gifts. I started thinking how can I be useful for her, what can I do to make life here better and more harmonious.

What facets should I discover for myself in order to love and accept her unconditionally.

From that moment another life began. I gave attention and energy to help the Place where I live.

I searched through Google and Facebook in search of local communities. I found some interesting resources dedicated to nature, animals, plants and environmental initiatives.

I met indifferent initiative people, and finally began to feel “at ease”.

I got on the road Guardian of the Place, deeply in love and peaceful, giving and receiving energy, support and care from the Place where I live.

How to turn a place of life into a source of vitality

Step 1. Discover where you live

The first thing to do is to understand that we live here and now.

There are seven billion people on Earth. Someone is in a big city, someone is in a small village. Someone spends their whole life where they were born, someone travels, moves and looks for their place in the sun.

Someone never travels outside their native country, while someone changes countries and cities.

We may someday have another home elsewhere, but for now we are where we are.

And it depends only on us whether we will feel that we live in a boring village or in a place filled with smells, sounds and energy.

Whether we spend our lives in a metropolis crowded with people and cars, or we rejoice that this is a point of cultural and historical heritage.

Only we can decide whether the place will draw all the juices out of us in response to our dislike and indifference, or we will allow ourselves to be filled with its energy and power, loving it with all our heart.

Step 2. Learn to see the beauty of the place

Beauty manifests itself in different ways: in natural phenomena, in people, in architectural monuments, in a variety of fruits on trees, in the power of rivers and mountains, in a funny drawing that turned out on a chipped asphalt.

You just need to want to see it and manifest it in your life. Even an industrial view at sunset can be beautiful.

I propose not only to see beauty, but also share generously her with those around her. Sing it by any means - words, poems, photographs, paints.

Step 3. Observe and connect with nature

You can see beauty only by observing, only raising your head to the sky and lowering it to the earth.

If you stop and listen, then you can notice a butterfly or a snowflake, a sparrow with a crumb in its beak, or an unusual pebble.

When you allow yourself to slow down and look around, you can feel the energy present in this place.

The more such connections occur, the more of this energy you pass through yourself, the more you connect with the place where you are.

You can do this in many ways, choose what you like:

  • Plant flowers or take care of the garden;
  • Grow vegetables or take care of the front garden at the entrance;
  • Observe the local flora and fauna, study migratory birds or the living world that lives under your feet;
  • Get acquainted with wild plants - herbs and plants, including edible ones;
  • Get to know the crystals and stones that are “found” nearby;
  • Watch for planets and stars, moon changes and change weather conditions and seasons.

And this is just the beginning of the list!

Step 4. Take care of the world around you

For the world to take care of you, you must take care of him.

Whether you live in a big city or a small village, pollution problems environment almost everywhere are very sharp.

Only in some countries the streets are clean and tidy, and garbage is collected and recycled for the benefit of the planet.

In most of the Earth, municipal governments are unable or unwilling to deal with this acute problem, and volunteer efforts are needed.

Any activity that you can do will be accepted by Gaia with love and gratitude:

  • Collecting garbage on the street near the house, in local parks and forests, separating it into recyclable and transferring it to special places for collecting garbage.
  • Promoting an environmentally responsible lifestyle.
  • Feeding birds and animals.
  • Caring for homeless animals.
  • Participation in voluntary fire fighting teams.

In the place where I live, there is a common practice of thrift stores where people bring unnecessary things and books, and volunteers who work there sell them for a nominal fee and donate the proceeds to charity.

Various projects appear in the world, the purpose of which is to help the local community or nature.

For example, the “Food is free” project, in which people share their own grown vegetables and fruits for free.

When there is a desire to help the planet and feel unity with it, then a huge field for ideas appears.

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Step 5. Thank the place you live

One of the simplest, but very effective practices - thanks to the place.

There is always a reason to be thankful for the place you live in. For rain, for snow, for warmth, for the chirping of birds, for a generous harvest, for a ray of sunshine or for a purring cat.

Feelings of gratitude and unconditional love raise our vibrations and, accordingly, change our lives.

Step 7 Connect the kids

Children are easier to adapt and get used to a new place and find friends. They also serve as a guide to new world for adults through school, kindergartens and endless walks.

Involve the children in getting to know the place. With them, it is much more fun and interesting to look for edible herbs and observe wildlife.

In addition, they can make cards for neighbors and acquaintances for the holidays, or share fruits from the garden with friends and acquaintances.

Teenagers are quite capable of organizing a garage sale of their toys and books that they have already grown out of.

Children are happy to join in cleaning up areas, especially if they are given cute gloves.

Of course, I get a little worried when my two-year-old son starts picking up broken glass on the playground to throw in the trash, but on the other hand, I hope this experience will instill in him the habit of cleaning up after himself and not littering.

In recent years, I have gained tremendous experience in interacting with the Earth.

Learned to identify wild edible plants and cook them. She prayed for the forest, when a strong fire blazed in the mountains before our eyes, and sent myriads of angels there to help people.

We are happy to communicate with neighbors and exchange crops and various goodies, we collect garbage on the territory without any problems national park and on nearby streets.

I don’t have questions - why the municipality or the government does not do this and that, I only have questions for myself: what I want and can do.

I live here, my children live here, I love this place and it accepted me.

And if in the future I want to move, I can do it with a light heart, because I know for sure that another love will be waiting for me ahead!

It is no secret to anyone that Europe, which was once extremely religious, is no longer so. Modern society in the West considers it possible and even to some extent fashionable to “settle in” ancient monasteries and churches, rebuilding them into residential buildings.

  • Date: February 07, 2014

Incredible places where people rent rooms

Here is a list of the most expensive and exclusive hotels that offer their visitors an incredible range of services. In addition, quite often these services do not just amaze, but simply "blow up" the usual understanding and perception of the world.

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  • Date: November 13, 2013

Monasteries of Meteora


Meteora is one of the largest monastic complexes located in Greece. They became famous, first of all, for their incredible unique location on top of a cliff. This monastic center was created around the 10th century and since then? it exists and operates continuously.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: November 12, 2013

Al-Hajara - the city of the cave


To the west of the city of Monacca, in the southwestern part of Sana'a, is the small village of Al-Hajarah, one of the brightest and most impressive places in the mountains of Yemen. These fortified houses were built from stones that were mined from a nearby quarry.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: October 22, 2013

Most strange places where people live - lighthouses


French lighthouses are not only beautiful - they are also dangerous. I would like to devote a little more time to them, you see, because these places are quite attractive and even more unusual. This is most likely why French lighthouses are such popular places.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: September 23, 2013

Churches where they live ordinary people


AT modern world it is considered quite normal to buy out old church buildings and rebuild them into residential buildings. This has become not just a frequent occurrence, but rather even a kind of fashion for countries such as the USA and Great Britain. The Netherlands, along with France and even Scandinavia, could not escape this fashion.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: August 26, 2013

Monastery floating in the air


Xuankongsi is a temple complex that was built on a rock near sacred mountain Hengshan, Shanxi Province in China. This monastery is located 65 km southeast of Datong City.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: July 18, 2013

Bringing Down the House


People are used to building their buildings so that they stand firmly on the ground. Since we are forced to stand vertically on the Earth, houses and buildings also follow our vertical orientation. However, some of us get bored of living in the same houses as everyone else, so they turn their buildings upside down.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 30 May 2013

houseboat - houseboat


A great alternative to a regular house is a house on the water, which has all the comforts of a home, but can also navigate rivers, canals, lakes and seas. Such a house has many advantages: there are no neighbors, you can constantly travel and stay in the cities you like, you can fish right from the kitchen window, work on a laptop with your feet in the water and change the view from the windows as you wish.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 29 May 2013

Traquer - the oldest inhabited homestead


Scotland is known for its medieval castles. But not every castle can boast that people still live in it, moreover, they are the heirs of an ancient family. And Traquore Manor is also the oldest inhabited castle in Scotland. It belongs to the ancient family of the Stuarts of Trakwer, among whom there were many kings of Scotland. Now it's popular tourist place- the house has been turned into a hotel and a museum, there is a souvenir shop, a restaurant and even an ancient brewery nearby. And around - amazingly beautiful Scottish nature.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 28 May 2013

most expensive motor home


This wonderful caravan is called the Element Palazzo and is worth over $2.5 million. It was developed by the Austrian company "Marchi Mobile", which is engaged in the creation of mobile homes. This is a truly magnificent invention - a two-story vehicle more than four meters high, with a magnificent exterior design that resembles the transport of the future, and the most comfortable, cozy and functional interiors.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 16 May 2013

Unusual materials for building houses


Even the most unusual houses usually built of brick or wood. Sometimes more modern materials are used, or, conversely, ancient ones, like clay and straw, but it occurs to some especially inventive builders to use any means at hand and even completely unexpected materials.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 15 May 2013

Skyscrapers of the future


Skyscrapers symbolize the development of technology and scientific progress, they are getting taller and more comfortable for life. And ahead of us are even more interesting projects - skyscrapers that purify the air, extract water, and process garbage. Inventive architects come up with buildings that are located under water or on the slopes of mountains, which saves space.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 14 May 2013

forest spiral


"Forest Spiral" is an unusual residential complex located in the city of Darmstadt, in Germany. This is a unique house in which there is not a single sharp corner, straight walls, identical elements. The house was built according to the principle of harmony with nature, which was followed in many of his projects by his architect Friedensreich Hundertwasser.

Unusual places where people live

  • Date: 07 May 2013

Cave houses


Millennia ago, ancient people lived in caves. Much has changed since then, mankind has learned to build comfortable and durable houses. But caves still attract many people now - these are natural dwellings in which it is always cool in summer and warm in winter, which are perfectly protected from natural disasters and do not require a large number building material. And some of the shortcomings of such houses, for example, dampness or lack of lighting, are perfectly solved with the help of modern technologies.

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"The place where the leader lives"

In 1871, the German traveler Karl Mauch, hacking through the thickets on the right bank of the Zambezi River, discovered majestic ruins, the likes of which no one has ever seen in Africa. Right in the jungle, overgrown and braided with creepers, there stood silently mighty walls built of hewn stone and built without any mortar, and massive round towers with a simple ornament of stripes.

Addition

Of course, this is only one of the hypotheses, one of many assumptions. There must have been hundreds of other reasons for the progress of human evolution. But the African geological catastrophes cannot be discounted. No wonder it was in Africa that the most ancient remains of humanoid creatures, hominids, were found. They are still very similar to monkeys, but they already stand firmly on two legs, live in a herd, hunt together and do not disdain meat food. Their remains differ from monkeys in something very significant, very important. So important that scientists, without classifying them as humans, cannot also attribute them to monkeys ...

Powerful defensive structures protected the dilapidated entrances inside. Who lived here? Who built these cyclopean fortifications in the very center of Africa - the "wild" continent, the peoples of which, according to white researchers, did not know other buildings, except for adobe huts with leaf roofs?

When the traveler, accompanied by porters, went inside the building, he saw that behind the first circle of walls there was a second one, divided by stonework into small spaces. Here and there, numerous smelting furnaces, fragments of ore, slag and the remains of ancient melting crucibles caught my eye. Mauch moved from one crucible to another, carefully examining the remains of their contents. A few years ago, in the area between the Limpopo and Zambezi rivers, he discovered rich gold placers. Suddenly, this find has something to do with the precious metal?

And there is! Some crucibles show traces of yellow metal. So, maybe he stumbled upon the ruins of the legendary country of Ophir - the country of gold? She was looked for in India, then in Africa, but was not found anywhere ...

A few years before Karl Mauch, the Englishman Adam Rendere visited these places. He briefly described some ruins of Zimbabwe, which in the Kaffir language meant "The place where the leader lives." But his article was ignored. But as soon as the word "gold" flashed in Karl Mauch's message, it immediately attracted greedy glances, especially in colonial England.

And when diamonds and gold were found in the land taken by the Boers from the Africans, the colonialists of Great Britain could not stand it. Once again, regular troops in British colonial uniforms crossed the frontiers to "help the Boers". The Anglo-Boer War began.

Whole European world sympathized with the colonists who fought against the English invaders. Few then thought that the Boers themselves took these lands from the local population. Only the belligerents knew and felt it. The British diligently incited African tribes against the Boers, and the Boers were anxiously watching the unreliability of their rear...

In the end, the colonists still had to lay down their arms and submit to the British. From the Boer republics and the British colonies a new state was formed - the Union of South Africa. His government began to support England in everything and organized a real terror directed against the local African population.

White minority politics in South Africa defined by one word: APARTHEID. In the Afrikaans language, which is spoken by the descendants of the Boers - the inhabitants of South Africa (since 1961, the country has adopted the old name - the Republic of South Africa), this word means "separate existence of white and colored inhabitants of the country." At the same time, all the wealth and rights are in the hands of the "whites", and the lack of rights falls on the share of the "colored".

The lands of the Republic of South Africa turned out to be extremely rich in rare minerals. There is a lot of gold and platinum, uranium, antimony, manganese and chromium ores, excellent diamond mines. Has grown in the country and its own industry. The working class emerged. Every day the consciousness of the South African working class is growing, and the power of the democratic forces is growing. And no terror will stop the movement of those who defend the democratic rights of the peoples of the country. The imperialists know this. Know and fear...

Well, how did the story of the discovery of the mysterious stone complex of Zimbabwe - Places where the leader lives - end? For a long time, scientists did not know what to think. Hypotheses were put forward according to which these buildings were allegedly erected by visiting specialists from Asia or Europe. Or maybe they were built by aliens in general ...

Today, the ruins of Zimbabwe have been explored in the most advanced physical ways. Other buildings were found nearby, similar to the Place where the leader lives. Everywhere during the excavations, archaeologists found a lot of iron spearheads and arrowheads, hoes and axes, found shards of Persian faience dishes, Chinese porcelain and Arabic glass. This means that the people who lived within these walls were not only skilled builders, experienced metallurgists, but also enterprising merchants. Look from what distant countries goods were brought to them ...

When did the first settlements appear here? Precise physical instruments showed that the oldest buildings date back to the 6th century AD. Scientists have come to the conclusion that the ancestors of the modern Bantu peoples created the culture of Zimbabwe. And on its basis, around the 14th century, here in the area between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers, an extensive state formation of Monomotapa was formed.

Few travelers who visited here in those days told real miracles. The king of Monomotapa was, according to them, so rich that he received guests sitting on a golden throne, and weighed golden dust with golden weights depicting various fish, insects and plants.

Oh, how the Portuguese and the Dutch, the Arabs, the British, the Indians and the French, the Persians, the Belgians, the Danes… wanted to get to the gold of Monomotapa! It didn't work! The fabulous riches of African kings remained legends. And when the first conquerors nevertheless penetrated the virgin forests, the cities turned out to be abandoned and overgrown with jungle. As in other countries of that era, African states were at war with each other. Some rose, others fell. Weakened by internal unrest and the struggle against the Portuguese colonialists, Monomotapa at the end of the 17th century was captured by the tribes of other African peoples, who were replaced by new conquerors. Big cities, standing on the banks of full-flowing rivers, fell into decay. Trade routes are overgrown. The secrets of metal production were forgotten. But there was a time when life was in full swing here.

It is believed that it was in Africa that people first got acquainted with iron. No one on other continents had ever known this hard, refractory metal compared to copper and tin, but here bellows were already puffing, forges and furnaces were burning hot. Blacksmiths forged beautiful tools from the new metal, which were convenient for cultivating the land and harvesting.

In the western regions near the shores of the Gulf of Guinea, amazing varieties of velvet were made from the tender leaves of a banana tree. Today, his secret is irretrievably lost. They wove crease-resistant materials, shiny and flexible, like silk ... They carved wonderful sculptures from wood and ivory. And spears and bows were decorated with ornaments of such amazing beauty that they would worthily take a place in any armory. And what magnificent masks, gold pendants and bracelets were produced by black jewelers!

As in the rest of the world, the Black Continent developed its own original civilization, in no way inferior to either Asian or European cultures.

Foreign colonialists took it by surprise, trampled, destroyed it. They mixed the peoples of Africa, setting the boundaries of colonial possessions, regardless of the historically established national boundaries.

But the time of the colonial regime has passed. One by one, the young African states shake off the remnants of foreign domination and choose their fair path of development. Never again will the past return to the lands of Africa.