I can relate to your journey in so many ways! I too left my previous life feeling lost and a lack in depth and purpose. I moved to a farm in Santa Cruz where I spent over a year and had a really similar experience to yours in terms of unplugging and reconnecting with myself and nature. It is a kind of spiritual experience - some called it deprogramming or cleansing. I don't know what to call it, but it felt amazing and I realized what it is that humans are craving and missing, what that hollowness inside so many of us really is. It's a call back to our roots, our true selves, our nature. Those who answer that call is bountifully rewarded...and continue to be. I feel grateful everyday. Following the Santa Cruz experience, I went to Asia for three months and went to place called Mindful Farms in Thailand: http://www.mindfulfarmers.org/. Your story about Hamsah reminds me a lot of that farm too. There's so many people doing great things!