CarrieO
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The http://www.ic.org/ website, Fellowship for Intentional Community, offers a few definitions of what this type of living is. Here are a few examples...
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...a group of people who come together deliberately in a residential situation around a specific vision, agenda or shared values. Certainly there are communities that adhere to the latter criteria whose members do not live together; however, when we think of intentional communities, it seems to imply being residential.
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Intentional community is an association displaying two primary characteristics. First, the members of the group maintain some level of common agreements, such as choosing a name for themselves and a system of governance.
Second, the group carries on some collective actions, for example sharing a common residential property and usually other material assets. Essentially, any association may call itself an "intentional community" by common agreement. The lack of such an agreement results in an association being termed a "circumstantial community," which is similar to nations, cities, towns, or neighborhoods where individuals live in proximity by chance, and may or may not actively choose to be a part of the association imposed upon them. Both intentional and circumstantial communities can at times function as the other, depending upon their degree of common agreement and community action
and my favorite from David Spangler, one of the early members of the Findhorn community, who offers his opinion of community beyond the boundaries of the intentional space alone;
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When this was a small gathering of people it was very easy for us to experience community here; everyone worked with everybody else, we knew everyone's first name, we were together through the day and we had sanctuary all together. As the community grew, jobs became more specialized and people worked further afield, and being together became more difficult. Then the quality that makes community had to arise from something more than just physical proximity and daily encounter. ...Community is not something that is created when people come together and live together, rather it is something that is preexistent and we can awaken to it. There is never a time when we are not in community, and our practice is to awaken to that experience of communion.
Is this what you mean, OP? In reading your journal entry that discusses the topic you've posted here, I'm curious why you say you want to form this type of communial living situation and then say you want it to be with a lesbian or bi mistress and a few subs, mostly female. To be honest, it does sound slightly more poly than not.
Maybe you could elaborate and clear up any misconceptions.
fwiw...There was a thread started in the beginning of the year similar to this topic. I'm sure you could find it by using the search feature and typing in 'lifestyle home'.
*edited to fix link
< Message edited by CarrieO -- 5/15/2010 10:24:11 PM >
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