We call Service Space an ecosystem for good reasons. The Himalayas, or the Amazon rainforest is an ecosystem. It takes a long time for a natural ecosystem to form. Centuries, actually. What these ecosystems are made of (their content) - the peaks and the valleys; the contours and the plains; the soil and the species - become our context, the very means of our existence. A pod contains seeds. Each seed has the potential to create another tree - a new context whose roots enrich the soil, leaves clean the air, branches host the birds, flowers nourish the bees and the fruits or the pods feed different species, and seed the next generations. A pod is the most mature technology of a natural ecosystem. Similarly, the content of Service Space has been formed from decades of authentic life experiences of each member. Add up all the decades of experiences of thousands of members shared over twenty years, the content becomes integrated and synergistic. Hence Service Space resembles natural ecosystems. Its content becomes the context - the means for thinking, feeling, deciding and acting for its inhabitants, or even visitors. This is how a story posted in a laddership pod becomes a template for someone else to experiment and fill in with his or her own story - the content becomes the container for someone else to fill and on and on it goes. It is a process that enables spirited people to move from content, to context to ultimately, Consciousness. This is not a tall claim but a simple, humble reporting of one person's life-view. What else can explain our family's choice to simpy stick to our practices for over a decade and doubtlessly, without hesitation to abstain from numerous attractics from the egosystems that surround us? Or indulge in metric-less activities that might take decades to come to frutition? To add a twist to John Lenon, "I may be awakin' but I am not the only one." Thanks Nipun, for the EcoView. Since the fruits are fallin', we need a harvest technology too to complement the pod :)