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Forming Formed: 1993
This page last updated:10/6/2008
Mikeco Rehtle
Idlewild, Michigan,
United States
 We are seekers. We seek to be and to do those things that bring us into a state of full self-realization and humanness and to facilitate others, especially our children, to do the same. In the end, we wish to bring about a permanent state of happiness, joy, peace, and serenity for ourselves and others.
We seek to meet all of our healthy human needs and to help others to meet theirs. We seek the humility to admit that we are ignorant of our journey and that we are limited: we can study "universal" laws, approximate them, and surrender to our lack of ultimate knowledge.
We create our own stories by our thoughts and actions. What we think and feel in our minds and hearts, we will produce in our experiences and lives. What we give, we get. As within, so without.
Life is a process, force, and flow that lives us. We do not live it. When we surrender to it, flow with its processes, and take responsibility for our participation in it, we become co-creators. We can then become free of our suffering that comes with our attachment to resisting flowing with our lives.
Inner peace and serenity is knowing, practicing, and being all of the above. We ultimately discover that we are already and always serenity and with a higher power.
Our current focus, energy, and identity is toward bringing appropriate, holistic, self-sufficient, sustainable lifestyle, economics, etc., to the lower middle class, lower class, unemployed, and poor on a national and global scale.
 
Contact:
Michael Keith Cooper
6687 South Broadway
Idlewild, Michigan 49642-8533 United States
Phone: 505-417-0128
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This page last updated:10/6/2008
 
Visitors Accepted
Visitor Process: Write, email, or call well in advance.
Network Affiliations:
Fellowship for Intentional Community
Statement of Housing Non-discrimination:
No Answer Provided
Population
Members(adults and children):
2
Open to new members:
Yes
Government
Decision Making:
By consensus
Identified Leader:
Yes
Leadership Core Group:
Yes
Labor and Money
Financial Style:
Other
(see Q)
Open to Members with Pre-existing Debt:
No
Labor Contribution:
Expected
(36 hours per week, 36 weeks per year less any hours spent on outside work where the income goes to the community)
Join Fee:
No
Regular Fees:
Yes
(A person is expected to give the equivalent of the Federal Minimum Wage in funds to the group for every hour less than 36 hours per week, 36 hours per year in community labor/time)
Land and Buildings
Rural
Area:
0 acres (0.0 hectares)
Land Owned By:
Community-controlled land trust
Number of Residences:
0
Cohousing:
No
Food, etc.
Percentage of Food Grown:
none
(would strive for 75%+)
Share Community Meals:
Nearly all meals
Dietary Choice or Restrictions:
Diet is up to each individual
Dietary Practice:
Primarily vegan
Alcohol Use:
Seldom used
Tobacco Use:
Prohibited
Social Factors
Common Spiritual Practices:
No
Which Spiritual Traditions(s):
Native American
:: Buddhist
:: Paganism/Earth Religions
:: Eastern
:: Protestant/Lutheran
:: Emissaries
:: Quaker
:: Roman Catholic
:: Hutterian Brethren
:: Sufi
:: Jewish
:: Unitarian Universalist
:: Muslim
:: Ecumenical (includes "all religions")
:: Eclectic (integrates pieces from many religions)
:: Other
(All spiritual paths welcome)
Educational Style(s):
Home schooling
:: Private school at the community
 
 


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