Chapter Eight – Universal Governance 4 (Governance without external government)
It is obvious that human beings need some form of governance, although does our species need an external structure, a corporate state, called government?
An external state of governance, such as the corporation known as ‘New Zealand’, has three aspects. First there is the environomic aspect, which relates to the environment and the economics of a system. The environment of a system is all the individual parts that make up that particular system, while the economics of a system relates to how the individual parts interact to produce the overall system. So for the system of external human governance (such as the nation state); the environment is all the individual humans who are part of that particular system, while economics relates to how the individual humans (meaning everyone) of that system interact (all interactions, relationships, etc) to produce the overall system (or we can just look at the interactions involving the debt created, and therefore owned, by a small group of humans all housed within a theory based on scarcity of resources, and therefore competition, and call that ‘economics’). Depends how narrow you want your perspective really =).
The second aspect of governance is law. Law is something which is little understood by most human beings; a fact that will have to change if our species (if each individual) is to pull ourselves from the mental fog of myopia we have been operating under. We find that there is a difference between Law and law, a difference that is found in how permanent, eternal, unchanging, the law is. Some laws are to do with the physical world, such as the laws of motion, of conservation of energy, and gravity; while other laws, while affecting the physical world, are contained within the worlds of information/energy (such as the one Law or the seven universal principles).
Try as we might we can never break the law of gravity. We may use our intellect and find ways to negate the law for a while, such as a hot air balloon or aeroplane, but that law is ever present within the physical world. The laws contained within the worlds of information are like physical laws, such as gravity, in that they are inherent to universal existence. When we turn mind to the unseen aspects of the physical world, such as the factors needed for social cohesion (for human society as a whole system to thrive), some things become obvious. There are two main (poles) ways in which the concept of law can be used to achieve social order. One is to have a group of people who, through social programming and structure create and implement external laws, and thus dictate how the majority live their lives. The other is to create a society which focuses on development of wisdom in the first ten years of life, a system of internal Law and politics, so all individuals enter the state of universal governance.
If we choose the former we have a situation where the formal laws (governing the individual in relation to the collective) that shape our information processing system, our consciousness, are created by man, and are prone to all the faults of man (greed, myopia, etc). It must be noted that external laws of a corporate government do very little to deter crime, in fact most people punished by the corporate legal system have not even broken the one true Law. The main cause of true crime, behaviour that goes against the one true Law, is economic (and the second is mental health issues – directly caused through our archaic social structure, economic system based on scarcity/competition, incessant psychological abuse at the hands of corporations, etc).
As some may have worked out, the third aspect of external governance is politics. It is through politics that law and policy are created to shape the overall system (society); it is through politics, decision making, that the conscious system (whether it be the individual or society) shapes how the overall system process information (and therefore determines the reaction, the behaviours, of the system). So the three main aspects of external governance, of the nation state (such as the corporation known New Zealand government) are environomics (the parts and their interactions), Law, and politics.
What if we want to create a society which focuses on development of wisdom in the first ten years of life, a system of internal Law and politics, so all individuals enter the state of universal governance? What if we desire to give to our children a world with no poverty, famine, fare access to resources, less work, more time for exploration and creation, mental health (access and ability to apply wisdom), and community?
If we choose to create a society that promotes the development of wisdom within all young humans, then we will have a society made up of individual humans who have walked the path through source and strength to enter the state of universal governance. These beings not only recognise the one true Law, they are its servant – and in servitude to the principle of Go(o)d, we become Go(o)d-like indeed. When it comes to the informational worlds, although there is some structure, we essentially hold the power of infinite creative potential. What this means is that we can, and do, create many laws that are applied within groups of humans.
We have national laws (statutes), laws of our social clubs, sports teams, our classrooms have laws/rules, and most house-holds have some form of rules for the inhabitants (usually the younger humans). It is crucial to understand that all these human created rules only apply to members of those groups – and membership is not mandatory, we have a choice – if we do not like the rules of a particular group, such as a corporate state, we can choose to turn our back on their system of governance.
There are a number of groups that we all belong to without question, and like human social groups these systems have Laws (which are seen through mind). Every single human being is part of the system of humanity (without question), we are all part of the gang called life, and implicitly part of the polarity based tripartite universal existence. As we are unquestioningly part of these systems, and as these systems have a certain order, an ability to move from relative health to illness because of what is being consumed by the system (shaping the interactions between the parts of the system), it is best for us to understand just what we are a part of.
Our tripartite universal existence is framed in terms of seven principles (seen only within mind – while their affects shape all aspects of universal existence). The universal principles, such as ‘cause and effect’, ‘polarity’, and ‘rhythm’, help us explore and gain knowledge about what is happening in the physical and mental worlds, and they enable us to make the best plans for creating now (and, as such, shaping our future). This is what could be consider the deepest level of personal knowledge for self governance, by mastering/understanding these universal principles we are able to achieve all we desire (we unlock our infinite creative potential). For this reason our whole human society, our social structure, must be shaped with the ultimate goal of being an experience (play) ground so that all individuals (within the first ten years of life) are able to develop this perspective (which, when you consider all of what our species knows, is how we should all be operating by know – if some humans had not created a system of social control and convinced a majority of the rest to play along).
The system of life, as we most commonly know it, is manifest within this physical world(/aspect of universal existence ), and so is bound by certain physical laws – such as gravity, motion, conservation of energy, etc. Once upon a time, not that long ago (relatively speaking), science and spirituality were joined as one, as philosophy (the love of wisdom). Now we have a situation where knowledge is increasingly being compartmentalised, separated into increasingly smaller groups – from philosophy science pulled away, leaving the spiritual aspect by itself (and relegated into the realm of ‘belief’ because it couldn’t be measured with physical tools – but what of the most important parts of our mind, of our mental experience, can be measured by physical tools?). For hundreds of years knowledge of human spirituality had been largely occulted, hidden from sight; even the major religions only teach enough to keep humans looking to the corporation for governance, while not providing enough information and opportunity to set us free from religion (and the corporate state).
Dealing with what we have here, now, we do best for ourselves by learning about the philosophy behind science and the various major scientific discoveries our species has made. Likewise, we do best exploring the philosophy behind spirituality (that common to all religions), learning about the various spiritual, and philosophical, discoveries our species has made. What are we aiming for by doing this?
With the unfolding of life, from awareness into consciousness, there is one clear direction, or purpose, which is observed; greater ability to receive, process, and react to universal existence (a grand evolution of the systemic relationship between the individual and THE ALL). For a long time life, and the human species, has been beyond the basic physical evolution (meaning that our physical senses, our ability to receive information about the physical world, has changed little for hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of years). Our species is in the middle of the mental evolution of life, where we evolve in terms of the information, the ideas, we develop about (and connect with) universal existence. As such the two most important factors when considering social organisation are information and opportunity (information about the gist of what our species has learnt of universal existence, and the opportunity for individuals to learn and then express our personal understanding, indeed defined by us).
Because we are involved in the evolution of our own information processing we need to take what we know about the external state and apply it to the creation of our state of mind (our mental state – the true state of governance). Within our mental world environomics refers to the ideas we have, and how they are related. Overall within mental governance, environomics is the study of our belief system. Our belief system is the informational identity we collect though experience, it is a vast collection of ideas (sensory/language glyphs) with a core of emotional responses.
While we may all develop differently, due to our unique experiences (especially the way we have learnt to process information), we are all part of the same system(s); and as we develop wisdom it is realised that our species does best (as a whole, and for each individual) when we work together, co-operate, as a family, a community, a global village. In order to function as a community humanity needs only one Law:
Do not steal; life, liberty, property, etc.
It was mentioned that true crime, behaviour which breaks the one Law, is mainly the result of access to resources and mental health issues. These problems result directly from the way our society is structured, in particular the lack of information and opportunity to walk the path through source and strength to enter the universal state of governance. So when you think about it, the solution is simple (although it may not be easy, as each of us has much work to do to achieve what we really want – so get ready for some hard work, initially, especially in observance).
The whole deal with us entering the universal state of governance is that we govern ourselves, meaning that our social organisations (corporations) will need to change their function in order to fulfil their only logical role (of assisting humans explore and create within universal existence while functioning as a collective species and in harmony with life in general). The third book will focus more on the physical aspects, the external social structures, required to fulfil our objective as stated; as this article is focusing on the personal aspect (how this mental state looks; or how our information processing system is structured to produce the outputs (thoughts/behaviours) which are best for us individually, and as a species).
So our information processing system is best studied through environomics – exploring the individual parts (beliefs/ideas/concepts – glyphs AKA packets of information, a combination of sensory and language with an emotional base) of our processing system, and how they interact (the relationships/connections). When it comes to making choices, decision making, which is all our information processing system really does, like a computer, there are needed certain rules (laws). If we want to best interact basically within the physical world there are certain physical laws we need to understand (such laws are uncovered through scientific/philosophic explorations, such as gravity, laws of motion, physics, etc).
Operating and mastering these physical rules are great, it provides us with useful information with which to shape the physical world; although, to create what we want in the physical world requires control of mind (something we cannot find within the physical world alone). To gain control of mind we need to understand certain laws (not just have knowledge of them, but the will, configuration of information processing, to have the laws applied within decision making – to stand under the Law). Initially there is the one true Law – Do not steal; life, liberty, property, etc. This is the most basic law for governing our thought processes (and therefore behaviour). If we find ourselves having thoughts which break this rule it is a sign that we need to examine our ideas, and choose what ultimate path we wish to take (toward hell, disconnection, isolation, destruction, mental anguish, etc, or toward heaven, connection, community, creativity, peace of mind, etc)? Remember, it is all about your perspective – how you see the world (a perspective we can let others control/shape, or something we can define and grow our self).
Now we get to the most interesting part, the place where all the action is, the aspect which requires our fullest attention, our single-mindedness awareness – politics.
We are essentially observing mind; so all we really experience are the contents of our mind. Quite a deep philosophical point, and quite relevant in terms of the politics within the universal state of governance. Without the information and opportunity to walk the path to enter the state of universal governance, our perspective is generally pulled along by our emotional drives (horses – in the analogy of the chariot) – unless we develop the reins (tools of mind – logic, reasoning, abstract thought) to direct where we want to go. In either case our perspective is still polarised to the individual (and as such the furthest away from source).
Everybody has heard of, or witnessed, situations where intelligent human beings do really dumb things. This is because intelligence by itself is not enough for our information processing to function as it should, for us to make the best choices. Intelligence is of the mind, and mind is like the reins holding the horses (emotional drives) which are pulling our chariot (the body); we need to develop that aspect of ourselves which holds onto mind (and that which holds onto mind is wisdom).
All humans have access to wisdom, it is built into our processing system, biologically speaking. The only issue we have is the programming of our information processing system, of our consciousness – programming which is done through experience (the information received, and how we process that information). This is why information and opportunity is important. If we (as a collective – through the social structure we maintain indeed) provide the information and opportunity for humans to be dependent on a social slave system (governance, economic, and law created to benefit a few), then most humans who are raised in such a society will become dependent (slaves) to corporate governance. If, on the other hand, we (as a collective) provide the information and opportunity for humans to enter the state of universal governance (governance, economics, and Law owned, embodied, by the individual – inherent within information processing), then most humans who are raised in such a society will be free.
Access to wisdom requires focus of attention to initially hear, perceive, the subtleties within mind (source); and once we have heard wisdom we need the strength to apply that information, producing contents within mind and external behaviours (and strength). Our major barrier to wisdom, within our hearts and minds, is an overdeveloped attachment to the physical self, and its immediate emotional responses (and the sensory/language concepts developed around our learnt (especially core) emotional responses). Basically, think of the mind like a TV screen our essence (who we are) is observing. Human beings are polarised, as is the nature of universal existence and described in the principle of polarisation, of body. This polarisation is on the same lines as the underlying polarisation of universal existence (the principle of vibration – meaning that the difference between poles is vibration). On one side we have the underlying substance of universal existence vibrating in its slowest form; like water molecules vibrating in their slowest form we have sold matter – the physical world. On the other pole we have the underlying substance of universal existence vibrating in its highest, fastest, form; like water molecules vibrating in their fastest form we have the least ‘solid’, most ‘ethereal’, of stuff. In between, depending on the particular vibration of the underlying substance of universal existence, we have much to explore =).
The change we are going through necessitates that our species not only starts talking more about spirit (spirituality), we must embrace this aspect of our being into a functional (conscious) aspect of our information processing. Why is this change necessary? Because our technical knowledge of this physical world has far exceeded our ability (as a species) to wield it (that knowledge of the physical world) responsibly. Just look at the state of our species, mental illness, mass killing, social waste; and the world, pollution, ecological destruction, extinction, to see the evidence. From our perspective (born into the physical world, and usually heavily socialised to focus on the physical) this aspect of our self we call ‘spirit’ looks like energy (in the sense that it is part of our universal existence beyond our physical senses – seen only with mind, and when the mind has been ‘tuned’ to see through information).
You see, energy and information are related; in the deepest philosophical sense they are one (so universal existence which manifests as varying rates of vibration of an underlying energy (potential to do work – an energy which is infinite creative potential), is a universe of information which we learn through experience; and through learning information about universal existence our internal energy moves closer to the source). We see this concept of energy/information clearly in our emotional responses, which are both energy (a drive within our information processing) and information (basically pleasure/pain, and further into specific types/flavours of emotional responses as our conceptual/informational world develops). Our eyes receive light made of matter and thus containing energy, light that also contains information about the external physical world; and similar statements can be made for our other senses in respects to the relationship between information and energy.
Things become especially interesting, and important, when we consider language (which is obviously information) in terms of its energy effect within information processing. We may think of language as beings harmless, just words, but we must remember that all language, like all sensory information, is tied to emotional responses (and it is our emotional responses that drive us). Within the information processing of consciousness, information is energy in a very real sense; the information we hold, the ideas we believe, contain the potential to do work within (or shape) our information processing system (in a large part through the emotional base of the beliefs – such as fear or love).
Our emotional responses fall into two basic categories, pleasure and pain; at least this is the perspective of the physical self (the view of consciousness totally absorbed within the physical body). At the other pole, the information/energy side, our emotional responses fall into the categories of fear and love. Right from birth all humans are moved by love, and feel pleasure/pain. Love is an emotional response within our information processing that is the underlying drive to grow, to connect, to create. Fear is something all mammals learn, humans included, and is an emotional response within our information processing that leads to isolation, to disconnection, to destruction (of individual and societies – of systems).
Just as pleasure leads us toward things within the physical world, and pain drives us away; fear drives us away from concepts, from things within our spiritual/mental/informational world, while love pulls us toward things, is the drive for connection, for creation. Now, remember that all sensory and language information is tied to emotional responses, and it is our emotional responses which pull us along (like the horses pulling a chariot). As we experience the world, and develop sensory/emotional/language concepts (ideas, beliefs, stories) about universal existence, we expand our consciousness (meaning we collect more information, giving us a bigger pool, and greater structure, of information to make decisions with – along with making firm emotional responses).
Obviously we want our consciousness to be filled with accurate information, there is no point filling our information processing system with heaps of fantasy (because then our decisions will be based on fantasy, and will shape the mental and physical worlds we create). How do we know if the information we receive through experience is accurate, is a faithful impression of our universal existence? Philosophy, and its children spirituality and science, is how; through developing and applying the tools of mind (logic, reason, abstract thought, problem solving, etc) when exploring our universal existence, while also walking the path through source and strength to enter the state of universal governance where wisdom holds onto (applies) the tools of mind for our decision making process.
In terms of our experience, mind is something we observe. It can seem that we are our mind, that we are the sensory/language (thoughts) and emotional (feelings) concepts which play out the stories we observe, but our essence is functionally separate (eternal – not changing like the contents of mind, beliefs, etc change), and for proof all you need to do is look. How do we turn our attention to our essence? All we need to do turn our attention away from all the other noise which we have come, through experience, to focus on. For this meditation/mindfulness theory and practice is essential.
We all have different experiences, and so we all develop unique information processing systems (while all having the same underlying basics). Most people may be familiar with the concept of a devil on one shoulder and an angel on the other, classically portrayed in children’s cartoons. This is a simple metaphor for the internal politics many of us encounter; with the devil representing our basic emotional desires, and the angel representing wisdom (our desire to be go(o)dly – to connect, create, and generally grow, better ourselves). The problem we have is a society, a corporate structure, which imposes on humans the types of experiences that promote dominance of the devil, in a great part through suppressing the angel.
Obviously our most basic emotional drives are pleasure/pain, although our physical body develops an emotional core from a range of emotional responses tied to sensory/language concepts about certain situations/events which humans encounter (such as greed/benevolence, anger/forgiveness, jealousy/empathy, boredom/creativity, impatience/patience, depression/happiness, anxiety/peace, etc. Look at the parings here, at the polarity. On the first side we have emotional responses tied to sensory/language concepts associated with individual, isolation, division, destruction, etc. On the other side we have emotional responses tied to sensory/language concepts associated with community, connection, unity, creativity, etc. Principle of polarity; same in kind, different in degree. So we could say that greed is the devils (isolation/individualism) path, while benevolence is on the path to go(o)dliness (community, connectedness).
Basically what our species is going through internally, and that which must be reflected externally within our social structure, is a shift from our physical (individual, isolated, destructive) pole to our spiritual (community, collective, creative) pole. This is a shift, an evolution, of our emotional self (from greedy, glutinous, slothful, prideful, etc to benevolent, moderated, creative, humble, etc) which occurs simply through a process of information and opportunity.
Remember that all sensory/language concepts are tied to emotional responses, so by focusing mind on the concepts which you want to embody (which you want to shape your information processing) you stimulate the emotional responses you want to make your core. If you spend your time thinking of ideas and sensory information associated with basic (individualised) emotional responses, such as lust, gluttony, greed, etc, then all you are doing is developing that (emotional) aspect of our processing system (slowly making the drives stronger and stronger –until you cannot control them). By simply focusing on the positive concepts you want in your life you stimulate the positive emotional responses you want to promote within your emotional core – and as we know, it is our emotional core/responses which drive our information processing.
If we have fallen into a state of mental dis-ease, a mind plagued with constant thoughts and themes so emotionally intense that it spills out into our behaviour with negative consequences for our lives (addiction, depression, anxiety, insomnia, greed and gluttony, etc), we need to work hard to take control. Remember the purpose we are part of, which is easy to see when we look, and drive for growth of our information processing system (better ability to process information – meaning we are learning, continually, about universal existence, and applying that information). We are all connected, and all have a deep yearning to learn, even if it has been suppressed through years of corporation dis-information. It is as sad as it is true, our species is in the middle of a war for individual consciousness. Some humans believe that it is their right to govern other humans, that most of us are too stupid to ever be able to enter the state of universal governance; these are the humans behind the fantasies (financial/banking, major corporations, religion, military, government, media, ‘entertainment’ etc) – and, here is the sad part, with these and other lies they manipulate (increasingly, over the last hundred years, employing psychological abuse upon) the masses into playing along within those fantasies to the enslavement of our species and destruction of our life sustaining environment.
This is the point in our history where individuals, like yourself, gather the desire to be a part of our species, of this amazing reality that is life, and embrace our deep yearning to explore, to learn about our universal existence, and apply that understanding into our collective social life (groups, plans for social change, sharing information, talking, etc). We are in the process of shacking off the shackles of the past few hundred years, of increasingly binding corporate (governance/economics/law) social development, and entering the age where individuals are placed once again as the dominant creative force within this physical world. It all starts with mind, our perspective; explore meditative theory and practice and learn as much as you can about universal existence (philosophy; spirituality, science) and allow your wisdom, intuition, that inner voice to guide you.
Turn off the tv, turn your back on corporate entertainment, watching ‘sports’ for fun (why not play if you like it?), and engage, live your life. Choose, and control (where you cannot choose), your experiences carefully; as they can lead you to wreck, or provide for you all you need). Explore universal existence, there is much to explore, lifetimes worth, and apply that knowledge within the greatest canvas we have (the mental world, and use it to shape your physical world). Take control of the creations within our mind, develop perspective to connect with our essence, allow basic/individualised emotional desires, thought patterns, to float away while being centred on the entirety of what you have learnt about universal existence and your part within. Once (as) you gain control of your mental world, take control of your physical world; start with your own life, where do you want to go, what kind of person do you want to be, what emotional responses do you want to make up your core?
This is where we choose if we want to be isolated, in constant competition (school, jobs, fashion, etc), driven by basic emotional drives (and associated sensory/language concepts) such as fear, greed, lust, anger, pride, etc. Or, we can always choose to be part of something greater, not just a human, or life, connection, a deeper connection with the great system that is universal existence. It is about systems, and so our relationships; such as with family, friends, work colleagues, community, how you view other cultures, races, humans who hold particular religious beliefs, etc. It is about our relationship with science, with spirituality, with learning, with our external government, with this imposed monetary system based in debt, with corporations (and their use of psychological manipulation to dull our minds and encourage us to consume all they are selling, products and ideologies).It is about your relationship with your essence, that which observes mind, about wanting to embrace it within your life (and so it is about training our information processing system to achieve a sate, a perspective, where we are able, in a consistent way, to embrace within our decision making the subtle information of our essence – and so have developed wisdom).
While you are stabilising things in your local environment you may want to keep your eye out for movement, or groups, who are attempting to shape our social world in a way that will benefit our entire species. At the end of the day it is our (individual human) support, our allegiance, that makes ideas (formed and contained within the human mind) manifest in the physical world. What ideas, what beliefs about social order, social structures, about the fundamentals of human society (economic, law, GOVERNANCE), we hold (as individuals, and therefore part of the collective) will transpire within the physical world indeed (whether they be of the devils path to isolation, or the path of go(o)dliness to ever greater connection).