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First Raw Olympic Games Nov. 2008 HUGE EVENT kick off the next level to Sports and more

Kieba — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 02:08:29 GMT

THIS is a HUGE event to kick off the Next level of sports etc.
Contestants from all over and an International Beauty pageant and physique contest
Swimming, cycling,running,climbing,jumping, Strength and lifting are a few of the events
first place winners to receive Gold nugget valued at 920$ 2nd and 3rd are silver and bronze medals
BIG coverage and publicity.....very well known key Speakers from every arena
Aajonus Vonderplanitz to present as well as David Wolffe....more to be announced
music also from a few well known names (it is a surprise)
we are looking for More athletes, sponsors, vendors, volunteers etc.
please email me with any interest in the above
do not miss out
only need be 100% raw (raw anything) for 90 days prior to festivities
see www.rawolympics.org
and me/my place www.bodytemplebootcamp.com

we hope to fill up the yoga Oasis with all raws to keep the cost at 45$ a night or less per person!
kiebaom@aol.com

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Improper "Big Pharma" Influence in Medicine is VERIFIED!

elvenpath — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 17:47:33 GMT

Improper "Big Pharma" Influence in Medicine is VERIFIED!

This is a BIG step in the right direction for health care in the USA! It has been no secret, but no one was talking about it since the monetary benefits that many doctors are receiving from these companies made this unlikely. I mean - if you were the type to only care about money (which is why many become doctors in the first place), wouldn't you want a free trip to Cancun by putting other people on basically unproven and even harmful chemical substances?

Catherine D. De Angelis, MD, MPH and Phil B. Fontanarosa, MD, MBA have submitted this timely (and likely unwelcome) article into the April 16, 2008 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), entitled "Impugning the Integrity of Medical Science - the Adverse Effects of Industry Influence."

What is even more awesome is that this was broadcast on the same day on the morning edition of Talk Radio's "Paul Harvey" show, so this information has come to the attention of many Americans today!

I am happy to see that some doctors do in fact have some integrity. This may also be an opening for safer alternative methods to be approved by the AMA for doctors to use and not feel like they will have their medical licensing taken away if they recommend a proven herbal remedy (as an example) instead of the new designer drugs of the day. I hope this allows them the courage to step forward now that the door has been opened!

We can help by showing this to our medical providers (if you have those) this article, and telling them about this, they can maybe take additional steps as doctors to become more able to practice alternative and natural techniques without risking their careers. Also, tell your friends in any way you can, so that they can demand alternative therapies be implemented or they will go elsewhere now that this article ought to free up other practitioners to use these methods. This also provides some validation for Alternative practitioners who have known about these dangers all along. Health care freedom (and responsibility) is up to all of us - please spread the message!

http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/299/15/1833 (download in case they remove!)
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/extract/282/17/1609

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art of Communication

rachan — Thu, 28 Jul 2005 17:10:40 GMT

i recently spoke about my interest in communities with a friend. he had actually lived with a community for a couple of years and his suggestion for me was to live in at least one community for a while to experience what it was like...
while this sounds like an all-around good idea, his suggestion to live within a community firsthand in particular stemmed from his experience of communication with both community and its individual community members. Experiencing the process of communication, with its difficulties, was something he recommends people do if they are interested in community living.

this thread relates to the art of Communication.

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HELLO FROM ARGENTINA

lisandro — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:04:38 GMT

Hola
I am an ecologist, naturist and raw foodist of Argentine, am trying to protect with other persons 70 hectares of subtropical jungle in the Argentine province of missions, since this(this one) everything being destroyed to plant PINES TRANSGENICOS, NOTHING WAS STAYING OF BIODIVERSITY, A DESERT WILL BE, AND BESIDES CONTAMINATED BY THE WASTEBASKETS AND THE COMPANIES OF TOBACCO, I ASK THEM PLEASE TO HELP WITH WHAT THEY COULD, FOR EXAMPLE BUYING Lands IN ORDER THAT THEY ARE PRESERVED, OR COMING TO ARGENTINE TO HELPING, THERE IS A LOT OF WORK THAT TO DO, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE TRY(MEAN) IS AGRO's PROJECTS REALIZE ECOLOGY, BIO ARCHITECTURE, CAR SUFFICIENCY, ETC BONY(OSSEOUS) AN ECOLOGICAL NATURAL AND SIMPLE LIFE SOON BESIDE NOT HAVING NATURE, NEITHER WE WILL HAVE FREEDOM!!! SINCE THE NORTH AMERICAN ARMY ALREADY THIS IN THE REGION SURELY SOON INVADIRAN, PLEASE HELP US!!!!

EMBRACES
LISANDRO

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Hydraulic Juicing Is For Rich People

Vortex Triturator — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 13:37:40 GMT

http://tribes.tribe.net/norwalkjuicer
Do you know about hydraulic juicing? It’s the best kind of juicing, but the only machine that does it is incredibly expensive (needlessly) and difficult to operate. The new "Hydraulic Juicing is for Rich People" tribe is a place to discuss this issue and promote the idea of cheaper hydraulic juicing that we can all afford. Who cares? Well, with hydraulic juicing you get 50% more juice out of each veggie, which saves a lot of money at the supermarket. And also the veggies will not be heated up by the process (that spinning thing HEATS the juice even as it makes it: That kills enzymes and vitamins. It doesn't have to be like this. The maker of the hydraulic juicer could lower the price and sell more juicers (the price obviously does not need to be $2300!)....or another manufacturer may see the opportunity and create a better machine for far, far less money. So please join the “Hydraulic Juicing Is For Rich People” tribe and add your voice in support of cheaper hydraulic juicing. If you have never had the chance to try hydraulic (and who has?) - you don’t know what you’re missing. Believe me, YOU WANT hydraulic juicing...and it’s really sad that unless you’re super rich, you can’t afford to have it in your kitchen right now. So come on over for a few minutes, read about the problem, and above all, speak up about it. Tell your friends. If enough people come and post, maybe another manufacturer will see the market and build a better, faster, cheaper hydraulic juicer! http://tribes.tribe.net/norwalkjuicer

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Happy Holiday

Naveen108 — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:49:54 GMT

For a whole new year is coming again. And it brings new opportunities, new dreams, fun-filled new days may each of you have the best new year .

In Love and Light

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ABOUT FLAX SEED

COOKIE MONSTER!!! — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 03:54:45 GMT

Can I chew ,eat and digest raw flax seed?

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I do not want to be part of American Corruption!!

bREEZY — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 04:29:47 GMT

: )
hey ya'll my name is Breezy. I am 18, a raw foodiee, and in college right now. After questioning if I wanted to attend college I decided to go with my parent's push and my thoughts on this being the only way to survive. After a couple months I have realized this is not for me. In December I am going to leave at the end of the semester, take some time off to go travel, and just follow my path, naturally. I am still a little weary of not going to 'college'. I know this is just fear implanted in my mind from years of living in the system. I am interested in studying yoga, having land, and forming sustainable communities. I was wondering if any of you knew of any yoga training centers (work exchange), sustainable raw food communities, etc. I know this post is all over the place, i'm sorry. hehe thank you and blessings

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ARTICLE: Creating the Universal Ideal: Intentional Community with Cosmic Standards

rachan — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 13:29:03 GMT

[ http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest/library/universalideal.html ]

Creating the Universal Ideal;
Intentional Community with Cosmic Standards

The founding of a community is in part like the founding of a society, or even an entire world. It is no small matter. As with all great inventions, the form is always followed by inspired conception. If an idea has great merit and real quality, then so too will the device or community. Like a seed, good ideas must be planted upon fertile ground where they can grow and bloom. Lacking this, all objectives will either fail or simply never grow beyond a certain point. Everyone knows that to grow a plant requires knowledge of soil, climate, moisture and sunlight. To grow a strong community from the seed of even the greatest planning, requires knowledge of resources, social circumstance, wisdom and spiritual focus.

Our first and foremost resource as human beings is not lumber, coal, stone, solar energy, liquid fuels, seeds or even land. Our foremost resource is ourselves. Any tool is only as useful as the hand or spirit that wields it. The first priority in life must therefore always be the refinement of the tool user, not the tools themselves. From our own inner capability do these materials find utility and fashioning for the sake of building community. This means that in order to successfully build an infrastructure, we must first refine ourselves. The capability of our minds is genius, the strength of our bodies is enduring and the potential wisdom of our souls, born of cosmic purpose, is limitless. It is from this soil well prepared, that the most progressive communities must sprout. These are the basic nutrients of community excellence, (not to mention the source of our survival as a species) whose fruits shall be the sweetest and most nutritious of all, for everyone concerned. These fruits spring from the rich soil of truth.

The social circumstances in which we live are very challenging, and we must be realistic about this. To build the new we must simultaneously dismantle the old. We live in an age of social disempowerment, where it is commonplace to imagine that humans must depend heavily on outside sources for their own health, sanity, spiritual guidance and even their own thoughts, emotions and beliefs. We live in an era wherein nations routinely proclaim that their own deeds of oppression and injustice as liberating and just. We live in a mindset that follows where the majority leads, simply because the television says so, (regardless of any facts to the contrary) and where rational and logical debate are the rare exception not the rule. We also live in an era of information, possibility and choice for those who seek wisdom and inner strength will find it without looking far. It is within this world climate that our community vision of human excellence and greatness of spirit, must grow and flourish. It is our task to choose carefully which aspects of this climate are useful, and which need to be utterly discarded. Arguably, the list of what needs to be discarded in modern society is BY FAR the longest of all.

While there have been countless attempts made to produce a utopian mode of community living, the successes remain fewer than few. Many high conceptions have come from great minds down through the centuries, for the sake of generating a new social order. But a new social order we have not yet achieved. This is not for the lack of trying, but because we have accepted the answers to the wrong questions, rather than asking the right questions to start with. The question of, "What would make an ideal community?" is one that cannot be asked within the limited framework of modern ideas and institutions. We have to think outside the this small box long enough to crystallize the answer. .To do that it is necessary to first realize just how limited modern notions are. We've been conditioned by these our whole lives through peer pressure, religion, government and the media. Let us assume for a moment that ALL of these sources of public belief are basically mistaken. Let's take a fresh look at what life is all about.

The ideal intentional community cannot be one which is primarily based upon our human past. We have not truly progressed as a species far enough, either mentally or spiritually, to use our own past as a foundation for the future. This is especially true since the very word "progress", is still assumed to denote the ravaging of natural areas of the Earth with asphalt and concrete, while developing higher and higher technologies. Technology is only a tool with which to do our spiritual work here, not an end unto itself. Nor is it a means to make even more monetary profit at the cost of sanity, health and livability. We need to re-define such words as "progress" so that they reflect their true meaning in the context of Cosmos, not country, city or special interest ideology. Cosmic progress means applying ourselves to those ideals such as expanding consciousness into greater love and clarity, which are the very source of our evolution as biological beings to start with. It also means living life as souls in bodies, whose true identity can never be anything so petty as job descriptions or socio-economic status. Our true identity as souls is that we, like the rest of nature, are conscious beings in a conscious universe. It is the purpose of that universe to expand consciousness, refine self awareness and accelerate the process of evolution. That must be our purpose as well, if we are to create the ideal community arrangement, let alone survive the next century as a species.

Some imagine that setting up the perfect physical circumstances for community is all that is needed, and that the rest will fall into place. To this end, there are those who invest heavily in solar power, alternative building methods, organic horticulture and the like. These technologies are very good, there can be no doubt. But there is also no doubt that without a higher reason for employing them other than being "energy efficient" for instance, is a relative waste of our spiritual potential. Such community leaders imagine that by taking careful stock of finances, each members' weekly labor quota, and using all the technologies of modern agriculture or urban living, that this is what is called "independence". Yet this is not an independence of mind or spirit, nor does it in itself accomplish man?s further evolution. That kind of thinking to the exclusion of Cosmic relevance, is just more of the same mainstream materialism seen infecting every aspect of modern life. It is no different than the average persons' obsession with making enough money to retire wealthy and "financially secure". It misses the essential point of life that living is not about making money or having elaborate material goods, it's about having enough tools, be they dollars, meditation techniques, computers or ploughshares, so as to accomplish our spiritual task here on Earth.

Others imagine that by structuring a community after the rigid rules established by a church or other source of ethical codes, that people will be given the "framework" they need for mutual living. But this is not the case, since the rules and codes of behavior established by human kind are inherently inferior, to those which are already well established by the Cosmos at large. These Cosmic "rules" are the laws of nature, which have also been partly described by modern physics. They involve how the universe is structured, and why life functions as it does. It is not the small laws of enforcement that we need, which aim to corral the mind of the participant as though it were a wild animal to be subdued by force. Such community concepts don't take into account that the nature of spiritual progress is self and mutual realization, not conditioning. What we need in community and in society as a whole, is to return ourselves to recognizing those Natural Laws which make our heart beat, the plants grow, our minds soar and our souls commune with one another. Right action and spiritual motivation come from the realization of these, not the blind following of rules or their authoritarian enforcement. This is a large part of what is meant by "refining the tool user, rather than the tools".

The source of natural wisdom from which we may draw, is from the same deep ocean that has carried the great Seers, visionaries, inventors and spiritual Masters of all time to their Earthly fruition. That source is none other than the consciousness itself which we already ARE, as well as the consciousness which the universe already IS. That wisdom tells those who would listen, that we are NOT separate from nature, we are a self-aware extension of it. It also tells us that there are no such thing as "separate issues" such as politics, social inequality, war or environmental issues that require "separate treatment". On the contrary, ALL ISSUES ARE SPIRITUAL CONCERNS, and it is upon this Cosmic Foundation that all other consideration are inherently built. We must address this foundation with competence, in order to address the human condition with any hope of success. We are consciousness raised up past a certain evolutionary degree, which can now KNOW ITSELF. In essence, we are matter that is animated by spirit, and not just a random collection of atoms. It is this human, evolutionary arrangement of matter, awareness, energy and intent, which accounts for our extraordinary abilities as Homo Sapiens. Having gone further than the animal not so much in form, but in the capacity for self awareness and self change, the human evolutionary course is ours to guide. Yet we cannot access our extraordinary and inherent abilities of genius and great wisdom, unless we realize that there is such a thing as Truth, and a purpose for life far beyond consumerism, militarism, nationalism and materialism.

Our true purpose as human beings can accurately be called, "the aim of evolution", which is self knowledge and species advancement, or in other words, the expansion of consciousness. Existence has it's own cosmic purpose in the evolution of life, of which we are an inextricable part. Our purpose is to further advance this Cosmic Cause, through wise decision making and spiritual inspiration. Higher and higher love combined with progressive clarity, can and must become the new, standard human interaction toward that end. We CAN intentionally cultivate these qualities together.. It is this evolutionary purpose that is based upon the development of the consciousness we ARE, and which all life IS, that will save our species from the brink upon which it is now poised. Without sufficient realization of truth and Cosmic Purpose, our species will remain lost in it's own delusions about what life is all about. Until realizing this, we will remain fixated upon brand names, television sit-coms, fashion trends and gossip magazines, until the day of our collective extinction. Until we realize the inherent purpose of life, as opposed to the artificial, human-made purposes of corporate greed, we will always be moving toward entropy, war and insanity of all kinds. The purposes and laws of Nature will not be denied forever. If ever there was a test of our fitness to survive and evolve, this recognition is IT.

It is necessary that we, as centers of consciousness, (otherwise known as "souls") do realize this bottom-line self. "Realize" means, "to perceive with such accuracy that we enthusiastically act daily upon that which is understood". To realize ourselves as souls whose composition is consciousness, is to implicitly understand a great many other important issues at once. Among these are the understanding that "we are all one", that psychic streams of feeling, intent and thought flow between us constantly, making society a collective creation, and that our communion with both God and Nature is made possible because they too are literally MADE OF CONSCIOUSNESS. Thus we are both the created and the creator of forms, and with this ability comes specific responsibilities. It is through us and all other life that Cosmic Consciousness manifests itself here and elsewhere through the universe. We CANNOT access these facts and their implications fully, until we achieve sufficient self realization. That means going beyond idea of self composed by job title, race and nationality, and into that with which we were born. Upon achieving this, and to varying degrees, we may then carry forth such realization into our daily lives. This is what is known as "spiritual focus".

Our salvation then, if there is to be one, ultimately rests upon our degree of self and mutual realization, coupled with sufficient spiritual will to address the cosmos on it?s own terms. It?s terms are those comprising natural laws and processes, as well as the spiritual laws and processes that reflect them. Consciousness, or that which is called "God", as well as that which we refer to as "soul", have the same three constituents. These three are INTENT, AWARENESS and ENERGY, and in that order of causation/importance. To know self is to know consciousness. To know consciousness is then to know others as being of the same essence as we. If we are to master the purpose of life, generating on this planet a progressively superior place to live in peace and enlightenment, then it will also be necessary to progressively enhance our mastery of Intent, Awareness and Energy. When we purify our intent towards one another for instance, it is then that truly progressive relations are made possible. When we expand our awareness beyond the personal, it is then that we are made empathically aware of the feelings and intentions of others. Upon raising our level of energy, we are made more capable of accomplishing great things together.

It is Intent that guides our lives. This is true not only through personal intent, but group, planetary and cosmic intent. The intent of modern human beings is the primary basis for all the world?s problems, as well as it?s ultimate solutions. To achieve world peace, enlightenment and high intelligence, our most fundamental need is to purify our intent. toward nature and one another. The reason we see so much misery and chaos played out on the world stage, is because our Intent is wrongly focused in all areas of this global human community. The faulty intentions behind materialism and consumerism are largely responsible for this. The very term, "intentional community" derives it's meaning from the implication that we're aware of our progressive intent in forming such a group, and for the sake of improving our lives. But we must do more than merely improve the circumstances of a few human lives. Our intent must be focused at levels much higher than self or community interest alone. Only a progressive, PLANETARY intent for the good of all, can provide us with the needed fuel to generate a truly profound social shift. Only the Cosmic Intent of evolution, recognizing the commonality of souls in bodies which we all are, is ultimately worthy of our mutual community focus. Community no longer means just growing a few veggies or making solar power for a select few. It must also mean that we ultimately recognize the whole world as our community, for the interconnectedness of life intimately effects each and every person from around the globe. The social norms and expectations of this current world society are far too low. They do not serve us well, nor do they serve the Cosmic Purpose of which we are a part. It is extremely important to realize this when forming any community.

Our world-based community movement, can be founded upon such basics as the following;

1) Recognizing that the same basic principles of plant and animal growth, nutrition, consciousness, biochemistry, life cycles, reproduction, and the like, are the very same principles which govern our human existence. Science describes these in detail, but usually without realizing their spiritual application or significance. Modern humanity does not seem to realize that it cannot live indefinitely without recognizing the universal constants of all life. Among these are efficiency, progressiveness, logical action, practicality, evolutionary improvement, the need for natural and clean sources of water and food , etc. By observing how nature works, we can re-learn the great values of natural living, and living in accord with the evolutionary processes of nature.

2) Recognizing that the laws of nature, (aka Spiritual Laws) are what have molded and shaped all life on this planet, (and others). Humanity is no exception to this rule, which is why we need to return to nature in every practical way, so as to regain our true strength, wisdom and inner vitality. Human beings have tried to "outdo" nature for centuries under the premise that It exists to serve us. The truth is that we are as much a product of nature as any other plant or animal, and that the true reason for our existence is as an extension of Natural Intelligence, for the sake of furthering the evolutionary process. The rightful place of humans is therefore to serve the designs of nature, not for nature to be sacrificed for the sake of human whims. As all Native cultures know, we can learn better how to serve nature by constantly working with it. In so doing it?s influence purifies our lives, and teaches us how to live better with the Cosmos and each other.

3) The gaining of wisdom, as defined by the greater application of truth in daily life. Wisdom is the embodiment of truth
the greater the embodiment of truth, the greater the wisdom.

4) The increase of intelligence and intuitive cognition, through the right use of the mind.

5) The expansion of consciousness and the recognition of the true self, (beyond just the physical body or mind) as soul.

6) The recognition of that which the Western world calls ?God?, and which the Eastern world calls, "Consciousness" as the prevailing force and intelligence that is seen running through all natural forms.

7) The practice of personal and group meditation, for the sake of self knowledge.

8) Placing spiritual growth as the foremost .priority in daily activities, while recognizing the distinct differences between spirituality and religious dogma.

9) Holding truth to be the highest and guiding principle in life, and the best course for personal relations. There is one truth by definition, not many. There is no such thing as ?your own truth? since the truth never bends for the sake of personal preference. Our purpose as intelligent and wise beings, therefore, is to determine what the Cosmic Truth already IS, (as composed of facts, collectively known as "reality") rather than trying to re-invent it from scratch, or by using the standard misconceptions of modern society. This requires objective observation, intuitive crystallization and logical evaluation of all subjects.

10) Rejecting faulty and destructive models of society, such as consumerism, egotism, materialism, nationalism and militarism, which act only to artificially divide the world into warring factions, from which there can arise no true victor. We do this in favor of the already provided template for right living, found in nature and spiritual laws.

11) That logic and intuition must work together, and check each other's conclusions. The same is equally true of science and religion, both of which can be mutually complimentary when the truth is seen clearly.

14) The cultivation of clarity and the valuing of clear, honest communication.

15) Upholding the vision of collective wisdom, one that is greater than the wisdom of one person or even many uncooperative persons.

16) Making decisions through the process of educated and logical consensus.

17) Collaborating with other communities and individuals, for the sake of greater collective wisdom.

18) Emphasizing excellent health in all ways through right eating, exercise, herbal/natural remedies and meditative self healing.

19) Offering educational materials to the world for the improvement of the human condition.

20) Living in an independent, simple and free fashion, unfettered by the unnecessary limitations of the modern world. We must continually emphasize self empowerment in all ways.

By engaging the Cosmic Evolutionary Purpose together, (so as to improve ourselves and each other at will) the course of history will be transformed for the better. In doing this we become active participants in Creation, not just creative persons. In such an undertaking, individual persons could be likened to atoms and communities to molecules, whereby the first cells, (cities) of a new human culture would find their highest expression. When our community is dedicated to the Cosmic Purpose, it then takes on much the same role as DNA does in the creation of new, fresh life for our kind, one which could replicate itself worldwide in a relatively short period of time. This truly revolutionary basis for living together could sweep real vision and wisdom into the stagnant pools of modern society. But to crystallize this ideal basis for community requires a great deal of intelligence, based upon knowledge of how the universe really is, not necessarily how we imagine or want it to be. To begin, we can use the principles of nature as a basic template. Then, through self realization of the consciousness we are, truly See how we can interact with each other as SOULS in a higher, superior way. This will be a way of interaction and understanding, that is far beyond what has ever before been known in the history of mankind. Let us keep ever in mind that there exists cosmic purposes far higher than those currently employed by mainstream society. It is to these we must strive, so as to create something truly great together. Through such a basic vision of ideal community as a starting point, this crystallization can then evolve further into a highly profound social movement the world over.

Why strive for less than this, especially when this is exactly what our species most needs? This work will greatly aid the evolution of humanity, as the seed of a New Way.

Matthew Webb visionquest@eoni.com
The World Mind Society http://www.eoni.com/~visionquest

The World Mind Society

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creating this Raw Communities organisation

rachan — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:23:12 GMT

This thread is for developing ideas for the organisation of this Raw Communities network.

Some questions to ask yourself...

How do we best go about creating and living in raw communities for each other?

How can vibrant and on-going inter-relations between the different raw communities be achieved?

What issues of importance can we put our hands together to accomplish?

(...and will raw foods save the world? ; )

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Intentional Community Search

H.P. Meow Meow Meow — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 16:53:21 GMT

I'm looking to be living in an intentional community starting this fall. I would like to be on my way not later than Oct 1, and possibly earlier. I am particularly interested in participating in/learning how to build structures to live in, and am most moved by rounded organic structures that seem to flow up from the ground, such as earthships, ecodomes. I have been veg since I was 5 -- only one in my family, have practiced yoga for over a decade, am moving toward veg and raw, studying nutrition a lot these days (independently). I am in the process of writing a book (fiction) and so will be occupied that way wherever I am. I hope to be able to contribute to my community with building (I'm mechanically inclined if not experienced in home building), food preparation (raw, vegan, mono, simple, radiant in color and variety, perhaps some raw goat milk if there are any goats around who are not too put out by sharing, but not nec.), and perhaps also in my capacity as editor -- which work I've done most of my adult life. I am looking to be somewhere warm (Thailand, Costa Rica, etc.). Any suggestions?

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Raw vegan campground and emerging community in Hawaii

Laurie — Sun, 31 Jul 2005 22:53:48 GMT

Cinderland is currently composed of raw vegans and a variety of other misfits, but will magically transform into a raw vegan community on Jan 1, 2006.
Come and camp out with us and build a community.

www.ecologos.org/cinder.htm

Laurie
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Scientifically-credible information on plant-based diets.
www.ecologos.org/ttdd.html
news:alt.food.vegan.science

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Raw Fun Family Camps - short-term community living!!

Sonja — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 04:46:27 GMT

Please read about those exciting events:
www.energetictribe.blogspot.com

You are welcome to join, learn and have fun!! Experience first hand how other families make it :)...

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bring tents and tarps: we got 6 acres HI! pure vegan ecovillage! clean sober non-smoking vegan pioneers wanted ! please network it ! raise families of pure vegan edge children in tents under tarps on

PureVeganStar — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:11:46 GMT

bring tents and tarps: we got 6 acres HI! pure vegan ecovillage! clean sober non-smoking vegan pioneers wanted ! please network it ! raise families of pure vegan edge children in tents under tarps on this warm tropic land on big island Hawaii ! contact the ecovillage Land project manager:
Star*
831-425-3334
pureveganstar2007@yahoo.com
myspace.com/pureveganstar
and join group
on myspace
pure vegan ecovillages

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http://groups.myspace.com/PureVeganEcovillages

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Pure Vegan Ecovillages. {no dogs/drugs/alcohol/smoking} Sincere people who wish to help make Home-Lands happen for intentional communities-- refuge sanctuaries for tender sensitive gentle angelic saintly Pure Vegans sans toxins: No domestic-animals, No drugs/alcohol/smoking. Maybe begin in California, Mexico, Hawaii; however anywhere on Earth: network ! as of 2007 we have openings in UK/England/GB, Boulder Colorado USA or Hawaii6acres USA, etc.....

http://groups.myspace.com/PureVeganEcovillages

please join group----^ Pure Vegan Ecovillages :-D :-)

picture of Star* Vegan operative ! Photo Feb18 after tour...
.... to hundred acres Land of the Medicine Buddha
www.MedicineBuddha.org
a natural curl wriggled into my ear, it's not a sliced ear from battling fire-breathing smoking evil dragons; anyways,
notice the Elfin shape of Elfin ear ! ;-)
yes, i'm a true real magical forest Elf !
notice my colorful VEGAN emblem t-shirt under the secret agent coat. and i'm reaching into my shirt pocket for poet's pen and networkers paperworks....
connecting the non-smoking vegan tribe....

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King Yo Liveth, can-not be stop-ped ! ;-D
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myspace.com/pureveganstar
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831-425-3334 hear VM greeting poetry, then sing nicely to me ?! ;-D

Please remember, all typos are always real words from foreign languages of other planets in Galaxies! "Signature": Angelic Saintly spiritual-brother *, Lord King Yobarian, Humble Great Sage King Yo, The Light in Shining Amor, Overseer of charitable Non-profit "infinite star-Light offering visionary ecovillages"="isLove" to co-create Pure Vegan Ecovillages! Gain wisdom via reading my website http://www.infiniteStarLight.org . Little-Star Sevadar, POBox 1086, Ben Lomond, CA 95005-1086. maybe help co-create pure vegan sanctuary Lands. Call 831-425-3334 hear poetic greeting, say your phone first twice or thrice nice then sing your divine Love songs with vigor and spice. Please practice and promote purity principles: pure vegan sans domestic-animals, eschewing drugs/alcohol/smoking. Spay/Neuter all domestic-carnivores because they are obnoxiously violent & meat-eaters use up 30-times more land & resources than gentle kind pure vegans!
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831-425-3334 *Poetry greeting, then sing to me ?! ;-D

myspace.com/PureVeganStar

myspace.com/BabaBabyBear

Thanks for corresponding. Better to email me please at my more bigger better solid permanent email LordLittlestarLibertyLafterLife@yahoo.com
To facilitate communications, you may always call your phone number to my VoiceMail phone 831-425-3334.

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P.O.BOX 1086, BEN LOMOND, CA 95005-1086 U.S.A.

Thanks for corresponding. Better to email me please at my more bigger better solid permanent email LordLittlestarLibertyLafterLife@yahoo.com
To facilitate communications, you may always call your t# to my VM 831-425-3334. http://www.infiniteStarLight.org http://www.geocities.com/brolittlestar http://www.myspace.com/pureveganstar http://people.tribe.net/pureveganstar http://starsevadar.anyp.cn Thanks for being pure vegan edge sans domestic-animals, eschewing/avoiding all drugs/alcohol/smoking; and/or at least a good kind helpful person. You may, if you wish to support ecovillages co-creations, send anything good & supportive to me : LITTLESTAR * SEVADAR, P.O.BOX 1086, BEN LOMOND, CA 95005-1086 U.S.A.

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Learningman 2007?(raw alternative)

Leslie — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:58:44 GMT

In the process of analyzing the shortcomings of Burningman on "Year 2012" tribe, I struck upon a concept that seems everybit as viable as the hugely successful B/M, which, itself, started from very small origins. It is referential to "Burningman" because it seems there are some creative qualities that we admire about B/M which we hope to incorporate into Learningman. But there are many who feel the foundations of B/M are unsound in many ways, and there is no way to reform that venue...except by creating a new one that eliminates all the shortcomings.
So it is that I seek to facilitate the creation of Learningman. First I must define it. It will be a year-round place, a community devoted to art and creative expression, along with all appropriate manner of healing and spirituality. In conceptualizing the ground rules, I am looking at how to define this as a raw foods community without requiring that people who show up for the Learningman seasonal Festivals have a primary interest in being raw. In other words...Art & Creativity are the primary purpose of L/M. But in order to achieve the transformative goals of Learningman, only raw vegan foods will be allowed to be openly served up for general consumption. The rhetoric might go like this: "You are free to bring cooked foods for your private consumption, but no open distribution of anything but Raw Vegan foods will be permissible. Also, no alcohol consumption. While you are here, we encourage you to experience the effects of raw vegan diet, as it has been of the greatest benefit to our full-time residents. "
So...ideas? The biggest obstacle is the need for at least 400-500 acres of land. New Mexico, where I live, happens to have relatively affordable land...lots of desirable land for $1000 an acre or less. This with trees and interesting terrain. Also, within an hour's drive or so of Albuquerque. This is our opportunity to put together a raw community that has a steady flow of money from the festivals, along with lots of creative labor showing up to help build the necessary structures. If you know of anyone who possesses the resources and the vision needed to help get this concept rolling, please don't hesitate to join in the facilitation.

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I found you...am on board, too :)

Sonja — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 04:23:57 GMT

Hi!

I just found this group and thought...wow...some more thinking in that direction!!! Where are you??? Anybody close??? I am in mid-Texas. We just moved here and I am excited to get to know more like-minded beings ;).

Happy Easter to y'all... You are welcome to read more about us at www.energetictribe.blogspot.com.
Sonja

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Introductions and Greetings + Please read first

rachan — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 11:15:45 GMT

"This thread is for introductions and greetings...
It is a good idea to post here."

+ Please read first +

Keep Forums Organised For Easy Navigation

Ideally, each thread is made as a categorical topic of general discussion where a range of related material can be posted under a single umbrella. Become familiar with existing threads so as to appropriately post messages into the thread that best suits it. If you need to make a new thread, let the title be a clear description of this new category of discusions.

Your first or second new-thread post could be a short clarification or introduction as to the general nature and possibilities of that thread so that others quickly grasp (rather than guess) what it's all about.

+ Thank you +

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pure vegan edge house intentional community boulder CO

PureVeganStar — Tue, 19 Dec 2006 03:14:59 GMT

pure vegan edge house intentional community boulder CO
opty!

pre-requisite qualifications:
pure vegan edge sans domesticated-animals,
eschewing/avoiding all drugs/alcohol/smoking.

single-parents with babies/toddlers/children
especially encouraged to communicate about living in
this 5 bedroom 4 bath home, 3,400 square feet big,
with small yard near some open space, outside boulder
CO.

imagine co-operative childcare, co-operative
house-keeping, pure vegan kitchen with emphasis on raw
and living organic vegan foods. {but cooked vegan foods and humans who eat any vegan foods be they raw, living or soemhow cooked or bought/acquired prepared and ready to eat, as long as it's vegan, is/are allowed; however, folks are welcome to treat everyone to fresh sprouts, fresh veg juices, fresh wheat grass juice, etc to convincingly draw vegans to gravitate toward more higher percentages of raw living organic vegan foods.}

~~

my friend Francesca, the owner, wrote:

I too, like a clean house and this one smells really
good already, dont worry! They had no pets, the last
owners so we are in luck! The house doesnt need
anything, paint and carpet are great, it does need a
new hot water heater that i am buying this week, but
everything else is in working order.

~~

so i think that means it's pretty much ready for folks
to move right in.

$10/night or $300/month, basically.

~~

contact:

831-425-3334 *Star* VM, say your phone etc messages.

"pureveganstar2007@yahoo.com Star"
<pureveganstar2007@yahoo.com>,

"LordLittlestarLibertyLafterLife@yahoo.com

~~

please rather email me at new 2007 email pureveganstar2007@yahoo.com
http://people.tribe.net/pureveganstar
http://www.myspace.com/pureveganstar
http://www.myspace.com/babababybear
http://www.vegspace.com/pureveganstar
http://www.geocities.com/brolittlestar http://starsevadar.anyp.cn
http://www.infiniteStarLight.org 831-425-3334 hear original*poems/songs
on my VM greeting, then maybe sing to me?! Better to email me please at
my more bigger better solid permanent email
LordLittlestarLibertyLafterLife@yahoo.com

~~

p.s. or pregnant maidens, or damsels who certainly surely know they wanna have babies can move in there?

i think emphasis on babies toddlers and children for this house b/c limited size of land. [maybe someday when hundreds acres then room for everybody.]
and becuase childless healthy adults be they single or couples can camp outdoors just fine;
but folks with babies really need indoors space, housing, warm and legal to keep their babies/children.

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Searching

Kate — Mon, 11 Dec 2006 21:44:41 GMT

Hi I am a single mom searching for a job/community where i can live and be with positive raw food people. I am willing to relocate anywhere.

Thanks, any tips are helpful..

Kate

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Don, Storm and Jinjee's Raw Co-Housing Communities

Jinjee — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 16:57:09 GMT

Storm and Jinjee (me) and Don Zabinski are in the planning phases of putting together Raw Co-Housing Communities on the East and West coasts of the US. If you are interested in being updated you can sign up at http://www.TheGardenDiet.com/dada - There are two lists - make sure and choose the co-housing list from the drop-down menu....

Looking forward to connecting.
Jinjee

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raw eugene

TSUGA — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:12:37 GMT

I am working on going totally raw... and am looking for folks to network with in eugene...
is ther a community connected in eugene or portland???
love and light
b..

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Raw Foodism Documentary Project

Brett — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:20:29 GMT

Is anyone interested in a documentary project on Raw Foodism (or Raw Veganism)? I have a small but well equipped editing studio, and could handle soundtrack, video editing, planning, and writing, and even DVD mastering. I don't have Broadcast Video Cameras, but only because I don't have a project that would warrant the expense - nor do I have specific specialised skills in video camera work (but how hard could it be?).

A couple of ideas:
1. Same as the "Supersize Me" format, but the opposite
2. Similar to the "Reality Shows" format but not so commercial and cheesy.
3. A longitudinal film, tracking the path of a group of Raw Vegans over, say 20 years (?)
4. A Raw Vegan diary, from scratch, including the transition - say over 2 years.

While I'm not thinking of a commercial venture, there is no reason why such a project might not be commercially viable. I'm also thinking of "shoe string" budgeting - I don't want to go broke. I may be dreaming, but I think such a thing could be done very cheaply and professionally. I'm also thinking of the project being coordinated and developed collaboratively on line.

Brett

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Michael from south France (Toulouse) search connections with raw-food permaculture interessted people

Michael — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 08:43:56 GMT

Hay everyone,

I'm Michael and I trying for the second time to go on maximum raw food diet.
I'm also interessted in permaculture and want to learn this technic to use it to grow own food together with nature and share with people.
I want to travel in Europe as a volunteer to learn and share.
Maybe someone is interested in similar objectifs. He can contact me at universeislila-fr at yahoo.com

Good continuation

Michael

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Genefit Private Island Project

scotiascott — Sat, 09 Jul 2005 05:44:18 GMT

Hey folks,

Here is the link to a raw food community/research project that is in the works.

http://www.genefitnutrition.com/projects.html

Though the island mentioned was bought by Mel Gibson (having found out about it from Genefit), the project is still in the works for Fiji, with moderate support from the government.

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urban communities

rachan — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 15:20:49 GMT

this is a topic for discussions relating to urban ecovillages, cohousing and general interaction and support for rawfood communities living within urban environments.

felicity wrote earlier: "While I just love the idea of Ecoforest, it seems to me that a more sustainable way to encourage "raw behavior" is to help people intigrate raw eating into their already existing framework, rather than suggesting eating raw food exclusively is for people willing to leave their lives behind and move to a hopeful utopia."

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