Where Sustainability
Meets Tranquility

Project

Bend, Oregon
Location
35.4℉ & Cloudy
current weather
100% Complete
build status
874 Days
project duration

On A Journey

It was July 5, 2018…..a stunning blue bird day in Bend when we discovered the future River Sol land along the Deschutes River Trail, at the First Street Rapids. We noticed the “For Sale” sign and were immediately drawn to climb the staircase from the path to learn more.




From the moment we stepped foot on the land, we knew it was magical. The vibration was palpable, like a vortex, with vast sky above the ponderosa pines with the sparking, powerful river below. We were suspended beyond space, and time stood still. We were completely mesmerized. It’s nearly impossible to describe but oddly, we felt completely “at home” on the land, listed at a price that far exceeded our financial reach. Nonetheless, we immediately went into creation mode. We began imagining potential realities to acquire the property……the seed of creation had been planted into the great field of possibilities! What happened over the next 9 months (a gestational period of sorts!) was nothing short of miraculous.

In the fall of 2018, one of the potentials we dreamt up to break apart the lot into sub lots, to distribute the investment, became possible, just as the asking price of the land serendipitously decreased to a level that was potentially within our financial reach! From there we placed the intention of acquiring the River Sol property into our daily meditation and Mind Movie practice, where you essentially create a movie of your dream future and watch it before sleep and upon waking when the brain is wide open to possibilities. This practice was effective and we are grateful to have closed on the property in March of 2019.

The River Sol name and logo have significance as they characterize this incredible journey we have been traveling. Specifically, the double meaning of “Sol” to represent the big sky and sun ever-present on the land, in addition to the deep soul connection we feel with the land. The wave pattern in the “O” in Sol represents Theta Brain Waves, often referred to as the gateway to learning, deep memory and intuition. In Theta, our senses are withdrawn from the external world and focused on signals originating from WITHIN. This is powerful as we both feel “the land called us from within” and led us to discover, and uncover, remarkable possibilities that we never dreamed before.

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