What is your Currency?
I ask the question as it appears for those involved in the corporate arena, money is the currency of the realm. It is the almighty dollar that drives the vast majority of decisions. As a result, they have placed dollar values on people, specific body parts, plants, animals and minerals have all been assigned prices turning them all into commodities and open for market. Everything has been capitalized!
The problem with this model is that if it is cheaper to dig a hole and bury materials and equipment than to perform salvage, re-purpose or reuse, then that is what happens. If it is more profitable to design stuff that breaks down so that parts can be sold or new stuff can be made, then they proceed with those choices. It is cheaper to pollute, pay fines and consume than it is to keep the environment clean and live in harmony with Mother Earth. The ledger should not be the decision making tool of choice!
There is great profit in having people sick, dependent and hungry. In government, the currency is power and control over the land and all that belongs to it ... including the people as we ARE the land. But what happens when they run into people who's currency is not money but instead chose life, health, peace, freedom, prosperity and healthy relationships? What about those who's currency is love, friendship, experience, accomplishment, memories, family or children?
There is a conflict unfolding as more and more people are changing their currency. People are walking away from money, greed, power and control. A conflict arises as the currency of those people who values life, freedom and prosperity, find that their relationships with the earth, plants, animals and even each other are sacred. There is no way we can place a dollar value on that which is sacred. Anybody who attempts to capitalize on that which is sacred violates and desecrates it and shows disrespect of the worst kind. How do we reconcile this as the shift of values completely changes our decision making process?
It will be a monumental task to help those who make decisions based on financial rather than sacred spiritual principles. I have faith that as more and more people change their currency, these individuals will face a stark reality; they too must change or face the consequences. Their money, power and control will dry up as it is completely dependent upon slaves to participate and believe that there is a connection between sacred life and money. They will be left behind as I see a paradigm shift taking place where sacred life is detached from money and cherished as being something priceless. That concept alone will remove the control of the global elite as they absolutely depend on us making that connection between the fictional constructs they created and life on Mother Earth.
Imagine when we value land, water, plants, animals and air as being sacred, priceless and no longer available for capitalization? Imagine!
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This is partly the reason why I'm gravitating to the world of cryptocurrency is that this ledger system is by its very nature broadening the potential applications that currency can play in our lives, by taking the issuance of our currency out of the hands of bankers and putting into the hands of communities...
Obviously much of the monetary, "real-world" value of our cryptocurrencies is "derived" from the fiat dollar system but in reality it needn't be and most likely will not be...
Max Keiser pointed out the fact that the market cap of Bitcoin had the potential to be over a 100 trillion dollars, aka all of the fiat money in existence, and more, since eventually, dollars will become worthless toilet paper coveted by collectors and museums, while Bitcoin (or any alternative of humanity's choosing) will become the new de-facto currency...
I'm not saying I want or support cryptocurrency to "essentially replace" the fiat dollar system, and for humanity to essentially stay in the same paradigm, except everything is digital cryptocurrency rather than fiat cash/credit/debt; rather I believe that in this era we are redefining our most deeply-entrenched and well-established conventions on what constitutes currency and its potential usage and applications...
I don't see why, for example, and to stay in line with the spirit of this article, we couldn't have "carecoins"... Something that we each get 10 units of everyday, and which we can give to people for performing acts of kindness, generosity, largess, compassion, etc...
Somebody who had accumulated billions of "carecoins" being the equivalent of a Mother Theresa, or other kind of saintly figure...
It wouldn't be like a normal contractual transaction, but much more in line with the idea of gift economies...
Sure, some may think in our current paradigm that the idea of "monetizing" compassion to be a strange concept, but in a radically different form of human and global society, this could actually really help to realign interest and place focus on solving problems, rather than creating them out of "economic and fiscal necessity" and bottom-lineism.
I believe the future of our societies are radical transparency, openness, and eyes on everything...
In a sense, we could envision whole societies where the best, most generous, caring and giving individuals are those who are anointed with the most responsibility and leadership; as opposed to our current paradigm where the most rapacious, violent and sociopathic of us are promoted to positions of power.
Well, I'm just glad that we're all thinking about these things...
Really fascinating concept, the idea of redefining currency. Great thought-provoker of a piece wwf! A new follower you have just gained x
You've inspired me to expand on this concept with this article! You really gave me some great tasty food for thought!! Thank you @wwf! <3
Beautiful response. Welcome to my blog. For me, I look forward to the day where we don't need currency any more as we no longer need to keep score. Our wealth comes from how we feel when we help others as the spiritual rewards are felt. Life is all about relationships and keeping score never works in a relationship. When I did that in the past, I win and my wife lost. Not good for morale or marriage. So no more keeping score for us. It is hard helping other people as we automatically feel indebted. It will be tough to remove this brainwashing that the colonial education system taught us. But when we do then we would feel much better and enjoy the process of giving and receiving. Gratitude and appreciation become the new currency. Peace to you.
Hi @wwf! Thank you for your kind words, and let me clarify my thinking!
Don't get me wrong, I look forward to this day too! I am as much of an eternal idealist and optimist as you are. And I'm not at all saying it's a myth or a utopia or anything like that either... I've studied post-scarcity anarchy and I do believe that a natural spontaneous order could emerge when we had advanced not only materialistically, technologically, scientifically, etc... in order to create material abundance and plenty for all people all on Earth, but especially spiritually enough so that a radical redefining of the "ego" (using it this time not as the Freudian construct but rather as the "seat" of the conscious decision-maker in the mind; which is what neuroscience is revealing is the only thing with any relevance or import in our subjective "perceptions" of reality)
You're so correct in your thinking, but for many people (including myself if I can be honest!) this is an enormous mountain to climb, or a gigantic elephant to eat. So I like to imagine all of this happening in "steps". Now I know these steps don't really exist, they're more illusory than concrete; but nevertheless, I think it's helpful to conceive of a way of transitioning to this view of life, the world and society that you describe in pristine, pure empowering words, by taking what we already had, what we have now, and using it to create the new. (That famous Fibonacci Sequence!)
Of course I believe in our personal relationships, even in our immediate communities, this is always possible... My question is how do I relate with people on the other side of the planet from me...
I do believe in living locally, but also thinking globally. As such, I would love to spend my life fostering the systems that will make the transition easier... Not everyone wakes up to the nature of reality at the same time, but when enough people are doing it, and they are leaving breadcrumbs behind them, and creating good examples for others to follow, it makes the whole shift that much swifter and smoother!
Anyways, I won't take up more of your time on this post, but safe to say I am looking forward to the next! Thank you @wwf :)
What a absolutely great blog!! I wish i could vote 10x best of dreams to you. This really is the sad truth about greed . What ever happened to doing things right or helping someone else just because it feels good inside.🌺 you rock
I'm grateful that you are enjoying my blog and that it resonates with your spirit. You rock too sister! <3
I grew up to the knowledge that money answereth all things. But reading this your post got me thinking!! Investing in the development of others might be the answer to what money cannot buy. So for me its all about selfless service to humanity
Wonderful, loving, peaceful comment. Bravo for challenging the paradigm that you life your life. I'm impressed as people don't usually change their mind when reading posts from others. Well done!
I like to read books (yeah, imagine that) and one of my favorite genres is dystopian-like books- you know, end of the world, survival, etc and one thing that really strikes me with these books is the bartering.
You have something I need, what do I have that you need mentality.
There is really no price or dollar amount value placed on any one item; it's all about need (not want) and possible survival.
What if that's how we bought things? If that was how we got our goods? Who places the value on the item(s)? The receiver? the giver?
Interesting concept to me...
Yes! Value is so subjective eh. We are so used to corporations dictating the price and driving demand through marketing to our egos. We are notoriously horrible at falling for that kind of stuff and having no clue what the risks really are. But when we start to look after ourselves, our 'needs' are suddenly more clear and easier to work out. The want's tend to go by the wayside when we start getting real with life. Even with barter we have to be careful. Something that I have may not be worth much to me but may be life or death for you. Does that mean I want an arm or leg from you or do I give it to you instead?
That is where my character starts to show as greed would dictate I get as much as I can due to your situation, OR I express kindness and love by giving it too you as it does not 'cost' me anything.
I believe this is where your poker face comes in. Just like haggling prices now. Don't let the other guy know how much you need it. But if that were to fail, then you have to do what's best for you, your family and future.
Ya, my comment was more for the guy holding what is needed by others. If I don't need it and others do, it would be violence against others to hold onto it demanding more than the value it holds for myself.
I can imagine!!!!
This also resonates loudly.
I honestly don't see that happening. I see people vested in health and healthy living but not when it comes to the environment. Take my city for example, they are building it up with massive infrastructure to lure in ten thousand people living in a relatively small area considered our downtown area. They talk of bike lanes and walk-able communities but all you ever see is more traffic congestion. I will believe that the new generation of millennial's take the environment seriously when they are willing to spend a couple more bucks to have things manufactured closer to home and move away from the globalization agenda for cheap products whose transportation of products thousands of miles away is adding to global warming through increased gases into the atmosphere.
It will be a process. I don't think people realize that the 'city' is a tool used to enslave people into their feudal system. When people are in the city they are completely dependent. To become independent requires leaving the city. So they encourage people into the city to prevent that from happening.
Stewardship of the land and service to others is my currency. Fiat currency doesn't mean much to me. Crypto is more interesting as is a basic income for the poor who can't see their way out of poverty to make the cahnges.
I spent the better part of the 80s and 90s fronting what is now known as the "green movement". Back then it was Zendik and Earth First! bringing this information to the table. I was in the Zendik camp. On the streets every week with my zine, telling everyone what they did not want to hear: that their lifestyle was not just killing them, but killing the planet.
Yes, we were blunt about it. But we were literally hammering information into people that they spent the vast majority of their lives avoiding at all cost.
Anyway, it's good to see that the perspective is changing now en masse. We first had to influence influential people. Then wait for them to influence the masses in general. But it does seem to be happening, albeit quite slowly.
Humans do need a medium of exchange to conduct their social and cultural structures. I'm impressed with the alternative that crypto has provided. But it also needs to be less energy consumptive, if it's going to replace the philosophical and environmental impact of fiat currency.
Certainly, currency, money has been the engine of almost everything in society, until you realize that with money sometimes you can not buy health or true love. Nice post!
So true!
They always say money can't buy happiness . For me I would give every penny away to make sure my husband, my kids, my grandkids and parents are all healthy.
We walked away from 95% of it for our health, happiness and well being. Well worth the leap! Health does not require money. It requires working on our shit, healthy food, clean water, clean air, clean shelter (no EMR, etc) and hard work. That receipt worked for us.
The content was very interesting and interesting, and human beings pay more and more money every day, and in the modern world the money speaks first.