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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I live in an intentional community called Pinakarri, which means “pay close attention” or “listen deeply” (literally “ear stand”, <a href="http://www.wangkamaya.org.au/pilbara-languages/nyangumarta-overview">Nyangumarta</a> language, north-west Australia). Sixteen years ago, after 8 years of planning, about 35 adults and kids moved in. Although we’d agreed on how we wanted to live together (share stuff, support each other, build community, etc) I wasn’t satisfied that we were sufficiently connected to a common intention. With so much on our plates there wasn’t any appetite to spend much time on this again. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>In anticipation of getting together I invited folks to consider: <b><i>Why are you here? Why are we here?</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>When we gathered to share our reflections one member said, “I’m here to learn to love.” And that was it. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='color:#1F497D'>Through Pinakarri we learn to love</span></i></b><span style='color:#1F497D'> has held us through the thick and thin of co-operative living ever since.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers Robyn<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Robyn Williams<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#8DB3E2'>See</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#548DD4'>Change</span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#C6D9F1'>WA</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>Communicate, facilitate and educate<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:1.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;margin-left:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D'>for sustainability</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext'> OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Budak via OSList<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 21 November 2015 10:40 AM<br><b>To:</b> oslist@lists.openspacetech.org<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSList] powerful questions<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Dear Friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Edgar Cahn says we have two questions. <br>Why are we here? <br>And what kind of a world do we want to leave behind? <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><a href="http://carebanks.org/tedx-video/">http://carebanks.org/tedx-video/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Best,<br>Tony<br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>