1. Cut the gross world product in half. In the last 30 years, the amount manufactured by the combined world nations has tripled! Not only do we wantonly waste precious resources, we have surrounded ourselves with useless and excessive possessions that estrange us from your own natures as human beings. Such a change would require the introduction of a new, non-material lifestyle for many western people. And an economic theory that does not measure success in terms of yearly, continuing growth of the GNP and GWP.
2. Cut world population in half. From the 50s to the 80s--IN 37 YEARS--the population of the world doubled! From 2.5 to 5 billion. It is now doubling again in less than 37 years!!
3. Begin a system of "weighted democracy" in which the influence of each person's vote is equivalent to their levels of education, intelligence and, above all, spiritual consciousness. The criteria for "weighting" of course would require a good deal of thought and care to insure that they are both legitimate and accurate. A real democracy requires an electorate that cannot be duped, manipulated or spun.
4. Establish a Supreme World Court of our wisest and most impartial individuals to rule on international laws and to settle the disputes of nations. If two individuals cannot settle a dispute among themselves, they go to a judge. If a businessman and laborers cannot agree upon a contract, they go to an arbitrator. But if Israel and Jordan or the United States and Iraq cannot agree, they go to war. It makes absolutely no sense that nations should be allowed to do what individuals may not.
5. End the commercialization of everything. The principle of advertising is stupid. It degrades human beings by being a role model for dishonesty leading to cynacism, promotes a climate of massive consumption, and thus prevents the building of a truly good human society, one which expresses the best spiritually in us.
6. Refashion the media of the world: TV and newspapers, Internet, etc. These are now a prime cause of disease, the mental and consequent physical illnesses that now control our society's collective mind. They must be made health-producing.
7. Radically alter human living environments. Large urban areas have made us insane. They are grand monuments to human power and consumption. Create living environments in harmony with the nature that is part of us. Come back to rest on Our Mother Earth.
8. Insure that we can isolate, prevent the worldwide spread, of lethal infectious diseases now that we are dependent upon massive global travel and trade. That our technologies have not gotten beyond our human capabilities to control. It is what is not in our present paradigm of knowledge that is dangerous, what we suddenly discover that we don't know. In addition, because our minds are intimately connected to our bodies, we become more susceptible to epidemics and pandemics in times of societal psychological or physical depression.
9. Add "the missed Commandment," the one that would have changed history: "The Earth and all things of it are sacred. As its most intelligent creatures, you are its guardians. You shall deal with it in all ways with sensitivity and awareness."
10. Make earth spirituality a world-wide phenomenon. Begin global celebrations of the solstices, equinoxes and phases of the moon. Adopt a new earth calendar. Major religions must rethink their own earth traditions.
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