March 12, 2009

Alternative Money Systems

At the moment I am researching some alternative Money Systems for use as an online software system for a LETS job agency in Groningen in the Netherlands (Dutch: LETS uitzendbureau). We will work under the name LETSwerk.nl
Looking at the following softwarelist (http://www.complementarycurrency.org/software.html).
The system should be able to have multiple currencies. We will use time (like time-banks), LETS (local barter units) and conventional money (Euro). 
After lots of research we will begin to use Cyclos as our main banking and administration software. Before this I tried CuroMuto.com as a test environment but I could not get this barternetwork to work.

Just before this post I joined http://stroomgeld.ning.com/ (dutch) aiming at an ecosophical approach using Bernard Lietaer's book 'The Future of Money'. A good portal-page about complementary economics in the Netherlands (including international links) is: http://complementaire-economie.startpagina.nl/

There are many web sites dealing with alternative money systems and related issues. The following are some of the most interesting (list from: http://www.ces.org.za/misc/links.htm)
Alternative Money Systems
The following resources are to help you understand the nature of money-as-we-know-it and why we need a new money system.
Documents, Books and Articles
Monetary Reform
Monetary History
Miscellaneous
  • Money, Banking and Credit. This site is devoted to the issues of money, banking, fiscal, and monetary policy and their impacts on families and the nation as a whole
  • The People vs The Banks - Class action suit on behalf of the people of Canada alleging that financial institutions are illegally creating money.
Peak Oil
Video
  • CC Video. Collection of videos on complementary currency systems
  • Money as Debt [Google video]
    Paul Grignon's 47-minute animated presentation of "Money as Debt" tells in very simple and effective graphic terms what money is and how it is being created. It is an entertaining way to get the message out. The Cowichan Citizens Coalition and its "Duncan Initiative" received high praise from those who previewed it. I recommend it as a painless but hard-hitting educational tool and encourage the widest distribution and use by all groups concerned with the present unsustainable monetary system in Canada and the United States.
  • The Money Masters [Google video]
    How International Bankers Gained Control of America
  • Monopoly Men - Federal Reserve Fraud (1999)
  • Suzao Media
    A good collection of videos on money and debt
[this post was updated on december 3, 2009.] 
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    March 09, 2009

    Online presence and awareness

    Going for an online presence with a steady track record is a bit of a challenge. Personality and entertainment-values aside: When does one reach a new awareness, a new Eureka? Discoveries, innovations and inventions that one did not have before and are now emerging.
    Can I really use my Blog as a personal inspiration Journal, subjectively reflecting on external and internal input? Or could it be compared to the Captain's log (without the personal log) like Jean Luc Picard in Startrek?

    Awareness as a whole is a pretty big issue and I have collected and read many books and articles about this subject. Recently I noticed the great overlap of David R. Hawkins' work regarding the calibrated consciousness scale (the map of consciousness) using applied kinesiology with the inspiring channelled work of Esther & Jerry Hicks (also featured in the movie 'The Secret' about the Law of Attraction).
    Hawkins calles it calibration levels and Esther Hicks called it frequencies or vibrational interpretation (this jargon or terminology is also used in therapeutics and NLP). Eckhart Tolle, author of 'A New Earth', featured on Oprah's website probably calls it identification with a certain form and at the lower levels (Hawkins Scale: above 200=Truth / below 200= Falshood) identification with the (collective) painbody. Caroline Myss, medical intuitive & author of 'anatomy of the spirit' also identifies the collective tribal energy circuit (First Chakra in eastern terminology). Myss greatest methaphor is the analogy of your bodies energy system with a bank-account and identify where your energy flows. Stop the leaks or you become energetically bankrupt which causes illness in your body. My association when watching Caroline Myss explaining this Energetic Bankaccount concept was with Robert Kiyosaki, author of the book 'Rich Dad, Poor Dad' in which he explaines the flow of money of the poor, the middle class and rich people [video] identifying assets (puts money in my pocket, will feed me) and liabilities (takes money out of my pocket, will eat me). The comparison of the importance of educating Financial Literacy and educating personal Energetic Literacy is rather interesting.

    Back to awareness: When I meditate using only the Silva Method I am tuned in the Akasha field somewhat (Zero Point Field for scientists but what's in a name), but when I also use the Heartmath (HeartCoherence) techniques I unlock and release creativity and new potential.
    Burt Goldman, an 81 year old (retired) Silva instructor also known as the American Monk created a course named Quantum Jumping where you go to parallel dimensions when meditating using the Silva Method. In Silva you just go to your Lab and you meet your 2 advisors, but what if you just create a board of advisors, a mindteam if you will, and check the outcome in a parallel dimension immediately after your consult or brainstorm. Even if you only imagine it or visualize it: This is very powerful stuff and I haven't even mentioned ESP or remote viewing.

    I am aware that everyone chooses his or her own path in life, but although a skeptical approach is custom when dealing with these claims, one cannot ignore the impact experiences like these ideas have, even if it is just imagination and overwhelming evidence is pure luck according to witnesses. I'd like to end this personal awareness piece positive: Suspend (your thinking) & Hang in There, (free interpretation of Peter Senge's Presence) and close with the wonderful affirmation:
    "Everyday in every way, it is getting better and better!"
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