2014 and beyond

2014 was the first year I lived in a real community my friends and I created.

At the beginning the whole new kind of lifestyle seemed new and exciting.  It took some time to pass the buzz.  I came to realise there is nothing special in living with others.  Joint meals, shared cooking and gardening, scheduled cleaning all can be fun.  Having friends and/or family members around used to be the way how people lived in the previous centuries.

Our initial commitment was valid for one year and it is the time for evaluation.  What have we learned?  How shall we improve the community life?  How do each and every member of the community want to live?  Everyone has to face these questions.  Individual decisions create individual futures that adds up to joint future.

It is an exciting time for the community.  Two members, one is Ferenc and the other is me are leaving in January.  Further interest and new members are welcome as always.  A leader needs to be selected and internal agreements need to be made, it has been stated.  Uncertainty as unspoken and unmanaged tension is being risen and will calm down with the arrival of the new structure and new members only.  We shall see what happens.

I keep cutting down on physical objects to become even more flexible with less matter.  The less I have the more flexible I shall be.  I've given up defined plans as well.  I've decided to open up all possibilities from February.  The only plan is to participate on a ten-days long Vipassana meditation course in the first half of February.  Next is uncertainty.  I might stay in Szentendre or might move to the capital or to the countryside or go abroad.  I will see.

I might give a further update about Rugy Community.  In the meantime, the FaceBook page is going to be maintained and updated regularly at https://www.facebook.com/pages/R%C3%9CGY-K%C3%B6z%C3%B6ss%C3%A9g/1416795685255311?fref=nf.