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page has been posted to my website to let visitors know about Parallel
Community with the intention of stimulating interest amongst some visitors to
join. Please
note that this is the healingenergies-at-londonwest
website and is not the Parallel Community website. The reproduction of
Parallel Community material on this page does not infer endorsement by
Parallel Community of the other content of this website. We
cannot be whole people unless we maintain a correct and proper relationship
with the world around us. We cannot be whole people unless we take the
correct action to maintain the correct and proper relationship with the world
around us. Many parts of the human race have lost their connection with each
other and with the natural world around us which has resulted in disfunctionality within communities and in the damage
that the human race has caused to our planet and to the life forms on it. In
the context of a website about healing, making effort to maintain the correct
relationship is as meaningful a healing process as receiving energy healing
treatments which is why this information about Parallel Community has been
posted. Background At
a conceptual level, the founders of Parallel Community here in the UK have
recognised that the connections that we should all have with each other and
with our planet that are so important to live life in a healthy and positive
way tend to get broken in our western society. The result is that we get
disconnected from each other and from the world around, cannot see the wider
picture for the practical issues that we have to sort out in day to day life,
do not know where to go for help and support, and do not always take the time
out to get some private space so that we work our what our priorities in life
should be. At
a practical level, the institutions that form part of the structural
infrastructure of our society here in the UK are not always very responsive
to the needs of communities at local or national level and do not always
provide the support and problem solving that we as individuals ourselves or
as members of communities need. Variations
on the theme of the The
founders of Parallel Community have the vision that if a way can be found to
connect people and communities around the world who have similar life
situations and issues, they can support each other, share ideas, let others
know how they solved their problems, help each other to regain connections
with other communities and the planet, and so on. Taking advantage of the
internet technology which we are fortunate to have means that people from
around the world can connect with each other easily to achieve the vision.
The development of the Parallel Community website with its Members Section is
a key tool in achieving the vision. On the ground, the development of a
network of volunteer ‘Connectors’ helps to co-ordinate and organise on a local, regional or national basis as
appropriate. The Connectors work to let their communities know about Parallel
Community and to stimulate interest. Through the Parallel Community website,
they can let everybody else know what issues they are trying to deal with and
can connect with other Connectors and the communities that
they represent who have the same issues. Parallel
Community was started in I
have reproduced below from its website the purpose and aims statements for
Parallel Community which give some idea of what it is about and also some
information about the role of Connectors. At
the bottom of the page I give the contact details for Parallel Community. Previous
newsletters from Parallel Community have been reproduced in an archive on
this website which may be found by clicking here. There
is usually a fund raising Open Day around May of
each year which takes place in
From the
Parallel Community website……….. . We
are a varied group of people who care passionately about the way the world is
heading. We are concerned that the voices of reason and commonsense, oriented
to the long term, are no longer heard. We
understand the weaknesses of current power structures but we do not waste
time and energy confronting these entrenched systems. We are helping build
what can replace and transform them. We
actively support and foster a more compassionate and mutually understanding
way of living in this world by encouraging people who care enough to come
together and work together - wherever you are and whatever you're doing. It
doesn’t really matter what you believe, how you frame your sense of reality.
What really matters is that, if you share the spirit and basic intent of what
we’re doing, we have grounds to work together. Whether
you’re orientated to social, environmental, spiritual, humanitarian, creative
or political matters, you’re welcome to participate – this is a broad-based spectrum
of people. By
working with each other, a more powerful collective voice will be given to
our concerns, and improved outcomes can arise from our efforts. Together
we can lay foundations for a healthier way of relating to each other and to
the wider world, creating a bridge to a more joyful world that we’re proud to
pass to our grandchildren. A world with hope and future. Action The
18th Century philosopher Edmund Burke once said, "For the triumph of
evil it is necessary only that good people do nothing". Peace
and meaning start at a personal level, with the will to choose, practise and share a more harmonious way of life. It all
begins with a smile and grows irresistibly. Have a good look at your own
community and play a bigger part in it. Visit and talk to friends and neighbours with a new purpose - come out with it.
You
can become a Parallel Community Supporter or Connector in the But
online interaction is not all... A
Parallel Community postcard displayed in a shop is a way to reach out to
locals. Or get on the phone, give out cards, or spread copies of the Parallel
Pix screensaver, or join our weekly meditation. Watch
our News page for the latest information. Let Parallel Community know what
you are doing on the interactive section so that we can build a comprehensive
international picture of our development. But
the main thing is, do what you feel called to do, what you feel you came here
to do. No one is here on Earth by accident, and we all have a task,
hard-wired into us. Now, more than ever, it is important to get on with it.
Where several of us are gathered together, there shall the spirit and the
life-force be. Parallel
Community is reaching out to the do-ers on this
beautiful earth. The future will be guided by determined groups of people
getting together and using their innate talents in smaller, real, communities
to create lifestyles suitable for their native cultures, natural assets and
spiritual needs. Our Purpose Our
mission is to set in motion a parallel community of souls around the world -
a network that spreads wherever it is needed. This
network will be dedicated to making things easier for people who are active
in bringing new light, new ways of thinking and new initiatives into the
world, to take practical, positive steps towards their goal. We are creating
a platform where people may help, teach, inform, learn from and assist each
other, wherever they are, in doing their chosen work. Together
through mutual help and support, we will generate the energy to make
significant changes. There
is no master plan. We don't have a set philosophy. We're just drawing
together good souls everywhere, who share a love for humanity and the earth, and
all who live on her. The master-plan is what develops between us through our
creative initiatives and collaborations. We're
not a centralised organisation and bureaucracy.
There isn't an operating manual. It's a low-budget, 'work with what we've
got' system. We write e-mails, get on the phone, create an interactive
website, tell supporters what's happening through a regular newsletter, hold
occasional gatherings and act as friends - and that's how a network works.
That's how it twangs and ripples. All
communities are made up of very different people, but something binds us - a
set of commonalities, a choice to cooperate, a resonance with each other. We
choose to act together to further our common causes and so achieve much
greater things than we can do if we work alone. If you resonate with this,
this is for you. Our Aims This is a summary of our aims: ·
To inaugurate a 'parallel community'
programme with which people who are concerned about current global thinking
on all levels can identify, and through which they can make their own
positive contribution towards creating solutions. ·
To establish that we as human beings
have the absolute right to live in peace, not only with our neighbours but with everyone on this Earth. We hereby
formally claim that right. ·
To re-establish our natural rapport with
all other beings on the planet and in the cosmos. ·
To acknowledge our collective
responsibility to care for, have compassion for and love our fellow humans,
recognising that while we have amongst us a plethora of beliefs and ways, we
must respect these differences and move beyond them, to what unifies us. The
biggest tribe around here is humanity as a whole. ·
Millions of people in small groups feel
exactly as we do, and at the moment there is no effective platform to express
our collective distress. So we're using modern technology to bring our aims
to the notice of all such people so that we can perhaps combine to make our
voices heard and to sing together. ·
To present a non-confrontational
alternative to the decision-making systems currently destroying our quality
of life and ultimately our precious planet. ·
To establish that political decisions at
any level based on war and killing fellow humans as a solution to global and
local problems are no longer acceptable in the 21st Century. We cannot change
the nature of warmongers and must have compassion for them as degenerates,
but we need not and will not blindly accept their destructive decisions as we
have done for generations. ·
To start in a small way in our own communities
with the simple gestures of a smile and a helping hand for anyone we feel
might need a lift. ·
To rebuild honest communications systems
independent of 'spin'. Discussion, yes, argument and perpetual disagreement,
no. ·
To provide a tangible message of hope
for people who have lost their identity, their sense of wonder at the marvels
of nature, and their ability to laugh in the pure enjoyment of living. ·
To establish a website and network so
that people can join the Parallel Community. ·
To use the massive energy available in
human hearts and minds to make a difference to our future. Connectors Connectors form the core of Parallel
Community - key volunteers who help coordinate and organise
on a local, regional or national basis. You
might already run or be a key part of an existing group or network
which you wish to affiliate with Parallel Community, or you might wish to
start or help start a group or network in your locality or your
area of interest, in 'real life' or online. Your
role is to connect Parallel Community with a wider group of people in your
area or with a network with a specific area of interest. You
can also work 'horizontally' to connect disparate groups which might benefit
from knowing each other. You can work 'vertically' by connecting people
in your area or interest-group with the Parallel Community, and vice versa. Your
group or network can have any number of people - a few people discussing
things or working on something, or thousands with a similar interest or
agenda. What binds us together is that, in a wide variety of ways, we're all committed to helping humanity and our planet correct the mess we're all in, bringing a
fundamental change to the world during the 21st Century. Somehow we need to find new
structures, new ways of going on, which perhaps are outside politics, outside
religion, outside the institutions that we now have. - John Watts It's a holistic exchange
and feed-around system which works in all directions. The Parallel Community
core team is here to coordinate the overall life of the organism, but we're
not directing it and we're only partially driving it. It's also driven by Connectors
and Supporters, between each other and with the core team. It's happening in
a number of countries, growing in an organic, cellular way. Many hands make light
work. A key aim of Parallel Community is to share skills, contacts and gifts,
to help everyone make progress more easily, and to add power to their actions. Contact details: The
Parallel Community Hayle TR27 6YF The Parallel Community website is at http://www.parallelcommunity.com. E-mail
: info@parallelcommunity.com Original date of posting :
April 2008 Updated : January 2010 |
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