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that the Farm will not survive without new blood. Phil and Mary say there's some
resistance to that, from some of the current members.

Tell me about the resistance.

Phil: I can say this. That living in community is not easy. It's not for everyone. So we
have challenges that we face. And one of them is, do we continue to grow as a
community and bring in new people and
allow new people to come in? Or do we
become a hippy retirement community
and just everybody disappear into old
age?

That's not the spirit in the Summer
of Love.

Phil: Absolutely. And there is a Phil and Mary Schweitzer on the steps of their bed and

conflict within the community about breakfast
whether or not we're going to expand or contract. My personal view, and I know Mary
feels this way, is that, without expansion, then are we really just going to be a one-
generation flash in the pan and just disappear?

Every year the world gets more stressful, more technology and everything's
faster and there's more stress. I imagine having an oasis from that, if nothing
else, must be great.

Phil: It's interesting because our kids were born here and lived in the country and

decided, 'Hey, we're missing out on the culture.' And they've all moved to the city.
We, on the other hand, feel absolutely at home. Like this is our museum. These trees
are our works of art that we can appreciate. So it's not an escape for us. It's really a
way of life.

The Edge of Doubt (reprinted from Camphill Correspondence – March/April 2014)

There is always that edge of doubt.
Trust it, thats where the new things come from.
If you can't live with it, get out, because when it is gone you're on automatic,
repeating something you've learned.
Let your prayer be:
save me from that tempting certainty that leads me back from the edge,
that dark edge where the first light breaks ...

Albert Huffstickler

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