Your time is limited, so dont waste it living someone elses life.

Dont be trapped by dogmawhich is living with the results of other peoples thinking. Dont let the noise of others opinions drown our your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.
Steve JobsCommencement address, Stanford University, June 12, 2005

Sustainable, Cooperative & Holistically Healthy Intentional Communities

love is to be shared A more shared, sociable lifestyle. Its also more economical to live communally. Freedom from numerous societal enslavements. Many cultures naturally practice communal living, and wouldn't designate their way of life as a planned 'commune' per se, though their living situation may have many characteristics of a commune. Self Sufficiency in Christs sufficiency His Spirit Breaking free from bondage truth lived out Calling / God Given Life Purpose spiritual maturity Must have intentional people to build the community

Definitions
In the German commune book, Das KommuneBuch, communes are defined by Elisabeth Vo as communities which: [9] Live and work together,

Have a communal economy, i.e. common finances and common property (land, buildings, means of production), Have communal decision making - usually consensus decision making, Try to reduce hierarchy and hierarchical structures, Have communalisation of housework, childcare and other communal tasks, Have equality between women and men, Have low ecological footprints through sharing and saving resources.

Avoiding the Ills of Society

1 Environmental Degradation 2 Energy Depletion 3 Economic Meltdown 4 - Greedy accumulation of wealth 5 Paying Mortgage bondage to house
Equity mortgages and mortgage fund Turanga Eco-village

6 Paying Rent bondage to landlord 7 - Unnatural & Tainted Food Sources 8 - Hostility between People Groups 9 Violence 10 Hierarchies (egalitarianism) 11 Factory sizing (unsympathetic to human dimensions) 12 - g

Questions?
1 How do we live intentionally? 2 - How do you organize or choose the members? 3 What kind of charter /constitution does it have? 4 How do people join?

5 What kind of ownership is involved? 6

Values
1 Others-centered - local involvement in the cities where we live 2 Transformation healing for person and world 3 Cooperative - Unity in Common Purpose 4 Holistic Wellbeing 6 human needs Tony Robbins Certainty, Variety, Significance, Connection/Love, Growth, Contribution 5 Spiritual Growth Calling / God Given Life Purpose spiritual maturity

6 Care and Study of Nature 7 Racial Diversity 8 Growing Nutrient Dense Food (and consuming) 9 Embracing the Less Fortunate (ragamuffins) 10 Continual Learning 11 Well ordered 12 Financially Solvent 13 -

Types in History
1 Cooperatives 2 Kibbutz 3 Communes (intentional communities) 4 Marae 5 Monastic (Christ in the Desert Monastery)

6 Quaker/Amish 7 Gypsy/Nomadic 8 Moravians 9-

Successful Models
1 Twin Oaks (sustainable and egalitarian Virginia, USA) 2 LArche Community 3 William Wilberforce the Saints - He was supported in his work by fellow members
of the so-called Clapham Sect, among whom was his best friend and cousin Henry Thornton.[114][115] Holding evangelical Christian convictions, and consequently dubbed "the Saints", the group mainly lived in large houses surrounding the common in Clapham, then a village to the south-west of London. Wilberforce accepted an invitation to share a house with Henry Thornton in 1792, moving into his own home after Thornton's marriage in 1796.[116] The "Saints" were an informal community, characterised by considerable intimacy as well as a commitment to practical Christianity and an opposition to slavery. They developed a relaxed family atmosphere, wandering freely in and out of each other's homes and gardens, and discussing the many religious, social and political topics that engaged them.[117] The group published a journal, the Christian Observer, edited by Zachary Macaulay and were also credited with the foundation of several missionary and tract societies, including the British and Foreign Bible Society and the Church Missionary Society.

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Possible Vocations (community-owned businesses)

1 Outdoor Fitness Training Grounds 2 Fitness and Sports Academy 3 Homestay hosting 4 childcare (in-home) 5 Holistic Health coaching / training 6 Alternative News & Lifestyle publication 7-