Our elders say that ceremonies are the way we “remember to remember”
— Robin Wall Kimmerer

Ceremonies large and small have the power to focus attention to a way of living awake in the world.
— Robin Wall Kimmerer

Ceremony focuses attention so that attention becomes intention. (If you stand together and profess a thing before your community, it holds you accountable)
— Robin Wall Kimmerer

The first principle of Permaculture as put forward by David Holmgren is Observe & Interact. For a long time I have been puzzled by Observation. I have wondered what does it mean to observe! At bahulavana, I tried capturing details of things that I noticed. I made a list of flora, I found out the physical & chemical profiles of soil, I am making a bird list as well as a list of other fauna. However all these didn’t give me a sense that I was doing observations like many inspiring permaculture gurus who tell stories about how things were, how things changed, and how they participated in the process.