Managing Resources

    Discuss a scenario in which you collect a tax from those in your community, your state, or  your country. They are giving you their money for you to spend in a way that will benefit the community in the most potent and efficient way. Or in a different scenario, say that everyone in the community stops what they were doing for one full week, and you are given the opportunity to organize everyone's efforts to work on projects or participate in activities. How would you use that one week?  

     This can be tackled from a variety of angles such as, how can I manage these resources in a way that will dissolve limitations and bring people together? Or how can generate the most joy? It does not have to be serious, just establish a clear objective. You can even flip it and say your intention is spend their resources to impact the community in the most negative way possible.
But let's say were doing this from a positive angle, how would you approach the task of figuring out what course of action is the smartest for your people? What existing social institutions would you work with? Everyone participating in this discussion gives their accounts of what they would do, which can shed light on how they see the society is structured and what the biggest priorities (and polarities) are.  Have these conversations in the presence of a pristine body of water to symbolize clarity, simplicity, reflection, and the sustaining of life.

      Now, those who participated in this discussion participate in another activity where they literally give a small amount of money to one person to spend for their benefit. That person will take that money and buy gifts for each person individually, or for multiple people or the whole group, that will benefit them in the most potent way. Each person takes a turn in this role. You can divide people into smaller groups if needed. When this is achieved return to your clear body of water and present them with your gifts.  You can also go through the scenario where everyone in the group takes turns participating in some kind of organized effort or activity under the direction of one person over the course of a given period of time. When this is done, return to the clear water to discuss the results and experiences you had.