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Let us continue then with the development of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community]. The following construct may be a bit difficult for some of you to [[visualize]]; for others of you, it will be quite easy. But I want you to visualize a two-dimensional [[schematic]] of a community. You’ve done this before, you’ve seen organizational maps, organizational structures on two-dimensions, and in this case, the [[focus]] is upon the [[individual]]. Last time we met, we spoke about the "[[intention]] of community" is to raise and develop and to grow [[individuals]] who are of [[soul]]-survivable capacity, to be [[integrated]] with a larger [[community]], to make a contribution in a meaningful way. So this schematic has the individual at a point or a [[nexus]]; from that [[personality|person]] radiate connecting lines to all agencies, facilities, organizations, bodies that assist in the growth, support, maintenance and development of the individual.

Let us continue then with the development of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community]. The following construct may be a bit difficult for some of you to [[visualize]]; for others of you, it will be quite easy. But I want you to visualize a two-dimensional [[schematic]] of a community. You’ve done this before, you’ve seen organizational maps, organizational structures on two-dimensions, and in this case, the [[focus]] is upon the [[individual]]. Last time we met, we spoke about the "[[intention]] of community" is to raise and develop and to grow [[individuals]] who are of [[soul]]-survivable capacity, to be [[integrated]] with a larger [[community]], to make a contribution in a meaningful way. So this schematic has the individual at a point or a [[nexus]]; from that [[personality|person]] radiate connecting lines to all agencies, facilities, organizations, bodies that assist in the growth, support, maintenance and development of the individual.

As comment on two-dimensional organizational charts, flow charts, they are grossly inadequate and really give an [[erroneous]] [[perspective]] of the [[course]] of [[events]], such as in a complex case as community’s support for the [[individual]], and in return, the individual’s support of the community. So what I would like you to do with the organizational chart is to turn it into three-dimensions; it now has [[depth]]. And let us also give it another [[dimension]], of [[time]]. And the way you would record time in this three-dimensional organizational chart is from a flow, starting from a point, let’s say on your left and it [[flows]] through time as it proceeds to the right, so that the length of this chart would be for the duration of the individual’s [[life]], a "full life." So what you would end up with is a rather large tube, a three-dimensional tube, with the flow of time from left to right.

As comment on two-dimensional organizational charts, flow charts, they are grossly inadequate and really give an [[erroneous]] [[perspective]] of the [[course]] of [[events]], such as in a complex case as community’s support for the [[individual]], and in return, the individual’s support of the community. So what I would like you to do with the organizational chart is to turn it into three-dimensions; it now has [[depth]]. And let us also give it another [[dimension]], of [[time]]. And the way you would record time in this three-dimensional organizational chart is from a flow, starting from a point, let’s say on your left and it [[flows]] through time as it proceeds to the right, so that the length of this chart would be for the duration of the individual’s [[life]], a "full life." So what you would end up with is a rather large tube, a three-dimensional tube, with the flow of time from left to right.

You must realize that the [[individual]] begins at a point in time before their arrival at [[birth]], and so the agencies and [[organizations]] that have an affect, an effect, (both) on the individual, begins with the procreative [[parents]] shortly before the time of their creation in the [[womb]]. (I know you can follow this as you have also visualized the [[merkaba]], the mind line and the heart line.) In this case we will make it a little bit more [[complex]] because the organizational chart will change at each significant phase of the individual’s career as a growing mortal. And how you would do that is to have the individual as the center, at some point in this three-dimensional construct, and then highlight the agencies in a bright color that would be [[connected]] to the individual, so there would be an open phase before the creation of the individual in the [[womb]], and then shortly thereafter, there would be agencies such as "Community Nutrition," "Family Emotional Health," some kind of "Family Services," and procreative agencies in the community that would assist the [[mother]] and [[father]] during the early phases. And as you may suspect, as you move through the trimesters of the [[pregnancy]], the highlighted agencies would grow, the numbers of agencies would light up as the individual, still in the womb, travels through time to the point of birth, and so on through the remainder of their life. There would be "Home Education," "Nutrition," the "Home Environment," in all it’s broadest [[perspectives]]. The individual, or [[parents]] early in their life, would have access to all the resources [[necessary]] at those time periods for the development of the individual, infant and child growing into adult as they age. This may sound [[complex]], but it is not, really, as each of you has had these [[experience]]s already. It simply is a matter of recording these agencies, the individual’s [[growth]] and development, and how to maximize their [[potentials]] that are [[inherent]] within them, when they come into the world and as they grow and develop through their lifetime.

You must realize that the [[individual]] begins at a point in time before their arrival at [[birth]], and so the agencies and [[organizations]] that have an affect, an effect, (both) on the individual, begins with the procreative [[parents]] shortly before the time of their creation in the [[womb]]. (I know you can follow this as you have also visualized the [[merkaba]], the mind line and the heart line.) In this case we will make it a little bit more [[complex]] because the organizational chart will change at each significant phase of the individual’s career as a growing mortal. And how you would do that is to have the individual as the center, at some point in this three-dimensional construct, and then highlight the agencies in a bright color that would be [[connected]] to the individual, so there would be an open phase before the creation of the individual in the [[womb]], and then shortly thereafter, there would be agencies such as "Community Nutrition," "Family Emotional Health," some kind of "Family Services," and procreative agencies in the community that would assist the [[mother]] and [[father]] during the early phases. And as you may suspect, as you move through the trimesters of the [[pregnancy]], the highlighted agencies would grow, the numbers of agencies would light up as the individual, still in the womb, travels through time to the point of birth, and so on through the remainder of their life. There would be "Home Education," "Nutrition," the "Home Environment," in all it’s broadest [[perspectives]]. The individual, or [[parents]] early in their life, would have access to all the resources [[necessary]] at those time periods for the development of the individual, infant and child growing into adult as they age. This may sound [[complex]], but it is not, really, as each of you has had these [[experience]]s already. It simply is a matter of recording these agencies, the individual’s [[growth]] and development, and how to maximize their [[potentials]] that are [[inherent]] within them, when they come into the world and as they grow and develop through their lifetime.

And each of you, let us say for example, is living in an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community], and each of you is working in one of these agencies. And so, you, in your respective agency, whether it is "Home Health," "Home Nutrition," "Home Education," whatever it might be, would then, look upon the individual, and in this case the infant and also the mother and the father, as your clients. How would you structure or develop your agency to assist and support these individuals at these times? You would see that the broad mission of your agency would have different goals and different [[objectives]] as the [[individual]] [[matures]]. If you reflect upon the [[organization]] of your [[government]]al structure, whether it is the county or the city, the state, and the federal government, there is a tremendous fracturing and [[separation]] among and between all these agencies.

And each of you, let us say for example, is living in an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community], and each of you is working in one of these agencies. And so, you, in your respective agency, whether it is "Home Health," "Home Nutrition," "Home Education," whatever it might be, would then, look upon the individual, and in this case the infant and also the mother and the father, as your clients. How would you structure or develop your agency to assist and support these individuals at these times? You would see that the broad mission of your agency would have different goals and different [[objectives]] as the [[individual]] [[matures]]. If you reflect upon the [[organization]] of your [[government]]al structure, whether it is the county or the city, the state, and the federal government, there is a tremendous fracturing and [[separation]] among and between all these agencies.

But in intentional communities that will develop on this world as they have on [[other worlds]], they will all be [[integrated]], all [[flow]] together. It is as though you were living and working in a very large, but efficient and effective [[corporation]] where you always are examining for areas that are ignored or overlooked or neglected. And you give the same importance to those issues as you do to the [[taxation]] structure, generation of income for your governmental bodies. This plan is a plan for the development of [[cohesive]], [[enduring]] [[communities]]. Communities that not only beget individuals who are of [[soul]]-survivable capacity, but also in the [[development]] of community that is enduring, that works.

But in intentional communities that will develop on this world as they have on [[other worlds]], they will all be [[integrated]], all [[flow]] together. It is as though you were living and working in a very large, but efficient and effective [[corporation]] where you always are examining for areas that are ignored or overlooked or neglected. And you give the same importance to those issues as you do to the [[taxation]] structure, generation of income for your governmental bodies. This plan is a plan for the development of [[cohesive]], [[enduring]] [[communities]]. Communities that not only beget individuals who are of [[soul]]-survivable capacity, but also in the [[development]] of community that is enduring, that works.

You in [[United States|this nation]] that is so very young, have only begun to see the pulling together of the elements of your [[society]] into cohesive, coordinative efforts. Take for example the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought_in_the_United_States#2000s drought situation], which has developed, in this state, in this region of the United States. Some [[citizens]] are consciously holding back on watering their lawns and using water in different ways than they used to. Yet some individuals [[fear]] that the drought is coming and so they use even more water now, so that their grass will remain green in the event that they have to cut back. And others yet, are continuing life as usual, waiting for the [[mandate]] from the [[governmental]] agencies to say, "We are now moving into [[emergency]] water restrictions." In an intentional community, water is a primary resource, one upon which you are dependent for your survivability and [[quality of life]], a resource that is not squandered, but used reasonably. When people become aware that there is a drought they begin eliminating certain activities with water. You may guess already that wherever this intentional community lies geographically, it is all groomed using [[indigenous]] species of [[plants]] so that the plants that are used [[survive]] quite well. Yet even in an arid community, there may be certain areas that are kept green, to be used for public recreation, for the use of all people.

You in [[United States|this nation]] that is so very young, have only begun to see the pulling together of the elements of your [[society]] into cohesive, coordinative efforts. Take for example the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drought_in_the_United_States#2000s drought situation], which has developed, in this state, in this region of the United States. Some [[citizens]] are consciously holding back on watering their lawns and using water in different ways than they used to. Yet some individuals [[fear]] that the drought is coming and so they use even more water now, so that their grass will remain green in the event that they have to cut back. And others yet, are continuing life as usual, waiting for the [[mandate]] from the [[governmental]] agencies to say, "We are now moving into [[emergency]] water restrictions." In an intentional community, water is a primary resource, one upon which you are dependent for your survivability and [[quality of life]], a resource that is not squandered, but used reasonably. When people become aware that there is a drought they begin eliminating certain activities with water. You may guess already that wherever this intentional community lies geographically, it is all groomed using [[indigenous]] species of [[plants]] so that the plants that are used [[survive]] quite well. Yet even in an arid community, there may be certain areas that are kept green, to be used for public recreation, for the use of all people.

Planning of intentional communities begins early on, yet very few intentional communities will spring up solely by themselves in new geographic areas. The intentional communities that you will see in decades to come are those that evolve or develop out of contiguous geographic areas, whether they are four blocks square, one block square, four miles square, or forty miles square. It will be a [[consciousness|conscious]] commitment by each individual to participate. These intentional communities most likely will come into existence simply because of the necessity of their existence to survive.

Planning of intentional communities begins early on, yet very few intentional communities will spring up solely by themselves in new geographic areas. The intentional communities that you will see in decades to come are those that evolve or develop out of contiguous geographic areas, whether they are four blocks square, one block square, four miles square, or forty miles square. It will be a [[consciousness|conscious]] commitment by each individual to participate. These intentional communities most likely will come into existence simply because of the necessity of their existence to survive.

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===='''''[[Genetic Engineering]]'''''====

What values would an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] have? Would [[selfishness]] [[survive]] well? Probably not, it would stick out much as a sore thumb. Yet, while each individual has access to all the [[resources]], they are unique in themselves, a wonderful [[quality]], which needs to be preserved. It is exceptional, unique individuals who make exceptional results. Those individuals who have less capacity than those of truly exceptional ability, and those with great [[limitations]] due to their congenital difficulties in life, will require innovative solutions to maximize their [[potentials]]. As we said last time, all of you will arrive in the [[future]]. Those individuals who have congenital difficulties, those who have [[abnormal]] [[social]] behaviors, will be there too. What will be different is a conscious effort to minimize the development of those characteristics that do not contribute to the individual’s [[exploration]] and development of the potential that lies within them, and the maximization of their latent potentials.

What values would an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] have? Would [[selfishness]] [[survive]] well? Probably not, it would stick out much as a sore thumb. Yet, while each individual has access to all the [[resources]], they are unique in themselves, a wonderful [[quality]], which needs to be preserved. It is exceptional, unique individuals who make exceptional results. Those individuals who have less capacity than those of truly exceptional ability, and those with great [[limitations]] due to their congenital difficulties in life, will require innovative solutions to maximize their [[potentials]]. As we said last time, all of you will arrive in the [[future]]. Those individuals who have congenital difficulties, those who have [[abnormal]] [[social]] behaviors, will be there too. What will be different is a conscious effort to minimize the development of those characteristics that do not contribute to the individual’s [[exploration]] and development of the potential that lies within them, and the maximization of their latent potentials.

As we said, [[congenital]] [[difficulties]] will be removed in centuries to come. It is not an issue of [[eugenics]], my friends; it is a matter simply of getting the best results from what you have. Each of you now would certainly be willing to give up congenital near-sightedness, congenital issues related to [[brain]] development, [[neural]] difficulties, muscular issues, and degenerative bone problems. And wouldn’t you wish for the strengthening of your [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system immune system] without allergies, for instance? We are really not talking about developing a "super [[race]]" or "[[Supermortal|super individual]];" simply using the individual gene structure that you have now, maximizing it, while eliminating those things which are self-destructive, self-deteriorating, and maximizing those which contribute to your well-being. You have in your [[chromosomal]] gene structures, genes that have been shut down or shut off, which could now help you a great deal in overcoming many [[difficulties]]. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have these turned on, so that you would be [[protected]], so that you could maximize—simply use that which you have—and it would not be neglected or cared for through [[medical]] processes.

As we said, [[congenital]] [[difficulties]] will be removed in centuries to come. It is not an issue of [[eugenics]], my friends; it is a matter simply of getting the best results from what you have. Each of you now would certainly be willing to give up congenital near-sightedness, congenital issues related to [[brain]] development, [[neural]] difficulties, muscular issues, and degenerative bone problems. And wouldn’t you wish for the strengthening of your [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immune_system immune system] without allergies, for instance? We are really not talking about developing a "super [[race]]" or "[[Supermortal|super individual]];" simply using the individual gene structure that you have now, maximizing it, while eliminating those things which are self-destructive, self-deteriorating, and maximizing those which contribute to your well-being. You have in your [[chromosomal]] gene structures, genes that have been shut down or shut off, which could now help you a great deal in overcoming many [[difficulties]]. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have these turned on, so that you would be [[protected]], so that you could maximize—simply use that which you have—and it would not be neglected or cared for through [[medical]] processes.

The intentional community is truly that in all regards; it is "[[intentional]]," and it reaches into every aspect of your [[being]], of your living, and of the [[development]] of new individuals. Would you willingly bring a child into your life, one who has great [[potential]] with the opportunities to maximize their [[intelligence]], [[balance]], [[spiritual growth]] and development and then be struck down at age twenty or twenty-one due to some congenital issue? What a [[tragedy]]! Would you be willing to [[accept]] that in the name of what you call "normalcy?" I doubt it, if you had a [[choice]]. And we are not speaking of [[mediocrity]]; we are not speaking of you being the same as other people, doing the same things, living the same way; but living in socially [[adjusted]] ways that maximizes your [[potential]] to [[express]] itself as the unique individual that God created, that could be brought into [[existence]] through conscious living.

The intentional community is truly that in all regards; it is "[[intentional]]," and it reaches into every aspect of your [[being]], of your living, and of the [[development]] of new individuals. Would you willingly bring a child into your life, one who has great [[potential]] with the opportunities to maximize their [[intelligence]], [[balance]], [[spiritual growth]] and development and then be struck down at age twenty or twenty-one due to some congenital issue? What a [[tragedy]]! Would you be willing to [[accept]] that in the name of what you call "normalcy?" I doubt it, if you had a [[choice]]. And we are not speaking of [[mediocrity]]; we are not speaking of you being the same as other people, doing the same things, living the same way; but living in socially [[adjusted]] ways that maximizes your [[potential]] to [[express]] itself as the unique individual that God created, that could be brought into [[existence]] through conscious living.

Rayson: Certainly. In the beginning, you will need a [[prototype]] to begin and there already exist some prototype communities in the world. Most are not complete and most do not have in [[existence]] the [[spectrum]] of agencies and [[services]] necessary to serve individual’s [[growth]], which also gives meaningful employment to those who live there. In the beginning, we are talking about a community that is perhaps 500 to 1000 individuals. But [[eventually]], as your society grows and [[matures]] and sees the benefit of these, there will also be a maximum or optimum size of community, which in true [[reality]] would be groupings, constellations of communities within a larger— I would not call it metropolitan or urban development— as much as a cohesive, [[integrated]], larger mega-community of perhaps half a million people. This would be the maximum size to give the [[quality of life]] that is necessary, and also provide the full spectrum of services that individuals would need, which would not be provided for in the smaller communities in which they live. For smaller communities there is no [[arbitrary]] size other than it being a functionally sized [[organization]] and grouping of [[families]] and [[neighborhoods]] sufficient to provide the services necessary to fulfill the [[philosophy]] and [[mission]] of the community.

Rayson: Certainly. In the beginning, you will need a [[prototype]] to begin and there already exist some prototype communities in the world. Most are not complete and most do not have in [[existence]] the [[spectrum]] of agencies and [[services]] necessary to serve individual’s [[growth]], which also gives meaningful employment to those who live there. In the beginning, we are talking about a community that is perhaps 500 to 1000 individuals. But [[eventually]], as your society grows and [[matures]] and sees the benefit of these, there will also be a maximum or optimum size of community, which in true [[reality]] would be groupings, constellations of communities within a larger— I would not call it metropolitan or urban development— as much as a cohesive, [[integrated]], larger mega-community of perhaps half a million people. This would be the maximum size to give the [[quality of life]] that is necessary, and also provide the full spectrum of services that individuals would need, which would not be provided for in the smaller communities in which they live. For smaller communities there is no [[arbitrary]] size other than it being a functionally sized [[organization]] and grouping of [[families]] and [[neighborhoods]] sufficient to provide the services necessary to fulfill the [[philosophy]] and [[mission]] of the community.

But would it take one person per agency? Perhaps so. One person, who may work in a satellite office, [[coordinated]] by a more centralized office. If you were thinking of a storeowner, let’s say you were having gas stations, how many gas stations would you need for a given [[community]]? Depends on the number of cars and the traffic flow. How many small neighborhood pizza parlors would you need, or grocery stores? So the services that are provided in an intentional community are very similarly devised and developed and put in place. Depends on the [[service]] need. How many [[schools]], for instance, could one [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_nursing community nurse] serve? Perhaps you would need one nurse per school, perhaps two. Perhaps they would have other capacities besides [[physical]] well being, but [[emotional]] well being as well, and so on.

But would it take one person per agency? Perhaps so. One person, who may work in a satellite office, [[coordinated]] by a more centralized office. If you were thinking of a storeowner, let’s say you were having gas stations, how many gas stations would you need for a given [[community]]? Depends on the number of cars and the traffic flow. How many small neighborhood pizza parlors would you need, or grocery stores? So the services that are provided in an intentional community are very similarly devised and developed and put in place. Depends on the [[service]] need. How many [[schools]], for instance, could one [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_nursing community nurse] serve? Perhaps you would need one nurse per school, perhaps two. Perhaps they would have other capacities besides [[physical]] well being, but [[emotional]] well being as well, and so on.

In the beginning [[stages]] of intentional community [[development]], you will be dealing with only the most gross, large [[functions]] necessary to help a [[community]] survive and sustain itself. In time, it will become more [[complex]] and replete in its services to the individual, and so, becomes a more meaningful place to live. If you think back to decades in the [[past]], you will see that sometimes individuals were raised in a community from which they [[adventure]] out but return. For in that community, much is provided to them that is [[satisfying]] and of interest to them for the development and fulfillment of their lives. So too, communities in the future will not be [[boring]] places but interesting, where there are meaningful contacts and [[meaning]]ful [[experience]]s by individuals as you have had. We are not talking about social [[automatons]], spiritual automatons at all, but individuals who live in a [[dynamic]] society where they can move and go from place to place.

In the beginning [[stages]] of intentional community [[development]], you will be dealing with only the most gross, large [[functions]] necessary to help a [[community]] survive and sustain itself. In time, it will become more [[complex]] and replete in its services to the individual, and so, becomes a more meaningful place to live. If you think back to decades in the [[past]], you will see that sometimes individuals were raised in a community from which they [[adventure]] out but return. For in that community, much is provided to them that is [[satisfying]] and of interest to them for the development and fulfillment of their lives. So too, communities in the future will not be [[boring]] places but interesting, where there are meaningful contacts and [[meaning]]ful [[experience]]s by individuals as you have had. We are not talking about social [[automatons]], spiritual automatons at all, but individuals who live in a [[dynamic]] society where they can move and go from place to place.

Your [[services]] may not be needed in your immediate [[community]], but in another one in another state or region of the country in which you live, so you would move. And this will happen over and over as it does today. But more and more, people will find solace and [[continuity]] in their lives where they live, and go to other places knowing that their lives would only be slightly different than where they came from. But this is centuries in the [[future]]. Now, these [[plans]] are given to you as a [[template]] for you to examine and for possible and probable implementation in the future. It will take you much time to develop a [[conscious]] effort and you will know when to do this, for there will be a [[necessity]] around you that requires this to occur. As I am speaking to you today, there are with me a [[contingency]] of community developers who stand with me, providing [[information]] to me as I give it through this individual to you. These individuals are [[Celestial Teachers]] who have come from, and have their origins and mortal [[existence]] on planets that had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional communities]. They have great experience and through their [[training]] on the [[celestial]] spheres, they have a much more complete grasp of community development, and particularly through the [[Correcting Time]] and the Community Mission effort, their training is specific for [[your planet]] at this time, as it is specific for the [[Isolated worlds|other planets]] that came out of quarantine. There is much to do on all these planets, and there is a great deal to do on yours. Although [[United States|your nation]] is prosperous, it has taken the [[ethos]] of the rugged [[individual]] to the far [[extremes]] where the individual is left [[alone]] to stand and to survive on their own without the supports of [[community]]. It also provides a very warped [[perspective]] of [[integration]] in your society, as there is an endemic [[selfishness]], which is not to be admired, or encouraged. Yet we do not [[encourage]] individuals to become dependent upon social agencies for their [[support]], but to become contributors in meaningful ways to their own [[life]], and to the life and function and survival of others, [[becoming]] a sustaining influence in their own individual right in their community.

Your [[services]] may not be needed in your immediate [[community]], but in another one in another state or region of the country in which you live, so you would move. And this will happen over and over as it does today. But more and more, people will find solace and [[continuity]] in their lives where they live, and go to other places knowing that their lives would only be slightly different than where they came from. But this is centuries in the [[future]]. Now, these [[plans]] are given to you as a [[template]] for you to examine and for possible and probable implementation in the future. It will take you much time to develop a [[conscious]] effort and you will know when to do this, for there will be a [[necessity]] around you that requires this to occur. As I am speaking to you today, there are with me a [[contingency]] of community developers who stand with me, providing [[information]] to me as I give it through this individual to you. These individuals are [[Celestial Teachers]] who have come from, and have their origins and mortal [[existence]] on planets that had [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional communities]. They have great experience and through their [[training]] on the [[celestial]] spheres, they have a much more complete grasp of community development, and particularly through the [[Correcting Time]] and the Community Mission effort, their training is specific for [[your planet]] at this time, as it is specific for the [[Isolated worlds|other planets]] that came out of quarantine. There is much to do on all these planets, and there is a great deal to do on yours. Although [[United States|your nation]] is prosperous, it has taken the [[ethos]] of the rugged [[individual]] to the far [[extremes]] where the individual is left [[alone]] to stand and to survive on their own without the supports of [[community]]. It also provides a very warped [[perspective]] of [[integration]] in your society, as there is an endemic [[selfishness]], which is not to be admired, or encouraged. Yet we do not [[encourage]] individuals to become dependent upon social agencies for their [[support]], but to become contributors in meaningful ways to their own [[life]], and to the life and function and survival of others, [[becoming]] a sustaining influence in their own individual right in their community.

There is much to overcome, yet this rugged [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Individual#Recommended individualism] is also to be admired because it has created in many of you a sense of [[hope]], of capability to move forward and to make a [[difference]] in a land of millions of individuals. Would it not be a very disparate situation if you felt you were incapable and could not make a contribution? In the [[future]] in an intentional community, each of you will know you have [[potential]] to make a tremendous impact upon your community, and especially upon the [[course]] of your life; that your life is [[intentional]] and so is your [[community]], and that it is not required that you make a contribution to it, but that you become [[integrated]] into it; for the individual who does not, will stand apart and be [[alone]]. And as you know from your readings in [[Urantia Text|The Urantia Book]], there is no [[existence]] apart from the social entity from which you come, for then you lose identity and the meaningfulness of your [[existence]] and the way of maximizing the [[potential]] that lies within you.

There is much to overcome, yet this rugged [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Individual#Recommended individualism] is also to be admired because it has created in many of you a sense of [[hope]], of capability to move forward and to make a [[difference]] in a land of millions of individuals. Would it not be a very disparate situation if you felt you were incapable and could not make a contribution? In the [[future]] in an intentional community, each of you will know you have [[potential]] to make a tremendous impact upon your community, and especially upon the [[course]] of your life; that your life is [[intentional]] and so is your [[community]], and that it is not required that you make a contribution to it, but that you become [[integrated]] into it; for the individual who does not, will stand apart and be [[alone]]. And as you know from your readings in [[Urantia Text|The Urantia Book]], there is no [[existence]] apart from the social entity from which you come, for then you lose identity and the meaningfulness of your [[existence]] and the way of maximizing the [[potential]] that lies within you.

Therefore, these influences, these philosophies will guide your mental [[health]] programs, your [[emotional]] development programs for the right [[growth]] of individuals. So too, will people need to know that they have a meaningful contribution to make and to [[participate]] through their employment. Most everyone will feel a [[connection]] to all others, even when they are on a tractor in the midst of a very large field, that they are making a contribution that day to the sustenance and [[maintenance]] of their [[community]] and to the larger state. You do not need to be a [[physician]] or an [[educator]] to make these contributions or to feel that, but to know that you are there. And whereas today, your meaningfulness is measured in [[monetary]] terms, in the [[future]], your contributions will be measurable not only in the [[quality]] of your life, but in the quality of your [[thoughts]], the quality of your [[presence]] and the sureness of your presence therein in the [[community]].

Therefore, these influences, these philosophies will guide your mental [[health]] programs, your [[emotional]] development programs for the right [[growth]] of individuals. So too, will people need to know that they have a meaningful contribution to make and to [[participate]] through their employment. Most everyone will feel a [[connection]] to all others, even when they are on a tractor in the midst of a very large field, that they are making a contribution that day to the sustenance and [[maintenance]] of their [[community]] and to the larger state. You do not need to be a [[physician]] or an [[educator]] to make these contributions or to feel that, but to know that you are there. And whereas today, your meaningfulness is measured in [[monetary]] terms, in the [[future]], your contributions will be measurable not only in the [[quality]] of your life, but in the quality of your [[thoughts]], the quality of your [[presence]] and the sureness of your presence therein in the [[community]].

===='''''[[Education]]'''''====

===='''''[[Education]]'''''====

Student: Rayson, I have a question. You’ve mentioned particularly in regard to the current [[educational]] system where children are placed in classes according to their age rather than by [[evaluating]] their capabilities and [[skills]] and placing them accordingly. I’m wondering how I might, in this present state of affairs, have a [[positive]] [[influence]]. I know that our educational system needs considerable revamping, yet it seems that to [[abandon]] the [[public]] education system and go to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_schools charter schools] is not really the answer. So I am wondering where I or we might make a more farsighted contribution in this area?

Student: Rayson, I have a question. You’ve mentioned particularly in regard to the current [[educational]] system where children are placed in classes according to their age rather than by [[evaluating]] their capabilities and [[skills]] and placing them accordingly. I’m wondering how I might, in this present state of affairs, have a [[positive]] [[influence]]. I know that our educational system needs considerable revamping, yet it seems that to [[abandon]] the [[public]] education system and go to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_schools charter schools] is not really the answer. So I am wondering where I or we might make a more farsighted contribution in this area?

Rayson: Certainly. Think of your [[schools]] as a [[resource]], rather than a [[structure]] that is crystallized in [[formality]] and [[organization]]. Think of this school and educators and all materials that are in that school as resources for the [[individual]]. Rather than thinking of classrooms as graded according to age, think of them as graded according to [[function]]. What are the main things that are taught in your schools, the ones that help [[survivability]] and the [[endurance]] of your communities? You need to have [[reading]], of course, and so you would have a classroom for reading. Rather than for the first grade, you’d have a classroom for first level of reading capability and children would come to that classroom and begin reading. There would be a classroom for beginning [[mathematics]], arithmetic, and so on. And there may be children in the basic reading who are 4 years old, they may be 5 years old, they may be 15 years old. It provides a service for their reading capability at which they can receive [[guidance]] and assistance and support and encouragement in their [[learning]] process. When they learn to read, they "test out" of that classroom and proceed to the next classroom. For those individuals who are super achievers, or who have high capability of learning quickly, they can move through the reading system rather rapidly. And the reading would then not only be matched to their reading capability, but their [[intellectual]] capacity to [[understand]] that which they read. If there are eight year old children who understand philosophical [[theorems]] that are now presented in [[college]], they should therefore be allowed and [[encouraged]] to participate in reading and [[intellectual]] [[discovery]] at that level. Yet, there are individuals who are age eight who read less than those who are age five or six, and they should be reading at that earlier level. And so reading is not only a means of understanding [[letters]] and [[words]], but also of understanding [[content]]. It becomes related to a supportive function of [[mind]] development, or [[intellectual]] development for understanding higher [[concepts]], and then reading becomes an adjunct to that [[process]]. [[Eventually]] reading becomes phased out as a significant, meaningful event or activity in their lives, but then becomes material that contributes to their [[understanding]] of their placement and their [[growth]] in the community and their [[culture]] and their [[civilization]].

Rayson: Certainly. Think of your [[schools]] as a [[resource]], rather than a [[structure]] that is crystallized in [[formality]] and [[organization]]. Think of this school and educators and all materials that are in that school as resources for the [[individual]]. Rather than thinking of classrooms as graded according to age, think of them as graded according to [[function]]. What are the main things that are taught in your schools, the ones that help [[survivability]] and the [[endurance]] of your communities? You need to have [[reading]], of course, and so you would have a classroom for reading. Rather than for the first grade, you’d have a classroom for first level of reading capability and children would come to that classroom and begin reading. There would be a classroom for beginning [[mathematics]], arithmetic, and so on. And there may be children in the basic reading who are 4 years old, they may be 5 years old, they may be 15 years old. It provides a service for their reading capability at which they can receive [[guidance]] and assistance and support and encouragement in their [[learning]] process. When they learn to read, they "test out" of that classroom and proceed to the next classroom. For those individuals who are super achievers, or who have high capability of learning quickly, they can move through the reading system rather rapidly. And the reading would then not only be matched to their reading capability, but their [[intellectual]] capacity to [[understand]] that which they read. If there are eight year old children who understand philosophical [[theorems]] that are now presented in [[college]], they should therefore be allowed and [[encouraged]] to participate in reading and [[intellectual]] [[discovery]] at that level. Yet, there are individuals who are age eight who read less than those who are age five or six, and they should be reading at that earlier level. And so reading is not only a means of understanding [[letters]] and [[words]], but also of understanding [[content]]. It becomes related to a supportive function of [[mind]] development, or [[intellectual]] development for understanding higher [[concepts]], and then reading becomes an adjunct to that [[process]]. [[Eventually]] reading becomes phased out as a significant, meaningful event or activity in their lives, but then becomes material that contributes to their [[understanding]] of their placement and their [[growth]] in the community and their [[culture]] and their [[civilization]].

[[Mathematics]] would work likewise. You begin understanding numbers and its function and how it relates to the larger [[universe]] of [[physics]], geometry, trigonometry, and to the understanding of the forces of [[energy]] in the universe that brought about the construction and creation of the universe and its expansion. There are children who are quite young who have the capacity and capability of understanding large aspects of mathematics. Mathematics then becomes a [[language]] for understanding the universe. And for their societies, mathematics becomes a medium for understanding social concepts, for understanding [[statistics|statistical]] [[information]] about your societies, and interpolating that into devising a greater understanding of [[social]] [[process]].

[[Mathematics]] would work likewise. You begin understanding numbers and its function and how it relates to the larger [[universe]] of [[physics]], geometry, trigonometry, and to the understanding of the forces of [[energy]] in the universe that brought about the construction and creation of the universe and its expansion. There are children who are quite young who have the capacity and capability of understanding large aspects of mathematics. Mathematics then becomes a [[language]] for understanding the universe. And for their societies, mathematics becomes a medium for understanding social concepts, for understanding [[statistics|statistical]] [[information]] about your societies, and interpolating that into devising a greater understanding of [[social]] [[process]].

How do you do make a meaningful contribution? We are even now [[puzzled]] in answering that question, as your [[society]] is very much stuck and staid in its [[understanding]] of the educational [[process]]. Certainly, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey Mr. Dewey], who devised your system back in the 20's and 30’s and even earlier, would be very [[surprised]] to see how it has been developed and [[abused]]. And he would surely disagree with how it must be maintained. You recall that Dewey devised the "Dewey Educational System Philosophy" due to the [[necessities]] of a nation that needed to [[survive]], needed to educate millions upon millions of individuals who were capable of working cohesively, and [[integrated]] in a larger society. To educate them in their [[history]], the history of their nation and [[culture]], those individuals who could become shop clerks, store clerks, and machine shop operators would need to understand basic mathematic principles and [[concepts]] so they could construct the where-with-all to bring a nation from the horse and buggy era into the [[technological]] era that you see now. Certainly, this was a tremendous [[miracle]], but the miracle now is to turn individuals into contributing individuals who are [[participating]] as a cohesive part of a larger society – a nation of intentional communities.

How do you do make a meaningful contribution? We are even now [[puzzled]] in answering that question, as your [[society]] is very much stuck and staid in its [[understanding]] of the educational [[process]]. Certainly, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dewey Mr. Dewey], who devised your system back in the 20's and 30’s and even earlier, would be very [[surprised]] to see how it has been developed and [[abused]]. And he would surely disagree with how it must be maintained. You recall that Dewey devised the "Dewey Educational System Philosophy" due to the [[necessities]] of a nation that needed to [[survive]], needed to educate millions upon millions of individuals who were capable of working cohesively, and [[integrated]] in a larger society. To educate them in their [[history]], the history of their nation and [[culture]], those individuals who could become shop clerks, store clerks, and machine shop operators would need to understand basic mathematic principles and [[concepts]] so they could construct the where-with-all to bring a nation from the horse and buggy era into the [[technological]] era that you see now. Certainly, this was a tremendous [[miracle]], but the miracle now is to turn individuals into contributing individuals who are [[participating]] as a cohesive part of a larger society – a nation of intentional communities.

You need an [[inventor]] of [[education]], one who could step forward and say this. This has been said before. We are at a loss for the time being, of how to make this suggestion ourselves. There are [[individuals]] even now who are contemplating new educational systems. If they would think of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community], they would soon learn and understand the [[necessity]] of delivering educational [[services]] to the level of capability of the [[individual]] at whatever age they are, and helping that individual maximize their potential. I know I have said this many times, and you will hear it many times more, this is so important. Know that as this issue is in your [[consciousness]], dear child, it is also in the consciousness of this race and this nation and other nations. It is a concern of many and it is being [[resisted]] by [[organizations]], whether it is [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Unions labor unions] or associations of professional educators. They are not necessarily "scared silly," but they see themselves inside this box so securely that they cannot see outside the box of their educational philosophies that they have now. They are stymied as how to take charge or make their wishes and their own [[dreams]] come into [[being]]. It is as though everyone were in lock-step but going backwards or going sideways, and they are waiting for some [[individual]] to break from the ranks and [[lead]] them in a new [[direction]]. Could that be you? Certainly, you have the [[potential]] to make an [[influence]], your voice will be heard. But by whom? Hopefully, others will hear it as well. Thank you for your question.

You need an [[inventor]] of [[education]], one who could step forward and say this. This has been said before. We are at a loss for the time being, of how to make this suggestion ourselves. There are [[individuals]] even now who are contemplating new educational systems. If they would think of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community], they would soon learn and understand the [[necessity]] of delivering educational [[services]] to the level of capability of the [[individual]] at whatever age they are, and helping that individual maximize their potential. I know I have said this many times, and you will hear it many times more, this is so important. Know that as this issue is in your [[consciousness]], dear child, it is also in the consciousness of this race and this nation and other nations. It is a concern of many and it is being [[resisted]] by [[organizations]], whether it is [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Unions labor unions] or associations of professional educators. They are not necessarily "scared silly," but they see themselves inside this box so securely that they cannot see outside the box of their educational philosophies that they have now. They are stymied as how to take charge or make their wishes and their own [[dreams]] come into [[being]]. It is as though everyone were in lock-step but going backwards or going sideways, and they are waiting for some [[individual]] to break from the ranks and [[lead]] them in a new [[direction]]. Could that be you? Certainly, you have the [[potential]] to make an [[influence]], your voice will be heard. But by whom? Hopefully, others will hear it as well. Thank you for your question.

===='''''[[Morality]]''''', '''''[[Ethics]]'''''====

===='''''[[Morality]]''''', '''''[[Ethics]]'''''====

Student: When I was growing up, things like [[discipline]], [[ethics]], and [[morals]] were taught both at [[home]] and in the [[schools]]. Now I see that one of the problems is that both the [[parents]] and the schools have abdicated that [[responsibility]]; and part of the problem with children learning is that they are so undisciplined and spend so much time making the classroom [[chaotic]] that they do not have an environment for learning. Could you address this? In a community, is there a structure that we should "[[invent]]" that would re-institute these teachings? (Rayson: These teachings?) The morals, ethics, values, and self-discipline.

Student: When I was growing up, things like [[discipline]], [[ethics]], and [[morals]] were taught both at [[home]] and in the [[schools]]. Now I see that one of the problems is that both the [[parents]] and the schools have abdicated that [[responsibility]]; and part of the problem with children learning is that they are so undisciplined and spend so much time making the classroom [[chaotic]] that they do not have an environment for learning. Could you address this? In a community, is there a structure that we should "[[invent]]" that would re-institute these teachings? (Rayson: These teachings?) The morals, ethics, values, and self-discipline.

Rayson: It is one area. The larger [[proof]] is in your other [[relationships]], whether you [[practice]] them separately or [[integrate]] them. As you know, life is not a compartmentalized system of boxes of activities, but are inter-related and inter-connected, so that what you learn in [[school]] can be applied in the [[ethics]] of your [[business]], and also the ethics of the consumer/client, as well as the ethics of a service provider. Always you will be using these ethical and moral [[statements]] and [[beliefs]] throughout your life, not isolating them for particular areas and applying "other ethics" in other areas, but that they are truly [[universal]]. The difficulty of your [[society]] now is that there is not the inherent observance of ethics from within, but only those that are "required." And that is why many of your [[laws]] are failing to help guide [[individuals]] into "right behavior." There is not also the "right behavior thinking" in the [[individual]].

Rayson: It is one area. The larger [[proof]] is in your other [[relationships]], whether you [[practice]] them separately or [[integrate]] them. As you know, life is not a compartmentalized system of boxes of activities, but are inter-related and inter-connected, so that what you learn in [[school]] can be applied in the [[ethics]] of your [[business]], and also the ethics of the consumer/client, as well as the ethics of a service provider. Always you will be using these ethical and moral [[statements]] and [[beliefs]] throughout your life, not isolating them for particular areas and applying "other ethics" in other areas, but that they are truly [[universal]]. The difficulty of your [[society]] now is that there is not the inherent observance of ethics from within, but only those that are "required." And that is why many of your [[laws]] are failing to help guide [[individuals]] into "right behavior." There is not also the "right behavior thinking" in the [[individual]].

The next phase of [[laws]] then need to involve oversight committees or oversight [[processes]], that provide observation and [[analysis]] of [[behavior]] of those individuals and [[institutions]] that have discretion to observe the [[law]] or not. You see in the recent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble financial debacles] that there was the awareness of lawfulness or not, yet the willfulness not to observe the [[law]]. And in this case, perhaps oversight would have provided that watch-care that is needed for individuals to voluntarily observe the [[law]], and the ethics required of them. Financial institutions, such as [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_scandals#List_of_major_accounting_scandals accountancies], that use the ethics of their trade as they wish, do not demonstrate the most positive way to proceed. There must be guidelines, oversight, and definite penalties involved.

The next phase of [[laws]] then need to involve oversight committees or oversight [[processes]], that provide observation and [[analysis]] of [[behavior]] of those individuals and [[institutions]] that have discretion to observe the [[law]] or not. You see in the recent [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble financial debacles] that there was the awareness of lawfulness or not, yet the willfulness not to observe the [[law]]. And in this case, perhaps oversight would have provided that watch-care that is needed for individuals to voluntarily observe the [[law]], and the ethics required of them. Financial institutions, such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting_scandals#List_of_major_accounting_scandals accountancies], that use the ethics of their trade as they wish, do not demonstrate the most positive way to proceed. There must be guidelines, oversight, and definite penalties involved.

The best system is one where [[individuals]] are [[morally]] and [[ethically]] [[oriented]] in their own lives and know that which is wrong and that which is right. We are not talking about [[social]] [[conscience]], but a higher ethical development within the [[individual]]. What you see in your [[society]] now is that the social conscience of your society has [[degenerated]] to the point where the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_consciousness social consciousness] no longer is sufficient for the individual to voluntarily adhere to laws. And when this happens, society [[deteriorates]] and will come apart at the seams. It is only through the voluntary [[participation]] and observance of social [[ethics]] that your societies stay together and can [[function]] into the future. When this is not done, then the ragged edges of your society will fall apart. And the hem of law that provides the border between legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral are then shattered and frayed and gone.

The best system is one where [[individuals]] are [[morally]] and [[ethically]] [[oriented]] in their own lives and know that which is wrong and that which is right. We are not talking about [[social]] [[conscience]], but a higher ethical development within the [[individual]]. What you see in your [[society]] now is that the social conscience of your society has [[degenerated]] to the point where the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_consciousness social consciousness] no longer is sufficient for the individual to voluntarily adhere to laws. And when this happens, society [[deteriorates]] and will come apart at the seams. It is only through the voluntary [[participation]] and observance of social [[ethics]] that your societies stay together and can [[function]] into the future. When this is not done, then the ragged edges of your society will fall apart. And the hem of law that provides the border between legal and illegal, ethical and unethical, moral and immoral are then shattered and frayed and gone.

Student: Have we brought about this [[problem]] ourselves by making too many [[laws]], and therefor people become over saturated with laws and they don’t rely of their own [[common sense]]?

Student: Have we brought about this [[problem]] ourselves by making too many [[laws]], and therefor people become over saturated with laws and they don’t rely of their own [[common sense]]?

Yet all is not lost, there are many [[positive]] influences in your [[society]], which are kind and benevolent and [[good]] toward the uprearing of children. Having children is becoming more of a [[conscious]] process of adults who want to have children and are taking on and appreciating the [[responsibilities]] of having children. If you think the loss of these [[individuals]] to immoral and unethical living is horrendous, think of the horrendous loss of [[soul]]-capacity where individuals were brought into a large [[family]] so they could [[farm]], so that they could serve a larger corporate family enterprise, and were worked for many hours; those children who were put into factories by their families because they could not afford to have them [[home]]. These children are [[souls]] too, and it is a matter of [[perspective]] that oftentimes is lost in contemporary [[observation]], but when you look back historically at the [[Parenting|rearing of children]], and how they were "used" in past times, it is just as soul-numbing as it is now. In an intentional community, there are intentional [[decisions]] for begetting children or not. And that when they are brought into [[existence]], it is done with the understanding and the capacity then to [[support]] them through their years of [[growth]] and [[education]] where they become self-maintaining individuals, not only contributing to their own welfare, but to the welfare of the larger [[community]].

Yet all is not lost, there are many [[positive]] influences in your [[society]], which are kind and benevolent and [[good]] toward the uprearing of children. Having children is becoming more of a [[conscious]] process of adults who want to have children and are taking on and appreciating the [[responsibilities]] of having children. If you think the loss of these [[individuals]] to immoral and unethical living is horrendous, think of the horrendous loss of [[soul]]-capacity where individuals were brought into a large [[family]] so they could [[farm]], so that they could serve a larger corporate family enterprise, and were worked for many hours; those children who were put into factories by their families because they could not afford to have them [[home]]. These children are [[souls]] too, and it is a matter of [[perspective]] that oftentimes is lost in contemporary [[observation]], but when you look back historically at the [[Parenting|rearing of children]], and how they were "used" in past times, it is just as soul-numbing as it is now. In an intentional community, there are intentional [[decisions]] for begetting children or not. And that when they are brought into [[existence]], it is done with the understanding and the capacity then to [[support]] them through their years of [[growth]] and [[education]] where they become self-maintaining individuals, not only contributing to their own welfare, but to the welfare of the larger [[community]].

===='''''[[Change]]'''''====

===='''''[[Change]]'''''====

Student: Rayson, I’d like to return to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] area. It seemed to me in the earlier part of the [[discussion]] that each of the cities is in effect, an intentional community of [[soul]]s. Thinking about [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado Boulder, Colorado] and its approximate population of 100,000 that is well within the limits of a maximum-sized community. If it’s an intentional community with deficiencies, and it seems that to address it, addressing those areas I might personally be looking at, I would have to start looking at the deficiencies that are evident. First thing that comes to mind are the "[[homeless]]"…how to better approach them to help them "want" to enter into the [[community]].

Student: Rayson, I’d like to return to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] area. It seemed to me in the earlier part of the [[discussion]] that each of the cities is in effect, an intentional community of [[soul]]s. Thinking about [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulder,_Colorado Boulder, Colorado] and its approximate population of 100,000 that is well within the limits of a maximum-sized community. If it’s an intentional community with deficiencies, and it seems that to address it, addressing those areas I might personally be looking at, I would have to start looking at the deficiencies that are evident. First thing that comes to mind are the "[[homeless]]"…how to better approach them to help them "want" to enter into the [[community]].

Rayson: Let me help you with this a bit. When you speak of "[[homeless]]," are you speaking about adults or children? Our concern is for [[children]], and though they may have a domicile or residence to go to, an address on a street where they rest their head at night, many could still be labeled as "homeless." A [[home]] requires [[parents]] who care, parents who provide supervision. The [[homeless]] in your [[society]] will always be with you, and that is a personal [[choice]] in many cases, for there are many services available to individuals, who do not choose to have [[responsibility]] of [[hearth]] and [[home]]. And in the larger community, you will realize that there are some who cannot [[survive]] in a [[competitive]] society, but who must be free to [[wander]]. And in their wandering, provide them with meaningful occupations that assist in their [[maintenance]], in their livelihood, and give them a positive contribution to make towards their lives, a meaningful enterprise, no matter how [[humble]] that may be. There are those who are mentally deficient, who are also emotionally deficient, those who go through an era of great tumult, who have lost the capability of managing their own affairs, and who must seek [[asylum]] in a place where they would not choose otherwise.

Rayson: Let me help you with this a bit. When you speak of "[[homeless]]," are you speaking about adults or children? Our concern is for [[children]], and though they may have a domicile or residence to go to, an address on a street where they rest their head at night, many could still be labeled as "homeless." A [[home]] requires [[parents]] who care, parents who provide supervision. The [[homeless]] in your [[society]] will always be with you, and that is a personal [[choice]] in many cases, for there are many services available to individuals, who do not choose to have [[responsibility]] of [[hearth]] and [[home]]. And in the larger community, you will realize that there are some who cannot [[survive]] in a [[competitive]] society, but who must be free to [[wander]]. And in their wandering, provide them with meaningful occupations that assist in their [[maintenance]], in their livelihood, and give them a positive contribution to make towards their lives, a meaningful enterprise, no matter how [[humble]] that may be. There are those who are mentally deficient, who are also emotionally deficient, those who go through an era of great tumult, who have lost the capability of managing their own affairs, and who must seek [[asylum]] in a place where they would not choose otherwise.

And even if it is only through your [[consciousness]], your conscious contribution to race consciousness, that is a meaningful and a powerful influence, in that you begin to work through your lives to make something effective in your [[organizations]], to [[participate]] in the [[policy]] formation, and to the planning of agencies. Somehow, you will participate in those places; your [[inspiration]] will be of great [[influence]]. This message is for this small group, but yet for decades and centuries ahead, for thousands of individuals who are seeking meaningful participation in their [[community]] and do not know how to do so, even if it is just simply your [[consciousness]] and your [[desire]] and your [[intention]] (and you must, of course, declare your intention,) that you make an influence. And if you sit upon a planning commission or board that has influence, then you have the [[opportunity]] to contribute in a meaningful way, for the effective development of policies and laws and regulations help move your system forward. Currently, your [[educational]] systems throughout America are in a morass and are in great disarray, and have proven their ineffectiveness to produce individuals of [[ethical]] and [[moral]] capability, except when an individual chooses to take on those [[responsibilities]]! It is not hopeless, by any means, but it is a daunting task, and we have set upon this to help correct this. It is only through individuals such as you, and those who read these transcripts, those new [[changes]] can take place. For when you co-creatively and intentionally [[participate]] with us, in assisting the [[development]] of your societies, you will have assistance, where ever you are. Declare it and we will be there! We are already ahead of you, waiting for you.

And even if it is only through your [[consciousness]], your conscious contribution to race consciousness, that is a meaningful and a powerful influence, in that you begin to work through your lives to make something effective in your [[organizations]], to [[participate]] in the [[policy]] formation, and to the planning of agencies. Somehow, you will participate in those places; your [[inspiration]] will be of great [[influence]]. This message is for this small group, but yet for decades and centuries ahead, for thousands of individuals who are seeking meaningful participation in their [[community]] and do not know how to do so, even if it is just simply your [[consciousness]] and your [[desire]] and your [[intention]] (and you must, of course, declare your intention,) that you make an influence. And if you sit upon a planning commission or board that has influence, then you have the [[opportunity]] to contribute in a meaningful way, for the effective development of policies and laws and regulations help move your system forward. Currently, your [[educational]] systems throughout America are in a morass and are in great disarray, and have proven their ineffectiveness to produce individuals of [[ethical]] and [[moral]] capability, except when an individual chooses to take on those [[responsibilities]]! It is not hopeless, by any means, but it is a daunting task, and we have set upon this to help correct this. It is only through individuals such as you, and those who read these transcripts, those new [[changes]] can take place. For when you co-creatively and intentionally [[participate]] with us, in assisting the [[development]] of your societies, you will have assistance, where ever you are. Declare it and we will be there! We are already ahead of you, waiting for you.

Student: Rayson, I have a question that hinges on a previous entry in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] that has to do with [[homelessness]]. You mentioned that these homeless people are in most cases, [[intentionally]] homeless in terms of the physical structure and the [[responsibility]] that would go with that. In an intentional community, you also mentioned that these people would always be with us because they have chosen that [[path]]. Therefore, I can only gather that in an intentional community that you are speaking of, we would then give some [[consideration]] to these individuals’ choices. And something sprung to mind when you said that, much as though when people individually walk into a restaurant and seek the big table, the community table, or the breakfast bar, perhaps in an intentional community as you’re speaking of, this kind of provision would be there for these individuals, a group [[home]], or a home that is provided for by some means through their working a job, or whatever it is that they can contribute, but instead of having an individual home, with a [[family]] and the whole business, maybe they would provide a form of taxation [?] where they would have a place to hang their hat in a [[community]] environment with others of similar choosing. Is this something that would be part of an intentional community?

Student: Rayson, I have a question that hinges on a previous entry in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intentional_community intentional community] that has to do with [[homelessness]]. You mentioned that these homeless people are in most cases, [[intentionally]] homeless in terms of the physical structure and the [[responsibility]] that would go with that. In an intentional community, you also mentioned that these people would always be with us because they have chosen that [[path]]. Therefore, I can only gather that in an intentional community that you are speaking of, we would then give some [[consideration]] to these individuals’ choices. And something sprung to mind when you said that, much as though when people individually walk into a restaurant and seek the big table, the community table, or the breakfast bar, perhaps in an intentional community as you’re speaking of, this kind of provision would be there for these individuals, a group [[home]], or a home that is provided for by some means through their working a job, or whatever it is that they can contribute, but instead of having an individual home, with a [[family]] and the whole business, maybe they would provide a form of taxation [?] where they would have a place to hang their hat in a [[community]] environment with others of similar choosing. Is this something that would be part of an intentional community?

Rayson: That is exactly what I was alluding to, yes. It would be provided. However, in an intentional community, you would not allow "hobo havens" as this contributes to their further [[deterioration]] and [[vagrancy]] and is not socially responsible by the larger [[community]] to allow this. This is the only part where little choice is provided in an intentional community, is that the individuals can travel about as they want, from city to city, community to community, but these services are always provided, and in every community it is known that it is not allowed that individuals could camp out under bridges or behind stores.

Rayson: That is exactly what I was alluding to, yes. It would be provided. However, in an intentional community, you would not allow "hobo havens" as this contributes to their further [[deterioration]] and [[vagrancy]] and is not socially responsible by the larger [[community]] to allow this. This is the only part where little choice is provided in an intentional community, is that the individuals can travel about as they want, from city to city, community to community, but these services are always provided, and in every community it is known that it is not allowed that individuals could camp out under bridges or behind stores.