I'd like your input on starting the perfect commune

Discussion in 'Communal Living' started by newB, May 4, 2007.

  1. newB

    newB Member

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    Dream a little with me. Money not stopping us, give me ideas, thoughts, etc on how you'd want your commune set up.
    How much land if any?
    City life or in the sticks & why?
    The pros & cons of communial living.
    Religion
    Love and relationships
    on & on...
    Just give me your input. What would you want or not & why???


    Help me make the best commune from the ground up.
     
  2. yaggala

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    That is a very good idea. Actually I don't have any experience in commune but I want to. I m motivated to build a community where respect love will be the leaders...

    With love from my heart

    Julien
     
  3. oldwolf

    oldwolf Waysharing-not moderating Super Moderator

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    Guess you are never going to start then .....Aye ?
    perfect community would have to start with perfect people - this is earth class in session -... no such thing - Growing toward it but always got more Growin to do (thanks Be)

    Gotta remember that this is all about learnin.
     
  4. newB

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    There are always the naaaaaa sayers. Anyway, I still want to know what things someone would like/want/need. No room for the negative people in my life, life's to short for that.
     
  5. Selfsustaingsociety

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    well the amount of land needed to live in balance with nature would depend on a lot of things like how many people you plan on having on your commune, if you will be eating meat or living a vegan lifestyle, if you will eat meat how much and what kind of animals. also it would depend on if you will be heating your buildings and how you will be heating them...

    For my purposes I'm planning on around 160 acres, eating a limited amount of meat, mostly using eggs and milk and heating with wood. was thinking about 40-80 people max. and multiple familys in one lodging house... just my thoughts though.

    I hope other people respond to this post cause it can provide a lot of good ideas to people starting out or to people to improve on what they already have. also to those that are already living it, what did you think about the above questions and what has changed now that you are established?
     
  6. oldwolf

    oldwolf Waysharing-not moderating Super Moderator

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    Interesting that you see that as nay saying.
    what is right for some is not for others - perfection is something that always grows larger as you come closer to your original conception of what perfection is. - you never get there.
    Any who have Done community or have been active in the Doing - actually working on the land - making it happen; will tell you that there is no such thing as a perfect community - it is something you Grow into and through much hard work and stretching of your limits and much listening, little talking and a phenomenal amount of work and each willing to work it out - it comes into being.
    It is beautiful beyond words and harder than hell. the love flows and a single incident can sour the whole group. How much can you stretch and bend and not break from being true to your own Self.
    Community IS and Change moves it along to be yet something more, that becomes a living breathing entity and one that sometimes dies. But the community takes on a life of it's own. If it is dependent on any 1 member then it will not survive. If the concept is too ephemeral without the acknowledgment of the Work involved it never really even gets started because nobody ever knew what was really involved.
    Depending on the people involved and what they want - the ideal morphs to fit the group. So what is ideal for 1 group is not for another.

    So look inside and Be true to Self and synchronicity will show you the Way it manifests - or where you go from here on to the next effort of whatever you decide you want enough to make it happen.
    Sorry if I seem negative to you - for me this is a wonderful reality and becomes the Work of what life is about.
    You see it's not whether you succeed - it's whether you are willing to learn and Grow.

    Probably one of the most important necessities for initiating is a Statement of Purpose (which often Changes as we Grow) - because that sets the tone on what you are about and helps formulate the very qualifications you are asking others about - without that ..... ? it becomes but another mental exercise without the necessary kingpin needed to be the fulcrum you need to bring it into being.

    Or as 1 once said - too much, talk not enough action. Maybe I've just been here too long and seen people talking the life right out of it happening.

    Blessings along the way - Ahh the lessons we learn

    Namaste (my spirit bows to your spirit)
     
  7. siah

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    Make your commune capable of change; and you can pursue perfection, enjoying yourself all the while.

    Stick to some rule of how your commune is and must be and you will constantly be disappointed and in my experience, "perfection" is a moving target anyways.

    I've lived communally for over 16 years now. All the other rules change constantly. Sometimes you need to accept everyone. Sometimes you need to look out for the longterm members, and "screw everybody else." Sometimes you need to get involved with other people's business. Sometimes you need to let individuals work out their own stuff. Sometimes you need everybody's opinion. Sometimes you need strong leadership. Start and try. You'll see.
     
  8. oldwolf

    oldwolf Waysharing-not moderating Super Moderator

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    right on ....sometimes the only way you have of knowing is in the doing ....no let me adjust that - the only way you really know is through the actual experiencing - all the armchair talking will not really do much to prepare you for what IS - except maybe make you a bit more rigid and therefore breakable.

    Sometimes it's hard for those starting in on the concept to believe the actual workings....yet geez even look at your family - unless you have an unusual one - you can see the needs for flexability.

    and yah ....start and try and you will see what ever you will see - the nice part is that every single try is different - even as the people and situations are.

    Blessings

    Namaste
     

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