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…

Showing posts with label enticing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label enticing. Show all posts

07 June 2012

Day 12: Selling Economic Dreams

11:46 PM  , , , , , , , , , , , ,  2 comments

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to create dreams in the minds of people through advertisement.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to manipulate people to make decisions about their money through creating the belief that if they save money, they will some day be able to buy all these beautiful shiny things.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that it is abusive to flaunt around with advertisement of luxury goods, jewelry, fast cars, etc. - creating dreams and hopes in people that most will never be able to fulfill.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that such dreams are capable of consuming a person to the point where they will save money that they need to buy food, physically harming themselves in the hope of being able to fulfill their glamorous dream.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that I am creating crime as theft by providing people with the desire to acquire certain goods and items in order to feel fulfiled, in order to feel good enough, in order to feel like they have achieved something - and if they don't have the monetary means to acquire these goods in a 'legal' way - then they will take the illegal route.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to realise that it is utterly abusive to create dreams and desires in people's minds if they have no way of ever attaining and fulfilling these dreams.

I forgive myself for not accepting and allowing myself to - instead of creating more dreams to fulfil for the rich, allocate more of my time and resources towards the empowerment of the poor through spreading the common sense of an equal money system.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to continuously go about my daily life, 'just doing my job' by creating enticing pictures and tempting ideas without considering any of the repercussions this has on those that will never be able to afford whatever it is that I'm selling.

I forgive myself for accepting and allowing myself to base my choices in terms of what I want on pictures from advertisement and the feeling I believe I will derive from becoming the pictures I saw on the TV, on billboards or in magazines.

I commit myself to ending of the abusive creation of dreams.

I commit myself to empower people within the realisation and understanding that nothing outside of self can ever make self better than who they are.

I commit myself to the ending of a competitive market-system where pictures and the dreams they create determine who wins and who loses, and not what product is actually effective, practical and long-lasting.

Read More
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)