"ANY CULTURE WHO DESTROYS ITSELF IS INSANE & HAS NOT GOT LONG TO LIVE"
WE ARE CONTINUALLY BEING TOLD
#1 - There is not enough
#2 - More is better
#3 - & thats just the way it is.
If we continue to think this way we continue to play the money game keeping in mind only a small % Win. So is there a Win-Win game? if I told you there is would you be interested? it is very simple & has been used for thousands of years .... it is an economy based on gift giving.
GIFT ECONOMY
Over time our Communities have been reduced to Extended Families, then to Nuclear Families & now in many situations 1 Parent Families. The break down of the Community has also broken down the ability to help each other. It is simple ... if you have money you can buy stuff if you don't have money you can't buy stuff. So how does the Gift Economy work? Quite simply it is about giving to each other, helping each other out & sharing what we have.
HOW WE REBUILD THE GIFT ECONOMY
Simplify .... Simplify .... Simplify.
#1 - Get out of Debt
#2 - Detach yourself from the things that keep you trapped
#3 - Create Communities based on Giving
#4 - Create your own money system in your own communities
A DARK AGE
It is believed we are heading into a Dark Age, this is a time referred to as a period of cultural & economic deterioration & disruption. It is a period of Intellectual Darkness & Backwardness an absence of light.
TO SHORTEN A DARK AGE
#1 - Simplify your Life
#2 - Build a supportive & caring community
#3 - Maximise Creativity
#4 - Maximise non violence
#5 - Preserve Knowledge
#6 - Live a sacred life in a sacred world
#7 - Create a money system that supports a win-win
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WHAT WE DO TO THE WORLD WE DO TO OURSELVES"
How to start a movement ....you will need 4 kinds of people
#1 - Dreamer - has the ideas
#2 - Planner - helps dreams come true
#3 - Doer - makes dreams come true
#4 - Celebrater - celebrates the dream coming to reality
You will need 4 groups of people
#1 - Active supporters
#2 - Passive supporters
#3 - Passive resisters
#4 - Active resisters
There are many cultures still practising this gift economy community ... isn't it amazing that we have come full circle & are looking back at where we started .... in a community where everyone takes care of each other.
RISKY BUSINESS
With the collapse of the world economy we are in desperate need of joining forces as communities if we are to survive the money game ... where of course we become the big losers. The financial bailout of the US Banking system is a dark cloud with a silver lining. There is no escaping the DEBT burden which will be heaped upon the backs of tax payers. The bailout has bought us some time before the big bankrupcy hits. Hyperinflation events will sweep the world there will be good people who will be in financial crsis & struggling families who will find themselves on the street with no where to go ... but the upside is we have a rare window of opportunity to take action to protect our loved ones. Simplify our lives & become self sufficient.
STATE OF BANKRUPTCY
With Governments going bankrupt & private sectors feeling the squeeze with consumer spending plummeting we have seen a wave of bankrupcies & business shrinkage which will cause a ripple affect through the business sector. Non profit organisations in a suppressed economy means a slow down in donations. You may have a while before your job is at risk ... but the risk exists nonetheless.
WHAT TO DO TO BE PREPARED
Simplify .... Simplify .... Simplify.
