Why meditation is essential to the post-money future imagined in Waking Up
“We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.”
— Albert Einstein
In Waking Up, I describe a future without money, without trade, and without coercion — a world based on trust, freedom, and shared abundance. But if we imagine ourselves waking up tomorrow in that world, there’s a deeper question we must ask:
Would we even be ready for it?
Because the systems we live under today are not just external — they are mirrors of our inner world. They shape how we think, feel, and react — yes — but they were shaped from the beginning by those very same patterns.
Today’s system is built on greed, but greed is only a symptom. At its root is fear — the fear of not having enough, of being left behind, of being unworthy. And that fear arises from the ego — the part of us that believes we are separate, vulnerable, and alone.
Meditation as Revolution
This is where meditation becomes revolutionary — not as an escape from the world, but as a way to introspect into the fear-based mind that created it, and thus find the peace that lies behind it.
But meditation offers us more than peace. It gives us clarity. It allows us to witness the ego in action — the part of us that clings, compares, hoards, competes. The part that believes we are separate from others, from nature, and even from ourselves. Through stillness and observation, we begin to see the roots of the old world within us — and loosen their grip.
The New World Requires New Minds
A post-money society cannot be built on the same foundation of anxiety and lack. It requires a shift in consciousness — a deep remembering of who we are beyond scarcity and separation.
Meditation doesn’t make us passive. It makes us present. From that presence, compassion arises. From compassion, collaboration becomes natural. And from collaboration, new systems can emerge — not driven by profit, but by purpose.
When we are free within, we no longer need systems to control others or protect ourselves. Inner freedom becomes the soil where outer freedom can grow.
Training for the World We Want
In the world of Waking Up, people are not taxed, policed, or bought. They are free — and that kind of freedom cannot be imposed. It must arise naturally from a deep inner transformation.
Meditation is not mandatory in that world — but it is inevitable. Because the stillness it invites is the very ground upon which a new kind of society can stand. Not one ruled by fear or greed, but one guided by awareness, empathy, and joy.
A Final Word
Meditation isn’t just self-care. It’s civilizational care. A society built on peace must begin with peaceful minds. A society that trusts must be made of people who know themselves deeply enough to live without fear.
That is why meditation matters — not only in your life, but in the future of our world.
If this vision resonates with you, I invite you to explore it deeper in my novel Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity — a story that doesn’t just imagine a better world, but asks how we might become the kind of people who can live in it.
If you want to experience how a multi billionaire experience the shock of waking up in a world the furthest from what he could imagine, only to go through a deep personal transformation in this new world, you can order the book here:
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