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Date: 6 May 1999 10:49:50 -0700
From: dragonfly_bliss@hotmail.com (Dragonfly
at Bliss)
To: gathering@cygnus.com
Newsgroups: alt.gathering.rainbow
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
This is your gathering. You make it happen.On the way into and out
of the gathering... Stop along the way, pick up other cars to caravan with.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
Those you see around you hauling water, toting supplies, gathering firewood,
cooking or cleaning up, sorting trash or digging shitters, staffing the
Info Center or the Parking Lot have learned the inner esoteric secret of
Rainbow Consciousness: you have more fun if you pitch in and help.
No one created this village in the wilderness for us, we did it ourselves.
Our Mother Earth provided this place; everything else you see has manifested
by no higher magic than the needs of the multitude is the best around.
It's also the best way to meet and get to know your Family. If you see
people being harassed by cops, STOP and be witnesses for them.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
The consensus decisions that guide the Family from year to year are the
result of countless hours in council. Come to the councils happening
at Main Circle every day at noon and participate, always remembering to
listen before you speak. Witnessing this process is the best way
to understand how Family traditions have evolved through the practical
experience of past Gatherings. Respect the council feather; hold
your response until your turn with the feather comes, or till invited by
the feather-holder to speak. This way we hear each other. Remember
that we council not for our own interests but for the best interest of
the Whole. Respect likewise the consensus of past councils, and consider
carefully the effect of any new proposal, as the Natives of this country
did, "unto the 7th generation."
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
A
consensus of the Rainbow Familysince the beginning is that our Gatherings
are absolutely free and non-commercial. It is our spiritual calling
as a Family to give and share freely what the Creator has freely given,
to sanctify this ground and these seven days by exchanging no money whatsoever
here. This means that to feed ourselves we depend on each person's
free donation to the Magic Hat that goes around at dinner. Caesar's
image has no place among us except as our individual gift to the Whole.
It is on this basis that we exercise our First Amendment right as a spiritual
Family to Gather. Exchange of green energy on any other basis endangers
our future right to Gather, and undermines our sacred purpose for doing
so.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
We govern ourselves,
rather than each other, by observing the consensus of peaceful respect.
Weapons, fireworks, pollutants and other hazards are inappropriate.
Peaceful means not only that we act responsibly in all our relations, but
that each of us takes responsibility as well for the safety and calm of
our area of the camp. Respect means that we not only consider the rights
and welfare of one another, down to the smallest, but take care of the
earth, water, plants and animals that were here before us and will remain.
Feel the vibe, listen to the harmony around you and add your unique note.
Help keep your Gathering clean, happy, harmonious, peaceful and safe.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
The
Gathering itself is a participatory workshop in self-government; the Family
also encourages the free flow of information through workshops and other
forms of teaching and expression. Consider this your opportunity
to share any knowledge or skill you have, simply by pinning your notice
up on the boards at Info Center. As always, no single person speaks
for the Family. We offer this opportunity to all without endorsing
any single spiritual or political point of view. Please, our Gathering
is for heartsongs, not for proselytizing or selling. All workshops
are, naturally, free.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
The center of
our seven days together is the Silence at high noon of the 4th, when we
Circle to send forth our gathered energy for the Peace and Healing of the
World. Respect the Silence; join hands with us in the Circle.
Carry this high, solemn & joyful moment through your Gathering, both
before and after the 4th. Join the campfire sing, the drum jam, share
what you have at Kid Village or C.A.L.M., learn what the Welcome Center
or Supply is all about. But remember that it is for the Peace and Healing
of the planet that we gather, and carry that vision back with you to the
world of wars and preparations for war. The Circle is unbroken.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
Just as each of
us is responsible for bringing what the Family needs to manifest its vision,
each of us is responsible for carrying it away again. Consider as
your own the Family's sacred pledge to the Mother, and leave no trace of
your stay. Use community shitters and compost pits, separate your
trash for recycling and deposit at community Garbage Yoga stations; disappear
your camp completely before separate your trash for recycling and deposit
at community Garbage Yoga stations; disappear your camp completely before
you go. Beyond that, take responsibility for the cleanliness of the
camp as a Whole: pick up any litter in your path, including what
was already here. Carry out a sack of trash any time you hike to
the trailhead. If you can, stay after the multitude and help restore
the natural beauty of the site. But be aware that cleanup is ongoing
throughout the Gathering. ALL of us are the cleanup crew.
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PARTICIPATION IS THE KEY.
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