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\u201cThe present convergence of crises\u2013\u2013in money, energy, education, health, water, soil, climate, politics, the environment, and more\u2013\u2013is a birth crisis,
\n expelling us from the old world into a new.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen we must pay the true price for the depletion of nature\u2019s gifts, materials will become more precious to us, and economic logic will reinforce, and
\n not contradict, our heart\u2019s desire to treat the world with reverence and, when we receive nature\u2019s gifts, to use them well.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very ancient idea that the universe runs by the principles of the gift. That human life runs by the principles of the gift. And that in fact the
\n purpose for our existence, the reason why we\u2019re here, is to give. And that everybody has a gift that is important and meaningful, and maybe even unique
\n and essential. It\u2019s certainly true in an ecosystem where every species has an important function, and without that function, without that gift that
\n it gives to the ecosystem everybody would be a little bit poorer. The system as a whole would be a little bit weaker.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd this is a new understanding that may be only 40 or 50 years old, in the west at least. A hundred years ago, or even 50 years ago, scientists thought
\n that you could eliminate one species, eliminate in fact all the bad species, and make nature better. But we\u2019re understanding now that every being has
\n its gift to give. And this shift of perception hasn\u2019t been integrated yet into our institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMainstream economics doesn\u2019t really understand this. It says that human beings don\u2019t really want to work. There\u2019s a phrase in economics, \u201cthe disutility
\n of work.\u201d Human beings don\u2019t want work, so we have to make people work with these incentives, this money that overcomes your natural disinclination
\n to create, to be productive, and to give something to other people. You have to get something in return, otherwise you won\u2019t want to do it. And it\u2019s
\n considered good that we have a system based on scarcity, that creates anxiety, that kind of forces you to work.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMoney is just an agreement. Money only has value because people believe it has value. It is something that we create through our agreements. You can say
\n that money is a story. It\u2019s the symbols that we interpret in a certain way, and that means that they\u2019re valuable. So why have we agreed to create a
\n system of value that is the enemy of all of the beautiful things we want to do?<\/p>\n
http:\/\/charleseisenstein.net\/sacred-economics-money-the-gift-and-society-in-the-age-of-transition\/<\/a> <\/p>\n In this interview we covered the underlying causes of our current economic difficulties including the need for an attitude change about money, and the It has \u2018scarcity\u2019 built into it. It creates endless growth of the economy because more money needs to be created in order to support the growth.<\/p>\n We are not only reaching growth limits but we are reaching spiritual ones. There is a psychic limit to the cost of impoverishment of life when everything Charles answers questions on some of the most hopeful trends he sees today; his vision for a new economy; the key to transitioning to sacred economics; On speaking about the new POTUS, Trump, Charles says that almost anything could happen in the US, including government breakdown, and creating a new constitution, You can find Charles\u2019 bio on his website<\/a>.
\n system, and how these both need changing.<\/p>\nMoney is not a neutral energy. <\/h3>\n
\n is effectively converted into money.<\/p>\n
\n and what can we do in our communities to contribute to a new economy.<\/p>\n
\n or even extreme scenarios such as break away states,<\/p>\n
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