Goblinking
17th August 2009, 05:29
hello revleft, I have been a lurker for quite sometime, but recently I have decided to post an article that my friend wrote about the forthcoming of a resource based economy. I have debated the issue with him a few times, somethings i do agree with, but I mostly side with the normal society of today. However I am still anti capitalist. Please give me critique of my friends article:
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Many have spoken of The New Aeon of Light but very few are the descriptions of this Aeon. In fact more time and energy these days seems to be spent on arguing about how it will come about. For many who believe in the concepts of Aeons, they think it will occur all on its own and that no effort is needed to manifest it. They are most naive as they do not understand that the New Age must be manifested through will, both physical and metaphysical. Though through many other documents and places it has been argued, by us, the need to combat the injustices of the world politically and socially, in addition to metaphysically. In this particular document, however, the focus will be very little on how we get to the New Age. Instead here our focus is on what this New Age looks like, how does it function, and how will it bring about total Dharmic Consciousness.
In “The Death of The Dark Aeon and Birth of The New Aeon” we hinted at what this society would look like only briefly. We’ve even given clues as to how the revolutionary process begins. A few loose ends from that discussion will be tied up here before the main discussion on Directivism. In fact Directivism is a term we ourselves have coined, and the way Directivists handle social issues is so radically left from the traditional left. Directivism is the final manifestation of what has been called “New Left” ... for all intensive purposes Directivism should be called The Zen of Revolution!
The term Directivism is really a play on terms, it means “Direct Democracy”, originally a concept put forward in Greek philosophy. To us Prometheus represents a motif of Direct Democracy as a archetype; he was in rebellion against Despotic rule. Direct Democracy is a system and an economy that has never been tried. However, Direct Democracy is the state in which Economy ceases, at least in the sense that demand notes are exchanged for commodities. Direct Democracy is the economy without material value, a system where production is only maintained and only occurs to fulfill human need. Artificial value placed on commodities would be absolutely nil in the Directivist society and even in its future manifestation of The Dhammic Society.
Let us not be fooled, ever, into thinking such a society will occur on its own or through non-violent struggle. This doesn’t mean we should take up arms now, quite the contrary at this stage, we must educate ourselves and agitate others. Revolution will begin when the people themselves are enlightened enough to enter into open struggle against the system. Consent of the governed still applies and rulers cannot rule without the consent of the ruled.
In the electoral arena however, many have been fooled into believing that when they cast their ballot for Republican or Democrat, Tory or Labor, National Alliance or Democratic Union, that their vote is where they voice their approval or disapproval for government. Of course the ballot box is still just social Maya (Illusion) like a hologram which at one level the eyes see as solid, and at another level the eyes can see through. Of course, even a hologram can be distorted and made to look differently. However like with any illusion the ultimate use value of it will always be aesthetic... nothing more. Put more simply, we can take any illusion and change the way the eye's perceive it. However the usefulness of any social Maya ends at its aesthetic (visual) use value.
Beyond just using the electoral platform as a forum to spread our ideas, certain notions can be demonstrated to work. For the old left Socialists and Marxists it is always their goal to Nationalize industry in the hands of a state that they seek to lead workers in the taking over of. However, The Directivist does not seek to Nationalize failing industry and place it into the hands of a central state. Rather the Directivist intends to cooperatize industry and place failing industry into Direct control of workers.
It is through cooperative industry that the first vestiges of Directivism will take root. The slogan of Directivists is Cooperatization of industry not Nationalization of industry. The workers cooperative has already been practiced throughout various sectors of the economy; Buying clubs, Consumer Coops, Growers Cooperatives. In all of these, ultimate power resides between the alliance of worker and consumer.
But if these are examples of Directivism on a small scale then really Directivism is an example of one larger and more consolidated consumer cooperative. The obvious question is, how do we get from small scale coops to large scale coops? This is indeed a question to be touched on here and does contribute to explaining how our society is setup following a revolution. Several things would occur during the revolution to begin the laying down of the bulwark for Directivism, and several things will occur afterwards as well. It is a long and complicated process, however, here we shall attempt to explain in detail for the first time ever “What Is Directivism?”
Elections and revolutions
For the Directivist the electoral strategy first and foremost involves the directing of power back into the hands of the people. It involves agitation and involvement of the people whether they are apathetic to the process or not. Beyond this the electoral strategy of providing direct service to the downtrodden must also accompany it. For example: a Directivist council person would organize a food bank for their community or other service. Of course at this level what can be done is limited, however, the agitation that can be done is important. Other services to the community may include weekly meditation classes provided for by city funds. The elected Directivist makes the enlightening of their community a top priority, and beyond this, the sharing of Dharmic consciousness with all.
Regarding economic concerns, the elected Directivist will always favor the collapse of large private industry through massive taxation. This will cause it to either flee or collapse and when this occurs the policy must immediately be followed up by cooperatization of the failed business. All those who have lost jobs shall be brought into a complete workers cooperative. Grants shall be given to kick start it and the workers will elect their own impeachable facilitators, and directors who will get paid only the same as a skilled worker. The motivation to direct and facilitate wouldn't be financial, quite simply, the motivation to direct and facilitate on behalf of the people would become the same as the driving force behind people such as Huey P Newton, or Caesar Chavez. The will to implement and give voice to the people has always been ingrained in us from student leaders and activists to civil rights leaders. It's only the current phase of society with its false sense of freedom that would convince us that the right to compete and undermine our brothers and sisters is what our nature truly is.
Regardless who is appointed to facilitate and direct the members of the co-op will vote on working hours, vacation, etc. The success and failure of the business would be left up to the workers themselves, who for all intensive purposes will make sure their livelihood succeeds and flourishes, with the same fervor people display nowadays, to keep a job in the capitalist marketplace. Even If two similar co-ops exist in an area they can simply merge together into a larger co-op, since ultimately the larger the co-op, the more of a benefit it would be to both its consumers and workers. The cooperative can compete with the larger chain business, which would still be privately owned and compete better with prices. In fact without an over-bloated and un-elected management getting rich off the labor of workers there would be less operating expenses and overhead. The workers would be able to invest all revenue directly back into the means of production as well as their wages. Overtime co-ops could put corporations out of business. Some might even argue that Directivism can be brought about economically and through the ballot box. The problem, however, is that as long as the free market exists... so will banks, whether they are central banks or many small independent banks. Banks will still issue credit and ultimately dictate and attempt to disrupt cooperatives. Especially if the co-ops threaten to put corporations they have partnerships with... out of business. Ultimately the banks will struggle with cooperative industry to put it down and eliminate it, or at least cause them to enter into debt so they can issue them credit and thus dictate to them their business structure and set wages. On the other side the co-ops could defy the banks and organize their co-op members and consumers in a social and political struggle against banking establishments.
Under Capitalism it will be impossible for cooperatives to gain the upper hand, only when enough become enlightened to the fact that Capitalism... which is the result of the ancient Roman Mercantile system, is not progressive and has never been progressive. Ancient Roman Merchant Capitalism or Petty Capitalism and banking is the very thing which gives birth to the Freed Masonic Labor Contract. Not only the free labor contract, but also the large national banks and corporations that emerged from the petty banks and petty corporations. Of course this emergence was not a progressive thing for humanity, even though some might argue that the rising productive forces were an important development. Fact of the matter is, that the raising of productive forces was occurring while the investment and capitalization of these means, by bankers wealth, was also happening. Ultimately it is the investment in the rising means of production that was a set back for all of humanity, since it set the stage for global oligarchy.
Some have, of course, called the workers co-op small-scale Marxism. Subconsciously they might be referring to the fact that the banks still hold power over the economy. However Marxists would sooner nationalize then cooperatize industry, such is the divided line between the Directivist and The Marxist. The goals of the Marxist and The Directivist are diametrically different when it comes to how to setup a more Democratically run economic system. The Directivist seeks to give power directly back to the worker, while the Marxist seeks to build a new state apparatus every step of the way. Directivists seek to dismantle state power, while Marxists seek to build a new state. The comparison and contrasting of various visions for the future will be presented by Directivists in the electoral arena. In many areas it will seem somewhat difficult to break through to people with such a new political ideology. The greatest problem we will face will be the simple fact that 99.5% of the world has never heard of Directivism. When compared to that... actual revolution and implementation of Directivism will seem simple by comparison. Soon enough, however, Directivism will be a household term that everyone will know the meaning of.
Agitation and insurrection
Once Directivism does indeed become a household term that most people have heard of, things will begin to change. Over time continued agitation and informing of the masses will lead people to demand change. When crisis, critical mass, and/or coordinated individual actions pave the way for mobilizations of the masses, the goal will be the same. The people will join with their revolutionary facilitatorship to be taught, and instructed in the various methods of Physical and Metaphysical action against the dominant social paradigm. This will be the enlightened revolution that will sweep aestheticism by the wayside and treat the old order as an illusory manifestation. On a massive scale the people will take to the streets and take over the various aspects of the economy. The military will join with the people and the police will fight till the bitter end to defend the laws of the artificial state.
The revolutionary facilitatorship will dedicate itself to bring all up to their level of knowledge. The revolutionary facilitatorship will merge with the people during the revolution as the need for a revolutionary organization will have ceased. Once the people are armed with the blueprint of Directivism, the enlightened will continue to teach among the people throughout the course of revolution. During the revolutionary process itself, the people will slowly start to take over the privately owned property of the capitalist class and directivise it in common with all people. One of the first things to fall into the hands of an insurrection will be the media (i.e. TV, and Radio). Like the insurrection that occurred not that long ago in Oaxaca, the very first thing to be established will be a people's radio network. Some low frequency pirate radio stations will probably already exist. However, the people's radio stations that will be established and broadcast at higher frequencies during the revolution will send out over the airwaves the people's news. This will be done to counter all government propaganda expounded by the state against the people's insurrection. Part of this propaganda will paint the people's insurrection out to be a small group of radicals and terrorists. The state will not hesitate to use its propaganda machine to coerce public opinion against the movement. They will probably even go so far as to carry out false flag operations such as bombing their own monuments and buildings and blaming it on the insurrection and use this pretext to declare martial law and use brutal repressive force against the people.
Armed struggle will be necessary during this point, although we ideally want a bloodless revolution for the dying state will want to go down with a fight. Their declaration of martial law will be just one step forward. It will be necessary to organize people’s militia to defend the people and take over... as the defenders of the people. This would at first happen locally during the period of insurrection. Eventually this will happen on a more massive scale and it will become necessary to take over the states propaganda machine. TV stations would begin broadcasting the news of the underground out to the people and the good thing is, programs wouldn't have brainwashing marketing scams on them, aka: commercials.
These people’s militia’s will join together to form a national confederation of independent regional militias. The confederation of independent militias would then begin the dismantling of the state. First it would round up all the bankers, ceo’s, members of secret cabals (Free Masons, Council on Foreign Relations, etc.) and prepare them to be put on trial for their crimes against humanity. The confederation of militias would then march on and annihilate the masonic organizations, and every and all symbols of The Illuminati Network. All remnants of the old Illuminati/ Defiler order would be done away with. The people's militia would serve to defend the gains made and this mass popular insurrection would form a counter propaganda machine against the tendencies of the Old Aeon.
Once the phase of revolution is complete, the confederation would allow total autonomy for all regional militia. All media and the airwaves would become public property shared in common with all people (Public Access). The regional militia would spawn community militia and become a community service organization (like the Conservation Corp.). They would be mobilized to rebuild infrastructure and assist in reconstruction after the revolution. As well, they would act as defenders against any counter revolutionary elements. Community oversight would be established with the power to subpoena and place on trial members of the community and regional militia.
Dismantling the state
Once the revolution is complete a new social setup begins to come together. First and foremost is the transformation of industry into a large national consumer cooperative. Social services on the other hand would be facilitated by a Council of Magus. The initial Magus would be appointed by society as those individuals whose duty it would be to teach and better society. They would be collected from various eclectic traditions the world over and be thought of in common as Bodhi or Gurus. Basically teachers who would see to the social needs of society as well as assist in nurturing, training, and teaching all of society to reach higher consciousness. The Magus most primary concern would be the common ascension of the whole of society. They would be held responsible towards this task not only by each other, but also members of society at large. They would be initiates of society as a whole but would also initiate others as Magus. The Magus would be societies Perfecti as they would be those who would give up all worldly attachments to serve the common good and lead an aesthetic path. One could think of them as an aesthetic group of monks like any other such aesthetic group. They'd be made up of both men and women, any who wanted to be initiated into the Magus. Further, any and all wisdom and knowledge they had would be accessible to all of society. In fact it would be the task of the Magus to establish great library's and centers of learning, thought, and knowledge. They would nurture all aspects of societies growth and development. The only difference between these perfecti and non-perfecti would be in dedication to training. Its obvious that not all people would yet be ready to be perfecti and in fact it may take several generations before this occurs. In terms of services, the Magus will run the social services of society, Healthcare, Care Giving, Mobility Facilitation (Mass Transit), Education, Libraries and any other services society would require.
They would have no control over standing armies and would wield no financial power, since none would exist. They would embrace the role that the wise have in the world, which is to spread the knowledge to all individuals. They would act as a group of subtle revolutionaries for the next stage of development. Since the establishment of Directivism is not yet the full implementation of Dharmic consciousness they would be the guides towards that next stage. In the Directivist society, organized religious institutions would begin to dissolve as spirituality would become a more personal experience. Spiritualities would meld together into a great hodge podge or melting pot of various concepts. All this would be done with the total absence of any state power or any banks. In fact the former ruling class would be placed before all and left to answer for their actions.
The dismantling of all banks would occur as money would no longer be needed, since we'd shift from a currency based economy to a resource based economy. In other words, the need to trade notes of property (money) for goods and services would no longer be the case. In place of financial motivation would be community motivation or, quite simply... shared abundance, which is equal to shared benefit and shared rewards for doing ones part. In other words, the individual basis for motivation would be replaced by communal motivation.
Community Policing and National Defense
The community militia would be responsible to provide community service to the community. They would help plant trees, recycle, drive people home who had too much to drink, mediate domestic disputes, first aid/ reiki and energetic healing, as well as many other services. They would handle community problems in a way meant to maintain social harmony rather then arresting and locking up of drug addicts, they’d counsel them, take them to a detox clinic and otherwise... treat the community like an extended family. They would be the ultimate bringers of family values (Pat Robertson eat your heart out) and community. As community defenders they would be highly trained in the principles of various martial arts. They would learn to disarm opponents without the use of weapons. They wouldn’t need to carry weapons but would be trained in Gun Kata (A new martial arts system that uses guns as a martial weapon) as well as other martial weapons. Such things would only be used in case of foreign invasion or an organized group of counter revolutionary terrorizing the community. If ever needed, regional war chiefs would bring the confederation together in a region for defense purposes. Likewise, if needed for national defense, the regional militia would mobilize to defend the homeland. Such war chiefs would only be elected during times of warfare, and ,in fact, no war could be waged without 2/3 majority decision by the entire population. No warfare could ever be waged against hypothetical or undefined enemies. Any and all enemies must be clearly defined (unlike the war on Terror which is war without a face), and all intelligence and knowledge of them must be provided to the masses and be a matter of public records. In a Directivist society there can be no state secrets since no state exists. Further, all warchiefs will be subject to a council of oversight and review.
Total Directivisation of the Economy
As stated before, the Directivist society is really just one large Co-op. Eventually all cooperatives would meld into one large consumer cooperative for the whole nation. 3 Standing bodies would make up the Cooperative and those 3 bodies would be... The Input, Output, and Distribution bodies. Facilitators subject to immediate recall would be elected at the regional and local levels. At the national levels the facilitators would simply be go-betweens that would help necessary things get from one place to the area where its needed. In fact at some point the national level would be phased out as computers could take over that job. These 3 standing bodies would be part of the largest consumer cooperative ever, since all consumers would also be the workers, all production would be voted on. Of course the voting on production would take place on a proportional basis, sort of like the parliamentary electoral system. For example: if 50% of people wanted jeans, 25% wanted skirts, 15% wanted carpi's, 5% short shorts, 4% courderoy, and 1% wanted cargo pants then the levels of production would be set accordingly. Of course you wouldn’t be limited to just one type of pants either, I was just using pants as an example. Supply would actually be tied to demand and there would never be a problem with over production or under production.
The Input Body: would handle all aspects of resource management, gathering, harvesting, or replicating. As with each body the input body would have a research department which would find new ways to gather the raw materials needed for production. Aside from that, it would protect natural resources as well all methods used that would safely impact the planet. Hemp would be grown to produce paper, clothes, etc and hydrogen powered cars would be developed as well and various other renewable technologies would be applied, such as new advances in solar power to input electricity and provide power. The input body would setup sky scraper farms, since all the business building's would no longer be needed for various corporations, then all of that office space could be emptied out. Each floor could be converted into a farm for different foods, since virtually anything grown in the country can be grown inside a building. New Desalinizations plants could be built to provide more drinking water for people. All in all the Input body would be both the caretaker of the planets resources as well as distributor of them.
The Output Body: Would handle the means of production themselves and would receive its raw materials, or fabricated materials, from the Input Body. Things like food would be grown in the sky scrapers provided by the input body and it would use them to produce the food. The output body could get creative and invent solutions with its research team to various problems. Even develop better forms of entertainment... in fact, all the console systems of the past would be integrated into some sort of grand daddy computer/ console/ TV so that everyone could plug into the worldwide network and always find whatever they want. Overtime the production process itself could be totally automated without the need for many people, except a few technicians to keep things running. With everything produced it would then be moved to the Distribution Body for distribution.
The Distribution Body: would be responsible for the distribution of residences produce, goods, and food. It would be the Distribution body which would also hold votes and then provide demand charts and graphs available to all people. The distribution body would dedicate its research to developing the means of Distribution. Beyond that the Distribution body would store excess production and provide things in case of a natural disaster of some sort.
As technology got better and better and more people joined in production the need to work would be reduced. Soon it would get to the point were everything would be automated and things would just be serviced to keep running. The whole of society would be freed up for intellectual and spiritual pursuits. All forms of Electronic and paper currency would be gone (you wouldn’t need to be microchiped to obtain something). In the likelihood that the rest of the world would be either Capitalist, Communist, or some other backwards system. A Directivist nation existing in such a world would function the same way it would in a capitalist society with one key difference. It would use external currency for trade only when necessary, and even then the purpose of trade would be to get the better of the nation being traded with. It would actively encourage the workers of the other nation to revolt and actively agitate for Directivism. Even when people went out from the country to other countries in the world they would be given large amounts of currency for use outside. This would be done to effectively render all outside currency and credit useless. In fact it should be the goal of a directivist nation to print up as much bogus currency as possible so as to purposefully undermine countries still using it. Concepts of fraud and theft would only exist outside a Directivist country, so for the Directivist nation no such concepts would ever exist. All nations outside still using that primitive form of acquisition would be backwards... which indeed they are even now. But beyond the methods to undermine the other nations still on paper and or electronic currency, the Directivist nation would function very much like a massive large scale workers and consumer cooperative on the international scale.
The Council of Magus
One of the main goals of the Magus during the beginnings of the Directivist phase of human existence is the collection, storing, and dissemination of all knowledge. This would entail the Magus to go out and recover knowledge which had been hidden away and hoarded by various secret cabals (Free Masons, The Vatican, etc). Groups and individuals that refused to make their knowledge public to all would be socially combated, and struggled against. The new social setup will not allow for the existence of secret cabals who conspire and plot against the people. They would no longer have the power of the bankers to hold society hostage either, effectively the rise of The Magus would mean that all that is in darkness would be placed in the light. All those who once hid knowledge from the people would be made to answer for their crimes against the whole of humanity. The Magus would soon develop all this knowledge into the various learnings in society that everyone would have access to. Essentially what was once sacred and hidden knowledge would be transformed into a new university of great learning accessible to all members of society. The days oaths taken in secret and sinister brotherhoods that exclude women would be shattered by a new integration of sacred knowledge into the hands of all people in common. The Magus themselves would have their own levels of discipline and possibly even rituals of initiation, however these rituals would be public. All members of the public who wanted to view them could in fact do so and, in fact, should know who their perfecti are. Secrecy is unnecessary when those who are initiated as perfecti relinquish all worldly attachments to take up a life of service.
The council of Magus would ultimately handle diplomatic matters in addition to matters of defense. Though the community militias would make up the bulk of a national defense force during any times of conflict, they'd still be the equivalent of regular soldiers, should a conflict ever break out. The Magus, on the other hand, would make up the more irregular soldiers who, along with elected warchiefs, would lead national defense forces on the battle field. In terms of specialty Magus, they would have as part of their spiritual training, many various martial disciplines. They'd be more specialized in disciplines such as Shaolin, Ninjitsu and other disciplines. Ultimately, the Magus would be tasked with keeping the peace and solving things diplomatically. Ultimately the Magus would be a open society that would help society as a whole and essentially give compassion and help to elevate all sentient beings.
Housing and Hosteling
Among many things which will be managed by the Magus, our Housing however, in terms of this aspect of society, elected housing commissions would also work in tandem with the Magus as well. In fact housing commissions could over-rule decisions made by the Magus. Housing in the Directivist phase of human existence would be different, for starters, no one would be without a house. Every building that now house's a banks HQ is just wasted space which can be converted into housing. Everyone could have beach view housing who wanted it, since we could simply build up. Also we could build in harmony with our planet as well. We could have indoor hydroponic gardens every 10 floors of a building and even rooftop communal gardens. These could exist right next to wind turbines and solar panels on top of buildings, which would help to reduce the need for cool power. Housing ultimately would be hosteling since anytime you felt like moving you could do so and new living arrangements would be setup for you in the place your moving to.
Different tiers of social housing would exist that would be open to all members of society. The tier they pick would be entirely open to the individual, there would be, for starters, mass housing which would make up the bulk of housing. In some cases mass housing would phase out singular housing. However, groups of friends that all wanted to live together in a large house on or near the sea shore would be able to. Not everyone wants to live there, of course, so anyone who wanted to could. All housing would be sound-proofed so that everyone could mind their own business. But beyond that, noise wouldn't be a problem and house's of the future would be made from recycled or recyclable materials built in harmony with the planet. Fabrication technologies would be used still but the fabrication methods would be in harmony with the planet itself.
Future housing would also provide a second option for those in society who want to experience the great outdoors, and life not constrained behind walls. For some members of society living in the outdoors is more ideal to living indoors, and others may simply choose to live in this manner for a period of time. Whatever the case, maybe earthen dwellings and huts would be created in various communal camping and living sites. Those who lived in these sites would become part of a conservation corp. that would catalog animal populations, plants, and other parts of the habitat. At these camp sites Magus would be assigned, as well as teachers, for the community helping to distribute knowledge. The Community would also create its own militia that would help serve the community.
One of the biggest problems regarding housing in the Old Aeon has been not so much the lack of housing, but rather the lack of those who can afford it. As a reaction, squats developed in first world countries while in the third world, people simply built shacks. In the U.S. the unique problem of widespread urban campsites developed as well. This was mostly due to the lack of laws that protect squatters rights, being a Roman style Republic (Football instead of Gladiators) of course... made the U.S. The most backwards of all. In either case the New Directivist Aeon will not have this problem. In a Directivist society any group of people that moves into an empty house will simply be integrated into the community. While it would be preferred that they come and register with local facilitators, first they wouldn't be breaking any law by not doing so. Rather when facilitators came around to check house's, they would register them on-the-spot. Further they would see if the residents required anything at their residence and inform them of the activities of the community. Registration would only be needed to make sure each resident had a voice at their local town-hall meetings.
Greening society
At every level from top to bottom society would be placed in harmony with the earth. To begin with, all sky scrapers would be required to have gardens every 10 stories that would be somewhat open air. At the top of every sky scraper would be a garden with various trees. All streets and sidewalks in every big city would be lined with trees as well as having small solar panels mounted to every electrical box throughout the city. Sky scrapers would also have solar panels mounted on the tops as well as small wind turbines. Of course big cities wouldn't be the only place such devices would be implemented. In suburban areas, solar panels and wind turbines could be placed in every backyard. Hills could also be utilized for this purpose... it would be very easy to make every single city and community self sustaining, when it comes to power needs. To further serve power needs, large solar collectors could be launched into orbit that would collect energy from the sun. These solar collectors could then beam that energy back down to relay stations on earth. Eventually all the worlds coal burning and fossil fuel burning plants would no longer be needed. A Directivist nation existing in a world among capitalist nations could sell the excess power to other nations. They would then use the external purchasing power to buy up capitalist holdings and convert these holdings into consumer cooperatives. But beyond that they would push for the other nations to stop using environmentally harmful emissions producing methods for producing energy.
Mass transit would also become more green in the interim... we'd begin with hybrid buses and then upgrade to buses that run on air and/or water. Eventually all transit would be run on mag level technology. At present, mag level technology requires a track be laid out. Eventually with enough research into the technology, magnetic transportation would eventually be possible without tracks. Quite simply, vehicles could use the earths own magnetic fields to generate speed. This could be done by applying opposite polarities against the earths own magnetic field to propel the vehicle forward. Essentially what you'd have is vehicles that hover and float at any velocity, depending on the amount of magnetism applied. Eventually there would be no difference between mass transit and individual cars. All cars would eventually become communal, so that even if some one took a car right out of your drive way a new car would be automated to show up in your drive way just as easily. Automation would render theft a non- existent thing and so would making communal all-transit. Some communities have similar things already with community bikes left around town for anyone to use to get where they need to go. A similar concept would eventually occur with cars as well. They wouldn't need to, of course, all look the same because, as with everything else, the amount of communal cars sent to a city and of what type of car they'd be modeled after would depend on proportional voting. Everyone could technically have a hummer if they wanted, but of course the hummer would look very different under the hood, and at some point the wheels would be only aesthetic.
Mobility
Mass transit won't just cover buses, but Airplanes, Trains, Ships... all means of transportation would eventually be converted into mass transit. All mass transit would be free for everyone's use and facilitators would manage passenger loads on planes. People would still possibly need boarding passes, they would be free, is the only difference. Of course ticketing would be automated by machines as it is already done in most major cities with light rails, trolleys, metros, and subway systems. Existing trains would be converted to mag level trains and monorails; all train vehicles would be converted to use only electricity and or magnetism. Existing air vehicles would be converted over time to lifting body wingless aircraft which would use, at first, modified engines... using more eco-friendly fuels to generate lift and later enhanced magnetic levitation working opposite earth magnetic field. Eventually such craft would make no sound and generate zero emissions. They would also take up very little space and could act as small shuttles to ferry people from one location in a crowded city to another very fast, and safely. Such vehicles could literally fit into any current day parking space in any town United States, Japan, Germany, or Great Britain.
Ship travel would not only make sense for some who like the ocean, but ships would be converted to new types of fast-light commuter ships. Based on new eco-friendly designs, as well, even cargo ships of which our future society would need less... would be upgraded similarly. There would be no real need for oil tankers out on the ocean, since society would completely be winged off its independence towards oil. At some point, as well, mobility will extend into space as we get ready to expand beyond this planet. However, when we expand, it will be in harmony with our mother earth rather then in a state of disharmony with her.
Education and the trades
The educational system of the future will be a very diverse one, at the earliest levels of schooling for youth it would be a hodge podge of education. However as one got higher in the educational system, lets say high school level students would pick their own classes like they do in college. There would be required general education classes, of course the only difference would be that it would be real general education. While basic skills in math and language may be needed, there would be no need to know advanced mathematics to focus ones studies on Philosophy, General Education in a Directivist society would be actual general ed. Such as; Computers/ Electronics repair and maintenance, Camping and Wilderness Survival, Conflict Resolution, Remote Viewing, Remote Influencing, Meditation, Yoga, First Aid and First Responder, etc. Actual General Education that everyone should learn and will actually use when they are adults. As it stands now though our educational system likes to waste a students time by requiring them to take things they will never actually need or use. In fact, at the high school level, students are taught to be good producers for the capitalist class.
Of course in the Directivist society students would be taught to be independent and critical thinkers. Students from a very young age would be taught to dream big and imagine the possibilities. Imagination and an open mind would be the basic requirement of all schooling, so would two basic rules to be followed; be nice and ask questions. Beyond that they would be told that they could be or do anything they set their minds to. Education at the community level in terms of Elementary, Middle, and High School level systems would be run by the communities where they exist. School commissions would be elected along with at least 3 student trustees for each level of education. In addition, Magus would be given at least one, if not more, seats... with at least one advisory vote at each level. Schooling would always be life-long as students would be taught also to learn from the surrounding world itself. Schooling would be also restructured to where all ones basic education is finished by the time they reach age 16. Once a person hits that age they would be ready to either go out and learn trades, go to a university, become a Magus, or otherwise simply take part in society while perhaps pursuing a want to create art, poetry, and or music.
Trade schools in a Directivist society would exist to teach students skills to help them make different kinds of contributions in society. Obviously the traditional trades of this age would no longer exist at this point. The average trades in such a highly advanced society would be stuff more along the lines of Robotics Technician, Magnetic Specialist, Engineering, etc. Essentially many trades would be very high tech on the other hand certain trades, such as those a member of community militia would need to learn, would also be taught there as well. People could learn multiple trades as well, and it would even be encouraged.
Universities would also exist in addition to trade schools and a person could be dual-enrolled in either. Different methods of education would also be open, either the traditional semester-long style or modular style. In other words, a person could either take multiple classes throughout a semester or they could take it one module at a time. Meaning they could spend 9 weeks on one subject before moving onto the next. This is actually the method most trade schools use today and could easily be used in any subject. Community Colleges would be phased out and converted into universities since they only do exist in the current society for low income. Since money won't determine who can go to what universities... it won't matter. Instead you will end up with Community Universities which is what all colleges would become. No more ivy league schools in competition with other schools. Every university would be a high quality institution of learning, personal growth and achievement. Certain things would no longer exist as a career path, like doctor and lawyer would be phased out at least in the sense that we think of them now. Lawyers would be replaced by advocates who would be more of a trade rather then requiring attendance at a university. Doctors would be replaced by the Magus who would have their own trained healers that would combine current western medicine with eastern holistic medicine. All in all, specific degrees would more or less be created by the student. Those trying to go into fields that used to require grants would simply request resources. Resources for specific things such as rocket science would obviously require one to have certain knowledge to get those resources. Whats most important to point out is that people would pursue new inventions and developments because they have big imaginations. This would of course be the motivation for people to invent things as it has always been the motivation.
In terms of society, schooling would be considered a social contribution. Mainly those who are undergoing schooling always have a social contribution they are making. Not the least of which is the production of knowledge. Students who write papers, are in essence... creating new ideas and new ways of looking at things all the time. A central repository of this knowledge will be created to store all the knowledge produced by students. Beyond that, students at trade schools could always be called upon in emergencies to come and put their skills to use. Beyond that in the universities of our new aeon the eternal student who never wants to leave school would simply become a teacher. In the old aeon the unrecognized knowledge produced by the student would be recognized and those students who developed new concepts and any ideas would be recognized. As opposed to now, where unless you have a PHD behind your name your ideas aren't worth a thing.
The Death of Social Stratification
The family and courtship rituals of the current aeon, especially in highly industrialized countries has been backwards. Men and Women are both assigned various roles to play in society and are essentially divided from each other. As a society that promotes this behavior meets its death agony, a new sort of consciousness would take hold. Firstly people would begin to look beyond the physical and more at the person themselves. People would be stripped of the social conditioning that tells them this or that fashion is in this season. They would be stripped of a media saying this skin tone or body type is what everyone desires. All those old standards of beauty and attraction would be thrown out the window. Soon the social games i.e. old aeon dating would be shattered. No longer will it be a game of skill in which the person who can learn the social rules best (reading body language, manipulation) gets the girl or guy. In the current age dating is more like warfare then anything else. To the winner go all the spoils of the warfare, honesty is frowned upon, and boldness looked down upon. This huge mess of social warfare leaves everyone empty inside... that which we call dating in highly industrialized societies will meet its end.
A new progressive attitude towards courtship will soon arise and take the place of the taboos towards sexuality. A new and renewed appreciation for biological acts will envelop society as a whole. No longer will people be ashamed of their urges and desires and no longer will social games need to be played to simply connect with someone. The truest intent of courtship has always been to achieve connection of some sort, yet our current society has perverted this process and sickened everyone's approach to things.
The family of the New Aeon will be vastly different then the family of the current Aeon. In the New Aeon a stronger sense of community will ensue as such children will be communally cared for. Their social development will be fostered by an attitude of compassion and acceptance. Further, children in this New Aeon will be treated as sophisticated rational and intelligent individuals, instead of being talked down too. This approach will guarantee that our children of the future Aeon will begin to act as they are treated. In the current Aeon children are talked down too and not spoken to as if they were already highly evolved individuals. The family unit of the future will consist of any combination of humans that are in love with each other. Even the love of two members of the same sex will be plausible in this future Aeon since love and mutual respect will be widespread as both color blind and gender blind.
The Social roles of the past will slowly fade away as well. Where once there was a specific role for women to play as the helpless victim needing to be saved by a man. As well as a role for the man to play as the strong macho man coming to save the women. Where once this mentality was the norm it will soon be replaced by a mentality of all humans being capable of becoming anything they want to be. Gender will soon become meaningless, in relation to sexuality and social roles... all will desire who they love and whomever they choose to love. Spiritualism that suggests otherwise will be looked down upon as out of touch with reality and retrogressive. Further, since society won't have a structure that can create and enforce laws, now moral crusaders could force such laws.
Directivist Culture and Society
In the Directivist society telecommunications will completely become the property of the people as a whole. All shows will essentially become community access and people will have the creative freedom to produce shows and movies they like. However, technology and TV of the future will combine both video sharing, audio, and standard linear broadcasting. Everything new that is created would be stored in a master repository that all could freely access. While it is said that without a profit motive no good entertainment would be produced... thats a lie. A movie or a tv show is essentially story telling with people playing out the roles. We know that story telling is older then recorded history and indeed probably the first spoken languages had many stories to tell. Oral traditions passed many stories down through history, and as the methods to record these stories changed, it went from the oral word to paper. From paper to recorded sound and slide show and soon to TV and Movie. Story telling is something that is part of our culture, and in the future... Aeon people will be inspired to look back at how backwards are civilization was and use media to tell stories from those days even.
In this future aeon there will be no difference between your TV, Computer, Console, or other devices as technologies will all be integrated to save materials used and take up less space. You'll be able to download and store whatever you like and even network your personal stored files with others. All media will be shared and will be public domain, even the educational media. TV would be very different too, as it would run programs showing holistic cures and other enlightened practices.
Social Problems and Issues
One of the arguments that has always been made against the creation of a harmonious society has been that our nature prevents it. Some claim greed is in our nature and others may include, or say, envy is in our nature. In the movie "Enemy At The Gates"... a film showing the battle of Stalingrad during World War 2, one of the actors envies Jude Laws character for being able to get the girl that he likes. The point they attempt to make is that no sort of society that equally distributes things could ever work for this reason; Socialism, Anarchism or even Direct Democracy. Of course one could also look at this deli ma and point of envy another way. Perhaps the cause of the envy which led to the suffering was all based on two simple factors. Firstly, communication and openness.. the fact that feelings were never openly and earnestly expressed. Secondly, there was the attachment to the desire to have this particular person and no other. This sort of attachment is obsession and such a thing is more like the co- dependence of a drug addict. So maybe its because people are so attached to materialistic desires and wants, to the point of co-dependence, that a more egalitarian mode of society cannot be reached. The key, it seems, is the removal of this attachment to things which itself is the true cause of suffering in society.
In the current mode of society people are attached to their petty emotions of anger, hatred, hurt, and jealousy. What people fail to realize is that these things are not real, they are reactions. Emotion is equal to a reaction to external stimuli; in fact, those who run our society currently know that people have certain emotional reactions to things. Those with power use our emotions against us to drum up blind patriotic fervors Hitler was a tyrant who preyed on peoples emotions and used these emotions to brainwash an entire population. In earnest though, we can not be rid of emotions completely, but at the very least we can remove our attachment to them. We can have control over them as well and get to a state of total harmony and serenity in which our emotions don't control us.
Furthermore, just cause we're free of emotions doesn't mean we'll be numb people who feel nothing. Quite the contrary we will all be free to experience the one non emotion of love. Love itself arises independently from itself, its so mysterious of a force and energy that science has yet to get a handle on what exactly it is. Sure they can equate attraction to chemical reactions in the brain, but thats not love. Love is something much deeper then that, it causes mothers to lift up cars in order to rescue their children. Love is a force we still cannot explain in terms of the Pseudo Western Scientific method. Love can only be experienced, rationalized and understood. In any case though, I'll give you my definition of love in one simple word “Unification”. Beyond that and, ultimately... maybe love is just a simple understanding that we are all one and we are all cut of the same cloth. Hatred, which is the source of division and discord in our world, can never be an equal force when compared with love. The fact that we are all one, are stronger... and we can... and will... conquer hatred.
In the New Aeon we will understand our oneness and this will conquer the social problems of the past. It will topple all the old social problems, which caused alienation of different members of society. Differences will be embraced as something to explore and learn about and experience and the whole of society will orient in this direction. The School yard bully and the social school yard cliques will all fall by the way side as people will connect and interact with each other in very different ways. The Utopian experiments of the past Aeon only failed because they did not teach us to escape the cause of all suffering. An enlightened population or at least a population oriented towards becoming enlightened will succeed where others have failed.
The Merger of Western Pseudo Science and Metaphysics
There has been a divide in science, in the west, for a great many years. Both Science and Spirituality have stood in constant opposition to each other as hostile forces. In the East, however, Science and Spiritualism are both one in the same. In The East, the intuitive method of Experience, Rationalization, Understanding and Conclusion has complimented the Scientific method of Observation, Theory, Evidence, and Conclusion. The problem with the Western method is obvious because it uses only one side of the available methods for scientific discovery available, to try and develop things. Of course there is a reason for this and it has everything to do with the church. It is because the intuitive system of developments and reasoned systems of discovery were both ruled heretical, that's why it was suppressed. Later, when reason triumphed, intuitiveness was left behind in the dusts of the ancient Hellenistic past.
It is for this reason that science began to believe that the external world was the only absolute end all truth to end all truths that its potentials were truly disabled. In the New Aeon, however, we will combine the Intuitive method of discovery with the reasoned one. This will be one step towards helping to break down the moral authority of the old Aeon religions which have held us back for centuries. Those who hold true to their Atheist religious doctrine will come to realize that Intuition is just as important as Reason. The sciences will begin to open themselves to the idea of subtle energies and begin trying to discover them. When these subtle energies that flow through all things in our universe are discovered by the new science of the future Aeon, the whole of humanity will applaud the dawning of a new age of reasoned intuitiveness (A Second Renaissance).
In the new Aeon, science like this could truly benefit society, since it would be freed from both concerns of profit, as well as religious constrictions. Methods could be developed to manipulate the very particles of light themselves to generate food for people. This could eliminate the need for animals used in food altogether, as well as eliminate the need for farming. Of course this is something that would be far off, but its just one example of the things science could develop if it was merged with the intuitive method.
Where's the motivation?
Many will wonder what will motivate people in the New Aeon of light. The oldest motivation for people in tribal societies was based on the betterment of the entire tribe. Firstly, the hunter who invents the spear to better pierce animal hides to ensure everyone eats. The Hatchet and the Bow n Arrow are all tools invented by early humans to benefit all members of their community. There was no need to hoard carcasses for oneself because everyone benefited equally. There was a need, and people organized themselves to fulfill that need collectively. As societies developed and passed those initial hunter gather-modes of survival and life became more sedentary, the acquisition of knowledge took its place. Knowledge of who we are and why we are here and where we're from, this knowledge developed many of the ancient spiritualist and pagan societies. From this arose the idea that inner and self knowledge was the best place to find knowledge. From this arose meditation which freed one from the attachments to physical plane desires which create suffering. Early science was based on the pursuit of knowledge, and indeed the ancients created great repositories of knowledge.
In our current society, however, we've been convinced that it's really the need of humans to produce material things and that is the motor force of history. This perspective is based on a lack of intuitive perspective. Western Pseudo-Science, or the science without intuition, and all things which have emerged from it have a great poverty of the intuitive factors of reality. Of course this doesn't address whether or not its the need to produce is the motor force of history... or not. Firstly, if the need to produce material commodities is what has driven all of humanity through the ages, this would mean what is wrong with society is purely a material problem. A simple re-organization of how things are produced should fix it right? Unfortunately history has shown that this isn't the case. Simply re-organizing production does not alleviate social suffering; in fact, society even with a change in production still has a mechanical problem as a whole. But this begs the question that if Production is not the motor force of history then what is? Quite simply its Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery, which at its basic level is the pursuit of knowledge. It is ingrained in the human spirit to be curious about things we have not experienced and do not understand. It is that very force so ingrained in our spirit that has been the true motor force of our history. It's the drive to better ourselves, to have inner peace, and to realize our connection as one people that supersedes any physical need to produce material commodities. The production of material things only compliment our existence, yet they don't define us or who we are. We are more then the things we have or the things we produce... our existence is more significant then to say production is all we care about. The individual spirit, as part of a greater consciousness, has no need of material production. We produce only to survive, and then only so we can free up our time towards seeking knowledge and realizing our connection with the earth and each other... thats our motivation.
More on The Magus
The Magus exist in the period of Directivist existence as a force that reconciles the contradictions between the most enlightened and the rest of society. We've explained their function so far and what their relation to society will be, now we shall touch on their structure. The Magus will resemble many of the mystery traditions of the past with degrees of initiation into their order. The difference however is that these initiations won't be conducted in secret (like the masons) in fact people will be encouraged to attend and watch them. The knowledge the Magus learn won't be secretive either and anyone will have access to it. In fact it will be against The Magus code to conduct secret rites and initiations. The degree system will work more like it does in martial arts where you get a White belt to start out with then Yellow, followed by Green and so on. Further, unlike the masonic type organizations, everyone will be treated equally regardless of gender or race. Everyone would also be trained and taught the same way as well. Further, unlike the masonic organizations of the Old Aeon, The Magus would discourage the hoarding of any knowledge, as well as, the exclusivity practiced in the past. In fact the only difference between a Magus and anyone else would be that a Magus is an individual who wants to dedicate their lives to study, self mastery, and social service. This social service will differ greatly from the smoke screen social service of masonic orders, who use their lower level degree initiates(Usually 1st through 90th Degree Masons) to cover up the nefarious schemes of the higher ups (91st degrees all the way up to 200th degree final degree). The Magus won't have the false intentions, since all their degrees and all initiates will be public knowledge and open to public scrutiny. In fact Magus who abuse their position or place in society will be subject to and answerable to peoples tribunals. The people will further have the right to investigate any charges of secret goings-ons. The Magus themselves will also have their own checks designed to make sure none of their own abuse their positions as well.
The Magus will be divided up into three main paths
The Green Path Healer
The Blue Path Consul
The Orange Path Seeker
The first path will focus itself on the maintaining and preserving of all life. The Magus healer will concern themselves with everything from surgery, energetic healing, acupuncture, reiki on humans and even animals as well. Some will run hospitals while others will run vets, and they would go out and teach first aid and would even establish complementary services organizations. These complimentary service organizations would have community oversight boards to redress grievances such as malpractice, as well as, in general, be a check and balance on The Magus social service organizations. The Magus healer would also assist those who are attached to suffering to break away from it. Overall the job of a The Magus Healer is to heal all wounds and eradicate suffering from the world.
The second path will focus itself on the betterment and development of all society. The Consul Magus would concern themselves with all aspects of society such as transportation and schooling. At each level they would work with community council who'd have the final say. The Consul Magus on a more micro-level would go out and console people who need it, as well as mediate disputes. All Magus would be trained somewhat in these skills of social diplomacy, its just the Consul Magus would specialize in it. The Consul Magus would be there to help society at all levels. They would also run the central repository of knowledge and constantly seek to fill it up with ever increasing and expanding knowledge.
The third path will be focused on the advancement and improvement of society. The Seeker Magus would concern themselves with exploration, both physical and scientific. They would oversee many research projects and develop the technology necessary for eventual galactic exploration. Of course all research projects would be public, and all discoveries would be public domain. Furthermore, any future exploration teams would include members of the public as well as Magus. Seeker Magus could also negotiate in first contact situations as well the knowledge of which would never be hidden. All exploration reports would be filed into the public repositories. The Seeker Magus would research ancient knowledge for new knowledge and new understandings of our reality. The Seeker Magus would essentially seek their knowledge from all probable sources.
In addition to the three paths there would be a Magus Council of Elders. They would be made up of the most eldest, knowledgeable and enlightened among The Magus themselves. All in all The Magus would have no power over society and where they intervene and effect various aspects of society, there would always be public bodies to check them. The more specific structure of The Magus will need to be established by them when they do exist in The New Aeon.
Crime in a Directivist Society
Most of what is considered crime in our current Aeon has been triggered by economic conditions. Moral crusaders would like to blame video games and violent movies for it. Fact of the matter is that people steal because they are hungry or attached to perceived physical desire for drugs. Beyond that is hopelessness, both hunger and addiction are the inevitable results of hopelessness in a society that promotes every person for themselves. In fact every crime can at some point be traced right back to social conditions having some influence on them. Whats more, is that crime is almost always defined by those with the power in society. Most the laws simply benefit the rich and by coincidence can protect an average joe blow sort, but thats only by coincidence.
However, if society is organized to where all people are given things equally then theft of property won't exist anymore. In fact if someone stole something of yours you'd simply shrug it off as someone didn't have one and you could simply get another. Especially since nothing would be acquired by the primitive medium of exchange known as money. As such, theft and Prostitution would no longer exist and even use of man-made drugs would cease. The reason being is that when people no longer feel hopeless, and they have options and help to make something better of themselves, they won't need to escape their reality. Beyond this, more serious crimes such as Rape and Murder are usually born out of a state where a person feels they need to dominate others. Usually this psychological (not to imply that people into bondage are sick) need to dominate can be in a healthy manner expressed through sexual play with a willing partner of or through some other outlet. However, in some cases people do not express these things in healthy ways and primarily its because society leaves them feeling helpless. In fact, those who don't succeed in life many times feel as they are not in control and seek to regain this control in some manner. The psychology of a murder or rapist has always been about control and its that lack of self control which drives them to horrible acts. The social problems and feelings of alienation that others take as a social norm further agitate this behavior in people. Sexuality also plays a role, as well, in fact, it can be shown statistically that in societies where people are less repressed sexually the homicide rate is drastically lower. But it's not just the sexuality aspect that can be linked to the lower homicide rate. We must also take into consideration the one thing separate from sexuality that accompanies a less repressed society and that is, a more openness in communication among people. So in truth when you get right down to it that openness and being mutually respectful of others is what ultimately breaks down the feelings of alienation which lead people to do horrendous things.
Thats not to say that there won't still be a need to hold people accountable, should they violate their community in some manner. In this instance a Community Tribunal would be called to hold the individual or individuals accountable. Sentences, however, would be more geared towards rehabilitation rather then imprisonment. Instead, lets say someone was to be held accountable for vandalizing people's residences. Obviously the sentence should be cleaning up and repairing those residences, as well as spending some time with the people they've affected and learning how their actions affected that individual or individuals. In fact, most crimes in the future Aeon will probably be petty things which can simply be addressed with similar sentences. Even Magus Consul could be brought in to spend some time with the person who violated the community in some manner, to counsel that individual and discover what's at the root of their behavior.
In the future Aeon laws won't exist, at least in the sense we think of them nowadays. Rather, mutual respect and asking questions would be the only set-in-stone laws of the land. Community tribunals and the community militias that would work with them, would simply assist in maintaining that mutual respect. The role of community militia in terms of maintaining mutual respect would be stuff like breaking up fights and mediating disputes, as well as conflict resolution. Consul Magus would also help in this capacity, as well, and could be called in to mediate major disputes. Ultimately though it is the people who are the law, the authority, and the decision makers. They do not elect people to make laws for them because the people are perfectly capable of existing without laws and simply living by and enforcing natural law. This means that rather then elected legislators, the people will always elect nothing more then civil servants to carry out decisions the people make. Facilitators who will be elected by the people simply deal with and solve technical problems. In essence, what elected council do in a Directivist society is trouble shoot problems and fix them... they are social technicians. Technicians shall never hold any sort of legal authority which is always backed by the barrel of a gun. Without the barrel of a gun behind an elected official, legal authority ceases and legal authority is retained by the people.
Spiritualism and Society
Spiritualism in The New Aeon will be very different then the organized religions of the current age. For starters, spirituality will be a personal experience and, people as a whole, will realize they don't need clergy to interpret books for them. In fact they will realize that all ancient texts have some wisdom in them that they can learn from. People will be freed from the strangle hold religion has on knowledge and soon find out they've been lied to about the past by Nicaean based faiths and all other Orthodox Abrahamic Faiths. The days of church's will eventually end, as worship and ritual of one's own divine concept will become a personalized internal experience and not an outward external experience. Salvation and the heaven will be discovered to be within you rather then outside you some where and some how, taking place as an externally collective experience. In fact the internal collective experience of mind Jung spoke of will be realized over all else.
Their may be a few die hards that cling to the old ways but ultimately since the prevailing consciousness will be oriented towards personalized experience, slowly the die hards will come around. Furthermore, these die hard ideas that cling to old Aeon beliefs will begin to become a dying breed. Eventually by about 3-4 generations, their old ideas will have been integrated into the great melting pot of the new mass spiritualism. This new mass view of spiritualism will combine all the old religions of the past and spiritualist philosophies into one great hodge podge of new ideas. Eventually Spiritualism, Science, and Philosophy will all be one unified view of external, and internal realities.
World Directivism and the enlightened society
At some point the world as a whole will turn Directivist and the planet will finally be unified. While in the past, unification and total integration would have been bad, the reason for this is because the the old unification would have been based on the bankers whims. For the bankers unification of our world means the total defeat and enslavement of the human race. They want nothing less then the total genetic and technological dominance of the entire world. Essentially they want to turn the entire underclass into an A-Sexual slave race of worker drones bred in laboratories. However... unification under Directivism is the complete opposite of that nightmare scenario. Directivism is the manifestation of the Aeon of Light while the Single Firm Oligarchical society of the Bankers is The New Aeon of Darkness. The world can go two ways in the future... either towards freedom and democracy... or towards slavery and total submission.
As the world does become Directivist, a new orientation towards space exploration and scientific development will occur. Money will finally be done away with for good and will no longer even exist for external trade. The only way this could exist is if another culture is encountered on some other planet that still uses currency. However, the goal of a united Directivist federation of regional City-States will be to spread true Democracy across the cosmos's. The Directivist society, however, is only a stepping stone towards a new Dharmic society that has realized Enlightenment. The Directivist phase of development in our history will be due to the contradiction in knowledge among people. As the contradiction between the enlightened and dyslightened is resolved, slowly over time society will begin to transition into a golden age. This golden age will be the goal of Directivism and it will mark a new chapter in our development. Directivism will be the vessel that brings humanity back to the natural state and balance of society. The Dharmic society will ultimately arise when all sentient beings actively dedicate themselves to the pursuit of Dharmic consciousness.
The Dharmic Society and beyond
As the Dharmic Society takes hold and the Golden Age sets in, the public will become more like Perfecti and Magus. Slowly over time this will lead to a paradigm shift in consciousness due to the new found dedication of the whole of society to reach Dharmic Consciousness. Technology will look very different during this period, that is at least 4-6 total Ages away from the initial inception of Directivism. This Dharmic society will find energy and power in crystals and light. Technology will resemble something that may look like magic to a person from this age. Of course there will be nothing magical about this new crystalline technology because it will be based on old ideas long since lost in the sands of time.
As this long and tedious process towards the next period of the Magus will lead the way. One complete precession of equinox's is what it might take to reach this new consciousness. As this begins to set in soon, all in society will be as The Magus, complete and total integration of The Magus with the entire population will signal the rise of the 3rd great revolution of humankind. This 3rd great revolution of humankind will come to be known as the Ascended society. All aspects of society will be integrated and the very breakdown of what this ascended society looks like on a social level is hard to picture at this point. One thing is for sure though... this new ascended society will yield a very different type of human. A type of person that we can only dream about and envision in dreams. This will not just be a new period but a new evolution... a society that understands all the dynamics of the universe and how everything works. They will eventually come to realize the practical application of Space Time as simply saying there is no difference between; Thought, Action, and Manifestation. This final realization could lead to one final evolutionary change that is perhaps many Processions off in the future TRANSCENDENCE... Anything is possible once we control our destiny and show everyone a world without rules, without limits, and restrictions. Forward to The New Aeon of light! Down with The New Aeon of Darkness!
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Many have spoken of The New Aeon of Light but very few are the descriptions of this Aeon. In fact more time and energy these days seems to be spent on arguing about how it will come about. For many who believe in the concepts of Aeons, they think it will occur all on its own and that no effort is needed to manifest it. They are most naive as they do not understand that the New Age must be manifested through will, both physical and metaphysical. Though through many other documents and places it has been argued, by us, the need to combat the injustices of the world politically and socially, in addition to metaphysically. In this particular document, however, the focus will be very little on how we get to the New Age. Instead here our focus is on what this New Age looks like, how does it function, and how will it bring about total Dharmic Consciousness.
In “The Death of The Dark Aeon and Birth of The New Aeon” we hinted at what this society would look like only briefly. We’ve even given clues as to how the revolutionary process begins. A few loose ends from that discussion will be tied up here before the main discussion on Directivism. In fact Directivism is a term we ourselves have coined, and the way Directivists handle social issues is so radically left from the traditional left. Directivism is the final manifestation of what has been called “New Left” ... for all intensive purposes Directivism should be called The Zen of Revolution!
The term Directivism is really a play on terms, it means “Direct Democracy”, originally a concept put forward in Greek philosophy. To us Prometheus represents a motif of Direct Democracy as a archetype; he was in rebellion against Despotic rule. Direct Democracy is a system and an economy that has never been tried. However, Direct Democracy is the state in which Economy ceases, at least in the sense that demand notes are exchanged for commodities. Direct Democracy is the economy without material value, a system where production is only maintained and only occurs to fulfill human need. Artificial value placed on commodities would be absolutely nil in the Directivist society and even in its future manifestation of The Dhammic Society.
Let us not be fooled, ever, into thinking such a society will occur on its own or through non-violent struggle. This doesn’t mean we should take up arms now, quite the contrary at this stage, we must educate ourselves and agitate others. Revolution will begin when the people themselves are enlightened enough to enter into open struggle against the system. Consent of the governed still applies and rulers cannot rule without the consent of the ruled.
In the electoral arena however, many have been fooled into believing that when they cast their ballot for Republican or Democrat, Tory or Labor, National Alliance or Democratic Union, that their vote is where they voice their approval or disapproval for government. Of course the ballot box is still just social Maya (Illusion) like a hologram which at one level the eyes see as solid, and at another level the eyes can see through. Of course, even a hologram can be distorted and made to look differently. However like with any illusion the ultimate use value of it will always be aesthetic... nothing more. Put more simply, we can take any illusion and change the way the eye's perceive it. However the usefulness of any social Maya ends at its aesthetic (visual) use value.
Beyond just using the electoral platform as a forum to spread our ideas, certain notions can be demonstrated to work. For the old left Socialists and Marxists it is always their goal to Nationalize industry in the hands of a state that they seek to lead workers in the taking over of. However, The Directivist does not seek to Nationalize failing industry and place it into the hands of a central state. Rather the Directivist intends to cooperatize industry and place failing industry into Direct control of workers.
It is through cooperative industry that the first vestiges of Directivism will take root. The slogan of Directivists is Cooperatization of industry not Nationalization of industry. The workers cooperative has already been practiced throughout various sectors of the economy; Buying clubs, Consumer Coops, Growers Cooperatives. In all of these, ultimate power resides between the alliance of worker and consumer.
But if these are examples of Directivism on a small scale then really Directivism is an example of one larger and more consolidated consumer cooperative. The obvious question is, how do we get from small scale coops to large scale coops? This is indeed a question to be touched on here and does contribute to explaining how our society is setup following a revolution. Several things would occur during the revolution to begin the laying down of the bulwark for Directivism, and several things will occur afterwards as well. It is a long and complicated process, however, here we shall attempt to explain in detail for the first time ever “What Is Directivism?”
Elections and revolutions
For the Directivist the electoral strategy first and foremost involves the directing of power back into the hands of the people. It involves agitation and involvement of the people whether they are apathetic to the process or not. Beyond this the electoral strategy of providing direct service to the downtrodden must also accompany it. For example: a Directivist council person would organize a food bank for their community or other service. Of course at this level what can be done is limited, however, the agitation that can be done is important. Other services to the community may include weekly meditation classes provided for by city funds. The elected Directivist makes the enlightening of their community a top priority, and beyond this, the sharing of Dharmic consciousness with all.
Regarding economic concerns, the elected Directivist will always favor the collapse of large private industry through massive taxation. This will cause it to either flee or collapse and when this occurs the policy must immediately be followed up by cooperatization of the failed business. All those who have lost jobs shall be brought into a complete workers cooperative. Grants shall be given to kick start it and the workers will elect their own impeachable facilitators, and directors who will get paid only the same as a skilled worker. The motivation to direct and facilitate wouldn't be financial, quite simply, the motivation to direct and facilitate on behalf of the people would become the same as the driving force behind people such as Huey P Newton, or Caesar Chavez. The will to implement and give voice to the people has always been ingrained in us from student leaders and activists to civil rights leaders. It's only the current phase of society with its false sense of freedom that would convince us that the right to compete and undermine our brothers and sisters is what our nature truly is.
Regardless who is appointed to facilitate and direct the members of the co-op will vote on working hours, vacation, etc. The success and failure of the business would be left up to the workers themselves, who for all intensive purposes will make sure their livelihood succeeds and flourishes, with the same fervor people display nowadays, to keep a job in the capitalist marketplace. Even If two similar co-ops exist in an area they can simply merge together into a larger co-op, since ultimately the larger the co-op, the more of a benefit it would be to both its consumers and workers. The cooperative can compete with the larger chain business, which would still be privately owned and compete better with prices. In fact without an over-bloated and un-elected management getting rich off the labor of workers there would be less operating expenses and overhead. The workers would be able to invest all revenue directly back into the means of production as well as their wages. Overtime co-ops could put corporations out of business. Some might even argue that Directivism can be brought about economically and through the ballot box. The problem, however, is that as long as the free market exists... so will banks, whether they are central banks or many small independent banks. Banks will still issue credit and ultimately dictate and attempt to disrupt cooperatives. Especially if the co-ops threaten to put corporations they have partnerships with... out of business. Ultimately the banks will struggle with cooperative industry to put it down and eliminate it, or at least cause them to enter into debt so they can issue them credit and thus dictate to them their business structure and set wages. On the other side the co-ops could defy the banks and organize their co-op members and consumers in a social and political struggle against banking establishments.
Under Capitalism it will be impossible for cooperatives to gain the upper hand, only when enough become enlightened to the fact that Capitalism... which is the result of the ancient Roman Mercantile system, is not progressive and has never been progressive. Ancient Roman Merchant Capitalism or Petty Capitalism and banking is the very thing which gives birth to the Freed Masonic Labor Contract. Not only the free labor contract, but also the large national banks and corporations that emerged from the petty banks and petty corporations. Of course this emergence was not a progressive thing for humanity, even though some might argue that the rising productive forces were an important development. Fact of the matter is, that the raising of productive forces was occurring while the investment and capitalization of these means, by bankers wealth, was also happening. Ultimately it is the investment in the rising means of production that was a set back for all of humanity, since it set the stage for global oligarchy.
Some have, of course, called the workers co-op small-scale Marxism. Subconsciously they might be referring to the fact that the banks still hold power over the economy. However Marxists would sooner nationalize then cooperatize industry, such is the divided line between the Directivist and The Marxist. The goals of the Marxist and The Directivist are diametrically different when it comes to how to setup a more Democratically run economic system. The Directivist seeks to give power directly back to the worker, while the Marxist seeks to build a new state apparatus every step of the way. Directivists seek to dismantle state power, while Marxists seek to build a new state. The comparison and contrasting of various visions for the future will be presented by Directivists in the electoral arena. In many areas it will seem somewhat difficult to break through to people with such a new political ideology. The greatest problem we will face will be the simple fact that 99.5% of the world has never heard of Directivism. When compared to that... actual revolution and implementation of Directivism will seem simple by comparison. Soon enough, however, Directivism will be a household term that everyone will know the meaning of.
Agitation and insurrection
Once Directivism does indeed become a household term that most people have heard of, things will begin to change. Over time continued agitation and informing of the masses will lead people to demand change. When crisis, critical mass, and/or coordinated individual actions pave the way for mobilizations of the masses, the goal will be the same. The people will join with their revolutionary facilitatorship to be taught, and instructed in the various methods of Physical and Metaphysical action against the dominant social paradigm. This will be the enlightened revolution that will sweep aestheticism by the wayside and treat the old order as an illusory manifestation. On a massive scale the people will take to the streets and take over the various aspects of the economy. The military will join with the people and the police will fight till the bitter end to defend the laws of the artificial state.
The revolutionary facilitatorship will dedicate itself to bring all up to their level of knowledge. The revolutionary facilitatorship will merge with the people during the revolution as the need for a revolutionary organization will have ceased. Once the people are armed with the blueprint of Directivism, the enlightened will continue to teach among the people throughout the course of revolution. During the revolutionary process itself, the people will slowly start to take over the privately owned property of the capitalist class and directivise it in common with all people. One of the first things to fall into the hands of an insurrection will be the media (i.e. TV, and Radio). Like the insurrection that occurred not that long ago in Oaxaca, the very first thing to be established will be a people's radio network. Some low frequency pirate radio stations will probably already exist. However, the people's radio stations that will be established and broadcast at higher frequencies during the revolution will send out over the airwaves the people's news. This will be done to counter all government propaganda expounded by the state against the people's insurrection. Part of this propaganda will paint the people's insurrection out to be a small group of radicals and terrorists. The state will not hesitate to use its propaganda machine to coerce public opinion against the movement. They will probably even go so far as to carry out false flag operations such as bombing their own monuments and buildings and blaming it on the insurrection and use this pretext to declare martial law and use brutal repressive force against the people.
Armed struggle will be necessary during this point, although we ideally want a bloodless revolution for the dying state will want to go down with a fight. Their declaration of martial law will be just one step forward. It will be necessary to organize people’s militia to defend the people and take over... as the defenders of the people. This would at first happen locally during the period of insurrection. Eventually this will happen on a more massive scale and it will become necessary to take over the states propaganda machine. TV stations would begin broadcasting the news of the underground out to the people and the good thing is, programs wouldn't have brainwashing marketing scams on them, aka: commercials.
These people’s militia’s will join together to form a national confederation of independent regional militias. The confederation of independent militias would then begin the dismantling of the state. First it would round up all the bankers, ceo’s, members of secret cabals (Free Masons, Council on Foreign Relations, etc.) and prepare them to be put on trial for their crimes against humanity. The confederation of militias would then march on and annihilate the masonic organizations, and every and all symbols of The Illuminati Network. All remnants of the old Illuminati/ Defiler order would be done away with. The people's militia would serve to defend the gains made and this mass popular insurrection would form a counter propaganda machine against the tendencies of the Old Aeon.
Once the phase of revolution is complete, the confederation would allow total autonomy for all regional militia. All media and the airwaves would become public property shared in common with all people (Public Access). The regional militia would spawn community militia and become a community service organization (like the Conservation Corp.). They would be mobilized to rebuild infrastructure and assist in reconstruction after the revolution. As well, they would act as defenders against any counter revolutionary elements. Community oversight would be established with the power to subpoena and place on trial members of the community and regional militia.
Dismantling the state
Once the revolution is complete a new social setup begins to come together. First and foremost is the transformation of industry into a large national consumer cooperative. Social services on the other hand would be facilitated by a Council of Magus. The initial Magus would be appointed by society as those individuals whose duty it would be to teach and better society. They would be collected from various eclectic traditions the world over and be thought of in common as Bodhi or Gurus. Basically teachers who would see to the social needs of society as well as assist in nurturing, training, and teaching all of society to reach higher consciousness. The Magus most primary concern would be the common ascension of the whole of society. They would be held responsible towards this task not only by each other, but also members of society at large. They would be initiates of society as a whole but would also initiate others as Magus. The Magus would be societies Perfecti as they would be those who would give up all worldly attachments to serve the common good and lead an aesthetic path. One could think of them as an aesthetic group of monks like any other such aesthetic group. They'd be made up of both men and women, any who wanted to be initiated into the Magus. Further, any and all wisdom and knowledge they had would be accessible to all of society. In fact it would be the task of the Magus to establish great library's and centers of learning, thought, and knowledge. They would nurture all aspects of societies growth and development. The only difference between these perfecti and non-perfecti would be in dedication to training. Its obvious that not all people would yet be ready to be perfecti and in fact it may take several generations before this occurs. In terms of services, the Magus will run the social services of society, Healthcare, Care Giving, Mobility Facilitation (Mass Transit), Education, Libraries and any other services society would require.
They would have no control over standing armies and would wield no financial power, since none would exist. They would embrace the role that the wise have in the world, which is to spread the knowledge to all individuals. They would act as a group of subtle revolutionaries for the next stage of development. Since the establishment of Directivism is not yet the full implementation of Dharmic consciousness they would be the guides towards that next stage. In the Directivist society, organized religious institutions would begin to dissolve as spirituality would become a more personal experience. Spiritualities would meld together into a great hodge podge or melting pot of various concepts. All this would be done with the total absence of any state power or any banks. In fact the former ruling class would be placed before all and left to answer for their actions.
The dismantling of all banks would occur as money would no longer be needed, since we'd shift from a currency based economy to a resource based economy. In other words, the need to trade notes of property (money) for goods and services would no longer be the case. In place of financial motivation would be community motivation or, quite simply... shared abundance, which is equal to shared benefit and shared rewards for doing ones part. In other words, the individual basis for motivation would be replaced by communal motivation.
Community Policing and National Defense
The community militia would be responsible to provide community service to the community. They would help plant trees, recycle, drive people home who had too much to drink, mediate domestic disputes, first aid/ reiki and energetic healing, as well as many other services. They would handle community problems in a way meant to maintain social harmony rather then arresting and locking up of drug addicts, they’d counsel them, take them to a detox clinic and otherwise... treat the community like an extended family. They would be the ultimate bringers of family values (Pat Robertson eat your heart out) and community. As community defenders they would be highly trained in the principles of various martial arts. They would learn to disarm opponents without the use of weapons. They wouldn’t need to carry weapons but would be trained in Gun Kata (A new martial arts system that uses guns as a martial weapon) as well as other martial weapons. Such things would only be used in case of foreign invasion or an organized group of counter revolutionary terrorizing the community. If ever needed, regional war chiefs would bring the confederation together in a region for defense purposes. Likewise, if needed for national defense, the regional militia would mobilize to defend the homeland. Such war chiefs would only be elected during times of warfare, and ,in fact, no war could be waged without 2/3 majority decision by the entire population. No warfare could ever be waged against hypothetical or undefined enemies. Any and all enemies must be clearly defined (unlike the war on Terror which is war without a face), and all intelligence and knowledge of them must be provided to the masses and be a matter of public records. In a Directivist society there can be no state secrets since no state exists. Further, all warchiefs will be subject to a council of oversight and review.
Total Directivisation of the Economy
As stated before, the Directivist society is really just one large Co-op. Eventually all cooperatives would meld into one large consumer cooperative for the whole nation. 3 Standing bodies would make up the Cooperative and those 3 bodies would be... The Input, Output, and Distribution bodies. Facilitators subject to immediate recall would be elected at the regional and local levels. At the national levels the facilitators would simply be go-betweens that would help necessary things get from one place to the area where its needed. In fact at some point the national level would be phased out as computers could take over that job. These 3 standing bodies would be part of the largest consumer cooperative ever, since all consumers would also be the workers, all production would be voted on. Of course the voting on production would take place on a proportional basis, sort of like the parliamentary electoral system. For example: if 50% of people wanted jeans, 25% wanted skirts, 15% wanted carpi's, 5% short shorts, 4% courderoy, and 1% wanted cargo pants then the levels of production would be set accordingly. Of course you wouldn’t be limited to just one type of pants either, I was just using pants as an example. Supply would actually be tied to demand and there would never be a problem with over production or under production.
The Input Body: would handle all aspects of resource management, gathering, harvesting, or replicating. As with each body the input body would have a research department which would find new ways to gather the raw materials needed for production. Aside from that, it would protect natural resources as well all methods used that would safely impact the planet. Hemp would be grown to produce paper, clothes, etc and hydrogen powered cars would be developed as well and various other renewable technologies would be applied, such as new advances in solar power to input electricity and provide power. The input body would setup sky scraper farms, since all the business building's would no longer be needed for various corporations, then all of that office space could be emptied out. Each floor could be converted into a farm for different foods, since virtually anything grown in the country can be grown inside a building. New Desalinizations plants could be built to provide more drinking water for people. All in all the Input body would be both the caretaker of the planets resources as well as distributor of them.
The Output Body: Would handle the means of production themselves and would receive its raw materials, or fabricated materials, from the Input Body. Things like food would be grown in the sky scrapers provided by the input body and it would use them to produce the food. The output body could get creative and invent solutions with its research team to various problems. Even develop better forms of entertainment... in fact, all the console systems of the past would be integrated into some sort of grand daddy computer/ console/ TV so that everyone could plug into the worldwide network and always find whatever they want. Overtime the production process itself could be totally automated without the need for many people, except a few technicians to keep things running. With everything produced it would then be moved to the Distribution Body for distribution.
The Distribution Body: would be responsible for the distribution of residences produce, goods, and food. It would be the Distribution body which would also hold votes and then provide demand charts and graphs available to all people. The distribution body would dedicate its research to developing the means of Distribution. Beyond that the Distribution body would store excess production and provide things in case of a natural disaster of some sort.
As technology got better and better and more people joined in production the need to work would be reduced. Soon it would get to the point were everything would be automated and things would just be serviced to keep running. The whole of society would be freed up for intellectual and spiritual pursuits. All forms of Electronic and paper currency would be gone (you wouldn’t need to be microchiped to obtain something). In the likelihood that the rest of the world would be either Capitalist, Communist, or some other backwards system. A Directivist nation existing in such a world would function the same way it would in a capitalist society with one key difference. It would use external currency for trade only when necessary, and even then the purpose of trade would be to get the better of the nation being traded with. It would actively encourage the workers of the other nation to revolt and actively agitate for Directivism. Even when people went out from the country to other countries in the world they would be given large amounts of currency for use outside. This would be done to effectively render all outside currency and credit useless. In fact it should be the goal of a directivist nation to print up as much bogus currency as possible so as to purposefully undermine countries still using it. Concepts of fraud and theft would only exist outside a Directivist country, so for the Directivist nation no such concepts would ever exist. All nations outside still using that primitive form of acquisition would be backwards... which indeed they are even now. But beyond the methods to undermine the other nations still on paper and or electronic currency, the Directivist nation would function very much like a massive large scale workers and consumer cooperative on the international scale.
The Council of Magus
One of the main goals of the Magus during the beginnings of the Directivist phase of human existence is the collection, storing, and dissemination of all knowledge. This would entail the Magus to go out and recover knowledge which had been hidden away and hoarded by various secret cabals (Free Masons, The Vatican, etc). Groups and individuals that refused to make their knowledge public to all would be socially combated, and struggled against. The new social setup will not allow for the existence of secret cabals who conspire and plot against the people. They would no longer have the power of the bankers to hold society hostage either, effectively the rise of The Magus would mean that all that is in darkness would be placed in the light. All those who once hid knowledge from the people would be made to answer for their crimes against the whole of humanity. The Magus would soon develop all this knowledge into the various learnings in society that everyone would have access to. Essentially what was once sacred and hidden knowledge would be transformed into a new university of great learning accessible to all members of society. The days oaths taken in secret and sinister brotherhoods that exclude women would be shattered by a new integration of sacred knowledge into the hands of all people in common. The Magus themselves would have their own levels of discipline and possibly even rituals of initiation, however these rituals would be public. All members of the public who wanted to view them could in fact do so and, in fact, should know who their perfecti are. Secrecy is unnecessary when those who are initiated as perfecti relinquish all worldly attachments to take up a life of service.
The council of Magus would ultimately handle diplomatic matters in addition to matters of defense. Though the community militias would make up the bulk of a national defense force during any times of conflict, they'd still be the equivalent of regular soldiers, should a conflict ever break out. The Magus, on the other hand, would make up the more irregular soldiers who, along with elected warchiefs, would lead national defense forces on the battle field. In terms of specialty Magus, they would have as part of their spiritual training, many various martial disciplines. They'd be more specialized in disciplines such as Shaolin, Ninjitsu and other disciplines. Ultimately, the Magus would be tasked with keeping the peace and solving things diplomatically. Ultimately the Magus would be a open society that would help society as a whole and essentially give compassion and help to elevate all sentient beings.
Housing and Hosteling
Among many things which will be managed by the Magus, our Housing however, in terms of this aspect of society, elected housing commissions would also work in tandem with the Magus as well. In fact housing commissions could over-rule decisions made by the Magus. Housing in the Directivist phase of human existence would be different, for starters, no one would be without a house. Every building that now house's a banks HQ is just wasted space which can be converted into housing. Everyone could have beach view housing who wanted it, since we could simply build up. Also we could build in harmony with our planet as well. We could have indoor hydroponic gardens every 10 floors of a building and even rooftop communal gardens. These could exist right next to wind turbines and solar panels on top of buildings, which would help to reduce the need for cool power. Housing ultimately would be hosteling since anytime you felt like moving you could do so and new living arrangements would be setup for you in the place your moving to.
Different tiers of social housing would exist that would be open to all members of society. The tier they pick would be entirely open to the individual, there would be, for starters, mass housing which would make up the bulk of housing. In some cases mass housing would phase out singular housing. However, groups of friends that all wanted to live together in a large house on or near the sea shore would be able to. Not everyone wants to live there, of course, so anyone who wanted to could. All housing would be sound-proofed so that everyone could mind their own business. But beyond that, noise wouldn't be a problem and house's of the future would be made from recycled or recyclable materials built in harmony with the planet. Fabrication technologies would be used still but the fabrication methods would be in harmony with the planet itself.
Future housing would also provide a second option for those in society who want to experience the great outdoors, and life not constrained behind walls. For some members of society living in the outdoors is more ideal to living indoors, and others may simply choose to live in this manner for a period of time. Whatever the case, maybe earthen dwellings and huts would be created in various communal camping and living sites. Those who lived in these sites would become part of a conservation corp. that would catalog animal populations, plants, and other parts of the habitat. At these camp sites Magus would be assigned, as well as teachers, for the community helping to distribute knowledge. The Community would also create its own militia that would help serve the community.
One of the biggest problems regarding housing in the Old Aeon has been not so much the lack of housing, but rather the lack of those who can afford it. As a reaction, squats developed in first world countries while in the third world, people simply built shacks. In the U.S. the unique problem of widespread urban campsites developed as well. This was mostly due to the lack of laws that protect squatters rights, being a Roman style Republic (Football instead of Gladiators) of course... made the U.S. The most backwards of all. In either case the New Directivist Aeon will not have this problem. In a Directivist society any group of people that moves into an empty house will simply be integrated into the community. While it would be preferred that they come and register with local facilitators, first they wouldn't be breaking any law by not doing so. Rather when facilitators came around to check house's, they would register them on-the-spot. Further they would see if the residents required anything at their residence and inform them of the activities of the community. Registration would only be needed to make sure each resident had a voice at their local town-hall meetings.
Greening society
At every level from top to bottom society would be placed in harmony with the earth. To begin with, all sky scrapers would be required to have gardens every 10 stories that would be somewhat open air. At the top of every sky scraper would be a garden with various trees. All streets and sidewalks in every big city would be lined with trees as well as having small solar panels mounted to every electrical box throughout the city. Sky scrapers would also have solar panels mounted on the tops as well as small wind turbines. Of course big cities wouldn't be the only place such devices would be implemented. In suburban areas, solar panels and wind turbines could be placed in every backyard. Hills could also be utilized for this purpose... it would be very easy to make every single city and community self sustaining, when it comes to power needs. To further serve power needs, large solar collectors could be launched into orbit that would collect energy from the sun. These solar collectors could then beam that energy back down to relay stations on earth. Eventually all the worlds coal burning and fossil fuel burning plants would no longer be needed. A Directivist nation existing in a world among capitalist nations could sell the excess power to other nations. They would then use the external purchasing power to buy up capitalist holdings and convert these holdings into consumer cooperatives. But beyond that they would push for the other nations to stop using environmentally harmful emissions producing methods for producing energy.
Mass transit would also become more green in the interim... we'd begin with hybrid buses and then upgrade to buses that run on air and/or water. Eventually all transit would be run on mag level technology. At present, mag level technology requires a track be laid out. Eventually with enough research into the technology, magnetic transportation would eventually be possible without tracks. Quite simply, vehicles could use the earths own magnetic fields to generate speed. This could be done by applying opposite polarities against the earths own magnetic field to propel the vehicle forward. Essentially what you'd have is vehicles that hover and float at any velocity, depending on the amount of magnetism applied. Eventually there would be no difference between mass transit and individual cars. All cars would eventually become communal, so that even if some one took a car right out of your drive way a new car would be automated to show up in your drive way just as easily. Automation would render theft a non- existent thing and so would making communal all-transit. Some communities have similar things already with community bikes left around town for anyone to use to get where they need to go. A similar concept would eventually occur with cars as well. They wouldn't need to, of course, all look the same because, as with everything else, the amount of communal cars sent to a city and of what type of car they'd be modeled after would depend on proportional voting. Everyone could technically have a hummer if they wanted, but of course the hummer would look very different under the hood, and at some point the wheels would be only aesthetic.
Mobility
Mass transit won't just cover buses, but Airplanes, Trains, Ships... all means of transportation would eventually be converted into mass transit. All mass transit would be free for everyone's use and facilitators would manage passenger loads on planes. People would still possibly need boarding passes, they would be free, is the only difference. Of course ticketing would be automated by machines as it is already done in most major cities with light rails, trolleys, metros, and subway systems. Existing trains would be converted to mag level trains and monorails; all train vehicles would be converted to use only electricity and or magnetism. Existing air vehicles would be converted over time to lifting body wingless aircraft which would use, at first, modified engines... using more eco-friendly fuels to generate lift and later enhanced magnetic levitation working opposite earth magnetic field. Eventually such craft would make no sound and generate zero emissions. They would also take up very little space and could act as small shuttles to ferry people from one location in a crowded city to another very fast, and safely. Such vehicles could literally fit into any current day parking space in any town United States, Japan, Germany, or Great Britain.
Ship travel would not only make sense for some who like the ocean, but ships would be converted to new types of fast-light commuter ships. Based on new eco-friendly designs, as well, even cargo ships of which our future society would need less... would be upgraded similarly. There would be no real need for oil tankers out on the ocean, since society would completely be winged off its independence towards oil. At some point, as well, mobility will extend into space as we get ready to expand beyond this planet. However, when we expand, it will be in harmony with our mother earth rather then in a state of disharmony with her.
Education and the trades
The educational system of the future will be a very diverse one, at the earliest levels of schooling for youth it would be a hodge podge of education. However as one got higher in the educational system, lets say high school level students would pick their own classes like they do in college. There would be required general education classes, of course the only difference would be that it would be real general education. While basic skills in math and language may be needed, there would be no need to know advanced mathematics to focus ones studies on Philosophy, General Education in a Directivist society would be actual general ed. Such as; Computers/ Electronics repair and maintenance, Camping and Wilderness Survival, Conflict Resolution, Remote Viewing, Remote Influencing, Meditation, Yoga, First Aid and First Responder, etc. Actual General Education that everyone should learn and will actually use when they are adults. As it stands now though our educational system likes to waste a students time by requiring them to take things they will never actually need or use. In fact, at the high school level, students are taught to be good producers for the capitalist class.
Of course in the Directivist society students would be taught to be independent and critical thinkers. Students from a very young age would be taught to dream big and imagine the possibilities. Imagination and an open mind would be the basic requirement of all schooling, so would two basic rules to be followed; be nice and ask questions. Beyond that they would be told that they could be or do anything they set their minds to. Education at the community level in terms of Elementary, Middle, and High School level systems would be run by the communities where they exist. School commissions would be elected along with at least 3 student trustees for each level of education. In addition, Magus would be given at least one, if not more, seats... with at least one advisory vote at each level. Schooling would always be life-long as students would be taught also to learn from the surrounding world itself. Schooling would be also restructured to where all ones basic education is finished by the time they reach age 16. Once a person hits that age they would be ready to either go out and learn trades, go to a university, become a Magus, or otherwise simply take part in society while perhaps pursuing a want to create art, poetry, and or music.
Trade schools in a Directivist society would exist to teach students skills to help them make different kinds of contributions in society. Obviously the traditional trades of this age would no longer exist at this point. The average trades in such a highly advanced society would be stuff more along the lines of Robotics Technician, Magnetic Specialist, Engineering, etc. Essentially many trades would be very high tech on the other hand certain trades, such as those a member of community militia would need to learn, would also be taught there as well. People could learn multiple trades as well, and it would even be encouraged.
Universities would also exist in addition to trade schools and a person could be dual-enrolled in either. Different methods of education would also be open, either the traditional semester-long style or modular style. In other words, a person could either take multiple classes throughout a semester or they could take it one module at a time. Meaning they could spend 9 weeks on one subject before moving onto the next. This is actually the method most trade schools use today and could easily be used in any subject. Community Colleges would be phased out and converted into universities since they only do exist in the current society for low income. Since money won't determine who can go to what universities... it won't matter. Instead you will end up with Community Universities which is what all colleges would become. No more ivy league schools in competition with other schools. Every university would be a high quality institution of learning, personal growth and achievement. Certain things would no longer exist as a career path, like doctor and lawyer would be phased out at least in the sense that we think of them now. Lawyers would be replaced by advocates who would be more of a trade rather then requiring attendance at a university. Doctors would be replaced by the Magus who would have their own trained healers that would combine current western medicine with eastern holistic medicine. All in all, specific degrees would more or less be created by the student. Those trying to go into fields that used to require grants would simply request resources. Resources for specific things such as rocket science would obviously require one to have certain knowledge to get those resources. Whats most important to point out is that people would pursue new inventions and developments because they have big imaginations. This would of course be the motivation for people to invent things as it has always been the motivation.
In terms of society, schooling would be considered a social contribution. Mainly those who are undergoing schooling always have a social contribution they are making. Not the least of which is the production of knowledge. Students who write papers, are in essence... creating new ideas and new ways of looking at things all the time. A central repository of this knowledge will be created to store all the knowledge produced by students. Beyond that, students at trade schools could always be called upon in emergencies to come and put their skills to use. Beyond that in the universities of our new aeon the eternal student who never wants to leave school would simply become a teacher. In the old aeon the unrecognized knowledge produced by the student would be recognized and those students who developed new concepts and any ideas would be recognized. As opposed to now, where unless you have a PHD behind your name your ideas aren't worth a thing.
The Death of Social Stratification
The family and courtship rituals of the current aeon, especially in highly industrialized countries has been backwards. Men and Women are both assigned various roles to play in society and are essentially divided from each other. As a society that promotes this behavior meets its death agony, a new sort of consciousness would take hold. Firstly people would begin to look beyond the physical and more at the person themselves. People would be stripped of the social conditioning that tells them this or that fashion is in this season. They would be stripped of a media saying this skin tone or body type is what everyone desires. All those old standards of beauty and attraction would be thrown out the window. Soon the social games i.e. old aeon dating would be shattered. No longer will it be a game of skill in which the person who can learn the social rules best (reading body language, manipulation) gets the girl or guy. In the current age dating is more like warfare then anything else. To the winner go all the spoils of the warfare, honesty is frowned upon, and boldness looked down upon. This huge mess of social warfare leaves everyone empty inside... that which we call dating in highly industrialized societies will meet its end.
A new progressive attitude towards courtship will soon arise and take the place of the taboos towards sexuality. A new and renewed appreciation for biological acts will envelop society as a whole. No longer will people be ashamed of their urges and desires and no longer will social games need to be played to simply connect with someone. The truest intent of courtship has always been to achieve connection of some sort, yet our current society has perverted this process and sickened everyone's approach to things.
The family of the New Aeon will be vastly different then the family of the current Aeon. In the New Aeon a stronger sense of community will ensue as such children will be communally cared for. Their social development will be fostered by an attitude of compassion and acceptance. Further, children in this New Aeon will be treated as sophisticated rational and intelligent individuals, instead of being talked down too. This approach will guarantee that our children of the future Aeon will begin to act as they are treated. In the current Aeon children are talked down too and not spoken to as if they were already highly evolved individuals. The family unit of the future will consist of any combination of humans that are in love with each other. Even the love of two members of the same sex will be plausible in this future Aeon since love and mutual respect will be widespread as both color blind and gender blind.
The Social roles of the past will slowly fade away as well. Where once there was a specific role for women to play as the helpless victim needing to be saved by a man. As well as a role for the man to play as the strong macho man coming to save the women. Where once this mentality was the norm it will soon be replaced by a mentality of all humans being capable of becoming anything they want to be. Gender will soon become meaningless, in relation to sexuality and social roles... all will desire who they love and whomever they choose to love. Spiritualism that suggests otherwise will be looked down upon as out of touch with reality and retrogressive. Further, since society won't have a structure that can create and enforce laws, now moral crusaders could force such laws.
Directivist Culture and Society
In the Directivist society telecommunications will completely become the property of the people as a whole. All shows will essentially become community access and people will have the creative freedom to produce shows and movies they like. However, technology and TV of the future will combine both video sharing, audio, and standard linear broadcasting. Everything new that is created would be stored in a master repository that all could freely access. While it is said that without a profit motive no good entertainment would be produced... thats a lie. A movie or a tv show is essentially story telling with people playing out the roles. We know that story telling is older then recorded history and indeed probably the first spoken languages had many stories to tell. Oral traditions passed many stories down through history, and as the methods to record these stories changed, it went from the oral word to paper. From paper to recorded sound and slide show and soon to TV and Movie. Story telling is something that is part of our culture, and in the future... Aeon people will be inspired to look back at how backwards are civilization was and use media to tell stories from those days even.
In this future aeon there will be no difference between your TV, Computer, Console, or other devices as technologies will all be integrated to save materials used and take up less space. You'll be able to download and store whatever you like and even network your personal stored files with others. All media will be shared and will be public domain, even the educational media. TV would be very different too, as it would run programs showing holistic cures and other enlightened practices.
Social Problems and Issues
One of the arguments that has always been made against the creation of a harmonious society has been that our nature prevents it. Some claim greed is in our nature and others may include, or say, envy is in our nature. In the movie "Enemy At The Gates"... a film showing the battle of Stalingrad during World War 2, one of the actors envies Jude Laws character for being able to get the girl that he likes. The point they attempt to make is that no sort of society that equally distributes things could ever work for this reason; Socialism, Anarchism or even Direct Democracy. Of course one could also look at this deli ma and point of envy another way. Perhaps the cause of the envy which led to the suffering was all based on two simple factors. Firstly, communication and openness.. the fact that feelings were never openly and earnestly expressed. Secondly, there was the attachment to the desire to have this particular person and no other. This sort of attachment is obsession and such a thing is more like the co- dependence of a drug addict. So maybe its because people are so attached to materialistic desires and wants, to the point of co-dependence, that a more egalitarian mode of society cannot be reached. The key, it seems, is the removal of this attachment to things which itself is the true cause of suffering in society.
In the current mode of society people are attached to their petty emotions of anger, hatred, hurt, and jealousy. What people fail to realize is that these things are not real, they are reactions. Emotion is equal to a reaction to external stimuli; in fact, those who run our society currently know that people have certain emotional reactions to things. Those with power use our emotions against us to drum up blind patriotic fervors Hitler was a tyrant who preyed on peoples emotions and used these emotions to brainwash an entire population. In earnest though, we can not be rid of emotions completely, but at the very least we can remove our attachment to them. We can have control over them as well and get to a state of total harmony and serenity in which our emotions don't control us.
Furthermore, just cause we're free of emotions doesn't mean we'll be numb people who feel nothing. Quite the contrary we will all be free to experience the one non emotion of love. Love itself arises independently from itself, its so mysterious of a force and energy that science has yet to get a handle on what exactly it is. Sure they can equate attraction to chemical reactions in the brain, but thats not love. Love is something much deeper then that, it causes mothers to lift up cars in order to rescue their children. Love is a force we still cannot explain in terms of the Pseudo Western Scientific method. Love can only be experienced, rationalized and understood. In any case though, I'll give you my definition of love in one simple word “Unification”. Beyond that and, ultimately... maybe love is just a simple understanding that we are all one and we are all cut of the same cloth. Hatred, which is the source of division and discord in our world, can never be an equal force when compared with love. The fact that we are all one, are stronger... and we can... and will... conquer hatred.
In the New Aeon we will understand our oneness and this will conquer the social problems of the past. It will topple all the old social problems, which caused alienation of different members of society. Differences will be embraced as something to explore and learn about and experience and the whole of society will orient in this direction. The School yard bully and the social school yard cliques will all fall by the way side as people will connect and interact with each other in very different ways. The Utopian experiments of the past Aeon only failed because they did not teach us to escape the cause of all suffering. An enlightened population or at least a population oriented towards becoming enlightened will succeed where others have failed.
The Merger of Western Pseudo Science and Metaphysics
There has been a divide in science, in the west, for a great many years. Both Science and Spirituality have stood in constant opposition to each other as hostile forces. In the East, however, Science and Spiritualism are both one in the same. In The East, the intuitive method of Experience, Rationalization, Understanding and Conclusion has complimented the Scientific method of Observation, Theory, Evidence, and Conclusion. The problem with the Western method is obvious because it uses only one side of the available methods for scientific discovery available, to try and develop things. Of course there is a reason for this and it has everything to do with the church. It is because the intuitive system of developments and reasoned systems of discovery were both ruled heretical, that's why it was suppressed. Later, when reason triumphed, intuitiveness was left behind in the dusts of the ancient Hellenistic past.
It is for this reason that science began to believe that the external world was the only absolute end all truth to end all truths that its potentials were truly disabled. In the New Aeon, however, we will combine the Intuitive method of discovery with the reasoned one. This will be one step towards helping to break down the moral authority of the old Aeon religions which have held us back for centuries. Those who hold true to their Atheist religious doctrine will come to realize that Intuition is just as important as Reason. The sciences will begin to open themselves to the idea of subtle energies and begin trying to discover them. When these subtle energies that flow through all things in our universe are discovered by the new science of the future Aeon, the whole of humanity will applaud the dawning of a new age of reasoned intuitiveness (A Second Renaissance).
In the new Aeon, science like this could truly benefit society, since it would be freed from both concerns of profit, as well as religious constrictions. Methods could be developed to manipulate the very particles of light themselves to generate food for people. This could eliminate the need for animals used in food altogether, as well as eliminate the need for farming. Of course this is something that would be far off, but its just one example of the things science could develop if it was merged with the intuitive method.
Where's the motivation?
Many will wonder what will motivate people in the New Aeon of light. The oldest motivation for people in tribal societies was based on the betterment of the entire tribe. Firstly, the hunter who invents the spear to better pierce animal hides to ensure everyone eats. The Hatchet and the Bow n Arrow are all tools invented by early humans to benefit all members of their community. There was no need to hoard carcasses for oneself because everyone benefited equally. There was a need, and people organized themselves to fulfill that need collectively. As societies developed and passed those initial hunter gather-modes of survival and life became more sedentary, the acquisition of knowledge took its place. Knowledge of who we are and why we are here and where we're from, this knowledge developed many of the ancient spiritualist and pagan societies. From this arose the idea that inner and self knowledge was the best place to find knowledge. From this arose meditation which freed one from the attachments to physical plane desires which create suffering. Early science was based on the pursuit of knowledge, and indeed the ancients created great repositories of knowledge.
In our current society, however, we've been convinced that it's really the need of humans to produce material things and that is the motor force of history. This perspective is based on a lack of intuitive perspective. Western Pseudo-Science, or the science without intuition, and all things which have emerged from it have a great poverty of the intuitive factors of reality. Of course this doesn't address whether or not its the need to produce is the motor force of history... or not. Firstly, if the need to produce material commodities is what has driven all of humanity through the ages, this would mean what is wrong with society is purely a material problem. A simple re-organization of how things are produced should fix it right? Unfortunately history has shown that this isn't the case. Simply re-organizing production does not alleviate social suffering; in fact, society even with a change in production still has a mechanical problem as a whole. But this begs the question that if Production is not the motor force of history then what is? Quite simply its Curiosity, Exploration, and Discovery, which at its basic level is the pursuit of knowledge. It is ingrained in the human spirit to be curious about things we have not experienced and do not understand. It is that very force so ingrained in our spirit that has been the true motor force of our history. It's the drive to better ourselves, to have inner peace, and to realize our connection as one people that supersedes any physical need to produce material commodities. The production of material things only compliment our existence, yet they don't define us or who we are. We are more then the things we have or the things we produce... our existence is more significant then to say production is all we care about. The individual spirit, as part of a greater consciousness, has no need of material production. We produce only to survive, and then only so we can free up our time towards seeking knowledge and realizing our connection with the earth and each other... thats our motivation.
More on The Magus
The Magus exist in the period of Directivist existence as a force that reconciles the contradictions between the most enlightened and the rest of society. We've explained their function so far and what their relation to society will be, now we shall touch on their structure. The Magus will resemble many of the mystery traditions of the past with degrees of initiation into their order. The difference however is that these initiations won't be conducted in secret (like the masons) in fact people will be encouraged to attend and watch them. The knowledge the Magus learn won't be secretive either and anyone will have access to it. In fact it will be against The Magus code to conduct secret rites and initiations. The degree system will work more like it does in martial arts where you get a White belt to start out with then Yellow, followed by Green and so on. Further, unlike the masonic type organizations, everyone will be treated equally regardless of gender or race. Everyone would also be trained and taught the same way as well. Further, unlike the masonic organizations of the Old Aeon, The Magus would discourage the hoarding of any knowledge, as well as, the exclusivity practiced in the past. In fact the only difference between a Magus and anyone else would be that a Magus is an individual who wants to dedicate their lives to study, self mastery, and social service. This social service will differ greatly from the smoke screen social service of masonic orders, who use their lower level degree initiates(Usually 1st through 90th Degree Masons) to cover up the nefarious schemes of the higher ups (91st degrees all the way up to 200th degree final degree). The Magus won't have the false intentions, since all their degrees and all initiates will be public knowledge and open to public scrutiny. In fact Magus who abuse their position or place in society will be subject to and answerable to peoples tribunals. The people will further have the right to investigate any charges of secret goings-ons. The Magus themselves will also have their own checks designed to make sure none of their own abuse their positions as well.
The Magus will be divided up into three main paths
The Green Path Healer
The Blue Path Consul
The Orange Path Seeker
The first path will focus itself on the maintaining and preserving of all life. The Magus healer will concern themselves with everything from surgery, energetic healing, acupuncture, reiki on humans and even animals as well. Some will run hospitals while others will run vets, and they would go out and teach first aid and would even establish complementary services organizations. These complimentary service organizations would have community oversight boards to redress grievances such as malpractice, as well as, in general, be a check and balance on The Magus social service organizations. The Magus healer would also assist those who are attached to suffering to break away from it. Overall the job of a The Magus Healer is to heal all wounds and eradicate suffering from the world.
The second path will focus itself on the betterment and development of all society. The Consul Magus would concern themselves with all aspects of society such as transportation and schooling. At each level they would work with community council who'd have the final say. The Consul Magus on a more micro-level would go out and console people who need it, as well as mediate disputes. All Magus would be trained somewhat in these skills of social diplomacy, its just the Consul Magus would specialize in it. The Consul Magus would be there to help society at all levels. They would also run the central repository of knowledge and constantly seek to fill it up with ever increasing and expanding knowledge.
The third path will be focused on the advancement and improvement of society. The Seeker Magus would concern themselves with exploration, both physical and scientific. They would oversee many research projects and develop the technology necessary for eventual galactic exploration. Of course all research projects would be public, and all discoveries would be public domain. Furthermore, any future exploration teams would include members of the public as well as Magus. Seeker Magus could also negotiate in first contact situations as well the knowledge of which would never be hidden. All exploration reports would be filed into the public repositories. The Seeker Magus would research ancient knowledge for new knowledge and new understandings of our reality. The Seeker Magus would essentially seek their knowledge from all probable sources.
In addition to the three paths there would be a Magus Council of Elders. They would be made up of the most eldest, knowledgeable and enlightened among The Magus themselves. All in all The Magus would have no power over society and where they intervene and effect various aspects of society, there would always be public bodies to check them. The more specific structure of The Magus will need to be established by them when they do exist in The New Aeon.
Crime in a Directivist Society
Most of what is considered crime in our current Aeon has been triggered by economic conditions. Moral crusaders would like to blame video games and violent movies for it. Fact of the matter is that people steal because they are hungry or attached to perceived physical desire for drugs. Beyond that is hopelessness, both hunger and addiction are the inevitable results of hopelessness in a society that promotes every person for themselves. In fact every crime can at some point be traced right back to social conditions having some influence on them. Whats more, is that crime is almost always defined by those with the power in society. Most the laws simply benefit the rich and by coincidence can protect an average joe blow sort, but thats only by coincidence.
However, if society is organized to where all people are given things equally then theft of property won't exist anymore. In fact if someone stole something of yours you'd simply shrug it off as someone didn't have one and you could simply get another. Especially since nothing would be acquired by the primitive medium of exchange known as money. As such, theft and Prostitution would no longer exist and even use of man-made drugs would cease. The reason being is that when people no longer feel hopeless, and they have options and help to make something better of themselves, they won't need to escape their reality. Beyond this, more serious crimes such as Rape and Murder are usually born out of a state where a person feels they need to dominate others. Usually this psychological (not to imply that people into bondage are sick) need to dominate can be in a healthy manner expressed through sexual play with a willing partner of or through some other outlet. However, in some cases people do not express these things in healthy ways and primarily its because society leaves them feeling helpless. In fact, those who don't succeed in life many times feel as they are not in control and seek to regain this control in some manner. The psychology of a murder or rapist has always been about control and its that lack of self control which drives them to horrible acts. The social problems and feelings of alienation that others take as a social norm further agitate this behavior in people. Sexuality also plays a role, as well, in fact, it can be shown statistically that in societies where people are less repressed sexually the homicide rate is drastically lower. But it's not just the sexuality aspect that can be linked to the lower homicide rate. We must also take into consideration the one thing separate from sexuality that accompanies a less repressed society and that is, a more openness in communication among people. So in truth when you get right down to it that openness and being mutually respectful of others is what ultimately breaks down the feelings of alienation which lead people to do horrendous things.
Thats not to say that there won't still be a need to hold people accountable, should they violate their community in some manner. In this instance a Community Tribunal would be called to hold the individual or individuals accountable. Sentences, however, would be more geared towards rehabilitation rather then imprisonment. Instead, lets say someone was to be held accountable for vandalizing people's residences. Obviously the sentence should be cleaning up and repairing those residences, as well as spending some time with the people they've affected and learning how their actions affected that individual or individuals. In fact, most crimes in the future Aeon will probably be petty things which can simply be addressed with similar sentences. Even Magus Consul could be brought in to spend some time with the person who violated the community in some manner, to counsel that individual and discover what's at the root of their behavior.
In the future Aeon laws won't exist, at least in the sense we think of them nowadays. Rather, mutual respect and asking questions would be the only set-in-stone laws of the land. Community tribunals and the community militias that would work with them, would simply assist in maintaining that mutual respect. The role of community militia in terms of maintaining mutual respect would be stuff like breaking up fights and mediating disputes, as well as conflict resolution. Consul Magus would also help in this capacity, as well, and could be called in to mediate major disputes. Ultimately though it is the people who are the law, the authority, and the decision makers. They do not elect people to make laws for them because the people are perfectly capable of existing without laws and simply living by and enforcing natural law. This means that rather then elected legislators, the people will always elect nothing more then civil servants to carry out decisions the people make. Facilitators who will be elected by the people simply deal with and solve technical problems. In essence, what elected council do in a Directivist society is trouble shoot problems and fix them... they are social technicians. Technicians shall never hold any sort of legal authority which is always backed by the barrel of a gun. Without the barrel of a gun behind an elected official, legal authority ceases and legal authority is retained by the people.
Spiritualism and Society
Spiritualism in The New Aeon will be very different then the organized religions of the current age. For starters, spirituality will be a personal experience and, people as a whole, will realize they don't need clergy to interpret books for them. In fact they will realize that all ancient texts have some wisdom in them that they can learn from. People will be freed from the strangle hold religion has on knowledge and soon find out they've been lied to about the past by Nicaean based faiths and all other Orthodox Abrahamic Faiths. The days of church's will eventually end, as worship and ritual of one's own divine concept will become a personalized internal experience and not an outward external experience. Salvation and the heaven will be discovered to be within you rather then outside you some where and some how, taking place as an externally collective experience. In fact the internal collective experience of mind Jung spoke of will be realized over all else.
Their may be a few die hards that cling to the old ways but ultimately since the prevailing consciousness will be oriented towards personalized experience, slowly the die hards will come around. Furthermore, these die hard ideas that cling to old Aeon beliefs will begin to become a dying breed. Eventually by about 3-4 generations, their old ideas will have been integrated into the great melting pot of the new mass spiritualism. This new mass view of spiritualism will combine all the old religions of the past and spiritualist philosophies into one great hodge podge of new ideas. Eventually Spiritualism, Science, and Philosophy will all be one unified view of external, and internal realities.
World Directivism and the enlightened society
At some point the world as a whole will turn Directivist and the planet will finally be unified. While in the past, unification and total integration would have been bad, the reason for this is because the the old unification would have been based on the bankers whims. For the bankers unification of our world means the total defeat and enslavement of the human race. They want nothing less then the total genetic and technological dominance of the entire world. Essentially they want to turn the entire underclass into an A-Sexual slave race of worker drones bred in laboratories. However... unification under Directivism is the complete opposite of that nightmare scenario. Directivism is the manifestation of the Aeon of Light while the Single Firm Oligarchical society of the Bankers is The New Aeon of Darkness. The world can go two ways in the future... either towards freedom and democracy... or towards slavery and total submission.
As the world does become Directivist, a new orientation towards space exploration and scientific development will occur. Money will finally be done away with for good and will no longer even exist for external trade. The only way this could exist is if another culture is encountered on some other planet that still uses currency. However, the goal of a united Directivist federation of regional City-States will be to spread true Democracy across the cosmos's. The Directivist society, however, is only a stepping stone towards a new Dharmic society that has realized Enlightenment. The Directivist phase of development in our history will be due to the contradiction in knowledge among people. As the contradiction between the enlightened and dyslightened is resolved, slowly over time society will begin to transition into a golden age. This golden age will be the goal of Directivism and it will mark a new chapter in our development. Directivism will be the vessel that brings humanity back to the natural state and balance of society. The Dharmic society will ultimately arise when all sentient beings actively dedicate themselves to the pursuit of Dharmic consciousness.
The Dharmic Society and beyond
As the Dharmic Society takes hold and the Golden Age sets in, the public will become more like Perfecti and Magus. Slowly over time this will lead to a paradigm shift in consciousness due to the new found dedication of the whole of society to reach Dharmic Consciousness. Technology will look very different during this period, that is at least 4-6 total Ages away from the initial inception of Directivism. This Dharmic society will find energy and power in crystals and light. Technology will resemble something that may look like magic to a person from this age. Of course there will be nothing magical about this new crystalline technology because it will be based on old ideas long since lost in the sands of time.
As this long and tedious process towards the next period of the Magus will lead the way. One complete precession of equinox's is what it might take to reach this new consciousness. As this begins to set in soon, all in society will be as The Magus, complete and total integration of The Magus with the entire population will signal the rise of the 3rd great revolution of humankind. This 3rd great revolution of humankind will come to be known as the Ascended society. All aspects of society will be integrated and the very breakdown of what this ascended society looks like on a social level is hard to picture at this point. One thing is for sure though... this new ascended society will yield a very different type of human. A type of person that we can only dream about and envision in dreams. This will not just be a new period but a new evolution... a society that understands all the dynamics of the universe and how everything works. They will eventually come to realize the practical application of Space Time as simply saying there is no difference between; Thought, Action, and Manifestation. This final realization could lead to one final evolutionary change that is perhaps many Processions off in the future TRANSCENDENCE... Anything is possible once we control our destiny and show everyone a world without rules, without limits, and restrictions. Forward to The New Aeon of light! Down with The New Aeon of Darkness!