Aye! Thanks for stating something coherent and bold. This encourages me to participate after a long period of being relatively withdrawn or elsewhere-focussed. I have my own hopes and ideals which I have feared losing and want to really fulfill them.
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 10:45 AM, Lion Kimbro <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very well then; As prompted by Robert Eickmann: > > "THIS IS SATURDAY HOUSE AND THIS IS WHAT IT > IS AND THESE ARE THE ACTIONS I MAKE HAPPEN FOR IT!" > > > Saturday House is a school of thought founded by Lion Kimbro and > inspired by his teachings: it is expressed through three bodies > called House, Spiriata, and the Six Hour Project. > > Core elements of Saturday House: > * Life & Liveliness. > * Solidarity. > * Ideals & Values. (Diverse but working together.) > * Nature, Science, Imagination, Research, Action, Business, Work. > * Working on projects with others, as a team. > * Self-mastery. > * Saturday. > * Giving, and acute Sensitivity, Alertness. > * A readiness to be surprised; Vigorous change. > * Adventure. > > I invite as advisors: Robert Eickmann, Brian Dorsey, Jon Dugan, > Daniel Joyce, Josh Kopel, and a leader from the kids who have > recently gotten into action on their own initiative from amongst > the smoldering remains of Saturday House's previous incarnation. > There are others on and off the list who I want for advisors; > Please contact me. With time, we will establish a formal > structure that is made to embody and cultivate our mission, which > is to bring high ideals to reality. > > Anyone who speaks against high ideals, or who somehow implies > that high ideals are "weak," or "ineffectual" will be removed > from the Saturday House list swiftly. > > Anyone who speaks against dreams, cloud castles, and high > aspirations will be removed from the Saturday House list > swiftly. Do not say "No;" Speak: HOW. Or confess your > inability to understand how. > > Before speaking error against dreams & high ideals, I recommend > that the speaker first review the history of the Federation of > Damanhur, and argue their point to the Damanhurians. > > I do not care at all if I should wipe out 99% of the mailing list; > The 1% who remain are worth it. The rest of you can burn in the > society and the suffering of your own making. > > I do not care how helpless, incapable, or bound internally & > externally that you are: If you hold hope, then you belong. But > if you despise the mission, then I do not care how much time, > money, or capacity you hold: Your capacities are all useless, and > only distract. Pure intentions can find ways; Faltering, at > first, like this very email, but with time and effort, developing > strength. Malevolent intention, however, can only refine > perversion. > > There will be objectives, and objectives will add up: We must give > meaning to our work. We cannot afford to waste our lives on petty > hobby projects, art projects without purpose, automatic cat feeders, > and robots that do nothing. > > There is softness in Saturday House. Diverse perspectives will be > heard. Objectives will not be come from the random whims of a > dictator, but rather, be driven by sensitivity to dreams, values, > capacities, and vision. There will be games and merry making. > Your creativity will be not only encouraged, but further: WE WILL > MEASURE OUR SUCCESS BY WHETHER EVERYONE'S CREATIVITY HAS COME TO > REALITY. Your interests will be developed into practicality. We > will cultivate skill in sharing dreams, and making dreams real. > We aspire for what is magical, generous, and loving. > > These realms are of particular importance to Saturday House: > > Science Mathematics Life Hacking Deliberation > Ecology Thought Storytelling Tradition > Open Source Hardware Hacking Mythology Education > Populations Structured Criticism The Arts Transhumanism > Gender Religion Games Cybernetics > Sustainability > > Participation is ENTIRELY VOLUNTARY. Anyone may leave immediately, > or at any point in the future, forever and ever. > > Lurkers are welcome. You do not have to leave the list if you > don't want to participate. If you know that you are against the > mission, though, then I invite you to unsubscribe. > > > Actions I make happen for the Saturday House: > * I will find a house amongst our participants to hold Saturday > House in, for each Saturday, for the time being. > * I will reinstate income-sensitive, participation-proportional > dues. > * I will create an oath to be recited by all participating. > Something on the order of: "I promise to commit my available > Saturdays to (something useful, something beneficial, something > active, ...) I commit myself to high ideals." > * I will ensure that there are activities: as needed, and as > imagined by participants. But structured much more clearly than > we have structured them in the past, with lines of > accountability. > * I will convene group meetings, where we sort out what's important > to us, and make ourselves accountable to our values and ideals. > We will commit to action, consistency, and imagination. > * Order and structure for our activities. Calendars, teams, > profiles, packets. People appointed to carry out duties in the > name of our ideals, and layers of participation. > * I will ensure that we develop a "Saturday House Way," based on > what we find to work, and where we are headed. > > We will restart monthly 6-hour projects, Robert Eickmann & others > willing. Spiriata blends with Saturday House. > > This Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I'm in Chicago at Bucketworks, > conducting field research, so I'll be working by cell phone. > > 206.427.2545 > > > This email is almost certainly too ham-fisted, "the wrong thing," > a poor choice of words, an embodiment of so many cataloged errors. > And yet, it is the only thing that makes sense to me at this > moment in time. With time, we will learn the right thing. But for > now, this is what we have to make do with. > > After you think, "I don't know -- this doesn't sound like what I > signed up for -- I'm not sure that there's a place for me here;" > Consider whether that is really true. What is it that attracted > you to Open Source development? What is it that provoked your > interest in ecology? What is it about making things that moves > you? What is the dream at the end of your activities? > > > Those in favor, please say "Aye." > > Sincerely, > Lion Kimbro > > > Laws of Saturday House > 1. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Ideals. > 2. Thou Shalt Not Testify Against High Dreams. > 3. Thou Shalt Act, Plan to Act, or, at the very least: Pray to Act. > 4. Thou Shalt Show Up. > 5. Thou Shalt Treat Other Saturday Housers with Trust, Clarity, > Respect, and Solidarity. > 6. Thou Shalt Obey Lion. > > > > -- -Brian T. Rice --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Website: http://saturdayhouse.org/ Post: [email protected] Unsubscribe: [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
