A bigger role than I was aware of! I discovered that at the "relationships lab" that is an inner way of preparing the upcoming Awakening Relationships workshop. At some point I realized that my relationships with a community - whatever kind of a community that is - is more significant that I thought it was. It is an important as family relationships, business/work relationships, intimate relationships even and it does connect to my feelings of belonging, both to the community as such and in general.

I used to seek and create the feelings of belonging through "outsider communities" - communities based on special interests such a radical politics or radical life styles or radical paths to awakening. ;-)
Interestingly, as my inner feeling of belonging, of being at home already, expand, there is less dependency on belonging to a community - and more enjoyment in doing so - in belonging to whatever community is part of my daily life.

I love being part of the small community of so called "ordinary people" (there's no such thing!)where I live and where I work as much as my busting loose pals at Facebook .
I haven't been much on Gaia for many months, but I have a feeling that I'll be back, that after focusing on the busting loose path for a while I'd like to go back and share with a broader community.  

Being. Not doing anything. Not going anywhere.

In a sense, I've lost so much that I wouldn't know where to start and where to end. So let me start at the ending... which is now. :-). 
As I see it now, I never lost anything. Because it's just not possible. If I dream of something and then dream of losing it, do I really lose it? It's my dream. It is all me, morphing, playing, transforming. I can never lose myself - I can only pretend that I do.
:-)

Also, I'm reminded of a beautiful movie, "Things we lost in the fire":