Because it Takes a Whole Village
The Vision Focus
Eden is a valley that almost no one has ever even seen. Very much the heart of its own watershed that remains largely unspoiled. Some will not even dare because they know that Eden is its own land. Everything does of course open up for all good people when the time is right.There are many here who recognize and respond to this vision very quickly on its most shallow level. But it goes much deeper than that. If you let it really sink in you will see that it connects up with something that is so very real in so many of us that there is nothing else in this world that can compare with the understated Elegance of the Eden Project which is almost invisible just because it is so clear.
The Eden Project
When it is real we know it is real. That is such a simple matter of having the sense for Truth. We expect people to have good taste in all things as well. Others are not so sure what it is they are eating or looking at unless they are told by some others who are recognized as the card carrying experts or some other such kind of authority figures who have done enough damage already to the Earth and all her children. But that is not how it works here. We do not pretend to know anything in Eden. Everyone comes here in ignorance just to learn.Everyone shows the highest regard for the Vision of Eden and the people of Eden. That is the first order of the day. Especially the very new people who would be wise to speak of themselves only a little and their needs not much at all and to just listen deeply to the Word of Eden.
Supporting the process is a part of the process. We do have to see a little sign of respect for what it is we are doing here. Do not be too quick to judge this project by standards that are long outdated and hold no sway within the emerging vision of Eden. As you may have guessed, the forces of doom and gloom must not be given any power in Eden.
Some May Choose to remain full of contempt for something new as a way of self defense or as they may see it, getting rich at Edens' expense is what we call that and that is Wrongful Enrichment and that comes from a false sense of Entitlement. I don't think so.
That would be robbing the people of the Earth blind. Those who think they can move themselves up by holding others down will find that they are greatly mistaken here in Eden where the order of priorities is not upside down. Power Over the Lands and other passive aggressive tactics of reverse manipulation will not be welcomed.
All Good Things
We are not asking primarily for money as you may have noticed. That is only secondary. We actually do expect that to flow like a river does of its own accord. All we should have to do is to get out of the way of that happening and it will come down like the rising crest of the Middle Eel River after some heavy rains. We have spoken of these things many times. Do not fear the Truth or believe in anything you do not know. Nothing that has no been earned is real. Freedom without Personal Responsibility does not exist.Understandings
There is a very clearly perceived need for a certain amount of clarity. But Eden is not needs centric. Not everything is always to be immediately well understood. Nothing is ever known with complete and absolute certainty. That is why all but the most faithful of expectations will have to be dropped.We work only with people who bring Warm Hearts and Strong Hands not with a need for empty contracts and meaningless agreements which will only be created to service completely different needs entirely like those of Self Defense.
Information is a dead end. The Spirit of Eden will only come in its raw untreated organic form and it will only be shared among those of us who have earned the right to sit at this finely crafted table and who have learned the language well. We may even create our own new language that works with music as well as a simplified 16 digit alpha-numerical alphabet.
We do release a deluge of Fresh Clean Untreated Vision Clear Mountain Spring Water every now and then. But it is your responsibility to go to work and do something with that. Show us what you can do with all of this.
Many things we may have in some great abundance. Other things are not going to be happening. More than enough and some to share is always going to be there. But that is not what we promise to provide for those who have no sense of Truth and Justice. That is what you are expected to bring to Eden.
Diversity
We do need to show that we are really ready to do what it takes to become somebody who definitely would be of a positive value to this community. We've all got lots of good ideas. But that is not where we can remain for too long. And you do need to show that you can sustain a very real interest in Eden over time. That is Key.We are like the Salmon who each do need to be able to make the swim upstream independently if we are to be able to do so as one whole community. Those who are willing to help others may then be worthy of asking for some help one day as well.
People and Land
A lot of people get in over their heads and they try to start a community. What they are finding out is that land alone does not make a home and most people don't want to have to embrace any kind of real vision. Why is that? Even a fine example of a community like Eden can be seen as being a bit of a threat to the status quo herd mentality within the communities movement as it is elsewhere. Who are these people? But we are them and they are us. There will be no community where there is no real vision. And that's what the difference really is here. Eden belongs to itself.The Big Secret is that Most People are attracted to the easy going cooperative and friendly Community Spirit that they feel they need to find to be able to create a Home for themselves within a Community that is already almost completely populated with the kind of other people they would like to be able to live with and to be around.
They don't really care much about this other stuff that goes way beyond what little they had come to expect and which may even therefore be seen as being potentially quite objectionable. No Blame. But money alone does not make a home. Eden has to be more than enough for everybody with something to share with the rest of the world, like the global south, which does need to start being included in the big picture. Take what you can and leave the rest.
People are very Attracted
We have over 600 people in our Email Group. Why is that? Because it is a real place and it is a real vision. And it is a very clear and a well developed plan. Many of the finest people will trade in their homes and their lands and even some of these smaller communities will go up on the chopping blocks for sale to be sold to the highest bidder just to be able to become a part of Eden.What it is
We have had a few people from these smaller communities actually start coming to our meetings already. They may already have land and a community. But they know it is not Eden. Now they want the real thing.Eden is a new vision. And it really is a truly expansive and generous vision that is vast in its implications for the Earth and all her children.
There isn't anything else out there that comes anywhere close to this that I know of. Money alone or even a whole lot of real good intentions just won't make it. Not even a large group of randomly chosen people could pull this off. Not acting alone and in complete disharmony and without a set of unifying principles. That is why we have created something like this for us to go by. And that needs to be held high up there and respected like what the constitution is for America so we do not lose that central core of values and principles of Truth, only ours is an organic one and it is like a living core that changes and grows, as it must be, since Eden is about Life.
The new realities we are entering into are not like the ones we came out of or those we heard tell about in the distant past. This is not a backwards facing community. We do not plan to bail ourselves out continuously just because we didn't know the first thing about boat building.
We must all learn to be able to change and to grow and to begin to accept some guidance and to take some direction. All who will respect and honor the Women of Eden will be welcome to come a little closer.
You do your share of the money part just like everybody else. But I do know that many of you will get back everything you have put into this project and some may even get it all back 3 times over.
What we will save on taxes alone will probably be more than enough to cover the entire cost of your ConTribution Pledge which is like all of us getting our money back many times over again right there in the middle of the Universe.
Eden will not be Under Sold
Eden has been placed above and beyond the market forces which would only destroy any good thing. We can be thankful for that. You must not imagine you can just look down your noses at Eden which is a place where it most definitely cannot be found.It may even appear to be a bit beyond reach. But that is only right. You must choose something you can respect, that is beyond your grasp. And not even a child can respect anything they have not yet earned. How did we get that wrong? Too many school teachers and not enough learners.
Have some little bit of Faith in the Vision of Eden here. Faith in the Earth makes whole new worlds become possible to go inside out and right through to the Center of Truth.
The Voice of Eden Speaks from the Heart of the Earth. We are all to begin to heed this word of Eden so that we really will be able to Save the Earth.
Choices
If we are too slow to choose there will be no choice. And that is something you must learn how to do now while you still have a chance to create the life you might want for your self and all posterity. Don't wait until it's too late or you may be sold for bait. The Earth needs us Now and so do our own children and for those who don't have children we are all related through the Web of Life which is now endangered.Some Clarifications:
Eden Village will become a Home for the Homeless and it will become a bowl
of soup for the soupless where people can be welcomed to come to live
in peace when the time is right for that and all the appropriate gestures of
grace and dignity have been properly performed as it would be among any of the
native peoples. There is a right and a wrong way of doing anything good.
Until that time we must move full speed ahead with integrity and without fear. That is
just one small part of the emerging Magic of Eden. We stand in Solidarity with the entire Universe wherein lies
the foundation of All Truth. Do not be quick to jump overboard just because the
seas get rough. Most of that has been done on purpose.
Most will not even dare to dream a real dream that goes far beyond what any of these media posers could ever approve of. But we must become willing to dare to enter into a real Dream because that is the way the Magic of Eden works.
Some Dreams do come True. And we have made that part fairly clear for those who have come here to learn and done their best to do so. Eden is the Earth. Eden is the Spirit of the Earth.
The
Vision of Eden
is the Voice of the Earth. We are the Children of Eden. We are the Village People. We
want to give something back to the Earth. We are the Kindred Spirits of the
Emerald Forest.
But yes, as many have said, it could be seen as being a bit unconventional of us
to act from the spirit of the vision alone but here we can do no wrong to at
least take the risk of becoming clear
among ourselves where we are really going with this and who it really is among
us who will really be able to come to Eden in Peace and Cooperation towards a better life.
Eden Valley belongs to itself. We do not need to own the land. And it is
not even necessarily ever going to be ours in the manner in which most people
think. We do not even have an option on the
land that we could build up false hopes around.
Our plan is only to get ourselves prepared to act on every moment in the
appropriate manner as
soon as it opens up. That means we have a lot of work to do before
that time comes around knocking on our door. It has been said that The Stillest Words Open up the
heaviest of Doors so if we learn to listen then maybe that door will open up of its own
accord. That is the magic of Eden. We must make no promises that we cannot
afford to keep.
I know by speaking of these things one time among our growing circle of
friends that there are many here who recognize and respond to this
very simple vision of an Earth Restored and a World at Peace. It connects up with
something that is so very real in so many of us. And we know it is
real. Those of us who are for real should be able to recognize each other as the
Kindred Spirits that we are to become one with in the spirit of sharing and
caring for Eden and for the Earth.
We should be able to tell by the senses alone. We don't need any information. The most exquisite do not need any explanation. Others are not so sure what to think without being offered a ready made opinion that comes right off the shelf.
No Blame. Let them Be. Set them Free. That is how we live in Eden. This group is open to All Kindred Spirits who come in the Spirit of Loving Kindness and who will make their best Good Faith series of efforts until they have exhausted all that they have had to give.
Nothing is ever taken for granted or
to be quickly misunderstood by those who don't know the difference. Let that
spark of Truth be our one main distinction. You must be able to complete all the
gross misunderstandings of this world successfully with all that has been given
so far.
We do understand the need for a certain amount of clarity. But you will all have
to provide most of the answers. And many things we may have in great abundance
since once again you will be the ones who are bringing it, since as it may be
deemed by some of these judges of doom and gloom that T has already done his
share.
More than enough and some to share is what we will be expecting to see hanging on your tree of good hope. That is not something that you have any right to expect to be delivered by T. That is something that you must be able to bring to this fine and elegant table that spreads out before us like the horizon at Dawn.
But in truth we seek only good companions here and not true
believers although a certain willingness to go along with things you do not
believe in should be in place if only out of a sense of interest and curiosity.
It is time for us to take upon ourselves a significant role in world affairs. We
are the change makers. The effects of our magnificent new creations will soon
begin to ripple
throughout the World.
We all do need to show that we are really ready to do what it takes to become somebody who definitely would be of a positive value to this community. Others are welcome to browse just like the Deer in the Forests around and within Eden.
Collaboration Follows Cooperation. We work in Collaboration with all Native Peoples.
But first we do need to see some level of cooperation from some of these other
lost peoples. Self Pity for others has
always been our greatest danger. Bending over Backwards does eventually lead to
having a broken back. As Eden so the Earth.
You do have to have more than just a little self based interest which only leads
to the complete Destruction of the Earth and all Her little Children which would be totally in
opposition to everything we live for. And
you do need to show that you can sustain that spirit of positive interest and
support indefinitely. In this
way we are beginning to build the extensive resource base that each of us must
be willing to become an indispensable part of.
Land alone does not make a home. Not even Eden Valley will do the
trick. It is the Spirit of the Vision that speaks to the right Quality of the
People that is the basis of any real Community of this magnitude and beauty.
Nothing can happen where there is no love and where there is no hope and where
there is no real
vision there will be no real community. That's what the real
differences are here. This project really is not just about something. It
actually already is something and it always has been of the first water of the
oldest thing. Excellence. That is the Eden Difference.
Many people will sell their homes and their lands and even some of
these smaller attempts at forming community will go up for sale just
to be able to bring those resources together into becoming a part of
the Eden Project. Or their lands may be connected up with ours in an
Eco-Logically Integrated Stewardship Cooperative Network.
Everything small is innocent of its
smallness here. But that doesn't mean you get a free ride. We do not welcome those who are too judgmentalistic
or pessimistic.
This is a new vision that is dawning on a lot of fine folks right
here within the Heart of the Communities Movement which is exactly where you are
right now. And there isn't anything else out there that comes anywhere close to
where you are right now so don't even think about it. Just stay right where you
are forever and you will be released.
Other community groups on the web like ours barely make it past about 20 members and then they taper off and die like the Trees on Easter Island. Most people have no preparation for community anyway and have been taught everything backwards to begin with and then they are so quick to embrace every kind of lateral move in the book. But a lateral move is energetically wasteful and that constitutes a loss.
Eden is Beyond just being about a nicer place to live. That we will all be able to share in. But the Vision has to go much farther out there and it has to go much deeper down into the Earth than most people have ever dreamed of to be able to Unify the People in a workable Critical Mass of Solidarity.
A little talk of peace and tranquility just does not have enough
necessity. But we do create that too for those who need it. All kinds of
micro-climates will be created within the larger community even with some real
respect becoming possible for the first time for Singles and even Childless
Couples who are tired of being marginalized.
It is not just another ecological co-housing development scheme for
a few well off professionals either. Eden is about creating a real home for a Wilder Diversity of
fine folks from around the world who can prove they know how to live in peace within an
Earth Centric Integrated Womens' Environment which believe it or not
may sometimes be more
difficult for some of the women than it is for most of the men.
That does not mean we can expect to see a complete return to the unbalanced perspectives that so many have bought into hook line and sinker. If all they have learned is resentment and revenge, then we cannot use them.
Resentment and revenge alone does not make a home. But that was an easy mistake. But now the honor price must be paid. That's why it is always wise to respect peoples constantly changing beliefs and orientations. They will control their own identity and information. None of that is permanent except among a very limited few.
This is just Our Little gift of goodness that we must give in honor of the Feminine Spirits of the Natural World we all live within here in the heart of the Earth which may one day be referred to as being the place where it all started which may by that time have become little more than a long forgotten Mythical place of origins from which all Life is once said to have become more than just an accident for the first time ever since a few people got fed up with all these broken records of the Status Quo and did something about it.
Eden could even be the only word from Earth Talk that is even going to be long remembered. That is why it is said that we may be the Adams and Eves of this World and quite a few other places as well who will be the creators of Earth Talk, which is meant to become a Universal Language of Truth.
It would be a big mistake to assume that we would expect anything less than a complete change of attitude from those who have no idea how to approach this vastly well conceived vision of a whole new kind of community that goes all the way back into the future and beyond just being about community and the needs of a few people to find some place to live.
This is not just about 40 acres and a mule anymore.
Take what you can and leave the rest for another day. We don't have to have every ones complete agreement on everything. In some cases too much agreement is even seen as being a good way to clog up the arteries of life which was meant to flow freely.
Eden has not been spotted and it iss now coming our way. Some are just not yet ready for it. This group has not yet begun to become strong enough to take upon itself a vision of this magnitude. We have much work to do. But we do have a plan.
Our plan is to get ourselves into that place where we are ready to move straight forward at that point when things open up without the slightest hesitation which is how we plan to navigate the rest of the universe as well.
Everything happens one step at a time and we do everything with a healthy sense of humor. The Building of a Larger Resource Base and Group Integration comes before Land Purchase.
You will be expected to join in the process at this level and you are not encouraged to wait until later. Cooperation and Collaboration are two big words here in Eden that really do have to mean something big.
We definitely do not create disturbances within the work of this group. Everything goes through the Eden Work Group that is of a questionable kind where we do talk about all the gritty realities on the ground. But you have to join the other group which is the big group first. Nobody speaks for this project but those who are understood as being the appropriate spokespersons of this project it would seem.
Rumors become tumors. And that has got to be well understood. Take them to Rumor Control. Or you may lose your place in Eden to some nicer people who don't tend to first mess things up for everybody else and then expect some one else to clean up after it. We do know the difference and you have to show that you are willing to go along with that with a loving smile and a lot of grace.
Non-Interference Policy
We will use an experienced spokesperson only who will take care of all the initial interactions and this will be reported at the meetings and within the Work Group. We all do have to learn to become a well integrated part in the process of Guided Cooperation. And a part of that is to be able to remain quiet until the time is right even if you have to pee in your pants.
We do have to ask you to become an active member of this community in a way which is of some real value to this community. Not to create a self-unimportance problem and to go into the passive aggressive mode.
What Kind of People
We can not afford to focus only on our own personal needs to be seen and heard. We only hear people who listen first and then listen some more. Everything does have to be focused through the correct channels.
Even your initial interest in this group has to be expressed in the right way and to the right people that shows you have at least made a quick pass of this quite extensive repository of uniquely Edenic material you can see blooming up on this website alone.
Otherwise it will be disregarded when you come in and just want to expound upon what you may think you might think you might think without even thinking about one thing that has been said. Everything has to be connected up with everything else.
Nobody
has time for that kind of misplaced aggression around here. And everybody needs to have some kind of self control
and that means personal responsibility. Show us some of that and then you can be integrated into the larger community
within the next 3 to 5 years.
Money alone or even good intentions just won't make it into Eden.
This is about the realities we are entering into here not like the little worlds
we just came out of so do expect a few new ideas and do be prepared to
embrace the growing and changing vision of Eden as it appears here
on Earth at this time before a growing circle of Friends. The Friends of Eden.
Eden is about all the Children. Eden is an expansive Bridge
to Our Childrens land and our Future Freedom which is forever and that is where this whole thing is going. But
please listen first and then only speak much later.
Opportunities will abound for enthusiastic young idealists with a dream of an
Earth Restored and a World at Peace who stand in Solidarity with The Vision of
Eden.
No Down Payment
makes it very easy for these younger people who cannot afford to make any
sizeable down payment.
All others should become prepared to put down at least $6,000. down towards your
Contribution Pledge of what will start at $36,000. and you
will be set up with a very beautiful and expansive Homestead with a View across
the valley and a Farm-Site in this community totaling about 5 acres within the larger
2,240 acre Community held lands.
This is about living and giving outside the box and going right through into a
new world beyond our
wildest dreams again, just like we did last time, only this time we plan to do a
much better job of it.
EdenFest could be the beginning of a whole series of our own great Days of Celebration throughout the year.
Eden is more than just a little bit Beyond the Sidewalks. Eden is a Community to Change the World. Eden is about the meaning and the future of the Earth come back to get us all back to the center of the Universe again in on piece.
It seems we have not yet been forgotten by T or any of the Truth Keepers of
Eden and all the Kindred Spirits of the Emerald Forest who may have been sent
here with a mission that goes beyond nuclear fission.
Where to go from here? The big email group is a good place to start but it is only
there for those who are
brand new here or just peering into this vast new world of ever changing new possibilities
that is like an upside down ocean that has no bottom. Let us learn to swim.
There is
also another group for people who have proven themselves in this group
and have moved on to the Eden Work Group. Read the material. All of
it. Introduce yourself. This is your one small chance to Join the Village
People. But you do have to know how to choose the right way to do that.
Then do come to one of the Lodge Meetings. We meet right out in
front of the Restaurant at the Jack London Lodge in Glen Ellen.
That's only about 45 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge. There is
a map and directions and more information on the page called Meetings.
We now have well over 600 great big fat members in this group which is huge for any single community email group...
Thirty Five Dollars from each real member will give us something to work with over the coming year. We have not be slacking off here.
We do have some great big fat publications in the works that are just dying to be printed, and that will allow us to reach out to a lot more people. But we can only do that with your help. In return for that we will now be able to send you not only The Eden Journal which is something real that you can show to your friends, but now you will get the Free DVD along with that just as a token of our many thanks.
- T
To Save the Earth
