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FINDHORN STATEMENT OF COMMON GROUND Findhorn's Statement of Common Ground establishes ways for Findhorn residents to put their holistic worldview into practice in their daily life. They are the result of 40+ years of experience in living in a spiritually-based, intentional, multigenerational community. 1. SPIRITUAL PRACTICE I commit myself to achieve spiritual practice and align myself with spirit to work for the greatest good. 2. SERVICE I commit myself to service of others and to our planet, recognizing that I must also serve myself in order to practice this effectively. 3. PERSONAL GROWTH I commit myself to the expansion of human consciousness, including my own, and I recognize and change any of my personal attitudes or behavior patterns which do not serve this aim. I take full responsibility for the spiritual, environmental, and human effects of all my activities. 4. PERSONAL INTEGRITY I commit myself to maintain high standards of personal integrity, embodying congruence of thought, word, and action. 5. RESPECTING OTHERS I commit myself wholeheartedly to respect other people (their differences, their views, their origins, backgrounds, and issues), other people's and the community's property and all forms of life, holding these all to be sacred to the divine. 6. DIRECT COMMUNICATION I commit myself to using clear and honest communication with open listening, heart-felt responses, loving acceptance and straightforwardness. In public and private I will not speak in a way that maligns or demeans others. I will talk to people rather than about them. I may seek helpful advice, but will not seek to collude. 7. REFLECTION I recognize that anything I see outside myself---any criticisms, irritations, or appreciations---may also be reflections of what is inside me. I commit to looking at these within myself before reflecting them to others. 8. RESPONSIBILITY I will take responsibility for my actions and for my mistakes. I feed back to others in a caring and appropriate fashion, to challenge and support each other to grow. 9. NON-VIOLENCE I agree not to inflict my attitudes or desires(including sexual) on others. I agree to step in and stop, or at least say that I would like stopped, actions(including manipulation or intimidation) that I feel may be abusive to myself and others in the community. 10. PERSPECTIVE I will take responsibility to work through and put aside my personal issues for the benefit of the whole community. I will resolve all personal and business conflicts as soon as possible. I acknowledge that there may be wider perspectives that my own and deeper issues than those that immediately concern me. 11. COOPERATION I recognize that I live in a spiritual community and that it functions only through my cooperation and my good communication. I agree to communicate clearly my decisions. I agree to communicate with others who may be affected by my decisions and to consider their views carefully and respectfully. I recognize that others may make decisions which affect me and I agree to respect the care, integrity, and wisdom that they have put into their decision-making process. 12. RESOLUTION I commit myself to every effort to resolve disputes. At any time in a dispute I may call for an advocate, friend, independent observer or mediator to be present. In the event of a dispute continuing unresolved, I will have access to the grievance procedure. I commit to following this procedure (to be decided by the community). 13. AGREEMENTS I commit myself to keeping agreements that I have made and not to break or try to evade any laws, rules or guidelines, to have honest dealings with all bodies and to pay all charges and dues owing. 14. COMMITMENT I commit myself to exercise the spirit of this Statement Of Common Ground in all my dealings. |
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