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From: Berrins (Berrins![]() |
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Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 21:46:19 -0600 (MDT) |
In a message dated 7/12/2000 12:30:59 AM, tilstra [at] smartchat.net.au writes: << This feeling feeds the "heroic individual" perspective. So, individuals disengage from the national agenda and big picture issues, due to a perceived lack of control. Instead, we are becoming more engaged with those issues that we can control. These are essentially personal in nature - such as whether to buy a new car, or which cable television channel to purchase." >> Good question, although you present it as a contradiction; an individual who disengages is hardly a hero. I assume you mean that many people believe only heroic individuals can make a difference and those people don't feel they have the stuff to be heroic. They disengage from large issues so they won't feel the guilt. Why do people feel so powerless? Many reasons, not the least of which is the time required to achieve the level of comfort/security that we each feel we need to ensure survival (and for many, raise a family at the same time). Next, there are so many worthy causes; how many pleas for help and money did you all get in the mail last month? Also, the information age is creating an information overload. And politics, oy, don't get me started. It can all be so overwhelming. << What about cohousing? >> Cohousing is one antidote to information and work overload. It shows that when people get together they can accomplish things at a scale much larger than what an individual can do and you don't have to be rich to do it. It's not as financially safe as a kibbutz, but there's lots of support for many other life stressors and needs. And when you realize that your neighbors support several different issues, you'll feel less gulity about not supper between optimisim & pessimism? >> Having only lived in cohousing 3 months, I can't respond about cohousing children. I do know that children raised on kibbutzim tend to be very successful in Israeli society in general. I would like to feel that cohousing will give our children a similar confidence and the ability to accomplish things. At least that's the plan! -Roger Berman Pathways Cohousing Northampton, MA
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cohousing as a means of re engaging a sense of control (longish) Hans Tilstra, July 11 2000
- Re: cohousing as a means of re engaging a sense of control (longish) Berrins, July 12 2000
- Re: cohousing as a means of re engaging a sense of control (longish) Hans Tilstra, July 13 2000
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