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Another Inspiring Weekend

Hi Folks!

Not sure if anyone is reading my posts here, but it does me good to speak what I hear inside my head.

We had another fabulous art show extravaganza this past weekend, Oct. 11 and 12! About 50 lucky people stopped by at the Ojai Enrichment Center here in Ojai to see the first, comprehensive display of the art work that we collected on our 2008 tour. We raised about $190 too!

The most important part of the event for me and our team was the great conversations we had with people about being human. We talked about homelessness but not about homeless people per se. It was more about what is missing in our culture that allows homelessness to persist.

Community is a big missing. In our quest for fulfillment, we work and buy, work and consume and vainly hope this will bring us peace and happiness. But it as we all know, it doesn’t. Why? Because the fundamental need and desire of human beings is love and connection with other human beings. Working to buy and buying to work doesn’t meet these needs. In a real community, people not only help each other but they trust and rely on each other. In a real community, people are valued for their contribution to the community, whatever that is for each person.

In our culture, contribution is measured by money, by property, by things. Sure, we acknowledge people for their good works but this is a rare event, which is why it takes place at the annual good citizen award banquet or some such.

We also talked with people about housing. Today, houses are standing empty, their owners evicted or bankrupt, while thousands of people including the former owners, sleep in the parks, in the forests, in cars and on the streets. New eco-friendly and inexpensive building techniques exist like cobb and straw bale, but are banned by antiquated building codes that were originally intened to promote public safety but now serve the economic interests of big business and oppress the people.

In summary, we learned that regular, ordinary people really do care about others. And are beginning to see that there is no person, no goverment, no authority, no anybody to look to that will create a world that really works for people. WE are the only ones who can do that. We are are working on that in our own way. I hope you join us!



One Response to “Another Inspiring Weekend”

  1. Rafael Stoneman says:

    Well said, keep up the great work.

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