*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"

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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*
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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

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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}]
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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]