How to Start the Order

 

3-12 25 New Idea Re How to Start the Order

 

          OK – Been mulling over how to start the Order, discussing it with Pete & William & we thought of many thing but NEVER this. The last 2 days it’ been so warm that I spent 3 hours outside each day, sunning & working. Had the time of my life! But also my mind was free to meditate.  Listening to dozens of Don Bosco videos probably didn’t hurt, lol.

          Here it is: A beginning – Have a building where women come FOR THE DAY rather than trying to accommodate them in a building, dorm, apt house where they would LODGE FOR THE NIGHT or LIVE.

(This overnight lodging is actually the monkey wrench that has been holding up my mind from figuring how on earth do I find candidates that are ready, willing & able to be a part of this & have them just MOVE IN? Entering a new dwelling is a huge step – & if that house represents a new culture the meaning of life, activities, behavior would all be changed to accept our new POV & move into a dwelling that stands for it.)

 Where then is the preliminary work that advertises, finds & prepares these women to our way of thinking & finds those that like the ideas we purport? Matriarchy, Female Supremacy, women dominating go against the current culture - they are 180 degrees opposite of it. It’s not just like the Anabaptists, who have a different way of baptizing while remaining Christians, who then established Hutterites, Mennonites & Amish – this religion is foundationally different, novel, rebellious & counter-culture.  We have to have steps before we open the doors & say,

“Here – come in. Begin a new life, new religion, new way of thinking, feeling & behaving. Here’s the open door – welcome.

They won’t even know what this door means. What are they getting into? What does it mean? What do they give up, what do they get. How does this new life meet up with survival? How does it provide, what do we give to be in it?  What is expected of us? What are the rules? There has to be PREPARATION, indoctrination, introduction. And they will NOT get it from my articles & books as that will take TOO LONG. We are talking about getting this started in the next 10-12 years, which is the time I have left to live.

IF the movie of my life gets produced, IF I have the large amounts of money the Saints predict – millions - then I must USE that money – that’s another consideration. I can’t just leave this money willy nilly to people who I TRUST will do what I want because there are no such people. It would be like Don Bosco leaving a couple million to men who would do as he did – start an Oratory for boys, build a Church, be loving to hundreds of lost boys, teach them, guide them, care for them – bring them to God & success. No one could take the place of Don Bosco {until he’d worked ike 50 years, died, he had a person who followed him like his shadow & a’ twin flame’, & this man succeeded him, but Bosco built the system first} & as for me – can anyone take my place? I was thinking they can but on second thought, maybe not.

There’s yet another problem. I don’t even know if I can CUT THE MUSTARD. Yes, intellectually & spiritually I CAN. I can THINK of what must be done, I am ONE WITH GOD & I have what God gives. But on a strictly PHYSICAL level, can I {1} Take the stress {2} Be a good leader or as a leader, am I TOO SOFT? In my normal life, people often take advantage of me. Why this is is too complicated to figure out here, but that’s  how it is. Will this change or will I be what earthly people perceive as a ‘sucker’ for them & will every manipulator & con woman take what they can get out of me? And then I would be disgusted with myself & pissed off at them after they take their leave with my booty & I figure what a fool I’ve been, etc. Or will God hold me up while I do Her work, prevent me from wrong & lead me for right?

 And my health – with this new restorative diet, will my body hold up? And will my mind be able to manage it, as there will be a ‘barrel full of monkeys’ each day. I’ve been there, done that, with the youth of my neighborhood once long ago – for four years - & at the end I was ‘washed up’ with ‘volunteer burn out.’ {This happens when dealing with needy folks, if you do your best.}

And so, ASSUMING all will be done right – I get this big money {if I don’t I can still do it with what I have but more conservative} – God holds me up – my body & mind stay together, this is the idea I might start out with:

I buy a BUILDING for the “University of Mother God Church,” – a place that has many rooms for various activities – an old school now defunct, or former business building.  It has to have a good kitchen – if not, we must install one.

This building has to house the following activities:

 

                   ROOMS NEEDED

 

#   A classroom where our Catechism & religion are taught – this includes Matriarchal principles. 

 

#   A room for RECREATION – This is just for fun & relaxation to be used each day. Table tennis, table games like cards, checkers, etc.

If the room is LARGE ENOUGH we have in it also WEIGHTS where I teach them to lift -  & we conduct our DANCE CLASS or dance exercise here each day. Our official style of dance which we’ll all practice will be Gypsy Flamenco. There’s a reason why this is appropriate to be explained later.  If the room is not large then we have the exercise & dance in another room.

 

#  Room for a large dining table or several tables. This is crucial as we will also have our Holy Mass celebrated before each meal.

 

#  Our WORK ROOM where we do computer work to propagate our religion, beliefs & advertise for members. This would also have a library of books.

 

#  A ‘cozy’ room where we all sit before close of day & either read for all to listen or have discussions. This should be pleasant & comfortable where some can sit on the floor on thick rugs & cushions, maybe we have sofas & couches placed in a circle.

 

#  A conference room where only myself & the designated elders – women over 60 – have our discussions. It could be a separate room or other room used when not busy.

 

THE SCHEDULE

 

There would be two sessions – an early session & a later session {but never so late that it would be inconvenient to travel home. Say 5pm in winter & 8 or 9 in summer.}

Both sessions would include our Holy Mass & a MEAL cooked by us – plant based but fish is included.

We have our Religious Education class in both sessions because it’s assumed that some females will arrive at one or the other sessions but not both. If they want to be in both; if they want to stay at our center all day it’s fine.  There will be a caretaker there all day from the first to second session. Later on, we might have a caretaker there all night. Meditation, prayer & study in the library is part of our services to women – it’s a safe space, refuge for women. BUT & it’s a big but – we cannot house homeless women or provide a battery shelter per se.

Granted, this is a serious need, but as far as ‘battery’ the women coming to our Order must BELIEVE as we do – this is a religious Order & a refuge for certain women but not ALL women - we aren’t that Universal.

And as far as homeless women if they BECOME MEMBERS & are qualified & accepted by us – we will IN FUTURE provide housing for women & women with children, but not at the beginning – we have to build up to that.

The women who are homeless who believe as we do must provide some sort of service or monetary return to us in the future – it’s not a free-for-all. Say a woman has the ability to WORK after we help her, - she can either work outside, get paid, & give us part of her earnings, or be on welfare & pay for her premises, or else she can work on the premises to the extent that she is capable.

 

HOW WE DRAW THEM IN & what we ask of them

 

We have to ADVERTISE to get the women in the beginning. Local newspapers, internet, placards in restaurants, flyers, word of mouth.

 

 Is everything free? Many classes I’ve attended in the past – karate for example – asked for a small amount, $5 per class {20 years ago}. Dance classes I attended were not expensive.

We can advertise FREE but for those who can afford it, we ask for that nominal fee, whatever it is.  We could simple charge say $10 for the entire day, if they wish to be in the center all day.  They can leave & come back again for that price. As far as food, once again, we ask for a nominal fee – not as expensive as a restaurant but the food costs money, whatever they can afford to donate.  Say a meal would go for $10-$15 in the average restaurant, we ask for HALF of that. If they are teens & not working, it’s free. If they are poor, it’s free.  Obviously someone is paying for all this & that would be ME, lol.

It’s not always good to make everything completely free as you then get ‘free loaders’ & those who take advantage & other nefarious persons who PRETEND to believe as we do just for the perks. We have to have discernment not to harbor such individuals.

I will choose the oldest, most experience females to be my ‘elders’ & we will discuss all the details ad nauseum every day to make this thing work. Schedule, rules, who stays, who has to be asked to leave – these things will come up & I can’t imagine all of it now, it’ll be worked out as we go along.

This is but a BEGINNING leading to the many things we discussed before, we have to start somewhere & this could be it.