Beyond the Fear Barrier

One of the biggest fears expressed by people when the subject of communal living comes up, is the sense of ‘giving up everything we’ve worked hard for all our lives’, but this simply is the farthest thing from what actually happens. What really takes place in the process of communalizing is that each person’s wealth is added unto every other person’s, and a system of management and distribution is set up so that every person’s needs are met.

Another bonus is that every person’s meaningful talents and abilities are utilized to their fullest potential: creating wealth, security and freedoms beyond even our greatest imaginings. Each person or nuclear family has a place to call their own, and as well has free access to all things held in common by the group through communally-operated Schools of Experience designed to produce the essential goods and services necessary for comfortable, but not extravagant living. In a communal society - the home, church, school and "work" are all integrated and intertwined. We no longer will live one place, work in another, be educated somewhere else and be close to “God” in yet another.

Excerpt from "Holding All Things Common"