Each Pillar (A-B-C-D) in the Questionnaire starts with a Mission Statement and Vision Statement to set the focus of the topics as you respond to the questions. Questions are a combination of choosing a preference or for commentary. No politically correct responses please. Our unified desired outcome is to create the NES Manifesto document as a guide for all members and occupants to understand and be aware of any expectations, requirements or responsibilities that may impact us individually or as a community.
Clarify the characteristics and components that result in a harmonious community as recorded in the NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar Mission & Vision Statements.
The definitions will become an integral part of the final Manifesto Agreement.
These terms will no longer be open to interpretation.
Each will be applied as defined with the following meanings:
“Abundance” means:
Extremely plentiful, copiousness, affluence, generous amount, an unobstructed flow. The opposite of scarcity.
"Agreement" means:
Harmony, or the condition being in mutual agreement. Often referred to as a Contract. A commitment promised and honoured by the individual.
"Community" means:
The NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar where residents and common facilities located in the Lands.
"Community Facilities" means:
Access to the areas within the lands that are not occupied by residences, not limited to the laguna, common use palapas, buildings, school environments, and more.
* "Community Members" means:
The people who reside on the NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar lands.
"Competition" means:
An event or contest in which people compete. A contest for a winner.
"Condominium" means:
A parcel of land where spaces are designated as common space and buildings or structures, where owners or occupants often pay fees (dues) to maintain the common space, amenities, and other shared resources.
* "Consciousness" means:
Being Mindful and caring of the environment and the habitants including people The NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar Questions for the Manifesto Project 2024 within the community and surrounding areas,
"Cooperation" means:
Cooperation is one of fundamental processes of social life. It is a form of social process in which two or more individuals or groups work together jointly to achieve common goals. Cooperation is the form of social interaction in which all participants benefit by attaining their goals.
*"Creativity" means:
Listening to and allowing the desires of ones soul to express itself. To manifest freely bringing peace and joy to oneself and ultimately the community.
"Discernment" means:
* Perception in the absence of judgment with a view to obtaining spiritual guidance and understanding.
"Duality" means:
The two sides of an issue, a story, and argument. The opposite of Oneness.
"Economics (socio economics, zero-point economy)" means:
A system where there are no cost or fees for policies, approvals, governance overseeing or defining the rules of our financial actions. Acknowledging that abundance calls for individual discernment, generosity, and stewardship as The NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar members facilitate and honor the flow and transaction of value, rather than reinforced fear-induced scarcity.
A system that recognizes that individual members within the community benefit from conscious exchange of value between and among one another, and this value exchange can be aligned with abundant gratitude and service.
"Education/Learning" means:
Education forms the backbone of every society. Therefore, exploring and questioning even the basic idea of education is paramount to lasting change. A new ethic must birth, one that nurtures innate creativity, consciousness, and allows all to transcend the limits of conscious expression imposed by most existing education methodologies. The focus being on the fundamentals and laws of nature to teach children interconnectedness and interdependence of life. To teach the young respect, kindness, and to experience age-appropriate contribution to the household and family.
"Emergency Community Response" means:
Community Response networks are an expression of a Mutual Benefit Society, wherein community members (and non-community members) can receive the benefit from a compassionate, enlivened humanity that responds to joy, and sorrows with abundance and generosity. The demands for conventional insurance are diminished and ultimately extinguished, as the actual marginal profits accruing to insurers are replaced by expansive Community Response Networks in action.
"Exchange" means:
To give and receive for an agreed equivalent value between two people or a group.
"Good & Services" means:
Goods are those things we require to feel comfortable, fed, nourished, healthy, successful, and happy. Services are the return we get in exchange for something of value. Example engaging a relationship with those services such as landscaping, house cleaning, handyman services, house sitters, etc.
"Governance" means:
The current system of governance being the legislation drafted and implemented by governments being the rules and regulations that impact all lands. In the NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar Community we aim to enjoy the freedom of choosing to share the lands and the benefits of the lifestyle by mutual agreement and input by all members. We will establish a communication website where we can communicate with one another. Meeting as a group to vote and input on changes and ideas will occur as needed with a minimum annual event.
"Governing Bodies" means:
1. The community members agree to designate individuals with the responsibilities of a Facilitator/Administrator to oversee members are living in compliance with the Manifesto.
2. State of Quintana Roo applicable legislation, rules, policies, and regulations.
"Harmony with people" means:
Living with the awareness of compassion, respect for differences, caring, being interested and available when needed.
"Harmony with Nature" means:
Valuing and protecting the life of the living soil, trees, vegetation, water, insects, birds, bees, bats, reptiles, snakes, monkeys, and all creatures sharing the land.
"Intervention" means:
When a third party is engaged to assist in resolving a matter, situation, or conflict.
* "Intuition" means:
Intuition is that feeling in your gut when you instinctively know that something you are doing is right or wrong.
"Investor" means:
Any person who has invested funds under contract for the purpose of purchasing land, supporting a facility, a project, or any purpose as described in the contract.
"Judgement" means:
An opinion or conclusion.
"Lands" means:
The New Earth Lands
"Manifesto Agreement" means:
The written and signed agreement between each resident in the NewEarth Laguna Sanctuary Bacalar community Lands.
* "Mindful Awareness means:
Mindful awareness occurs when noticing what is happening when it happens. It is paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally. Mindful awareness helps individuals to be aware of thoughts and feelings.
* "Mutual" means:
(of a feeling or action) experienced or done by each of two or more parties toward the other or others. "a partnership based on mutual respect and understanding."
* "Oneness" means:
The fact or state of being unified or whole, though comprised of two or more parts. "the oneness of man and nature".
"Owner" means:
Any person or Corporation that has title or Trust Document to land within the boundary of the land.
"Resident" means:
Any person(s) residing in a structure on the lands whether and owner, guest, visitor or other.
* "Responsibility" means:
The opportunity or ability to act independently and make decisions without authorization.
* "Transparency" means:
The quality of allowing light to pass through so that objects behind can be distinctly seen including spoken and written communications.
"Value" means:
Of high level of importance to the individual. For Example: Precious is a high level of value that you protect and care for as it is deemed as valuable, essential, or precious in your life.
* "Volunteer" means:
A person who freely offers to take part in an enterprise or to undertake a task.
** *Definitions based on the Oxford Dictionary **