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Kerista Article - 26 Standards (1979)
Utopian Social Contract of Kerista Village
from the "Kerista Village Handbook" February 1979
1. Current Intention of Lifetime Involvement
- with Kerista Village
- with the Ideals of Kerista
2. Orthodox Polyfidelity
- Lifetime intention of involvement to family (B-FIC - Best Friend Identity Cluster) partners
- All primary relationships within B-FIC
- Balanced rotational sleeping schedule
- Fidelity bond within B-FIC
- Maximum of 12 people of each sex (adults) in B-FIC
3. Multiple Parenting of Children
- Non-sexist parental roles
- Non-preferential car for/involvement with all children in a B-FIC on the part of adult B-FIC members
- Education and additional childcare provided by larger community
- Utopian Roulette (random method of) biological fathering within B-FICs
4. Transitional Celibacy
- No sexual involvements for members not yet in B-FICs
- No masturbation on the part of these same people
5. Wholesome Sexual Practices
- Sex always in the context of loving mutual reciprocity
- No group sex
- No mock or real sado-masochistic sexuality, bondage and discipline, or other unequal or harmful roles/practices
- No bestaility, use of objects
- No pedophilia
- No incest
- No voyeurism
- No masturbation
- No service-oriented or performance-oriented sex
- No overt displays of physical affection between adults not in the same B-FIC, or in public between B-FIC members
- Non-manic, non-compulsive, moderate attitude towards sex
6. Monastic Order Identity
- Rational Pantheistic belief in Divinity
- Devotion to Ideals of Humor Equality, Liberation, Love
- Optional relationship to deity (goddess), Sister Kerista
- Positive view of reality - past, present, future
- Membership in Kerista Consciousness Church
- No identity with religions, deities, other than Kerista
7. Equality
- Non-sexism
- Non-ageism
- Non-racism
- No special privileges accorded to anyone
- Equal standard of living for all
8. Democracy
- Majority rule on all decisions (one vote per member) with the following exceptions:
- Who joins the B-FIC (Conscensus within B-FIC)
- Who joins or is expelled from monastic order community (70% majority)
- Committee decisions (majority within committee sub-group)
- Voting rights accorded to children when they become capable of responsibly understanding matters in question
9. Economic Sharing
- Voluntary personal wealth limitation
- SISTER program (Surplus Income Sharing Through Egalitarian Relationships) participation by all members
10. Gestalt-Rama
- Total, voluntary accountability of personal thoughts, feelings, behavior, activities, finances
- High verbality level
- Total honesty to gestalt interaction
- Desire for truthful knowledge
- No duplicity
- Ability to say "NO"
- Good manners and sensitivity
- No getting angry, no tantrums, no obnoxious behavior
- Acceptance of growth and change
- Positive view of human nature, as expressed in Utopian Psychology
11. Law of Mutual Consent
- Total reciprocity in all relationships
- Graceful distancing, dividing and regrouping, practiced wherever relationships lose their reciprocal highness and comfort
12. Rational Approach to All Things
- This includes mystical and emotional phenomena
- No acceptance of lapsing into irrational self-identity
13. Good Disposition
- Good sense of humor
- Constancy
- Congeniality
- Unbugability
- Funkiness, non-affectedness
14. No Inappropriate Outside Interests or Relationships
- No unfinished, past relationships that drain psychic energy away from present identity and loyalties
- No activities or involvements that do the same
15. Non-Interference in Art
- Original plans and intentions of project originator are respected; even a majority of people who have joined the project
must start over on their own rather than interfere with these original stated plans
- Same respect for originatorship applies to person who opens up a space for common use (a flat, for instance)
16. Minus-Zero Population Growth
- Limit of one child per woman (does not apply to adopting children, nor to women bringing in more than one child born outside the
community, nor to multiple births)
- Five year minimum waiting period for a woman after she joins community prior to conception (unless age might be a hazard)
17. Visible Joyous Vocational & Artistic Involvement
18. Clean Up Your Own Mess
19. Non-Violence (Except in Circumstance of Self-Defense)
20. Intoxication
- Optional of 4 Keristan religious holidays a year
- Marijuana where legal and/or alcohol
21. Concern for Good Health and Fitness
- No smoking tobacco
- Avoidance of processed foods and food additives
- Attempt to practice good eating and exercise patterns
22. No Household Pets
- Animals owned must serve useful function beyond companionship
23. Ecological Relationship to the Earth
- Ecological lifestyle to greatest degree place and circumstance will allow
- Utopian World Citizenship Card
24. Mastery of Basic Bookkeeping and Money Management Skills
25. Cultivation and Reinforcement of '40 Instincts' named in Utopian Psychology
- art, beauty-aesthetics, creativity, cooperation, equality, freedom, friendship, fun, group living,
happiness, healthy physical activity, honesty, humility, humor, idealism, learning, love, loyalty,
moderation, nutrition, optimism, patience, practicality, rationality, religiousness, responsibility,
self-direction, self-esteem, sensitivity, sexuality, sobriety, sociability, stability, survival,
thought, trade, travel, variety in intimacy, verbality, work
26. Effort to Avoid and Transcend '22 Major Inhibitors of Mental Health' named in Utopian Psychology
- anger, arrogance, envy, greed, salacious lust, sloth, impatience, intolerance, ingratiating manner,
wastefulness, worry, ridicule, vindictiveness, falshood, fear, gluttony, gossip, hypocrisy, narcissism,
pessimism, pride, profanity
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