23 November 2009
What is Money?
In order for us to be able to fully appreciate Spiritual Economics and the Gift Economy, it is helpful to first fully understand that the present cash-credit ponzi-scheme banking system is a total scam. For readers who have not been educated in this important subject I bring a series of simple and easy to understand videos. The first set of videos explain that what we call money today is nothing but debt. Every dollar, euro, rupee, or pound that you have in your possession was loaned into existence and every person on the planet is a slave to this debt, and typically they haven't the slightest clue about it. This means that every person, yes, you too, are a slave to the money masters!! Please watch these videos. It is a series of five. The first one is here. After it finishes you will be able to select the succeeding ones from the same window. In another week or so I will post another video that tells the history of money and how the money brokers have been behind almost every war for the past 400 years. The easiest way to be free from these cursed devils who have manipulated the entire world is to stop playing their game. There is a better way to live. Other worlds are possible. Living according to Bhagavad-gita, practicing Krishna consciousness and using Spiritual Economics.
21 November 2009
Global Warming is a Fraud!
Wow, this is interesting! Look at what happened yesterday: The Australian magazine Investigate reported that a 62 megabyte Zip file containing around 160 megabytes of emails, pdfs and other documents, was hacked from the computers and servers of the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit. The emails and documents were posted by the hacker on a Russian web server. More than 1000 emails and 72 documents offer evidence of a scandal involving most of the most prominent scientists pushing the man-made warming claim, also known as AGW, Anthropogenic Global Warming. This is definitely one of the biggest scandals in modern science. The emails suggest conspiracy, collusion in exaggerating warming data, possibly illegal destruction of embarrassing information, organized resistance to disclosure, manipulation of data, private admissions of flaws in their public claims and collusion to discredit opponents of AGW. You can read more about it, including copies of the emails here, and here, and here, as well, I am sure, in many other places within several days.
But that's not the biggest news, which is this: this scandal comes on the eve of the signing of the Global Climate Treaty, set for December 20th in Copenhagen. And if you don't know about that and its immense consequences, watch this video. In fact watch this video even if you do:
We have been writing here about efforts to bring about a One World Government, and the good Lord Christopher Monckton has been traveling around the world doing what he can to raise awareness to stop it. His entire 95 minute speech can be viewed here, and the text of the treaty can be read here. Although I applaud his effort I do not think that his efforts could have stopped them. But, what are they going to do now in light of the clear evidence, now known all over the globe, that AGW is bogus science? Are they going to sign this treaty anyway? It remains to be seen how the major news media is going to treat this story and what kind of damage control they can come up with. They've got so much invested in this and so much riding on it that I can't imagine that they are just going to roll over and acknowledge the truth. Instead, expect them to use more lies to cover their lies.
You may not know it but thousands of scientists all over the world already disagree with the findings of AGW. Of course they are not given any air time because their views won't lead you to slavery in a Global Government. If you want to know more about the controversy you can find plenty online, or just check out a few books like Air Con: The Seriously Inconvenient Truth About Global Warming; or Global Warming False Alarm; or The Real Global Warming Disaster.
To be honest, I suspect they will push right through this and sign the treaty anyway. World government is in their grasp and I don't expect them to give it up. As we've seen before, they don't give a damn about what the people think. However, I also expect that the treaty will face immense battles on all sides, and that the treaty may well be scuttled before it become ratified. We will follow the blow-by-blow action here.
But wait! There is more....Global warming is not their only ace up the sleeve. The Big Push is on—the Big Push to install a global government, and the Big Push involves other reasons why all humanity should huddle together in fear of a common enemy. The Big Push is a 3-prong attack. Below we showed one prong—the economy. This news reveals the second prong—climate changes that were supposed to threaten us all. There is one more prong that we are being prepared for, but which will have a sudden appearance. More on that tomorrow.
20 November 2009
For my entire life, philosophically, and, for over thirty years, pragmatically, I have searched for a solution to “the problems of the world”. Intuitively, I knew that every single problem had to do with “money” ($) and it certainly appeared as if everything were about “money” and “not money” ($ and not $), yet, still, “money”. If the problem were not $, then the solution must be $. Because I always seemed to have enough $, one might wonder why I was so plagued by the worry of not $, but I was, so I went looking for a solution. Over the past 14 years, I have finally learned that we cannot expect to find a sane solution to an insane problem, within the insanity itself. We cannot see the entire picture, when we are seeing it from inside the frame. Think about how you can see the precise solution to everyone else’s marital problems but you can’t seem to figure out what to do about your own … it’s like that.
...Thanks to my study of A Course In Miracles, the experiences of my friend, Nick, and the work of my friend, Robert (freedomfiles.org), I was able to step outside “law and commerce” to discover “love and dominion”. Therein lies the solution to “$ and not $”.
Where there is law, there is no love and, where there is love, there is no law.
Where there is commerce, there is no dominion and, where there is dominion, there is no commerce.
Although her overall thesis is slightly different (since mine is based on Bhagavad-gita) I find Mary's writing complementary in the sense that she is approaching the economic problem from outside of it, and also concludes that love is the answer. I also think she writes in a way that is a bit more accessible for some people than mine, but you, the reader, must be the judge of that.
Another interesting feature of Croft’s website is her free downloadable e-book: “How I Clobbered Every Bureaucratic Cash-Consfiscatory Agency Known to Man.” There is valuable information in this book that can help everybody. What Mary shows is that ALL law today is contract law, or commerce. We each have the right to enter into contracts with others. What we don’t know is how we do so unconsciously when someone says “just sign here.” Did you know that when you sign your marriage license you invite the state to be a party to your union? Did you know that when you sign your child’s birth certificate you are making him/her collateral of the state to be pledged against the national debt? Well, Mary learned how the system works and has used it to her advantage, much to the dismay of “the system,” evening the score just a little. Frankly stated the system is based on fraud, because almost all of the time people have no idea what they are doing in contract, nor are they told. They are simply being suckered.
11 November 2009
The Catastrophic Results of the Economics of Atheism
The Stick - reasons to abandon the current economic system
The Catastrophic Results of the Economics of Atheism
by Dhanesvara Das
Our Economic Relationship With the Sea
Our Economic Relationship With the Earth
The Chemical Industry and Its Consequences for the Environment and Our Health
Where Do The Chemicals Go?
Our Economic Relationship With The Animal Kingdom
Human Economic Relationships
How Economic Globalization Works
Transfer of wealth from Poor to the Rich
Why All the Poverty?
With even these scant few statistics it should be quite clear that the economic system is arranged to transfer wealth from the already poor (and getting poorer) to the wealthy. Why? Can the rich possibly spend what they have? How long would it take the world’s 500 billionaires to spend their presently accumulated wealth of $1.5 trillion if they each spend $1,000 per hour, 24 hours per day? . . . 342 years! So why can they possibly need more? Sri Krishna answers that when describing the demonic nature: “so much is mine today and I will get more according to my schemes”. The narcissist absorbed in the material concept of life of “I and Mine” can never have too much because such a person begins to think in terms of what he does not have, rather than what he does have.Economic Development for Who Exactly?
"take very seriously indeed the neo-liberal definition of the loser, to whom nothing in particular is owed. Anyone can be ejected from the system at any time—because of illness, age, pregnancy, perceived failure, or simply because economic circumstances and the relentless transfer of wealth demands it. Shareholder value is all . . . Politics used to be primarily about who ruled whom and who got what share of the pie. Aspects of both these central questions remain, of course, but the great new central question of politics is, in my view, ‘Who has a right to live and who does not’. Radical exclusion is now the order of the day; I mean this deadly seriously."[25]
05 November 2009
- Establishing of a global central bank and world currency
- Replacing the dollar as the world’s reserve currency
- The move to bring the U.S. into line with other countries as an equal player
- Economic regulation at the global level via the Financial Services Board
Trashing the Dollar
The call to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency has come from heads of central banks and heads of state for the past two years. It will happen, but the reasons first have to be established. The best reason is the decline and instability of the dollar, which is in fact being engineered by those in charge of it. It must be “managed to a lower value.” In his interview Rickards pointed to an op-ed piece by Fed governor Kevin Warsh, published in The Wall Street Journal on the same day the G20 met. Rickards interpreted Warsh as saying: “We sort of have to trash the dollar, but we’re going to do it gradually. . . Warsh is trying to preempt an unstable decline in the dollar. What they want, of course, is a stable, steady decline.” If you go looking for it, you can easily find that there is a war on the dollar. Just a few weeks ago financial speculator Martin Weiss wrote such an article asking “Our readers are deeply concerned about the dollar’s current decline … how that decline could slash their wealth … and how it could impact their quality of life. They wonder when and how they will be able to save for their future, for their children and grandchildren. They ask: Can the United States survive the decline of its currency? Could the dollar’s decline mark the end of our nation’s greatness as a world power?” As super-investor Jim Rogers agrees that this is indeed what is going on: “It’s the … official policy of the central bank and the United States to … debase the currency.” Debasing the currency means that it’s value will decrease. Your money will not buy what it formerly did. This is a very subtle way of stealing your wealth.20 September 2009
Understanding at the Big Picture - Part 1
In the next series of posts I am going to focus on understanding the bigger picture. The events taking place in the world are by design, not by accident, and that design has a very specific purpose: to change the way the world functions. This is another way of saying that there will be a New World Order.
Many of the world's leaders are using that specific term, along with saying that we need a New World Economic Order. For example, the UK Guardian Gordon recently posted an article titled "Gordon Brown urges EU to back new economic order" that calls for a defacto World Government. Not too long ago the Pope said the very same thing. Guess what they are preparing us for?
Well, they've made such a mess of things that it's now true -- we do need both a new world order and a new economic world order. BUT, not the one that they have in mind. We need a New SpiritualWorld Order and Spiritual Economics instead. That does not require the concentration of wealth and power into fewer and fewer hands.
In the coming posts I will bring you information regarding their proposed New World Order as well as taking a more intimate look at our leaders and their consciousness. As expressed in my book on Spiritual Economics the economic solutions that they develop will be determined by, and demonstrate their consciousness. It's not going to be a pretty picture. The good news is that the ugliness of this picture can be replaced by a beautiful world if we take action and do the right things. Besides looking at the bigger picture we are also going to look at the solution.
Let's begin this series of posts with the following video. Sorry, I don't know who created this video, (if you do please let me know) but from their accent they appear to be from Australia. While they did a great job of showing what's going on, their proposed solutions fall somewhat short of what is needed. We will pick up that part with more details. With that introduction, here it is:
25 August 2009
The Carrot & the Stick - Collapse of the Dollar is Imminent; so is the Gift Economy
Collapse of the Dollar is Imminent; so is the Gift EconomyLast year news of impending economic calamity heralded the crisis of September. In the same way this year there has been news heralding the demise of the US dollar. Likely though you only saw this if you search out the economic news that is off of the mainstream. As stated in earlier posts, the dollar is being put in the hearse, or the trash. WARNING: MOVE YOUR SAVINGS OUT OF DOLLARS AND POUND STERLING. Recommended: a one-year supply of food grains and other items of demand that can be used for barter.
If I am wrong you will eat the food, and barter whatever you have stocked. The loss will only be the transaction fee for changing currency. If I am right and you don’t act, well, the loss of whatever you have in dollars could be complete. Remember: all paper currency is ONLY PAPER! It has NO intrinsic value. It is WORTHLESS PAPER that we have been trained to believe has value. NOT.
If you want to store wealth, then store it in something that can be used and is wanted by people, such as food and other household items. Store things that you will use as if it were money in the bank, because it is, and is much, much safer.
It’s not just my idea that the dollar is doomed. Here are indications that came up over the past four months that point to the demise of the buck:
The Global European Anticipation Bulletin
Public announcement Special Summer 2009 GEAB N°36 (June 17, 2009) –
At this stage of the global systemic crisis’ process of development, contrary to the dominant political and media stance today, the LEAP/E2020 team does not foresee any economic upsurge after summer 2009 (nor in the following 12 months). On the contrary, because the origins of the crisis remain unaddressed, we estimate that the summer 2009 will be marked by the converging of three very destructive « rogue waves », illustrating the aggravation of the crisis and entailing major upheaval by September/October 2009. As always since this crisis started, each region of the world will be affected neither at the same moment, nor in the same way. However, according to our researchers, all of them will be concerned by a significant deterioration in their situation by the end of summer 2009.
Those three waves are:
1. Wave of massive unemployment: Three different dates of impact according to the countries in America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa
2. Wave of serial corporate bankruptcies: companies, banks, housing, states, counties, towns
3. Wave of terminal crisis for the US Dollar, US T-Bond and GBP, and the return of inflation
World Prepares to Dump the Dollar
July 21, 2009 | Robert Morley From theTrumpet.com
American economists think the world can’t afford to let go of the dollar’s reserve currency status. The world is about to teach them differently.
What do China, India, Brazil, Russia, France and Germany have in common? These countries most often can’t agree on anything. But they are united in one strange—and ominous—way. They blame the United States for wrecking the global economy. And they think the dollar is the wrecking ball.
One rock-solid, foundational belief underpins almost all economic theory in America: faith in the dollar’s unassailable status as the world’s reserve currency. Foreigners hold so many dollars that they can’t afford to stop buying them, the theory goes. Therefore the dollar’s status as the world’s reserve currency is sound. But the dollar is now coming under a concentrated attack. Are American economists about to get schooled?
Angela Merkel summed up the dollar-skeptic viewpoint last year. “Excessively cheap money in the U.S. was a driver of today’s crisis,” she told the German parliament. And America’s solution—even more cheap money—was just setting the world up for another crisis, she said. It was just a matter of time.
China attacks dollar’s dominance
Published: July 9 2009
China has launched its highest-profile criticism of the dominant role of the US dollar as a global reserve currency at a meeting of the world’s biggest economies.
Dai Bingguo, Chinese state councillor, raised the issue on Thursday when he joined the leaders of four other emerging economies for talks with the leaders of the Group of Eight industrialised nations – including US President Barack Obama – in the earthquake-damaged Italian town of L’Aquila.
Bilderberg Group orders destruction of US Dollar?
Thursday, 21 May 2009
(If you don’t know who they are you can find out about the super-secret Bilderberg Group here, and here, and here)
The shadowy Bilderberg Group, who this past week held their annual meeting in Greece, states that the West’s financial, political and corporate elite emerged from their conclave after coming to an agreement that in order to continue their drive towards a New World Order dominated by the Western Powers, the US Dollar has to be “totally” destroyed.
Even worse, a new US report on these secret Bilderberg meetings states: “Investigative journalist Daniel Estulin, whose information from inside Bilderberg has routinely proven accurate, states that the global elite’s plan to completely destroy the economy and ultimately lower global population by two-thirds has stoked fears even within Bilderberg itself that the fallout from such chaos could ultimately result in the globalists losing their control over the world.”
Russian President Medvedev has joined with China, Brazil, and other Nations, to and has put forth the Russian Ruble as one of a number of International Reserve Currencies to replace the soon to collapse American currency. [Medvedev also displayed a shiny gold coin at the G8 summit as a possible new Global currency to replace the dollar].
And back in April, economic reporter Ambrose Evans-Pritchard wrote for The Telegraph:
The G20 moves the world a step closer to a global currency
Following the April 2009 G20 Summit, leaders issued a communiqué which set the groundwork for the creation of a global currency to replace the US dollar as the world reserve currency. The communiqué stated that, “We have agreed to support a general SDR allocation which will inject $250bn (£170bn) into the world economy and increase global liquidity.” SDRs, or Special Drawing Rights, are “a synthetic paper currency issued by the International Monetary Fund.” As the Telegraph reported, “the G20 leaders have activated the IMF's power to create money and begin global "quantitative easing". In doing so, they are putting a de facto world currency into play. It is outside the control of any sovereign body.
So there it is. News that the next economic crunch could begin as early as next week, close to the one-year anniversary of last years debacle. And if you want to know what’s in store after that, scroll down and read my post: “Economic Chernobyl of 2008”.
Who Says An Economic Debacle Has to be Tragic?
When the dollar tanks people are going to be looking for ways to cope. If the government’s currency fails then it is possible to create a private currency to use in local areas. There are many advantages of a private currency over the government’s paper currency. The town of Wörgl Germany did this during the depression of the 1930’s, leading to a very prosperous city despite being surrounded by depression and gloom. Six neighboring villages copied the system successfully. The French Prime Minister made a visit to see the 'miracle of Wörgl'. In January 1933, the project was replicated in the neighboring city of Kirchbuhl, and in June 1933, Mayor Unterguggenburger addressed a meeting with representatives from 170 different towns and villages. Two hundred Austrian townships were interested in adopting the idea.
Unfortunately when the Austrian government learned about the success of the intelligent local leaders, did they copy it elsewhere? No. They made it illegal and condemned Worgl to the same economic malaise as the rest of the country. The Central Bank panicked, and decided to assert its monopoly rights by banning complimentary currencies. The case was brought to the Austrian Supreme Court, which upheld the Central Banks monopoly over issuing currency. It then became a criminal offence to issue “emergency currency”. Worgl quickly returned to 30% unemployment. Social unrest spread rapidly across Austria. In 1938 Hitler annexed Austria and many people welcomed Hitler as their economic and political savior.
This lesson in history proves that the governments actually want to create such problems. In this case so that Hitler would be welcomed and not scorned. Worgl wasn’t alone however, and there were more than 2,000 private currencies in circulation in the United States during the Great Depression, and there are today more than 2000 private currencies in use around the world. More recently entire cities of Argentina created their own local currencies when the government currency failed.
Economics is not such a confusing subject that well-intentioned people cannot run the economies properly. It CAN be done. But they don’t want to. If you want to understand why please download and read my book. Read Bob Chapman’s International Forecaster. Or Read Dr. J. W. Smith’s good books. Or read Joan Veon, or Ellen Brown, or Catherine Austin Fitts. All of these good people know what is going on. They know that the current economic problems are no mistake. They have been deliberately planned, and they say so.
The Ultimate Solution is the GIFT ECONOMY
Now, if the government steps in and quashes your local money, the ultimate solution is the gift economy, AND NOBODY CAN STOP IT. NOBODY.
Even in difficult economic times you can have what you need IF you are willing to give up your attachment to the concepts of “I” and “Mine” that we have been indoctrinated in from youth, and act according to the adage that God provides for everybody and everything in this world is meant to be used for the benefit of all. Not hoarded in one’s private account. It’s possible. There are many examples, here on this page and elsewhere online. Google “gift economy” and you will get more than 170,000 hits! Don’t just google it, see what other people are doing and with that inspiration, join in the fun! Who says an economic calamity has to be tragic?
12 August 2009
The Stick - The Catestrophic Results of the Economics of Atheism
The Catestrophic Results of the Economics of Atheism
Two chapters in my Spiritual Economics explain how our modern economy is based on death. Another chapter that was cut from the book, The Catestrophic Results of the Economics of Atheism, puts some facts and figures to the economics of death. Although it is not in the book you can still download it and read it. You will find it here.
Spiritual Economics IS on Lulu
The Carrot - The Gift Economy is HUGE!
The Gift Economy is HUGE!
Preparing for a lecture in Lithuania I googled the phrase "spiritual economics". I was shocked to see that more than 170,000 hits were returned!! Ten years ago when I googled the phrase there were no where near that many - several thousand at best. I haven't yet had time to investigate very many of those hits, but I will soon and let you know what I find. But we want to know: What happened? How has the idea of the gift economy become so huge?
Well, on the negative side in those ten years we had the Bush administration with all of its ill-effects, and 911. On the other hand we had a number of extremely well-researched, well-written and shocking books such as Michel Chossudovsky's "The Globalization of Poverty and the New World Order" and Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine". These books certainly have set people to wondering what the positive alternative could be. Catherine Ryan Hyde's book "Pay It Forward" came out in 2000, followed by a movie based on the book, and then entire movement of people who think it is a great idea to help others without being invited have followed. Check out the stories on that last link if you want to find some inspiration for positive living that changes lives. We also had the collosal economic crisis of 2008 - the Economic Chernobyl. Apparently all of this has set a lot of people thinking about how the economic problem could be solved.
My son, who was studying in Paris several years ago told me that a number of French philosophers were writing about the gift economy as the solution to all of the funny-money business. Ain't that true. NO money, and no money problem.
But besides the philosophers a lot of ordinary people can understand that the gift economy has many, many advantages with very little of the downside that the money economy has. This has shown up in many ways. One of those is the "Really Really Free Market" explained in the video below. The RRFM is going on in at least four cities in America, and we will be doing our best to establish on them in E. Europe.
One gift at a time can lead to an entire economy based on the concept of gifting. Although this may sound utopian to some, its a very practical way to live for others. And it is a much more wonderful way to live. After we get it going and the naysayers see how wonderful it is they will want to join us. Then more will join us, and more, and more. And one day teh entire world "will live as one" to quote one of my favorite singers. Check out this Really Really Free Market. Maybe you will want to start one in your town.
28 July 2009
The Stick - Economic Chernobyl 2008 - An Economic Nuclear Bomb
Economic Chernobyl - The Deadly Economic Bomb of 2008
A deadly economic bomb was set off in September 2008, and if that weren't enough there is more on the way. Suffice it to say that "you ain't seen nuthin' yet". The time will come when, as it is said in Revelations of the Bible, nobody will buy or sell unless they have the "Mark of the Beast".
When I was a college freshman my Fortran Programming instructor, a sincere Christian fellow, offered his interpretation of the chapter of Revelations after class. His analysis was that the "Beast" itself would be a fantastically powerful computer, and the "Mark of the Beast" will be some sort of code that everyone will need to have in order to participate in society. That class was back in 1966. At that time computers were very large mainframe devices that filled entire rooms, but were no more powerful than your notebook. There were no bar codes, no scanners, no RFID tags or other implantable chips. Given the state of affairs the instructor was remarkably prescient. What he predicted more than 40 years ago is coming to a neighborhood near you - and soon!
That may all sound a bit far-fetched if you haven't been doing your economic homework. Well, not to worry. I've done it for you. All you have to do is read it - here it is. And remember: you can handle the truth!
As you read this be mindful that there is a beneficial solution that will work for everyone without any "marks" or any "beasts". Its called Spiritual Economics, it heals instead of harms, is based on giving instead of getting, it leads to a world that works for everyone. And it can defeat all of their diabolical plans for global domination and exploitation!
The Economic Chernobyl of 2008 – and the New Economic World Order
Like all nuclear reactors, the nuclear plant at Chernobyl had safeguards that were engineered into the design so that in the event that cooling water was lost and temperatures became too great, the reactor would automatically shut itself down. Why did the reactor blow up? Because the safeguards were deliberately disabled by the plant engineers so that they could push it beyond its limits in an "electrical experiment". The predictable happened. The reactor “went critical”, meaning that the reaction process could not be controlled. It was quite possible that it could have exploded in a huge nuclear cloud. Instead, it melted itself into a seething amorphous incredibly radioactive mass of steel, carbon control rods and enriched uranium, sending plumes of radioactive steam high into the atmosphere above. This silent killer traveled north on the prevailing winds to destroy and maim thousands of unsuspecting people who happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Because the safety features of the plant were disabled this event cannot technically be called an accident. It was instead, an incident.
Instead of being referred to as the “sub-prime crisis” the economic crisis of 2008 should properly be called “The Economic Chernobyl Incident.” What happened in the financial markets from the spring through the fall of 2008 was no accident. The safety features to prevent such an economic meltdown had been in place for decades, but were deliberately dismantled beginning from the 1980s. When signs of strain began to appear in the system and were made known to the authorities they were deliberately ignored. The history shows that events have been deliberately orchestrated to bring about the current result. Why? The information available shows a pattern, a motive and a goal. Even this early into the process (written in December 2008), we can understand that the stage is being set to forge dramatic changes in the operating paradigm of the world. The shift will be global in scale - we are slated to take a collective quantum leap into the economics of slavery and despair. Here's the step-by-step actions leading up to the crisis, and highly placed people telling us that we are headed for a New World Economic Order.
[Just added: A few weeks ago during the G8 meetings in July 2009 in Italy, the Pope called for a "world political authority" (that's a direct call for a one-world government!) that would "manage the global economy, and revive economies hit by the crisis, to avoid any deterioration of the present crisis and the greater imbalances that would result." The Pope's onboard, along with Sarkozy, Brown, Putin and the rest of the NW(economic)O crowd!]
Download the entire story here.
25 July 2009
The Carrot - The Gift of Love
The Gift of Love
The gift economy is a wonderful solution to the many problems of the world. It is not a Utopia, nor something that only "pure devotees" can do. It is a culture, and everybody can learn to live that culture as the most natural thing in the world, just like we unconsciously have learned to live the culture of selfishness.
A friend recently sent me the link to the following video about "Dama", the gift economy in Mali - one of the poorest countries of the world. If these people, who have next to nothing, can gift to others, then what is preventing us, who have so much? Only our culture. And that can be changed.
It must be changed if we are to save the world. I will be posting much, much more about the gift economy and Spiritual Economics in the coming weeks.
Spiritual Economics promotes a gift economy based on the principles of the eternal religion. Everyone can take part, and everyone will benefit.
19 July 2009
The Carrot - Spiritual Economics - The Gift Economy Based on the Bhagavad-gita
In the Bhagavad-gita Lord Krishna speaks more than thirty verses about economics. How many you may have recognized as such is more a matter of consciousness about economics than anything else, but they are nonetheless applicable to our economic activity—if we are to take the Lord's statements to be explicit in their meaning. Generally if some idea is repeated three times we understand that we should take it as very important. How important then can this message of the Lord be when he says that same thing more than thirty times? The emphasis behooves us to understand it.
It is important to understand that Spiritual Economics refers to more than an economic system, it is a state of consciousness. That state of consciousness is the consciousness of an individual who is living the full tenants of the Bhagavad-gita, and the individual's practice of Spiritual Economics is the visible hallmark of such.
Material economics promotes a consciousness of “lack” and the need to get. Spiritual Economics promotes a consciousness of completeness (om purnam idam purnam idam) and the joy of giving. Spiritual Economics also delineates the basis of Varnashrama Dharma, and establishes the place of genuinely brahminical men in society.
Part I - The Principles of Spiritual Economics
Spiritual and material economics are to be distinguished by the same differences which characterize the qualities of matter and spirit. To wit: the spiritual element is personal, eternal, fully cognizant and blissful, complete in every respect without lack of any kind, and is eternally connected with the Supreme Fountainhead of all that be. The material element is impersonal, temporary, existing in a state of ignorance and is without happiness or bliss. It is perceived to be incomplete in itself, due to it's being separated from the Efficient or Supreme Cause.
All living beings are spiritual in nature and are complete with all spiritual qualities. However, when they are born into the material realm and identify with the material coverings of the material body and mind, that very identification causes them to assume the qualities of the material energy as described above. The material economic system presently used is so arranged as to aid those in material conscious¬ness in their development of the material conception of life.
Economics deals primarily with the production and distribution of goods and services which are required or desired by people in their daily course, and those who are under the spell of material consciousness participate in and act according to the machinations of material economics. In its extreme the grossly materialistic conscious¬ness is stated in the Bhagavad-gita: (16.11-15)
The Beginning of Material Economics
Those living entities who come to this world with the purpose of enjoying falsely take the material body as "I" and everything in connection with the body as "mine." In attempts to enjoy, history has shown that there is no limit, even to the point of conquering the heavens, as did the demon Hiranyakasipu, declaring himself to be God. Hiranyakasipu is a more notable example of this vain attempt to become the Lord, but beings everywhere in this world engage in similar attempts according to their own power and capacity. Thus there are enjoyers on every level within this world, who perceive themselves to be possessors and controllers—of countries, armies or multinational corporations, or simply their children, pets, or machines. Yet from the highest to the lowest, though the scale may be different, the endeavor is the same—identification with the body and it's possessions. This is the consciousness of “I and mine.”
The conception of ownership is the basis of the “mine” aspect of false ego, and ownership is a word that means different things to different people stemming mainly from differences in culture. As we have quoted Srila Prabhupada above: "there are many classes of men comprehending the same misconception of “I” and “mine,” in different colors.”
Our modern Western conceptions of ownership come to us from Roman thought which held that everything must to have an owner. The Romans didn't recognize the ownership of God. They thought that everything should have a human owner, and a very select human owner at that. Roman law eventually came to decree that it was possible for a “free” man to own and possess unlimited quantities of anything which he found the means to acquire, including animals, land and other people. These concepts gradually spread around Europe and as the spread of western civiliza¬tion gradually encompassed the globe, it has carried with it these same concep¬tions of ownership. As such, it would appear that the whole of the world commonly shares the same ideology of private ownership. While today that may be true, it was not that long ago that things were quite differ¬ent, and history affords us many examples of cultures which have held a very different concept of ownership.
Similarly the ancient Samoans would extend communal sharing to relatives even if not to more distant individuals. From a relative one could demand food, clothing and shelter, and assistance in a feud. Refusal of such a demand brands one as stingy and lacking in human kindness, the virtue most esteemed by the Samoans.
Because under the conception of private ownership what is yours is not mine, each person is automatically set against every other to compete for limited commodities and resources. While our government has made some arrangements to give most citizens an equal footing by providing for education, job training, etc., for the most part, every individual is left to his own devices to improve his lot in life. Obviously, more capable people, or those with more education, better connections, or greater resources are going to fare better than those less well endowed.
Significantly, and unfortunately, there is no prevailing ethic within our culture which obligates anyone to help his brother. Rather, the prevailing ethic is that the government should take care of the needy, and people are further encouraged to help those less fortu¬nate by some charitable means. Now, as we approach the end of the millenium, the Clinton administration has altered the welfare laws which eliminate so-called “entitlements” for the less fortunate or able. After a maximum of two years on the dole, the government stops providing, and if the individual or family is unable to care for themselves they can then depend only upon private charity, which may not have enough to go around. Thus our “advanced” culture provides less social security for its people than the so-called primitive cultures of yore.
The Characteristics of Material Economics
Another of the fundamental assumptions of material economics is the conception that each and every individual can possess and own unlimited amounts of material goods, including the natural resources of the earth, and as proprietor may use or dispose of these resources as they alone deem proper. No consideration is made as to the source of, or responsibility to replace those same resources or to bear the costs of restoration. Indeed, every attempt is made to “externalize” these costs to others who have no interest or gain from the consumption of the resources.
The Implications of Material Economics
How can we reconcile the nature of the economic system we are functioning under in the West with the values of Vedic culture which Srila Prabhupada has taught? It appears that the Vedic system was somewhat more like that of the Samoans than the United States in 1992, or even 1952. We learn that the householder would go to his door and call out to anyone who was hungry to come and eat before the householder would have his meal. This is Vedic culture. Are the Western Vaishnava's doing this? Few. How can we institute Vedic culture if we don't (or can't) practice it as we understand it? In my opinion we can not practice it easily in the economic context of Western culture, because the two cultures contain concepts of ownership which are diametrically opposed!
But perhaps we can practice it in a different economic context. That would mean redefining some of our basic concepts and social values. It requires that we abandon the economic system which isolates us from each other, and begin to understand and expand the economic system which Srila Prabhupada introduced to us. It requires that we redefine our relationship with the material things of this world. It requires that we seriously practice Krishna consciousness and come to the point of being able to live the Bhagavad-gita. That is what we call Spiritual Economics—an economic system for a spiritually advanced culture. Are we ready for it? Let's take a look at what that might be.
The Economics of Bhagavad-gita
Given that the nature of this material world places all of us, at least to some extent, in the context of “I and mine,” we need to understand how to correct this consciousness. In the purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 2.9.3, Srila Prabhupada points the way to resolving the false conception of “I and mine:”
Srila Prabhupada created his International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) for the purpose of training those interested in the way of devotional service. The centers of ISKCON are places for people to get help in making such a change of consciousness, and Srila Prabhupada arranged everything in his temples perfectly to this end. We learn from the spiritual master that Lord Krishna is the Supreme Proprietor, the Supreme Enjoyer and our most dear friend and that our real interest and happiness is to be found by engaging in His devotional service.
The spiritual master comes to this world to reclaim the fallen conditioned souls. Thus this training by the spiritual master is meant to qualify us for entry into the Vaikuntha kingdom, which is a realm available only to perfected beings. These qualifications, demonstrated by the character of the denizens of Vaikuntha, are described in the Bhagavatam:
“In the Vaikuntha planets all the residents are similar in form to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. They all engage in devo¬tional service to the Lord without desires for sense gratification.” SB 3.15.14.
We learn from Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita how to engage in activities in such a way that they will bring us liberation instead of bondage. There, He tells us how to work (production), what kind of consciousness the work should be performed in, and what to do with the results of our work (distribution). This is in essence economics, Spiritual Economics.
"You have a right to perform your prescribed duty, but you are not entitled to the fruits of action. Never consider yourself to be the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty. Be steadfast in yoga, O Arjuna. Perform your duty and abandon all attachment to success or failure. Such evenness of mind is called yoga. Dhananjaya, rid yourself of all fruitive activities by devotional service, and surrender fully to that consciousness. Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers. A man engaged in devotional service rids himself of both good and bad actions even in this life. Therefore, strive for yoga O Arjuna, which is the art of all work. The wise engaged in devotional service, take refuge in the Lord, and free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world. In this way they can attain that state beyond all miseries." 2:47-51
"Perform your prescribed duty, for action is better than inaction. A man cannot even maintain his physical body without work. Work done as a sacrifice for Vishnu has to be performed, otherwise work binds one to this material world. Therefore, O son of Kunti, perform your prescribed duties for His satisfaction, and in that way you will always remain unattached and free from bondage." 3:8-9
"One who is beyond duality and doubt, whose mind is engaged within, who is always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, and who is free from all sins, achieves liberation in the Supreme." 5:25
There are many, many more similar references which may be included, but these serve our present purpose of developing an understanding of Spiritual Economics. In summary, Lord Krishna is instructing us to perform our work, whatever it may be, according to our own nature, and without being attached to the fruits, or results to offer them to the Supreme. Such work is without reaction due to the consciousness behind it which transforms it into devotional service, pure devotional activity which has no reaction. Srila Prabhupada cautions us in the preface of his Bhagavad-gita to accept it as it is; by it's literal meaning.
A Description of Spiritual Economics
[never be attached to not doing your duty, (2.47); Perform your pre¬scribed duty, (3.8); always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, (5.25)]. These are instruc¬tions for production.
[you are not entitled to the fruits of action, (2.47); Those who want to enjoy the fruits of their work are misers, (2:49); The wise engaged in devotional service,... free themselves from the cycle of birth and death by renouncing the fruits of action in the material world, (2.51); Abandoning all attachment to the results of his activities, (4:20); gives up all sense of proprietorship over his possessions, (4.21)].
If we take this literally, it means that we give up all claim to the fruits of action as our possessions - even for the purpose of selling or trading them. Where do they go then?
[One who is beyond duality and doubt...is always busy working for the welfare of all sentient beings, (5.25)] These are instructions for distribution. Just as in Iskcon's temples we offer our services without consideration as to who receives the benefit, so it is within Spiritual Economics but in a different setting. This is a gift economy.
[Such a man of understanding acts with mind and intelligence perfectly controlled,... acts only for the bare necessities of life. (4.21)]. These instructions regulate the consumption of a society in which life’s necessities are easily had.
The Characteristics of Spiritual Economics
Just as material economics are based upon the material conceptions of life, Spiritual Economics is based upon spiritual conceptions of life. One of the wonderful qualities of spiritual activities is that there can be no material impediment to them, therefore, they are always available. As such in Spiritual Economics the conception of abundance replaces the concept of scarcity so there will never be problems of lack and scarcity which are so prevalent in the world today.
In Spiritual Economics the main feature is that everything is achieved by giving and not by getting. First of all there can be no "getting," as we understand that Krishna is the supreme proprietor. Without His consent what is our power of getting? However, every living being has something to give, which is their energy in devotional service. Giving finds its perfection in devotional service , which is reciprocated in loving relationships.
Under Spiritual Economics this reciprocation goes on between the participants as well, each engaged in the service of their choice, but giving the results to others freely and accepting in return those things which they require for living.
Just as material economics has a currency, so does Spiritual Economics. But the currency in Spiritual Economics is of a spiritual character. The currency is devotional service. It is not something separate from the economic unit, therefore there is no anxiety in acquiring it. Nor is it at all limited in supply. Quite the contrary it is unlimited. In fact, the more one uses spiritual currency, the more one will have, as demonstrated by Lord Chaitanya and His associates:
Further, since Krishna is the Supreme Proprietor of everything, in Spiritual Economics the participants do not claim proprietorship over anything. Therefore, intense competition to become the biggest enjoyer, artificially increasing lust and envy is eliminated, and all persons who participate in such an economic system can live in cooperation, free from envy, strife, class struggle and political upheaval.
Considering that the main feature of all families who live under one roof is that there is no buying and selling between them, but sharing according to the need of each, then in showing the way of devotional service which includes Spiritual Economics, Srila Prabhupada has made us all one family that can dwell peacefully in one house—a house in which the whole world can live.
In the next section we shall discuss some of the practical aspects of implementing and practicing Spiritual Economics. In conclusion of this section we present a summary of the main features and results of material and Spiritual Economics in the table below. As you look at the two columns consider on which side you want to live your life. You can help to create a functioning Spiritual Economy by giving up envy and greed, and engaging your labor in the service of others in the spirit of devotional service.
A Comparison of Material and Spiritual Economics
Material Economics
- Self, currency, and objects of desire are always separate, creating consciousness of scarcity
- Focus is on self
- People are forced to “get”
- Competition, greed, avarice, graft, crime, and corruption become desirable means for success
- Irresponsibility towards oneself, others and the earth results
- Maximum consumption is encouraged
- False sense of proprietorship develops; exploitation of the earth's resources
- Encourages exploitation and slavery of others; the strong and wealthy exploit the weak and unable
- Loss of self-respect due to irresponsible and sinful acts involved in getting or keeping money
- Creates unlimited toil and struggle in an effort to accumulate wealth
- Gives the notion that money can solve all problems; also that problems exist outside of the self
- Isolates and alienates people from each other
- Everyone can manipulate the economic system to their advantage at the expense of others; Low class men inappropriately become the false leaders of society
- Impersonal currency
Spiritual Economics
- Self, currency and objects of desire are never separated, creates feeling of wholeness
- Focus is on others
- People are free to give
- Requires and promotes cooperation with others; eliminates motive for greed, crime, avarice, etc.
- Encourages responsibility to self and others
- Minimum consumption is encouraged
- Provides no impetus for exploitation of people; Creates a strong social security system for all
- Fosters understanding of custodian/caretaker of nature; no impetus for exploitation
- Promotes self-respect through giving of self
- Work and struggle minimized to what is appropriate
- Helps to understand that problems are opportunities for spiritual growth and development
- Establishes community—creates a house in which the whole world can live
- Wealth is distributed by the desire to serve others
- Personal currency
12 July 2009
Criticism of the Dollar as Reserve Currency - A leadup to dumping the dollar
As noted in the post below, the dollar may be slated for a fall. Criticism of the dollar as the world's reserve currency is grist for the propaganda mill to prepare the public for the dollar's fall. If you know the game plan the moves to get us there are all quite transparent and even expected. This news (below) and other news, such as Medvedev's trotting out an example of a global currency, are all preparing the people of the world to accept the coming changes in the global economic system. The rulers of the world have decided that they want to change the way the world works. Therefore they are telling us that "we" need a "New World Order" and a "New Economic World Order". This is all doublespeak that means that the future is not going to be like the past. Hold onto your hat and get ready for Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
On the other hand, if you don't like economic roller coasters, learn about and begin to apply Spiritual Economics in your life.
The following is an introduction to the entire article from Financial Times found here.
China Attacks Dollar’s Dominance
China has launched its highest-profile criticism of the dominant role of the US dollar as a global reserve currency at a meeting of the world’s biggest economies.
The remarks, in front of Mr Obama, caused concern among western leaders, some of whom fear that even discussion of long-term currency issues could unsettle markets and undercut economic recovery.
The Stick - New World Currency is a Prelude to a New World Government
New World Currency is a Prelude to a New World Government
Not ready for a new world government? Well, get ready because its coming to a neighborhood near you. The move is quite simple: follow the European model. Economics leads, politics follows. The European Common Market began solely to facilitate trade between two countries. Those who warned that this would lead to a political union were criticized as luddites. But now, just a generation later, there is a European flag, a "national" anthem, and of course, efforts are under way to create a European constitution if the Irish will vote "as they should" to ratify the treaty. (of course the Irish didn't want it before, and neither did any other people where the constitution was put to a popular vote. We'll see if enough sweeteners were added to the deal to get the Irish to capitulate when the vote comes up again soon).
For a world government we will of course need a world currency (such as President Medvedev is proposing at the G8 summit meeting going on now). We will also need a world tax. Joan Veon has been writing for more than ten years to inform us how the global economic system is stealthily being put into place. And after all this happens a global government is not far behind. All the better to serve you of course.
Here is how the new global money is being presented by Medvedev. For the full article please click here
In a highly symbolic moment at the G8 summit in Italy today, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev unveiled to reporters a coin representing a “united future world currency”.
However, those who have downplayed the formulation of a world currency by dismissing it as merely a progression of SDR’s (Special Drawing Rights) and not something that would physically be used by citizens in a system of world government, were contradicted when Medvedev clearly outlined that the new currency would be “used for payment” by citizens as a “united future world currency”.
“This is a symbol of our unity and our desire to settle such issues jointly,” Medvedev said.
“Here it is,” Medvedev told reporters today in L’Aquila, Italy, after a summit of the Group of Eight nations. “You can see it and touch it,” reports Bloomberg.
The question of a supranational currency “concerns everyone now, even the mints,” Medvedev said. The test coin “means they’re getting ready. I think it’s a good sign that we understand how interdependent we are.”
Medvedev explained that the coin had been minted in Belgium and bears the words “unity in diversity”. An RIA Novosti report noted that the coin represented an example of a “possible global currency”.
The economic problem is not that difficult to solve. In fact it is very easy to solve locally everywhere in the world. A global currency will not solve any problems. It will only make things worse because people will lose more control over their lives. In the context of modern society Jane Jacobs taught this simple lesson more than 20 years ago in her book "Cities and the Wealth of Nations". Nothing has changed since. In the context of the absolute truth this lesson has been taught in the Vedic literatures for thousands of years. Nothing has changed since. The truth is always the truth.
The Carrot - Spiritual Economics - The Karma-Free Gift Economy!
Spiritual Economics - The Karma-Free Gift Economy!
Spiritual Economics teaches a gift economy based on the teachings of the Bhagavad-gita. Work done for the satisfaction of God is a purely spiritual activity that is free from all karmic reaction. The results of such work are offered to the Lord for His pleasure and then distributed as a gift to others with no consideration of compensation. The work itself is its own reward, and because it is completely spiritual it gives the performer genuine happiness and satisfaction that cannot be gained in any type of material activity or sense gratification.
The Vedic literature teaches us that God has created this world in such a way that we can take care of the economic problem with very little effort. If we use the world according to His design it will function with full harmony and abundance for everyone. The simple fact is the more we deviate from the Lord's arrangement the more problems we introduce. This is why the modern world is such a mess. The easy solution to all the problems of life is to abide by the order of the Lord. In doing so we will not only be prosperous, but we will be happy as well. Learn more about Spiritual Economics and the gift economy from my website and books. Om Shanti
Not so widely broadcast economic news
Not so widely broadcast economic news
"Some U.S. embassies worldwide are being advised to purchase massive amounts of local currencies; enough to last them a year. Some embassies are being sent enormous amounts of U.S. cash to purchase currencies from those governments, quietly. But not pound sterling. Inside the State Dept., there is a sense of sadness and foreboding that 'something' is about to happen ... within 180 days, but could be 120-150 days."
"Another FDR-style 'bank holiday' of indefinite length, perhaps soon, to let the insiders sort out the bank mess, which (despite their rosy propaganda campaign) is getting more out of their control every day. Insiders want to impose new bank rules. Widespread nationalization could result, already underway. It could also lead to a formal U.S. dollar devaluation, as FDR did by revaluing gold (and then confiscating it)."
This news is from the Harry Schultz [economic advisory] Letter. I've heard from other sources of a coming "bank holiday". The banks close and you can't get "your" money. Some say it can come as early as September. Time for Spiritual Economics that is immune to any and all economic disasters!
24 June 2009
Spiritual Economics is available on Lulu.com (I think!)
Why do we have vulture capitalism, and predator economics? Why do economists tell us that to make things better we must enact policies that actually make things worse? Recent experience tells us that the economic “science” is deeply flawed, the major flaw is it’s misunderstanding of the most crucial factor in economic affairs—human beings. Economics is not just about money. More important is the behavior of people. This book offers a monumental shift in economic theory, a paradigm shift actually, as it explains economic behavior as a function of consciousness using the spiritual principles of the Bhagavad-gita. With these easily understood, universally applicable principles, heretofore not found within the scope of Western thinking, I explain the factors underlying the economic behavior of man. Understanding the problem puts us in a position to solve it. Solving the economic problem once and for all, for everybody’s benefit, is within our reach by applying the principles explained in this book.
Next I tried to download the free ebook but had difficulty and was not able to download it. One friend who lives in America successfully downloaded it. Maybe the problem is that I am in E. Europe and the servers over here are not clear on the concept. Perhaps one of the readers of this blog to try to download Spiritual Economics from lulu.com and let me know if you are successful or not.
12 June 2009
Review of Spiritual Economics

An Economic Eyeopener, A Spiritual Masterpiece
A review of HG Dhanesvara Das’s “Lessons in Spiritual Economics from the Bhagavad-gita – Part 1 – Understanding and Solving the Economic Problem” by Chaitanya Charan Das.
Srila Prabhupada once told Satsvarupa Maharaja to write a book showing how all the problems of the world can be solved only by Krishna consciousness. Satsvarupa Maharaj eventually wrote an illuminating small book, The Daily News: All Things Fail Without Krishna, in which he analyzed various news stories to show how the problems therein arise from a lack of Krishna consciousness. In the foreword of that book, Maharaj stated how this instruction of Srila Prabhupada is a huge mandate, which will require enormous research and effort to fulfill.
Dhanesvara’s Spiritual Economics book fulfills Srila Prabhupada's instruction in the somewhat unlikely (from the perspective of what is ordinarily thought of as spiritual) field of economics through its comprehensive research, penetrating analysis, scriptural and unambiguously devotional call to action.
Spiritual Economics marks a historic leap forward in the scholarly preaching of Krishna consciousness. In what is probably the first time in modern world history, the concept of the three modes is applied to analyze various economic systems throughout human history as being either in goodness, passion or ignorance. This analysis, presented in chapters three, four and five, of the book, constitutes the heart of the book - and gives us an endearing glimpse into the dedicated heart of Dhanesvara.
Spiritual Economics is simultaneously enlivening and disturbing. It is immensely enlivening to see the principles of Krishna consciousness, which we are all dedicated to practicing and preaching, presented so expertly, comprehensively and cogently in a field that has not been done, or even attempted (to my knowledge), by any devotee till date. For the intellectual rigor and spiritual vigor that Dhanesvara Prabhu brings to work in this book, he deserves a place among the likes of Sadaputa Prabhu, Drutakarma Prabhu, Satyaraja Prabhu, Garuda Prabhu and Devamrita Swami, who have all brought laurels for Srila Prabhupada by their scholarly writings.
At the same time, Spiritual Economics is profoundly disturbing; it documents in scary and gory detail the extent to which the exploitative and destructive mentality, characteristic of the mode of ignorance, has gripped the whole world - especially including the economic big shots. This contemporary research powerfully demonstrates Srila Prabhupada's statement that the world is being ruled by the demonic and drives home the crying necessity to vigorously preach Krishna consciousness. Spiritual Economics concludes that the solution to the prevailing global economic (and social) mess is to raise our consciousness individually and collectively through chanting the mahamantra and building a God-centered economy.
To fully solve the economic problem we must understand Krishna’s instructions for a spiritual culture. This focuses on the unfinished second-half of Srila Prabhupada's mission -- establishing working models of varnashrama dharma, with economics in the mode of goodness. This will be elaborately explained in Part II of the work.
Being myself an author of several books, I am impressed, even astounded, by the exhaustiveness of the research that has gone into making this book. Dhanesvara has toiled for more than two decades, pouring over hundreds of books, to gift all of us - and the whole world at large – this ripe fruit of his devotional intellect. In the true spirit of the gifting economy that he advocates, he has made his book freely available to all in electronic form from here. The book should soon be available in print from www.lulu.com.
Dhanesvara deserves great credit for painstaking scrupulousness in study and unflinching faithfulness in preaching. By applying the principles of Krishna consciousness that Srila Prabhupada brought to the world and that Dhanesvara powerfully presents in this book, we can all do our respective parts, small or great, in assisting Srila Prabhupada's mission to save the world from its present suicidal course.
Spiritual Economics Book Available Online
The first volume of my book on Spiritual Economics -- "Lessons in Spiritual Economics from the Bhagavad-gita - Part I - Understanding and Solving the Economic Problem" is finished and available as a pdf ebook from here.
The book is written for those who are fed up with predator capitalism (or predator communism, or predator anything for that matter), who are tired of being robbed by their very own governments, have had it with the IMF, the World Bank, and all their hucksterism, and who are sick and tired of the way the modern world works and want to find a permanent solution. It explains what makes economic man tick, and with that insight explains THE solution to all economic problems. Beware: this is not an answer that most people want to hear! They think that they can have the kingdom of God without God, but sorry folks, that’s not gonna happen.
Spiritual Economics explains the varieties of man’s economic behavior according the gunas, or modes of material nature. Why does modern man engage in predator economics and vulture capitalism? Because his consciousness has become crippled by the mode of ignorance. Why does modern society encourage lust, envy and greed as though these were desirable qualities? Because of the influence of the mode of ignorance. Why does 1% of the population own 40% of the wealth in the world while 50% of the people own 2% of the wealth? Same reason.
The consciousness of modern man has become crippled by killing, intoxication, illicit sex and cheating (gambling), and the effects of these activities spill over into his economic affairs. Here’s a heads-up: LIFE IS INTEGRATED. WHAT WE DO IN ONE SPHERE OF ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT ALL OTHER SPHERES.
That being the case there is NO solution to our modern economic problems unless we clean up our consciousness. In the last chapter of the book I explain scientifically how this can be done.
Actually the book was finished almost a year ago -- last August -- then the economic crisis hit and I thought that I would add something about that. That was a bad decision. As you may recall, the crisis dragged on for months. During that time there was lots to read and muse on.
Finally in January I had written another entire chapter, more than 35 pages, but there was a problem. I couldn't use it. The conclusions were sinister and would bring a mood to the book that I didn't want. But in the process I had the opportunity to massage the the last chapter further and am much happier about it.
In the book I list this livejournal account as my blog, but there are some things that I don't like about Livejournal so I have got this blog going also. There are almost innumerable things to comment on in relationship to the ideas under the heading of Spiritual Economics, and many of these could be book length, so maybe they are not too appropriate for a blog. In that case I will get them loaded onto my website, which is www.spiritual-econ.info (soon to be spiritual-econ.com too). BTW, that is where you can look for that chapter that didn't make it. The title is "Economic Chernobyl - The Economic Crisis of 2008".


