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When I think of abundance vs scarcity as it relates to our current economic system, I think about how money is the standard by which we class ourselves – whoever has the most of it is worth more than those that don’t, and those with the money get the goods, those that don’t, well, don’t. What follows is a perceived sense of scarcity of basic human needs which puts people in survival/fear mode, which in turn makes them easier to control. Another side-effect of the scarcity model is that it invokes the urge to hoard which conveniently fits well with Darwin’s theory of evolution – survival of the fittest. Life then becomes a race against our fellow humans to be the best at capturing as much money as possible in order to secure survival and prosperity. What I see in terms of freeing ourselves as humans from the illusion of scarcity is empowering ourselves to provide the basics for ourselves instead of relying on some ever-present, pervasive, yet unseen power that controls access to and cost of to these basics. Once we can accomplish that level of freedom, then follows the potential for greater ideas to emerge within the fabric of a truly free world.

I consider access to healthy food, clean water, and (free) energy as the bare minimum “basic” requirement for human survival and freedom. Ultimately, it all boils down to abundant/free energy when it comes to freeing/saving humanity. Technically, we don’t need energy in order to survive, but without it, technology would (mostly) not exist. If abundant and free energy was here today, we would be able to literally “green the deserts”. Therein lies the potential for technology to aid us in creating an oasis, eden, heaven on earth.

Back to currency… Well, I guess I see currency today as a means of control by those who have the most money – interest is charged to those that need money while those that have all the money get to collect more money. I think it’s an insane system that should be taken down. We really need to get back to basics, again, on what is the purpose of currency to begin with? Currency is a form of exchange for goods and services. In our current financial system, banks have taken over control of money and are selling it back to us and calling it “services”. Currency is valuable only because it represents a means for trading goods and services without having to trade goods for goods, service for service, service for goods, etc. It makes it easier for us to actually trade what we create/have to offer as humans whether it is delicious organic produce, a massage, carpentry skills, artistic design skills, healing, furniture, education, clothing, etc. These goods and services are in abundance because we as humans are the ones creating and sharing these goods and services. We don’t need a currency to do that – currency just makes the process more expedient. Currency should be created as we create – in that sense, there is no limit, and therefore it is abundant.

There is no need for scarcity in this world – we just need to open our eyes and our hearts and do the work!