Opening Post

The topic of this blog is evolving conciousness, and the physical manifestation in terms of sustainable and regenerative communal living. I have been visiting and building relationships with communities from Ontario to BC, California to NewZealand, and at the years end will be journeying around the world to visit these and many many more. The goal and purpose is to learn, build relationships and tied the movements together via the Rejuvenation Network.   Conducting research, defining measures of community success, and creating a global communications platform are also efforts that I will be undertaking. So far, what I have observed and intuited about what makes a intentional eco-community successful are the relationships between those involved.   …Just like 99.99…% of our Universe is empty space, it’s that space where the magic is free to manifest and where the connections between all things unseen exist. Knoledge and access to information is the next important step, so that future generations can build upon the work accomplished by humanities legacy.  But this is an important portion of debate since much of the information we inherit about cultural norms, value, dangers, communication, methods, etc. are not the most efficient, effective nor virtuous.  And therefore the ability to access the right information, pair with the ability decifer what is relavent is the real key to this form of communication. Following that, it’s appropriate use of technology.   In many ways, on a hiarcy of needs, this access to technology comes first.  However these observations are coming, not in terms of an evolutionary perspective, but in terms of the present world situation and how individuals coaless together in order to co-create a better way of living and working together.   Technology surrounds us, from shovels, fertilizers, vehicles, language, structural materials, etc.   And the appropriate use of this technology has caused one of the primary global threats our civilizations, and all life on this planet, now face.    Rather than using highly unstable nuclear energy, disposable petroleum based materials, or items with built-in obsolescence  choosing the right balance of technology that have the capacity of enhancing the quality of life, nature and the world around WHILE also not distracting us too much from our environment and the methods of behaviour that ground the human mind in the dirt of mother Earth. These are 3 elements to successful sustainable and communal living.  But as the world at large grows and expands, a degree of interconnection and coordination with other social entities is also a necessity for an emerging worldview of unity conciousness to change the course of destructive habits into those of peaceful and abundant living while in harmony with those around.  So in these terms, a higher application of virtual technology can be applied.   However, in this context there are dangers as the engineered conduit of communication will be the frame of which all dialogue exists within.   And this is what I aim to create, with the help of the Rejuvenation Network and Social Enterprise, while also operating in conjunction with the other social benefit endeavours happening world-wide synergisticly. Some base level needs of community success that I illuded to, but overlooked, are those of spiritual development and concious awareness.   As each individual represents themselves, as well as the expressions of those around them through the subjective interpretation of external information, an evolved emotional and spiritual level of conciousness is needed in order for a group to work through challenges and build solutions as a dynamic social...