Shamanic Teachings, Healing, Art, Celebration and Magic
Community needs to be a shared value.
Community is about people who are comitted to one another. People who spend time together and watch each other grow. Shared experience, deep bonds - this takes time and dedication. Courage, even.
We are all important to the rest of community. Our actions and attitudes broadcast out. Because of this, I try to instill how what a big difference the small things make.
Cooking for events warms the whole dynamic. Offering one's living room for a circle can be a goddess-send to the organizer who lives in a studio apartment. Once a structure is set up, people can come and go but the container will still be there for people to flow through. The trick, I tell people, is to only do as much as you can. Small things make a big difference.
Here is a list of suggestions that might help you jump in. You can post it on your website, send to your email list or put on your refrigerator.
Be brave, have a potluck for a bunch of spiritual people you don't know.
Start a circle. Ask Tasara to give you a teaching on how to do this.
Go to a circle, just to explore, even if you don't know if you will go again. You are sure to run into those people again.
Sample a local teacher you don't know much about.
Pitch in on a ceremony. This is a great way to meet people.
Give people in your community compliments on their work. Tell them how much you appreciate what they do.
Gift someone something without them expecting it.
Let someone know that you are here for them, to do journeys or healing if they ever need you.
Take around flyers for the teachers that you love.
Send referrals to healers that you really trust.
Honor everyone no matter how bumpy we all may get on this wild path of introspection and healing.
Be brave. Reach out and make a new friend with someone you met at a circle or class.
Ask for help. Sharing and love is as much about receiving as it is about giving.
Get some training/Give some training in community organizing.
You don't have to be instant friends with everyone; you are in community. Think of the village square. You don't pick who lives in your village – but you know them.