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In search of a better way to live and make a living, and a better understanding of how the world really works.

	August 5, 2007

Sunday Open Thread -- August 5, 2007 Aerial view of the same area in which yesterday's photo was taken; River Thames is in the upper right. What I'm thinking about, and planning on writing (and podcasting) about soon: Creating Community: We all long intuitively to be part of a natural, loving, self-selected community. This is the way we lived for almost all of humans' time on Earth, until civilization changed all that a few short millennia ago. So what's holding us back? The Three Seductions of Organized Religion: Absolution, salvation, and uncritical community. Damned appealing promises. Are these why so many people continue to belong, even fervently, to organized religions? Vignettes: Coming up soon, vignette #5. Blog-Hosted Conversations: Starting the last week of August, once a week, this blog will feature 30-minute conversations, initially on the subject of "What is your model of a better way to live, and what capacities do we need to develop or re-learn to live that way?" Open Thread Question: If someone approached you to become part of a new Intentional Community, in a beautiful, natural, faraway place, what would it take for you to say yes? 12:16:48 AM  trackback []  comment []

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