HONEYMOONED WITH OTHERS

Writing from Floyd, Virginia
Cultural Evolution 2010 Summer Camp to begin this Friday evening

(C) 2010 Howard McQueen

I am exploring intimacy with my partner Emory,
now having experienced what is a
two hundred day honeymoon with her.

Just like one, two can settle into routines,
sometimes ruts that constrain our vision,
our potential to connect to the vitality of Wholeness.

We are exploring social intimacy with others,
to put ourselves on the edge
to risk the discomforts of myriad social inter-courses,
and penetrate the shared discomforts covering over intimacy.

Intentional community is a way of living and learning to love,
to establish a commitment to being with others
through thick and thin.
It is a honeymoon with we-ness
social experimentation
an evolution in culture
an invitation to hold hands
and, with hands-on implementation,
enter process to become increasingly transparent
with whatever is bubbling up in our respective operating systems.

Cultural evolution is best done with strong and effective cultural and personal change facilitation. There are many exercises and tools that are available to assist individuals and groups navigate into the field(s) of group intimacy.

Many blessings to all of you engaged with personal growth and navigating the rapids and rewards of living and loving an extended community of our fellow human beings. We recently attended the 2010 Intentional Community's Conference, held at Twin Oaks (just outside Charlottesville, Va.).

I would be interested in hearing from you about any communities and experiences you have participated (or plan to participate in).

Howard
Howard@mcq.com