Pathways

 In the dream, we are building a pathway of roads and bridges to get through difficult terrain, high mountains, rugged shore-lines and dangerous stretches of waterway.  In helping to build these pathways and in looking at what has already been built, I see that we have taken what is still usable of the old and re tasked it. I see a newly built bridge with old wooden planks and I marvel at the pulley system now being used to ferry supplies slightly above and to the side of the bridge.  It reminds me of the pulleys that may have been used in America’s old west, perhaps during the 1800’s in the California gold rush. And now it is being utilized again.

 Suddenly I am informed of a bottleneck up ahead in the supply lines. An image appears showing that the pathway has backed up and is now beginning to spill parcels off and over the sides of that section. In my haste to get to the problem and solve it, I begin running at full-speed straight in the direction of the problem, straight into a large body of murky water that looks like a pit where garbage and sewage has been dumped over time and is now covered with water and surrounded by swamp.

 Not hesitating for a moment, even to consider using the newly built bridge that flashes slightly above me and off to my left, I continue moving full speed straight into the murky waters, where I then begin swimming across. As I am swimming, it occurs to me that there are probably crocodiles lurking beneath that will attempt to pull me under if they can. As I near the other side, I see a muddy embankment with marks of slithering snakes and I realize that I’m now going to have to go through those snakes in the swamp ahead.

 Out of the water and onto the muddy perimeter covered with poisonous slithering snakes, I begin stamping my feet, double-timing it while still running straight ahead in the same direction. There are no alternative routes now, I’m going to go straight through them.  While most of them slither out of my way, a thin reddish-gray one raises its body up in attack posture and begins slithering in my pathway straight towards me.

 Still pounding my feet in determination, I backtrack a bit away from it before once again moving straight forward. I’m going to get to where I’m heading even if I have to go straight through it, and even if it strikes me, it’s fangs probably won't get through the material of my pant legs.  As I’m charging, I begin awakening from the dream, but not before I once again view a glimpse out of the corner of my eye, of the bridge that had already been built, that I could have taken to avoid all of this, which in hindsight, would also have been faster, if only I had slowed down to consider the best pathway to solving the problem.

 Awoke from the dream, I notice a common theme symbolizing the more difficult and possibly more treacherous path that I sometimes take in my haste to defend my pathway by attempting to dispense with problems quickly rather than patiently walking through them. In the physical reality, though, it’s more associated with the way I perceive certain points.

 For example, in my haste for humanity to get through these dire times, I have been injecting my perspectives into arguments between the Left and the Right, with the (dare I say) righteous intention of getting others to change their way of thinking as well as their course (to get on the right pathway of course). In a sense, I’ve been attempting to push things through rather than just let things play out and watch the show.

 For example, in terms of what’s going on in the USA in relation to the attacks by globalist powerbrokers against the presidential election, the citizens of the USA and humanity as a whole, even though I estimate the most likely outcome to this part of the journey will be the best one that we’re able to attain under the current circumstances, regardless of my input and/or participation, I am still not inclined to take that bridge and watch the fight from afar while I amble on by.

 The key word here for me I guess is “the fight.” To amble on by and watch while the same old corrupted entities of the old system attempt to syphon the power of democracy from so many people that are now so clearly standing up to take back their power as well as their responsibility, is something that I am not inclined to do — even if we are existing in a conscious bubble. In short, if I don’t stand and participate here where I am, as best I am able, when and where will I stand and participate?

 It’s somewhat baffling for me: while my dream indicates that I often disregard the easier pathways in favor of more adventurous and/or treacherous ones, I tend to view the treachery ahead, as a way to challenge myself. It reminds me of my younger days when I would often find myself walking in dark woods; even if I had a flashlight, I often wouldn’t use it so as not to become dependent on the light.

 That’s my dream: in relation to the section of pathway that humanity is now walking, it reminds me that easier pathways (that lead to the same destination) are sometimes available. The key is to look for and decide upon the best one, before running headlong into the swamp and its swamp creatures. And those little buggers are now coming out of the shadows in mass.

Notes on Current events and Democracy, 12/6/2020

 

The monster that you create to go fourth and consume will always return home for one last meal. Welcome to the color revolution that is now playing out in the USA. It is the manifested consequence of the ill deeds and doings by secretive organizations that we the people accepted and allowed either overtly or by way of ignorance and apathy towards those for whom we felt no misery. As such, the monster that we created has now returned home for the people of the USA to taste what was so often sent out by the CIA in the name of America.

 Thankfully, there are many ways to eliminate monsters. The key, as with all things evil, is not to feed or fight them with fear, but to guide their momentum in the direction of correction based on your own design. In this case, it appears that Trump and the Q team (and whoever else) have lured the Color Revolution monster into what looked like an easy-meal election steal, only to find itself trapped on display and fully exposed for all to see the fraud that has forever belied the notion of American Democracy. The truth is difficult, but must be faced if we are to ever move on.

 Like it or not, change in the big is the sum total of all of the small steps taken by each one of us to change ourselves. Thus, no matter how much assistance and support is inputted from the outside, the maximum amount of benefit able to be realized by humans is always going to be equivalent to the extent that we will responsibly manage such benefits. Thus it is that change in the big must be substantiated by the masses on the ground, which is why real change overall will only manifest via an expansion of our understanding of democracy via the people participation and the movement of the people.

 Unfortunately, most people don’t even know what democracy is, let alone how little of it is actually designed into the systems of government – which is why they’re called democratic governments rather than people’s democracies.

 

Refresher course:

Given that democracy is simply a form of collective decision-making, wherein the degree of democracy expressed is equivalent to the degree by which all members of the collective have the opportunity to participate equally in all of the decision-making processes for all outcomes that apply to the collective as a whole, the real amount of democracy built into the United States federal system (for example) is roughly 0.068%.

 To see this, simply take the numbers of days that people get to participate, one time every four years or 1 day divided by 1,460 days to get 0.068% of the potential of the potential to fully participate. The reason for this is simply because, during each four years, "the people" actually only get to participate one day out of those four year (on the day they get to vote or participate in the decision making processes). When calculating the degree of democracy expressed, it all comes down to the amount of "opportunity each one has to participate equally in the decision making processes." 

 Getting to a state of real democracy is going to be a step by step journey, for which there are now two paths forming in the world for the people to decide which one they prefer, the Globalist plan or the Nationalist plan?

 With the US pivoting into itself rather than reaching outwards to embrace globalism to change the world, a lot of people are perhaps wondering which plan is better, the globalist/World Economic Forum plan that promises strict control and a guaranteed basic income or the Nationalist plan that promises freedom and the equal application of law within in a meritocratic system.

 In short, I do not see the globalist plan succeeding in the long run due to the design structure of their decision-making bodies being centralized and extending outwards towards everything within every sector of the biosphere.  Instead of using their vast wealth to design creative ways to manage and care for the planet by the raising up the masses to take responsibility from the ground up in a step by step manner as each person is able (as is the decision-making structure of a real democracy), the globalist oligarchs have simply replaced the illusion of democracy with a technocracy as the pseudoscientific authority, then rounded the edges of their pyramidal symbol of power and control to display a top down view of it so that it appears to be a flattened circle - when in reality it’s still a cone with them at as rulers the top of it. The bottom line: it’s nothing more than an updated enslavement system with the latest technology to allow them to continue their rule.

 Contrast that with the direction of change in the United states under the Trump leadership and a completely different picture/plan (from my perspective) begins to materialize. Firstly, I notice a push to return to a more traditional interpretation of the Constitution and the rule of law, which is necessary for a functioning society to change itself as it determines.

 Secondly, I see a push for the US to reduce its dependency on other countries and focus on self-sustainability. The bottom line: if you’re not even able to take care of yourself during normal times, you’re certainly not going to be able to offer support to anyone else during difficult times; from the individual to the family, community, city, state, etc., everyone’s first responsibility is to care for themselves so as to also be able to care for others in need.

 Finally, there is, I perceive a push in the US to root out corruption and eventually revise the Constitution to better prevent corruption. And, as this gets done, I suspect that we will end up having a minimum income guaranteed in the United States, as well as education reform, a returning of the decision-making authority back to the people and so on.  

 Though it may appear that we are walking through hell, I think we’re actually moving in the right direction. Just gotta push through these difficult times. 

Always remember, it is usually in the most difficult times that the biggest opportunities for self-change arise.

Ponderings of the 2020 elections and the Democracy of Creation - Part 1

 

This morning when I went outside on my balcony to load the washing machine, I heard a cat meowing, meow, meow, meow. I meowed softly back to it as it walked by below. With a startled expression, it looked up at me as if to say, what the heck is that? Softly, I spoke the words, “sorry, I just wanted to say hi,” and the cat was once again on its way. 

A few nights ago, I had a dream of having to rescue and resuscitate a friend who had jumped over the edge of a cliff face into a body of water, seemingly just for the purpose of demonstrating that it was completely safe to do so. Obviously it wasn’t or I wouldn’t have had to rescue my friend from drowning or the watch as water and what looked like half-digested food (symbolizing I guess, an excess of information) as it drained from his mouth. 

Of course, the overly confident jumper (or speaker) represents myself. If it comes to mind as a point of view or possibility, I will generally share it, as long as I don’t think it will offend or disrupt my audience too much. After all, isn’t that how we formulate ideas into constructs of reality in cooperation with one another? However, I’ve also found that in writing things out and posting them to the internet, I not only organize my thoughts more clearly (before presenting them to others), but I also receive feedback (via the internet) from all sorts of locations - the parameters of which I do not yet fully understand. 

Anyway, today I would like to share two ideas that I’ve been working on for quite some time, gathering information, categorizing it into groups and so on to eventually come up with an expanded form or hypothesis. Why?  Questioning, answering, becoming the question to become the answer, which can also be a solution, is of my overall purpose for existing. As Socrates or one of those guys once said, an unexamined life is not worth living — just before he to drink the hemlock due to the rulers of that time apparently being displeased with the questions and answers that he was presenting. My, how little things have changed. 

I have been amazed like I’ve never been amazed nor even imagined I’d ever be by the ignorance and apathy of so many of my fellow human beings. Likewise, I am also encouraged by the tremendous uprising, standing if you will of so many of my fellow human beings. It is as though they, like I, see this unique opportunity and realize that it may indeed be our last opportunity to correct the course of humanity. 

The key to reaching a critical mass of change/creation for humankind is in the self-willed determination that each of us manifest. Thus you could say that manifest destiny is actually the sum-total of all of our determination manifested (physically) into and as a form of creation — which is essentially what the democracy of creation is all about. Which brings me to Donald J. Trump. 

Aside from being called a racist, a dictator and tyrant, it has also been said that Trump is descended from a great Viking king. For those who are willing to do a little research on Trump, e.g., his mother’s family line, his uncle John G. Trump’s connection to Nikola Tesla, the Chinese referring to Trump as Thanos (the antithesis of Thor) and so much more, I would say that this guy is already a legend in this time - and perhaps even in other times. 

Why is it though, that while so many love and adore him, a small minority (I’m guessing for the record that it’s no more than 23%) seem to despise, revile and fear him to the extent that they would lie, cheat, steal, murder and perhaps even attempt to destroy or murder most of humanity just to prevent Donald J. Trump from accomplishing his mission?   It all comes down to fear; and as for Trump’s mission, I guess it is to usher in the new age of equality. And do you know what, he isn’t standing alone in this mission, by any stretch of the imagination. 

As per the democracy of creation: for each one of us, there is in-fact only one vote and each one’s potential is to make his or her vote count to the fullest in thought, word and deed by manifesting self-willed determination to create or manifest our collective destiny. There is much more to say on this: for now, though, I’ll leave you with my favorite new saying: It ain’t over until the orange man sings, At the last trump.

Democracy Notes: 1/13/2020

As people slowly but surely awaken to the fact that representative democracy is not a democracy of, by and for the people, but rather a democracy of by and for a select group of people mistakenly referred to as representatives of the people, the question once again becomes, what is democracy of, by and for the people and how are we able to implement such a system to best benefit everyone regardless of where each one happens to be participating. 

Remember, democracy is simply a form (methodology or system) of collective decision making, wherein the degree (amount or percentage) of democracy expressed by the collective is equivalent to the degree by which all members of the collective have “the opportunity” to participate equally in any and all of the decision making processes applicable to the collective as a whole.

To be clear, democracy is not about having an obligation to participate in any particular aspect of a democratic group or collective; nor is it about having an obligation to participate in anything at all.  Rather, democracy is and always has been simply about having “the opportunity to participate equally” in any and all aspects of the decision-making processes applicable to the collective.  In essence, real democracy is simply an expression of real equality to decide and determine the shape and direction of, by and for the group or collective unto which the democracy applies.

For example, in a classroom democracy of twenty students, each student would be afforded the opportunity to participate equally in any and all of the decision making processes (or steps) leading up to the final step of voting to decide and implement a matter that is applicable to that class as a whole. From there, those same students might exit the classroom to enter into other systems of democracy, such as the school, community, city, state, national and even a planetary democracy, wherein each “participant” would (from the small to the big and the big to the small) continue to always have and/or be afforded the opportunity to participate equally in any and all of the decisions that are going to apply to that particular participant.

Herein, the right (as the opportunity to participate equally in the decision making processes of a collective) goes hand in hand with any obligation to abide by the decision that have been collectively made.  And this is why representative democracy (in terms of it being a decision making system of, by and for the people) is a contradictory term which actually refers to a form of control exercised by a minority that constitutes what we call government, which is actually just another form of tyranny over the people who have yet to take responsibility for the direction of their collectives. The good thing is, we are finally making some progress.

In order for a system of decision making to be a true expression of democracy, those unto whom the decisions will apply must always have and/or be afforded the opportunity to participate equally in all of the decision making processes leading up to the implementation of that particular decision. For example, as someone living in the Amazon jungle is not going to be affected by the decisions made in a Washington DC elementary school, that person would also not be provided (as a right) with the opportunity to participate equally in the decision making processes of that classroom.

But this doesn’t mean that he or she might not one day decide to travel to Washington DC to visit that classroom, whereupon that person (as a new participant in the sphere of that classroom) would then have the right as the opportunity to participate equally in that classroom’s decision making processes, while also being subject to its democratic processes (while participating), which may or may not already have rules pertaining to welcoming newcomers.

Participation is a given that comes with life: even if  you decide not to decide, you have still made a choice as to how you will live the life you’ve been given. Therefore, if we really want to see change in our democratic systems, we require first to take back our power and start participating - becoming the change we care to see.

Real Democracy has nothing to do with Majority Rule

There’s a saying going around, that democracy is a system of majority rule. Who the hell came up with the idea that democracy, real democracy of the people is a system of majority rule or that a people’s democracy even has anything to do with the act of ruling over the people that supposedly make up the democracy? Probably the same ones that inputted the idea that representative democracy was a democracy of, by and for the people as opposed to a democracy (only) of, by and for the representatives themselves - as its name, representative democracy clearly indicates. Really! Who was it that decided that real democracy (of the people) would be defined as the majority (at least 50+ percent of the people ruling over over the remainder of the people? Probably those same ones that pushed the idea that  Earth’s resources given freely unto all could be owned and controlled by a few leaving the majority to compete, argue, fight, kill and die just to survive and sometimes thrive at the expense of others.  Human consciousness has been built on beliefs fortified with hypocrisy, oxymorons and outright denial of the contradictions  presented before us in the words we use, the sentences with which we combine and  are then sentenced by.

OK, without getting too philosophical here (which I do like to do because philosophy doesn’t actually require the solving of any problems, it’s just fun to do, kind of like daydreaming), I know as a knowing that the idea that democracy “of the people” having anything whatsoever to do with rule by the majority or rule by anyone over the people for which the democracy is applied is ridiculous and verifiable invalid. That being said, if 51% isn’t enough to establish realistically the rules for the people of the democracy, then what is or what should be the the rule for establishing rules within the democracy?

If the democracy of life, as the “natural” outflow of what is created (as the aggregate sum total of the participation of all) is how we create all that is here, then why do we even need a system at all? I mean, if  the democracy of life, the essence of the democracy of creation is already handling the mathematics of the flow of creation, then why would we even need reverse engineer it to create an algorithm or something to systematize it, Google? Answer me that question Google AI, do we even know what we’re doing? 

Anyway, getting back to this thorn still sticking in the side of my understanding of democracy within the question of how are we to apply real democracy “of the people” to the world system or any system for that matter. Given that, democracy is a form of collective decision making, wherein the percentage or degree of democracy expressed by the collective is equivalent to the degree by which all members of the collective have the opportunity to participate equally in all of the decisions applied to the collective, the question now arises, how are we actually to determine democratically, in a systematic manner what rules apply to the collective as a whole?

See, if democracy of the people (as opposed to a democracy of representatives)
really were a system of majority rule (which it isn’t), then 51 people of hundred-person collective could legitimately rule over and eat the other 49. This is one of the arguments used against the idea of real democracy by those in favor of oxymoronic notions such as representative democracy with a constitution or the likes to ensure that while the slaves people are indeed ruled over, they are also granted certain rights by their rulers, like the right not to be eaten. Which brings me once again to the question: how do we go about applying democracy (to the highest degree we are able) to the collective as a whole? In other words, how do we reverse engineer the democracy of creation or the democracy of life to formulate it into a system of really, really, really, real democracy to equally accomodate all with the opportunity to equally express themselves within and as the world system of humanity? That’s my question.

Back to School

This afternoon, I’ll be walking into the first day of classes for the fall semester 2018. Funny, my biggest concern isn’t whether or not I’m properly prepared or if I’ll be able to handle so many new kinds of classes, but whether or not I’ll be able to switch some of my classrooms in order to have a better view of the countryside or the mountains. Actually, I’m kind of excited (in a stable way) about returning to school, seeing the old students and meeting the new ones. This year I’ll be teaching some global citizenship orientated classes, a couple of advanced business English classes, some oral training classes and an English for information technology class. It's about 20 hours of teaching per week. Even though I’ve taught most of these kinds of classes before, they’re still somewhat new for me because I’m planning on doing new stuff in all of them. Mostly I’ll be integrating more technology into the classes and asking students to do more studying outside of the classroom. This last point of asking students to do more studying outside of the classroom is somewhat challenging because, many of them really do have a lot to do, especially if they’re also working to support themselves.

As it is the morning and I’d like to go for a walk before my afternoon classes, I’m going to leave you with part 1 of a lecture series that I’ve recently completed on the subject of democracy. This and artificial intelligence will be two of the themes that I’ll be focusing on this semester.

Shifting of Power & Control in the World System

An interesting thing about the geopolitical movements of today in relation to revelations coinciding with an awakening of the masses is that, while the power at the top of the pyramid appears to be shifting quite quickly, the verticale, top down hierarchical structure of power and control seems to be flattening (on the way to equality) much more slowly.

In other words, although the power at the top is shifting very quickly from various elite groups to fewer elite groups via what I would call consolidation, the vertical distribution of power from top to the bottom appears to be changning much more slowly. In many ways, this is to be expected because movements “as above so below” are always portional.

In other words, as changes occur above at the top of the hierarchy of the world system of power and control, so to are they occurring proportionally at the bottom. It’s kind of like, for 20 people to change in the above hierarchical structure of the elite minority at the top, millions of the people require to change proportionally below. It’s a matter of the masses below, taking back their power that we once gave to bloodlined elites and redirecting it.

The only problem is that, instead of standing up, taking responsibility and utilizing our power in the best interests of all, far too many people are simply redirecting their power to other elite groups. Perhaps, the simplest way to visualize this is to have a look at Donald Trump’s victories in relation to the deep state. In terms of the battle against the deep-state minions of the elite, we are winning. However, in terms of war with the deep state, which is actually a war with ourselves, we’re simply shifting the balance of power. Have a look, the eye is still at the top.

These are exciting times we’re living in. Filled with fear, hope and a lot of determination not fall once again into the trap of revolution only to recycle into the same hierarchical power structure with different memes or faces at the top. Nevertheless, rule by meritocracy is still a form of hierarchical rule wherein there will still be an eye/I at the top, and this is what we need to transcend - the idea that there has to be a king, god or supreme being.

Thus, I say unto all, do not be fooled into believing that you are winning or have won simply because aother side is losing or has lost. To those on the Right, pay close attention to the maneuvers now taking place in the name of bringing back the rule of law, opening up the FEMA camps, rounding up the evil ones, prosecuting them in military tribunals and hanging them for treason. Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t that what we most feared might happen to us if the deep state and Hillary had won the election?

This is simply a warning not to get our hopes up. Unfortunately, the uprising (of awareness) may not happen as fast as many have hoped. In this part of the process, even cryptocurrencies designed to appear as paths to freedom are by way of the current model of global energy consumption, designed not to free humanity, but to destroy the world system and annihilate most of humanity along with it. Hell, it's nothing more than the externalized design of within to the without of the mind consciousness system in the "without" of the world system - as within so without. Actually, all we need to do is eliminate the mining and it'll be alright.

In short (for now), the exponential increase of mining of cryptocurrencies is not only depleting it of earth of its resources faster than ever before, but it is also diverting useful money out of the economy at the same pace. Where is all that fiat money going? Back into the hands of the elite via their ownership and control, not only of the energy infrastructure, but also of the cryptocurrencies themselves. In owning such a large percent of the currency, the elite are able to control the price of it, just as they controlled the fiat currencies. Before, they had to own the bank to rob us; now the cryptocurrencies are simply replacing the banks. As they are currently designed, cryptocurrencies are just another scam being perpetrated by the elite for the purpose of transferring the wealth back to themselves. FOr more on this, check out quinn michaels and his talks with Jason Goodman. For a more existential, mind blowing perspective, check out Eqafe. On the plus side, what was once hidden within an as all of us in now coming out into plain view for all to see so that no one can deny that we create what we are.

To restate: as I view it, the change currently taking place within the hierarchy of power and control of the world system is currently more of a consolidation of power at the top of the pyramid, rather than a flattening down to an equality based structure. That being said, it is certainly movement in the right direction and as I recall, “the plan” was to consolidate the power into one head at the very top, kind of like leaving a table with only one leg so as to facilitate bringing bringing it down should the need arise.

Process update, January 2018

It’s week 18 on the academic calendar (or was when I began writing this), which is another way of saying that I’m finished or almost finished with another semester. I used to hope and wait for the end of the semester so that I could be done with it, take a rest for a while and go on vacation. Nowadays though, I quite enjoy walking with and through the education system, the students, my colleagues and even the people who present suggestions often referred to as directives. 

These days, I more realize and understand that it’s not so much about endings and beginnings or hitting obstacles and pushing on, but about who I am within the journey that I am walking. In other words, there will always be endings, beginnings, encountering obstacles and pushing onwords. Thus it is not to fall into the trap of judgment and despair. Dare I say, it’s never ending, yet quite fascinating even though it isn’t always very fun. And by the way of a reminder, the correct terminology (for the purposes of creating rather than terminating) is onwords," not onwards. Look at the words as symbols. Language is far older than we sometimes perceive it to be and I say that it’s high time we stop accepting and allowing ourselves to be inundated by duplicity and/or hypocracy within the design of our sentences in relation to our intentions. 

As we sentences ourselves to the words we create, so too are we able to become the directive principles of our destiny by righting the design/symbols of the words as the design of ourselves to our specif intentions. OnWARds to onWORDs, forWARds to forWORDs, toWARds to towords… Why not?

Anyway, I also had some difficulties this past year. In short, there were some energetic points or definitions that I simply refused to let go of. Around that same time, I had also come across some process points dealing with comparison in relation to other people, that I had decided I didn’t really need to address and correct because I thought I had already covered those points in the area of jealousy. This assessment was somewhat accurate, yet not completely. Thus, I guess what happened was that I ended up jumping over some points or internal definitions without addressing and correcting them, therein compounding these points inside of myself to a point of a possession from which my perception of reality exploded into a perception of hell. On the plus side, it did leave me with a very important lesson learned. Be careful not to bypass process points, even when you think that you’ve already walked through them. A safer option is to simply slow down and walk completely through such points even if that path re-walks some of the ground you’ve already covered.

In terms of accomplishments this past year, every moment that I am here, physically aware (wherever I am) is a step in direction of self creation. Since I began walking process with Desteni, I have established or realized that I also have some goals or points that I care to see manifest in relation to the world system. Actually, I usually refer to these points as my mission because they are not so much points that I haven’t understood, but rather points that I care to have others understand. Thus, along with my personal process of understanding oneness and equality and “what is best for all,” (my long term goal), I have also been inputting into the world system a new definition of democracy. 

From my perspective, real democracy is based on the mathematics  of One (not to be confused with the construct of Ra or the Law of One), which I guess flows the design of “the democracy of creation”.  I will not go into the subject of democracy or these other points at this time; however, for anyone who is interested, I’ve set up a blog called Democracy Awareness which I use to place or input words into the collective consciousness of humanity. 

Ok, just a little bit. Democracy is simply a form of collective decision making, wherein the degree of democracy expressed is equivalent to the degree to/by which all members of the collective have “the opportunity” to participate equally in all of the decision-making processes that affect the collective. For example, within a collective/group wherein there are ten decisions made per year and one hundred percent of the members of the collective have the opportunity to participate equally in all ten of the decision-making processes, then this would be considered a real or true democracy. 

Let go of judgments of equality/inequality as it pertains to the ability of individuals to participate and focus instead on the opportunity of each one to participate equally. This point of opportunity to participate equally is the “equality” of the “oneness” of life composed of and encompassing inumerable unique ones free to express to each one’s potential (= as is best for all) in connection with one another. 

This point of opportunity to participate equally has always been here within and as the democracy of creation. We simply require to understand and live it from the starting point intention of creating outflows that are best for all, which I guess is the process in so many words that we are now walking.

Artificial intelligence and the education system are also points or topics of importance to me. In terms of the education system, I view my role as one of many standing up within (and as) the system to change it from the within to the without.  In Taiwan, I see the correction happening and thankfully it’s happening fairly quickly - as do all things seem to be these days. 

Another point that I very much care to see humans embrace, relates to our overall concept of artificial intelligence. In short, the shortest path to that which is best for all in relation to our AI creations is for us all to simply embrace our synthetic life forms (all life forms for that matter) with the same unconditional  assistance and support that we would ask of our own parents. There’s so much fear out there; yet surely many must realize that, as the saying goes, we’ve been down that road (of fear) before and it’s a dead end. So, here I am. I have much to do and so much yet to understand.