How would you rebuild your country?

THE eXchanger · 07-05-2009, 04:02 AM

How would you rebuild your country?

I think it would be very interesting
to hear how different people
would address their country's desires/needs and wants

What do you think,
would help to rebuild your country ???

Myplanet2 · 07-05-2009, 01:00 PM

I wouldn't work to rebuild countries. The world I envision has no divisions. We just are, and do, and co-create, in a way the serves everyone. I'm not talking socialism. I'm talking about us creating into our world what we want to share with everyone else.

If I grow food, I want it to go where it's needed. If I make something, I want it to go to whomever can most use and enjoy that thing. If we all care for each other in this way, none of us will be without anything we need or want.

So much of the old thinking is imbedded in the structural remnants of our societies, that I think we need to wipe the slate clean and start over from scratch, which must be done on the individual level. "What do I want?" "What do I have to share?" "What do I perceive others would benefit from which I'm able to provide?" "Do my needs/wants, and my offerings tend towards balance and harmony?" "What do I have to work on within myself which will better enable me to perceive what interaction falls within my preferences while benefitting others harmoniously?"

DiVineEnvy · 07-07-2009, 07:04 AM

This thread is interesting because I find in the face of a dubious universality, that I yearn for the specific, for place, for people I know - to whom and for whom I am loyal. Countries are not as arbitrary and divisive as we sometimes make them out to be. As imperfect as they are, they contain elements of commonality and core beliefs that may be instrumental in forging something lasting. My country may be broken and corrupt. The culprits may be far beyond my reach or influence, but that bloke I see in the mirror every morning - surely there is yet some hope of redemption for the soul behind that fleeting mask! So maybe tomorrow I will tend to my own garden. Maybe that will make a difference. I will leave the Big Idea for the day after tomorrow.

Zeddo · 07-07-2009, 08:14 AM

I'm not too sure that I actually want to say anything because at the end of the day it is mere words. Yes, thoughts are the creative force, but...........

So what would I do you ask? Educate educate educate and more education. Then I would educate and educate some more until everyone has had their fair dose. This education is not the trash they teach in schools (for the most part, I guess there is some stuff of value) which is the basis of carnalistic capitalism, this would be an education in the sciences in a holistic manner, where and how we fit in, our impact on one another and all that is around us. How to be at one with the planet that we call home and it's fellow inhabitants.

That would be the start, the breaking down of the carnal man and the building of the spiritual.

Z

THE eXchanger · 12-28-2009, 02:18 AM

How would you rebuild your country?

I think it would be very interesting
to hear how different people
would address their country's desires/needs and wants

What do you think,
would help to rebuild your country ???

historycircus · 12-28-2009, 02:28 AM

Can't say I have all the solutions for what ails the U.S.A., but I'll bite.

I would like to live in a nation where the citizens understand the phrase "entitled to" can only be uttered after the phrase "worked as hard as I could."

I would also like to live in a nation full of citizens who see the planet as more than an ATM machine.

Wouldn't mind getting rid of speed limits too - they shouldn't sell us cars that can do 120mph, if they don't want us driving that fast . . . .

07-05-2009, 04:02 AM	#1
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07-05-2009, 01:00 PM	#2
Myplanet2 In The Mists Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 1,133	Re: How would you rebuild your country? I wouldn't work to rebuild countries. The world I envision has no divisions. We just are, and do, and co-create, in a way the serves everyone. I'm not talking socialism. I'm talking about us creating into our world what we want to share with everyone else. If I grow food, I want it to go where it's needed. If I make something, I want it to go to whomever can most use and enjoy that thing. If we all care for each other in this way, none of us will be without anything we need or want. So much of the old thinking is imbedded in the structural remnants of our societies, that I think we need to wipe the slate clean and start over from scratch, which must be done on the individual level. "What do I want?" "What do I have to share?" "What do I perceive others would benefit from which I'm able to provide?" "Do my needs/wants, and my offerings tend towards balance and harmony?" "What do I have to work on within myself which will better enable me to perceive what interaction falls within my preferences while benefitting others harmoniously?"

07-07-2009, 07:04 AM	#3
DiVineEnvy Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 128	Re: How would you rebuild your country? This thread is interesting because I find in the face of a dubious universality, that I yearn for the specific, for place, for people I know - to whom and for whom I am loyal. Countries are not as arbitrary and divisive as we sometimes make them out to be. As imperfect as they are, they contain elements of commonality and core beliefs that may be instrumental in forging something lasting. My country may be broken and corrupt. The culprits may be far beyond my reach or influence, but that bloke I see in the mirror every morning - surely there is yet some hope of redemption for the soul behind that fleeting mask! So maybe tomorrow I will tend to my own garden. Maybe that will make a difference. I will leave the Big Idea for the day after tomorrow.

07-07-2009, 08:14 AM	#4
Zeddo Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 694	Re: How would you rebuild your country? I'm not too sure that I actually want to say anything because at the end of the day it is mere words. Yes, thoughts are the creative force, but........... So what would I do you ask? Educate educate educate and more education. Then I would educate and educate some more until everyone has had their fair dose. This education is not the trash they teach in schools (for the most part, I guess there is some stuff of value) which is the basis of carnalistic capitalism, this would be an education in the sciences in a holistic manner, where and how we fit in, our impact on one another and all that is around us. How to be at one with the planet that we call home and it's fellow inhabitants. That would be the start, the breaking down of the carnal man and the building of the spiritual. Z

12-28-2009, 02:18 AM	#5
THE eXchanger Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Spiritual eXplorer-Canada Posts: 4,915	Re: How would you rebuild your country? How would you rebuild your country? I think it would be very interesting to hear how different people would address their country's desires/needs and wants What do you think, would help to rebuild your country ???

12-28-2009, 02:28 AM	#6
historycircus Banned Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 16	Re: How would you rebuild your country? Can't say I have all the solutions for what ails the U.S.A., but I'll bite. I would like to live in a nation where the citizens understand the phrase "entitled to" can only be uttered after the phrase "worked as hard as I could." I would also like to live in a nation full of citizens who see the planet as more than an ATM machine. Wouldn't mind getting rid of speed limits too - they shouldn't sell us cars that can do 120mph, if they don't want us driving that fast . . . .