Have you Ever been Swept Off Your Feet?

In both cases – whether the bubble was inflated with positive or negative energy – the participants in the bubble are being swept away further and further away from actual physical reality and start to see everything either ‘extremely negatively’ or ‘extremely positively’ – neither experience is grounded in reality – because the physical is neither positive or negative – it just is what it is.

And Then You Crash – Meconomics

In this little series, we’ve been investigating the phenomenon of inflation, how we in our daily lives participate in ‘inflating our reality’ and so, how we are on a personal level participating in the same principles/dynamics that we see playing out on a bigger scale when it comes to inflation, speculative bubbles and financial market crashes.

Welcoming New Life with Living Income Guaranteed

Comfort, security and nurturing are all things we wish are present when a baby comes into this world. Yet, these conditions are not a reality for many babies, as parents themselves like these things in their lives. In Pietermaritzburg, the capital of KwaZulu Natal province in South Africa, 3 to 5 babies are…

Humanity Washed Ashore

This was an excerpt of just one of the stories about the boy. Over the last few days, dozens have been written and published on various major news sites. What is more striking than the content of the posts, is the comments that are left on these articles. What is humanity’s response to such images, to such news?

Voting Fun – What does it Feel Like to Have a Say?

Now – before such increased direct political participation is a reality – let’s do a little test to see what it feels like. So – here are some mock-questions where you’re asked to give your input. Imagine that this relates to your direct reality (eg. your town) – and your answer has a weight that influences the outcome of the decision. Of course, in reality…

28 May 2012

Day 3: Animals & Plants -- A Valuable Source of Genetic Information

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have established an anthropocentric economic system which values all things in the Universe only in terms of how it can satisfy the human's wants, needs and desires

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to allow an economic system roam and rule the Earth which jeopardizes the existence of animals and plants on earth through the seizing of land for additional output to feed the profit money machine in the ultimate quest for the Holy Grail as Indefinite Economic Growth

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to allow an economic system roam and rule the Earth which jeopardizes the existence of animals and plants and their well being through the environmental impacts and consequences of the continuous feeding and growing of the Profit Money Machine

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to only consider these harmful effects towards the Animal Kingdom and Mother Nature upon the realization that the destruction and extinction of animal and plant Life on Planet Earth might result in the loss of "valuable genetic information" which can be used in the benefit of the Human in terms of combating disease

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to only value the Animal Kingdom and Mother Nature in so far that I can use them to satisfy my own wants, needs and desires

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to use religion as a justification as to why I use all the animals and plants towards my own self-gratification as God told me that it was okay to do so -- even more -- he told me that that's what they're here for!

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to separate myself from Life as the Earth as the Animals and Plants through subjecting them to measures I would not like to be subjected to myself

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to place myself in the "shoes" of the animals and plants and realise that the way I am being treated is absolutely beyond unacceptable

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to only care for my own well-being and within that ignore and neglect the well being of others such as plants and animals -- to the extent where I will deliberately allow their ruin for the sake of adding to my own well being -- only taking and never giving

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that I am not the center of the universe and that I am in fact the opposite -- as it is only through the existence of Planet Earth and the Plants and the Animals that I am able to exist here and live my Life

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to neglect and abuse that which gives me Life

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to teach children and youngsters about animals and plants that their value lies only in their ability to provide us humans with "genetic information" within environmental economics textbooks -- as the only thing which is currently considered as being of any worth, of any value -- is that which can be expressed in monetary terms where the genetic information of animals can be converted into medicinal properties which can be capitalized and sold through the Pharmaceutical Industry

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see myself, the plants and the animals as One and Equal

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to appreciate animals and plants in their totality as LIFE

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to consider animals and plants only in so far that they can be used to generate money


I commit myself to exposing the accepted and allowed atrocities and genocides on Earth as the extinction of animals and plants in the name of profit maximization

I commit myself to re-defining value from that which I can capitalize on to value as LIFE

I commit myself to the re-education of the human in terms of the physical and the relationships in place that allow us to be here as the plants, animals and nature

I commit myself to the deconstructing the current anthropocentric system to that of a bio-centric system where all parts as interrelated and interconnected -- where animals, plants and humans are equals

I commit myself to the re-education of humans as to no longer view other beings only in monetary terms

I commit myself to the re-designing of an Economic System where the sustainability of the environment as animals and plants matters -- based on their right to Life as Life

I commit myself to the transformation of the human function as a slave of an economic system of greed to a supportive function as stewardship of Life

I commit myself to exposing the atrocities and abuse promoted within religion as a justification for Man's self-centered behavior

I commit myself to speak up when being confronted with abuse towards Life as Animals and Plants in the name of Money and Insatiable Greed

I commit myself to the establishment of an Equal Money System where all Life will be in Fact Free

I commit myself to the establishment of an Equal Money System as a system where all Life is treated equally within the starting point of what is Best for All Life    

27 May 2012

Day 2: From ENCAGEment to ENGAGEment - The Origin of Laziness


I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to submit to the idea that people will only be willing to work if they are rewarded for it.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to subject myself to a limited view of the human being, where a human being can only be motivated by motives of personal gratification.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to believe that laziness and aversion to work are an inherent trait of humankind.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to see and realise that as a child, I was keen to learn new things and about new things and I didn’t need anyone to tell me that I would be rewarded for it.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that we have created the human condition of laziness and aversion to work through our educational system where a distinctive line has been drawn between funtime and worktime.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that by creating school to be an environment of boredom and compulsion, we limit the natural inquisitive nature of children as human beings to explore, engage and try out different things.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that by making children be quiet and sit still while having to listen and essentially take orders, we are programming children to limit themselves to only that: a passive robot who eventually doesn’t want to do anything but sit on his ass and have other people tell him what to do and how to do it as long as the right incentives are provided.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that schools are a production house for rotten children and rotten humans who have forgotten what it means to be a child, what it means to be a human and have completely subjected and limited themselves to external incentives to move their ass.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that if we change our schooling and education system, where we allow children to learn through engaging with and exploring the world in a relevant and practical way, we will create human beings who are self-motivated and passionate about life.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to assume to know the true nature of human beings without considering that this nature was not inherently there at birth, but created throughout a child’s formative years by his/her environment.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to claim that the free market system that works with personal incentives and personal gratification is the only one that can ever get human beings to engage themselves to do the tasks that need to be done to sustain humanity and the environment we share – because it is based on the apparent ‘true nature’ of the human being, without realising that what/who human beings are now is not necessarily who they have to be and all they can be.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that in claiming that the free market system is the best economic system imaginable based on the argument that it provides the correct incentives for human beings on an individual level to produce needed goods and services for society at large – is merely begging the question, since it is this very system, through the educational system, that created human beings to be these rotten creatures in the first place.

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to give up any sense of self-respect within and through the very acceptance of the belief that all I am and all I ever can be is a creature that needs to continuously poked with external incentives and motivations to do something, to be something, to make something out of myself and my world.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that the reason why children are ‘cherished’ in the eyes of adults is because the children show them who they were, who they could have still been, if only they hadn’t given up on themselves.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to believe that what’s done is done and that it is too late now to try to re-educate ourselves and re-discover ourselves.

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to content myself with simply rotting away in something I call ‘my life’ – occupying myself with that which gives me the fastest and highest level of personal gratification – while completely detaching myself from the actual, real, physical reality, missing my life as I encage myself in a bubble of my mind.

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to trade engagement with enCAGEment and actually believe that this was a good deal.

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to forget what it means to give and only look at what I can receive.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that an outflow of our current economic system is that, because everyone is so busy focusing on what they can ‘get’ – there are billions who don’t get anything, because no-one remembers to give what was received in return.

I commit myself to re-designing the educational system in the world so as to create effective human beings who understand and embrace the act of giving and receiving – through providing an environment where children are able to flourish and develop and express their unconditionality.


I commit myself to exposing that suppressing a child’s natural expression is a crime to life.

I commit myself to break through the limitations we as humans have subjected ourselves to, through walking back in time to correct our mistakes and find ourselves again.

I commit myself to the redefinition of what it means to be a human being in such a way that to be a human being as the living word is something to be proud of.

I commit myself to expose incoherent, fallacious and disgraceful justifications free marketers use to defend a system of abuse and horror.

I commit myself to become a human being who motivates and moves self with great ease within the understanding of how I can fulfill myself in participation with what is here and what is here to be done.

I commit myself to redefine the word ‘work’ in a way that it includes rather than excludes fun, where work flows as who we are, here, in every moment.

26 May 2012

Day 1: The "Other Side" of Miracle Economic Growth

See the following article for background information: The Downside of Growth: Law, Policy and China's Environmental Crisis by Alex Wang

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that economic growth does not come without its consequences and ripple effects

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that what goes in must also go out

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that when pushing for economic growth that this means increasing pressure on the environment, the Earth and its resources

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have created a world where the only number that counts as value is that of money -- where all countries are competing with their GDPs as to "who" will have the highest rate of growth -- who will be the winner and who will be the loser

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that growth and production requires resources -- and within that I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that "miracle growth" can only be accompanied with "grand decay" where for instance the miracle growth of China came with the price of acid rain affecting arable land moving from 18% to 40%

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have become obsessed with the idea of growth without taking into considerations the implications and consequences of undertaking such a goal

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to be so indulged with achieving high economic growth rates that I don't mind sending countless amounts of people as emergency cases to the hospital

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that economic growth and higher GDP does not mean better living standards for ALL

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to completely disregard the physical reality, the living beings and organism where economic growth comes at the cost of polluting the environment to the extent where the air we breathe hurts the eyes and lungs

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have become completely blinded by the pursuit of profit, production and growth and within that not take into consideration that this pursuit leaves countless amounts of animals endangered and extinct

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to rape the earth in the name of economic growth without taking into consideration the long term and permanent lasting effects such as water pollution, killing of animals, deforestation, desertification, soil erosion, lowering of environmental quality leading to disease and premature deaths

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to only consider growth in the "economic" sense -- a sense which is actually invisible and "made-up" by human beings as a separate entity "out there" and within that neglect and abuse growth in the physical sense in terms of the earth, nature, animals, plants and human beings -- causing deteriorating effects on the health of the planet and everything and everyone living upon it

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to value an invisible made up entity more than what is really here as the physical, as life

I forgive myself that I haven't accepted and allowed myself to see and realise that infinite economic growth and finite resources cannot co-exist in the same reality

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to delude myself into believing that through the forces of the market we are able to "transcend" physical limitations as finite available resources

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to have created a separate mind reality of perfect markets and rational economic agents where resources are distributed just the way they should be which does not at all match the actual situation on earth

I forgive myself that I have accepted and allowed myself to rather want reality to adjust to fit my theory instead of being humble and admit that my theory does not match reality and that maybe I should reconsider the current economic system to actually suit the situation on Earth


I commit myself to exposing the consequences and side effects of pursuing economic growth over the overall well being of the Earth and all its inhabitants

I commit myself to breaking down and deconstructing the current world economic system and reconstruct an economic system which suits Life on Earth for REAL

I commit myself to design, construct and implement a world economic system which will distribute the Earth's resources in a way that is Best for All and not just in a way where the resources follow those with money

I commit myself to re-defining value where I let go of my old values of self-interest and growth of grandeur for down to earth values concerning the Earth and its inhabitants within the principle of what is Best for All

I commit myself to investigate and study how the physical reality works in order to be able to implement economic policies which do not have damaging effects to Life on Earth

I commit myself to the construction and implementation of an Equal Money System where resources are managed in a responsible and considerate way -- for all those living now and those of the future

I commit myself to educate myself and others on how the physical reality operates so we may realise the ginormous crimes that we are committing through our ignorance and lack of consideration for All Life

I commit myself to put beings over numbers

I commit myself to change the current World System where only the wants, needs and desires of humans are used as a measuring stick of value to a World Economic System where LIFE is the only measuring stick of value

I commit myself to the implementation of a World System where all is taken care of, including our environment

I commit myself to a World System where we support the environment, the earth, the animals and the plants -- the same way as they support us as human beings