美国共产主义社团——阿尔法农场介绍 社区生活
翻译：沧海
'Tis a Gift To Be Simple
简朴的礼物
Compared to that of mainstream America, life at Alpha is simple. We heat principally with wood, and do not have some of the amenities that are frequently taken for granted, such as broadcast television. But we live comfortably nonetheless, and on a fraction of the resources ordinarily required. Hard work is a way of life - even a way of expressing ourselves. The day begins early and ends late, but there is always time to pause and
appreciate the people and land around.
与美国的主流相比，阿尔法的生活是简朴的。我们主要采用木材加热，而且也没有过多的通常被想当然地认为的娱乐设施，如广播电视等。尽管如此，基于一小部分日常必需物资，我们的生活仍然过得舒适。勤劳是一种生活方式——即使是一种使我们快节奏的方式。我们早出晚归，并且总是有时间暂作休息和感恩周围的人们和土地。
To own land is to be steward and partner to part of the planet - both a privilege and a responsibility. Over the past two and a half decades, the land here has taken on increasing significance as we learn to recognize and understand its cycles and currents, and in this process, experience a growing sense of place. As we come to know this land and learn to pay
attention, we find that the Earth itself will suggest appropriate functions, whether for agriculture, for development or simply to be left wild. Such different sources as the Native Americans, Rudolph Steiner and our friends at Findhorn have influenced our learning of the appropriate harmonic role in relation to the earth. We garden and farm organically, raising many of our own vegetables; over the years we also have produced an abundance of fruit, honey, eggs and dairy products. Our diet is primarily ovo-lacto vegetarian, and dinners together are a lighthearted family ritual.
拥有土地就意味着要做这个星球某部分的干事和朋友——特权和责任同时存在。在过去的25年里，这里的土地已经呈现出渐增的效力，这是由于我们学习并认识和理解它的周期和涌流，并在这个过程中，对土地处境的感觉不断增强。当我们想起去了解和关心这片土地时，我们发现土地自身会表现出适当的功能，无论是对于农业、对于开发还是简单的荒置。一些不同来源的人如印第安人、鲁道夫.斯坦纳、芬德霍恩中的朋友影响了我们关于地球适当的和谐角色的学习。我们有机地种菜和耕种，培植了自己许多的蔬菜；多年以来，我们还生产出了丰富的水果、蜂蜜、鸡蛋、以及乳制品。我们的日常食物主要是乳-卵-素食，集体就餐是个令人愉快的家庭生活。
Love Made Visible
看得见的爱
It takes a lot to keep things going on a homestead: food production, preservation and preparation, building maintenance, auto care and repair, housekeeping, accounting, shopping. Although people at Alpha are occasionally employed at "outside" jobs or free-lance work, most community work occurs in communally owned enterprises. We deliver mail under contract with the U.S. Postal Service. Over the years we have had a number of Alpha enterprises, such as construction contracting, custom tractor work, and farm-based businesses, including commercial dahlia raising, cut flower and mail-order tuber sales. A major endeavor is Alpha-Bit, our cafe/bookstore/gift shop in Mapleton, a nearby town. Here especially, we seek to provide a community service in a centered, nurturing environment; and at the same time, to foster cooperative values in the world simply by being visible there.
家园的运营需要做许多的事情：粮食生产、保存和预备、建筑物维护、汽车保养和维修、家务管理、会计、采购。尽管阿尔法人有时会从业于“外事”工作或自由契约工作，但大多数社区的工作属于公有企业。我们在与美国邮政服务的合约下传送信件。几年以来，我们已经有了许多的阿尔法企业，例如建筑承包、客户拖拉机作业、农场基建生意，包括商业大丽花培植、剪枝、根茎邮购销售。一个主要的努力是阿尔法位，我们在梅普尔顿（一个临近市镇）的咖啡/书/礼品商店。这里特别的是，我们尝试提供一种有中心的、教育式环境的社区服务；同时，通过简单的看得见的方式培养世界上的和谐价值观。
We also have fostered cooperative values more directly. One community member has established a career and gained international recognition facilitating large meetings and teaching consensus decision making. Our support of this work has included hosting five-day workshops at Alpha on consensus and facilitation, and more recently, two of us have begun to take a more active role as support staff and consultants-in-training. We do expect each individual, however, to be open to moving with spiritual values as part of living.
我们也以更直接的方式培养和谐价值观。我们的一位社区成员已经开创了一种职业，并获得了国际认可的大型促进会和教导性舆论判定。我们对这项工作的支持包括通过舆论和促进在阿尔法举办“五日”专题讨论会，最近，我们的两位成员已经开始扮演了更积极的角色，作技术支持和培训顾问。我们确实希望每个人，无论如何，应该以开放的心态把精神价值观念的转换作为生活的一部分。
Expressions of spirit at Alpha have covered a wide range: Quaker meetings, yoga, drum circles, Sufi dancing, shared readings and discussion from different traditions, and celebration of Earth-centered, Jewish and Christian holidays. Over time we find that spirituality has become more implicit than explicit at Alpha. We speak of spirit less than we did in Alpha's early days. Yet it still is clearly present among us - in the holding of hands before dinner, in a song shared, in a moment of silence before meeting, in the way we seek to treat each other. One might say that our group "spiritual practice" is actually to express, moment to moment in our work and our relations with others, qualities of cooperation, respect, nurturance and helpfulness.
阿尔法的精神表达覆盖了多方面：贵格祈祷会、瑜伽、团体击鼓、苏菲舞、各种传统的阅读和讨论分享、地球中心庆祝、犹太人和基督徒的节日。随着时间的过去，我们发现在阿尔法精神性已经变得比外在更绝对。在阿尔法的早期，我们谈及精神的时候比行动更少。然而它仍然明显地存在于我们中间——在就餐前的握手中、在歌曲的分享中、在会议开始前的即刻安静中、以及在我们寻求相处的方式中。有人会说“精神实践”是我们团体的确切表达，在我们工作中的一分一秒里，与其他人员的关系里，体现出合作、尊重、培养、有益的品质。
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