Thought and action are interlinked though I do believe some actions are thoughtless in so much as your neurons to react without active thought much like you do when you blink or your heart takes a beat.

You do not think about these actions and you could not stop them by active thought though some yogi's would disagree.

I agree completely. I feel we are on a cusp of evolving consciousness (aren't we always?) that will propel humankind into a new era of social awareness that will reject the notion of money as the only means of survival and distribution of assets.
Without the third party influence of money, and the concentrated power of its influence, we will begin to percieve each other as human entities, rather than human extensions of monetary power source.

Our society is designed by the rich to benefit the rich and supported by the majority (regular people) out of fear and complacency and only by keeping the majority tied to the slavery of the present economic system can the 1% of society that are rich maintain their power.

Our society is designed by the rich to benefit the rich and supported by the majority (regular people) out of fear and complacency and only by keeping the majority tied to the slavery of the present economic system can the 1% of society that are rich maintain their power.

To reject that system and reverse that imbalance of power a person must break all ties to society that support the present economic system.

I have accomplished some of that by building my own small cabin so I do not have house payments, operating my own business instead of working for other people, growing and raising my own food so I have to buy very little, and bartering instead of using cash for many things.

I still have to pay property taxes and buy some things I can not produce but I have found some freedom and through my efforts I have helped many others to do the same thing.

I am hopeful that this will lead to a revolution of people that have a new vision of what wealth and happiness and freedom really means.

When enough people are able to do this then they will have the support to gain positions in seats of authority like county and city councils, mayors, state representatives, and eventually the presidency.

With that power I hope laws and codes will change to benefit those that want to live a simple life free from the economic and political pressure to conform.

It is a big dream but all revolutions in history started with just a few dreamers!

The world can change, and it will, for better or worse
It is people that seem unable to change. We are still doing the same stupid things to each other that we did thousands of years ago, we've just refined the art.
Is this just our nature and we have to accept it. Or can places like this web site help us to know and love one another in spite of and because of our differences ? Can we give up our pride and show one another our weaknesses?
Do we really think that government can change us?
Are we ready to say to our neighbor, we were wrong?
Are we willing to share?
Can we stop keeping score?

Wayne, you raise a lot of valid points. I think if the word "I" were substituted for the the words "we & our" you may have answered your own questions.
There is a movement called Zeitgeist that addresses these concerns and is active in promoting meaningful alternates. Here is a link to a short overview of their philosophy.
Travis Walter Donovan: The Zeitgeist Movement: Envisioning A Sustainable Future

Wayne, you raise a lot of valid points. I think if the word "I" were substituted for the the words "we & our" you may have answered your own questions.
There is a movement called Zeitgeist that addresses these concerns and is active in promoting meaningful alternates. Here is a link to a short overview of their philosophy.
Travis Walter Donovan: The Zeitgeist Movement: Envisioning A Sustainable Future

Well, refining the art is something. Hacking the bank account of someone certainly sounds better than cracking their head open with the closest hard object =)

I mostly agree with that philosopy. Actually, im happy it exists, Im feeling less looney now =)

:bigsmile:All ways make sure people have enough to eat & play.

Anyway, point's gotta be that there is a better way for us to exist as a global whole, all we have to do is "think" it for it to actually happen.
Good Luck.

The world can change, and it will, for better or worse
It is people that seem unable to change. We are still doing the same stupid things to each other that we did thousands of years ago, we've just refined the art.
Is this just our nature and we have to accept it. Or can places like this web site help us to know and love one another in spite of and because of our differences ? Can we give up our pride and show one another our weaknesses?
Do we really think that government can change us?
Are we ready to say to our neighbor, we were wrong?
Are we willing to share?
Can we stop keeping score?

GOOD points

inotherwords have we , HUMANITY MATURED ?

GOOD points

inotherwords have we , HUMANITY MATURED ?

No. We have less people able to read complex information. We are 90% depending on electricity/gas and computersystems control our daily life. Un-explanable power-failures occur more often.

Nobody can do calculus by heart since PC is there. Even my neigbour (math. Phd) ccouldn't calculate the seconds in a day. Can You?

Yes. This is probally the first era where many have access to almost any know thing they may want to know.

When in history have we had more people able to read complex information? I mean, for most of history, most people couldnt even read =)

In Ancient Rome, people who could multiply were considered mathematicians

Depending on things is not necessarly bad. Depending on walls to keep the barbarians out seems better than depending only in your sword and fighting skills =)

Power failures didnt really exist before our era.

Off course I can, and im an young person who grew up using computers. How can someone receive a phd in math without being able to multiply by heart is beyond me =)

there are 76,400 seconds in a day.

There are like 10,000 seconds missing, or you made a mistake.

Keeping the Babarians out is done in China, Roman Empire and Germany. What progress is made ?

Now Western Civilization will take a turn. A fair price for a fair World. Get used to Power-shortages.

I dont think that will be necessary, because in the next 20-30 years we will either:

A) Explode ourselves
B) Find out how to make cheap solar plants
C) Find out how to extract enough energy from a cup of water to keep London going for a week.

Excellent link. Maybe a beginning, although I foresee much difficulty in solving some very large problems. You are absolutely correct on the value of the word "I", that is the real beginning.

I think you forgot one:

D) Just peter-out

E) Become slaves to the elite.

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