Our world is quite chaotic right now. That’s inarguable. But what has gotten us to this point?

I’ve been on this planet for 66 years and there has never been a time like this. If you’ve been here the same or a smaller number of years I know the same can be said by you.

It appears that we are at war. Not just globally, but internally. But the real war we are fighting is not with planes, drones, bombs, bioweapons and guns. The true war we are fighting is a spiritual war—and every great tradition has talked about it and predicted it.

We submit these are the times of which we’ve all been told for thousands of years; and have been predicted by all great spiritual traditions and prophets.

On the surface it appears to be nation against nation. Democrat versus Republican. Liberal versus Conservative. Capitalism and Democracy against Marxism and Communism. But these are all the effects of something bigger, wider and deeper…

We’ve been discussing the various aspects of your community: who you want them to be, who you must be for them to want you as a community member, and today, Where must you be to meet these people?

Here’s a fact: people with same values, principles and virtues tend to frequent the same places:

Gyms (patriots)

Churches

Synagogues

Restaurants

Grocery stores

Social events

Clubs—not nightclubs but speaking clubs, rotary clubs, etc.

Networking events

There are probably more but that gives you a good start. Once you have come up with these places, the next step is to devise an action plan, based upon the most leveraged ideas you’ve come up with, to schedule yourself time to get out to these places…

Define the Qualities You Must Possess to have the people you want in your community be attracted to you when you meet them.

We’ve been discussing the empowering or disempowering capabilities of your community. We’re pretty sure this is not news to you. Most have heard all the memes, and it just makes common sense—unfortunately it’s just not commonly used.

If you haven’t seen our previous episodes on this topic, we strongly recommend you catch up on them—they lay a lot of ground work for this one.

We discussed in the last episode specific strategies for choosing your community. This cannot be haphazard, and it will not automatically include your family and friends.

In fact, if you’re building your community correctly, choosing family and friends could be incredibly disempowering.