Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Dealing with self interest VS what's best for everybody

[Michael John Omogrosso (omo]

On Mon, 4 Mar 1996, Rob Sandelin (Exchange) wrote:

> Lately Sharingwood has run into a situation where we need to resolve a
> couple issues where self interest of individuals bumps against what is
> best for the whole group.  Any advise about how to approach it so people
> admit their self interest in the first place, and then feel comfortable
> about dealing with it? =20
> 
> Rob Sandelin=20
> Sharingwood
> =00
> 
The name sharingwood has always brought a sense of harmony to this 
otherwise chaotic life. Is this a consensus group?  If so a bit of 
rejuvination of the process retreat stlye might be in order.

In like fashion, a festival of residents to remind all what brought youn 
together.  Have a fetish ceremony where everyone makes a clay or wood 
energy retainer then pour your individual self interest into it and cast 
them into a bonding fire.  Important to be the first to acknowledge some 
level of self interest (bound to have some, eh?) as an example.

But what the hey, only you know the particulars.

michael omogrosso
om circle coordinator
spirit booth
oregon country fair