Community is the spirit, the guiding light of people living together, whereby they come together in order to fulfill a specific purpose, to help others fulfill their purpose, and to take care of one another. The goal of the community is to make sure that each member of the community is heard and is properly giving the gifts he has brought to this world. Without this giving, the community dies. And without the community, the individual is left without a place where he can contribute. When you don’t have community, you are not listened to; you don’t have a place you can go to and feel that you really belong. You don’t have people to affirm who you are and to support you in bringing forward your gifts. This disempowers the psyche, making you vulnerable to consumerism and all the things that come along with it. And without the unloading of our gifts we experience a blockage inside, which effects us spiritually, mentally and physically in many different ways. We are left without a home to go to when we need to be seen.
(Thanks to Sobonfu E. Somé, thanks to Africa.)