02510nam 2200433 450 991080693080332120230807213421.01-56589-555-X(CKB)3710000001403917(MiAaPQ)EBC4875877(MiAaPQ)EBC6639536(Au-PeEL)EBL6639536(OCoLC)1256263245(EXLCZ)99371000000140391720220705h20151988 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe need for spiritual communities and how to start them /Swami KriyanandaThird edition.Nevada City, California :Crystal Clarity Publishers,[2015]©19881 online resource (167 pages)1-56589-294-1 The Need For Spiritual Communities And How To Start Them -- Contents -- Publisher's Note -- Preface -- Part I: Intentional Communities: How to Start Them, and Why -- 1. The Time Is Now -- 2. Self-Realization vs. the Megalopolis -- 3. Intentional Communities and the Quest for Opportunity -- 4. Intentional Communities, Past and Present -- 5. How to Begin -- 6. Communal Economics -- 7. Communalism vs. Privacy -- 8. Education -- 9. Government -- 10. Rules -- 11. What Is Ananda? -- Epilogue (to Part I) -- Part II: The Story of Ananda -- 1. The Early Years -- 2. Land Ho! -- 3. My First Non-Home -- 4. Ananda Meditation Retreat -- 5. The Purchase of Ananda Farm -- 6. Communal Beginnings -- 7. Financial Problems -- 8. Lessons Learned -- 9. "Here and Now" -- Afterword -- Second Afterword.Swami Kriyananda's network of Ananda communities has been hailed as the most successful in the world. Whether you are interested in communities from a philosophical perspective or from a practical one--and wish to form your own or join with others in doing so--this book will bring you hundreds of helpful insights into the process--starting a community, making it prosper even in difficult times, and seeing it continue into a bright future.CommunitiesReligious aspectsSelf-Realization FellowshipCommunitiesReligious aspectsSelf-Realization Fellowship.294.565KriyanandaSwami,538769MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910806930803321The need for spiritual communities4057799UNINA