For Sib (Hybrid from Jul 5 Webinar)

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Sib came through Jim as a hybrid who had spent some time on earth and he had a question to all of us, which we did our best to answer, but I doubt we fully could. The question was:

Why do the family units in larger cities break down so quickly, as opposed to the family units in more remote areas (where he grew up for awhile)?

Do any of you have any answers to this? We all suggested different alienation theories, but he still did not understand why the small unit would not pull together more in areas of stress, etc., in bigger cities.

It is a great question and if anyone would like to answer Sib, I am sure he will read this blog.

Namaste.

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  1. Re: rural families staying together vs. urban families splitting apart– Of course urban life provides more distractions from a family-centered life and more opportunities for individual self expression in a more multicultural environment, from experiencing different lifestyles and types of work, spiritual beliefs, recreations, even different foods. Rural life has less options/less opportunities/less physical resources than urban, so rural societies spend more time in the company of the same people all the time. So in rural areas where tools, appliances, replacement parts, and methods of repairing vehicles, homes and farm buildings are scarce–as well as the manpower to fix them–the people there have to band together and help each other, either by sharing tools or equipment or by volunteering manpower to help a relative or neighbor fix a barn/ corral/ fence or tractor, in the knowledge that that help will likely be reciprocated. So rural life is a much more personally interdependent society than urban where the specialists (plumbers, electricians, handymen, landscapers, mechanics) I call to help me are strangers that I pay for their service; it’s just a less personal way of managing one’s life. And cities are often filled with people who’ve moved there from somewhere else, so they don’t have those close ties to relatives they’d see every day or every week if they’d stayed in the country, and it’s easier to drift from one’s roots. Hope that’s helpful information for you.

  2. more people = more options !

    as once was said love is messy on earth 😛

    in cities the family can have so much going on in many diffrerent directions if they choose to be part of it or follow thier own personal path

    yeah another messy situation huh,, i choose to live far from them

  3. Hey Sib, love to you,

    I’m gratefull for your question, it is an interesting one, that very mouch relates to my life!
    Instead of creating theories I would like to speak of my own experiences:

    In my life, my family unit broke down into many pieces many times and all of these breakdowns had to do with the themes >servitudeunequal work shareservitude<, not even true service.

    I hope this expands your understanding or helps you in any way.

    Love,

    Rico

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