When Elon Musk recently announced the possible launch of The America Party, reactions ranged from excitement to skepticism. Memes exploded across social media, pundits rushed to speculate, and ordinary people asked: Is he serious? But beyond the noise lies a deeper current — a growing hunger, not just for new political choices, but for a new direction altogether.
Elon Musk: The Reasoning Mind in a Polarized World
Musk is not your typical political figure. He’s a systems thinker, a problem-solver, and a visionary whose track record includes rethinking everything from transport and energy to space travel and AI. For most of his public life, he’s avoided the political spotlight, preferring to build and innovate rather than legislate. Even his occasional political comments — including brief alliances or endorsements — seemed less like ideological stances and more like calculated responses to a flawed menu of options.
With The America Party, he appears to be stepping onto the stage with intent: not to support the status quo, but to disrupt it.
From Polarization to Possibility
The idea behind Musk’s new party is clear: the majority of people — the so-called 80% in the middle — feel alienated by the extremes of current politics. They want solutions, not slogans. They want progress, not partisanship. In that sense, The America Party may tap into something very real.
But the real question isn’t whether we need another party. It’s whether we need a new kind of consciousness.
Waking Up: Not Left, Not Right — But Human
In Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity, I explore a future that goes beyond politics. It’s not about left or right or the middle. It’s not even about parties. It’s about people — realizing their own power, their shared humanity, and their relationship with the Earth and each other.
It’s not a blueprint. It’s an invitation to be inspired. A story that imagines a cooperative, post-monetary world where humans don’t own the planet — they steward it. A world that doesn’t run on fear and competition, but on trust, creativity, and care.
It’s a future that can’t be engineered solely through innovation or ideology. It begins with an inner shift — a change in values, perception, and purpose.
Beyond the 80% — A Vision for the 100%
While Musk’s new movement speaks to “the middle,” the transformation we need must speak to everyone — not just all humans, but animals, insects, forests, oceans, and ecosystems.
Politics today is not only confined by artificial borders and interest groups — it’s tied to the monetary system itself. Decisions are driven by cost-benefit calculations, not by what truly nurtures life.
But the planet doesn’t operate by party lines or profit margins. And any real shift must go deeper than policy — it must involve a broader, more thoughtful way of living and relating to one another and the world.
Waking Up invites us to imagine exactly that: a society rooted in care, cooperation, and shared responsibility — beyond money, beyond division, beyond control.
The Real Frontier Isn’t Mars — It’s Earth
Elon Musk often speaks of colonizing Mars — building a future beyond Earth. But maybe, just maybe, the greatest leap forward is not escaping Earth, but fully arriving here.
This isn’t a utopian fantasy. It’s the most grounded, necessary conversation we can have. Because if we don’t change course — if we don’t learn to live differently — we risk losing the very ground we stand on. Not to speak of if we venture off the planet. Going out there with the same greedy mindset we’ve had here? Wow, now that will be a party…
So perhaps The America Party is a sign? A step. A bridge. But if we cross it, let’s not stop at better policies. Let’s aim for a better world.
One that works — not just for America, but for all life on Earth.
It’s one of the oldest questions we’ve asked ourselves:
Are we born selfish or kind? Violent or peaceful? Greedy — or good?
Philosophers, scientists, and storytellers have all offered answers. But maybe the truth is simpler — and more profound.
Human nature isn’t one thing. It’s a spectrum. A paradox. A potential.
We are capable of both cruelty and compassion. Of destruction — and deep care.
Which side we express depends less on our biology… and more on our awareness, environment, and choices.
⚖️ We Are Not Born Evil — or Perfect
From birth, we are equipped with instincts, emotions, and drives. We can protect or attack. Hoard or share. But how we use those tools depends on what we learn.
A child raised in love and safety will likely grow generous. A child raised in fear and mistrust may grow aggressive.
Our nature is flexible.
If nothing else, human nature is adaptable.
This is self-evident. Just look at how we’ve survived — and even thrived — in every environment on Earth. From icy tundras to concrete megacities, we’ve found ways to live, create, and evolve.
But adaptability has a shadow side.
Over time, we’ve adapted too well to our systems built on fear, ego, and separation. We’ve normalized inequality, competition, and destruction — because those were the rules of the game.
And now, maybe for the first time, we’re seeing the cost of feeding that part of our nature for too long.
We’ve adapted to a world that is now threatening to collapse — not because of some fatal flaw in human nature… but because we’ve been feeding the wrong wolf.
🐺 The Wolf We Feed
You may have heard the Cherokee story:
“Inside every person, there are two wolves. One is fear, greed, anger, and ego. The other is love, peace, compassion, and unity. Which one wins? The one you feed.”
And for much of history — especially the last few centuries — we’ve been feeding the wrong wolf.
We’ve built systems that reward fear, dominance, and accumulation. We’ve glorified competition, glorified war, glorified control.
Not because we’re evil — but because we’ve been afraid.
Afraid there won’t be enough. Afraid of difference. Afraid of not being enough.
And fear feeds the ego which again feed fear in a negative spiral. The ego builds systems in its image, and this is the world we see today. A world of fear, war and conflict.
💪The Science Says: We’re Wired for Goodness
In spite of our fearful ego-created world, modern research across psychology, neuroscience, and anthropology paints a hopeful picture:
Even babies show empathy and fairness.
Infants prefer helpful characters in fiction. Toddlers offer help without being asked.
Our brains reward generosity. Giving to others lights up pleasure centers in the brain — the same as food or music.
Cooperation helped us survive.
Early human groups that shared and cared outlived those that didn’t.
Peaceful societies have always existed.
From the !Kung of the Kalahari to various indigenous communities, mutual aid and sharing were often the norm.
Even today, society runs on trust.
Every moment we’re in traffic, in line, in conversation — we’re cooperating. When we walk down the street without a gun in our pocket we trust our fellow humans not to attack us. And not only in everyday life — even in commerce, we depend on trust. When a contract is signed, we trust that the other party will uphold it.
So why does the world so often look like the opposite?
🎮Hollywood and the Ego-Wolf
One place this is most visible is Hollywood.
Blockbusters have long been built on stories of violence, vengeance, domination, and apocalypse. Heroes as lone saviors. Enemies as pure evil. Love as a subplot — or a tragedy.
Why? Because fear sells. Drama sells. Ego sells.
But this isn’t the full picture of human nature. It’s just the version that turned the biggest profit.
Lately, even that is shifting.
More films are exploring themes of connection, healing, and inner awakening — Avatar, Interstellar, Arrival, Barbie, and more. Hopeful visions are starting to reach the mainstream.
Maybe this reflects something deeper.
🌍A Turning Point?
All around the world, people are questioning the story we’ve been told about ourselves.
They’re realizing we are not doomed by our nature — we are shaped by our systems. And if we change the systems, we can change the outcome.
If we stop feeding fear, and start feeding trust.
If we stop glorifying the ego, and start honoring our shared humanity.
Maybe human nature has always included love. We’ve just been afraid to trust it.
But now — we have a choice.
What if our next great adaptation isn’t physical or technological — but spiritual? What if the most powerful thing we can do now… is remember who we really are?
Want to explore a future where our better nature leads the way?
Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity is a bold vision of a world beyond fear and scarcity — One where we have started to feed the wolf of light and love. Order the book HERE.
Just like the volunteers cleaning beaches in the Galápagos, many of the greatest innovations in human history came without a price tag. No patent. No profit. Just the desire to help.
From the wheel to the World Wide Web, countless breakthroughs were offered freely to humanity — not because someone was chasing wealth, but because they were inspired by something deeper: curiosity, compassion, or simply the joy of creation.
Freely Given, Freely Used
Here are just a few of the most influential inventions in history that were never patented:
1. The World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee, the man behind the World Wide Web, could have become one of the richest individuals on the planet. But instead of patenting his invention, he gave it to the world — open and free. Thanks to that act of generosity, we now have instant access to global knowledge, communication, and connection. Imagine if every website needed to pay a license fee just to exist.
2. Penicillin
When Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928, he didn’t patent it. He believed it would be unethical to profit from something that could save so many lives. Today, it’s estimated that antibiotics have saved hundreds of millions of lives since their discovery — a ripple effect of one man’s integrity and compassion.
3. The Kalashnikov Rifle (AK-47)
While controversial, it’s worth noting that Mikhail Kalashnikov never patented his design. His motivation, as he often claimed, was not profit, but to defend his country. Though the consequences have been tragic and complex, the story adds to the larger picture: not all inventors seek wealth — some are driven by duty, ideology, or principle.
4. Open Source Software
From Linux to Firefox to countless other tools and frameworks, our digital infrastructure today runs on open-source software — systems that were never patented, but shared. These projects thrive on community, collaboration, and a belief in transparency. Much like in nature, where one tree’s shade benefits all, these tools are nurtured by a culture of abundance.
Nature Holds No Patents
In fact, we might say the greatest “inventions” of all aren’t human-made at all. Oxygen. Photosynthesis. The way coral builds reefs. The mycelial networks beneath the forest floor.
Life on Earth operates in balance, in beauty, in generosity — without ownership or contracts. No one sends a bill for the sunlight.
And maybe that’s our clue.
Invention Beyond Profit
In my book Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity, we imagine a world where innovation flows freely — not as a tool for profit, but as a gift to the whole. Where knowledge is shared. Where ideas are born from joy, from curiosity, from love, just like the ideas mentioned in this article was born and shared.
The Natural Exchange System (NES) described in the book doesn’t require patents or property rights. It operates on a different principle: that people contribute because they care. Because it feels good to give something meaningful to the world.
This isn’t utopia. This is already happening.
We already see open-source coders, volunteer inventors, makerspaces, and communities coming together to build tools, solutions, and art — not for money, but for meaning.
The Greatest Invention of All
Maybe this world I describe in Waking Up— a world without money, where we share freely — isn’t as far-fetched as it seems.
After all, we already freely share our time through volunteering. We already freely share our ideas through open-source projects, collaborative science, and unpatented breakthroughs.
Maybe we’ve been building the foundations of this new world all along. Quietly. Organically. Without fanfare.
The moneyless sharing world of Waking Up might sound radical — but when you look closely, its seeds are already here. The spirit is alive. The proof is all around us.
What if the most important invention isn’t a device or discovery — but a mindset? A way of living?
What if the most powerful innovation we could make… is to invent a new society? One where ideas are shared, not sold. Where intelligence is liberated. Where no child’s future is limited by licensing fees or paywalls.
We’ve already seen glimpses. We already have it in us.
The rest is just a matter of choosing the world we want to invent next.
Would you like to dive into the experience of the billionaire Benjamin Michaels, who is shocked waking up in this world mentioned above? If so, feel free to order the book here.
“Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” We’ve all heard it. For decades, it’s been the mantra of sustainability campaigns, printed on bins, packaging, and school posters. Yet despite the constant reminders, the reality is stark: we still live in a world that consumes far more than it gives back — a world built on linear thinking, where materials are extracted, used, and discarded at scale.
But what if we changed that? What if we actually recycled and reused nearly 100% of everything? Could we still live in what feels like abundance with seemingly high consumption — with access to housing, transport, technology, tools, and even fashion — without draining the planet?
Despite decades of progress, we’re far from sustainable. Globally, only about 9% of plastic is recycled. But plastics are just the tip of the iceberg. According to the Circularity Gap Report, only about 7.2% of all materials used globally are cycled back into the economy. That means over 92% of extracted materials — including metals, minerals, biomass, and fossil fuels — are used once and discarded.
Meanwhile, our food system is one of the greatest sources of waste. Roughly one-third of all food produced globally is lost or wasted. And only a small portion of uneaten food is composted. Most ends up in landfills, where it emits methane — a potent greenhouse gas.
Our current economy is largely linear: take → make → waste. In this model, the more we consume, the more we destroy.
But that’s not the only possible way to live.
The Circular Dream: High Consumption Without Harm Imagine a world where every material is part of a closed loop. Tools, vehicles, construction materials, and even clothing are designed from the start to be reused, recycled, or reshaped. You might still enjoy new designs, fresh gadgets, and personalized living spaces — but the raw materials remain in circulation.
You can have what looks like a high-consumption lifestyle, but underneath, it’s a highly intelligent, zero-waste system. Abundance without loss and pollution.
The Vision in Waking Up
In the world of Waking Up, humanity has transitioned into a post-monetary society where recycling and reuse aren’t just ethical — they’re effortless. The infrastructure supports total material stewardship:
Buildings are constructed with modular elements, easily disassembled and reused elsewhere.
Vehicles are made from fully recyclable materials, and parts are swapped or repurposed as needed.
Tools and everyday devices are 3D printed on demand from melted-down components.
Everything is designed to return to the system, again and again. And of course, what is produced is designed to last and be as resource efficient as possible.
Clothing in the Future: Choice Without Guilt
Some citizens of this world choose advanced nano-clothing — fabrics that reshape themselves around the body, clean themselves, and even exfoliate dead skin cells, integrating waste into the fabric itself. They never need to be washed. They last indefinitely.
Others, like one of protagonist Benjamin Michaels’ great-great-grandsons, prefer something more tangible. He uses a high-resolution 3D printer to create garments from recycled materials, simply because he likes the feel of traditional fabric on his skin. And he can — guilt-free.
Because whether it’s nano or printed, all clothing is made from materials that have lived many lives before — and will live many more after.
Reuse as Elegance, Not Scarcity
In this future, reuse is no longer a symbol of limitation. It’s an aesthetic. A philosophy. A way of life.
To reuse is to recognize the inherent value in every atom, every molecule. Every being. To recycle is to participate in a continuous story — one where nothing is wasted, and everything is reborn.
You might live in a house that was once a school. You might drive a pod whose metal was once part of a bridge. You might wear fabric that has cycled through thousands of forms, but now serves you.
And far from being shabby or second-rate, this system of endless return is beautiful. Because it honors the Earth — and your place in it.
Could This Actually Happen? Yes. In fact, it’s already beginning.
Architects are designing buildings for disassembly.
Cities are investing in circular design.
Companies are exploring urban mining — reclaiming materials from existing infrastructure.
Scientists are creating self-healing fabrics and recyclable electronics.
With advancements in nanotechnology, biotechnology, and additive manufacturing, the path toward closed-loop material flows is opening.
Efforts to improve food systems are also underway: composting, regenerative agriculture, and food-sharing networks all help to close the loop on organic waste.
A Post-Monetary World Makes It Possible
Of course, such a system requires a different foundation — one not built on profit, but on shared stewardship.
In Waking Up, the Natural Exchange System (NES) replaces traditional trade with a new mindset: use what you need, return what you don’t, and trust in the system’s abundance.
In such a world, recycling and reuse are no longer burdens. You use what you need as long as you need it, and then return it to the flow. They are the way life flows. Nothing is wasted. Not time. Not resources. Not even joy.
The Future is Abundant — and Clean In the end, the goal isn’t to make do with less. It’s to do more — with wisdom. To build, to play, to explore, to create… and to do so without ever taking more than we give back.
Because when we recycle and reuse everything — when we treat matter as sacred, and systems as shared — we don’t just sustain life. We elevate it.
From monarchs to ministers, tyrants to technocrats — every system humanity has tried has eventually run aground. Why? Because they were all built on the same foundation: the human ego.
No matter how noble the structure, egoic consciousness — rooted in fear, separation, and the hunger for control — has repeatedly turned governance into domination. Democracies become corporate. Revolutions become regimes. Even well-meaning leaders fall into power struggles, corruption, or burnout.
As long as the ego remains the operating system, the structure is secondary. The real revolution must be internal.
That’s why in Waking Up, the transformation of society begins not with policy — but with a global awakening from the ego. Only when the majority of people have remembered their shared essence, their interconnection, and the joy of giving and sharing rather than grasping, can new models of coordination and care truly take root.
So the question becomes:
After the awakening… what kind of decision-making and collaboration arises?
In a post-capitalist, post-egoic world, governance is no longer about control. It becomes about coordination, stewardship, and transparent collaboration. Let us explore six evolving models and frameworks that point the way.
💜 1. Collaborative Councils: Miki Kashtan’s Nested Model
Miki Kashtan, co-founder of BayNVC and author of Reweaving Our Human Fabric, proposes a deeply human form of governance rooted in Nonviolent Communication. Her model centers around Convergent Facilitation and a nested structure of local-to-global councils:
Local communities make context-based decisions.
Representatives, accountable to their communities, participate in broader coordination.
Power is exercised with care, through inclusion, feedback, and shared purpose.
This model avoids both top-down authority and the paralysis of consensus by using skilled facilitation to uncover shared needs and create agreements that work for all.
Key Insight: Empathy and clarity can replace coercion and confusion.
🧪 2. AI-Assisted and Sortition-Based Systems
Emerging digital democracies experiment with a blend of:
AI decision support: analyzing complex data and modeling outcomes
Sortition: random selection of citizens to serve in rotating assemblies
Liquid democracy: delegating voting power flexibly to trusted participants
These systems aim to reduce bias, increase representation, and create fluid, adaptive decision-making models that can scale globally while remaining locally rooted.
Key Insight: Technology can serve human values when it amplifies fairness, not control.
♻️ 3. Consensus-Based Governance
Consensus is a timeless model used in indigenous communities, intentional groups, and spiritual traditions. It emphasizes shared understanding and alignment over majority rule:
Everyone’s voice matters
Proposals evolve through discussion
Outcomes seek full consent or at least deep acceptance
While sometimes slow, consensus fosters trust, accountability, and a culture of listening. When combined with facilitation (as in Miki Kashtan’s model), it becomes more effective and scalable.
Key Insight: Collective wisdom often emerges through dialogue, not votes.
🌍 4. The Venus Project: Decisions by Design
Jacque Fresco’s Venus Project envisions a world where governance is replaced by systems-based planning:
Decisions about infrastructure and resource use are made through scientific reasoning, not politics. Decisions are arrived at based on what is the most logical and rational solution
Cities are designed circularly for maximum efficiency and sustainability
Technology handles logistics; humans pursue learning, art, and connection
While sometimes critiqued as technocratic, this model removes ego and profit motives from decision-making entirely.
Key Insight: Science, when applied ethically, can guide resource stewardship more wisely than ideology.
🌿 5. The Natural Exchange System (NES): A System — and a Mindset
The Natural Exchange System (NES), from Waking Up, isn’t governance in the usual sense. It’s not about administering rules. It’s a shift in consciousness:
“As long as the resources exist, are used sustainably, and no one is exploited, why shouldn’t everyone have what they want and need?” — Aweena
NES removes the need for trade, ownership, or barter. People contribute because they want to, not because they must. Needs are visible, and flows of goods happen organically. With this system and mindset, governance and management is barely necessary because fear, hoarding, and inequality have vanished.
Key Insight: When we release the need to exchange, we free ourselves from the need to control.
🔄 6. After the Awakening: What Remains?
When the ego no longer drives our behavior, governance dissolves into guidance. Power hierarchies are replaced by transparent coordination, local empowerment, and global empathy.
In this world:
Councils convene as needed, not forever
AI serves human values, not market logic
Consensus reflects our interdependence
Science supports life, not profit
NES becomes the soil from which all collaboration can grow
We stop asking who should rule — and start asking how we can serve.
✨ Conclusion: From Rulers to Stewards
Humanity’s past was built on fear, defended by ego, and maintained through systems of control. But our future can be different. If we awaken to our shared being, then governance is no longer about who gets to decide.
It becomes about how we live together.
The best governance may not be a system at all. It may be the result of shared values, open hearts, and a collective remembrance of what it means to be human.
If this vision speaks to you, discover more in the book that started it all.
👉 Get your copy of Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity HERE.
Get this: On a remote beach in the Galápagos Islands, a group of people gathers under the sun, bending down to pick up pieces of plastic and other trash. They are not paid. There is no boss. No clock ticking. Just hands moving, hearts aligned, a shared sense of purpose. This scene has repeated itself for over 30 years, thanks to a volunteer program inviting ordinary people to protect one of the most extraordinary places on Earth.
This is not a dream of a better future. This is happening — right now.
And it’s not just in Galápagos.
Across the globe, millions of us are already doing the work of the New Earth, without waiting for permission or paychecks. It’s not radical. It’s not revolutionary. It’s not niche. It’s mainstream.
NES – the Natural Exchange System
In my book Waking Up: A Journey Towards a New Dawn for Humanity, the Natural Exchange System (NES) is the system that has replaced money and trading. It mimics nature in the sense that there is no reciprocal exchange. Every part does its thing and is fulfilled in doing it. Plants produce food and oxygen. Bees collect nectar from flowers and so on. Humans do what feels most natural and interesting for them without any monetary transactions. It’s based on a natural flow of contribution — where people offer their time, skills, and care because they want to, not because they have to. It’s a system of inspired action, grounded in trust and meaning.
🌱 The Spirit of NES is Already Here
But we don’t need to wait for the future to experience the idea of a Natural Exchange System (NES) as described in the book. We simply need to see it — and recognize it for what it is.
Here are just a few powerful examples:
🌲 The Student Conservation Association (USA) has seen over 50,000 volunteers contribute more than 2 million hours each year to trail building, habitat restoration, and conservation research.
🌳 Bergwaldprojekt (Europe) mobilizes volunteers to maintain forests and ecosystems across Germany, Switzerland, and Austria — reconnecting people with the Earth.
🐨 Conservation Volunteers Australia engages over 10,000 local and 2,000 international volunteers annually in hands-on environmental work — from replanting forests to rescuing native species.
🌍 The Green Belt Movement (Kenya), founded by Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, has empowered women to plant over 51 million trees, rebuilding ecosystems and communities together.
🇦🇲 Armenia Tree Project has planted over 8 million trees since 1994 — thanks largely to unpaid, inspired citizens.
💪 Voluntarism: A Massive, Measurable Force
If you think voluntarism is just “extra,” think again. The economic value of unpaid work is staggering:
🟢 In the United States alone, volunteers donated approximately 6.9 billion hours in 2024. 🟢 Each hour is valued at $34.79, according to Independent Sector. 🟢 That’s a total contribution worth over $167 billion annually — more than the GDP of many countries.
And that’s just one country.
Globally, the value of volunteer work is so vast it rivals national economies. According to international studies, if we tallied up all the unpaid hours humans give to each other and the planet every year, it would exceed the GDPs of most nations on Earth.
Let that sink in.
We’re not just talking about potential anymore — we’re talking about proof.
❤️ We Want to Contribute
Why do people do this?
Not for profit. Not for status. Not for survival.
We do it because it feels right. Because it connects us. Because it matters.
This is what the future looks like.
A world where contribution comes not from guilt or obligation, but from joy and connection. A world where we aren’t driven by scarcity — but by meaning.
🌟 The Call of the New World
The volunteers of Galápagos didn’t wait for NES to be formalized. They simply acted. So did the forest protectors of Europe. So did the open-source coders, the disaster relief teams, the community gardeners, the school lunch helpers, the animal rescuers.
NES is already here.
It lives in the spaces where money doesn’t reach — but humanity does.
The world of Waking Up isn’t some distant fantasy. It’s the world we’re already building, hour by hour, heart by heart. If you want to dive into this future and experience it through the eyes of Benjamin Michaels, you can order the book here.
Because without true awakening, we’ll keep recreating the same broken systems.
Today, “spiritual awakening” is everywhere — in self-help books, TikTok trends, and vision boards filled with yachts and soulmates. But most of what’s being sold under that name isn’t awakening at all.
True spiritual awakening is not about manifesting more for the ego.
It’s not about using spiritual tools to chase the same things the ego always wanted — just with incense burning in the background.
True spiritual awakening is an awakening from the ego.
From the illusion of separation, scarcity, and fear — into the truth of what we truly are:
The Universal Spirit Essence present in every being. The Awareness that sees through these eyes, reads these words, and witnesses thought itself. The One that creates the thoughts — and in doing so, creates the reality.
When we remember that we are the creators of our thoughts, we begin to reclaim something forgotten:
We are the creators of our world.
In the depth of this realization lies the One — the same One in everyOne. And when we truly see this, we understand that we are not separate. We are all unique expressions of the same Source, the One. and from this foundation, a new world becomes not only possible, but inevitable.
A true spiritual awakening isn’t about manifesting more for the ego, it’s about remembering that there is already enough for everyone.
When the illusion of separation dissolves, so does the logic of hoarding. We stop asking “How can I get more for me?” and begin living from a deeper truth: “How can we all have more — together?”
That’s when abundance becomes real. That’s when the world of Waking Up begins.
And here’s something else:
True inspiration follows true awakening.
Not the hustle-driven motivation of the ego, but a quiet, clear, radiant energy that flows directly from the Source. An inspiration that brings with it the solutions we need — not just for one person to succeed, but for all beings to thrive.
This inspiration does not serve the 0.1%. It serves Life Itself. And it will guide us — if we let it — to build a world that works for every being on this planet.
The novel Waking Up imagines such a future — where this awakening is no longer just personal, but global. Where humanity has shed the systems of fear and stepped into a reality based on trust, unity, and shared abundance.
It’s already happening. Quietly. In the hearts of millions. People are letting go. Waking up. Coming Home.
So ask yourself: What if enough of us truly woke up? What kind of world would we create — together?
Why meditation is essential to the post-money future imagined inWaking 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.
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Humanity has never stood still. Time and again, we’ve reimagined the rules—not just of technology or politics, but of reality itself. These moments, known as paradigm shifts, don’t just change how we live; they change how we think. From our place in the cosmos to how we exchange value, these shifts redefine the human story. As we face mounting global challenges today, it’s worth asking: are we approaching another major leap? And if so, are we truly ready?
What is a paradigm shift?
The term “paradigm shift” was popularized by philosopher Thomas Kuhn to describe sudden and radical changes in scientific thought. But its implications reach far beyond laboratories and theories. A paradigm shift marks a fundamental transformation in worldview—a reordering of what we consider real, possible, and desirable. It challenges the old and births the new, often through tension and upheaval. Here are some of the paradigm shifts of history:
The Agricultural Revolution: The Birth of Civilization
Roughly 12,000 years ago, humans transitioned from a nomadic, hunter-gatherer existence to a life based on farming and settlement. This shift was not just about food; it marked the beginning of surplus, private property, hierarchy, and eventually cities and empires. Humans began to control nature rather than live within it. It was a redefinition of our relationship to land, time, and one another—and it laid the foundation for everything that followed.
The Invention of Money: From Trust to Transaction
With the rise of trade came the need for something more abstract than barter. Money emerged as a stand-in for trust—a standardized unit of value that enabled exchange at scale. But this shift didn’t just change commerce. It transformed relationships. Communities that once operated on mutual aid and gifting began to operate on contracts and currencies. Money brought efficiency, yes, but also separation. It taught us to quantify life, to compete, to accumulate. In doing so, it rewrote our mental software.
The Copernican Revolution: Decentering Humanity
When Nicolaus Copernicus proposed that the Earth revolved around the Sun, it shattered the illusion that we were the center of the universe. This shift had cosmic and spiritual implications. It questioned religious authority, humbled human ego, and sparked the Scientific Revolution. Suddenly, we were just one planet among many. Our place in the cosmos became less privileged—and more mysterious.
The Enlightenment: The Power of Reason
The Enlightenment broke the chains of dogma and introduced a new paradigm: that reason, science, and individual liberty could guide human progress. It questioned monarchy, church, and superstition, birthing revolutions and republics. It laid the groundwork for modern democracy, human rights, and secular thinking. It also reinforced the notion that knowledge, not lineage, defines authority.
The Industrial Revolution: Machines and Modernity
When steam engines began to hum and factories rose across Europe, humanity entered a new era. The Industrial Revolution turned labor into commodity, nature into resource, and time into currency. People moved from farms to cities, from crafts to production lines. The clock replaced the sun as the measure of life. It brought prosperity for some—but also pollution, exploitation, and alienation. It was a leap forward, but not without a cost.
The Digital Age: Connected and Fragmented
The last 50 years have seen another radical shift: the digitization of everything. The internet blurred borders, democratized information, and reshaped communication. We can access more knowledge in a second than entire empires once could in a century. But this connectivity also brought fragmentation, surveillance, and digital overload. We are more linked—but not necessarily more united.
What Do These Shifts Have in Common?
Each shift disrupted a dominant story. Each began at the fringes—among farmers, philosophers, scientists, or inventors. Each was resisted, often violently, before being accepted as obvious. And each redefined what it meant to be human in its era.
What Are the Signs of the Next Shift?
Today, we see breakdowns across multiple systems: ecological collapse, economic inequality, rising mental health issues, and disillusionment with politics and media. But alongside these fractures, something new is stirring. Concepts like degrowth, universal basic income, gift economies, are gaining traction. AI is challenging our assumptions about intelligence, and spiritual practices are shifting from dogma to direct experience.
What Might the Next Paradigm Be?
Perhaps it’s a shift from ownership to access, from extraction to regeneration, from fear to GROJ: Gratitude, Love, Joy. As described in Waking Up. It might mean valuing meaning over money, community over consumption, purpose over productivity. It could be the return of the sacred—not in religious terms, but in how we treat life, one another, and the Earth.
But more than anything, the next paradigm may be one of choice and preference—a world where people act from inner clarity rather than outer pressure. Work becomes contribution, not obligation. Learning becomes play, not preparation. We begin to choose based on what resonates with our deepest values and joys. This shift is made possible by a new understanding of our oneness—not just with each other, but with the Earth, the cosmos, and the very fabric of life itself.
Are We Ready?
No one is ever fully ready for a paradigm shift. They’re messy, uncomfortable, and often come disguised as crisis. But readiness doesn’t mean having answers—it means having openness. The willingness to imagine a better story. The courage to question what we’ve taken for granted.
Who Will Go First?
The next great leap won’t just be technological. It will be human. It will emerge not from institutions, but from individuals who dare to think and live differently. Paradigm shifts begin when enough people refuse to pretend the old world still works. So the question isn’t just “Are we ready?” The real question is: Who will go first?
Call to Action
If this resonates with you—if you feel the quiet stirrings of a new story inside—then start living it. Share these ideas. Join conversations that matter and be part of the shift. Because change doesn’t begin with everyone. It begins with someone. Maybe that someone is you. Build something beautiful, even if small. And if you want a vivid, inspiring vision of what this next paradigm might look like, read my book Waking Up. It’s a novel that brings these ideas to life—and it’s available now.
What Are Our Real Energy Options — And Could “Free Energy” Actually Work One Day?
In a world teetering between climate breakdown and technological breakthrough, one question continues to pulse beneath the surface of all discussions: Where will we get our energy in the future? The choices we make now will echo for generations.
But are we really looking at all the options — even the ones that sound like science fiction? Or are some possibilities quietly dismissed because they don’t fit into the current profit-driven energy paradigm? When innovation threatens to disrupt entrenched economic interests, it’s often labeled as fringe, regardless of its potential. Perhaps it’s not the feasibility of new energy that’s in question — but its profitability.
Let’s take a clear-eyed look.
1. The Mainstream Path: Solar, Wind, Hydro, Nuclear — and Fossil Fuels (Still Hanging On)
These are the dominant energy sources today:
Solar and wind are rapidly scaling, becoming cheaper and more efficient. Yet they rely on material-heavy infrastructure and storage solutions to offset intermittency.
Hydropower is powerful but geographically limited and ecologically controversial.
Nuclear offers high output with low carbon, but faces public resistance, long timelines, and unresolved waste issues.
Fossil fuels — oil, coal, and gas — still account for over 75% of global energy use. But they’re rapidly becoming indefensible: they drive climate instability, pollute ecosystems, and rely on extraction models rooted in geopolitical conflict and inequality. While some advocate for “clean coal” or natural gas as transition fuels, the reality is simple: there is no sustainable future with fossil fuels at the core.
If we are to power a livable, peaceful world, we must move beyond fossil dependence — not just technologically, but psychologically and economically.
2. Transitional Fixes: Wind, Solar, Hydro, Biofuels, and Geothermal
Biofuels vary wildly in sustainability; some consume more energy than they yield.
Geothermal might buy time, but carries unknown risks and ethical dilemmas.
Hydropower, though technically a mainstream source, still plays a transitional role in many regions, especially where infrastructure is aging or ecologically contested.
Wind power is one of the fastest-growing energy sources, offering clean electricity at increasingly competitive prices. However, it relies on large-scale infrastructure, faces variability depending on weather, and requires energy storage or grid balancing to ensure stability.
Solar energy has become dramatically cheaper and more accessible in the last decade. Yet it remains intermittent, dependent on daylight and weather, and requires significant material inputs — especially for panels, batteries, and inverters.
In short: stopgaps, not final answers.
3. The Untapped Frontier: Geothermal, Ocean Energy… and Exotic Physics?
Deep geothermal could power the planet 24/7 — if we master affordable, safe drilling.
Tidal and wave energy are clean and predictable, yet still early-stage. For example, the tidal flows through the Strait of Gibraltar are exceptionally strong, representing a potentially massive source of kinetic energy. Estimates suggest that capturing just a fraction of this natural flow — possibly using underwater turbines or pressure systems — could generate significant amounts of continuous, renewable power for the surrounding region. However, technological, environmental, and political challenges have so far limited development. But in the world described in my book Waking Up the world looks completely different in terms of territorial disputes and politics and may make this easier to accomplish.
Space-based solar has prototypes, but enormous logistical hurdles.
Which brings us to the elephant in the quantum room…
4. Zero-Point Energy (ZPE) and the “Free Energy” Dream
For over a century, mavericks have claimed access to systems that defy mainstream physics — overunity devices, vacuum energy extraction, zero-point energy. Critics cry pseudoscience. And yes, the First Law of Thermodynamics still rules: no free lunch.
But quantum mechanics does recognize a zero-point field — a fluctuating energy present even in a vacuum. This field, often described through quantum fluctuations, is deeply tied to the Planck constant, which sets the scale for these fluctuations at the quantum level. The question is not whether it exists, but whether we can tap into it. If we could, it might unlock entirely new forms of energy, challenging our current understanding of physics.
So far, rigorous attempts have failed. But what if the block isn’t in the field — but in us? In our tools? In our paradigm?
And here’s something rarely discussed: the so-called “laws” of thermodynamics are not divine mandates — they’re postulates, much like the axioms of mathematics. Incredibly reliable, yes, but based on assumptions about how closed systems behave. If one day we find phenomena operating outside these frameworks — say, in non-equilibrium quantum systems — then what we call a “law” today might turn out to be a local approximation, not a universal truth.
Could breakthroughs in quantum science, materials, or AI unlock what once seemed impossible?
Some say yes. Others scoff. But heresy, after all, is just the future in disguise.
And maybe the biggest heresy of all is this:
Everything is energy.
Modern physics confirms it. What we perceive as solid matter is, at its core, vibrating fields of energy. From electrons to galaxies, from thought to light — all things are fluctuations in one vast energetic ocean. This isn’t just spiritual poetry anymore; it’s quantum fact.
So when we talk about “free energy,” we’re not invoking fantasy — we’re asking whether our species is ready to understand, harmonize with, and eventually tap into the deeper currents of the universe itself.
5. What Would We Do With Unlimited Energy?
Even if we crack the code to unlimited clean energy, then what?
Will we:
Turbocharge extraction, consumption, and inequality?
Or will we:
Use it to heal ecosystems, rebuild communities, and end artificial scarcity?
Abundance without wisdom is disaster. Abundance with consciousness could change everything.
Conclusion: From Scarcity to Possibility
In the end, energy isn’t just about watts and gigajoules. It’s about values, imagination, and the world we choose to build.
Fossil fuels may still dominate the global grid, but they come at a deadly cost. They destabilize the climate, poison air and water, drive mass extinction, and entrench geopolitical power games. Worse, they anchor us to a scarcity mindset — one where energy must be hoarded, sold, and fought over.
This model is obsolete.
Yes — solar, wind, and other renewables are enough for now. But true transformation lies not only in cleaner sources, but in rethinking the story of energy: from extraction to regeneration, from control to cooperation.
And maybe, just maybe, the next century will see breakthroughs we can barely imagine today.
If “free energy” ever becomes real, the most important shift won’t be technical.
It will be spiritual — a shift from domination to stewardship, from survival to shared abundance.
Because when everything is energy — a truth echoed by both modern physics and ancient spiritual traditions — the real revolution begins within. Science tells us that matter is ultimately condensed energy, while mystics have long taught that all is vibration, all is connected. When we begin to see ourselves as part of this universal field, not separate from it, our motivations and priorities can shift profoundly. The true energy transformation is not just external — it’s a shift in how we perceive reality itself.
If you’re ready to explore how a world of limitless, clean energy could transform not just our technologies, but our very way of life, join the conversation. How can we ensure that this energy shift leads to abundance, not exploitation? What steps can we take today to pave the way for a future of collaboration, regeneration, and shared prosperity? The next chapter of humanity’s energy story is waiting — and it starts with us.
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