Communities of Resonance
Sustainably abundant spaces where people live continuously dedicated to growth in the resonance of the moment
Together discovering new realms of personal fulfilment and collective harmony
The Flow of the Community
Communities of resonance foster alignment between our expanding psychological-spiritual experience and the environmental and social aspects of our lives.
Similar to a baby tree outgrowing a small pot and needing more space to grow, humans on a path of continuous psychological growth require increasingly larger containers to hold their expanding experience- until all containers have been outgrown.
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Long-term residential space where physical and social structures are adapted to meet the changing needs of participants and facilitate maximal growth.
In any given moment
How much openness is there to all possibilities?
Where do I still need structure to stay balanced?
Individual & Collective Resonance
What would it be like to live each moment just as I am, alongside others who share the same intention to remain open, balanced, and loving towards all experiences?
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Individual Resonance
A resonant life has no predetermined definition of success. Without the pressure of finances, residents can fully dedicate their lives to their true callings and their unique gifts. Whether being a caring friend, sitting by a river immersed in deep presence, or creating groundbreaking technologies that revolutionise the world, honoring what truly feels right in our hearts fulfils our purpose and contributes towards the greater balance of all things. Here, all traditions and modalities are welcome so long as they continue to align with our evolving experience and help us realise our fullest potential.
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Collective Resonance
As each person's experience grows more connected, the sense of separateness between one another and our environment dissolves. With that dissolution arises naturally open hearted states that promotes coherence and connection. It begins to feel like everyone and everything are unique expressions of the same, shared experience- like waves in the ocean or different musicians playing the same song. This feeling is sustained when everyone is growing but not overextended, people's needs are being met, the environment is being respected, and tensions are resolved without avoidance or delay.
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How Are Decisions Made In Resonance?
In Communities of Resonance, making a decision is like coming to a juncture in a river. Instead of veering towards the path that we like most or away from the path we sense will be uncomfortable, you learn to listen to where the natural current is flowing. Here, each individual honours their own resonance, and no one imposes their course on someone's else's.
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Any confusion, fear or greed that might obscure the clarity of the decision is embraced as a lesson that will ultimately facilitate greater understanding. In structured communities, there may be a need for roles, facilitation, proposals, emotional guidance etc. to foster a balanced decision making process. In open communities, the process unfolds almost always in a spontaneous manner. In both settings, each person's perspective is equally valuable regardless of age, sex, reputation or background.
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Conflict Resolution In Resonance?
In Communities of Resonance, conflicts are understood as mirrors to one's own acute psychological tension. They are therefore embraced as opportunities to address deep psychological wounds. Instead of fueling the narratives of who was right or wrong, residents are invited to explore the root causes of their frustrations. Wherever possible, they can allow suppressed feelings or thoughts to release through a natural process of listening to the resonance of the moment. In structured communities, there may be conflict resolution processes in place to support residents. In open communities, the experience unfolds through spontaneous, authentic expression of each moment.
Physical Spaces
Central Complex
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Five Elements
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Physical spaces dedicated to immersive experiences with each element. Spaces can counteract imbalanced experiences of any element (e.g. sweat lodge, to express intense fire states like anger) or compliment balanced states (e.g. underground sanctuary to express grounded states of peace and presence.)
Core Values
Psychology has always been at the centre of all human activity, but never acknowledged as such. In communities of resonance, psychology remains where it has always been- but is given all the attention it deserves.
Sustainable Abundance
Communities of Resonance balance today's material, intellectual and technological advances with equally advanced psychological frameworks, allowing a fully sustainable celebration of this era of abundance. Wherever possible, food is produced onsite, utilities and materials are from natural, local sources, facilities are shared, and most items are acquired through gift economies.
Kindness
We cherish all people and animals as equally valuable and entirely unique contributors to our wider communities. We endeavor to renounce all judgment and to share our material and psychological wealth as widely and freely as we are called to.
Personal & Collective Growth
Here we inspire each other to embrace every experience as an opportunity to cultivate openness and acceptance. We embrace all thoughts and feelings, appreciating the unique lessons they each offer. We welcome all feedback, insightful or misplaced, as catalysts for our shared growth. Like this our differences become mutually enriching, conflicts foster self-awareness and compassion, and our gifts are elevated by the talents of others. In these uniquely supportive settings we can all realize our fullest potential and embrace our deepest shared pains- fear of death, psychological disabilities, intergenerational trauma, prejudice, attachment to money and obsession with power.
Authenticity
​In communities of resonance, the focus is not on improving ourselves but appreciating authenticity as our greatest contribution. We honour when it feels right to participate, intervene or set boundaries. We encourage all forms of being however unconventional, or challenging, through movement, sound, silence art, music, energetic connection and more.
Embracing Human Nature
In communities of resonance, feeling like we are a part of the greater natural world is the foundation for harmony with our environments. Through cultivating balance we birth sustainability. Through care we reduce and revalue our waste. Through humility we learn to listen to the land instead of controlling it. Through wisdom we take only what we need. And through compassion, we learn to care for the welfare of all beings.
Fierce Wisdom
We abide in wisdom, taking nothing personally, recognizing the perfection of each moment, embracing the impermanence of everything. We are honest with ourselves and others. We respect all points of view. We differentiate authentic expression from dramatic expression and hold each other accountable when we are not fully honoring the moment. We are assertive when the moment calls for it and hold violence with a firm compassion, attuned to the suffering that is its root cause. We recognize that we are not here to make each other comfortable, but to help one another grow.
​Respecting Potent Experiences
In community’s of resonance, nothing is labeled as bad or good. Instead the focus is on our relationship to our experience. Potent experiences that significantly numb, enhance or stimulate - e.g drugs, sex, alcohol, technology, etc - are integrated through heightened awareness and intentionality.
Dedicated spaces within and away from the residential areas will be available to explore these experiences in a more supportive setting if neccessary. In this way, we give potent experiences the respect they deserve, remain clear as to our volition, and invite balance and maximal fulfilment from them. In general, habitual, or casual engagement of potent experiences is discouraged- although frequency is unique to each person.