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how we saved the world Anja Mays, Flonheim, Germany January, 1, 2050 

 I woke up in the morning, eyes still closed – and for a fraction of a moment i felt sad, such a deep sadness, mixed with grief, that almost seemed to kill me from within – i felt that alone – being this lonely 5th element, still hiding and looking for the right moment to come to show up and do my work. But how? How.. How… an inner voice asked me? How…? Seing myself in my inner view white colored – blinking and sparkling in the dark, deep ocean at my reef-home as the sun made sparkling jewels around me. 

Then the question changed in my head – like a drum heart beat: How… How… How … How did it come? I realized that I went again in a fracture of a second like a caleidoscope changing colors shape and surface – through all emotions -fear, grief, anger, joy, before then my whole body finally again deeply relaxed in pure love, with a refreshing smile to myself, making myself ready for the dawn and the new day to come – I realized: puh – this had been a dream – I 

remembered – this knocking How… How…? – question how to act? I had years before. Feeling totally safe and relaxed, I immediately started an inner journey, still deeply relaxed in pure love, I showed again my true colors – became warm and glooing, but staying in the present moment, not moving, like dreaming a clear day dream in full body awareness my memory started a movie of the last years. The schenes changing, fractions of talks and situations showed up on my inner screen. All with a smile on my face…., Feeling joy and showing my true color: orange with joyful blue rings. 

Slightly waking up and becoming aware of thee water around me – the reef around me, slowly opening my eyes – I asked myself Where did this inner voice still is coming from? I am an octopus – how can I ask myself these kind of questions? My mission is to ‘create the blue threads for all’. 

And then it clicked – the whole story came together. Like in a time lapse time and layers synchronized. I did my work: I shapeshifted – and made the unseen world visible. From the ocean ground I saw a young girl and a young boy watching the ocean, just observing ME! with the deepest love. I had become my true color again – deeply knowing that I am carrying poison and the joyful circles are killing if touched. Me as an octopus I know that our species is able to evolve – quite open for the next generation – Without trauma, without memory stick, just open and curious for the next adventure of evolution. They did not touch me – they lived in their world and respected me as an animal – I lived in my world – and respected the humans. 

The young boy and the young girl observed my deam, the memory of all what happened – and started to write on a blank page with their blue ink the story of the paradies they found and the treasure to keep within. 

This is what I am doing: Synchronizing the time and the layers. Do my work Shift my shape. And to bring to the surface the unseen to the visible world. A kind of visualisation work. Show my experience to be seen, so the next generation can learn. 

Believing in my visions – remembering who I am – a blue shining brilliant light. I do respect you, you do respect me – dreaming, remembering in my dream how did it come into being. 

From the reef – hiding in the deep – I kept the treasure. I will never forget who I am. The blue light, the blue circle on my skin. Shining my light. Living my truth, whatever others are thinking. If i am full of poison or just be a bit cute. I feel you, I adore you. I can mirror you. I am you. Not more alone because we can look at eachother and gently touch. You respect my body, my environment, and I do respect yours. Human, you are so beautiful, I do want to touch you, gently, humble, mirror you. 

In this way I am touching you. Wherever i meet you. Becoming the blank page to write on, heal the trauma and become the 5th Element, which knows the path, enlighten and give birth. 

Written with blue ink full of love, how it became. Written for my niece and my nephew: May they be the boy and girl telling a part of the story and using ceremonial ink. 

Anja. 

 

The date is January 1st, 2050.  All war and conflicts on the planet have ended; the Earth is a very cooperative, peaceful, and beautiful place.

 

How did we do it?  People realized love is the most important and powerful force in the Universe,  as Albert Einstein pointed out in his “Bomb of Love” letter, (see:  “The Universal Force of Love – A letter from Albert Einstein to his daughter, Lieserl” – https://tracyseed.com/love-energy/   Professor Einstein wrote, “If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, love is the one and only answer”, Ibid.

 

People have also realized that we are all one, regardless of our race, language, or culture.  And if we attack or hurt each other, we only hurt ourselves, because we are all interconnected.

 

People have realized we must have peace in order for us to survive and prosper, as the Hopi Indians realized thousands of years ago.

 

The Hopi Indians have what they call an ancient “Prophecy Rock” on their reservation in Arizona that is about 4000 years old.  The rock itself has two lines:

(a) One line is a straight line and goes from one end to the other around this large rock.  (See attached picture, IMB_5592)

(b) One line goes up zig zagging at a 45 degree angle, and then abruptly stops.  (See attached picture, IMG_5591)

 

The first line represents a world of peace of harmony, without war or conflict; it represents the kind of world we can all live in for thousands of years if we live in peace and love each other and the planet.  The second line represents today’s world where we will all destroy ourselves if we continue to fight each other with war and conflicts and destroy the environment.  See:  “Two Paths: Destruction or Survival – Thomas Banyacya – Hopi Spiritual Elder, 1972”,  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UkHwjz4i1kwhere the authors write, “We are at a crossroads. One path leads to destruction. The other is living together in harmony with nature. Ancient Hopi Prophecy interpreted by Hopi religious elders Thomas Banyacya and Grandfather David Monongye”.  Feb 12, 2020.  See also:  “Hopi Prophecy Rock with Elder Grandfather Martin Gashweseoma”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeJ2e70OXDw  (See pictures of Ted in front of Prophecy Rock on the Hopi Indian Reservation on IMG_5591 and IMB_5592.)

 

By 2050, people realized that we must have peace in order to survive, after the world came close to a new third world war in 2024 and 2025 with conflicts in the Ukraine, Taiwan and Gaza.  We all realized we cannot build a cooperative and happy planet if we are all fighting.

 

People also realized when people fight each other, they only hurt themselves, because the Supreme Being exists within all of us, and we only hurt ourselves if we hurt others.

 

In 2024 and 2025, people realized that most governments did not care about their citizens; they only cared about their own selfish interests, so the people stood up and demanded peace (and won).  In spite of governments, by 2025, the conflicts in Gaza, the Ukraine, and Taiwan were all peacefully worked out after many people around the world stood up and demanded peace, because they realized we are all one, and peace was more important than war.

 

Protests first started in 2022 in Canada with the truckers’ strike that spread to Australia, New Zealand, and the United States where people everywhere stood up in unison against the tyranny of the Covid shots, and the various governments started to back down.  As President Kennedy has noted, people want to be free – this desire is in people’s DNA.  Quoting Benjamin Franklin, President Kennedy said, “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty or safety” . https://missoulian.com/opinion/columnists/freedom-its-in-americas-dna/article_512699a7-dd9a-5ab7-9683-5170c541a47b.html

Freedom: It’s in America’s DNA – The Missoulian   April 28, 2020

 

In the 2020s and 2030s, when various public and private institutions tried to enslave people in all kinds of ways, all of their efforts totally failed because people stood up and would not accept it.  For example, when various governments tried to take away paper money and replace it with digital currency, their efforts totally failed because people stood up.  When they then tried to force 15 minute concentration type Chinese cities in various western countries, people in the U.S. and Canada simply drove through the barriers and refused to bow to tyrannical authority.

 

People realized that we were all very powerful spiritual beings who were all meant to create a much better and happier planet.  We were not meant to continually fight each other with continual wars and conflicts.  By realizing we are all powerful spiritual beings, people realized there are more good people (than bad ones who want to destroy this beautiful planet), and we can all change the world in a better way.  For example, in 1941 the Nazis in Denmark ordered all school teachers to teach Nazi doctrine to their school children.  But every single one of the teachers refused – there were too many of them for the Nazis to send everyone to the concentration camps, and not one teacher died as a result.  The Nazis were never able to teach Nazi doctrine to children in Denmark during World War Two because they all stood up at once to the Nazis.

 

As with the peace protests against the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 70s (which ended the Vietnam war), and the protests against nuclear weapons in the mid to late 1980s (which resulted in a nuclear peace treaty between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. in the early 1990s), people also started standing up for peace in Gaza and in the Ukraine in 2024 (which resulted in a permanent peace treaty by 2025).  As in the 1960s and 1970s, the majority of people in the world realized that if the people lead, the “leaders” will follow.

 

With the cessation of hostilities, people started realizing that all these needless wars of destruction were very costly, not only in terms of deaths but also financially as well.  Beginning in 2028, inflation in the U.S. started to skyrocket to pay for all these wars. With a U.S. budget deficit of 33 Trillion Dollars in 2024, hyperinflation started happening by 2030, repeating the same inflationary pattern in the aftermath of the Vietnam War when it ended in 1975, and interest rates rose to 20+ percent in 1979.

 

However, this time by 2028, the people of the U.S. and people everywhere around the world realized humanity did not need war.  Instead, we needed cooperation and peace to create a beautiful and happy planet.  With this new realization, people around the world started downsizing their militaries and police forces around the world.  The monies otherwise invested into war and weapons were all redirected into the environment and social needs like good medical care for people everywhere.  They followed the example of Costa Rica which in 1947 abolished their military and instead used the money for education and environmental needs.  In 2024, Costa Rica invested 25 percent of their budget into the environment, with another 25 percent into education.  As a result, Costa Rica has had the highest standard of living in Central America;  the country is now a model for the United States as we have shifted from a war based economy to a peaceful, harmonious world without conflict.  With the abolition and/or reduction of militaries (including the U.S.) around the world, the standard of living for Americans and all other peoples have also dramatically improved.

 

With the realization that we are all one with the Supreme Being within each one of us, people have evolved from service to self, to service to others;  they have realized that love is the most important and powerful force in the Universe.  We have all realized that we are all Gods and Goddesses, with the power to heal ourselves.  As people learned how to heal themselves, medical establishments and doctors and health care professionals around the world have incorporated new alternative and spiritual healing methods into their practices.  Governments have also stepped in to provide state sponsored medical care where needed for their citizens, but the profit motive has been taken out of the system, and the medical system has been forced to use and consider alternative medicine..

 

When the profit motive was taken out of the medical establishment in the late 2020s and early 2030s, many Big Pharma corporations went bankrupt.   They were also were sued out of existence after they were sued for the millions of deaths from the forced Covid “vaccine” in 2021 – 2023.

 

Meditation was also recognized as a valid way to help change the world, and by 2050, people were meditating on a daily basis in schools, offices, and in every day life around the world.  In India, there is an internationally recognized free public hospital at Mt. Abu in Western Rajasthan that plays meditation music every hour on the hour during the day for several minutes.  When the music plays doctors, patients and staff are all required to meditate on healing and making the world a better place.  In addition, traditional Indian medical Ayurvedic have been successfully incorporated into treatments.  Because of these non traditional healing methods, and daily meditation, the healing rates at this hospital are far higher than other hospitals in India, and all medical care is free.  The facility is entirely supported by donations. This model of medical care became so successful that there are now 50 other hospitals based on the same meditation model – see:  See:  Interview with Dr. Pratap Midha, the director of this Hospital with Ted Mahr on October 11, 2019 at:  https://outofthisworld1150.com/guests/dr-pratap-midha/ www.outofthisworld1150.com under podcasts.

 

Meditation could be taught in secondary and middle schools, as part of a new peace curriculum.  For example at the Maharishi International University in Fairfield, Iowa, meditation is taught as part of the educational curriculum.  See:  https://www.miu.edu/  Studies into the beneficial efforts of meditation have shown that people can actually change and heal the world to resolve conflicts and create peace by just praying and meditating.  By 2050, people and governments around the world have all realized the positive benefits of meditation.  Meditation is now incorporated as part of the daily educational curriculum of most colleges and universities, as well as all medical clinics and public and private offices in the United States and in other western countries.

 

Creating a cooperative, harmonious, and beautiful planet where there is no conflict has required politicians and government to become open and honest.  By 2050, the U.S. Government became very open and transparent, fulfilling the dream of President John F. Kennedy, where he said, “The very word “secrecy” is repugnant in a free and open society; and we are as a people inherently and historically opposed to secret societies, to secret oaths and to secret proceedings. We decided long ago that the dangers of excessive and unwarranted concealment of pertinent facts far outweighed the dangers which are cited to justify it. Even today, there is little value in opposing the threat of a closed society by imitating its arbitrary restrictions. Even today, there is little value in insuring the survival of our nation if our traditions do not survive with it. And there is very grave danger that an announced need for increased security will be seized upon by those anxious to expand its meaning to the very limits of official censorship and concealment” – from:  JOHN F. KENNEDY, “ADDRESS: THE PRESIDENT AND THE PRESS” (27 APRIL 1961).

 

With this new transparency, people realized by 2030 that both Big Pharma and governments around the world had discovered (and then hidden) many cures for cancer and other diseases, in order for money to keep people continually sick (and never fully cured).  With the elimination of weapons development and the militaries, the freed up monies were used for medical care and to help clean up and protect the environment, as well as for education.

 

As the Fifth Dimension sang about in the 1960s, we entered into a fully harmonious, beautiful and cooperative society in the 2020s and 2030s because we reoriented our priorities and shifted from a wartime economy that had been continuously promoting war (and weapons of destruction) since World War II.  The war economy that was turned on in 1941 in the United States was never turned off until the people stood up and demanded peace and a shift from war and destruction to one of peace and cooperation, and this started happening in 2024 and 2025.

 

How did we do it?  We started with a small donations of $50,000 in 2024.  This initial nest egg was divided three ways used to fund additional efforts in these areas:

 

(1)  Peace meditation education centers for primary and secondary students in public schools throughout the U.S., as well as meditation and meditation music in U.S. hospitals and clinics.  Because of the great benefits of meditation, meditation centers were established for children and young people throughout the U.S. which sponsored classes in meditation for peace and cooperation.  They did not advocate any one religion but instead meditation for world peace, tranquility and harmony.  Once these children and young adults learned the benefits of mediation for world peace in the late 2020s, these young people were later able to help create world peace in the 2030s and 2040s, and beyond.

 

In addition, as with Dr. Pratap Midha in Western Rajasthan (see discussion above), meditation (and meditation music) became to be used in many American hospitals and clinics in the 2030s and 2040s when people realized that this really helped the healing process for many people.

 

(2)  Emoto Peace Project.  The Emoto Peace Project was started by Dr. Masaru Emoto in 2005 after he gave a speech before the United Nations on the need to educate young children and adults on how they can create a better and happier world just with their minds, and thinking positive thoughts. See:  www.emotopeaceproject.net   Before Dr. Emoto was murdered by the Chinese in 2014, Dr. Emoto was one of the world’s most famous spiritual scientists.  He found that if you sent thoughts of love and gratitude to a glass of water, that you can transform the water molecules into beautiful water crystals and raise the vibration of the water.  With these higher water vibrations, you could really help create healthy minds and bodies, and clean up pollution.  In one experiment, he took a bottle of radioactive water from a nuclear plant in Japan, and wrote the words “love and gratitude” on the bottle.  Within 48 hours, all of the radiation disappeared and you could drink the water. See: Ted Mahr, Messages from the Masters:  Messages of Galactic Wisdom.  pp.76-77 c.2017. Think how this technique could clean up Fukushima or the world’s oceans, or create clean drinking water!

In fact, from January to May 2021, using these techniques, I did a series of experiments on my radio show where I asked all my listeners to send love and gratitude and positive thoughts to Fukushima, with Dr. Libby Rutledge in Montana.  Dr. Rutledge tested the amount of radiation at Fukushima before and after our thought experiments and found that the radiation had decreased by 90 percent!   So our experiment worked!

 

The Emoto Peace Project produces a beautiful little book called, “The Message from Water” for children.  They distribute this book for free to children around the world.  Their efforts should be supported, especially with their distribution of their free books and presentations to children and young adults on how we can all make this world a better place.  The book teaches children and young adults that their thoughts can create world peace, and make this world a much better place!   See:  www.emotopeaceproject.net  When these children become adults, the hope is that they will create a better and happier planet based on harmony and cooperation.   The monies could also help spread the message of Dr. Emoto of love, gratitude and peace.  This could be done with the additional distribution of these beautiful little children’s books to various schools in the United States.

 

(3)  Alternative Media that promotes peace and harmony, and love and light.  There are only five or six corporations (mostly owned by Vanguard and/or Blackrock) which control over 90 percent of the world’s mass media.  They only have basically one viewpoint of war and many lies; they do not want peace and harmony.  They want conflict.  However, there is a sizable alternative media segment in the United States and elsewhere, and there is a long standing radio show called “Out of this World Radio”with Ted Mahr that has been helping people with the ascension and how to make this world a beautiful, cooperative planet for over 11 years.   See:  www.outofthisworld1150.comwww.outofthisworldreadings.com  It is a nonprofit donation based show, and I have been broadcasting every week for over 10 years.  I broadcast now every Friday for three hours from 10 am to 1 p m Pacific Time in English, and every other Monday from 12 noon to 2 pm Pacific Time in German and in English in Vienna Austria on Radio Sol International.  My last show had well over 4 billion listeners.  It is a nonprofit, listener supporter radio program.  I established the show in November 2013 with the purpose of raising conscious to create a new peaceful and beautiful world.

 

For the last several months, I have been asking all of my listeners on all my radio shows to send lots of love, light, and thoughts of peace to Gaza and the Middle East, as well as to the Ukraine.   I first did this in 2014 with great success!

 

For example, on July 25, 2014 from 3 pm to 4 pm Pacific Time, I interviewed Dr. Masaru Emoto on my Out of this World Radio Show by phone from Seattle on 1150 AM.  Dr. Emoto was in Tokyo.  During that interview, I decided to do an experiment with him on creating world peace.  At that time (July 2014), there was fighting in the Gaza strip between the Israelis and the Palestinians.  So during the interview at about 3:30 pm PT, I asked Dr. Emoto if his techniques could help create world peace.  He said “yes”, so I asked him to join me in prayers and meditation for about 5 or 10 minutes to send love, light, and peace to the Israelis and the Palestinians.  During the meditation, I asked everyone to ask for a 12 hour cease fire so food and medical supplies could be supplied to the wounded for both the Israelis and the Palestinians.  See:  Dr. Emoto Interview for July 25, 2014 at: https://outofthisworld1150.com/guests/emoto-peace-project/      After the show ended at 4 pm, I drove to the place where I was staying, and at about 8:30 pm PT, I turned on the TV to watch CNN, and just as I turned on the TV, there was a red banner from the BBC across the bottom of the screen that said that the Israelis and the Palestinians had just agreed to a 12 hour cease fire to exchange food and medical supplies, so our experiment worked!  I contacted the BBC, and CNN and ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS (all major American and international media), but they all ignored me. However, at that point, I did not care because I know that our experiment worked!  So since then, I have been an ardent supporter of Dr. Emoto’s work and the Emoto Peace Project.  In 2016, I also helped establish the “Emoto Peace Project America” nonprofit organization that teaches children the value of love and peace – see Dr. Emoto’s little children’s book called “The Message From Water”.  The cease fire that the Israelis and Palestinians agreed to in July 2014 lead to other peace agreements; it was the seed that lead to multiple years of peace until the recent conflict.

 

Conclusion:

 

We all need to plant the seeds of peace of peace now, so we can have a beautiful, peaceful, and cooperative planet by January 1, 2050.  We are all powerful spiritual beings meant to create a much better, happier, and peaceful work, and I know we can do it!

 

As the Hopi Indians have noted, we also all need to look beyond ourselves and become service to others, rather than service to self, if we are to create a much better and happier world by 2050, Many indigenous peoples like the Hopi know the true history of this planet and have seen into our future.  As earlier discussed, the Hopi have a “Prophecy Rock” that dates from 4000 years ago, with two lines:  (1) a line of destruction for our civilization if we do not learn to live in peace and harmony, and (2) a line of peace and happiness if we can learn to love each other and the planet.   See also:  Ervin Laszlo and David Lorimer, The Great Upshift, pp.311-316:  Ted Mahr, “We Have a Bright and Beautiful Future”, Light on Light Press, c.2023.

 

I also believe that creating a peaceful and cooperative planet is more than just changing attitudes.  This is because our technology has dangerously outpaced our spiritual development.  As Albert Einstein noted when we discovered the atomic bomb in 1945, “The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything except our thinking. Thus, we are drifting toward catastrophe beyond conception. We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive.” From: https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/248919-the-unleashed-power-of-the-atom-has-changed-everything-except As part of this, we will need a new paradigm based upon service to others rather than service to self, and of love and compassion and peace and harmony, rather than war and conflict.

 

So the issue then becomes, how do we bring more love into people’s hearts, so they think of others (instead of themselves) and create a harmonious and peaceful planet?

 

One way would be to take away the economics of selfishness and materialism.  People are selfish because they think they have to be in order to pay bills for energy, medical care, food, etc.  But if medical care is subsidized, and alternative healing methods are used, the costs could be much lower, especially if we can get rid of Big Pharma.  Approximately 25 percent of all bankruptcies in the U.S. are from high medical costs, so if costs were lower, people would be a lot less stressed out.  I also am not advocating a Canadian type medical system because no alternative health methods are allowed in Canada and the system actually punishes people who use alternative methods.  So a new health system here in the U.S. would have to incorporate new alternative therapies.

 

Where could the money for a new health system come from?  I don’t think we need high new taxes, as in Sweden where tax rates are as high as 70 percent.  The money could come from reorienting our taxing and spending priorities from war to social needs.  For example, we could dismantle the US Military Industrial complex of war and destruction, because the war machine that was turned on in World War II has never been turned off.  As earlier noted, Costa Rica abolished it’s military in 1947, and used the money to fund low cost medical care and education.  Today Costa Rica has the highest standard of living in Central America.  We in America could also have the highest standard of living in the world if we just reoriented our spending priorities.

 

If people aren’t struggling to constantly pay bills, and to finding where their next dollar is coming from, they could afford to be altruistic and help others to create a happy, harmonious and cooperative planet.  They could afford to live in peace and joy and not struggle for everyday existence.

 

We are not meant to be fighting and waging war against each other.  We are meant to be living and working in peace, harmony and happiness.  As one example, when President Eisenhower left office in 1961, he had great concerns about the U.S. Military – Industrial complex upon our democracy, because every dollar spent on weapons meant that much less for other needs.  See:  Eisenhower’s Warning about the Military-Industrial Complex at:   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEGpTu8sVKI

 

Our future is very bright, but we all have to play an important part in order to create it.  A beautiful New World is not just going to fall into our laps.  The kind of economy and society we have today has a lot of evil that has been accumulating for many decades.  But I know we will be successful, because all have the spark of God within each one of us, and I know we can and will work together to create a better and happier world.  Once we realize that all have that spark of God within us, we will stop fighting and create a much better and happier world, based on cooperation and love (and not fighting and war).

 

I also think that everyone who contributed an essay to your wonderful project should be made part of a new group of people who really want to make this world a much better place.  I know if we all work together, we can and will make this world a much better and happier place easily by 2050 (if not before)!  As Lao Tze has said, “the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – from: https://www.thesuccessfulspirit.com/lao-tzu-the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles/. In other words, “… the quote reminds us that no journey is too long or too difficult when we break it down into small, manageable steps. It’s a powerful reminder that even the most daunting of tasks can be accomplished when we take that first step and begin our journey” – see: https://www.thesuccessfulspirit.com/lao-tzu-the-journey-of-a-thousand-miles/

 

So let us begin our journey now about how we can take the steps now to create a peaceful, cooperative planet!

 

Thank you so much for this wonderful opportunity!

 

With lots of love and light,

For a planet that’s happy and bright!

Ted Mahr

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“The universe does not exist ‘out there,’ independent of us. We are inescapably involved in bringing about that which appears to be happening. We are not only observers. We are participators. In some strange sense, this is a participatory universe.”

– Physicist John A. Wheeler, 1981

            It started with worldview disruption. It was inevitable. There was no other place to begin though we didn’t necessarily choose to start there. Nothing else could happen until the deep structures of the western psyche really began to unravel. These structures were the source of western metaphysics itself and they provided the conceptual and psycho-spiritual foundation for the global economic system that was pushing both planetary ecological and human social-political systems to the brink of collapse by the year 2024. That metaphysical system was old and had functioned for millennia in various forms, but it no longer worked. We were in a time of collapse and we were in-between stories. These two conditions were not coincidental. They were reciprocally expressive. We were in a state of collapse – biologically, ecologically, politically, socially, psychologically, spiritually – because our sense of the world, of the cosmos, and, ultimately, of ourselves, was no longer coherent with our experience. We were fragmented. We were lost. And we were terrified.

            Everything we’d been told, everything we’d learned, everything we’d believed began to fall apart. The metaphysical structure of our world, of our minds, was coming undone, dismembered by our own grief and our longing for another world, for something beautiful, something coherent, something that actually engendered in us a sense of belonging. This structure, which the western world has continuously refined and extended over the last few millennia, was rooted in fundamental dichotomies that ultimately serve to estrange us from the world while shaping everything we could perceive or understand about the nature of reality. These dichotomies created oppositions between mind and body, human and animal, male and female, the unchanging and the changing, the rational and the irrational, subject and object, spirit and matter, perfection and imperfection, light and dark, activity and passivity, animacy and inanimacy.

            We began to notice that in all of these oppositions, one side (the first of each pair listed) included characteristics conventionally associated with God while the other included characteristics associated with the world, with nature or “creation.” There was, of course, implicit in all of these dichotomies the overlay of the opposition of good and evil, wherein God is understood to be human-like, unchanging, rational, of-the-light, masculine and fundamentally good, while the world is understood as creaturely, changeable, irrational, of-the-dark, feminine, and fundamentally evil or fallen. But there was one primary dichotomy which subsumed all of these others and which constituted the framework upon which all of western civilization depended. It lived inside of us like a story, the story upon which all other stories, all other possibilities, all other ways of seeing and knowing, were based. This was the metaphysical dichotomy of God and World – the opposition of the sacred and the immanent, the conceptual separation of the holy from the universe. It was the belief that the locus of what makes us human and what makes life worth living exists, somehow, outside of the world.

            It was this schizophrenic split that needed to be healed. We needed a new story. But, as much as we often want to believe we do, humans do not consciously make cultures. We do not consciously create our primary guiding stories that structure our metaphysics and give coherence to our sense of ourselves and the world. They are, like the rest of the universe, emergent functions of complex intra-action. They arise out of the creative reciprocal engagement of the multiplicities that constitute the whole. There is something beautiful and poetic in this recognition of the nature of stories, for it was precisely when we came to terms with our need for a new story that we began to understand that this emergent quality of stories and of the cultures that give them life, also pointed us toward the nature of this newly emerging story itself.

            What I mean is that the new story that we started seeing and hearing everywhere was the story of the creative unfolding of the very universe that not only constituted this story, but gave rise to all stories, even to the possibility of story. We weren’t hearing a story created in disembodied human minds or received as divine revelation direct from God from some non-place outside of the world as we would have previously implicitly assumed depending on which rendition of the old story was being told. No, we were now beginning to experience the story of the universe itself emerging into our consciousness. And this was possible only because in learning to perceive the universe, we were also learning to perceive ourselves. That is, we came to recognize our own inherence within the universe, and in that recognition our new story was being born through our own creative capacity to create emerging story. The nature of the new story’s emergence is the nature of the story itself: Our human creativity is a dimension of the creativity of the universe.

            The world is not a static backdrop to our lives. There is no “environment.” The universe is not the logos of a dead and mechanical cosmology of accidents, devoid of meaning except by escape to the heaven of a humanoid man-God. It is a process. An unfolding. A creative flaring forth that did not simply happen in some distant past in an unthinkable dimension of space, but is happening everywhere, all the time. The creation of the world, here and now, everywhere and all the time. This is what was meant by two of our greatest story tellers of those years, Thomas Berry and Brian Swimme, when they spoke and wrote of the Universe not so much as a cosmos but as a cosmogenesis – a constant and creative coming into being.

            And therein was the keystone for real transformation that extended beyond shallow aspirations for technological fixes or simple tweaks of social and economic systems. What we discovered, not through solipsistic self-flattery or even self-flagellation, but by way of offering our attention beyond ourselves to the creative universe that includes ourselves, was a kind of spiritual technology that I called ‘The Art of World-Making.’ This spiritual technology was the emerging consciousness not only of the universe’s unfolding creativity, and not only of our inherence within the universe, but also of the fact that we are aspects of the universe participating in its own creation.

            “The Art of World-Making” is a kind of participatory consciousness that understands that the universe is made up of worlds within worlds within worlds constantly flaring forth in constant becoming, always and everywhere shaping all other worlds, all of which constitute the universe. We are the universe emerging into conscious relationship with itself. Everything that constitutes the universe is what it is precisely because of its relationship with everything else. Everything, everywhere, always in constant, dynamic, unfolding relationship. This is what makes the universe what it is, emerging from the given constraints of the past which provide the necessary structure for creativity, into an unknown future of possibility.

            We realized, ultimately, that we are all poets in the original Greek sense of the word, which comes from the Greek poiesis, meaning “to make” or “to bring into being that which did not previously exist.” In the original Greek, poiesis was a word of embodiment, implying artistry and craftsmanship and an embedded context in the world. Poetry is the art of bringing into the world that which did not previously exist, which is, of course, as Heraclitus tried to point out nearly three thousand years ago, the nature of the world in every dimension of every moment. The universe everywhere always in constant unfolding. We are all poets. Human and more-than-human. Animal and plant. Mountain and cloud. Cell and photon. We are all world-makers in every moment of our lives, everything everywhere constituted by our relationships with everything else.

            And we are not only world-makers, but, beautifully and perfectly so, we are also made by the world. So, how we show up matters. We constitute each other, not only in our human communities, but in our ecological communities, within the entire biosphere, and even throughout the cosmos. As the poet William Stafford wrote in his poem Being a Person, “How you stand here is important. How you / listen for the next things to happen. How you breathe.” This is how the world is made. Indeed, The Art of World-Making became the foundation for a kind of self- and community-empowerment that went so far beyond the shallow narcissistic empowerment of late-stage capitalism that fostered a sense of isolation from each other, from the world, from the holy, and, ultimately, even from ourselves. This empowerment stemmed from our growing awareness of our relational embeddedness and became the soil in our consciousness within which the seeds of practical change could finally start to take root. Creative and holistic initiatives snowballed, generative movements coalesced, and the more we accomplished the more became possible. And this is how we came to understand, now in 2050, something of the foundation of our new metaphysics, based not on separation, isolation, and opposition, but on relationship, emergence, and participation: that the world is not a mechanical and dead backdrop to our lives, but is the creative source and context of all of our lives; that we are a part of a living cosmos that is not only generative, but also fundamentally and deeply poetic.

            As for me, I have been but a small part of that unfolding though I have done my part by creating a multimedia platform to develop, articulate, and facilitate experiential deep dives into the The Art of World-Making. This last quarter century has been a wild ride and I’m so grateful to be able to experience the emergence of this new world.

JAN 1, 2050

The transformation of Earth into a significantly happier and more cooperative realm traces back to the pivotal year of 2024. It was during this time that Suzanne Taylor initiated an essay contest, inviting individuals to share their ideas and efforts aimed at fostering a more cooperative global community by the year 2050.

 

Now, let’s journey back twenty-six years to February 2024. Allow me to introduce myself and share the perspective I held when I embarked on this remarkable endeavor.

 

FLASHBACK TO 20.02.2024

WHO AM I?

Greetings, I’m Soma Ghosh (she/her), currently based in Mumbai, India. My journey has taken me across various countries, both for work and leisure, enriching me with diverse experiences. Raised in a milieu that blends Western and Eastern influences, my essay reflects the synthesis of the finest elements from both cultures. My mother was a Professor of Western Philosophy, my schooling was in an Irish convent school in Calcutta where I grew up. You get the gist.

When I refer to Eastern philosophy, I primarily draw from Hinduism, which boasts some of the world’s oldest scriptures and texts. It’s worth noting that many subsequent philosophies, such as Buddhism, have borrowed heavily from Hinduism and introduced these concepts to the Western world. Hinduism is more than philosophy, it teaches us the meaning of live, art of living it in a sublime spiritual but practical way.

Nevertheless, let’s return to Suzanne Taylor’s ingenious initiative in 2024, which inspired me to pen this essay when I stumbled upon it in the second week of February. I applied these concepts in the manner I knew best—first, as a senior corporate professional with multinational companies like Johnson & Johnson during my initial 18-year career, and later as a screenwriter, writer, and artist in my second career, which began in my 40s. I have been a multiple award winning Chief Marketing Officer in India and awarded in multiple forums as an influential leader.

Then, why the career switch? I realized I had accumulated a wealth of experiences and reflections to share from the life I had lived and examined, and I was in search of meaning. Writing became the vessel for this quest. I suddenly lost my father when I was 13years old , I was close to death twice and I had kidney failure in my 40s. I was fortunate to have a kidney transplant two years ago, and get another lease of life. However, these experiences changed me permanently as a person and what meaning I was looking for in my life. And how to share this with the world, so that others don’t have to experience the anguish and suffering that I had to go through, so that they can benefit from the processing I have done of my pain to come out on the other side.

Art has deeply impacted me in ways that my family and friends can attest to, second only to spirituality.

HOW DID I APPROACH THIS ESSAY?

Delving into the essay’s topic, I came to the realization that in this context, the opposite of cooperative may aptly be unhappy, instead of the obvious uncooperative. Unhappy individuals contribute to an uncooperative Earth. Therefore, it became apparent that our mission was to aid people in finding happiness, as it was us—humans—who were disrupting the harmony of Earth and, simultaneously, held the power to reverse the tide.

WARNING on length : Yes, the essay is long, perhaps longer than others. But, believe me, you will be somewhat changed after going through this essay : because there is something you will be exposed to that you didn’t know before. Secrets buried in the deepest places of India’s wealth.

YOU OWE ME a read , I think 😊 . I’ve sacrificed some and put in all my passion and knowledge into this essay.

SO, LETS JUMP IN

Imagine if I told you that the key to making Earth a more cooperative and harmonious place by 2050 lies in a simple yet profound practice: waking up at 4am every morning and dedicating two hours to studying and reflecting on self-improvement. I know, it sounds a bit out there, doesn’t it? But bear with me for a moment.

You see, there’s this concept in ancient Hindu texts known as ‘Sattvik time’—the purest time of the 24-hour daily cycle, occurring between 4am and 6am. During this period, we are said to be at our noblest and most receptive state, making it the perfect opportunity to tune into higher frequencies and absorb the values that align with our best selves.

I challenge you to give it a try for just one month. Spend those early morning hours immersing yourself in study and reflection, focusing on core values and universal truths. I promise you’ll start to notice a difference. You’ll feel lighter, happier, and more centered.

But here’s where it gets interesting. I didn’t just stop at preaching this idea—I took action. I started virtual study groups on platforms like Zoom, where individuals from all walks of life come together to engage in silent ‘satsang’ or community practice. Each of us delves into our morning study individually, yet the collective energy and focus of the group propel us forward on our shared journey of growth and transformation.

This practice may seem unconventional at first glance, but it’s a simple, low-cost, and incredibly powerful tool in our collective journey to a more cooperative world by 2050. So why not join me in embracing the magic of the early morning hours and see where it takes us?

MY STORY STARTS HERE

Here’s my journey, unfolding in the year 2050, where the seeds planted in 2024 with the three-pronged strategy had borne fruit.

It all began when Suzanne, Taylor shared her profound essay challenge with the world  At first, I hesitated to take on this additional task, as I was already immersed in meeting a crucial screenwriting deadline for the Sundance episodic lab application—a potential game-changer for my career.

Yet, Suzanne’s essay prompt lingered in my mind, tugging at my conscience. I couldn’t shake the off the feeling that I needed to respond to her noble call, to contribute something meaningful that would benefit not just myself but the Earth and humanity as a whole. It was fate, perhaps, that led me to stumble upon Suzanne’s announcement through my writer-friend’s post on her Substack newsletter—a serendipitous encounter that I couldn’t ignore.

Despite the looming Sundance deadline, I felt compelled to pen this essay, drawing from my own lived experiences, deep reflections, and years of introspection on the human condition. My quest for understanding the essence of human existence had led me to delve into the teachings of our ancient Indian scriptures—the Upanishads and the Bhagavad Gita—seeking answers to the perennial questions of human suffering and sorrow. Over nearly a decade of dedicated study, insights began to crystallize within me, urging me to share these timeless truths with the world.

As I sat down one Sunday evening in February 2024, in the bustling city of Mumbai, India, I sensed a profound sense of duty, of obligation to put all of myself into it. I knew that this essay was more than just words on a page; it was a catalyst for change, a beacon of hope in a world plagued by uncertainty and discord. If received positively by Suzanne, her community, and the wider audience, this essay would take on a life of its own, potentially evolving into a documentary, a film, columns, social media—mediums through which its message could reach millions, sparking a ripple effect of world transformation.

But beyond the allure of mass media, I believed in the power of personal transformation—the kind that occurs one individual at a time, gradually building momentum until it reaches a tipping point and cascades globally. Sceptics may doubt the feasibility of such a vision, but recent events has shown us the exponential growth potential of ideas in our interconnected world. Just look at the meteoric rise of social media platforms like Facebook and Instagram, Facebook amassed 3 billion active users in less than 20 years, Instagram 2 billion in less than 14 years. Staggering right? The same viral effect could propel my strategic plan for a more cooperative Earth, leveraging the vast reach and influence of social media to amplify its impact worldwide.

So, what exactly does my ‘THREE PRONGED STRATEGIC PLAN entail? At its core lies a simple yet profound truth: people become more cooperative when they’re happier. And thus, my essay explores the fundamental factors that contribute to human happiness, offering insights gleaned from both empirical data and personal experience. This is not merely a flight of fancy but a pragmatic approach grounded in reality—an invitation to embark on a journey toward a brighter, more harmonious future for all.

IF HAPPIER PEOPLE ARE MORE COOPERATIVE, THEN WHAT MAKES PEOPLE HAPPIER?

FIRST PRONG:POPULATION MANAGEMENT

Let’s dive into the first prong of my strategic plan: Population Management.

Countries with lower population densities tend to offer better access to essential services such as healthcare, education, and basic resources, fostering a sense of safety and, consequently, happiness among their residents. However, in countries like India, where the population stands at a staggering 1.4 billion, the story is starkly different. Despite being the fifth-largest economy globally in 2024, India ranks a dismal 126th on the list of happiest countries out of 146 nations. That’s a lot of unhappy people. This disconnect underscores a critical issue: overpopulation breeds unhappiness. (It also shows that GDP has little to do with happiness, but that’s another point)

Take Finland, for instance, the world’s happiest country, with a fertility rate of 1.26. It boasts robust healthcare systems, infrastructure, and ample resources, all contributing to its citizens’ overall well-being. In contrast, densely populated regions like India (fertility rate 2.2, but much higher in rural areas) struggle to provide adequate living conditions, with overcrowded spaces leading to compromised safety and basic well-being. Going beyond India. Asia, has 60% of the earth’s population, not a single country features in the top 20 happiest countries of the world list.

Ensuring safety and meeting basic needs, as outlined in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, forms the foundation for pursuing higher aspirations and fulfilment. Yet, in overpopulated countries, these fundamental requirements remain unmet for many, hindering their path to happiness.

Moreover, high population densities often correlate with diminished value for human life, exacerbating societal challenges like poverty and crime. To address this issue, awareness campaigns through mediums like documentaries, awareness-adverts and films, can educate the populace on the consequences of high fertility rates and the benefits of smaller family sizes.

Additionally, lobbying efforts can incentivize governments to promote family planning initiatives, offering subsidies and lower tax rates for smaller families in rural areas. Simultaneously, easing immigration restrictions between countries can facilitate the movement of people to regions with lower population densities, benefiting both sending and receiving nations.

In 2024, the earth supports already 8.1billion people, the ideal number is about 3billion for the resources available on earth. The urgency of population management becomes even more apparent in the face of global challenges such as resource scarcity, climate change, and pollution. Without access to essential resources like water, cooperation becomes difficult, leading to conflicts over land and basic amenities.

As someone who has chosen not to have children, I advocate for normalizing this decision to alleviate the strain on our planet’s resources. Breaking the stigma surrounding childlessness, particularly prevalent in Asian societies, is crucial for prioritizing the well-being of our existing global family and preserving the health of our planet.

Segueing from the first prong to the second, it’s evident that overpopulation often stems from low education and awareness, particularly among women. Patriarchal societies, widely prevalent in India and much of Asia, perpetuate this cycle. Research indicates a direct correlation between female education levels and declining fertility rates, laying the groundwork for the second prong of my strategy.

SECOND PRONG :GENDER equity and pay parity for women & LGBTQI+

Let’s delve into the second prong of my strategy: Gender equity and pay parity for women & LGBTQI+.

While all minorities are equally significant, I’ll focus on women here, as they represent nearly half of the population. Addressing this high-impact segment is crucial as we continue our efforts to advocate for LGBTQI+ rights.

Women must take the lead in executing this prong because, in both traditional and modern societies, they often perpetuate patriarchal and misogynistic mindsets, unaware of the harm they inflict upon themselves, other women and their children.

Drawing from my corporate experience, I’ve encountered numerous challenges stemming from a lack of gender inclusivity. As one of the few women in boardrooms dominated by older, misogynistic men, I’ve faced adversity first-hand. In my early days at Johnson & Johnson, the absence of women’s restroom facilities exemplified the systemic biases ingrained in the corporate world. Lobbying for change was arduous but ultimately rewarding, as I witnessed tangible progress in gender representation and workplace inclusivity.

I’ve faced pay issues, intentional exclusion in meetings and boysclub events, lack of eye contact from male seniors in board-meetings. To be reprimanded for being emotional at work. Hence, my cause to make these changes was and continues to be heartfelt and sincere.

From advocating for the hiring and promotion of competent women to ensuring equitable pay, I’ve championed gender diversity across various departments, catalyzing cultural shifts within organizations. By fostering discussions, mentoring individuals, and disseminating awareness through tech applications, customized talks, and media campaigns, I aim to amplify the message of gender equality and minority inclusion over the next 26 years leading up to 2050. And to shift the conversation from why should a woman get the CEO job, to why should she not get the CEO job.  To shift the conversation to have more than 50% women across seniority levels at work, so corporate culture and rules are challenged for better balance. We shouldn’t have to adhere to all the rules cast in stone by men for years together.

I firmly believe that achieving gender balance and minority representation will not only enhance corporate culture but also drive performance across industries, including healthcare, law, politics, and entertainment. Having demonstrated this in my workplaces, other departments have been inspired to implement these actions and had great results.

Are you fit to be a parent to children who will inherit the Earth?

Transitioning to the personal domain , that of a family unit , the bias against the female gender is as pronounced. So much so that in India, China, Pakistan we don’t let the girl child be born. That’s 34% of global population and top 2 of the top 5 economies, soon to become  top 2 of the top 3 economies of the world.

Despite pregnancy sex determination tests being legally banned due to this very reason. And when they grow up, unreasonable dowry demands are made of brides’ families, and if not granted often dowry deaths occur. Pakistan, Iran, Bangladesh are a few other countries where dowry deaths occur.

Let me share a stark statistic that illustrates this point : India’s gender ratios are 929 girls for every 1000 boys, with some areas that are as low as 910 girls for every 1000 boys. As you can imagine this leads to problems of rape, aggression and so many crimes inflicted on women.

I propose introducing a MANDATORY CERTIFICATION PROCESS for prospective parents before starting a family. In fact even before marriage. Worldwide.

Does this innovative approach sound absurd? Well I think not. Before we can drive, we need training and to pass a test then get a driver’s license to drive on the roads. To use our cars on the roads , we need what is called in India a PUC- pollution control check every six months, to ensure our vehicle isn’t emitting polluting poisonous gases and pollute the already polluted air. But to prevent toxicity in our society, families, world we don’t train for parenthood-readiness, for preventing perpetuation of further toxicity in human lives and families.

This certification, mandatory for both men and women, would equip individuals with the necessary skills and mindset to foster gender equality and respect within their households. In regions like India, where gender biases persist, addressing deep-rooted prejudices is essential to creating a more inclusive society. In countries like India and many parts of Asia and the world, women are the worst perpetrators of passing down misogyny and patriarchy onto the next generations.

The certification would ensure that both genders are probed as to whether they want to be parents or are succumbing to societal pressures. Whether they are fit and prepared for the kind of all-round responsibility involved in raising a family.

By mandating pre-parenting training focused on core values such as diversity, equity, and respect, we can dismantle patriarchal norms and stereotypes, instilling confidence and equal expectations in future generations. This proactive approach will not only foster happier and more cooperative family dynamics but also shape the values of children who will become adults and soon-to-be parents by 2050.

The certification process is a rather innovative, simple, and common-sensical idea that can have huge impact.

Therefore, in addition to the first prong focused on population control through heightened awareness among women, the second prong emphasizes innovative pre-parenting education to eradicate misogyny, patriarchy, and gender disparities in both professional and familial settings, ultimately transforming the quality and texture of life-on-Earth like never before.

 

This brings us to the third prong – The  most foundational & transformational prong of the entire strategy.

THIRD PRONG

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Shedding DESIRES, the evil force that keeps us from being happy.

Now, let’s unveil the third prong of my strategy: How to make people happier, one person at a time. This prong stands as the most foundational and transformational aspect of the entire strategy.

Imagine if I told you that the root cause of all our human issues lies in our ceaseless DESIRES. What if I proposed that the key to infinite happiness lies in shedding our multitude of desires?

Join me as I delve into 5000-year-old wisdom, distilled and synthesized over nine years of my devoted study, reflection, and assimilation to be able to share this aspect in it’s cohesive simple form.

The root cause of the Earth’s problems is the human’s DESIRES. Synonymous with Satan in English, Shaitan in Islam, and Asura in Hinduism, desires originate from our individual Ego’s cravings. Yet, fulfilling one desire only begets more, fuelling a perpetual cycle of craving and dissatisfaction.

Consider this: when we indulge in a sensual desire, such as craving chocolate cake, we experience instant gratification that we mistake for happiness. But soon, the novelty wears off, and we crave more to feel happy, but now we are  trapped in a cycle of diminishing marginal returns. Soon, eating more chocolate cake no longer make us happy, so we move on to something else. But we get physically diseased, monetarily bankrupt, morally bankrupt in this process of desire fulfilment. And worse depressed, addicted, lonely. This insatiable hunger for fulfilment extends beyond material desires to encompass interpersonal relationships, where unmet desires cause agitation and anger. The attachment to this desire, (in this case a lover for example) can cause one to lose reason, fight, scream and misbehave with everyone, because one cannot satisfy their desire. This emotional craziness might lead to eventually to total delusion and downfall. This may ruin one’s life & others’ lives too. This is how humans ruin themselves, communities, Earth, nature. Our human desires for wealth, power, fame, act as fuel, setting us, our relationships and Mother Earth on fire. Because fulfilling desires never leads to happiness, it just leads to further desires – more of the same, or different desires.

It’s important to know that our actions have consequences that Hindu scriptures call Karma.  

However, what can we do about our desires? We all have them, they are natural.

Desires are universal facets of human existence, deeply ingrained within our nature. Let us explore their origins. Our desires often arise from a place of ignorance, stemming from a perception of inherent inadequacy within ourselves. This perception creates a VOID within us, leading to feelings of emptiness and discontent. In our pursuit to fill this void, we turn outward, seeking material possessions and relationships to fulfil us, complete us. However, these external pursuits of sensual pleasures soon fall short of providing lasting satisfaction as the aforesaid illustrations demonstrate. And as you may have experienced in your own lives.

German philosopher Schopenhauer said “ It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else”.

This sentiment echoes the wisdom found in the Bhagavad Gita: the ultimate journey is the one within. Through introspection, we come to realize our innate completeness and interconnectedness with all existence. That the Void doesn’t exist. This realization diminishes the hold of desire on our lives, and helps us see that we all belong to the ONE REALITY, we are all inter connected by this ONE enlivening principle. As we stop pandering to our sensual desires, and gain this higher understanding, soon our desires reduce, then drop off. This allows us to redirect our focus  and energies toward the higher purpose. It makes us authentically happy. Our reduced desires translates directly into reducesddemands on earth’s resources. Now, there is enough for all on earth – nature, all species and all of human kind. We move from competitive to collaborative.

My personal commitment to this journey entails dedicated study and reflection on timeless wisdom, integrating it into my daily life and creative pursuits. By embodying these principles, I endeavor to serve as a beacon of inspiration for others, family, friends, colleagues, network, catalyzing a ripple effect of transformation and enlightenment. I am part of these study circles and help others get connected globally onto these study circles. They all come back to say how they have benefitted from it.

Moreover, all my screen-writing is imbued with these themes. These will become movies, tv shows and reach and inspire many many more.  These are some of the actions I take myself.

Looking ahead, I envision a world where such profound teachings are integrated into educational curricula from an early age, laying the groundwork for a more harmonious and cooperative society. Through collective efforts and individual empowerment, we can steer humanity toward a brighter future, characterized by genuine fulfillment and shared prosperity.

On a personal note, I have witnessed first-hand the profound impact of these Gita teachings, not only on my own life but also on others, including my husband, who embraced it for edtech venture for kids. Guess what? This is now their most top-sought after course in their curriculum globally.

The widespread adoption and success of these programs reaffirm my belief in the transformative power of inner wisdom, guiding us toward a more enlightened and compassionate world.

Allow me to address a question that may be lingering in your mind :

What’s the solution to our desires? How can humans function without them? Should we simply idle away, doing nothing? Absolutely not. Our path lies in pursuing our obligatory duties while focusing solely on executing them to the best of our abilities, without fixating on the outcomes.

When our actions are aligned with a higher purpose, a noble goal that transcends personal gain, agitation and conflict dissolve. Moreover, a tremendous surge of energy is unleashed within us. By directing our efforts towards mindful action rather than fixating on results, we tap into a wellspring of vitality that allows us to excel in our endeavors. Paradoxically, when we relinquish our obsession with outcomes, the best results naturally ensue. This truth is experiential; test it out for yourself.

The prevailing issue in our world today, circa 2024, is our fixation on results at the expense of perfecting our actions. I’ve shared this insight within my social circle, and while it took time, they eventually embraced it as they witnessed its transformative impact in their own lives.

Our ancient scripture, The Bhagavad Gita, beautifully encapsulates this revolutionary proposition: “Your right is in action only, never to the fruits; let not the fruit of action be your motive, nor let your attachment be to inaction” (Chapter 2, Verse 47).

This wisdom needs wider dissemination, particularly in the capitalist West, where the ethos of greed has been glorified. To steer humanity back on course, we must embrace capitalism tempered with a strong socialist ethos to restore equilibrium to ourselves and to our planet.

Furthermore, the concept of Karma serves as a poignant reminder of the law of causation: as you sow, so shall you reap. This immutable law underscores the inevitability of facing the consequences of our actions, whether good or bad. For those driven by selfish motives, heed this cautionary tale; no one can escape the repercussions of their deeds.

This newfound collective consciousness, merging the best of Eastern and Western philosophies, heralds a new dawn for humanity. By leveraging Western technological advancements, such as social media, to disseminate this wisdom globally, we can effect systemic change on an unprecedented scale.

Returning to the start of the essay , where  the “satvik” hours of 4 am to 6 am was pointed out for this study and contemplation, it was noted that the impact of this transcends ordinary realms.

In a personal endeavor, the television show I’m currently crafting, “The Happiness Project,” serves as a fictional vehicle to encapsulate these transformative concepts. Combining elements of science fiction with spiritual insights from the East, this show represents a synthesis of Western technology and Eastern wisdom. Through passionate pitching, if granted access of platforms like Apple TV that are open to futurist content, this narrative will reach audiences far and wide. Perhaps Suzanne and her communities might be able to access them to take forward this noble goal we are working on together.

Ultimately, as the majority of individuals on Earth embrace happiness and cooperation, we can envision a truly cooperative world by 2050.

 

TO SUMMARISE,

In conclusion, the essay presents a three-pronged strategic approach aimed at fostering global cooperation by 2050, where humanity not only senses but acknowledges its interconnectedness as one entity.

Prong 1 & 2 tackle symptomatic manifestations of societal issues, while the third delves into the root cause. Together, they form an integrated framework.

The first prong addresses population management, recognizing that without it, governments struggle to provide essential services in overpopulated regions. Ensuring individuals’ basic needs are met is foundational to fostering a sense of security and well-being.

The second prong focuses on promoting gender equity and LGBTQI+ inclusivity. Proposals such as mandatory pre-parenthood training and certification may initially appear unconventional but stem from a deep understanding of societal stigmas and a commitment to systemic change.

The third prong operates at the individual level, advocating for a transformation of mindset rooted in ancient Hindu wisdom. By understanding and internalizing principles from texts like the Bhagavad Gita, individuals can transcend the pursuit of fleeting desires, leading to genuine fulfilment and harmony with oneself and the world. That we are all part of the ONE REALITY, ONE ENLIVENING PRINCIPLE in the universe. We belong together. It’s like we don’t favor one arm over the other, they both belong to us. Likewise we get this understanding about the ONE-NESS we are all part of.

Ultimately, this approach cultivates authentic happiness by recognizing the inherent interconnectedness of all beings. The infectious nature of these transformative ideas propels society forward, fostering a cooperative and joyful world by 2050.

Throughout this journey, the emphasis is on making the process enjoyable and engaging, in stark contrast to the challenges posed by past adversities. Thus, through proactive dissemination of these transformative concepts, humanity steers towards a future characterized by collaboration, happiness, and safety. And whilst doing so we made it fun.

TO CONCLUDE, 

In conclusion, I, Soma Ghosh, sign off from Mumbai, India, in 2024, a country teeming with 1.4 billion people and a rich heritage steeped in a 5000-year-old philosophy. I sign off with a heart that is full, and an intellect that is grateful to have been able to share my deepest , most authentic feelings, thoughts and action plan on this matter.

I commit to continue living and leading in alignment with the principles outlined in each prong of this strategy, serving as a beacon of an example for others to follow.

Reflecting on the words of Mahatma Gandhi, the champion of non-violence who led India to independence, I am reminded of his timeless wisdom: “Be the change you want to see in the world.” Indeed, Suzanne Taylor’s initiative, which I encountered through a serendipitous post on my Seattle-based writer- friend’s Substack, echoes this sentiment. It was a call I felt destined to answer, and I embrace it wholeheartedly.

As I move forward, I carry with me the belief that individual actions, rooted in selflessness and driven by a commitment to positive change, have the power to shape a brighter future for all.

BACK TO PRESENT : 1st JAN 2050

And this was how we collectively went to make the world a happier and thereby more cooperative place in 2050. It all started one day in February 2024…

Thank you for your attention on my essay. I hope you gained something from it.

Thank you for having this contest. I gained a lot from putting myself on the page for this visionary but executable topic.

Namaste.

ESSAY written  by SOMA GHOSH, © 20.02.2024

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I had never felt Earth so deeply.

Walking in the beech forests of northern Germany, I felt the sun warming my face through the trees, and the gentle breeze cooling it. These are the wild lands of my ancestors, I thought, as I strolled through the forest. I could almost make out their footprints in the soil beneath mine. As I walked, my mind seemed to slip into Earth, out of the shell of my body and into the wider world. I felt Earth’s rivers flowing in my veins, her wind moving through my lungs, her soil nourishing me, her fire animating my body. I felt my ancestors with me, infusing me with their memories, carrying them forward for me to build on. It was blissful – a belonging I had never known – but somehow quite familiar. I could feel the tendrils of my senses rooting deeper into the soil, beyond the topsoil and the fixed crust down, down, down to Earth’s native fluidity below. I am sensing myself, I realized – a disorienting feeling I could not shake loose. I was between worlds: I was myself – reddish beard, thinking too much – and I was Earth. I was afraid, though, of what I would find and how it might change me. Courage – I wish I could tell you from where it came – drove me deeper, beyond the fluid molten sea the lands dance upon, down to the fiery heart of her. This is the source of my thoughts, I realized. My thoughts are of Earth. I was born from her. Each of her developments gave rise to the next in an arc of unfathomable learning, allowing me to think even this single thought. Every thought, every sense, every longing belongs to her. Apart from her, I am nothing. I knew that then, for the first time.

Abraham Lincoln’s words came to mind, with a wholly new meaning: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection.” Desperate to know myself, I had been trying to escape from her, to give myself some distance. In the process, though, I lost what belongs to her. I lost my roots.

That was twenty-six years ago. After that experience, I began to guide people on journeys into the wild, to sink their roots into the soil and listen deeply to Earth. I could not have predicted what would come. Like a pioneer species returning to a clear-cut forest, we sank our roots deep, stabilized the soil, created shade for others in their innocence to safely grow. One day, as we returned from time alone in the forest, one wanderer brought back the image of great trees around Earth sinking their roots into the soil, breaking up the rigid crust and transferring information back and forth between inner Earth and outer sky. We who listened felt a stabilizing in our bodies as our wanderer spoke. We knew: Earth was stabilizing. Our listening deeply worked like roots sinking into and securing loose soil.

We practiced for many years like this: wandering in the few remaining wild places and listening. Our listening grew more refined than we could have imagined. Every journey out became an adventure; every return brought a mythic tale of a living Earth feeling through our hearts and bodies, speaking through our tongues. After some years, we were Earth through and through. We lost the ability to think of ourselves and Earth as wholly separate. Still, we could discern the slight distinction. We began to speak of them as human self and Earth self. We began to have a language for our experiences. “My Earth self feels exhausted and needs a rest,” carried quite a different meaning than the old way of saying, “I feel exhausted and need a rest.” With these new words, we could feel ourselves more fully.

Within a few years, there were many thousands of us wandering and listening. The terms human self and Earth self became part of the cultural vocabulary. Young children would wander, supervised, on wild land, inspiring their innate curiosity for their Earth self. Communities of practice grew over time through the 2020s and 2030s, centered around each watershed. They each experienced their Earth self slightly differently, which was a source of curiosity and inspiration at the quarterly Earth festivals, where many communities would gather together to participate in the turning of the seasons.

In each place, the whole village knew when a child reached puberty it was time for their deep wander, a time of finely honing the practice of listening with, and as, Earth. These youth were guided by those few who had learned to listen earliest and deepest. We needed our youth to learn how to listen, for this was the source of our guidance to navigate the profound changes Earth was enduring. These deep wander communities travelled for several months as a group, learning and practicing together. The peak of their process culminated with each youth spending a full moon cycle alone in a wild place. There was real risk involved. And it was needed, for it was how we remembered who we were and learned what we stood for. The youth were deeply changed by that moon cycle. You could see it in their faces as they returned: somber, bright, and responsible. There was a weight to them that held them to Earth like a wizened old oak tree, rooted where it stands. They brought back stories that guided us through the difficult times, stories that seemed to come right from Earth herself. The tales they told could never be fully translated back to the human world. We all learned their stories as they learned to live them back in the village. Through living their stories, the youth began to steer our Earth through her great changes with hard-won wisdom. Wisdom which, ultimately, belonged to her.

And that’s how it was. That’s how it came to be that we are here, sitting in this circle, listening to this story, living within our Earth self, which is learning to thrive again.

Let this story bless the ones that heard it,
Bless the one that told it,
And bless the ones that are to come.[1]

[1] I owe this phrase to the mythologist Martin Shaw

Radiant Cocentricity: It:Them:We:You:Thou:I

2050: 2+0+5+0=7

It was before the last cycle ended. Time curled inside-out in a screaming chaos of back and forth. The sky fell, and the earth upended the heavens. Past and Future merged and became one infinitely potential Moment. IT[they:we:you:thou:I] saw clearly that All had Already Always been One.

2049: 6

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2045: 2

2044: 1

Dusk deepened into profound darkness. Once more Time-Duration evaporated–seconds stuck, minutes and hours abstracted entirely. In the pacific stillness, beyond all expectation, a limb of energy flickered–first a tentative trickle, illuminating only a patchwork glitch in the Earth-sphere. The energy pulsed again and everywhere, and a humming field of synchronicity steadily emerged within the collective consciousness of Earth-peoples–spirit, animal, plant, fungus, protista, monera–as they swelled and rippled in one undivided collective consciousness. A meadow of sparkling fireflies. Where the energy flowed freely, IT[they:we:you:thou:I] transformed, refreshed, intuitively shifted and channeled mere fragments into coherency. From infinitesimal microcosmic cells exchanging freely through their composite macrocosmic organisms and entities, the free flux of consciousness generated a living nameless newness beyond space or time.

As primal darkness opened unto the next dawn, our Whole consciousness swelled & sang in as many voices & blossoms, spores dancing and cilia vibrating as IT[they:we:you:thou:I] could muster across dawn’s sweeping horizon. IT undivides us. The common awareness radiating in and out from Earth’s radius dilated further, and IT realized our intergalactic & interdimensional aspects. Wasn’t consciousness the common science of knowing our own ignorance together?

Infinitely creative, omniscience individuated into each people’s heart-minds and inspired our mutual cooperation within cocentric symbiotic communities. Among the whole-hearted humanbeing, IT[they:we:you:thou:I] traversed languages and connected dispersed geographies through dream and Insight. Our cooperative economy relied on wisdom schools combining intergenerational care with multilingual communication and spirit technology. The diverse Humanbeing confederated autonomously within the whole imagiNation. The future is the sweet smell of a flower that we follow to its ever-present Source, and the Present remains our most precious, welcome gift.

 

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We[thou:I] began in the stillness between ending and new beginning. Open-hearted, open-minded, we explored the global fields of morphic resonance. We found You in the synchronicity, understanding how our undividing mutually benefited both yours our ours, too–undividing both of us [you:thee:me].

Among those who came to consciousness in Industrialized White Supremacist Heteropatriarchal Hyper-Capitalism, we asked our indigenous and earth-keeping sisters & brothers to help us remember our forgotten wisdom. We[you:thou:I] offered everything we could in return and reconciliation–land, wealth, service, solidarity. We reclaimed our breaths, our bodies, our ancestors. We traversed the hemispheric seasons with our hands in the dirt, and we grew local and regional food organically within the capacity of our mother the Earth. We relearned how to eat well and set food away to last us through winters. We studied the stars and the moon’s monthly waxing and waning cycles, and we elaborated on the rhythms of the seasons we’d forgotten. We danced to newly divined polyrhythms and syncopated our steps outside the Monocultural March. We intended our gardens and shared our Intuition’s fruits and seeds among friends and neighbors. We spoke new languages together with our hemispheric neighbors. We augmented the spirit of cooperation through our own non-hierarchical authority.

Intuitively, We[you:thou:I] knew that among the diverse Them, we must confront the Alienated Anthropocentric Fundamentalist. So we dissected that particular them cautiously and carefully with great discipline and love. We repeated our love for ourselves and each other. We grew innocently curious again. We rooted our[your:thy:my] awareness more deeply among our families and communities. We listened and asked and listened still deeper. We freed ourselves from disempowered autobiographies, coercive narratives, lifeless imaginaries. We took responsibility and stopped reproducing our own worst enemies. We abandoned Antisocial medias. We dissolved our attention in open observation and so deprived the attention economy. We disallowed borderlines & prison walls from dividing our communications and cross-pollinations.

Further anticipating an ultimate confrontation with the Alienated Anthropocentric Fundamentalist, we[you:thou:I] undivided further among other species, non-human ‘peoples,’ plant and elemental spirits, and extraterrestrial intelligences. Uniting this many, we disempowered those few elites who manipulated attention, declared wars, detonated bombs, and alienated our labors to Their profit. In consultation with kindred spirits across time & space, we both defused and escalated, disarmed and increased contradiction. Polarizing us & them, we held to the Present as our most precious, welcome gift. As One, we(you:thou:I) poured our attention inward and simultaneously extended our intention outward. The Earth’s geomagnetic poles crackled as our effort shimmered into a global torus — the Hole within the whole, the axis of the sky. Undividing their alienated consensus from our own un-consciousness, we[they:you:thou:I] cycled seamlessly again into One.

 

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For me:thee, it began in a dark bathtub. By the Gregorian calendar, the year was 2024. The steaming water slackened my grip, till I let go of all my twisted autobiographical wreckage–conscious membranes & unconscious remembranes, internalized oppressions, my desperate desire to control the intelligent artifice of my life. Now I was heat & heartbeat, breath and bathwater, uncoiling in the infinitely potential present. In the silence, a great peace overcame [me]. Silence and peace yielded omniscience. My own soul power pooled in unfathomable potency. I welcomed this power with gratitude–first wordlessly but slowly merging heart and mind to thank that welcome grace that freely brought the Present here, now. Thou beckoned out past the furthest reaches of my bodily self, and I swam toward thee. Was that self mine, or a symbiotic remembrane to which my nameless soul had attached? Outside the self, we[thou:I] observed simultaneous cocentricities interweaving thee and me. We riddled out dreams spent together, recalled old memories, how we’d acted always in mysterious (un)conscious concert. We were already so intimately familiar. Love undivided me:thee from the material of [my]self, and I followed thy lead more curiously. I:thou felt me walking outside over the roots of the oaks holding the earth. We[thou:I] cawed back and forth as ravens before taking to the air. We[thou:I] folded all breaths into windy knots and vortexes rushing over the earth.

Each moment I felt that infinitely potential momentum, I said over and over, “I am you, we are them, it is us.” Repeating into the steaming nameless darkness, the Present remained the most precious, welcome gift.