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07/13/2017, 09:13:51
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Below, Shereelove in his/her post “Old Friends,” wrote:  My experience in the Boston community was
actually a very positive one in those early years.

I didn’t want this to fall off the page without comment because I just couldn’t agree
more.  I lived on Sewell Ave in the big old boarding home turned into an ashram with 25 great souls in there.  And it was
just one of the best years of my life. 
The people in the community would come nightly and sit in our grand
foyer and about 100 a night were there for satsang.  And we bonded.  As community.  And we would
travel.  All around the Metro area.  Boxford for the Carsons (silent “r”); the
North Shore, South Shore.  We had a great
used furniture store in Cambridge.  We
all supported it all.  All the community
sportsman played sports with the prisoners along with us in the World Welfare Association days of propagation.  My housemates were all famous premies.  It was just awesome.  Loved it.  We all took care of each other, the premies in Boston, regardless of status, mental abilities, whatever.  Really great experience.  Thanks Shereelove








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Apart from enlightenment it's what we signed up for.!
Re: Boston Community '74/'75 -- OTS Top of thread Post Reply Forum
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Kelly ®

07/14/2017, 10:52:42
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Seriously, this is what I really wanted , apart from enlightenment!  I think we all did. We wanted to live in a loving supportive community working with kindred spirits to bring about real change on this earth. And to some degree or another we acheived that. In the early days anyway. 
I can't say I was lucky enough to ever live in quite such a Utopian ashram  as you describe, but in all the premie houses, communities and finally one ashram that I lived in, there were some inspiring periods when I felt part of a new society. Sadly they were short lived and somewhat overwhelmed by all the weird stresses that we subjected ourselves to. Gotta be blissful at all costs! 

Likewise I couldn't  let this drop without acknowledging what we did achieve. If only he had been really interested back then in creating a better world, we could have achieved so much more. Unfortunately there was something rotten at the core but it wasn't us. It's just a shame he distracted us for so long. 








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Re: Apart from enlightenment it's what we signed up for.! -- Kelly Top of thread Post Reply Forum
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07/15/2017, 08:30:40
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I was glad to read your post, Kelly.  

There's good and bad in everything. I just worry that if I remember the good, I'll slide back into delusion. 

Have you noticed that there's some degree of distortion when reaching into our past? 

Have you heard that quote... "there is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so".  I must not fully believe this, because I still hurt from the stuff I perceived as bad.

Quinn






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07/15/2017, 17:28:26
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 Quinn, good point about not being ready to look at the good. But you might look at it this way; anything good is what came from you so you can forgive yourself for being duped. Truly everything that was bad did come from the Lard. 






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