This community is a living demonstration of ACIM in action. Anyone can come
to the community and have support in any conflict in their business, home,
relationships, or community and this community could teach the principles of
releasing war and creating peace in the world.
We have a community program that people, families and others going through
life challenges can visit from the outside and take part in the program and
live the clearing process. We also have courses happening every weekend
that people are teaching about all of the aspects of ACIM. I personally
would like to teach two classes a month. We have Youth in Purpose once a
month and follow up support team meetings once a week for the youth and
their families. This center will become the home for Youth on Purpose and
the model for it.
We have a large property where we build individual, beautiful, designed,
organic residences. They use a lot of wood, natural materials, and glass.
We have different sizes of residences and people can pick from 8 or 10
different designs--one motif, many options. We each buy our own house and
own it. We build a peace school for young children ages 3 to junior high
based on a Montessori or Waldorf model. This school will be open in the
summer to people from all over the world to Experience and learn about Love
in Action: A Model for Teaching Peace and Leadership to our Children and
Youth.
We have one big course center with three training rooms and small healing
rooms. We also have a large auditorium that can seat 500 for large
programs. There will also be additional rooms, apartments, and dormitories
for around 50 course participants to stay in. We also have businesses based
in our community like a bread company and a doggie day care. I feel these
two businesses would be very beneficial and lucrative. There is a waiting
list at the doggie day care in Bellingham. We could also have a restaurant
that's open in our bakery for soup and salad.
I can see the community beginning by buying the house next door to me (for
rent right now, for sale soon) and the whole block behind me, which when we
build the two buildings proposed for that lot would give us 5 ACIM homes in
Bellingham. I could also see buying the Lummi Island property for a healing
retreat center where people could come with physical conditions including
stress and being burnt out. We would apply all the principles of ACIM to
their healing.
-Sandy
