[quote="Diderot Mirabeau":qh3hg18s]- I assume that the monastery will be a publicly owned building? [/quote:qh3hg18s]Of the things I have seen in Second Life often the most moving and the best art has been in the many spiritual places and small temples. Sudane's The Churches of Grail Memory being the best and most moving of all.
Sudane had an idea that I would love to see implemented. That is a CDS non-governmental organization that would run and develop the Church, the beautiful temples hidden in Colonia Nova, and when built, the new alpine monastery. Rather than being run by the government in general, it would, I hope, be run by the people who truly cared and saw the potential in this development. It would, of course, have to be very ecumenical: we have people from a wide variety of beliefs and spiritual experiences.
Such an organization would have to raise the money to run its spaces, but I would have no trouble with the CDS government contributing as well. I know that I would contribute, and I think that is true of very many CDS citizens.
Also, rather than being hidden, I would love to see the CN temples finished, promoted, and become part of our life here. Part of the beauty of the Colonia Nova project is that it offered us a way to peer into the past and come face to face with that ancient heritage. I would love to see it realize that potential.