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Hope you all enjoy my first upload here at The Place!Helen Nearing: Conscious Living/Conscious DyingThis video examines the lives and deaths of Maine authors Helen Nearing and her husband, Scott, who were best known for their book about homesteading practices called “Living the Good Life.”More than a biography, this hour-long documentary looks at the Nearings’ commitment to self-sufficiency and voluntary simplicity and unveils the spiritual philosophy that underlay their lives and work.(this part made me think it would be a good fit here at The Place)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Nearinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_and_Scott_NearingNumber of files: 1Size: 300 MBRun time: 56 minutesVideo codec: xvid, 676 kbps, 352×256, 30 fps Audio codec: mp3, 64 kbps, 48 kHz, mono, cbrSource: DVD (4:3, NTSC)US Release Date: 2000     Copyright Date: 2000DVD ISBN: 1-59458-886-4     VHS ISBN: 1-56029-830-8Quote:Reviews”Offers tantalizing glimpses into the reality and mythology of Helen’s life. Using photography, documents, and personal interviews, it draws the viewer into the world of the Nearings and what they sought to accomplish…A solid addition for school, college, and public libraries.”Kathleen Sullivan, Library Journal”(An) informed biographical examination of the lives and deaths of homesteading authors Helen Nearing and Scott Nearing.”Midwest Book Review”A very moving and uplifting account of a life led fully yet simply.”New Hope Review International Onlifrom the Wikipedia article on simple living:Quote:Simple living (also referred to as voluntary simplicity) is a lifestyle characterized by consuming only that which is required to sustain life. Adherents may choose simple living for a variety of personal reasons, such as spirituality, health, increase in ‘quality time’ for family and friends, reducing their personal ecological footprint, stress reduction, personal taste or frugality. E. F. Schumacher summarized it by saying, “Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius – and a lot of courage – to move in the opposite direction.” [1]Others cite socio-political goals aligned with the anti-consumerist movement, including conservation, degrowth, social justice, ethnic diversity and sustainable development. According to Duane Elgin, “we can describe voluntary simplicity as a manner of living that is outwardly more simple and inwardly more rich, a way of being in which our most authentic and alive self is brought into direct and conscious contact with living.”[2]