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**aliceingoogs** · 12-28-2008, 11:26 PM

the only ones that would need to be a live in in my idea of what i see as a community would be the main managers for caring for the lands and housing for kitchen areas and storage for foods. the community area would be more of a retreat...some place you could bring your family to for a weekend, garden together, prepare meals together, and a great library to study in for whatever suits you (including the law of one....but it wouldn't be pushed, just available). lynette,
i have no issues with creating a retreat, i thought you were referring to a live-in community.

if the goal of the community is to provide food, shelter and other needs to members than this is something we should support. this whole, "working for dollars to buy food and rent shelter" thing is a new concept in terms of our time on earth. me and you should be able to create our own food and shelter without dependancy on dollars. we should also reap the rewards of the work we do rather than collecting a small percentage of proffit in a "wage".

maybe the goal of a community would be to do good in the world. this we can all do in our homes. have a group and spend time together meditating and intentionally creating the future you want. focus on fixing problems and righting wrongs with love. learn together and from each other. benone,

the main problem i have with a live-in community is that it seems like a rather selfish act. i agree that life "can" be better (creating our own food/shelter and not depending on dollar as you have mentioned). but 99% of our population who needs spiritual growth do not live in this type of environment. so my question to you is...how do we reach out to the 99% of our population, if we are not living among them? afterall, isnt this the reason we are here on this planet at this moment?

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aliceingoogs Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 607 Senior Member	the only ones that would need to be a live in in my idea of what i see as a community would be the main managers for caring for the lands and housing for kitchen areas and storage for foods. the community area would be more of a retreat...some place you could bring your family to for a weekend, garden together, prepare meals together, and a great library to study in for whatever suits you (including the law of one....but it wouldn't be pushed, just available). lynette, i have no issues with creating a retreat, i thought you were referring to a live-in community. if the goal of the community is to provide food, shelter and other needs to members than this is something we should support. this whole, "working for dollars to buy food and rent shelter" thing is a new concept in terms of our time on earth. me and you should be able to create our own food and shelter without dependancy on dollars. we should also reap the rewards of the work we do rather than collecting a small percentage of proffit in a "wage". maybe the goal of a community would be to do good in the world. this we can all do in our homes. have a group and spend time together meditating and intentionally creating the future you want. focus on fixing problems and righting wrongs with love. learn together and from each other. benone, the main problem i have with a live-in community is that it seems like a rather selfish act. i agree that life "can" be better (creating our own food/shelter and not depending on dollar as you have mentioned). but 99% of our population who needs spiritual growth do not live in this type of environment. so my question to you is...how do we reach out to the 99% of our population, if we are not living among them? afterall, isnt this the reason we are here on this planet at this moment?
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