From owning to flowing

by jf on 27/01/2010

Our consumer society has built an ideology of accumulation. This is triggered by the scarce monetary system. Rather than sharing the stuff we need, we accumulate it in our basements, garages and backyards. Skis, furniture, toys, lawnmowers, tools, washing machines, books (ah, books!), DVDs, carpets, dishes, clothes… This stuff doesn’t circulate, nor it is shared. [...]

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Part of my research work is how ontology (our language structures that define our relationship to the world) builds our collective self, and how these invisible architectures often maintain the collective entrapped in predictable social structures that self perpetuate via language. Same seed, same tree… same invisible architectures, same society. Language creates reality, reality creates [...]

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The Law of Attraction/Repulsion

by jf 10 January 2010
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If often use this term –Law of Attraction–, or even more often: the Law of Attraction/Repulsion. This morning, while writing another post, I realized that I am using these words in my own specific way that I should clarify in regards of how this seems to be widely interpreted in the common context.
The expression “Law [...]

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Eve and the Cosmic Family Reunion

by jf 4 January 2010

Barbara Marx-Hubbard has written an amazing inspired myth called “Eve and the Cosmic Family Reunion“. Another way to put it is “what the next episode of the Bible should be?”, from a universal Christian experience.
Simply put: Eve, the original sinner, comes back to the father Yahweh and helps him see how much she loves him [...]

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Free currencies: an evening talk with Barbara-Marx Hubbard

by jf 3 January 2010

This retreat week with Barbara Marx-Hubbard is a blossoming of ideas, visions, insights, states of consciousness. We gave ourselves enough time to cover many topics. This video is a short excerpt of our conversation on free currencies.
It is also a wonderful journey shared with Dino Bendiab, who is making the movie. Our collaboration and complicity, [...]

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Entering 2010

by jf 2 January 2010

Entering 2010 comes with clear objectives and roadmap:

Continue the work on free currencies, and most specifically the flowplace.
Move on with the Vow of Wealth
Develop TheTransitioner.org vessel at the core level
Finish my book on collective intelligence
Work on food — how can I get to the best possible nourishment, exploring the pranic approach

These objectives keep me [...]

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Reconnecting with Barbara Marx-Hubbard

by jf 22 October 2009

This Oct. 22-26 2009, I am attending the Renaissance 2 great shift gathering in Perpignan, South of France. One of the greatest joy and emotion I experience right at this moment is the physical reconnection with one of the guests, my beloved Barbara Marx-Hubbard.
She spoke this morning. As usual I could feel joy and a [...]

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How radical is the Vow of Wealth?

by jf 14 October 2009

Recently, a friend who grew up in South Africa shared his thoughts with me about the Vow of Wealth. He said that he wouldn’t see himself in this journey, as he prefers middle paths that allow to build relationships with all parties rather than those that separate you from everyone.
He made implicitly clear that, in [...]

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Radical nomadism

by jf 12 October 2009

This transition period towards the integral economy and the free currencies triggers many ideas about how my life will need to be reorganized. One of the radical shift is definitely transportation.
I want transportation to be as clean, as flexible, as autonomous, and as fun as possible. There is a word for this: the bike.
In my [...]

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Thoughts on the fly

by jf 12 October 2009

We get the profile of the enemy that we make for ourselves.
Rebellion is a seed, creation is a fruit.
Values are priceless.
When a conflict occurs, half way toward its resolution is done once the nature of the problem and the nature of its participants have been separated.
The middle way, far from comforting rules, can be met [...]

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