Re: a community building effort based on 12 questions August 23, 2010

Franz wrote - I read the excerpts from Jack Reeds Book "The Next Evolution" and found it pretty interesting that he also groups the community building process around 12 questions.

Andrius has also been doing work based around 12 questions.

I found the letter interesting, and it is in the public domain, so I share it below.

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From: <ms AT ms.lt>Date: 23 August 2010 18:03 Subject: [livingbytruth] Re: a community buildiing effort based on 12 questions
To: Franz Nahrada <f.nahrada AT reflex.at> Cc: livingbytruth@yahoogroups.com
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Thank you, Franz! Andrius

> Hi Andrius,
>
> I read the excerpts from Jack Reeds Book "The Next Evolution" and found it
> pretty interesting that he also groups the community building process
> around 12 questions.
>
> http://www.communityplanet.org/the_next_evolution_book/about_the_author.php
>
> http://www.communityplanet.org/the_next_evolution_book/pdf/The_Next_Evolution_excerpt.pdf
>
> �To capture the essence of what we want in our Community, we created this
> affirmation:
> �We are living in a Community, a home of peace and loving, dedicated to:
> � Demonstrating harmony with all life;
> � Nurturing and supporting each other;
> � Sharing our wealth as one family;
> � Listening to the truth within each other and responding with kindness,
> consideration, and loving honesty.
>
> �At first our plan was to describe the Community through focusing on areas
> like economics, agriculture, education, recre- tion, etc..
>
> Instead we chose to focus on more expansive questions involving how people
> live together:
>
> 1) How do we share our abundance?
> 2) How do we interact with our environment?
> 3) How do we reach consensus?
> 4) How do we beautify our environment?
> 5) How do we enjoy ourselves?
> 6) How do we enrich ourselves?
> 7) How do we coordinate what we live to do?
> 8) How do we nourish ourselves?
> 9) How do we vitalize ourselves.?
> 10) How do we communicate?
> 11) How do we bring forth inner wisdom?
> 12) How do we expand our Community?
>
> �To see how much more expansive these twelve �How do we ...� focus areas
> are, notice how the areas of health involves so much more when we
> consider, �How do we vitalize ourselves?� Likewise with food production
> and preparation, when the question is �How do we nourish ourselves?� it
> makes us think about all the aspects that are important in nourishing
> ourselves rather than just putting good food in our bodies. We see how the
>
> LIVING FOR THE HIGHEST GOOD IN COMMUNITY
>
> twelve focus areas are all interrelated, and we think it is important
> that, as we move into a new age of cooperation, that we begin to consider
> our lives as a whole rather than to compart- mentalize them."
>
> all the best
>
> Franz
>
>
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