Editing Kerista (section)

===Gestalt-O-Rama / Utopian Psychology===

Kerista used a [[Group dynamics|group process]] called Gestalt-O-Rama, loosely taken from [[Fritz Perls]]' concept of [[Gestalt therapy|gestalt]] ("enhanced awareness of sensation, perception, bodily feelings, emotion, and behavior, in the present moment.") For Keristans, gestalt consisted of a lot of conversation in groups. Maintaining personal 'resolve-on-the-lifestyle', a euphemism for being aligned with the social contract, was a daily task for many Keristans. Being 'unresolved-on-the-lifestyle', even momentarily or temporarily, warranted immediate gestalt and possible expulsion from the family or commune. Practically, a member could be "called out" on any standards violation or non-utopian thought or action by anyone at any time.