Several small communes

In Koln, Cologne, germany, I was living for a while and many many people, I was telling Chetana about it (Chetana means consciusness, right?), there were hundreds of apartments around the osho UTA Institute of Cologne, one of the biggest therapy meditation centers in the world, I guess, and they were usually occupied by 4 people. One person decides, or 2 persons decide for living together, and one rents the apartment. he starts, so, a small commune. The third enters only with the assertment of the first two. the foruth... the same, so on so forth. They have MEETINGS to know each other, and the new member ONLY enters in the small commune - usually 4 people I said - when the others are agreed, otherwise he is not allowed. it is a risk that everybody has to pass through: being accepted or rejected. But this is a normal procedure, nothing to worry about it.

Each member has his own prived place - usually the apartments in Cologne have 4 rooms. They are small vied from the outside, but they are big (and beautiful usually) inside.

So, if you need privicy, you go to your room.

My parents, for instance never had privicy ever, even if she wanted to, it was not allowed. The conditioning was so deep, she did not even accepted going to the sister's room... perhaps the fear of being beaten or damaged psychologically by my father.