qauker meeting (the regular one was at 6, this was the buisness meeting.)
its hard to describe but some things stuck w. me (there was a speaker called rick, and he talked a bit about unity, and we sat in silence, then the community talked about unity.

he talked about unity as a conintuing(sp) 3 part process: union, disunity, reunion--these things that we go thru daily, things that are required for personal and community growth

he talked about the three things that lead to disunity
1) pride
2) aggrandizement (sp) a old friends mystic talked about this as desiring more then one needs, having the wants, and not noticing exactly what yr fill is--the idea that we get x no. of gifts from god, and anymore then that is greedy, a violation of the divine other--a sort of xian "each according to his needs" hundreds of years before marx. a bitter slashing away of health and wealth. a comfort.
3) (i have forgotten the third, fuck...it will come to me)

(the second one was the more impt one)

also, its an old victorian house, with rooms above, a wide kitchen, a big library where jane brought me in and offered to introduce me on sunday...

i am happy there, happy there b/c they are not so sure, happy there because there is discussion b/w christ-o-centric friends and universal friends, happy there because of english eccentric women who like their tea, happy there b/c its gethsmani w/o the noise and the structure.

i thot of qauker long and hard before my sojurn into catholicism, why did i not choose it ?