Common Goals

Common Ground

We will also work together on various Environmental and Social Justice projects and in all different ways to integrate our lives into Eden. Those with children can share in a child care network leaving people more free to enjoy more positive adult interactions.

People will donate some of the things we need to support our many causes and to continue on with our many projects. So we will need to have a combination of many different kinds of money, ordinary money, Mendo-Greens and Eden-Hours, as well as barter and trade.

Everything costs some small amount of money. We will need to build the New Road. We will need to build the Community Water System. We will need to plant the Community Farm. We will need to build the Ark. These are all very big projects.

All of Eden has been planned on a very large scale, just like the Ark, as compared with almost all other communities. And the reason for that is that the size of the valley, must meet the size of the imagination.

We just see this as being one whole place, that has been re-discovered, and identified as the best place in the world, or at least here in Northern California, for this community, and that should not ever be broken up into little pieces, because it has a natural integrity.

The Pledges

There is not a whole lot of leeway built into that. That is going to be just enough, to buy the land and take care of the most important projects.

The Pledges will start at $28,800. with the Seniors Discount and the regular Pledges will start at $36,000. Depending upon when you come in and how much you can put down. Most people will be expected to put down at least $4,800. to $6,000.

Now is the best time to become one of the Friends of Eden and to begin to make your place here among us in Eden. That's why it is less now. Later on it will cost more as we progress.

This is more than just fair enough, for what amounts to a total of 5 acres of land for each family to use and to have as and to protect and to take care of, and that is not even counting the lakes out in Ancient Valley, or the hundreds of acres in the surrounding mountains, that we will collectively become the stewards of, or the Village which is going to be about 64 acres, to showcase our community, and to use for all different purposes, or the Common Farm which is also commonly held open spaces of 200 to 300 acres out in the rest of the heart of the valley, or even the excellent community, of good friends and neighbors, it is so carefully integrated within, as a result of which you just could not do any better for yourselves, anywhere else that I know of.

That tall stack of Pledges, is going to help out some, but that is just barely going to be enough, to be able to pay this very high quality piece of land, upon which we plan to grow a more whole and fully self sustainable community.

That initial money, may even help us to get us started on a few of the most basic things. But we will need a lot more after that to continue on with our work. That's why we have created the Community Farm, to be our biggest money maker, and all the mini farm sites, all around it, so we can keep on making more than enough money, both for the community itself, and to keep doing well enough, for ourselves, as well.

A certain amount of personal self reliance will be needed, but here money is only used as a tool, to get some things done. The early money only takes care of the early things. That is not the whole journey to the center of the Earth.

That is just the price of admission into this brave new world, where the best land does have to be attained at all cost, and that does take some serious money, whether you are going to take care of it by building a sustainable way of life in community, or are just there to run it the whole place into the ground, like we see going on everywhere else. 

EcoVillage Homes

That is how you prove that you really are one of us.

Everyone makes a little money as a part of the community support system, or they go out on the street and start begging. But we will all have to be held accountable, to do our part. That overabundance of mutual support, and contributions of time, money and energy, is what makes jobs possible, and for many other good things to be made to happen.

Eden Hours are what we will use to keep track of some of these contributions that will need to be accounted for in some way for greater workability. Because we do plan to credit the people who do the most, so others can be counted on to return the favor when they need a little help.

So many people think this is about leaving civilization behind, just because it's not on the outskirts of small town America. But those small towns will soon be swamped with new industrial developments, and that will destroy the natural beauty of these areas, that we need to be left intact. 

What we are creating replaces the small town mentality, with the vision of a Sustainable EcoVillage Community, that is beyond the reach of these destructive market forces of need and greed, that causes people to build all these subdivisions, in the flood plains of all things, in the first place.

We are creators of this new vision of EcoVillage Community. And it does not need to remain dependent that much, upon the old ways of exploitation, and to remain susceptible to probate, and other forms of unnatural degeneration. 

We have our own world to begin to take responsibility for now. We can take what we want and leave the rest. And we will provide all the provisions, and put the people together who do fit, using the compound principle of Selective Inclusivity, and we will then delineate, using consensus council, what all the deviations from the natural laws will be, concerning this new world, that has finally fallen into the hands of those who would at least hear the Truth before executing it on the spot.

I think we will all, one day, be able to share in the credit, for what we have done, including some of the worst decisions ever made, and real opportunities that have been lost, and horrible mistakes that have come out of a bad combination of mercy and wrongful credulity. But you do have to earn your place in Eden, before you can burn it.

Coming Into Our Own

A Sustainable EcoVillage Community is, in and of itself just such a thing, that is wanted and needed, and they are already out there looking now for this new EcoVillage thing, that they have heard so much about, and that may be why we have attracted so much attention, already, even during these dark and thoughtless times. People want EcoVillage right now. And they will do almost anything to get it. Interesting situation, that we will find ourselves sitting on, in just a few short years, if we don't mess things up big time, by allowing the power of numbers, to lead us down the road of blunders.

The Friends of Eden

Voluntary Compatibility means you will have to give up some of your hard held positions,that have come down to you from the Dictatorship of the Status Quo, as a lifetime of illegitimate co-dependency is not being offered here.

We do have a right to expect you, to be real big on Eden, if nothing else. And we do like to see signs of that, in a very real way. We do have to all believe, very deeply, in what it is that we are doing together, and that is because we don't need to bring a lot of empty stragglers along, who have no real contribution to make, but who are just here to rake and take.

This is not just another green housing development. It does have to mean something very real, to each one of us. And we will insist upon having, a high concentration of the people who have the True Spirit of Eden, and something very real to share.

I propose that we become a MacIntosh compatible community. Next time you're in transition you might want to make a change. We will probably have an extensive Media Center that may then work a whole lot better for a whole lot more people, when we are all on the same page.

I do think that we will have the unique advantage of not having our lives being tied to the whipping poles of mass mediocrity, and to have to live completely dependent on the mother of all wars, as it is for most people. And a lot of that lack of independence shows up, when people start considering translating over from one system to another, and will not cooperate.

They want to be able to continue to judge all things from a narrow minded consumers point of view, that this new system has got to be faster and better and easier to get in and make a killing and then to get out, which is the only game some of them may ever know. But that is not a real scenario that will be respected here in Eden.

We are not just shopping around, for a lot of new members, who have not got what we need to see, standing strong, and ready to fight for Eden. We are building a fully integrated community of people, and not just sheeple, who will all have something real to bring to the table, and not just a long list of needs and demands.

We are only looking for real people, who don't just need a new place to live. There are going to be some changes, and you will begin to realize the differences between night and day, when you start making some of the changes, that have been called for, and that are required for any kind of real membership, even as just one of the Friends of Eden, which is a very inclusive group, since almost anyone can become a True Friend of Eden.

The Rules of Disengagement

Those who are free to disengage, from the mad masquerade, can do much more, with their new found freedom, than they can in an entire lifetime of slavery.

We might even start a new language based on a new sixteen digit alpha numeric alphabet where each letter is also a number, as well as creating a whole new way of representing music, and understanding our rightful places, within the Eco-Logical world, through the Honor System.

We must begin to take full responsibility for the Entire Earth, and to begin to work together, in a very collaborative manner, and we also need to learn how to interact in a positive way and to serve the local communities.

We are not all the same. We all have different skills and resources. We will still have to learn, how to take care of most all of our own needs here, like every Tree does, just as you would normally expect to find, anywhere else in the world, where life has put down roots, and begun to understand the significance of this important time.

We need to start thinking like a Tree, and to become as working parts of the forest, which is the whole community, and as a part of the larger local EcoRegion and the entire Web of Life, that makes a healthy forest feel like a healthy forest.

Micro-Economy

We do want you to be able to get some kind of a grip on it. But to be overly grasping is not going to be highly respected, in any of the native cultures, that I am familiar with, and a lot of resentment and revenge, does not always add up to much more than a little bit of further damage to the local environment, and to our community, which thing can be magnified by the power of numbers, into becoming a very serious weapon of mass destruction, that could take us all down fast, just like it did to the twin towers of the world trade center.

The corrosion of all that is good and right must be prevented. But everything remains wide open, and open ended, and like the rest of the universe, it is all largely destined to remain completely unknown and desperately misunderstood, which is something that we have to learn to immerse ourselves into willingly. for the entire universe to be able to feel okay about itself, which appears to be here for us to explore, and to learn from, as long as we don't try to bust everything up.

New Elements

That is not going anywhere, so we don't want to teach our children to be intrusive grave robbers, or the whole thing could come crashing down on our heads.

All we are doing is adding a few new elements, with great care and knowledge, about what we are doing. This is not always going to be something anybody can just pay for and be done with, like it would be at a garage sale. Eden is not for Sale.

This is about beginning to learn. We don't care that much about the opinions of those who have nothing to repeat bafk but what has been put in there, by yours truly and a whole lot of other people, because we own that stuff and not you.

Those grave robbers of mass destruction, may need to be kept under some control at first, before they can be sold on the open market. But premature opinions are part of the problem, and that plays no part in the solution.

No Fast Decisions

The modern people, will continue to think what they have been told to think, by the Nazi party or that lazy lying lapdog news media, which is not that different because it is usually driven by a very narrow little focus, that is designed to garner votes, and that means lots of eyeballs, and so they will try to make themselves look good, which is why they can not be trusted, to actually be any good.

We do have to learn to work largely with whatever we have to cut up and eat, and will have to use some our own natural energy as much as possible. You don't have to be a strong personality, and a big winner in every way, who could tear the world apart, but you do need to be a Star in your own right, who really can shine for Eden, and not just twinkle a little bit, and then go out.

You do not have to be rich and brilliant enough, to buy this world and then to sell it for a profit. But you do have to be healthy and happy and capable, of managing your own finances, and with a positive outlook on life and death and to be able to accept some of the breeding pairs, around you which is only encouraged in this fine new community, to avoid premature self extermination. We do take breeding very seriously here, so don't knock it.

Keep the Peace

Who has put himself before the public and has tried to answer every kind of ridiculous question tossed at him, that you could possibly imagine? Who has hosted all the Lodge Meetings? Who has organized all of the Hikes, and who has organized other cross cultural events that we have combined with other organizations, for the purposes of cross pollination?

It is so easy for a thoughtless person to take a pot shot at someone who has generously volunteered to put themselves before the public as much as possible, just in order to build some bridges, that will serve the greater good.

What Eternal Optimist, has poured the better part of his own personal energy into this project, and who has used his own personal magic to bring about the beginnings of Truth and who has made the Honor System known, to all who have a mind that they can call their own, and who has infused the vision of Eden with his own spirit of creative dignity and grace, in order to take the place of empty space, and to give some life, to this whole thing, in a world full of strife, that really would have no reason to live, unless something really could be done with it.

It is so easy to just fire off an angry bullet of an email from the comfort of ones own personal position of anonymous isolation, in some little cubby hole somewhere, where there will be no accountability for your actions, but that can only be seen as being a thoughtless and cowardly excuse, and it is just a cover up, for not being good enough for Eden.

Things are the way they are for good reason. We do have to start out on good terms with T, and we need to be able to maintain that, and not just to falsify it, and to suck up like a dog, like we usually do, with so many other things in life.

I do want to apologize to all people, for thrusting myself forwards, of my own volition, which normally would be a crime. But that is just the way we must begin and then eventually, as it is said, that everything in Eden will become much more Work Group oriented, and then much more Council oriented ,as we progress.

But there is a vicious dog eat dog cycle that a lot of people are trapped in, and a natural process of self elimination going on here, that must be respected, so please do not interfere with any of the magical workings that you may see going on here, under penalty of severe repayment.

We will make no deals with the Twin Towers of Need and Greed, which is no place to plant your seed.

Lastly I just wanted to add that it might be nice if young people in Eden, would be given the chance to play around with jobs and duties, and to help out, about 4 hours a week, just like the adults, with the general maintenance work, on the uncompromised lands of Eden, that would give them at least some experience, of the real world, that would normally be denied access to them,because of their youth.

They may have to learn to do many different things in Eden, while they are here on Earth, just so they don't grow up as completely out of balance and as grossly incompetent, as most of their parents have now already become.

I think the reason we have seen so many problems with basic communications, in this highly concentrated focal point of this emerging movement is because of this gray area of gross incompetence, that is like a dead zone, that has become so deeply engrained in these empty place holders, who would have been all too content to remain totally untrained, and unskilled, in the most basic instincts to survive and to thrive and not just to take a dive, and to be able to gain at least some of the skills that will be needed for respectful Eden Inter-action, which is now needed if we are going to be able to save this dying planet. - T