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+*Day 0*
+
+I had missed the 'rule' part!
+Wrt what would I be willing to be held to account?
+What kind of intentional community might be situated within a Quaker
+meeting?
+
+Alex Wildwood:
+ Connection: participation/communion/community
+ Reflection/meditation/contemplation: Stilling the monkey mind;
+   self-enquiry: what are we led to do
+ Service: Action of love [12 step]; work, creativity and caring;
+          aliveness is relational
+          Serving the great works of justice, peace and love
+
+Aka connection/consciousness/compassion
+
+Power and presence that is greater than us
+
+Ego, seeking self-validation.  "I don't like change"
+
+---------
+
+Ben PD:
+
+"A succession of very unhappy people, nothing to do with me" !
+??? hedonism.
+
+Faithfulness: What does it feel like to be faithful, how do I know
+what is an authentic spiritual impetus?
+
+Keep practicing a life as ministry; Remember the principle of Act as If.
+
+Look for a feeling, and look at the fruits.
+
+Holy moments, right place/right time, a _thin_ place
+
+Good questions to ask about authentic decision making
+
+Amish decision: does this build community?
+
+Ever vigilant, and recognise the need for help.
+
+*Day 1*
+----------
+
+Be prepared to wait.  Sometimes one has to just get out of the way.
+
+G. MacLeod: "I don't believe in coincidences, but when I stop praying
+they stop happening".
+
+"Fold the wings of the intellect"
+
+"God is reached by love, not navigation" Augustine
+
+----------------
+
+But sometimes pain is just painful...
+
+"There is a power and presence by which we live" _The_ Quaker
+testimony, per Jocelyn Burnell, allegedly
+
+curl -o ewa  ftpes://hsthompson:eebaephai4Ae@resources.elda.org/
+
+-------------Rules----------
+
+What is the aim of the spiritual life: to realise the full potential
+of my humanity.
+
+Noticing how we sabotage our best intentions
+
+*Day 2*
+
+----------Rule for me-------
+
+Substantive, realistic, ministry
+
+[use positive language]
+
+How without a community?
+
+If I'm not keeping a rule maybe _it_ needs to change
+
+Don't set oneself up to fail "I have not gone after things to great,
+or marvels beyond me".
+
+QF&P/A&Q as a rule: how to make it more personal [substantive,
+realistic, ministry]
+
+What's already underway w/o problems may not need to be in there...
+
+Be careful about inviting ways to work around bits
+
+Use the stairs as a physical cue, morning and evening, to set the
+day's goals; to acknowledge the goods/fallings short.
+
+Thich Nhat Hanh puts value on 'solidity':  that resonates, but what
+_is_ it?
+
+St. Francis: "[E]liminate the ways we may manipulate others to ur own
+    ends."
+
+I'm going to write this without assuming that I'm ready to adopt it,
+call it...
+
+[See A_Guide_for_Living.{txt,xml}]
+-------
+1861 end of plain dress in the UK
+
+ref. Friendly Persuasion
+
+Having a private life is new, in Quaker life: Elders no longer
+come to people's homes to inspect their conformance to Quaker
+principles.
+
+So where do we find a mechanism for helping us hold to a rule?
+Ask for help: AW got a group of "seasoned Friends" to help him manage
+the calls on his time.
+
+In a Clearness Meeting, ask for clarification questions before the
+worship starts.
+
+Wrt the salmon Rule, _Gilletts_ is the residential self-catering part
+of Charney Manor.
+
+Spiritual Director - prayereleven.org - Bob Harwood?
+
+THe Master and [his/the] Emissary
+
+Psalm 119/Ian McGilchrist
+
+Tim Peat Ashworth Reimagining the Bible
+
+Follow up with Linda Garrett [gardens person]
+