State of the Prior Union 2015
This is my report on what I consider to be the current state of the principle prior unity and cooperative culture indicators on planet Earth, within Adidam, and within the Not-Two Is Peace movement.
In 2015, Mike Waters, Theo Cedar Jones and Danyelle Belchar continued to host a weekly webinar on Monday nights - the Not-Two Is Peace open conversation, and on Sundays, a global Adi Da Puja, that are safe space and sacred space for everybody-all-at-once to use the means of the internet as indicated by Adi Da to come together and cooperate based on the principles of egolessness and prior unity. The goals some of us have put forward include the following:
1. Formally establish the Global Cooperative Forum in 2016.
2. Formally establish the Free Union of Renunciate Messengers in 2016.
3. Enroll at least 12 people who will commit themselves for life to the establishment of the Global Cooperative Forum.
4. Create 10 million new readers of the books Not-Two Is Peace and Prior Unity.
5. Get the books to people of influence, especially Leo DiCaprio, who is mentioned in Adi Da's Notes. Theo Cedar Jones sent messages to Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carey and Russell Brand about Not-Two Is Peace via Twitter.
6. Mike Waters to publish the Sustainable Bionomies manual.
7. Build a cooperative sustainable model eco-village at or near the Man of Radical Understanding retreat shangri-la.
8. Outreach to major peace groups and influential activists. Noah Skocilich is connected to Laurence Brahm - http://laurencebrahm.info
Linea Bylund is connected to Arun Gandhi of the Ghandi family - http://arungandhi.net
9. Publication of the Declaration of Global Sovereignty
10. Re-directing the status quo of Adidam - Establishing the Convocation of Adidam and the full disclosure of the 30,000 pages of unpublished Notes of Adi Da, and a safe and open forum for all devotees to engage an open discussion of Adi Da's Critical Notes.
The need for healing in Adidam - Truth and Reconciliation; Dancing Down the Light; the Green Tea Ceremony; restore a full retreat schedule at the Man of Radical Understanding retreat facility in Lake County, CA; rebuild the Orpheum Theatre structure in Lake County; expand Sacred Camel retreats; major youtube/social media campaign. Tim Toye and Theo Cedar Jones are pursuing the restoring of 12 retreats a year at the Man of Radical Understanding.
11. The un-official publication of a fraction of Adi Da's unpublished Notes in 3 manuals.
12. Cooperation in the wake of the Valley fire in Lake County. My inquiry to Eliot Hurwitz resulted in Eliot telling me that I, or anyone else not directly affected by the Valley fire are not welcome or useful at their meetings.
13. Artists active in the world advocating Not-Two Is Peace - Jacqueline Clemons, Theo Cedar Jones and Swaybone (http://www.swaybone.com), and Shasta McBride.
14. The growing number of people claiming or demonstrating an awakened or egoless state on youtube.
1. Santosha Tantra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvKD4w3aP4c
2. Lisa Cairns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjZe2R41Ac
3. Fred Davis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EaVtQVdrk
4. Robert Wolfe - https://youtu.be/0LXemgV29wM?list=PLNyB7Agi4Oh9ESWpPzehyj8IcNnuTiShP
15. Adi Da and Not-Two Is Peace on facebook and social media.
Not-Two Is Peace Open Conversation 116 members.
https://www.facebook.com/nottwoispeaceopenconversation
Not-Two Is Peace - public group 215 members.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/77744023428
Do outreach to friends on these sites, to try to get new core participants. I would like to get new servers in social media outreach.
http://www.globalcooperativeforum.net
http://www.catalysthouse.net/world-friend-adi-da-says-not-two-is-peace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFaOsZtTROw Florence Dance Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayw5TDw-lmM International Tribunal for Natural Justice Ratification
https://www.itnj.org
Theo Cedar Jones youtube channel - https://youtu.be/AP8o4RDBYtU?list=PL9HFK3Ej_OXK5DJH6tePihWQ-PYajRhOv
Adi Da threads on facebook. Many potent conversations about the state of Adidam were instigated on facebook, especially by the leelas of Simon Pritchard.
16. Not-Two Is Peace participatory web assets:
http://freeunionofrenunciatemessengers.weebly.com
http://globalcooperativeforum2013.weebly.com
http://723globalvigil.weebly.com
https://www.facebook.com/nottwoispeaceopenconversation/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/NotTwoIsPeace
17. A Global Public Health campaign to give a free digital ebook copy of Not-Two Is Peace to every person in the world with an internet connection.
18. Adi Da on youtube. Conversation threads are dangling and lengthening on each of the Adi Da videos on youtube, and affording one of the few truly vital and public realms of discourse where people are talking about Adi Da.
19. The state of cooperation in Adidam.
Below are notes I have gleaned from the most recent full disclosure report from the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House". Following is my own attempt at an executive summary.
Results -
1. Members had meetings.
2. $13,000 was collected on behalf of Valley fire victims, but no list of recipients has been provided, by which the disbursment of funds could be independently verified.
3. CASH BALANCE in the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House" is $655.48.
4. Most key staffing positions in both entities remain unfilled. No staffing action plan has been provided.
5. The "Bright" House did not produce any publications in August or September.
6. The “Bright” House is not currently affiliated with any businesses.
Goals -
1. The establishment of a truly cooperative Master Foody Mood’s and a retirement home for devotees were indicated as important goals, but no deadlines, team leaders, budgets or milestones were provided for this.
2. This quote from Adi Da was provided -
"The Adidam Cooperative Forum Meeting is a perpetual process of responsibility. It refers to the gathering of My lay devotees (as a totality) addressing the issues of the fulfillment of their collective organizational responsibilities."
Avatar Adi Da Samraj, April 12, 2004
I have informed several representatives of the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House" that it is possible to fulfill Adi Da's demand for a "perpetual process of responsibility.. for the totality of My lay devotees" right now through the use of the internet (webinar) to bring the totality of devotees into a virtual room, but no plans were put forward to fulfill this quote by Adi Da.
Warning signs -
1. "I recently urged the Holy Institution Board of Directors to work with the Samrajya Board of Directors to address the lack of production in the Dawn Horse Press. Without a steady production of books/cds/dvds, the sales for the Press don’t equal their expenses – and then the Press cannot pay the Holy Institution their monthly fee – and then the Holy Institution goes into the red."
No plan was put in place to address this.
(End of executive summary)
========================
Kerry Faithfull -CEO "I meet weekly on Skype with Terry Henry. We are currently considering the Holy Institution Staffing needs. In addition to regular management meetings with Julie (Lockwood) and our "Bright" House staff, I also I meet with a variety of devotees each week either to consider our service to Lake County devotees or to all the emerging aspects of Bright House that we will be creating over the coming months and years."
Kerry Faithfull
"I've been a devotee for nearly 40 years and heard most of the Notes read out as He gave them over the years. from what i have seen there is nothing there that He didn't ask us to do over and over and over for all those years. its not rocket science - although given how much we resist it ......."
We are pleased to hear about proposed regular State of the Union presentations from the three CEO’s.
We are very aware of the need for human contact with devotees.
“Bright” House includes six principal elements cooperatively managed within three managerial roles:
Six Principal Elements Managed By
1. Adidam Cooperative Forum Adidam Cooperative Forum Chair
2. “Bright” House Education and Training CEO
3. “Bright” House Publications CEO
4. “Bright” House Sacred Guilds CEO
5. Affiliation Services CEO
6. Administrative Services CAO
The role of Adidam Cooperative Forum Chair continues to be fulfilled by Sonja Caliendo. Kerry Faithfull serves as CEO (of Global Bright House), and Julie Lockwood serves as CAO (of Global Bright House).
Other examples would be the establishment of a truly cooperative Master Foody Mood’s and a retirement home for devotees.
Five critical positions in the Holy Entities remain unfilled:
• Holy Samrajya: Administrative Assistant for Michiel Vos
• Holy Domains: CAO and Sanctuary Manager at the Mountain of Attention
• Holy Institution: CAO and Global Mission Manager
Please put your inspiration and ideas into a staffing action plan.
The Adidam Cooperative Forum Meeting is a perpetual process of responsibility. It refers to the gathering of My lay devotees (as a totality) addressing the issues of the fulfillment of their collective organizational responsibilities.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj, April 12, 2004
US, CA, Marin/Bay Area - This ACF region has no rep.
US, CA, Lake County - Steve Reed
US, CA, Los Angeles - Shasta McBride
Adidam Entities:
Holy Domains - Dennis Dardzinski
Holy Institution - Roy Dixon
Dorota Kosinska sits on the "Bright" House Board as the ACF rep.
Elizabeth Ragland and Jackie Maki met their August goal of conducting formal meetings with “Bright” House Regional Managers to update them about activities of “Bright” House staff departments and provide a forum for sharing regional activities.
Attendees for August were Leslie Connell (Midwest US), Philip Saffery (UK), and Gale Eichhorn (Southeast US). There were no reports this month from the Regional Managers in Eastern Canada, Northeast US, Southwest US, or Lake County. Regional Manager positions that remain unfilled are in the following locations:
• India
• Western Europe
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Northwest US
• Hawaii US
• Marin & Bay Area US
• Trinidad US
We have a new Coordinator of Regional Managers - Annie Cochrane, 2C
devotee from New Zealand
The "Bright" House did not produce any publications in August or September.
Emergency Services Guild - Magdalena Valderrama
A Housing Committee was formed to manage a Google Doc spreadsheet available online to all devotees, which lists housing offers and housing requests for displaced devotees.
The Radiant Life Cultural and Health Services, which includes Mate Moce - Eliot Hurwitz
The Vision of Mulund Institute - Richard Silk
A. Affiliation Services Manager - Elizabeth Ragland
The “Bright” House is not currently affiliated with any businesses.
Administrative Services Active Manager
A. Financial Yes (???)
B. Legal Yes Julie Lockwood
C. IT Yes Karl Kaiser
D. Human Resources
CASH BALANCE $655.48
ADIDAM COOPERATIVE FORUM REPORT
August 15, 2015 (Shasta McBride facilitating, Charles Crumb notes)
Attendance: There were five reps present (quorum is four) plus 3 entity reps from Holy Domains, Holy Institution, and “Bright”-House.
I recently urged the Holy Institution Board of Directors to work with the Samrajya Board of Directors to address the lack of production in the Press. Without a steady production of books/cds/dvds, the sales for the Press don’t equal their expenses – and then the Press cannot pay the Holy Institution their monthly fee – and then the Holy Institution goes into the red.
The Holy Institution CEO has been meeting intensively with Jonathan and
Michiel Vos (Samrajya CEO) and Roger Tonkin (Samrajya Board chair) recently
about this issue. The LRO Office has also been involved. Your suggestion did not come to the attention of the full Board—so in the future, I suggest that you include the chair, Guy Williamson, in your communications.
Communities present at this meeting that have had no representation previously:
Boston (Hilda Kolva and Guy Williamson)
Berlin (Burkhard Hickisch)
"Bright"-House Adidam established a Disaster Relief Fund to serve devotees impacted by the fire. We have collected $13,000 to date. Kerry Faithfull CEO and Julie Lockwood CAO
Report compiled by Laura Ballance
This is my report on what I consider to be the current state of the principle prior unity and cooperative culture indicators on planet Earth, within Adidam, and within the Not-Two Is Peace movement.
In 2015, Mike Waters, Theo Cedar Jones and Danyelle Belchar continued to host a weekly webinar on Monday nights - the Not-Two Is Peace open conversation, and on Sundays, a global Adi Da Puja, that are safe space and sacred space for everybody-all-at-once to use the means of the internet as indicated by Adi Da to come together and cooperate based on the principles of egolessness and prior unity. The goals some of us have put forward include the following:
1. Formally establish the Global Cooperative Forum in 2016.
2. Formally establish the Free Union of Renunciate Messengers in 2016.
3. Enroll at least 12 people who will commit themselves for life to the establishment of the Global Cooperative Forum.
4. Create 10 million new readers of the books Not-Two Is Peace and Prior Unity.
5. Get the books to people of influence, especially Leo DiCaprio, who is mentioned in Adi Da's Notes. Theo Cedar Jones sent messages to Leonardo DiCaprio, Jim Carey and Russell Brand about Not-Two Is Peace via Twitter.
6. Mike Waters to publish the Sustainable Bionomies manual.
7. Build a cooperative sustainable model eco-village at or near the Man of Radical Understanding retreat shangri-la.
8. Outreach to major peace groups and influential activists. Noah Skocilich is connected to Laurence Brahm - http://laurencebrahm.info
Linea Bylund is connected to Arun Gandhi of the Ghandi family - http://arungandhi.net
9. Publication of the Declaration of Global Sovereignty
10. Re-directing the status quo of Adidam - Establishing the Convocation of Adidam and the full disclosure of the 30,000 pages of unpublished Notes of Adi Da, and a safe and open forum for all devotees to engage an open discussion of Adi Da's Critical Notes.
The need for healing in Adidam - Truth and Reconciliation; Dancing Down the Light; the Green Tea Ceremony; restore a full retreat schedule at the Man of Radical Understanding retreat facility in Lake County, CA; rebuild the Orpheum Theatre structure in Lake County; expand Sacred Camel retreats; major youtube/social media campaign. Tim Toye and Theo Cedar Jones are pursuing the restoring of 12 retreats a year at the Man of Radical Understanding.
11. The un-official publication of a fraction of Adi Da's unpublished Notes in 3 manuals.
12. Cooperation in the wake of the Valley fire in Lake County. My inquiry to Eliot Hurwitz resulted in Eliot telling me that I, or anyone else not directly affected by the Valley fire are not welcome or useful at their meetings.
13. Artists active in the world advocating Not-Two Is Peace - Jacqueline Clemons, Theo Cedar Jones and Swaybone (http://www.swaybone.com), and Shasta McBride.
14. The growing number of people claiming or demonstrating an awakened or egoless state on youtube.
1. Santosha Tantra - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvKD4w3aP4c
2. Lisa Cairns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjZe2R41Ac
3. Fred Davis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EaVtQVdrk
4. Robert Wolfe - https://youtu.be/0LXemgV29wM?list=PLNyB7Agi4Oh9ESWpPzehyj8IcNnuTiShP
15. Adi Da and Not-Two Is Peace on facebook and social media.
Not-Two Is Peace Open Conversation 116 members.
https://www.facebook.com/nottwoispeaceopenconversation
Not-Two Is Peace - public group 215 members.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/77744023428
Do outreach to friends on these sites, to try to get new core participants. I would like to get new servers in social media outreach.
http://www.globalcooperativeforum.net
http://www.catalysthouse.net/world-friend-adi-da-says-not-two-is-peace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFaOsZtTROw Florence Dance Co.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayw5TDw-lmM International Tribunal for Natural Justice Ratification
https://www.itnj.org
Theo Cedar Jones youtube channel - https://youtu.be/AP8o4RDBYtU?list=PL9HFK3Ej_OXK5DJH6tePihWQ-PYajRhOv
Adi Da threads on facebook. Many potent conversations about the state of Adidam were instigated on facebook, especially by the leelas of Simon Pritchard.
16. Not-Two Is Peace participatory web assets:
http://freeunionofrenunciatemessengers.weebly.com
http://globalcooperativeforum2013.weebly.com
http://723globalvigil.weebly.com
https://www.facebook.com/nottwoispeaceopenconversation/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/NotTwoIsPeace
17. A Global Public Health campaign to give a free digital ebook copy of Not-Two Is Peace to every person in the world with an internet connection.
18. Adi Da on youtube. Conversation threads are dangling and lengthening on each of the Adi Da videos on youtube, and affording one of the few truly vital and public realms of discourse where people are talking about Adi Da.
19. The state of cooperation in Adidam.
Below are notes I have gleaned from the most recent full disclosure report from the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House". Following is my own attempt at an executive summary.
Results -
1. Members had meetings.
2. $13,000 was collected on behalf of Valley fire victims, but no list of recipients has been provided, by which the disbursment of funds could be independently verified.
3. CASH BALANCE in the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House" is $655.48.
4. Most key staffing positions in both entities remain unfilled. No staffing action plan has been provided.
5. The "Bright" House did not produce any publications in August or September.
6. The “Bright” House is not currently affiliated with any businesses.
Goals -
1. The establishment of a truly cooperative Master Foody Mood’s and a retirement home for devotees were indicated as important goals, but no deadlines, team leaders, budgets or milestones were provided for this.
2. This quote from Adi Da was provided -
"The Adidam Cooperative Forum Meeting is a perpetual process of responsibility. It refers to the gathering of My lay devotees (as a totality) addressing the issues of the fulfillment of their collective organizational responsibilities."
Avatar Adi Da Samraj, April 12, 2004
I have informed several representatives of the Adidam Cooperative Forum and the "Bright House" that it is possible to fulfill Adi Da's demand for a "perpetual process of responsibility.. for the totality of My lay devotees" right now through the use of the internet (webinar) to bring the totality of devotees into a virtual room, but no plans were put forward to fulfill this quote by Adi Da.
Warning signs -
1. "I recently urged the Holy Institution Board of Directors to work with the Samrajya Board of Directors to address the lack of production in the Dawn Horse Press. Without a steady production of books/cds/dvds, the sales for the Press don’t equal their expenses – and then the Press cannot pay the Holy Institution their monthly fee – and then the Holy Institution goes into the red."
No plan was put in place to address this.
(End of executive summary)
========================
Kerry Faithfull -CEO "I meet weekly on Skype with Terry Henry. We are currently considering the Holy Institution Staffing needs. In addition to regular management meetings with Julie (Lockwood) and our "Bright" House staff, I also I meet with a variety of devotees each week either to consider our service to Lake County devotees or to all the emerging aspects of Bright House that we will be creating over the coming months and years."
Kerry Faithfull
"I've been a devotee for nearly 40 years and heard most of the Notes read out as He gave them over the years. from what i have seen there is nothing there that He didn't ask us to do over and over and over for all those years. its not rocket science - although given how much we resist it ......."
We are pleased to hear about proposed regular State of the Union presentations from the three CEO’s.
We are very aware of the need for human contact with devotees.
“Bright” House includes six principal elements cooperatively managed within three managerial roles:
Six Principal Elements Managed By
1. Adidam Cooperative Forum Adidam Cooperative Forum Chair
2. “Bright” House Education and Training CEO
3. “Bright” House Publications CEO
4. “Bright” House Sacred Guilds CEO
5. Affiliation Services CEO
6. Administrative Services CAO
The role of Adidam Cooperative Forum Chair continues to be fulfilled by Sonja Caliendo. Kerry Faithfull serves as CEO (of Global Bright House), and Julie Lockwood serves as CAO (of Global Bright House).
Other examples would be the establishment of a truly cooperative Master Foody Mood’s and a retirement home for devotees.
Five critical positions in the Holy Entities remain unfilled:
• Holy Samrajya: Administrative Assistant for Michiel Vos
• Holy Domains: CAO and Sanctuary Manager at the Mountain of Attention
• Holy Institution: CAO and Global Mission Manager
Please put your inspiration and ideas into a staffing action plan.
The Adidam Cooperative Forum Meeting is a perpetual process of responsibility. It refers to the gathering of My lay devotees (as a totality) addressing the issues of the fulfillment of their collective organizational responsibilities.
Avatar Adi Da Samraj, April 12, 2004
US, CA, Marin/Bay Area - This ACF region has no rep.
US, CA, Lake County - Steve Reed
US, CA, Los Angeles - Shasta McBride
Adidam Entities:
Holy Domains - Dennis Dardzinski
Holy Institution - Roy Dixon
Dorota Kosinska sits on the "Bright" House Board as the ACF rep.
Elizabeth Ragland and Jackie Maki met their August goal of conducting formal meetings with “Bright” House Regional Managers to update them about activities of “Bright” House staff departments and provide a forum for sharing regional activities.
Attendees for August were Leslie Connell (Midwest US), Philip Saffery (UK), and Gale Eichhorn (Southeast US). There were no reports this month from the Regional Managers in Eastern Canada, Northeast US, Southwest US, or Lake County. Regional Manager positions that remain unfilled are in the following locations:
• India
• Western Europe
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Northwest US
• Hawaii US
• Marin & Bay Area US
• Trinidad US
We have a new Coordinator of Regional Managers - Annie Cochrane, 2C
devotee from New Zealand
The "Bright" House did not produce any publications in August or September.
Emergency Services Guild - Magdalena Valderrama
A Housing Committee was formed to manage a Google Doc spreadsheet available online to all devotees, which lists housing offers and housing requests for displaced devotees.
The Radiant Life Cultural and Health Services, which includes Mate Moce - Eliot Hurwitz
The Vision of Mulund Institute - Richard Silk
A. Affiliation Services Manager - Elizabeth Ragland
The “Bright” House is not currently affiliated with any businesses.
Administrative Services Active Manager
A. Financial Yes (???)
B. Legal Yes Julie Lockwood
C. IT Yes Karl Kaiser
D. Human Resources
CASH BALANCE $655.48
ADIDAM COOPERATIVE FORUM REPORT
August 15, 2015 (Shasta McBride facilitating, Charles Crumb notes)
Attendance: There were five reps present (quorum is four) plus 3 entity reps from Holy Domains, Holy Institution, and “Bright”-House.
I recently urged the Holy Institution Board of Directors to work with the Samrajya Board of Directors to address the lack of production in the Press. Without a steady production of books/cds/dvds, the sales for the Press don’t equal their expenses – and then the Press cannot pay the Holy Institution their monthly fee – and then the Holy Institution goes into the red.
The Holy Institution CEO has been meeting intensively with Jonathan and
Michiel Vos (Samrajya CEO) and Roger Tonkin (Samrajya Board chair) recently
about this issue. The LRO Office has also been involved. Your suggestion did not come to the attention of the full Board—so in the future, I suggest that you include the chair, Guy Williamson, in your communications.
Communities present at this meeting that have had no representation previously:
Boston (Hilda Kolva and Guy Williamson)
Berlin (Burkhard Hickisch)
"Bright"-House Adidam established a Disaster Relief Fund to serve devotees impacted by the fire. We have collected $13,000 to date. Kerry Faithfull CEO and Julie Lockwood CAO
Report compiled by Laura Ballance