Setting aside one day in seven is our way of tempering the effects of “civilization,” and reclaiming our humanity. We use this day to reflect on the miracle of our Existence and to be fully present. We forgo any obligations or responsibilities, and allow the day to unfold moment by moment.
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The CLEU is here to help you find people with a clue, so you can support your shared values and celebrate your human rites of music, art, dance, drum, song, and story. Over the last 10 years, we’ve given out over 10,000 Cleus, so it’s ever more likely that you can find a person with a Cleu near you. As a meme, the Cleu continues to spread its message: you are the clue.
Our mission is to seed Cleu circles in every community. We’d like to help you find each other. Just click on CleuViews to sign up for our newsletter with your email and zipcode.
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Once a year, the Cleu crew goes on pilgrimage together to the most crazy beautiful, peaceful city on earth. That would be Black Rock City, an incredible place created by some 40,000 participants in the Burning Man festival that happens every year during the week before Labor Day. For me, it’s been a recurring dream since 1999, a pilgrimage to a place where imagination rules and people find meaning in the simple act of giving. The 2009 theme of Burning Man was Evolution, an invitation to examine the past, contemplate the present, and envision the future.
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What can you do to have more community in your life? Enjoy a weekend encampment with people who share your values. Go somewhere beautiful where you meet your friends dancing in the forest. A place where you can dream of a sustainable future with transformative, joyous community. Drum, sing, and laugh around the campfire. Eat delicious food from friends and family. You and the people in your circle can make it happen.
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I was inspired by a recent interview with Wes Nisker, author of Crazy Wisdom Saves the World Again! and other great books. He has a vision of what he calls the First Church of Scientific Science where people celebrate evolution from the Big Bang all the way to homo sapiens sapiens, chant the table of elements instead of Latin psalms, and say mass over replicas of Hydrogen and Helium atoms, representing the first matter created out of the energy of the universe. If you add the human rites of music, art, dance, drum, song, and story as part of this celebration of science, you’ve got all the ingredients for a Cleu-based church. I highly recommend you listen to this fascinating interview, full of mystical science and crazy wisdom humor, available in the radio archives on the New Dimensions site.
As cultural creatives, we support remaking our energy infrastructure, investing in education, and providing healthcare for all. We even send money to our favorite charities. However, now at this time of economic crisis, we need to do even more. As Boomers or Millennials, or somewhere in between, let’s meet each other, to talk, plan, dream, and inspire. Find people who share your values and make a circle that includes both olders and youngers, then take the time to find out what you each bring to the table.
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