Commune Living.

[lightgiver]

Like minded people buy a property(large one),if there are enough you it can work out cheap,escape the rat race and escape to the country,it can be done.

The French word commune appeared in the 12th century, from Medieval Latin communia, meaning a small gathering of people sharing a common life, from Latin communis, things held in common.

Here are some examples,

http://www.twinoaks.org/

http://www.osho.com/

http://www.plowcreek.org/

http://www.thefarm.org/lifestyle/cmnl.html

Go for it ;):D

[kathleenlotus]

I always wanted to do this :)

maybe one day....

Have you looked at the diggers and dreamers website? They have a list of what places have vacencies.

A lot of places have a lot of rules and voting days and you have to commit to a certain amount of work. Tipi vally in wales is quite good though as you dont have to do anything except fend for yourself :)

What I would really like is a yurt :):):)

[lightgiver]

I always wanted to do this :)

maybe one day....

Have you looked at the diggers and dreamers website? They have a list of what places have vacencies.

A lot of places have a lot of rules and voting days and you have to commit to a certain amount of work. Tipi vally in wales is quite good though as you dont have to do anything except fend for yourself :)

What I would really like is a yurt :):):)

Hi Kathleenlotus:)

Yes if the same like minded people do it it can be easy and cheap and a good way out of the rat race,people can even keep their jobs and the like,it is just a matter of good planning preparation and a lot of honesty.

I have kind of done it a while ago but my own commune out of the rat race,but if I had not done this I would have taken the path because I know quite a lot of people who want to do it but are not gutsy enough to do it,they should.;)

I also have been to a similar place in Wales quite a while ago and yes Yurts are excellent,you just need a piece of land and away you go:D
also if people can afford it buying a run down property, I.E. maybe a farmhouse with land and everyone chucking in and this is another good way to go.

Peace LG,:)

[cafetimes1991]

What's a yurt?
Oh, thanks Wikipedia!
As for the commune idea, I love it.

[lizzy]

hi LG...the kin domains are wonderful too.......;) hope your well.:)

[tomahawk]

I always wanted to do this :)

maybe one day....

Have you looked at the diggers and dreamers website? They have a list of what places have vacencies.

A lot of places have a lot of rules and voting days and you have to commit to a certain amount of work. Tipi vally in wales is quite good though as you dont have to do anything except fend for yourself :)

What I would really like is a yurt :):):)

Tipis and Welsh Weather are not exactly a match made in heaven...Yurts can be designed to suit any climate and even raised off the ground.. I spent a bit of time in a tipi a few years ago, it was great when the weather was good and terrible when it wasn't; drafts, rain coming in the chimney, damp rising from the ground, sheeting trying to escape in high wind..I don't know how people can live in them permanently in Britain.

[lightgiver]

hi LG...the kin domains are wonderful too.......;) hope your well.:)

Hi lizzy,yes I am fine :)

Yes kin domains sound good as well,anything as got to be better than the rat race ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afoZUVNd3YM excellent track here by Mr harper and we were there,the last free Stonehenge,sort of a commune.

[devolinctus]

makes no difference where humans live, together or alone, eventualy you will all hate each other, then will decide to live apart, then the cycle begins again, though i could be wrong, who care's?, i'm just spending time waiting for my kebab delivery

[waylander]

i'm just spending time waiting for my kebab delivery

Did you enjoy your kebab ?

Waylander:cool:

[devolinctus]

Did you enjoy your kebab ?

Waylander:cool:

i dunno, you just get lousy chilli sause these days, its like red water

[lightgiver]

makes no difference where humans live, together or alone, eventualy you will all hate each other, then will decide to live apart, then the cycle begins again, though i could be wrong, who care's?, i'm just spending time waiting for my kebab delivery

Maybe humans should try and love one another and be positive,then maybe it would work better,but I am sure some communes do OK.:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdAWLILgG9w

Friday October 6, 2006
The Guardian

Poor old doner kebabs. It has been a bad news summer for the doner, full of nasty revelations about high salt levels, high fat levels and nastier still stories about putrid meat, cockroaches, and salmonella. Any minute now, David Cameron will be promising a ban.

A month ago, a German supplier committed suicide after officials found rotten meat on his premises. The meat was up to four years old. Best-before dates had been altered, meat was frozen, defrosted, turned into doner kebabs, and then refrozen (against all health advice), and then sold on through what news sources referred to as a "clandestine network supplying fast-food scams".

Not so positive eh.

[bluehorseman]

I've seen eco-villages over here that look fantastic - basically its just a revamped, modernised version of a village. They build these beautiful structures that you buy just like a normal house (rammed earth these ones were) and the commune side of it is the main meeting place/whare where all the community issues are worked through and where everyone meets. Its basically a community of like minded people together but not all in the same house or treating each others house like your own like in the seventies.

I liked the idea but none of them here were near a decent surf break so it went to the dead ideas file.

[void]

Commune Living.

I've lived in a few communes.

They can be good, but the problem is that people who were born 'outside' of them, tend to bring their old patterns from so called "civilization" into the commune sooner or later. Only ones born in them, don't do that. In the beginning, everyone is really for the "we're all equal here" spirit. But slowly and surely, the "me, myself, and I" re-surfaces. It's habit. You always get the ones who want to be the order givers, no matter how communal it's all supposed to be. You always get the ones who don't like doing the menial tasks and feel they deserve to be doing better things now because of how long they've been there. You always get the ones who end up being given the shittiest work. I've been in communes where many different nationalitys live and work together. It makes for clashes of culture and approach, but is also very educational. It's a real insight into our psychology. I do like aspects of communes, but they can be a breeding ground for frustrations, over regulation, constant having to deal with the same people day in day out, and I can't be in them for too long for these reasons. Eventually I miss the ease of just heading off to my own space whenever I want on my own terms and being completely by myself, whenever the mood suits me (and that is my own stubborn pattern that I've dragged into communes). In communes there are usually many many tasks to be done each day (however easier than the grind of a 9-5 job), and they usually get peppered throughout the full range of the day and evening, meaning it seems you hardly stop. Most are a seven day a week thing. In some larger ones, it really can end up like a prisoner of war camp, with meeting after meeting, and duty roster after duty roster. In other words, it can be like living in a workplace 12 hours a day 7 days a week, instead of the usual 5 days a week, 9-5, 6-2, 2-10, or 10-6. I usually find I have more time to enjoy my own self and find peace and quiet, in the individual system of living that we already have. I wish I could be a long term commune man, but sooner or later I want out of them and to be in places where nobody knows me or has some duty for me to do later that day :p

[liltroofer]

I've lived in a few communes.

They can be good, but the problem is that people who were born 'outside' of them, tend to bring their old patterns from so called "civilization" into the commune sooner or later. Only ones born in them, don't do that. In the beginning, everyone is really for the "we're all equal here" spirit. But slowly and surely, the "me, myself, and I" re-surfaces. It's habit. You always get the ones who want to be the order givers, no matter how communal it's all supposed to be. You always get the ones who don't like doing the menial tasks and feel they deserve to be doing better things now because of how long they've been there. You always get the ones who end up being given the shittiest work. I've been in communes where many different nationalitys live and work together. It makes for clashes of culture and approach, but is also very educational. It's a real insight into our psychology. I do like aspects of communes, but they can be a breeding ground for frustrations, over regulation, constant having to deal with the same people day in day out, and I can't be in them for too long for these reasons. Eventually I miss the ease of just heading off to my own space whenever I want on my own terms and being completely by myself, whenever the mood suits me (and that is my own stubborn pattern that I've dragged into communes). In communes there are usually many many tasks to be done each day (however easier than the grind of a 9-5 job), and they usually get peppered throughout the full range of the day and evening, meaning it seems you hardly stop. Most are a seven day a week thing. In some larger ones, it really can end up like a prisoner of war camp, with meeting after meeting, and duty roster after duty roster. In other words, it can be like living in a workplace 12 hours a day 7 days a week, instead of the usual 5 days a week, 9-5, 6-2, 2-10, or 10-6. I usually find I have more time to enjoy my own self and find peace and quiet, in the individual system of living that we already have. I wish I could be a long term commune man, but sooner or later I want out of them and to be in places where nobody knows me or has some duty for me to do later that day :p

Great post. Very insightful. Thank you. Potentially sad, but very useful insight. I believe I would be like you; I'm a loner but I need human company for social interaction above help with duties. It seems it is all a big personal exploration.