We live in a time where money rules the world, where low prices are set as an ideal, where humanity is enslaved to working for a living rather then unfolding his unique potential. Money, today, has taken on a life of its own. It has started doing business for itself rather then representing the exchange that takes place between one person and another.

The ideal of low prices has crept into the cultural-fabric to such a degree that we do not give a second thought to the devastating consequences it has for the world, namely, the decrease of available income worldwide. On top of this, there is the perception that each person must work for a living, must earn a wage, that he is paid for his time, his labor, rather than the result of his labor.

How did humanity arrive at this situation? Must humanity accept these circumstances or are they in fact maya, illusions we have given effect to because of an inadequate understanding of Money and therefore perceive as real? Are we, in fact, living in a world where each human being has the potential to understand Money and use it as a tool to create a world where everyone receives enough income to support himself and his dependents, where he is no longer a slave to earning a wage? What is Money, anyway? Read more »

Male-Centric History¹

When looking at the beginnings of sedentary civilisation, we find that economic activity became increasingly centered on the household, (the oikos in Greek), and its variety of chores. This was where cooking, washing, caring for all household members, bringing up and educating children took place. In medieval Central Europe, the whole house was the basic unit in which all economic activity was pursued – this meant there were no clear divisions between the household and business.

Only during the period of proto-industrialization, when cottage industries, (such as weaving), and manufacturing enterprises emerged, and again later, when industrial factories were founded, economic activity moved away from the house. This marks the emergence of the modern private household.

At the same time this was the beginning of a patriarchal history of economic thought.  Read more »

There is a community of individuals who have agreed to re-imagine the world. Some have taken up their tools as craftsmen, sculpting and forming the substance of the earth. Some are grappling with the thought forms that hold us to the present image of the world, and are attempting to free these thoughts from their entrapment. Some are searching on hidden pathways for the heartland’s language. They are all artists and all have different tasks. They recognise each other as essential for the activity of re-constituting existence. All argument has ceased, and the roles played are recognised. This is a new sister-brother-hood. It seeks to bring the imagination of the future beyond the narrowness of the present picture by breathing heart heat into the ice of today to create the water of tomorrow…

Not a conference. Not a report. But a fireplace where we can come and meet and talk. Meeting around the fire. Meeting around our fireplace. What are the frames/context so that I can grow?    Read more »