“It is possible that the next Buddha will not take the form of an individual. The next Buddha may take the form of a community, a community practicing understanding and loving kindness, a community practicing mindful living.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh
“A Gathering of Our Tribe of Spiritual Healers and Light Workers” is designed for the assembling of spiritual activists who desire to assist humanity in transcending the false notion that we are separate. It is to be an egalitarian type of community. To join it, one must first read the free ebook provided at: From Separateness to True Self-Realization: A Transitional Guide Designed to Stimulate a Spiritual Revolution. If you cannot find it by googling it, we can send you a link.
On this land, we have established food and energy self-reliant infrastructures, and you can view photos of these at the bottom of our ic.org listing. This IC could be comprised of residents who contribute to and participate in this way of life, living it with us in our rural, self-reliant community setting or be nonresidential, supportive members living elsewhere. We are seeking Co-Founders so that we can form a team of multi-generational project initiators capable of developing and maintaining an educational center by combining our efforts as Spiritual Healers and Light Workers.
“Inter-dependence, of course, is a fundamental law of nature. Not only higher forms of life but also many of the smallest insects are social beings who, without any religion, law or education, survive by mutual cooperation based on an innate recognition of their interconnectedness.” ~The Dalai Lama
The Dalai Lama points out what the average person aspiring to join an IC may be unaware of, which is about our interconnectedness and how our survival as a species depends upon our ability to cooperate. Therefore, it is important to acknowledge the need to educate ourselves so that we can accomplish this together and teach others how to do this as well. When one truly puts oneself into this effort, all personal considerations that are social and material in nature will easily fall into place as our relationships develop. It will then be unnecessary to struggle alone in an attempt to fulfill these needs.
The information one requires to prepare for the task of co-founding this IC is contained in The Co-Founders’ Primer. (Ask for it, and we will email it to you.) However, for these projects to be successful, please keep in mind that we need to begin with people who have evolved intellectually, spiritually, and emotionally enough to realize that the IC way of life offers them and the world healing alternatives. Humanity must find a way to escape the destructive, wasteful, separative existence that we have been locked into for thousands of years, which the intentional communities are offering.
To get started with us, go to http://www.communityworks.info/hopi.htm to connect with the Hopi Elders’ advice to mankind regarding the crucial age of change we have entered. They ask and advise:
“What are you doing? What are your relationships? Are you in the right relation? Where are you living? Where is your water?” Additionally, “Know your garden,” and realize that “The time for the lone wolf is over.” It would be prudent for the reader to think about where one wants to be and with whom before one is overtaken by the social, economic, environmental, and other shifts currently taking place. The consequences cannot be healed by science and technology; they are only going to get worse.
A Co-Founder must become a researcher and apply one’s mind, heart, and spirit to the task. There is much to be learned about coexisting harmoniously and effectively with others in an intentional community. Joiners can apply after the IC has established a working and committed core group. With all the above in mind, feel free to correspond with us, and together, we will be able to discover what can be co-created. Through the efforts you make, many doors can be opened.
We are Spiritual Healers and Light Workers combining our efforts to assist mankind during the difficult times ahead.
As we said already above about our visiting policy, we repeat here. We’re looking for those committed to making this Spiritual Community work for everyone involved in this project. The rewards for making this type of effort with us are great. Therefore, we recommended researching how to live successfully in a community setting. This type of effort will help everyone prepare for this mutual undertaking. If an applicant is willing to do this reading and other preparations with us this will positively affect our processes and help us a great deal in deciding whom to admit.
There is much we’ll all need to learn and make clear to one another about our compatibilities in values and goals and many other factors before arranging a visit from you or a walk-through of the community or its land. As we mentioned above, we seek to find our Co-Founders who are able and willing to combine their efforts with our own. Therefore, one will need to be prepared mentally and spiritually for this role to be successful in co-existing with us in this IC. Please plan to expend some energy in emailing us back and forth so we can get to know you well enough that we can feel comfortable about revealing our location to you and agreeing to your visiting us.
The whole membership decides collectively.
Generally seek agreement, but have backup methods when consensus isn’t reached.
Power and responsibility are shared relatively equally among members.
A Gathering of our Tribe of Spiritual Healers and Light Workers members will decide together on major improvements to the community and lands. Individual members will decide on their improvements, except those developments that will violate the rights of other members who hold an interest in the long-term health and benefit of lands. All will decide upon any developments of this community in Consensus.
Members contribute a percentage of income to community funds.
Regular fees: Yes
Labor: Yes (16 hrs/week)
A Gathering of our Tribe of Spiritual Healers and Light Workers is striving to actualize enlightened values and goals, but this does not mean everyone will be expected to contribute all their income and assets into a common pot. The same goes for sharing common housing. We are an educational type of community where each member can retain the monetary funds and assets they have accumulated, but then when the communities’ common infrastructures, which everyone benefits from, need to be repaired or rebuilt it can be done with everyone contributing their labors, plus financially, to accomplish this.
The “Particle Share of Expenses” will be on whatever is decided are the projects the community wants to develop together that benefit all members. All costs that are experienced as a result will be shared by all members. The community’s common assets that each member will contribute to are those that facilitate our collective ability to live food self-reliantly and further the goals we have established as a community, be they spiritual or material. Therefore, let us agree that if the community has a need, all members will contribute to a common fund to meet that need.
During food growing and processing seasons, every member will be required to contribute to the food self-reliant gardening and food processing being done in the community, and how-to instructions will be provided so we can all grow and preserve a larger percentage of what we need to sustain our year-round food self-reliance. The tools and infrastructures for food preservation will be provided as well including space in our root cellar for the community’s root crop storage. However, those with physical disabilities will need to compensate others to take over their duties.
Common House, Garden(s), Greenhouse(s), Library, Swimming pond or pool, Large Scale Kitchen, Tractor & Farm Equipment, Internet
Countryside locations with significant distance from urban centers.
Shared living spaces with private bedrooms/bathrooms and communal
kitchens, dining, and social areas.
Integrated communities designed around ecological principles with sustainable living practices.
Geographically close groups of independently-owned homes whose residents actively cultivate community relationships and shared values.
Residential communities focused on providing space for meditation, spiritual practice, and personal growth retreats.
Connecting people and communities through an intentional online marketplace
A residential project: people live here as their primary home.
An institution, business, network, or project that isn’t a residence (e.g. a learning center, farm, or network with no one living there full-time).
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