- Don Traub
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Let's Create a Global Declaration of Loving Intention
If we truly want to make the world a better place, we need to make radical changes now. Tinkering with our broken system isn't going to work because there's a race on between those implementing a one world government, ruled by them through their financial system, weapons and various methods of mind control, and the rest of us participating in a massive, global awakening. The good news is, all we have to do IS put our attention on the solutions and the awakening will spontaneously ignite to encompass the entire globe in short order.
The first step we need to take towards accelerating this global awakening is to understand that what is holding us back is not THEM, it is our own collective beliefs in the old systems and institutions that shaped our beliefs and values. We are our own jailers. If we want to unleash the boundless creativity and love that exists in us all, we need to clear away the old thinking that directly or indirectly supports the institutions and systems that block our unrestrained thinking.
Geographic boundaries are a perfect example of one of those old ideas. According to our current global system of geographic, territorial boundaries, your lot in life is predetermined by how lucky (or unlucky) you are to be conceived in a particular mother's womb. According to theory, anyone can scratch and claw their way to a good (or great) life (plenty of food, water, shelter, education, clothing, meaningful relationships, leisure time, etc), regardless of where they happen to be born, but try and tell that to a resident of North Korea or Zimbabwe or Liberia.
How about the idea that the natural resources of the planet are private property as if god decided to make certain families the heirs to the world's resources? No way!
How about the idea that it's OK to force people to pay to kill and maim other human beings as is the idea of wars funded by income taxes? No way!
So how can we possibly address this and all the other obvious injustices? Change yourself.
russell lester
As far as declarations of intention and ideals: I like Love thy neighbor, Judge not lest ye be judged yourself, First do no harm, Violence is the refuge of the incompetent, my way is just my way not the right way, never to old to learn and never to young to teach , all living things on Earth and its life supporting resources are linked to each other, do not create now without considering the future,
russell lester
Don Traub
Russell, I have few real answers. I can only point out the obvious flaws and underlying false beliefs that maintain things in such a horrible state. I know that the most powerful thing anyone can do is clean up their own thinking and their own actions. Everyone has a different part in making the world a better place, but it all starts with looking at yourself and holding yourself to a higher standard every day. This declaration, constitution (or whatever you want to call it) is a jumping off point and nothing more. It will serve as a reminder to those who pledge to it, that any course of action must be judged by whether it violates these simple commitments. By doing so, we can avoid carrying the seeds of failure within whatever action we take.
russell lester
As far as declarations of intention and ideals: I like Love thy neighbor, Judge not lest ye be judged yourself, First do no harm, Violence is the refuge of the incompetent, my way is just my way not the right way, never to old to learn and never to young to teach , all living things on Earth and its life supporting resources are linked to each other, do not create now without considering the future
Armistral .
based on the idea of a universal constitution.
Please consider adding your idea(s) to the WeSolver.org site and promoting them further.
Regards,
Armistral
russell lester
Don Traub
Don Traub
russell lester
"I also find fulfillment by interfering with other people's 'way to live' experiments when their 'way to live' includes hurting or controlling other people. That doesn't mean that the people who are hurting or controlling other people don't have the 'right,' it's just that in my 'way to live' experiment, I don't like that behavior, so I will do my best to stop it. Not because I have any more 'right', but because life is a contest of ideas and I'm rooting for the people who run their 'way to live' experiment the way I do, because that maximizes my chances of me getting what I want. More love. More peace. More fulfillment."
within the limits of if you do what others dont like they can stop you?
Seems like a dangerous mix. If there are enough people whose life experiment and fulfillment comes from eating you alive do you concede this is their right? The basis of rights then is strength in numbers or physical power?
I won't argue with that I feel that human rights really only include the right to die, its the only thing birth guarantee you.
However what we have come to call human rights are the basic rules of the social contract that we demand from it when we agree to live under the code of behavior that the contract encompasses.These are the rights I would expect to be enumerated in a constitution, your statement of rights sounds like anarchist maxim and what has that to do with a constitution?
Don Traub
"…what has that to do with a constitution?"
Nothing. The only reason I listed those thoughts about fundamental human rights was because you said you would like to hear my list?
" I have a question posted asking people to list what they see as fundemental human rights I would like to hear your list."
Don Traub
HUMAN RIGHT: A right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person.
I believe everyone has the right to conduct their lives however they see fit. The success of their 'way to live' experiment will either yield fulfillment or failure from THEIR perspective. So, in short, I believe everyone has every right, to do whatever they want. It's their life. Their reality. They'll live, love and prosper, or they'll struggle, suffer and die as a result of their choices.
I believe that life is a unique opportunity to perceive the universe and consciously participate in shaping and defining it, and that how we people define it is constantly updated. That everything from people to planets come in to and out of existence regardless of goodness or rightness.
The way I choose to conduct my 'way to live' experiment, that provides me with the deepest fulfillment is by doing my best not to interfere with other people's 'way to live' experiments. I also find fulfillment by interfering with other people's 'way to live' experiments when their 'way to live' includes hurting or controlling other people. That doesn't mean that the people who are hurting or controlling other people don't have the 'right,' it's just that in my 'way to live' experiment, I don't like that behavior, so I will do my best to stop it. Not because I have any more 'right', but because life is a contest of ideas and I'm rooting for the people who run their 'way to live' experiment the way I do, because that maximizes my chances of me getting what I want. More love. More peace. More fulfillment.
russell lester
hazards and habitat destruction from water pollution are all issues of great
importance. In fact potable water is a diminishing resource which has already
given rise to armed conflict.
The rise of a Global Governing body is also seen by many as a
desirable step in pursuit of Global change. How to generate or create such a
governing body without meeting fierce resistance from the existing systems is
a dilemma. We and our world cannot afford to waste time and resources in
struggles for dominance.
The creation of watershed based districts which would then elect and send
to conventions delegates where resolutions would be voted up or down rules
and penalties set enforcement arms established, representation to the higher
level of global government nominated for general election in their districts..
The fact that many of the large drainage's on the planet drain territory that
crosses state and international boundaries, would make the actions of these
watershed districts naturally weaken the perceived dependence on the nation
states.
Additionally, people who have nothing but hostility to the idea of a transnational
government or a government over powering their own,would have little or no
complaint a bout a meeting of neighbors to resolve communal issues like water
use pollution flood control ect.. Even if those neighbors were from other
counties, states ,or countries. This would also llink very well with the proposal
to begin widespread flood mitigation projects which I proposed elsewhere.
Don Traub
We the People of Earth, in order to promote an everlasting global peace and maximize the opportunity for individual fulfillment and expression, personally commit to the following IDEALS of thought and behavior.
1. Do no harm personally, or support IN ANY WAY, anyone else or any group – government or otherwise – doing harm, except in self-defense, or the protection of the defenseless.
2. Never through force, deprive anyone of their freedom, or support IN ANY WAY, anyone else or any group – government or otherwise, to deprive anyone of their freedom, except in self-defense, or the protection of the defenseless.
3. Commit our lives towards improving the human condition, first by making ourselves standard bearers of love-driven thinking and action, and second by seeking to apply our time, energy and talents towards solving the major challenges facing our world.
Once this VERY BASIC constitution is completed, put it up to allow as many people who feel the same way to digitally sign on to it.
Once we see the size of the group has achieved a certain critical mass, we can begin to work together to address #3.
I think it's important to establish the basics of what we idealistically agree on before we address any attempt to solve the world's problems. If we don't, we run the risk of unintentionally defying these core principles. For example, even a democratic process still contains within it a component that violates the 1st and 2nd commitment, since it ultimately might force the will of one group on someone else. I understand that this complicates things, but I think that we need to ATTEMPT to address things from this foundation anyway.
russell lester
Don Traub
HUMAN RIGHT: A right that is believed to belong justifiably to every person.
I believe everyone has the right to conduct their lives however they see fit. The success of their 'way to live' experiment will either yield fulfillment or failure from THEIR perspective. So, in short, I believe everyone has every right, to do whatever they want. It's their life. Their reality. They'll live, love and prosper, or they'll die as a result of their choices.
I believe that life is a unique opportunity to perceive the universe and consciously participate in shaping and defining it, and that how we people define it is constantly updated. That everything from people to planets come in to and out of existence regardless of goodness or rightness.
The way I choose to conduct my 'way to live' experiment, that provides me with the deepest fulfillment is by doing my best not to interfere with other people's 'way to live' experiments. I also find fulfillment by interfering with other people's 'way to live' experiments when their 'way to live' includes hurting or controlling other people. That doesn't mean that the people who are hurting or controlling other people don't have the 'right,' it's just that in my 'way to live' experiment, I don't like that behavior, so I will do my best to stop it. Not because I have any more 'right', but because life is a contest of ideas and I'm rooting for the people who run their 'way to live' experiment the way I do, because that maximizes my chances of me getting what I want. More love. More peace. More fulfillment.
David Chester
My other comments on this channel about where the US government made its biggest error may help you (the reader) to appreciate what the taxing of land values instead of incomes, purchases and profits, will bring.
Don Traub
Benjamin Sanchez
1) I think that written declarations will be de-emphasized as the market will favor functionality and the mission statements of sites/companies that put forward that functionality. What I see coming is a world with nations of ideas rather than walls.
2) There's SO much reading to sift through on this thread! D =
It's easier to absorb information via text in short bursts.
3) The global enlightenment has already begun. We are at the beginning of a Galactic Renascence. Between now and the time when we start colonizing space, there is only progress or doom.
Thank you Don. I hope you'll follow @Planet_Victory as we build up a developers community to build a single open source site to expedite the resolution of all Earthly ills.
Don Traub
David Chester
russell lester
One thing I would like to see changed in anynew constitution from any existing constitution is that the enumeration of righhts and responsabilities of citizens must be laid out in the body of the document not in amendments
Yvette Maranowski
I think that the traditional role of a mom is simply the greatest ever force there is against capitalism and exploitation-rot, etc., and to undervalue this job is a grave mistake. It kills me that Gloria Steinem and Betty Friedan once called housewives "parasites" and "children." Moms are not housewives, but they do take care of the house. I also don't think anyone should think lowly of housework............if we do that then the next thing you know, we are hiring poor immigrant women to do our housework in the name of women's liberation, and that's just wrong. We all need to rely on ourselves as the smallest unit of society, the family unit.
Also, it's a fact that the women's movement of the 60's was significantly funded by the CIA, so much so that Ms. magazine didn't even need advertisers. Why? Because women getting paid for working means doubling the tax base. Also, it supplanted women's influence, compelling us to eat fast food and use schools for childcare, breakfast, lunch, snacks, eye and hearing tests, clothing, fluoride supplements, etc This created broad government dependency where there once was none at all....
At least one sociology department is trying to quantify the economic benefit of mothers. I believe the M.O.T.H.E.R website puts the average mothers salary at $110K/year---which is computed using the very low wages of domestic work. I have no idea what the real economic value of a mother actually is though.
The world has yet to see a good documentary on mothers, and the relationship between moms and our mother the planet. I am chewing away at this as an idea, but so slowly that I think someone could steal my idea at any time! I think a documentary is the way to go, one picture tells 1000 words.
The greatest predictor of human behavior is values, which are learned in the home.
Out of space to write!
Don Traub
Colleen Steen 500+
Your idea looks similar to what Karen Armstrong, TED speaker has presented. Did you watch her talks (Revive the golden Rule & Charter for Compassion) and read the conversations that were generated? Have you looked at the "Charter for Compassion"?
By your profile, it looks like you joined TED conversations 4 days ago....welcome:>)
Don Traub
Yvette Maranowski
In the meantime, "clarity" is on my mind, being that there are so many diverse types of constitutions which can be written. Definitely rich material to draw from...
We are all only on average six degrees away from whoever we need to connect with, and the internet is only bringing us all closer.
I am just giving my thoughts and I hope they're useful.
Yvette Maranowski
A good place to start would be in studying existing constitutions.
I believe that an ultimate constitution should be a composite of the many, but also a revision, which emphasizes parts that need more emphasis-development than they did when the original constitutions were written.
It seems like the internet could help, using the concept of tag clouds or something like that. It would help decipher the common themes of constitutions around the world.
A good constitution will model human thought-logic in some way, and so people in that field (what would one call the field of human thought?) could help.
I think a handful of determined people should get this started, and I think that philosophers and writers, and the survivors of atrocities should chime in heavily.
The creative process requires four steps, 1) gathering all info-material on the table; 2) analyzing the inter-relationships between the different things; 3) cutting and pasting, deciding what to keep and throw out; 4) honing.
Right now we're at the first step. I think that info, along with bodies-people need to be gathered together now...........
Don Traub
Don Traub
We the People of Earth, in Order to seek global Tranquility, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the planet Earth.
We, the undersigned, as ambassadors of planet Earth pledge to:
1. Devote our lives to improving the human condition, first by making ourselves standard bearers of love-driven thinking and action.
2. Do no harm personally, or support by voice or payment anyone else, government or organization, to do harm in our name, except in self-defense, or the protection of the defenseless.
Further, we realize that everyone on Earth is a member of our extended family, and will treat them as such, regardless of their degree of personal evolution, or aberrant thinking or behavior.
We understand that the best way to improve the human condition and promote peace is to commit our lives to helping as many people achieve a minimum standard of living including: Sufficient water, food, shelter, education, and love.
This constitutional concept is about reorienting our thinking towards ideals that bring people together and away from the divisive ideas of geographic tribalism.
David Chester
Don Traub
The constitution would serve as a reminder of what is truly sacred and what behaviors are NEVER acceptable, and what thoughts and behaviors we are committed to in our own lives. Taking responsibility means not willingly paying taxes without a commitment from the people who are supposed to represent us that they will not use the money to go kill people preemptively for example. Remember redress of grievances? The right to redress grievances includes the right to withhold taxes until our grievances have been addressed.
By educating ourselves and working together to preserve the freedom of the internet, we can win this battle and start the next, exciting chapter in human evolution unencumbered by the ideas that have stunted our development to date. I personally pledge to make the world a better place by policing my own thoughts and behaviors to ensure that they reflect my love for everyone in my family of humanity.