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SCHOOL OF TANTRA, TEMPLE OF TANTRA, Synergy Community Candidates for Part-Time or Full-Time Community Memberships: Complete the following::
In addition, Candidates pay a $500 non-refundable Synergy Community Membership Fee and commit to a minimum of three months stay with Synergy Community before admission as a Candidate for Synergy Community. The registration fee is used to process the Candidate's application. We conduct an extensive background check on all potential Community Members for our protection and yours. Candidates must complete a minimum of one week of Tantra School before acceptance as a Full-Time Community Member. Candidates are subject to weekly reviews. After three months and if Candidate is accepted as a Community Full-Time Member, reviews are once a month. Candidates are required to attend weekly Conscious Communications Classes on Monday nights at 7 PM. Community Member's Accommodations for Candidates are shared quarters, shared bath. Community Candidate contributes $600 month rent plus a minimum of 10 hours of Community Service per week. Synergy Community Full-Time Members: After three months of Candidate status, Candidate is eligible for consideration for Full-Time Community Member Status. Full-Time Members are reviewed monthly until their first year anniversary when they are reviewed for Permanent Membership. Full-Time Members must complete three weeks of Tantra School before their first year anniversary and for consideration as a Synergy Community Permanent Member. Community Member's Accommodations for Full-Time Members are shared quarters, shared bath. Community Candidate contributes $600 month rent plus 10 hours of Community Service per week. Quarters are assigned based on seniority. Synergy Community Permanent Members: Upon reaching the one-year
anniversary of residency at Synergy Community and the completion of three weeks
of Tantra School, the
Synergy Community Full-Time Member is eligible for Permanent Member Status.
Permanent Members are no longer subject to monthly reviews and are eligible for
private accommodations when and if they come available. Probationary Members, Peer Review Procedures: Community Candidates and Full-Time Members are on a month-to-month probation until you’ve been with us a year. All Members of the community meet monthly the first Monday after the first of each month to review their experiences in the community. All Community Members are required to attend weekly Conscious Communications Classes on Monday nights at 7 PM unless they are ill or are excused from attendence due to other legitimate reasons like jobs, duties or being off island.One Year Anniversary: After a year of probation the community takes a consensus vote on your permanent membership in the community. If yes, you’re approved and become a full community member. We offer you a one-year lease. If no, you’re still on probation. Community members tell you their concerns about you, give you suggestions, and extend your probation another month for you to with a peer counselor. You may have your probation extended a maximum of three months after the anniversary vote. After three months, if the community does not unanimously approve your permanent co-residency, you live elsewhere but may be invited to continue as an off-campus community member. Monetary Contributions: Each community member contributes a minimum of $600rent per month plus $500 Membership Fee which secures you space somewhere in community buildings. Your contributions go towards: mortgage, taxes, insurance, property maintenance, repair, remodeling, expansion, utilities, fees. Your $600 basic community fee may be applied towards an upgrade in housing to one of the apartments or bedrooms as they become available (see Community Member Rates**). If you wish to have an apartment by yourself that you would not share with another, then you would pay the monthly fee for that unit by yourself. Accommodations: bedrooms, studios and apartments are granted to members based on seniority. Community members may share units. Community members pay a minimum of $600 per month per person plus 10 hours a week Community Service.********************************************************************** Priority for accommodations is given to Permanent Members. Community Members pay rent by 12 noon on the first of each month. Member is subject to a late fee of $5 per day until rent is paid in full. Failure to keep current with rent may result in expulsion from the community. Stays less than one month: See Work Exchange Program (Guest Program) Renting a Unit: Probationary members are given a month-to-month lease and permanent members a one-year lease. Utilities: No air conditioners permitted. Utilities are included with rent. Community Service: Each community member contributes a minimum of 10 hours community service each week Community service does not include cleaning up after oneself and includes (but isn’t limited to) the following: Sweep path Parking: Register all vehicles with the office and get a parking space assignment. Each community member is limited to one parking space inside the hedge rows (if available). Guests must park outside the hedge row or in spaces marked Guest.Insurance: Each Member is responsible for his or her own apartment insurance and auto insurance. Guests: All guests must register and pay fees. See: Work Exchange & Guest Program Grounds for Dismissal: Theft NO FIGHTING, YELLING, CURSING, INSULTING - Take it outside, go up the hill, retreat to a therapy room but absolutely, positively no fighting in front of clients. Schedule time with one of our in-house therapists to use that contra-tamp stimulus as a therapeutic opportunity for your growth. Your triggers are your gems for personal evolution and healing. Don't project onto others. Don't demonize others. Take personal responsibility for your own emotional wounds and family-of-origin pain and work on yourself, heal till you stop reacting and can control yourself. Events: If you wish to attend one of our events, contact 244-4103 to make your reservations. If presenter or organizer of the event consents, on-campus, permanent community members may attend free or at discounted rate in return for help with setup before and cleanup after. Many events are gender-balanced or of limited capacity, so you must attend on time and attend the entire event or you forfeit your right to participate in future events. Polyamory and Tantra: Our community is a polyamorous/tantric community, on-site community. You are required to attend our Conscious Commuications Class on Mondays at 7 PM. As an experiment in group consciousness, we may have inner-circle family rituals where particpants may engage sensually with more than one community member. Sensuality includes but isn’t limited to kissing, cuddling, caressing, sharing sexual energy, oral sex, genital sex, anal sex, massaging, eye-gazing, sharing breath, etc. You practice self-transcendence and mutual surrender meditations directed to the experience of transpersonal synergy and unity consciousness. We encourage you to attend these rituals and if you find yourself feeling hesitant, meet with one or more of our community counselors to discuss your feelings. While not required, group rituals help us establish who we are in relationship to one another and unify our vision. Communication Classes: You must learn basic communication skills necessary to live in community. Review the communication guidelines attached and practice with other guests and community mates. If you have difficulty assimilating and mastering the communication techniques, schedule a private class with one of our instructors or attend our communication groups (Instructors may discount your charges or negotiate an exchange, such as back-rub or foot massage. Member Decides to Leave Community: If you decide to leave our community as a resident, please give us a 30-day written notice. Utilities: No air conditioners permitted on the property. Please turn off all lights, fans, etc. when leaving the room. Utilities are extremely high in Maui. Save the money for the community. The utility companies are rich enough. Mahalo. World Tantra Association Business Space & Lessin’s Private Accommodations: The third and fourth floors are the private residence of the Lessins and the business space for the School. If you wish to visit or access this level, please call 808-244-4103 to request permission and reserve a time visit. All items: computers, phones, things, furniture and supplies on the 3rd and 4th floor are private property unavailable for lending. The office phone is reserved for Lessin's private use. The office will not take personal messages. A public community phone is available on campus in which you may use coins or calling cards. We recommend each community member or visitor bring their own cell phone.
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