“The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away.”
― Pablo Picasso

Reflecting on my birthday, one thought kept returning: Despite all the difficulties (see: Why Not to Build a Village), what a blessing to be given the opportunity to build a village, a society and a place of awakening - a paradigm change in the face of global adversity. I cannot think of a more meaningful and fulfilling use of my time on this planet. It’s why I am here.

For fifteen years I chased conventional achievements like money, power, status, first as an investment banker, then as a startup founder. But I never truly cared about those things; I had simply been told that this is what a successful life looks like. Then I got kicked out of my own company.

Who am I?

It was the best thing that ever happened to me. For the first time, I stopped and asked the real questions: Who am I? Why am I here? What makes a fulfilling life? I had no answers. Most of us never do - not because the questions are unanswerable, but because we never truly ask. To truly ask means refusing to stop until you find the answer.

Instead we’re told there is no purpose, that nobody knows, that the universe was created out of nothing. These are lazy answers - the answers of people afraid to ask. And that fear steals the one thing that matters: the most fulfilling life you could live, beyond your wildest imagination.

Around that time I remembered an interview with Steve Jobs, recorded after he was fired from Apple:

“Everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.”

That clip left a profound impression on me. What I didn’t know then is that the truth goes much deeper: you can not only build things - you can change reality itself.

Seeking Truth

So instead of starting another company, I spent a decade seeking. Retreats. Extended silence. For periods I gave up alcohol, food, sex, warm water, human connection. I spent my savings while everyone around me got rich, married, built families. Many days I thought I was going insane, wasting my life. But something kept whispering through my heart: keep going.

“Seek and you shall find.” Oh boy, did I find.

Here is what I found: you are a soul, an expression of consciousness, an expression of God. By God I don’t mean the religious, separate God. Forget everything you have been told about God. I mean the Source, the All, the Tao - everything that ever was, is, and will be. There is only one thing in this universe and that is “it”.

You can think of it as an energy, as a feeling, love. But the God that can be named is not God. It’s beyond our dualistic, rational minds. It’s beyond the material world. It cannot be explained, it can only be known through experiencing it.

In 2023, I experienced it directly. I had met God before, in ceremony - but that was still God and me. This time I experienced what every spiritual tradition has taught for thousands of years: Oneness. There is no God out there. Everything is God. You are God. We all are.

You might say: wonderful, but I still have to pay the bills, and my heart still breaks. True. Knowing you are an expression of God doesn’t make you less human - being human means experiencing yourself as human. We chose this.

Why are we playing being human?

When you are God, you can create anything, and when you can create anything, nothing is exciting anymore. So you invent a more intricate game: you enter a world and forget who you are. Life is a video game in which we’ve forgotten we’re playing.

We confuse our human selves as the real ‘us’. And what does it mean to ‘win’ a game you’ve forgotten you’re in? Exactly: to remember - while still playing - and making it the most extraordinary life - from your higher self’s, God’s perspective. You are the player, creator and observer all in one.

So if you ask: who I am, why I’m here, what the purpose of life is: I am Consciousness, here to wake up from the dream I placed myself in - and to help create heaven on earth. Because that is where we actually are. We have simply forgotten it, and in forgetting, built hell instead: wars and conflict despite all our progress and abundance.

Watch my first Neos video where we explain the mission in 3 mins:

Following Your Calling

All of this gave birth to Neos, the New Earth Operating System: a village for a new way of being - in harmony with oneself, each other, and nature. Neos is at the very beginning, and it is still a fragile flower. The perfect land found us, and Karen and I found each other as partners in this mission.

We’ve triggered the hell out of each other along the way - that, too, is part of the path of remembering. Everything, no matter how hard, especially when hard, is a gift in service of waking up to the truth and becoming a better human - one that is guided by its higher self, one’s soul, rather than its material attachments and desires.

Some assume we’re doing this to get rich, or out of hubris, or ego. So let me say plainly what Neos is: It is not about a village, a retreat centre, a farm, or off-grid resilience - though it is also all of those. At its core there is one purpose:

There is no greater story than you. All you are here to do is to have the courage to live it by following your heart, it already knows. Everything else is an ordinary life not worthy of your true magnificence. And with AI coming for all of us, following your heart will be the most sane choice of all. It always has been.

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Some years ago there was a brilliant guy who commited suicide. He was building a revolutionary, low cost sustainable housing development in the UK. My friend had bought into it, and one day we were hanging out in his future apartment that was almost finished, imagining life together - as I would also be moving in.

Yet that future never arrived because the developer killed himself. He realised he could not fulfil his promises. He had underestimated the costs involved, and the pressure became too much. Rather than face disappointing the expectations of others, he ended his life.

Most people in their lifetimes experience pressure and overwhelm. Yet, when building a village - of any kind, the pressure from all sides can seem insurmountable.

There is pressure coming from lawyers, from local authorities, from lenders, from every team lead and advisor, from the sheer insurmountable tasks and complexity of such an endeavour, and last but not least from community members. And unfortunately all those voices conflict with one another and collide in only one place: those holding everything together.

Every opinion and expectation is a form of pressure. And each person can only perceive their own position. Yet the person holding everything together is receiving all inputs simultaneously, and is expected to respond graciously every time, with an integrated solution, and endless patience.

It’s a relentless melting pot that stands little chance of sustainability.

Throughout my community exploration years I’ve seen repeated patterns of founders being truly worn down by the journey. Regardless of their approach and their personality, there is a kind of heartbreak that can be witnessed.

Feeling the weight of the responsibility, often being misjudged and projected upon, often feeling unsupported or undervalued, often drained from having the same conversations over and over again.

Many ecovillage founders hide in their homes for peace because every person they encounter when they leave their house wants something from them; some advice, to ask questions, to test an idea, to complain about something, or ask for something.

Some founders - including some of the sweetest, kindest people I’ve ever known - gave up their involvement in their community because those who never had the power of being a founder of something were always hungry for it, always resentful and ready to tear things down, and so they just handed it over to them, because for them it was never about power.

A friend of mine, a well known and loved celebrity, tried to build a completely egalitarian community some years ago. He believed in total equality after living with tribes from around the world and experiencing one of the only few tribes left on this planet in which absolutely zero power dynamics exist.

He had the money to buy a beautiful property and land and was willing to completely hand over all ownership of it - as well as all his personal money and belongings - into a community reality where everyone shares everything regardless of what they have.

Despite how dearly loved he is, no one wanted to join him. His rich friends weren’t interested. His poor friends also weren’t interested - they were still trying to build something, own something, become something. Their sense of self-identity and worth were still too calibrated to a system of self-earned status and ownership to let that go.

He tried and tried, and it broke his heart for some years. Eventually he let the dream go and moved on.

Why is it like this?

It seems that no matter the approach a founder takes, he or she meets unfathomable challenge and resistance on the journey. Why is this so?

The answer is clear and resounding, and circles back to the need for such projects in the first place. We live in a sick society. The imbalances have worked deeply into every system - including our consciousness and neural wiring.

We know the system is completely poisoned and designed to hijack our life force energy. That is increasingly visible, now in the full light of day; no one can deny it anymore. What is still relatively in the shadows is the extent to which human consciousness and nervous systems have been already hijacked - and need true healing (what Neos is precisely in service to).

When someone dares to step forward, summoning all the empowerment and faith they can find within their hearts, and risk themselves to undertake something magnificent, something that will really move the needle in the wider picture of the world, there are some people that will recognise the true meaning of this undertaking and run towards that person to support it. Yet there are many, others, who will bring a counter force of resistance.

Resistance shows up in multiple ways, both overtly and covertly, and it always stems from lack.

But the question above isn’t the only question to ask.

What about the responsibility and shadow of the founders? In all of the above cases, the founders have been genuinely beautiful souls (shadows of course still exist) - but that’s not to say there aren’t other founders with more pronounced demons.

The key question is what drives a person to found a village in the first place? Having a vision is one thing. Wanting to correct something in society and make a stand for something better is shared by many. But to actually set out to do it within the limitations of our 3D world is rare.

It takes a certain kind of consciousness, that whilst having no idea what is coming, is willing to endure it. They are willing to take the risk. Willing to face the pressure and be tested to the edge - because it’s the higher path than means more than any alternative life. Most people do not make this choice and for this reason there is a very real gap of understanding which makes it a rather lonely path even when surrounded by people.

In my opinion, while there is every reason to not build a village - or for that matter build or start anything truly significant - there are much better reasons for why more people should, and I believe, will, when their capacity for consciousness increases - because it’s what we’re all truly here for.

We were never here for comfort or security. These things are illusions that will destroy us just as easily. So whether it’s climbing Mount Everest, starting a not-for-profit in Africa, or building a visionary village, the journey can feel like it’s killing you, and sometimes it does. But it is worth it, when something is being born - in you, in others, or in the world, that irrecoverably changes life for the better.

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Live at Neos Village - co-own the land - choose your house

We recently shared our latest village offering for this year, welcoming new Pioneer Members to join the adventure of a lifetime.

We welcome you to explore the village and get in touch.

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Invitation to join our next retreat

Neos Experience - 9-13 September - Early bird rate til 31 July!

Our last retreat was sold out, and most participants wanted to stay longer, so we have extended the Neos Experience now to four nights, and offer an Early Bird rate to book your place before the end of July!

These multi-day experiences are designed to bring a balance of transformation, deep connection with land and people, inspiration and insight, whilst providing spaciousness to feel, relax and allow emergence to unfold.

Each experience so far has felt very unique and very special. We send our love and appreciation to each participant who joined and became part of the family.

Are you meant to be with us for the next one?

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As always, sending our love and appreciation to following and supporting our journey and this project,

Karen and Vincent

For two years, the vision of Neos Village and Center has lived in conversations, in images and impressions, but primarily in our minds - as a kind of living North Star propelling us forward.

Now, for the first time, you can see it too - the masterplan visible in one place. Click the video above to see it come to life.

You will see the North side of the land, where the Center sits as well as the South side, where the Village units will be built. The lake between them. The spaces where people will gather, heal, create, grow, and live. The abundant surrounding nature. Thanks to our architects at Inphinity Design, who have been part of this project from the beginning.

What the film shows, more than anything, is not architecture but the feeling of being here: The experience of a morning on this land with the sun rising from behind the rolling hills, of what it will mean to walk between your unit and the lake, between the farm and the community spaces, between a life that is yours and a life that is shared.

We watched it and felt our hearts expand. Two years of work, suddenly real in a way that words and plans cannot do justice. From here, the actual construction feels closer than ever.

Living at Neos: Become a Pioneer

Over the past two weeks, 100s of people have clicked through our Neos Village Unit Reservation Program with the opportunity to secure a unit at Neos. We have had several Zoom calls answering questions of future community members. While we already have more applications than units available, we want to invite those that are most aligned. The program is open until June 30th.

Together with our Founding Members from last year, this group of Pioneers and their families will move into the first 40 units of the first cluster (the Lake cluster) to be built in Neos Village.

Neos Village on 158 hectare and 144 units will have one of the lowest densities of any comparably sized development keeping nature and wildlife intact, giving villagers an incredible lifestyle experience while being next to a world-class healing and transformation center on a total of 410 hectare.

If you have not watched our “The Essence of Neos” film yet, it captures the stunning land of Neos beautifully.

Who are we looking for?

Besides your ability to make a meaningful financial contribution towards your future unit now, we are looking for those who want to make it their unit spending the majority of their time at Neos, be pro-actively part of the community and excited to evolve together by raising our individual and collective consciousness.

With all the focus and talk about building the physical infrastructure it is easy to forget why we are building Neos and what is at the core of it:

This is the mission of Neos. Everything we are doing including the creation of a physical village and center is serving this mission. We are looking for those that understand this at heart because that’s who you are and why you are here - to wake ourselves up from the separate and distractive ways humanity has mostly chosen.

This week we will have more calls before we complete the process and select from those that are most suited to become part of Neos Village. If this could be you, complete your Application and join the calls with us this Thursday (25/6) or Saturday (27/6) evening.

Apply for a Unit at Neos

We have made an effort for the application process to provide as much information as possible (including unit designs, prices, mortgageability, etc.) without being overbearing. For everything else there are our information calls and/or you can email us at village@neos.life with any questions.

The Neos Experience

This month our lite retreat was fully booked. Drawing people who’ve been following for a long time as well as some who discovered the project days before, many were interested to join the village, and others just followed their intuition.

Within four days we were family - and that’s how it’s always been since we began receiving people here.

Morning sessions followed by swimming in the lake, sunset sessions on the deck in the golden light, and afternoons in the cool event space make Neos Center the perfect space for deep nature connection and exploring all the topics that matter to us even in the peak of summer.

The next Neos Experience will be in September - details out soon.

Final chance to be a Pioneer

We are building Neos because we need new inspiring models for how we walk this planet as humans. In a collaborative (not competitive), productive (rather than extractive), value adding (rather than destructive), beauty increasing (rather than depressing), harmonious (rather than friction) and united (rather than separated) way of being.

The Pioneer round is open until the end of the month and we will be gathering the people that will seed this village with vibrant life and form a powerful foundation for everything else to build on.

If this is you, then take advantage of filling out our application now.

We are excited to co-create a new world together.

Much love
Vincent and Karen

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Imagine waking up and the first thing you feel is peace

Not the peace you have to manufacture through meditation or discipline. The peace that comes from your surroundings, from the people around you, from the life you have chosen. The kind of peace that used to feel like something you had to escape to, and now it is simply where you live.

You step outside. The air is clean. The land stretches out around you: hills, valleys, ancient trees, a lake catching the morning light.

Your unit is genuinely beautiful. A thoughtfully designed, architecturally considered space that reflects who you are and how you want to live; built with natural materials, with warmth, with soul.

But here is what moves you the most:

The people you now call family.

You always hoped community could feel like this, but you never quite believed it. People who have done the inner work. Who are honest, grounded, conscious. Who show up for each other without drama or politics. Who share your values yet are fully unique. Whose children grow up alongside yours in the kind of environment you always wanted for them.

You belong here

Not because you had to fit in. Because this was built for people like you.

You participate in growing food, not because you’re a gardener but because there is something in it that feeds a part of you that nothing else reaches. You are part of something with genuine self-sufficiency - water, energy, food - and that gives you a feeling that no financial investment ever quite delivered.

You finally know real security

The kind that comes from knowing that whatever happens in the world out there, you have land, community, and everything you need.

And underneath all of it: the quiet knowledge that your life means something. Here you contribute your authentic self and gifts, can express your creativity and live from your core blueprint; we are each welcomed to flourish as who we truly are.

You are not just living well. You are part of a model for something new. A village that proves it is possible to live beautifully, consciously, and collectively without sacrificing any of the three. Your children will grow up knowing this as normal. That is the thing you will look back on as the most important decision you ever made.

Not because you escaped the world.
Because you built something better.

This is how we all should be living. It is what we are all capable of, and we intend to inspire the rest of the world — in the hope that Neos is the start of many villages like this: where life is designed around nature, wellbeing, and community.

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Neos Village

Neos Village is where this transition to a life you were designed for is met. It is the only project we are aware of that combines:

A life that makes sense again. Waking up surrounded by nature, with clean air, clean food from your own land, and genuine human connection. A well functioning village.

Beauty without compromise. A place that is architecturally stunning, thoughtfully designed, materially luxurious in the ways that matter, but rooted in sustainability.

1,000 acres of Alentejo countryside. Hills, valleys, a lush river and lake at the centre, ancient heritage land 75 minutes from Lisbon. The kind of landscape that makes you exhale when you arrive.

A community that does the inner work. Everyone here has been through a process of genuine personal awakening. The culture is intentionally cultivated. This is the difference between a project that lasts and one that dissolves.

Security for what is coming. Your own land. Your own food sovereignty. Energy independence. Water independence. A network of people you trust. This is the most intelligent investment you can make right now; not for financial return, but for the quality and resilience of your life.

A model for the world. You’re not just buying a unit. You’re co-creating something that doesn’t yet exist at this scale or with this integrity of vision. That matters - it’s a legacy beyond this lifetime.

Why act now

Many conscious community projects are long on vision and short on everything else. Financially precarious, aesthetically compromised, structurally naive.

The high-end real estate projects are the opposite problem. Beautiful on the surface, hollow underneath. No real culture, no depth, no soul. A lifestyle product dressed in green language.

What sits in the middle — genuinely beautiful, financially grounded, built on a real foundation of human consciousness — barely exists. We know this because we spent years looking before we decided to build it ourselves.

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We are offering 16 Pioneer units at cost

Three in each across five categories and a signature villa on the Northern side (not in the village itself, but next to the healing center). When they are gone, they are gone.

Last year we sold 22 units to our Founding Member group. Next year the prices will be 30% higher.

If this is speaking to you, now is the time.

• Genuine beauty and design quality

• Real financial and structural grounding

• 1,000 acres of extraordinary Portuguese land

• A deep, tested culture of consciousness and inner work

• A clear, phased vision with Pioneer units from €175,000 to €1.5M

• Units being built from 2028 — and the opportunity to secure yours now

The Process

Below is a link to register your interest and apply as a new village member.

Further details will be released near the Summer Solstice — two weeks from now. Only those who have entered the application process will be considered.

This is not an open registration. We are not filling this village with whoever arrives first with the most money. There is an alignment process, because who builds this village together determines everything about what it becomes.

Level of financial commitment is one signal of seriousness and helps us build faster. But your story, your skills, your needs, and your vision for this unit matter equally. The application process is designed to help us understand who you are — and to help you understand whether Neos is truly right for you.

We are looking for residents, not investors. People who are genuinely ready to contribute to a shared life, do their inner work, and model a new way of being. The number of units is limited by design. Every person admitted strengthens the village.

Once registered, you will later receive an invitation to:

1. Masterplan Film

2. Full FAQ

3. Live Zoom Call

4. Attunement Form

5. Codex

6. Contracts

Register asap. The people who move first will have first choice, Pioneer-member standing, and a hand in shaping what this becomes.

Register now:

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Thank you for all of your support and encouragement over the past two years! Even if you personally aren’t called to be part of Neos Village, please forward this newsletter to anyone that could be forever grateful to you for doing so.

Let’s build a beautiful world together.

With love and appreciation,

Karen and Vincent

Neos is not just a project, a mission, or a vision. It is a living blueprint, asking to come to fruition. Vincent and I can describe Neos in words endlessly, but there is an energetic truth that can only be felt. This film exists to convey its truest essence.

That blueprint is bound to the land that found us — found Neos. Across 1,000 acres, the magic is hard to put into words: it shifts through the seasons, through landscapes where the flora changes and new worlds open. It’s felt by everyone who walks here, who bathes in these waters, who brushes past these trees, noticing a deep shift in how they feel.

This film marks a beginning. Alongside the village, the regenerative farming, and the work of wellbeing and transformation, Neos holds a deeper thread in its soul: the intersection of space, consciousness expansion, art, and initiation into a new dimension. This is the work I’ve been called to activate and this film is its first expression.

We met Nik on the Earth One Atlantic Crossing almost two years ago, where we also grew close with Zach Bush. There was an immediate recognition — shared understanding, shared mission, shared Source — that gave birth to this collaboration.

When he reached out about making a film for us, everything unfolded from there. He became part of the Neos family, filming almost daily and gathering a breathtaking body of footage that reveals the spirit of this place.

For now, watch this 3-minute glimpse, and tell us what it stirs in you.

An Invitation to Call Neos Home

Next Wednesday, 10th June 10AM Portugal, we open our next — and only — opportunity to reserve a unit at Neos Village in 2026.

As a subscriber to this newsletter, you will receive an email inviting you to learn about the options, pricing and the designs of the units, to tell us about who you are and what you are looking for and to apply for your place in Neos Village. 15 units across different sizes and one signature villa are available at this time.

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Beyond alignment and, at this stage, financial capacity, we are looking to build a true community — a family that will grow together and support one another, especially when community becomes not merely a nice thing to have, but a necessity to living and thriving.

Experience Neos

The best way to get to know the land, the project and the vision is to experience it for yourself. Our third and only Neos Experience retreat before autumn takes place June 11-14. We have three places left. If you are considering becoming a future villager, we especially invite you to take advantage of this opportunity and for us to get to know you.

The retreat brings together practical elements like a village Q&A and full land tour alongside sessions on the inner culture of Neos, e.g. sacred nature connection and energetic awareness in relationships. There’s also space for personal restoration, emergence, and beautiful shared mealtime together overlooking the majestic views of the land.

The Neos Experience Info

One year ago, we acquired the 410-hectare estate and started building physical Neos. To celebrate this, we are soon launching our second invitation for some to call Neos home, and the mission within the planetary context feels even more ablaze in us than ever before. More at the end of this newsletter.

We are living through the most transformative time in recorded history, and it is only accelerating. Three years ago, few had heard of ChatGPT. Today AI is everywhere, and robots are on their way.

At Neos, the inquiry of how best to prepare for the world that’s coming is constantly alive in us. I’m certain it will be dramatically different than we foresee. We just don’t know exactly how, or how fast those changes will affect where we are. What I am sure of is that within a few years, AI will be what we mainly interact with and robots will be as ubiquitous as smartphones. The disruption will be massive.

This, on top of the already exponential planetary ecocide, deforming of food, and tightening governmental control, is a lot to process and absolutely essential to deeply gather with community around and contemplate.

There is a high probability of societal upheaval, and upheaval tends to be used to restrict our freedoms, just as Covid did. Places like Neos, beyond the urban centres, self-sufficient and self-governed, will become precious safe havens.

Our hope is that enough of us wake up and shift our lives in time to prepare an alternate path to the control state being quietly assembled. Our fear is that even those in the ‘conscious community’ are still too passive: either allowing themselves to stay trapped in the old paradigm systems, or too attached to the decadence and freedom they’ve found in embracing a new paradigm.

We find ourselves often asking, where and whom are our co-builders? Those who are devoted to something greater than themselves, who will make a stand for Nature, for the future generations, for our health and freedom, through building sanctuaries of natural abundance and well-being like Neos.

Our goal, regardless of world agendas has always been to be resilient and self-sufficient with the ability to live life independently on our own terms, and protect as much of nature as possible. Our mission has always been driven by the positive, not motivated by negatives.

Plan A and Plan B

Nonetheless we are holding a tension point. On one hand, we’re building the village the conventional way, with masterplanning, permits, architects and urban planners. Slow and bureaucratic, but it’s the path that exists.

On the other, we sense things may shift so fast that we need to develop an alternative path simultaneously: to build faster, independently, by ourselves. Robots might assist (the technology already exists) and our own AI may support us coordinating everything.

We sincerely hope this future doesn’t arrive — at least not in the timeline we’re part of. And we will not be led by fear. But we want to prevent being naive and then suddenly it’s too late. Everyone laughed at Noah building the ark, until the flood came. Just like everyone laughed at many conspiracy theories until the evidence came pouring out these past few years.

The timeline playing out in the world isn’t a cause for doom but rather inspired action to fully honour the intuition and wisdom that lives in us. The painful wake-up, of meeting the true face of the forces that govern the planet, is also what triggers us to remember who we are.

We return to tribes, villages, communities built on trust rather than on what we’re told. We raise our children learning and playing in nature rather than outsourcing them to institutions that indoctrinate. We stop grinding through soul-sucking 9-to-5s and instead live our blueprint, each of us gifting the skills we were born for.

It is darkest before dawn. I believe we are entering humanity’s most awakened era, where God-like technology supports a humane, thriving abundance, and the only question worth asking becomes:

Because that is purpose, and purpose is fulfilment.

So the future is bright. But the transition can be painful. The old systems will hold on as hard and as long as they can. That’s why Karen and I feel both the responsibility and the urgency to prepare for this possibility while still building Neos the conventional way. Consciousness expands in all directions.

What we’re inviting

This month we open our second offering for a future home at Neos. Like last year, it is unconventional. We’re releasing up to 15 homes, three homes in each category, from 25m2 tiny home to 180m2 four bedroom family house, and one 250m2 signature villa.

Becoming part of this development journey is for those who are committed to a higher calling. You need to be able to embrace uncertainty and be creative in the many possibilities of how the world unfolds as we build this village. Many details are still undefined; our plans may require we shift as the world does. You need to desire an active role in village building and to contribute your skills and passion towards creating a better future.

Living at Neos is a privilege that carries responsibility: above all, the commitment to become the most luminous and authentic version of yourself in service of something greater. In return, you will find a home of true belonging and community.

And so, we welcome those aligned with our vision, mission and principles; who are excited to dive in — not just to Neos Village, but a life of inner work, collaboration and co-creation. Future rounds will be increasingly more selective, to ensure every skill the village needs is represented by those who live here.

Reserving a home at Neos also means having somewhere to go, should the world face another lockdown or something much stranger still.

The full invitation arrives in next week's letter.

With love and community spirit,
Vincent and Karen

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On Monday, I woke up to a message that broke me open.

Sadness. Anger. Disappointment. Helplessness. All of it, at once. Emotions I know intimately. Emotions that have walked beside me my whole life.

I won't tell you what the message said. The content doesn't matter. What matters is what it surfaced in me.

My body trembled. I took a few deep breaths and dropped into my morning practice of connected conscious breathing. Everything else could wait. I needed to sit, feel, and let it move through me.

Because here’s the truth: I can call myself as conscious as I like, but how I respond in moments of trigger is the only honest measure of where I actually am. These moments are (painful) gifts. They are the curriculum to the life I long for.

An Instagram reel I watched this week captures it perfectly:

You can meditate for ten years, understand quantum consciousness, non-duality, the nature of the self—and then someone you love says the wrong thing at the wrong time, and you find out exactly where you actually are. Consciousness isn’t what you understand in silence. It’s what remains when the conditions get hard.

How conscious I am is a function of how I actually show up. Period.

The mind and body are conditioned to chase pleasure and avoid discomfort. But everything—especially the unpleasant—is a gift for the soul. The triggers show me where there’s still work to do. And they will keep showing up until I release them.

This sits much deeper than the intellect. I can forgive and heal everything mentally and still find that childhood wounds, generational trauma, and old conditioning live on in the body and the unconscious. That kind of work takes time. It takes real labour.

What changes when we become conscious is not that the triggers stop. It’s that we stop running from them. We stop medicating. We stop blaming. We recognise that the messenger is not the perpetrator and that we are not the victim. They are simply pointing to what still needs to be felt.

So after my breathing, I went looking. And the universe delivered, as it always does. A podcast, then a book: The Coming Times: A Pathway to Inner Peace. I devoured it in a single day. It felt less like learning and more like remembering.

It touched me deeply. And it brought new clarity to what we are really building at Neos and why this work matters so much for the evolution of the human being and our planet. This work is about what we can unleash when we are:

Moving Beyond Suffering

My most important job is to become the light and love that I want to experience. And for that, I have to tend to my own wounds first. On the deepest level, this is about self-love. The motivation can be selfish because as long as I cannot love myself fully and unconditionally, I cannot love anyone else.

It is a labour of love. We don’t speak about it often enough and we are rarely taught in it. This inner work is quiet, difficult, slow and often unpleasant. It is easier and more fun to do retreats, ceremonies, journeys, and listen to teachers.

The Power of Choosing Joy

And yet, it is the one thing that decides whether I live a life of peace and joy. No amount of money, status, or admiration can tend to these wounds. Only I can. And that’s why it’s so empowering. Everything I dream of I can create from within.

What the book reminded me of is this: in the end, it is simple. I have to turn all my attention inwards. News, other people, events—they will trigger me until I fully accept that it is all me. It is a choice, my choice whether I am joyful or whether I am angry, sad, disappointed.

So to end my suffering, all I have to do is acknowledge every trigger, sit with it deeply rather than suppress or escape it, understand it, see that it is not a threat but the remnants from ‘another’ time, that it is not me—and release it. One trigger at a time. One layer at a time. Until one day, there is nothing left to be triggered by. Only peace. Only joy. No matter what.

Reading The Coming Times: A Pathway to Inner Peace not only helped me let go of another layer, it uplifted me to new heights beholding what is possible when we do this work in community:

Creating Heaven on Earth

That is the mission, vision and promise of Neos. Creating the life we dream of has always been in our power. All we have to do is to commit to create that Heaven within. Every trigger, every negative emotion is an invitation to go deeper in this work, to evolve, to become an empowered, the New Human.

And when we do, we will be in one of the most beautiful places imaginable.

Thank you life for supporting my process so generously.

With love, from my healing heart,
Vincent

PS. For the breathing practice, check out The Presence Process by Michael Brown.

PPS. For the journey to bring Heaven to Earth, check out The Coming Times by Helen Jane Rose

PPPS. To join our next Neos Experience, get to know the land, the team and the project, join us June 11-14 for a beautiful experience. It’s a light retreat that allows you to experience the essence of Neos. You can book here.

Past participants said

• Such a beautiful and peaceful place, with amazing food and a truly heartfelt retreat experience. You can feel the conscious intention in everything, guiding you into a deeper connection with nature and life. — Jeanette

• Deeply spiritually motivated, attuned to the spirit of the land and its heritage as well as a new bright future as a center for healing and transformation. I wish them the best of luck and all visitors the same magical experience I had. — Martin

The old world is collapsing. You can feel it.

And in that collapse, something is stirring — a quiet, urgent search for a different way to live. Not an escape. A return. To land, to community, to truth.

Many village builders are responding to this. Some focus on farming, some on regeneration, some on new schools, some on off-grid resilience, some on retreat and healing, some on community itself.

We are building Neos to hold all of it — because a genuinely new way of being requires all of it.

That wholeness is also what makes Neos the most demanding thing. We are not building in a lab. We are building while running the place, hosting guests, tending the community, looking after the cows, and doing our own inner work simultaneously.

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. — Mark Twain

I think often of my former self — hopping from conference to conference, gathering to gathering, retreat to retreat — believing that was the conscious life.

It wasn’t. It was avoidance with better branding.

Why we are building Neos: A home for the New Human

Not farming. Not nature. Not community — though all of these matter deeply.

The one reason is this:

We call this the New Human. And I want to be precise about what that means — because it is not what most people think.

It is not someone who dresses differently, speaks the language of awakening, attends the right ceremonies, or moves to the right place. The world is full of people doing all of those things and remaining entirely unchanged underneath.

The New Human is someone who has stopped outsourcing their inner life.

Someone who:

• has stepped out of victim culture — not by hardening, but by taking full responsibility for the quality of their experience

• understands, not just intellectually but in their body, that what happens inside them is the cause — and everything outside is the effect

• does their shadow work not because someone told them to, but because they have tasted enough of life to know it is the only path to genuine peace and joy

• serves others not from duty or performance but because they have discovered, experientially, that what we give is what we receive

This is the entry requirement for Neos. Not a personality type, not a net worth, not a spiritual résumé. This orientation. This willingness.

We have said no to investors who did not share it. We will say no to residents who do not share it. This is not elitism — it is the only way the thing works.

Why communities fail — and the lesson shaping ours

Most intentional communities collapse. Not from lack of vision or resources. From unhealed people in close proximity.

Beautiful land. Shared values on paper. A farm, perhaps some consciousness work. But the frightened, wounded, defended self keeps surfacing — in conflict, in power struggles, in quiet resentment — until the whole thing breaks apart.

This is the human condition. It is all of us. It is me.

Modern society has robbed us of healthy individuation. It has kept us as the hurt child — defended, reactive, performing — until death. This is why life keeps throwing the same lessons. This is why the world is in the state it is. Not because of governments or corporations or systems — though all of those are real.

My own wounds are not abstract. The terror of making a mistake. The deep ache of not being understood, of no one having my back. The avoidance of difficult conversations, rooted in a fear of scarcity that no amount of money has ever actually touched.

Neos confronts me with these every single day. The pressure is relentless. There is nowhere to hide. And that, it turns out, is the point — when there is no escape, you finally meet what is actually there.

This is the invitation we are extending to everyone who comes to Neos.

Not comfort. Confrontation with yourself — the loving kind. The kind that actually sets you free.

The willingness to do this work — in the privacy of your own heart, not performed for anyone, not outsourced to any teacher — is the only true entry ticket.

When we are collectively committed to this, something shifts. Conflicts still arise. But they resolve as quickly as they came, because no one is invested in being right. No one needs to win. The wound is being tended at its root.

Most people believe this kind of community is impossible.

They are right — until enough people are committed to it. Then it becomes not only possible but inevitable.

The only way out is in

We sedate the wound in every way available to us. Money, power, status, pleasure, distraction, consumption. I have been to all of those places. Many times. And so have the wisest human beings who ever lived — every single tradition, every genuine teacher, every person who has gone far enough arrives at the same place:

It has always been there. It will always be there. Waiting.

There are days I still want to be rescued — from a hard decision, a painful conversation, an emotion I don’t want to feel. And I can suppress it, briefly. But the ache underneath does not stop until I meet it.

There is a reason the inner work is called The Great Work in hermetic circles. It is the most courageous thing a human being can do. It is also the only thing that actually changes anything.

Until we are willing to do this work — truly willing, in the silence and privacy of our own heart — no village, no ceremony, no technology, no law, no external saviour of any kind will change the world.

This is why we are building Neos.

Not as a refuge from the world. As a crucible for its transformation — one human being at a time.

With love, gratitude, and in reverence for all those who have guided us,

Vincent

PS. If you are ready to meet your shadows at the root, I cannot recommend Michael Brown’s Alchemy of the Heart highly enough. A short book — a weekend read — that goes to the very cause of our emotional patterns. I have just worked through it myself. If you read it, let me know what you find.

PPS. Ready to experience Neos in person? Join our next Neos Experience June 11-14:

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You likely think of Neos as an eco village, a retreat center, a homestead, a healthier way of living — or a utopia, a place for dreamers and escapists.

It doesn’t matter. The ‘what’ has never been the point. It’s the why that matters.

Something has gone deeply wrong

The world is digressing. Not slowly, quietly, in ways we can ignore. Loudly. Visibly. Depression, loneliness and meaninglessness rising year on year. Wars multiplying. Profit over everything.

A species with more capability than ever before — and less peace, less meaning, less genuine connection than at almost any point in history.

The West is collapsing into the two-tier society it once scorned in the developing world. The majority struggling. A vanishingly small few holding more power and money than any human should.

Where are we heading?

AI and robotics, promising liberation — but pointing, given our current values and power structures, toward something else entirely: A world where most humans have been economically replaced. Where survival depends on conditional basic income, controlled by programmable money, issued by institutions that have never had your freedom as their primary concern. A digitally administered cage.

Why are we doing this to ourselves?

There are a many reasons. But at the root, there is only one: we have forgotten who we are.

As long as I experience myself as separate — from others, from nature, from the source of life itself — I will keep fighting. Keep destroying. Keep reaching for control because I am terrified of what happens if I let go.

In this video about Neos (early 2024) I close with asking:

You are powerful beyond measure

Karen and I have both been gifted and challenged with touching what the ancient texts call oneness. The direct, unmediated experience that the human self is not the whole of what I am. That beneath the story of a separate person, fighting for survival, there is something eternal, unified and infinite.

You cannot think your way to this. You can only experience it.

And when you do, everything changes. The meaning of life stops being about accumulation and power and becomes evolution and service. Being my most shining, fully expressed self in service of something greater becomes the purpose of life.

How do we turn things around?

This is the only real response to what is happening in the world. Not a political answer. Not a technological answer. It’s about consciousness.

News, media and politics keep us in fear because fear keeps us small. An awakened person cannot be controlled. This is why the inner work is not a luxury — it is the most powerful act available to us.

This is why Neos is not primarily a place to rest, though rest happens here. It is a place to remember. To practice. To become, with real support, more fully what we already are.

A place to Wake Up

Neos exists for one reason: to help us wake up from the dream of separation.

When enough of us remember who we truly are, the world will change — not because someone forced it to, but because a world full of awakened beings simply cannot sustain war, extraction and fear. It has no soil to grow in.

If most of us stop believing in war, there will be no more war. This is not naive but the most real thing I know.

Karen and I sharing why we are building Neos (August 2024):

A path full of challenges

Making this real is the hardest thing we will ever do.

The physical creation of the village — the planning, the financing, the building — is one kind of hard. But the real challenge is subtler and much more relentless: showing up as a conscious, open-hearted human being amidst all these challenges, when cows are dying, money is short and people let you down — all at once.

And yet:

Everything is a gift

The person who hurt me taught me about attachment. The money I lost taught me about fear and faith. The plans that collapsed taught me to hold vision without grasping. I needed to lose millions and let go of everything before Neos could be born. Everything is a gift on the journey of remembering.

Whatever you are carrying right now — it is not punishment. It is curriculum. The universe does not waste experience on anyone it believes cannot grow from it.

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Neos is made for us

The world does not need another retreat centre.

It needs places where human beings can remember, in their hearts, minds and bodies, what they actually are.

If this lands somewhere in you — not as an idea, but as a recognition — then Neos was made for you. Not because it will be easy. Because you understand that nothing worth doing is and that there’s nothing more worthy for us to do.

And then there will be peace, joy and unity.

What’s next?

After spending ten months on the land, Karen and I have gone through many trials and tribulations with people, team, partners, priorities, learning and growing every day, making mistakes and having breakthroughs.

We are tightening the container we are building, preparing the ground rules to invite those that are fully aligned with Neos’ mission to co-create a New Earth here with us.

More concrete on this in following newsletters.

Much love
Vincent

PS. If the above has evoked something in you, we invite you to join us for the Neos Experience April 9-12. You can sign up here:

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PPS. April 2nd was the two year anniversary of signing the purchase contract for the land. I didn’t have the money, I din’t know how I am going to do it and I didn’t know the many challenges (and miracles) that would meet me along the way. All I knew was that Neos was meant to be built on this land.

Never underestimate the power of your deepest calling.

Curious about the journey of Neos? You can read about it here.

In this article:

• Neos Experience Invitation

• Ancient Heritage Site

• Neos Update

Our invitation to you

When a project has a purpose rooted in global relevance, transformation of consciousness, and planetary regeneration, the resonance of its development runs much deeper and extends much farther than its physical boundaries.

Neos is not just about Neos — it’s about catalysing a new way of being and living for many.

Therefore gathering with others in a container of intent for a few days to explore and be together will always carry deep meaning and ripples of purpose.

Join the Neos Experience, April 9-12

If you’ve been interested in the Neos journey so far, we invite you to join us soon for the A W A K E N: Neos Experience — an opportunity to dive into many touch points of a profound nature at this time we are all sharing on Earth.

The next one is just around the corner, April 9-12!

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We especially invite those who have previously applied (or are considering) to become a team member, and those interested to become a future village member — it’s the best way for you to get to know us and vice versa.

Yet these few days are also deeply relevant for those on a path of higher purpose enquiry, initiation into more profound levels of existence, for those exploring the possibilities for how to live, create community, and/or for those simply craving immersion in an environment that deeply nourishes the soul — both for its enormous wilderness-like land in the middle of nowhere, its like-spirited company, and it’s heart-expanding sessions.

You’ll enjoy:

Delicious organic meals (some ingredients from the land) • Sessions on ‘The New Human’ and a ‘New Way of Being’ • Deep Nature Connection Practice • Immersion into the raw and purifying beauty of this land • Village Exploration & Talks • Spontaneous Gifts.

• Are you feeling the next level of awakening, of levelling up - expanding your awareness, grounding your authenticity, clarifying your role in the great collective shift of our time?

• Do you crave more regeneration, lightness, simplicity, more gentle connection, and deep nature time in the wild places of rivers, lakes and forest?

• Are you curious to be part of Neos - the village vision we’re building, the land, the people, the mission - and want to feel the energy, to meet and explore with freedom and ease?

• Is there an intuitive calling to feel into what gifts and meaning this place and project has for you and where you’re at in your life right now?

• Are you feeling the need for a mini reset at the start of Spring - something light and gentle, yet with a meaningful container and intention to inspire, lift and activate you into your next step or chapter?

You can book a place for your Neos Experience directly here.

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Ancient past and future of the region

I recently visited nearby Almendres Cromlech — one of the oldest and most mysterious megalithic complexes in Europe, and no doubt connected to the sacred dolmens on our land.

Arranged in quiet, elliptical patterns across the landscape, its standing stones are believed to have been used for ceremonial, astronomical, and spiritual purposes — aligned with the movements of the sun and seasons.

There is a palpable stillness and power there, as if the site holds a memory of ancient ways of relating to the Earth: slower, attuned, and deeply reverent. Yet I sensed not just history, but a continuity into the future, as if the illusion of time and space were altogether collapsed there, offering a transcendental relationship between human life and the rhythms of creation.

This too is symbolic of Neos, where the ancient past and sacred future merge together. We highly recommend a visit before or after your stay with us.

Neos Development Update

We are entering an important and energising new phase at Neos.

Since arriving last late Spring, our focus has necessarily been on the immediate, practical realities of the land — understanding the property, establishing animal care systems, carrying out essential renovations, and creating a functional base for retreats and guests.

As a result, much of the higher-level work — vision articulation, strategic planning, hiring, and program development — didn’t receive the best of our attention.

In my work, I deeply advocate project development to unfold across three levels: a clearly defined vision, the cultural principles that support it, and the practices that bring it into lived reality. Ideally, these layers are developed in sequence, with strong foundations preceding operational activity.

In our case, once on the land, the process unfolded in reverse. While this accelerated certain aspects of implementation, it also led to periods of overextension, misalignment, and the need to make decisions without a fully established framework. It was everything that we didn’t want — but sometimes the universe sets you up that way regardless!

This also meant that many of the enquiries we received — particularly from those interested in joining the team or becoming future village residents — did not receive the response they deserved.

That phase has now largely stabilised. We have built a functional operational base in a relatively short period, and we are now returning to the deeper strategic work that underpins the long-term integrity of the project.

Our focus now is on refining the vision, clarifying structures, and shaping the next phase of Neos with greater coherence and intention. This includes developing the village offering, defining pathways for future residents, and opening up more clearly structured opportunities for those who feel called to co-create.

For those who reached out previously — and for those discovering Neos now — the best way to connect at this stage is again through joining a Neos Experience Retreat. This allows us to spend valuable time together in person, on the land, to explore alignment in a more grounded and meaningful way as we step into this next chapter.

See details and book a place on the Neos Experience directly here.

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We look forward to showing you the magic of this place soon…

With love and gratitude, Karen and Vincent

The wondrous thing about creating an entire large-scale ecovillage vision is that it’s like creating a world — a universe within a universe. You create a potent container for everything to play out according to the experience your creator self is manifesting for you.

No matter how deeply its cocreators may be motivated by the intention to ‘simply’ regenerate the land, restore ecosystems, serve Mother Earth with abundant food systems, and build a beautiful place for people to live and thrive in, our creator selves always have a more profound agenda: to heal and become whole within our own selves and self-expression.

Never ever has a project like this, despite a core part of the vision being about serving nature, avoided the work of the relational dimension. This is always the deeper plan of the universe, because they are inescapably interconnected. We cannot create outer wholeness from inner separation, outer beauty from inner chaos.

Within a community ecosystem we will always find karmic or dharmic matches with whom to play key roles for/with us — souls that say yes to helping us to find our inner truth, from the places where we are not yet free.

To be human is to be somewhat crazy — as quantum beings no two people are having the same experience, and any understanding or sense of shared reality is a gift, not a given.

Even a simple conversation is rarely just a simple conversation. It is whole ecosystem of energetic exchange, overflowing with story, projections and programming.

In modern lives we can easily hide from this, isolating ourselves in cities of concrete boxes where people instead become disconnected and depressed. Or we ascend above the earthly realm to be one with Source in ashrams or other sacred places, saying a quiet, elegant, ‘fuck this’ to the messiness of human relationships.

But the invitation from life herself at this time is not to escape, but to dive right into the core of it and reclaim the blueprint, redefine what it means, reimagine its beauty. Become new humans— with each other. Only then will we create a ‘New Earth.’

There is vast, untapped joy and enlivenment to be found if we dare look deep enough and commit to the actions together.

Reaching for the North Star

One way this is going to manifest at Neos is through the north star of our five cultural principles, the New Earth Ways. It is through tuning in to deeper truth, finding reverence for life energy, becoming embodied in ourselves, respecting the natural cycles of life, and bringing our gifts to the world that we will uncover a more beautiful way to live together:

1. Consciousness, of being present and tuned into the quantum intelligence operating through, around, and for us at all times.

2. Sacredness, for all of life in all her diverse forms. Through gratitude and respect we find reverence and honour, leading us to nobility and sacred relationship.

3. Embodiment, of our authentic unique blueprint, our divinely given self-design, fully realised and expressed through all we are and do.

4. Balance, of the multiple forces within us that ebb and flow in perfect natural rhythm. The unity of feminine with masculine, light with dark.

5. Creation, of our Dharmic gifts arising out of pure inspiration to contribute more beauty, more harmony and elevation in the world.

These principles are based on the wisdom inherent in the laws of nature and quantum intelligence. They are our path to wholeness and joy, crystallised as five petals of wisdom on the flower of the new creation being birthed through us.

Together we cultivate them through the process of self-enquiry and supportive practices.

— This is the core of what we will explore in the Awaken: Neos Experience Retreat this March and April (and again later in the year).

— If you are considering joining the experience next week, we currently have just a few PLACES LEFT!

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Become Skilled with Conflict Dynamics

This April 18-19th you also can join us for a transformative weekend of connective communication and conflict resolution training with Donal Gannon.

The possession of these skills has immense value — whether for conflict in your personal relationships or in your workplace; practices like this should be as familiar to us brushing our teeth everyday.

There are limited places available, at very affordable prices, so please get in touch asap. Accommodation and food are booked directly with us, so you can choose whether to stay 1-3 nights.

Saturday April 18th, 10-5pm: A Language of Life

• Key questions: What’s alive in us? How can we make life more wonderful? How can we truly take self-responsibility rather than fall into victimhood and blame?

• Observations vs. evaluations: Make clear non-evaluative observations, rather than interpret what’s going on through our own personal lens.

• The heart of the matter: Distinguish our universal feelings and needs from thoughts, interpretations and strategies.

• Thoughts disguised as feelings: Recognize ‘faux feelings’ (like “I feel betrayed” or “unsupported”) and uncover the deeper needs and more vulnerable feelings behind them.

• Needs, strategies & requests: Understand how they relate and differ, and how this clarity can prevent or dissolve conflict.

• Self-connection: Various approaches, in particular ‘self-empathy’, and how we can dance it!

• Requests vs. demands: Make requests that give others a real choice, bringing connection instead of resistance.

Sunday April 19th, 10-5pm: Speak Your Truth!

• Intentional communication: How to align your words with your true intentions.

• The paradox of vulnerability: Why we crave others’ openness but resist revealing our own, and how to bridge this gap.

• The power of authenticity: How showing up authentically creates space for growth and connection. Learn to shift from fear to courage when expressing yourself.

• Foundations of honest expression: Skills in expressing each of the four components of NVC—observation, feeling, need and request

• Balancing transparency and care: Ways to honour your truth while cultivating trust and safety

• Awareness of protective mechanisms: How perfectionism, numbing or avoidance might be shielding you from deeper connection—and how to gently overcome these patterns.

• Key distinctions: How to distinguish between judgment-based “honesty” and authentic self-expression grounded in feelings and needs.

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Creating abundant food forests

We’d love to complete this newsletter on creating healthy social ecosystems with some exciting news: our vision for food forest gardens is beginning to come alive.

What started as drawings, conversations, and dreams is now slowly becoming a living landscape that will nourish both people and the land for generations to come.

Our vegetable garden is beginning to thrive, quietly reminding us of the beauty of simple cycles and giving loving attention — planting, tending, harvesting.

Soon, we’ll also begin developing a sensorial meditation fruit garden — a place to invite presence and a deeper relationship with nature — with a rich variety of species, including goji berry, currant and blueberry bushes, apricot, raspberry, carob, mango, passionfruit vines, pear nachi, and clementine. Alongside these, we’ll plant supportive species such as tagasaste, and buddleias to help regenerate soil, support pollinators, and strengthen the ecosystem as a whole.

In the coming planting cycles, we will be creating a forest of edible trees along the river to enrich biodiversity, restore ecological balance, and create a more abundant and diverse landscape. Over time, this area will become a thriving corridor of life — providing habitat, shade, nourishment, and beauty.

For now we started with willow and poplar cuttings along the river edge, gifted by our syntropic friend Marc Leiber, who lives in a nearby farm.

It’s a beautiful reminder that regeneration happens step by step, season by season, through care, patience, and vision.

With love from all of us here.

Hope to see you soon!

PS. If you have not yet watched our Youtube Series ‘Building Neos’, check it out here. So far we have published eight episodes sharing what’s happening on the land, community and the challenges and beauty we are navigating.

This newsletter:

• New video series ‘Building Neos’ on YouTube (50,000 views in its first week)

• Join us: A W A K E N - ‘Neos Experience’ lite retreat in March (12 spots left)

• (In) Fluxo Immersion Weekend - Spring Equinox

• The beginning of Neos Framework & creating coherence

The start of the journey: raw and real

Only 7 months in since we arrived on the neos land, we’ve recently started a video blog series on our new YouTube channel. With dramatic titles like ‘A village bigger than Monaco’ (something we cringed at but are trusting our media team!) — they are causing a stir.

Each episode shows the nascent day-to-day life of manifesting the vast vision of Neos into material form. To give people an honest insight into the journey at this very early stage, it’s down-to-earth, raw, and whilst not reflective of how things will be in 5 or even 2 years, it nonetheless honours this tender beginning of an enormous dream.

The views have skyrocketed, with more and more people being inspired and supportive towards the project, and — as is always the case, the comment section beautifully encapsulates the plethora of human projections about what we’re doing.

It is testament to the power of the vision how stirred people are about such a project. Even negative projections have their place — for the person projecting them, to feel alive about something.

Staying true to one’s purpose

Having a very public facing project is also excellent practice for the inner work of freeing ourselves from the opinion of ‘the other.’ One of the greatest sources of human pain in the relational dimension is the way we take things personally when our need for being seen, understood, and valued isn’t met. Yet all we ever do as humans is project onto reality; we never actually see anything non-subjectively.

One of the greatest lessons for inner freedom lies in the paradox of ‘it’s not about them’ — even though everything is for them. What I mean by this is that everything I do, and am, is a flow of life force energy coming through me from a higher / quantum source — it simply is, sufficient unto itself. It requires no fixed outcome or external understanding. And yet, paradoxically, it is in service to that which is outside of me, even if it’s not understood.

Intentional communities, and centres of educational and embodied practices whose mission is to serve positive change have always activated other people who similarly challenge the status quo.

With Neos the activists and new age folk project their fantasy of a spiritual commune, imagining anyone can just come and we’ll all build community together from the ground up. The idealogical analysts project a money-making agenda hidden behind conscious gloss. Some see modern colonialism, and some, an opportunity to escape lives that no longer makes sense and live in a peaceful bubble.

Simply, service to life

What we’re slowly building, one step at a time, is not any of these things. On the practical level, it comprises a professionally-run guest center for retreats and trainings, and a future community-led village. Yet its purpose is a heartfelt attempt to unite all polarities into a blueprint for the future of living. It’s an enquiry and profound calling to LIFE— which in nature is always about balance and wholeness.

The coherent thread is a deep calling towards health, sovereignty, self-actualisation, nature connection, as well as creating new socioeconomic systems, healing relationships and community dynamics, plus living in harmony with nature, restoring the land, growing one’s own food, and building homes that heal and work with the elements of one’s environment.

These things are core — to LIFE. To be complacent, accept the programming given to us by corrupt institutions, or not be interested in questioning, reimagining and reskilling ourselves in these things is to not choose, not serve, not be on the side of life.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a billionaire start up CEO or a 10+ year van lifer & environmentalist. It doesn’t matter if you’re a 50+ years hippy commune elder, or you’re a 20 year old influencer who’s never heard of Rudolf Steiner but wants to change the planet.

It is beyond any spiritual identity or lifestyle trend, and is rather about supporting all people to make incredibly challenging shifts in their lives in a way that is non-imposing.

The point of the mission is an invitation to transcend our differences and unite on what really matters: the inner work, learning to love and help one another, taking care of the living earth and ecosystems around us.

Each week, in our Heart Circle, it is this that is repeatedly felt — the profound beauty in the souls present, joining together in this enquiry.

Zach Bush’s talk at Neos Center last year is also must watch if you haven’t seen it. Deeply provocative, and emotional as it may be, he brings into perspective many great truths and startling realisations at the core of this extraordinary time.

Neos Experience Retreat - A w a k e n - March 5-8

In response to the huge volume of enquiries we receive, this Spring we begin hosting simple 4 day ‘lite’ retreats. They will run a few times per year, depending on demand.

The Neos Experience allows you to gently enquire and explore the topics that Neos stands for within yourself and own life, whilst also experiencing the land, the vision, and connecting with us. Perhaps you have a strong interest in becoming a member of the village, simple curiosity and an intuitive calling, or just a resonance that there something here for you and the path you are meant to walk in service to a similar mission.

With relaxed mornings to connect with nature and the project, it invites some gently focused transformational work during the afternoon around ‘the new human’ — who we are becoming, and what is our role in a rapidly shifting planet.

You’ll enjoy:

Delicious organic meals (some from the land) • Sessions on ‘The new human’ and a new way of being • Deep Nature Connection Practice • Immersion into the raw and purifying beauty of this land • Exploration & Talks • Spontaneous Gifts.

• Are you feeling the next level of awakening, of levelling up - expanding your awareness, grounding your authenticity, clarifying your role in the great collective shift of our time?

• Do you crave more regeneration, lightness, simplicity, more gentle connection, and deep nature time in the wild places of rivers, lakes and forest?

• Are you curious to be part of Neos - the village vision we’re building, the land, the people, the mission - and want to feel the energy, to meet and explore with freedom and ease?

• Is there an intuitive calling to feel into what gifts and meaning this place and project has for you and where you’re at in your life right now?

• Are you feeling the need for a mini reset before Spring - something light and gentle, yet with a meaningful container and intention to inspire, lift and activate you into your next step or chapter?

This is what the Neos Experience is designed for, and the first edition begins March 5-8th… under warm sunny skies and the rise of Spring!

Please note that if you are very interested in becoming a village member, then this really is the best way of discovering what it’s about. We hope to meet many new members soon.

Only 12 spots remain. You can book a place for your Neos Experience directly here. We are extending the Early Bird pricing for 1 day (was going to end 31st Jan)!

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(In) Fluxo movement with Micaela Stuart

We’re excited to partner with Micaela Stuart for her (In) Fluxo immersion weekend retreat later in March 20-22.

Micaela is a Portuguese psychotherapy-based movement practitioner, whose deeply immersive experiences blends multidimensional arts with embodiment work. Designed for all kinds of people rather than the typical ecstatic dance party crowd, we’re honoured to work with someone whose purpose runs deep and pure.

Full of integrity and creative innovation, Micaela caters for the Portuguese community first, and then welcoming expats — as her work is about unity, shared language, connection beyond labels or borders.

To join this experience, you can check out her work on instagram: mistu_artdance, or contact us for the full details.

Neos Framework & Creating Coherence

This year, we are gently beginning to intentionally curate facilitators and experiences at Neos Center that align with the core frequency of Neos, allowing coherence to deepen organically.

Our longer-term vision is to offer a constellation of programs and retreats that interweave three core dimensions: Self, Relational, and Environmental. These threads are first introduced through the four-day Neos Experience (Lite) retreat, and will be explored more deeply within the nine-month Leadership Program currently in development.

We are also committed to seeing this framework reflected across the retreats and courses hosted at Neos Center from this year onward. For example, (In) Flux by Micaela may not be as intensive as some of the relational skills trainings we plan, yet its exploration of personal and collective space is deeply aligned with this dimension — and forms an important part of the wider tapestry we are cultivating.

Building coherence generally underpins everything we’re up to here. Starting from scratch, we are working through every system and domain to build coherence with our values and mission, from the densest level, e.g. the cow management, to the most etheric level: the energetic field.

Thank you for following this journey. It is always our deep wish that you’ll find something to be inspired by in each newsletter or communication we share with the world outside this village plaza!

With our sincerest love,

And Imbolc blessings (midway point between Solstice and Equinox, marking the end of winter)

Karen and Vincent

In this newsletter:

• The last 6 months

• Becoming a Neos Villager in 2026

• Getting involved: hiring and volunteering

• The Neos Experience and visiting soon

Dear Community,

If you’ve been following Neos for a while, you’ll know that there are major themes that we continually bring awareness to, such as:

• Initiatory leaps requiring an ‘ego death,’ next-level surrender, or rebirth.

• Visionary dedication to a purpose-driven path of serving humanity in the highest way possible.

• Integration of experiential wisdom pools for the most (w)holistic path forward — or sometimes the middle path / the ‘third way.’

Whilst building Neos Village and Center is our particular focus, these themes are nonetheless universal for everyone on a truly conscious life path. Thus, beyond the specific manifestation of Neos, it is our intention to bring resonance and inspiration to everyone on such a journey through life.

This is our first newsletter in 6 months nonetheless, because upon successfully purchasing and permanently moving onto the land in summer, we entered one of the most challenging periods of our lives.

Using the analogy of parenthood, the baby was born and we were thrown into exhausting days and restless nights, caring for a newborn that constantly demanded everything from us. Never had either of us been so deeply ‘on track’ in our lives - and equally never so challenged!

The shedding, the surrender, the diving deeply within for new strength, new clarity, ‘new ways of being’ continues, and will always continue, because this is the real work — not the external Neos, but the internal one — the New Earth Operating System being built inside of us all as we listen to this call from deep within the human soul.

Village Update

This approach to life continues to be our most meaningful USP in fact for anyone considering to join Neos Village:

Many ‘similar’ new community projects gloss over this. Some are more commercially driven, selling a perfect image being projected by the marketeers. Others are more community-led, decentralised from the get go, and rapidly devolve because until structure, policy, and practices for dealing with power dynamics and financial stability have been established, it is simply a theatre of psychodynamics hidden behind the yearning to belong. Many still dream of community being created this way, but it is rapidly dying out because it simply doesn’t work.

Challenges are unlimited, and the vision is huge. We’ve always been committed to being fully authentic and heart-led, whilst creating professional structure for a solid foundation.

In July, Vincent had the opportunity to talk about the journey of Neos on the Initiation podcast. The episode is now live, you can watch it here:

Become part of Neos Village in 2026

Currently we are working in a stage by stage process with multidisciplinary teams to integrate all ‘voices’, e.g. local governmental bodies, land regeneration, agricultural abundance, quality of infrastructure and facilities, the vision, and listening to the flow of the land herself.

In 2026, we will present the second major phase to become a ‘Neos Villager.’* In contrast to the first rounds, this will offer a clear and full picture, revealing the true unprecedented value of this opportunity.

You will be able to:

• See the full masterplan of the whole village: natural features, roads, community spaces, kids project, wellbeing, educational and healing facilities, housing clusters, equestrian center.

• Choose your exact location: e.g. the view, being in a hilltop or valley, proximity to natural features such as the lake or river, proximity to facilities such the education project, the southern entrance, the northern wellbeing facilities.

* a long-term owner-user member of the Neos community, with private occupation of a touristic unit.

In return for offering unparalleled quality of life, we will be raising the application process to become a member of the village, prioritising those who are:

• Most aligned with the vision of Neos Village as a community of conscious people living responsibly in service to a more beautiful world.

• Committed to become leaders of a new way — people who are excited to train to become skilled regenerative community and culture builders.

• Excited to contribute to and co-create Neos Center in its mission to provide world-class services to people from all over the globe.

This will not be a sleepy community in nature filled with expats quietly going about their high quality lives, nor a hippy dream, but rather a leading example of a community of change makers and thought leaders, who are highly skilled and engaged with what Neos stands for in the world.

The owners of the 150-200 property units will be selected via their alignment with the vision, their shared passion for what we stand for, and their commitment to see it through.

How you can get visit or involved!

2026 is going to be year of major development and restructuring — for the village masterplanning and housing offering, as well as Neos Center and the transformational framework in which we will start curating our own programs with partners.

Hiring opportunities

• General Manager — someone multi-skilled and extremely experienced to oversee the general management of the Center and operations. Ideally Portuguese with a strong work ethic and ability to execute in a dynamic environment.

• Events Team — skilled and self-leading experience designers, operational masters and marketing story tellers. People who are highly professional, capable, and committed.

• Volunteers — stay for a week and help out with simple tasks around the property, such as cooking, laundry, maintenance jobs, land work, or something more specialist.

Get in touch by emailing us at connect@neos.life sharing what role and why you are interested in it, your experience and a social media link so we can get to know you.

The ‘Neos Experience’ and other events

Whether someone is interested in joining the team, learning about our approach for their own inspiration, or joining the village, the best way to get to know us, the land and what Neos is really about is by joining our light introductory 4 day Neos Experience retreat, to be held a few times per year (the first one in March).

Each afternoon is a facilitated workshop on key aspects of becoming the ‘new human’ capable of stewarding the next culture with authentic self-leadership, energetic awareness, and social dynamic skill.

There will be other retreats, trainings and events running throughout the year which will provide more opportunities for you to come and meet us and dive into what Neos stands for. Details will be shared in follow up newsletters.

Blessings for 2026

We are filled with gratitude to be here, walking this beautiful land, listening to Mother Earth and dreaming of the full magnitude of the vision she is holding.

Neos is living proof that against all odds and unthinkable challenges, with true inner alignment, integrity, courage, tenacity and the kindness of people, the dreams that live in our hearts can become reality. So our message to you and your own dreams as we birth into another year is to hold the vision, act from alignment, and keep going!

We are excited about 2026 as a year of renewed clarity of vision and creating defining momentum. We hope that many of you will find your way here soon!

Thank you for following our journey and having supported and prayed for us through each dark night of the soul, into a new dawn, a new sun — a bright new future.

With love always,
Karen and Vincent

*** Update: You can now book the experience with Zach Bush on August 10 here. ***

Dear Community,

Neos·life is again at a pivotal moment in its development. After hosting our first retreat and converting the existing spaces into a beautiful retreat center, we are due to repay the bridge loan that generously enabled us to acquire the land in the first place.

We are looking for our next residents to invest €100k towards a €200k lot. The first ten will be able to join us for an intimate weekend with Zach Bush here at Neos·life in August.

Masterplanning under way

We’re excited to share a major milestone in the evolution of Neos Village:
We will be working with world-renowned EDSA — edsaplan.com — to lead the masterplanning of our entire village, beginning in August.

EDSA is one of the most respected and visionary design firms in the world. With a 60+ year legacy of shaping regenerative communities, cultural destinations, and nature-integrated resorts across the globe, they specialise in projects that balance ecology, social connection, and long-term livability.

Their portfolio includes award-winning work in Costa Rica, Morocco, the Caribbean, and dozens of other world-class sites — always weaving in local culture, natural beauty, and deep sustainability.

In three months, the land will no longer be abstract — it will be intelligently, beautifully designed: walkable, sacred, integrated, and clear in what each homesite offers. At this point, lot prices will increase accordingly — rising into their true, premium value.

And here's where we are right now:

To repay a bridge loan by the beginning of August, we have just 8 days left to offer an unprecedented opportunity.

Until July 31st, we still have a number of future lots available at exceptional value. This moment reflects where we are in the project’s evolution — we haven’t masterplanned yet, and while we have some initial regenerative zoning, our early supporters will be the first to choose their lots when the design is finalised later this year.

This is a rare and generous exchange:

• You help us complete this financial bridge,

• You receive land in the heart of Neos for extraordinary value,

• You gain early selection priority (first come, first served) once the masterplan is finalised,

• And you’re invited to influence key aspects of the village design — before it takes form.

• The higher your initial contribution, the more benefits you receive. Our current minimum is €50k to reserve a lot, but we are calling in €100k or more to make our loan repayment happen and you will thereby enjoy priority in selecting your future lot.

Email us on connect@neos.life if you’d like to book a call to talk through your options.

Who are our community?

In May we welcomed 25 sets of couples and families as Founding Village Members who share the same values, and who are primarily in the well-being, health, and conscious living business. Here’s just four of them below (from our website).

Since May we’ve been spending time together at the Center, collaborating on retreats and meeting up at events. We feel incredibly blessed for the ease and grace in which this already feels like family.

Retreats and events with the wider Community

Last week we welcomed 25 guests to Neos Center for an experiential training retreat by Dr. Nader Butto, a world-renowned cardiologist, scientist and spiritual teacher. It was a push to prepare the Center in time, but it was worth it to see the happiness of the participants. Here’s some feedback:

10th August Event with Zach Bush MD

Next month, Zach Bush — friend and Neos supporter — is coming to Neos Center for an intimate activation of the vision on this land. Just like our previous guest, Zach brings together medicine, science and spirituality. Watch his latest podcast on Know Thyself about 6 Powerful Lessons Nature Teaches Us About Being Human.

Whilst it is customary for a project like this to have a big launch event, Zach’s intimate activation is in keeping with our values of authenticity, simplicity, and the highest vibration — to honour the spirit and intelligence of the land, to weave our intentions to restore our natural blueprint as a response-able keystone species on this rapidly transforming Earth.

The 4-hour experience on August 10th will be open to a special intimate group of 60 people and will involve guided meditation journeys, sonic healing and breath work, a life changing talk with integrated Q&A.

There will be the option for up to 30 participants to enjoy an extended experience, including dinner with Zach, music, and two nights in one of our sanctuary rooms.

If you join us as a Village Member in the next 8 days with at least €100K contribution towards your lot, you will be gifted a free place!

Full details and ticket sales will go live at the end of this week. If you would like to make a pre-booking, we are reserving half the tickets this week for our community (with priority to our Village Members).

Once we go live at the weekend, it will be first come first served to Zach’s global community as well as ours.

Please register your desire to secure a pre-spot by emailing connect@neos.life.

Visit Neos·life

If you are interested to take this final opportunity to join as a village member at exceptional rates, join us this Sunday afternoon, where we are having an informal gathering for you to explore the land, enjoy the pool and picnic together.

The Neos·life difference

If you just joined us and are considering becoming a future resident, this is what you need to know:

1. Neos·life is not just a community, eco-village or residential opportunity. We are building a complete village for a new way of being. Read more here.

2. We have purchased a 1,000 acre nature paradise just 75 mins outside of Lisbon with existing infrastructure, favourable zoning, lots of water and more. See it here.

3. We are developing Neos into a fully self-sufficient 500 people strong residential community as well as a wellbeing center for 500 guests.

4. We are purposefully limiting the number of homes maintaining a balance of ample untouched nature space between community connection areas.

5. You will live next to and be part of a leading well-being and transformation ecosystem providing cutting-edge facilities and employment opportunities.

6. Neos·life is already a thriving nature habitat with cows, ducks, chickens, oustriches, peacocks, dogs and cats and a rich wild animal life including deer and free from car and airplane noises.

7. Neos Center is already open for retreat and venue bookings. Learn more here.

8. Joining us now before the masterplanning, you get the best value.

Next steps:

• Learn more by reading the past editions of our newsletter

• Feel into the Neos vibe through our Instagram or by reading the ‘Experience Paradise’ narrative I (Karen) wrote many years ago.

• Check out our extensive link list here.

• Neos·life is located here.

To schedule a call, please message us at connect@neos.life or respond to this email.

Last but not least

If you resonate with Neos·life’s mission to create a blueprint for a new earth and you have significant funds, we would like to invite you to consider to become a short to mid-term bridge lender and thereby give the project the time to raise additional funds and qualify for a bank loan. We, Neos and every future visitor and resident will be eternally grateful for your support in keeping the project and vision alive.

That all beings may be happy and free.

With much love
Karen and Vincent

As we attended Unicorn Summit last week, I noticed two things:

1. Our endless thirst for knowledge

2. Our belief that technology can solve our problems

When I attended Singularity University in 2010, I could not have imagined a more exciting place to be. Nestled on the NASA Ames Research Center next to Google’s headquarters in Paolo Alto, eighty of us from across the world and across disciplines from rocket scientist and AI researcher to serial entrepreneur and activist spent ten weeks learning about exponentially developing technologies and looking for ways to leverage them to solve humanity’s biggest problems (hunger, poverty, water, etc.).

Fifteen years later and a decade of questioning everything I used to believe, I’ve come to see the world and what is needed very differently — which is what led to the creation of Neoslife.

While technology has the potential to reduce our problems, it seems not really to have been very effective at doing so.

What dawned on my journey from technocrat to wisdom seeker is that technology is simply a tool and how we use it decides its impact.

Many if not all of our problems are not due to a lack of technology but a lack of consciousness.

Meaning: Global poverty and hunger are a result of our systems, incentives and power structures. Africa is rich is resources but poor because the West meaning Western economies and leadership wants its resources cheaply. Imperialism 2.0.

Longevity: We seek to live longer/forever because we lack the understanding that life is simple a blip in our existence between physical birth and death. Expanded states of consciousness helped me understand what spiritual texts have been telling humanity since the dawn of time.

The Third Way: A new era of wisdom

The world is in the process of waking up. Which means we’re starting to see through the lies and illusions, the stories we were told and we keep telling ourselves.

Waking up can be a difficult process but it’s desirable and ultimately inevitable.

As a result, we are in the process of discovering the Third Way. What do I mean? The brain and therefore life on earth are driven by duality: Hot and cold. Good and bad. Rich and poor. Science and spirituality. It’s one or the other.

What we’re in the process of learning is to comfortably hold two seemingly opposing principles without needing it to be one or the other. It’s the union of heart and mind, left and right brain, body and spirit, nature and technology, feminine and masculine that unleashes magnificence and cosmic harmony.

This is what sages have tried to convey for eons but their message was hijacked and distorted by institutions including the world’s religions: Christ consciousness is reclaiming our higher consciousness through the transcendence of separation and duality into the union of the seemingly opposing.

It’s impossible to describe something non-dual through a tool (language) that is born out of duality. We don’t have the vocabulary for it but we can understand by experiencing it. Neoslife’s mission is to create an environment, culture and community to empower just that — we call it:

‘A new way of being’

How do you explain the look, feel and taste of an Orange to someone that has never seen one? A bit like an Apple, sweeter, softer, … you can’t.

Karen and I are looking forward to talk (and write) less and invite you instead to experience what we have been working on since the inception of Neoslife.

This week we are hosting our first retreat group of 25 people at Herdade Batepé, the name of the Neoslife estate (Google maps).

Later this month, we will officially open the doors to Neoslife and you can come and stay with us and experience the magic of this piece (and peace) of land and what we are building on and with it.

If you are tempted to not just visit but bring your team, event, friends or guests with you, please get in touch with us here.

We are looking forward to welcoming you to a new, happier, healthier and more wholesome way of being.

Much love

Vincent & Karen

• Are you excited to become the next co-owner of Neos Village and have a plot of your own to build your dream house within this New Earth sanctuary? We are opening Round 2 throughout July. See below.

• Reflections from a month of intense ‘hitting the ground running’ in this tranquil paradise.

• Experience what we’re creating at Neos Center firsthand — Feeling called to a powerfully transformational experience? Or maybe you prefer a well-being sanctuary stay? We look forward to finally being able to welcome and get to know you!

Summer Action in Paradise

The last 4 weeks of being on the Neos land has been an intense period of action and transformation to make the place guest-ready after our yearlong Phase 0 marathon of being suspended in the void of uncertainty.

Whilst we have been in awe at the utter tranquility of the place — just the birds’ morning chorus is enough of a reason to come here — embodying what we stand for in creating a living model for a ‘new way of being’ now suddenly has new physical dimensions to it.

Life is emerging. Clearing the old. Building the new. Transitioning. Remodelling. Welcoming new people and energies, whilst weaving necessary bridges with the old. It is a celebration of creation and all this entails.

The heat and long days (happy solstice) bring even more energy and intensity to the beginning of this ‘Phase 1’ where many exciting developments are happening faster than we can share! We also welcomed a wonderful new team member as our property and hospitality manager.

No matter what scale or dimensionality is happening in our lives, our projects, our missions, our invitation continues to remain:

• Will we stand for a new paradigm or stay enslaved to the old?

• Will we lead from heart-intelligence and service to life or the programmed mind?

• Will we hold true to our authenticity, highest principles and vision, or be held hostage by the weapons of fear, guilt and shame?

Any notions of ‘once we have the land we can relax a little more’ got rapidly swept under by an increased demand upon our time and energy — yet with this is the even greater invitation to be the calm peaceful centre of everything.

We constantly have the choice to be consumed by life, driven by the unconscious urge to control every outcome and manage everything that comes at us — or — trust only in the current of what is moving us from within.

The latter involves being unmoved by the waves, because you trust the wisdom of the deep ocean. But for this we need to be united with our true self, its path and purpose. We need to attune to the quantum. This is the real work.

We also experienced the joy of welcoming some of our first Village Co-Owners, who stayed with us for a few days. We celebrated this first gathering over Solstice, and experienced the beauty and kindness of community — everyone was determined to help out in some way!

And now we can announce the next round open for new village members to join the family!

Join our 25 Founding Members

Just 75 minutes from Lisbon airport, investing in a home means securing a new way of living in nature, with aesthetic comforts, wellbeing amenities and all needs for community connection and fun readily available.

Are you regretting not having joined us in May’s round? Throughout July we are offering our next round for new neos·village home-owners! This is about legacy creation.

Plot reservations throughout July 2025 are starting at €50K. Just as May’s round for our first set of village members, this is a contribution towards the total cost of the plot (deeded to you) + development, which can be from €100K+ for a tiny house plot all the way up to a full villa plot. ​​​

See full deck for further details:

Home-Owner Deck

Multiple benefits of joining now!

Besides the list below, a major benefit is helping Neos continue! At the end of July we have to pay back our bridge loans to our lenders.

This urgency is therefore reflected in the price and other benefits below:

• ​Best financial value: after July, reservation prices will rise, and the land area included per plot at each price point will be reduced.

• Early location choice: Plot allocations are first come first served. ​

• Greater influence in masterplanning.

• Community building has already begun — be a part of it early on.

• Early members rates for retreats, spa facilities, and transformative programs.

The masterplanning process will commence in Q3 this year, and based on the initial feedback, we expect to be completed by the end of 2026.

Next Steps

1. Read through the full Deck

2. Complete the Attunement Doc to sense if you’re really aligned with the culture and ‘New Way of Being’ that we are upholding for this Village

3. Look through the Funding Codex that we created for the first round in May to go deeper - some details need updating for July, but much remains the same.

4. Gain more context by reading through some of our earlier newsletters during May’s round (if you’re new to this newsletter) e.g. here.

5. Register your interest and book a Call by emailing us on connect@neos.life.

Community Attunement

We welcome you at Neos·life!

If you are local or can make a trip to Portugal you can of course visit us to feel the land before you commit — and fall in love as everyone does!

We also can’t wait to receive members of our 4000+ community for in-house retreats and programs starting later this year. You can look forward to deeply healing retreats as well as regenerative and corporate programs on ‘New Earth Leadership’ and the ‘New Humanity.’

From end of July onwards we are officially open to hotel guests for well-being stays too! Stay tuned for our booking platform going live at the end of this month.

With love and community spirit,

Karen and Vincent

Home-Owner Deck

A week ago exactly, we signed the deed, moved onto the Neos land, and were catapulted into the next phase of neos·life — the baby is born and with barely a moment to celebrate, now the ‘real’ work begins, and immediately!

Our days are currently filled with endless meetings and decisions — like what to do with 200 cows and how to ensure they have enough food for the season, and how to get planning permission in time for EU grant submission.

But let’s back up for a moment!!!

This newsletter was either going to be one reflecting on the insights and lessons learnt from succeeding in fundraising for the land acquisition — or of not succeeding.

Yet the insights from either outcome are equally relevant/irrelevant because on the consciousness expansion path there are no mistakes and what seems like failure is only a redirection to further expansion.

Is there a more beautiful way of being, than that your intention is never a particular outcome, but rather only to be the vessel for the work of Source? To let go of all other stories except that you are consciousness fully experiencing each scintillating moment? This is our path.

It was a year of intense pressure and roller coaster twists and turns. We even lost a being we dearly loved just before the completion. And with attempts to possibly scam us, being let down, and all manner of challenges, it truly was a Hero’s Journey for both of us.

We literally poured everything into this project, and in this process of unconditional all-in giving amidst relentless challenges, were carved into much wiser, softer, and wider spirited beings than before — and so, we would have trusted any outcome, and it is ultimately this, we believe, that deems us worthy stewards of this vision.

For as we have attempted to convey all along, this isn’t an ordinary holistic retreat centre / regenerative project / eco community. It holds a different purpose— certainly scale, and only the kind of people that some would consider utterly crazy are devoted and tenacious enough to be ‘chosen for the job.’

I would often note a certain look on the faces of founders I met of significant projects — Mac Macartney from Embercombe, and Clare Dubois of TreeSisters to name a couple. It is a look of having seen, felt and been through far more than they ever conceived possible at the start of their journeys to create such projects.

We are actually only beginning, and yet I suspect we already have that look in our eyes. But there is a beauty in that look, a light that shines in a way it can never do from a life within one’s comfort zone.

One thing is for sure, we couldn't have done it without the support and teamwork from the incredible beings working with us on all planes and levels, not to mention the brave future village residents who trusted their intuition to join at this stage.

The news of the bridge loan to carry us across the threshold also came on the eve of the anniversary when Vincent and I had our very first zoom meeting a year ago — the perfect anniversary gift and wink from ‘the universe’ at our union.

We invite you to pause and breathe with us.

So many big visionary projects have failed to make it this far, and the very first thing we would give guidance or encouragement on to those seeking it for their own visionary ambitions is written in these passages. Can you surrender to the grace of giving and holding this much?

For those eager to learn from our journey, here’s some of our top insights and lessons from the past year:

Insights and Lessons

• Trust and act on what is core to the vision — don’t get held hostage by apparent limitations. Community was so core to the vision yet we delayed leaning into it because of perceived deadlines that in the end were constantly extended.

• Don’t allow yourself to be taken hostage by anything. Every time we compromised — (especially when it comes to money or people) instead of honouring deep alignment we wasted valuable time and energy.

• Trust your intuition and follow your YES. Many people said we shouldn’t be investing in architecture etc. already but we were just allowing all the jigsaw pieces to come together for this moment now when it is immediately needed.

• Don’t avoid the most grounded approach just because it’s about the ‘spiritual vision’. We would probably expand on the development plan, business plan, and take more of a real estate approach from the start if we did it over again.

• If it’s truly your blueprint — truly aligned with your whole being, rather than just something you’re generally aligned with or think is a good idea — don’t give up. Be persistent and trust the higher powers working through you.

• Face the most uncomfortable questions and recognise the mirrors in your own movie. Life will always provide them and the signs will only increase if you don’t pay attention.

  • For example, more than once we were asked, “why is it so hard to receive the needed funds, when you have so many millionaires and billionaires in your network that seem somewhat aligned to the vision?”

  • Then at one point we were pressed to answer if we will compensate ourselves for our time so far. Despite advocating having other people’s energy rewarded, in our ‘devotion’ we never once thought or spoke about our own compensation. How could we RECEIVE when all we were set on doing was giving? This is martyrdom and belongs in the old paradigm.

• Never underestimate the power of humility and sincerity. Even if people aren’t visionary new paradigm builders, they still respond to an honest heart. We wrote a heartfelt letter to the sellers at one point — against the advised norm — that moved them and their advisors so much they started rooting for us as well.

  • On another occasion I sensed that for the sellers to give us more time it would be essential that we allow them to vent and express their anger and frustration, and that we should gracefully welcome it.

• Ignore the critics. As Brene Brown said, those who have never stood in the fire are not qualified to give their opinions. It’s not about hating back, but rather not giving any energy to people who prefer to criticise others who are walking through the fire to create something to lift humanity over doing it themselves.

  • When creating something so big and potentially difficult, it is more important than ever to find and associate yourself with the people who light you up, that hold you to higher possibilities, that fill a gap in your world that is essential for your of wholeness.

  • Many people can offer criticism. Only some is actually helpful — discern the difference.

  • Not everyone will understand why you’re doing it the way you’re doing it and it’s not your job to explain it to them. Let go of caretaking others’ perceptions and expectations.

• It is generally assumed that a bigger team means you get more done. But more people — if not the perfect fit — can mean hours of unnecessary meetings and conversations. We got so much done precisely BECAUSE there was only two of us in the core team who are deeply aligned and therefore can work semi-independently.

• Our team were our:

  • Lawyers and Advisors (with whom Vincent spent the majority of his time jumping through impossible legal hoops to make this happen in this country).

  • Architects and Content Creators, helping us to communicate the vision.

  • Other-worldly mentors, especially Lisa Margulies — the one person in the world who could keep our compass set to North whenever we started to fall apart.

Completion of Phase 0

Ultimately some projects — when truly from the heart — are just divinely guided and even when it feels like mission impossible, it is your path to simply go through it.

Both Vincent and I each had areas to evolve through. We believe we were meant to go through this ‘schooling’ to initiate us for what is to come next.

As always in hindsight, maybe we could’ve been smarter about it, but we definitely shouldn’t have been any less crazy, determined, or intuitive.

We hope this can provide some inspiration to other new culture creators and new earth visionaries!

Thank you each of you, for every and any positive thought in our direction — any mention of us in a conversation or momentary prayer — for this belongs to all of us.

And so a new chapter begins, of co-creation and transformation. Very soon we hope to welcome you to a retreat or nature experience stay!

Much love,

Karen and Vincent

P.S. watch out for our follow up newsletter on Phase 1, including —

• Our speaker panel and booth at Unicorn Summit.

• We are looking for a live-in gardening, farm, construction and maintenance person. See here

• Our first in-house retreats.

In this edition:

• Revisiting what Neos Village is here for

• Update on land acquisition & founder opportunity

• Process of attuning new members to the community mindset

• Fresh invitation to create the future of your dreams - for real

• Join us on Sunday to see the land

A shared purpose 

The purpose intended to unite those that live in the community, is for all living things to thrive together and self-actualize at the truest level of our blueprints.

Part of this is in embracing the enlightened yet embodied ways of nature and consciousness, cultivating health, enlivenment, empowerment, connection, purpose, creativity, and service to life.

Another is in bringing beauty and inspiration to others and ourselves. We therefore value aesthetics and conscious design in order to expand and elevate consciousness.

A further key is in the social design of the community, creating generous and regular training opportunities, containers of processes and practices (as we have begun with neos·academy).

We’re invited to do the work we’re inherently designed to re-member, and live as we were each divinely designed to live. 

Attuning to ‘Creator’

How this unfolds as the village and its inhabitants develop:

• Self-actualisation, heart-centred living, sovereignty, purpose

• Community culture of respect, efficiency, healing, symbiosis

• Environments based on ecological harmony and natural beauty 

Most people say that the primary challenge to this is in the social arena— conflicts and power challenges.

But behind all social challenge is our own individual stuff: unconscious stories, unhealed traumas, unmet needs, avoided shadow, etc etc. It is really, actually THIS that stands in the way between us and our dream life.

This is why beyond the social design of right governance, communication and conflict resolution skills, lies the deeper invitation of healing and awakening into Creatorhood.

We are already beginning to attune new members to this through our:

1. Community Social Agreement that all new members are required to sign

2. Community Attunement — a kind of questionnaire for personal enquiry

Are you considering joining Neos Village as a Founding Member but want to understand more deeply how we will structure and approach the social and cultural aspects? Then please follow those links.

Here’s a few snapshots of the Attunement:

Help shape Neos Village - 1 week left!

What reason could you have to become part of Neos Village right now— in addition to freeing yourself and living your dream life?

1. Now is when you’ll receive the best financial value for your plot

2. Now is when you’ll have priority over plot location

3. Now is when you’ll have the opportunity to help shape the development of the Village: the Masterplan (on all levels).

A few weeks ago we were going to lose the land after a year of painstaking work and investment in a matter of days. We asked the community to step in, and they responded.

We raised €2M from those who were ready to become part of the founding story of this vision.

Now we have 1 week to raise the final €1M!

See the Funding Codex for full details.

If you have been considering investing but need help to integrate all the information, or if you could provide a loan to help this vision over the threshold (and receive our gratitude in a multitude of benefits in Neos Center), please get in touch with us immediately at connect@neos.life.

— Note, that as we need to find a whole €1M in a week, at this point we can only entertain larger sums for working out loan agreements etc.

— If you happen to be in Portugal on Sunday, you are invited to join us on the land in the afternoon for a tour. DM us or join our WhatsApp group to stay updated:

Join us on Sunday

A Deeper Note on Sovereignty & Diversity

We aim to be a community of awakened, empowered, sovereign, authentic, heart-intelligent individuals who are creating something of benefit to future generations.

There are many communities that have a strong cultural identity, guru, or community ideology, communities that are designed by extroverts for extroverts, or people that don’t already have busy, purpose-driven lives. This is not sustainable for a diversity of people with families, businesses, that are well on their own purpose paths, or in unique and sensitive spiritual processes. 

We believe that everyone should live freely and joyfully, respected as empowered creators of their unique paths by the community. This means that each person has ample space within which to fully unfold and actualise, and that there are many community containers through which to expand or receive constructive support.

Here the whole purpose of ‘community’ is to support and uplift each other’s unique blueprint path and our collective amplified power, rather than hold each other back.

We are each striving to be highly responsible, committed, and brave, with a foundation of love and kindness towards all life, and celebrate these qualities over certain spiritual or intellectual qualities that can lose this foundation and feed a sense of superiority. 

Here everyone embraces a fundamental and profound understanding of the power dynamics underlying conflict and drama. Here we strive to give power to each other, not take power from each other. 

We understand that shifting from ‘me’ to ‘we’ is not about conformism. The base level of consciousness that each community member holds, is, “We are all different so conflicting ideas are inevitable. How can we create win-win solutions, so that we can live in harmony and each person is true to themselves?”

There is a striving for truth, through cultivating awareness, the process of enquiry, and an attitude of openness and curiosity.

Some people may live at the further edge of the community or need periods of deep solitude in the forest. Some people will want to live in the tree and others in a an open area. Some will want to live closer to each other and regularly eat and socialise together. Some need open bright spaces and others thrive in cosy intimate spaces. 

Key Themes of the Community Culture

• Healing-Transformation: We seek deeper healing and transformation to self-actualise, end the drama triangle, contribute to society.

• New Culture: We embrace a new culture, based in deeper consciousness. We let go of old narratives and listen to what inspires us.

• Education: We seek to re-skill ourselves and to inspire the world with our gifts.

• Health & Wellbeing: We prioritise our health, what makes us alive and vitalised, and value each other’s practices and needs. 

• Resilience: How we become resilient, sovereign, self-sufficient, regenerative, on every level is a major focus. 

• Nature & Regeneration: Connecting with and restoring nature is a major theme that runs through every part of the culture and decisions.

• Design: Everything is designed with coherence, intention, and love, to affect consciousness, creating an aesthetic that is beautiful and natural. 

• Purity: We cultivate a clean, high vibrational quality of energy in all we do, striving to live from the heart, with integrity, sincerity, innocence.

• Diversity: Solitude, silence, stillness is valued equally to community, sound, children, movement — there is opportunity for freedom for everything.

See connected documents

• Community Social Agreement

• Community Attunement

• Fictional Community Story — allow your imagination to guide you

• The Funding Codex (will be continually updated)

Again, if you’d like to see this vision birthed, please forward this newsletter to friends or those in your network who might resonate and have the resources to help us with the last mile.

With deep gratitude and love,
Karen and Vincent

The moment of birth is near.

We are overjoyed that in the past two weeks members of our community followed their ‘Yes!’ and stepped forward pledging more than €2 million.

We spent several zoom sessions diving into the terms and legal agreements, exploring questions about fundraising, future ownership, development and deals to date, vision, planning, execution, future residency, conflict resolution and much more.

Feelings of trust, belonging and excitement have been growing:

To answer the many questions we received, we created a comprehensive document that we call the Neos Village Funding Codex that captures everything we know and highlights what we don’t know.

Some of its sections are:

• LAND, DEVELOPMENT & YOUR HOME:
  Location, Land, Land Ownership, Land & Neos Village Development, Your Lot/Unit, Resources & Environment, House Design

• FUNDING & FINANCIALS:
  Land Acquisition, Development Costs, Ongoing Costs, ‘Neos Coin’, Your Contribution, Selling Your Unit & Value Appreciation

• LEGAL CONSIDERATIONS:
  Legal Aspects, Risks, Security, Residency

• LIVING IN NEOS VILLAGE:
  Living in Community, Living in Your Unit, Infrastructure & Amenities, Decision Making & Conflict Resolution

• NEOS CENTER:
  Vision, Governance, Relationship with Neos Village, Use of Neos Center facilities

Read the Funding Codex

Lots are going fast. Over 25 homes out of 200 have already been reserved since we launched the community call two weeks ago. Now is the time to reserve your spot.

Ranging from tiny house sites with an initial contribution of €50,000 to a contribution worth €500,000 — Neos Village is welcoming everyone.

We trust that it was always meant to be this way — it was always about creating community, new culture, a new operating system.

A once in a lifetime opportunity to join the birth of something new

The Founding Members benefits close with the purchase of the land this month. Use this newsletter as an introduction and possible referral to neos·life. We will continue to fundraise until we have sold all 200 homesites.

Be in charge of your future well-being

Last week, whilst we were on the land with architects and builders, the whole of Portugal and Spain's power was shut down for the day.

This was another reminder of the need for projects like neos·life that create sovereignty with food, water, energy and health independence.

neos·life is committed to creating a place where our lives, our health, wellbeing and resources are in our own hands.

Learn more about neos·life

Join us on a call!

Want to know more? Get to know us. Interrogate us. Meet other brave Members. Find your clear ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ to become a Member. Now is the time!

Please become familiar with the information in the Funding Codex first.

Register and join here:

• Saturday, 10th May @ 2.30pm WEST (Portugal)

• Sunday, 11th May @ 6.30pm WEST (Portugal)

Register for Saturday

Register for Sunday

With heartfelt appreciation and excitement,
Karen and Vincent

Want to join the action? All the conversation is happening in our 370 members strong WhatsApp group:

neos·life WhatsApp group

Hear what our Founding Members are saying:

I'm just so impressed by all of it. I feel very lucky to have discovered this gem of this community. And the vision is just gorgeous, really, really, really happy and excited. — Barbara

It's mad what you guys have thought of. Every time you open your mouths it's like, oh, you've already thought of that, you've been down that, done that. So yeah, much appreciated and thank you very much. — Rob

You again built more trust. All the answers really showed me that you’ve been about this for years. You’ve built this not yesterday or the last twelve months but it’s deep inside you. And that’s a very moving and comforting situation. — Martin

Before we were looking at a house in France. This is so much more exciting! Every aspect that we were looking for is in this project. It's great! — Tom

I'm super impressed with everything that's been said and I'm very excited about the vision of neos·life. I feel like it's a way of living our values and our spirituality and putting it forth and that is very exciting to me. It's exactly what I'm looking for. I just want to really thank you for all the work that you've done. And yeah, I just can't wait to see what comes next. Thank you. — Vicky

I'm very moved by your capacity and how you react to all these different questions and all the ideas being thrown around. It takes so much presence to react the way you do. And the more I come to these calls, it's a steady building of trust and the vision that is being lived. — Gregory

It’s such a big endeavour that becomes clearer with every call. That’s very exciting. I’m really curious to see it unfold. — Moritz

I experienced excellent stewardship which I have rarely actually seen in this level of community processes. Thank you very much for embodying, living and role modelling how community discussions can be held and guided in such uncertain waters. — Yip

I’m really curious to see all of us on the land building the Neos Village. It's really an exciting image in my mind. And thank you very much for all the answers. I think they were very satisfying, even if there is so much to unfold during the process. Happy to be here. — Çiçi

I feel really excited after this call. I feel by attending these calls, I already expanded. I'm so grateful for you and the community because I feel it's a safe space for me and it's beautiful to see the trust and the surrender and how I feel much more connected after every call. So thank you so much. — Sandy

I'm absolutely excited! I didn't want to allow it to myself. It feels like I have to go there and put my yurt up. I'm really excited. I'm really happy. And I have the impression like I can really contribute, that my contribution is welcome and I'm so grateful for that. I see that this vision is coming down and manifesting. — Andrea

It almost feels like the next stage of dating for me, which is bringing up some questions and some aspects that feel a little bit uncomfortable. But I feel welcoming of that because it's clarifying. Just simply feels really nice to sit in this space with everyone and get to know what's important for everyone. And to be on this journey together. Thank you so much. — Lucy

Watching a community come together, watching all the people, watching alignment happen, patience and understanding, rolling up the sleeves, doing what needs to get done. There's just been so many things. It's been a miracle in my opinion. I just want to jump on with you from the heart. — Lisa

I'm just in complete awe of the amount, the sheer scale of what you're holding and what you're creating, the depths of your vision, your courage, your persistence to have got this far and to have created a group that have come together to come and meet you in this. It's incredible to watch. I'm very, very grateful to be here. I'm absolutely bought into your vision. I'm excited to contribute to whatever level we can but mostly I’m just very grateful for what you're doing, because so many people want to live in an environment like this, but very, very, very few people could come anywhere close to creating it. And so you're pioneering here in a in a way that I've not seen anybody attempt to do so. Just thank you. — Kimberley

Real deep gratitude to you both and Lisa for what you put into this so far. We've both been involved in community ideas for a while now and being in the sort of vision stage for many different projects and this one is really lighting us up and we feel super engaged. There's something special about this, there’s a kind of miracle quality about it, like there's something sacred happening. So yeah, really, excited, just thank you. — Charlie

What strikes me is it's just amazing what you have done! The scope and scale of this vision and being able to not just endeavour to put something like this together but to actually get this level of sophistication in this timeframe. It’s really something to pull off, like really, really. And the depths that you will have had to dig to in order to, and the sacrifice you will have had to make in various ways and domains, in order to pull this off to get to this moment and this group of people and this level of commitment, is absolutely extraordinary. I really do take my hat off to you. The process in and of itself of bringing this into fruition is extraordinary. — Ricky

As you know we are in a crucial moment, and need to provide the sellers a concrete plan/evidence asap. With around €1M pledged (confirmed after the initial €2.2M suggested by the poll), we need to find the remainder in the next day or two! We believe they will grace us til Monday if we are showing the pledges coming in.

Pledge Letter

Here’s a brief summary of points to clarify as succinctly as possible some of the important things you might be wondering about. Naturally each point opens further questions, hence the need for brevity, but our intention is to reach people that feel a natural alignment sufficient to feel comfortable to get in touch directly.

What happens once the land is bought?

Once the land is bought, two parallel processes will begin.

1 — Northern guest part: ‘The Center for a New Humanity.’

The Center, with it’s educational, healing and wellbeing mission, can begin operations immediately as we have existing structures and have invested much already, e.g. renovation plans, a management system, a calendar of retreats and regenerative programs. All founding members can begin to access this at a discount or free.

While we deeply welcome the spirit of co-creation and community involvement, the Center itself is not structured as a co-owned asset but rather will be stewarded by those with laser-focused alignment. Profits will be reinvested into the development of the Center (and wider village), and will eventually become a Foundation guided by a board of the highest expertise and moral alignment to the vision (e.g, Lisa Margulies — Vincent’s mentor, and Zach Bush MD are currently council member and will be increasingly involved).

It will deeply serve the residential community. Living adjacent to a thriving hub for healing, creativity, connection, and learning is not only an extraordinary lifestyle benefit — it also creates future opportunities for many residents to work, host events, and generate income through collaboration. We also invite other aligned purpose-driven entrepreneurs to create complementary businesses on the visitor (and residential) side of the land, e.g. the development of spaces for particular experiences or services.

2 — Southern part: Neos Village residential village

We’re now entering a phase of planning on many levels — from infrastructure to social and cultural life. As a co-owner of the southern land, you’re free to be as involved in collective decisions as you wish. Some may prefer to simply enjoy the space without taking part in the development, while others will feel inspired to contribute more actively.

This is what we mean by “community light” — a place where people can live in their own way, with freedom and privacy, as long as there's mutual respect. It’s this balance that makes the community emotionally sustainable and welcoming for all.

Let’s look at these levels:

Infrastructure planning:

We have already made a start to the land aspects with Ekogaio, our regeneration experts to locate the important areas for housing, agriculture, rewilding, and new roads. We’ve also spent time with multiple housing partners to explore housing designs that are biotonomous, modular, beautiful, simple to build.

Obviously this is all going to take a lot of time to both get full permission for and build, and is shaped by financial resources and the skills and involvement from the community. Meanwhile you can still be in a tiny house or other impermanent structure as you desire (we have two tiny houses to live in that take 3 months to build).

Fortunately this time can also be used to develop the social infrastructure of the community. We are excited for many campfires, hikes through the estate, and facilitated circles together!

The Center also assists this purpose, providing more context to meet — also for new potential community members to join us.

Social/cultural planning:

It is essential that we first get familiar and set our agreements on the Meta Level:

• Communication channel — for instance our existing app has the functionality of creating many types of groups. The app also has a lot of masterclasses to refer to for community building skills that was part of The New Earth School.

• Making decisions — e.g Sociocracy allows for fast decision making, whilst every person is valued.

• Meetings best practices — we will define all types of meeting, their rituals and facilitation methods.

• Conflict resolution — we will define our preferred conflict resolution practices and mediators, for which we have several partners already.

• Expertise — we will get to know each other and everyone’s areas of expertise and interest so that we can identify leaders and teams.

• Vision and cultural alignment — we will explore in depth the vision for the community culture, so that if anyone is not aligned at this stage they can exit early on. As the founding members, this alignment at the core level is vital, so we can lead by example for later members.

Once this foundation is laid, we will proceed with any and all decision making content to map out, structure and co-create over time, led by initiators and expertise, e.g. shall we build the School in location a, b, or c.

Pledge Letter

Pledge Financial Terms

We want to clarify again what we’re creating here is not an investment model with fixed financial returns (ROI). Instead, pledging €20k, €150k, or €1m is a commitment toward co-ownership — contributing to the collective purchase of land and, where applicable, the development of your home on that land.

Each pledge contributes toward something tangible — a share in the estate and/or a future home. The specific use-rights or allocations that correspond to your pledge will ultimately depend on the total costs involved and your final contribution. In short, the benefits scale with what you contribute.

For example:
If you pledge €200k and the portion of land you’d like access to live in is valued at €100k (it will be much more in the future, especially as the Center evolves and living at neos·life becomes ever more attractive; what we are offering now will be never again prices), the remaining €100k could be used to fund your home — whether that’s a simple cabin, an elaborate tiny house with a deck and a pool, or towards a 3 bedroom modular house. While the funds are initially used to secure the land, we are confident at raising additional capital (via bank loans, EU grants, new co-owners, development partners, etc) to support the homebuilding phase once the estate is acquired. Securing the land significantly strengthens our ability to unlock further resources.

If you pledge €20k, you can access a portion of land equivalent to that amount, and slowly increase it over the next few years.

Note — campsites can charge €10k annually for just the rental of a space. We do not want a big campsite, but just saying that €10k for lifetime co-ownership and homesite within an incredible setting is an extraordinary deal.

The specific location, size, and cost of each homesite will be determined during the development phase, following the acquisition of the land. This process involves carefully assessing the total available square meterage to accommodate approximately 200 homes within the most suitable areas, while preserving natural features such as existing trees and wild spaces. In addition, we will allocate dedicated areas for essential community infrastructure, including educational facilities, entrepreneurial spaces, creative studios, and venues for gatherings and events.

At that stage, we’ll work together with all co-owners to make fair and thoughtful allocations, taking into account each person's preferences and contribution.

If at any point a co-owner decides not to proceed, they can either:

1. Sell their share and allocated homesite to someone else, or

2. Request a refund, which we will aim to return as soon as it becomes realistically feasible based on available liquidity.

We also want to be transparent about why some terms may have felt vague up to now. It’s not because anything is hidden — quite the opposite. It’s because we value openness, flexibility and precision. Rather than locking in rigid or the wrong terms early, we’re intentionally creating space to co-design this, ensuring that the final agreements reflect everyone’s values and needs — while making sure that the principles and rules lead to a thriving and diverse community rather than a struggling one (learning from so many projects that either failed or succeeded due to a host of factors, including careful long-term planning).

(If you’re interested in joining an open, casual conversation around neos·life, you can join our 300 members strong WhatsApp group)

As we are already past the sellers deadline, we urge those ready to pledge to DM us with a letter of intent (not binding) and then join a closed group conversation — to share ideas, propose preferences, and help shape terms that are collectively fair and transparent.

Pledge Letter

neos·life’s vision is to become a place that is home to many people not just a niche or specific tribe otherwise it cannot evolve into a larger model for a new way of being, living and humanity. If we all enter this process with a ‘we-focused’ spirit, we’re confident we can co-create something truly beautiful and equitable.

Easter rebirth!

We know there are a thousand more questions — and we welcome them. But we hope this has offered some helpful context and clarity for now.

Wishing each of you a peaceful, nourishing Easter.

Again, please respond to this email or send a message to us ASAP (connect@neos.life) if you’d like to pledge or have any questions, and let’s birth a village.

With love and appreciation,

Karen and Vincent

See our previous update with steps here.