mass industrialization of this planet is actively destroying the entire planet for thousands of years !

no single person ever can feed on industrial products – only on food. what poor people actually would need is better quality of natural food that in fact grows almost for free with the exception of some personal efforts and work. to grow more natural food at near zero expense – the poor need an HONEST proportional property again. a property large enough to grow food. vegetables, fruits, crop, …

God gave THIS entire planet to ALL !! God NEVER gave this planet to singles, to organizations, to churches, to governments !!

each single individual has a divine birthright to possess and occupy the personal property proportional to the total number of habitants on this planet at any given time – FOR FREE and without any taxes !!

Mass industrialization

The humanity’s problem is not solvable by doing anything, just the opposite. The well known wu-wei, not doing.

An ancient Zen teacher said, “The Way is always with people, but people themselves chase after things.”
He addressed their chase after Enlightenment, but the same is true for anything else. The constant chase for tasks to do, things to posses, places to see, superficial entertainments to enjoy and even when we think are have enough, we want to finally help the world, do something good, we start to chase “good doing” things, helping the world, to people, animals, nature and so on. The mind is still wanting more and more of anything.

From an energetic point of view, it can be visualized like this: our world is spiraling within two main forces, two opposite energies and the bigger is one side, the bigger is another – this is again the well known taoistic (and other teaching’s) principle. The point here is to understand what the real wu-wei does mean. It can’t be grasped directly by our minds as non-doing, doing of nothing, because what would it look like in the end? Lying, sitting? Can you breath, eat? The logic is, the non-doing does mean that you surrender yourself to the world of Unknown, starting with the mind. Just letting the mind function without our grasping (which is the doing) of thoughts. In this wu-wei state of mind, she (I just see the mind as her) becomes spontaneous, clear, mindfull, present, loving, compassionate, because these are her born states.

Duality is still unwinding, even with this mind, but we are not making mess in these energy waves. They just naturally flow, according to the rules of the Universe (of the God or many other names for this). The point is – if we are Doing, grasping thoughts, this is causing so called karma (action/reaction) and whatever we decide to do in this state of mind is immediately creating the opposite energy somewhere else. For example, if I decide to do a revolution, or help the children in Africa, or donate to some organization, if I do any of this because of the thought process consisting of many of my personal beliefs, ideologies, then this all is causing false solutions, and it leads immediately to creating the same problems as I am trying to solve. Because I can’t solve anything with the mind full of false beliefs, with living in my personal belief illusion. Only after dropping all beliefs, all comparisons, especially belief in my individuality, in myself, then the mind is starting to become present, to just simply see and only from this state is sprouting the real action, which is actually no-action, wu-wei, because there’s no-one who is the Doer, because you loose your sense of Ego – Ego is just another false belief, another thought process.

To achieve this original state of mind is possible by simply letting things go, dropping all, without any effort, just simply watching, observing, in other word – meditating. But be aware, there are much more techniques which are not the meditation as the gurus intended, but they are only a psychological methods for happier life – they are serving you with the happier face of the duality and sometimes they work so well, that you are satisfied with them for a long time – but the real meditation is about pure watching, pure acceptance, not about seeking the pleasant feelings – there’s pain and pleasure, so be it.

From the book – Buddhism is not what you think – by Steve Hagen (great book btw):

In every moment we step into a new situation. Usually we have a plan or agenda for it. It’s not wrong to have a plan, but it’s far more urgent that we keep our eyes open in each moment and see what’s happening now. And sometimes, since nothing’s standing still, our plan may become a hindrance, especially if we’re attached to it. And if we’re not paying attention to what’s actually going on, we ’ll not see all the possibilities
that constantly unfold.

To act or not act is not the real question. For the awakened, what comes first is simply being awake—seeing what’s going on. And in seeing what’s going on in this moment, appropriate— that is, natural—action can occur.

Kuei-shan said, “Why interfere?” When we act out of seeing, we are no longer interfering with the world; instead, we are operating the way the natural world operates—out of the Whole, out of Totality.

For the awakened the primary concern is simply to see what is taking place and to act in accord with it.

This is how the awakened differ from those of us who are caught up in delusion. It’s a very subtle, quiet, and gentle point, but its implications are total. Realizing this creates a complete transformation of heart and mind.

Enlightenment is nothing more than this: to be fully present, to see the grasping nature of our own minds, and not to act out of that grasping. It’s to see ourselves not as separate, not as
lacking, not as in charge, not as weak and helpless.

And Osho:

If you are meditating for something, then you are concentrating, not meditating. Then you are still in the world – your mind is still interested in cheap things, in trivia. Then you are worldly. Even if you are meditating to attain to God, you are worldly. Even if you are meditating to attain to nirvana, you are worldly – because meditation has no goal. Meditation is an insight that all goals are false. Meditation is an understanding that desires don’t lead anywhere.

http://www.permaculturinginportugal.net

Many different topics are discussed there and I like author’s well said, one sentence explanation of the present education problem:

Meanwhile putting 3 children through school in Britain forced me to reassess the whole subject of education. It was painful and frustrating watching their enthusiasm and curiosity fading under the pressure to cram uninspiring ‘facts’ (much of which, on closer examination, is only opinion) into their heads for the next test, while their health deteriorated and their social relationships became superficial and competitive, defined by what they owned and consumed rather than by who they are.

From vast discussions at theoildrum.com

Everything is based upon some form of our current BAU or BAU Lite or Green BAU. No one seems to be willing to come to grips with the probable reality that any form of BAU is dead meat.

Take the arguments for public transportation: The underlying assumption is that these millions of non-productive people will have jobs to go to. Sure, let’s spend billions of dollars for these systems. About the time they are completed I’m willing to bet that society finds it can no longer afford people who do not produce. And, by “produce” I mean exactly that – “stuff” whether it is new practical ideas or physical things.

Further, all of this leads to what shape education should take because it is trapped in the same BAU mind-set as energy. If it isn’t changed now, we are going to end up with another generation of useless people who have skill-sets that are no longer appropriate.

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If those of us who are not sanguine about the future and have prepared are wrong, we hurt no one. However, if those of you who believe the future is rosy are wrong, it is likely that you will destroy society trying to survive.

But before them, let me show you one eye-opening fact:
In the place of 1 combain-harvester, you would need 120-300 people (using no oil powered machinery), fully engaged from the beginning of harvest season till Christmas.
The combain is probably the number one invention that caused a rapid human multiplication and massive shift from agricultural occupations.

John Michael Greer posted at his blog:

The productive potential of intensive gardening, especially under emergency conditions, should not be underestimated. A team of researchers at pioneering organic-gardening group Ecology Action found, on the basis of extensive tests, that it’s possible to feed one person year round on a spare but adequate vegetarian diet off less than 1000 square feet of intensively gardened soil. (The details are in David Duhon’s book, listed in the resource section.) In the more troubled parts of the future ahead of us, some of us may have to do just that; a great many more of us will need to be able to garden in order to pad out potential irregularities in a food supply that’s desperately vulnerable, over the short term, to fluctuations in the price and availability of fertilizer feedstocks and fossil fuels. The victory gardens of past wars are likely to be a useful template for the survival gardens of the deindustrial future.

I have read reaction to this theory from one very experienced farmer and he thinks, that the statement is right, but only if you are talking about the supplemental food production (vegetables, herbs). For the full scale food sustainability, read this:

Oldfarmecmac wrote:

… If it should become necessary,any reasonably accomplished gardener living in the more temperate parts of the US where the soil is decent and rainfall is adequate can produce most or all of the food necessary for herself and her immediate family,given enough land and sufficient time.The amount of land needed might be as little as one quarter to one half acre per person in the deep south where double cropping and even triple cropping may be practical,but such high yields are very much the exception rather than the rule,and can only be accomplished by very proficient farmers devoting very long hours to very small acreages.Chinese and Korean subsistence farmers in thier best farming areas are known to obtain even higher yields on a regular basis,but they are the 6 under par pros and work more or less continually at feeding themselves.You will need several times as much land in less favored areas.Our personal rough last ditch plan on our place here in the Blue Ridge mountians is two acres or so per person in field crops and fruit trees,which will provide us a little excess production for use as chicken feed and for sale,as well as a stored carry over safety cushion.
The more land you have, the more options you have in terms of varieties,crop rotations, fallow periods,cover crops, field manures,etc.More land also means that you can use less labor intensive techniques and get the same yields with fewer hours of labor.This will probably be a critical consideration for most people.In our case we will need to spend considerable amounts of time gathering firewood and other chores not directly related to food production. …

Oldfarmecmac:

…It is extremely unlikely that you can support yourself in Maine on a half acre.your twenty acres would probably be enough for a family of four or five if at least ten acres are reasonably level,cleared land with good soil.
You simply cannot believe how many things will go wrong until you are on the land and you need huge safety margins to protect yourself.

What will life be like in a year or two from now? Pretty much the same, or drastically different? What do you think?

Here’s my shot. Retelling the quite proliferated story of oil depletion, well spread by John Michael Greer (to name my favorite doom & gloom writer).

Less of unpolluted natural environment, hence less quality water and soil. Less oil = less of everything oil based, which is 90% of the present system. Economic growth of China, India, Brasil, Russia (more machine produced stuff), economic downfall of US, Europe (more human production again). More nuclear factories worldwide (because of energy depletion from cheap fossil fuels and no other option acceptable by the (lazy, spoiled) society – they can’t accept the only real option, to use less energy, because it’s going right against the present economic habit of continual growth, continual consumerism, continual hedonistic lifestyle, we are all in this interwined by being addicts of the present comfort). In US, Europe – more human produced food, with less use of oil based products, hence more natural. Back to local economy models. All of this is logically resulting from my basic presumtion, which is “less of cheap fossil fuels”. If not in two years, very soon anyway.

Bees are dying across the planet and there are many theories why this is happening – gmo, chemically polluted environment, bee viruses. I would add something here, maybe the number one reason. It’s easy to spot this problem, if you are little experienced naturally eating human being. The same logic that applies to us, applies to all living creatures. Eat healthily, live happily. Eat white-sugar, be in a danger of many modern diseases. White sugar is chemically processed stuff. It’s not a food. It’s not a complex foodstuff, it’s artificial. It’s delivering pure energy, very fast energy, but nothing more. Our body is not prepared for this rapid energy ride. Not at all, when taking daily. It’s similar to a cocaine and other drugs.

We take honey from the bees and we give them the white sugar ride instead. The modern beekeepers are greedy, profit and business oriented people. Even when they don’t think so and are talking how they help the bees – if they give them white sugar, heal them with latest bee-pharmaceutics, they are the cause, they don’t help. They take as much honey as possible. The bees will get no vitamins, minerals, enzymes so important for the healthy bee bodies, they get poisonous white sugar instead. How could they resist all the modern viruses? How could we, when eating too much white sugar? But this logic would be visible only to the beekeepers who have experienced the ill-effects of the white sugar directly on their own bodies. Very few of them do really understand the source. Many of them do fight the consequences, which is typical among human beings for centuries.

I appreciate the value of trees now, the value of energy much more.
I learn daily how to burn the wood properly, to get as much energy as possible from it.
How to start the fire without modern chemical fire starters.
I have insulated all basic things in the house – little gaps around the windows, tubes running in a colder parts of the house.
And I dream about a smaller house, not only because I would like to have less work to do with preparing the wood, but because I would like to save the trees.
And also, before this life changing experience, I was thinking daily what kind of exercise should I do today. Weight lifting? Running? Walking? Yoga? And I was bored many times while doing it.
Now it’s very easy – should I take the chainsaw, or maul today, or stack the wood?
And the satisfaction is just perfect – I see a real work behind me, something I didn’t get from aforementioned sports.
In the near future I have to learn how to plant the trees properly, how to prevent them from animals eating them in the winter, without using the chemicals again.

We have 1975 house, 50 cm (20 inch) brick walls, no insulation, new windows (plastic), 220 m3 (7770 cubic feets) heated space and the firewood needs are 25 m3 (883 cubic feets or 6.9 cords) of stacked wood per year.
What are your yearly firewood needs?

Pictures bellow do show a small portion of our house needs. We need roughly 10-times more for the whole year than you see below:

Do you think the economy is a worthwhile knowledge?
Do you think the economists are studying hard to provide us with a really useful ideas, products?
Do you think they better understand how the society operates, evolves and should behave?
Quite the opposite.
They are brainwashed, deluded in the name of Money.
Their main goal (even if they don’t realised, that’s how brainwashed they are) is to promote the concept of the Money – this concept is their chief marketing product, they are trained sellers of this Money idea.

Money are worthless, they are an illusion, their value is based on trust, on our consensus.
They poses no inherent value, no real value.
What is the real value then?
For example – heat, shelter, clothing, food, tools for providing aforementioned things and also love, fun, friends.
Do you get it?

You can’t eat money, but they have a little value in the form of tiny heat they can supply you when you burn them while trying to get a little bit warmer, in the times of the Money illusion collapse, when the cheap oil, that supplies your heat requirements nowadays, will stop flowing. That’s why you should collect paper money only and in a small denominations, just to have them as much as possible for a longer fire. I am joking, but actually it was always better idea to have many different small denominations when the horrors of the inflation hit the country and the banks stopped working, you couldn’t get any money – when this time starts again (and it will, because the inflation is hard coded into this economic system, it’s a process how to balance old debts, when things are out of control), you need small money to buy the real thinks (like bread), until the money will still have any value (for the baker).

Because, what has value for the baker? Real wealth again – food, shelter, heat, clothing.
If there are no money, do we stop to use these real-valued things?
Not at all.
We start to exchange them for something else.
Something basic for the whole Universe.
Something all economists are taught nothing about, or apparently not in the way that should give them enough hints to realise they are brainwashed Earth-destroyers.
All economists should learn really hard the Laws of Thermodynamics as their basic knowledge.

Because, it’s all about Energy.
Energy should be the real currency of economics, not the money and because of this delusion, our daily steps are based on a devastating model, that could only stupid, undeveloped brains propagate.
Yes, I call the economists stupid.
And all of us, who don’t try to understand the reality better.
It should be our basic knowledge too.

Stupidity comes together (also) with wrong thinking, clouded, heavy, detail oriented thinking. Not able to connect all dots, to see things broader, interconnected. Stupid people have little will to understand the basic phenomenons, basic laws of Universe, like Energy flow.
Ohsawa would tell you what’s the cause and what’s the remedy of course.

My English and knowledge of this topic is not good at all, that’s why you should read this article, minutes that can’t be spend better for the upcoming times:
It’s the Area Under the Curve – Oil Prices and the Economy

They come winners in the short term. Pure survival in the world of capitalism. But in the real world of Nature, these people are losers. They are weak, unskilled, unproductive, not needed.

The dirty, hard working men is getting the biggest price – inner growth.

As Hans from KriyaYoga.com said nicely:

The times to come are teaching you to either work and contribute to all even dirty and hard work – or to fail and die.

For several decades much of this world started to outsource dirty, hard or boring work to “cheap labor” countries. All those outsourcing countries wanted to keep is the profits and easy life in luxury. Such lazy system never can work. Common sense would tell such to all world. Yet the temptation of earning easy money without sweating or getting tired was stronger and ego too weak in most people to apply common sense.