True Community (Part 1) | Jake Haber

Join us for part one of our new series "True Community" as we envision a type of community where diversity is celebrated and individual paths of spiritual growth are encouraged! 

 

Quotes: 

 

Romans 12:4 

"In this way we are like the various parts of a human body. Each part gets its meaning from the body as a whole, not the other way around."

 

Ram Dass:

“The satsang is - within the mass culture - like little mushrooms here and there, and somebody, maybe a Christian and a Hindu and a Buddhist, come together; doesn't matter, because those are paths. They're paths to the One. But those satsangs are what the world needs. And as I say - heart to heart - that's what satsang is”

 

Frances Vaughan: 

"As we become increasingly aware of our global interdependence as a species, we can also deepen awareness of our spiritual interconnectedness. We cannot live in total isolation. The crosscultural communion of awakened souls may be a key to cocreating a sustainable future and living in harmony with the earth."

 

M. Scott Peck (A Different Drum):

“it recognizes that we are called to individuation, power, and wholeness. But it denies entirely the other part of the human story: that we can never fully get there and that we are, of necessity in our uniqueness, weak and imperfect creatures who need each other”

“A community of sixty can usually come up with a dozen different points of view. The resulting consensual stew, composed of multiple ingredients, is usually far more creative than a two-ingredient dish could ever be.”

“A real community is, by definition, immune to mob psychology because of its encouragement of individuality, its inclusion of a variety of points of view.”

"Because a community includes members with many different points of view and the freedom to express them, it comes to appreciate the whole of a situation far better than an individual, couple, or ordinary group can. Incorporating the dark and the light, the sacred and the profane, the sorrow and the joy, the glory and the mud, its conclusions are well rounded. Nothing is likely to be left out. With so many frames of reference, it approaches reality more and more closely. Realistic decisions, consequently, are more often guaranteed in community than in any other human environment."

"Put a human being in a truly safe place, where… defenses and resistances are no longer necessary, and the thrust toward health is liberated. When we are safe, there is a natural tendency for us to heal and convert ourselves.”

 

Howard Gardner:

“Discover your difference—the asynchrony with which you have been blessed or cursed—and make the most of it.”