by Catherine Austin Fitts
& Christina Engelbart
"The only devils in the
world are those running around
in our own hearts -- that is where
the battle should be fought."
–
Mahatma Gandhi
We are often asked why we are happy and
optimistic about our future. We are far
from oblivious to the risks and pain in our environment. Yet, we believe that
we can have a wonderful world, and that the path to our collective well being
begins with each of us transforming from the inside out – coming clean. With
prayers, positive intentions, actions and transactions, we have the power to
shift energy away from those who misuse their power and do harm in the world, and
move it to ourselves and to those who are worthy stewards of our planet's
wealth and our children's future.
The current financial system is centralizing political and economic power in a
manner which is draining or destroying all living equity – people, plants,
animals and our natural resources – as well as the financial equity of many
people worldwide. We liken these forces to a tapeworm – a parasite that grows
stronger as we feed it. Like a tapeworm, these forces inject addictive
substances into our system that addict us to participate in what makes the
tapeworm strong. As we do, we are drained until we perish.
How do we stop the tapeworm? We have come to understand that most instances of fighting or confronting the tapeworm, or trying to reason with it, only add to its power and deplete our enthusiasm and resources. There is a better way – one that redirects the flow of energy away from the tapeworm and back to us.
First we must each recognize our own individual role
in helping the tapeworm thrive, and understand how we are connected to it and
feed it. With this understanding, we can detach from the tapeworm and cleanse
it from our lives. We can cleanse it from our thoughts, our habits, our home
and our family. We can cleanse it from our transactions – our bank deposits,
media and consumer purchases, and our investments. We can cleanse it through
our participation in the governance of our local political, civic and economic
systems as well other private institutions in which we are involved.
By shifting our actions and transactions away from the tapeworm we increase our
personal power, security and wealth, and decrease the tapeworm’s. We exercise our power to fashion a new unity
between those who respect and encourage living equity and those concerned with
the need to preserve and grow financial equity. Such a new grassroots
“conspiracy” can transform and decentralize political power and economic
markets, moving us into alignment with a free and abundant world.
How exactly do we do this? We thought we would share some of our beliefs, knowledge and actions that have been most energizing for us, in the hopes that some may be useful for you. Here is our list of 21 areas of opportunity for coming clean, plus an emergency road map for those who are interested in kick starting their process. As we come clean, we live more joyously and profitably amidst spiritual and economic warfare. As we each come clean, we withdraw the energy that we give each day to the people and organizations destroying our world. As we each come clean, we give new energy to each other and to the people and organizations leading the creation of this new world that is percolating. As we each come clean, the world we envision emerges.
Coming clean means taking responsibility for building a wonderful world by living in alignment with our vision of what a wonderful world would be. Coming clean means cleansing our spirit, relationships, finances, and our connection to nature and the divine -- clearing out that which drains or harms us, while cultivating and rejoicing in our abundance. It means shifting our focus and support away from the leaders of a win-lose centralized tapeworm economy, which is draining us and destroying our planet, toward the leaders of a win-win living economy, which enhances and protects our overall wealth including both financial and living equity.
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Cross-Cutting Opportunities for 1. Be Divine 2. Be Inspired 6. Vote for Excellent Leadership 7. Participate in a Solari Investor Circle 8. Create Excellent Health & Well Being 10. Strengthen Our Relationships 12. Create Community 13. Value Nature 14. Raise Our Learning Metabolism 15. Appreciate Money as a Power Tool to Build Our World 16. Learn “How the Money Works” Around You 17. Eliminate Debt, Create Financial Freedom 20. Profit from Protecting Natural Resources & Infrastructure |
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The following
page begins a brief description of each of the 21 areas of opportunity, with specific
suggestions for action as well as sources of useful inspiration and
learning. Our goal here is to help you be successful in your life and
your current environment. Hence, we suggest you invest time first in the ideas
that are the most energizing for you right now, and ignore the rest. For
example, if cleaning your home (#9) would start to clear things up and get
energy moving for you, just start with that. What you’re after here is to free
up energy that gives you energy to do another thing on the list, which gives
you more energy, and so forth.
If an
idea strikes you as the right thing to do, but it is depressing and drains your
energy to even think about, then don't do it now. Our goal is to reverse drains, not add to them! Our
goal is to help free you of associations, addictions and habits that are
draining your energy, thereby increasing your energy as well as the energy of
those around you in a way that circulates more energy back to you. It's an
abundant energy -- as you will discover as you begin "coming clean."
Christina
found these “emergency measures” to be a very energizing entry point for Coming
Clean. Especially after the election when she felt off balance, more urgent
about securing her family’s safety net, and then worrying about shifting the
balance of power away from the tapeworm and back to our communities. This is akin to putting your own oxygen mask
on first and then tending to others – or triage which stabilizes the most
serious conditions first. Start with a quick pass, whatever you can do in the
next two or three weeks, and then see where you want to go from there.
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Kick Start Your Personal Wealth 1. Start praying! 2. Switch media 3. Assess your finances a. Can you lower your expenses/overhead so you can survive with less cash, and save/invest more? [#17] b. Can
you make a plan for getting out of debt? -
talk to others who have done it or can help, make a plan, take step 1, 2, … [#17] c. Switch banks and credit card companies, keeping enough cash in the bank for unexpected and lump payments (taxes, insurance bills, car repairs, unemployment …) [#18] d.Look into switching investments away from the tapeworm [#18] e. Can you invest in upgrading home self-sufficiency - water, solar, vegetable garden? [#20] 4. Assess your health 5. Build your affinity group Kick Start Your 6.
Team up with trusted others locally and start
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“What I can do, you can do.” – Jesus Christ
The people who are the happiest operate on the basis of faith. That faith may be spiritual, philosophical or it may simply be a general state of optimism. Whether prayer, meditation or other method, we think taking the time to resonate with the energy and problem solving skills of the universe is one of the “energizer bunnies” of a vital and productive day. Centuries of spiritual teachings regarding the power of our individual intelligence to create our reality are now being corroborated by the latest discoveries of science, particularly quantum physics.
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To Consider · When we live through the divine, abundant love, intelligence and energy are available to us · Our freedom comes to us through divine authority · We have a personal responsibility and a power to envision the world into alignment with nature and the divine · Our collective visions invent our world · Our collective prayers and meditations are a powerful voting system that cannot be rigged |
Opportunities · Pray and meditate or otherwise connect into divine love, intelligence and energy · Envision the world you want to invent and live in, and your role in creating it · Create and practice affirmations to make it so · Give praise and thanks for the blessings in your life · Try this with family and friends |
References - Books
1. There is a Spiritual Solution to Every Problem, and other books by Wayne Dyer
2. The Field, by Lynn McTaggert
3. The Presence of the Past, by Ruppert Sheldrake
4. Messages from Water, by Dr. Masaru Emoto
5. Power vs. Force – The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, by Dr. David R. Hawkins
6. You Can Heal Your Life, and other books by Louise Hay
7. The Bible and edited material including The Dead Sea Scrolls and The Book of Enoch
8. From Enoch to the Dead Sea Scrolls : Teachings of the Essenes & The Essene Gospel of Peace, Books 1-4, by Edmund Bordeaux Szekely
9. Living Buddha, Living Christ, by Thich Nhat Hanh
References - Film
1. On the Power of Collective Prayer: Transformations, by The Sentinel Group
2. On the Power of Intention and Collective Intelligence: What the Bleep Do We Know?
“Beauty is truth, truth
beauty—that is all
Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know”
– John Keats
After divine inspiration comes living inspiration. The more excellent people we have around us, the easier it is to maintain the values and standards we desire. Leadership can make a big difference – especially if we chose and support local leaders who inspire us. Learning from cultures schooled in managing the uncertainty and change that we are experiencing us offers invaluable insights and survival skills. In addition to great people, all living things inspire – animals and all of nature as do theater, movies, music, poetry and art.
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To Consider · We are inspired by the truth and beauty in our lives · We are inspired by people who set excellent examples · We are inspired by living things that set excellent examples · Inspiration gives energy to our vision · People have accomplished amazing things against all odds – we can too. |
Opportunities · Make a list of the people, animals, plants, art, music, décor and other things that inspire you · Learn more about, appreciate and support these people and things · Make a conscious effort to increase their presence in your lives and remove from your life that which does not inspire · We appreciate and support the true leaders in our lives |
References – Books
1. The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill: Alone, by William Manchester
2. The Art of Happiness, Healing Anger and How to Practice, by the Dali Lama
References – Film
1. The Endurance
2. What's Love Got to Do With It?
3. Gandhi
4. Winged Migration
5. Shaolin: Wheel of Life
"What's done to the children is done to
society." –
Buddha
[Popsicle
Index and Sustainability Ratio]
The
Solari Index (or Popsicle Index) is the % of people in a place who believe that
a child is safe to leave their home, go to the nearest place to buy a popsicle
or a snack and come home alone safely. We like to practice an exercise in which
we make a list of all the things that make our Solari Index go up and down –
totally 100%. We then look for actions that are under our control that would
result in the greatest rise in our Solari Index. Numerous opportunities always
emerge.
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To Consider · A simple indicator that measures living capital exists, and can be created and maintained outside of institutional and corporate control |
Opportunities · Estimate your Solari Index · Ask the children in your life to estimate their Solari Index · Make a list of all the variables that cause your Solari Index to go up and to go down · Do the results offer any opportunities for you to improve your Solari Index? · What about the Solari Index is other places around the world. How are we making our Solari Index go up in a manner that makes others go down. Are their ways to re-align our incentives so that we help each others Solari Index go up together? · If you think the Solari Index can be improved upon, invent an Index that you and your neighbors could use to estimate the health and well being of living equity in your place |
References
1.
An Introduction to the Solari Index (Popsicle Index)
http://www.solariactionnetwork.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=3036#3036
2.
Real Deal Dim Sum: Is the Popsicle Index Important, by
Catherine
3. A
Conversation About the Popsicle Index, by Catherine
“Your problem is you think you have time.” – The Buddha
Many people understand the value of doing a budget for their financial resources. It is relatively rare for people to do an annual budget that mathematically analyzes how we spend our time – or how we want to invest it going forward. One year, Catherine's senior management team finished their company business plan. All were satisfied that the plan was done. At the last minute a decision was made to estimate the individual, team and collective time investment. Lo and behold the group discovered that they had allocated 700% of their time. Their annual goals were overly ambitious. As a result, they had made promises they could not keep. They were saved by the time budget.
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To Consider · Your time is precious · Your time can be valued more by you and those around you |
Opportunities · Do a time budget · Study who and what you are investing your time in · Identify who and what wastes your time · Look for opportunities to achieve more energy for you with your time · Look for opportunities in collaboration with other members of your immediate family |
References
1. Excel 2003 for Dummies, by Greg Harvey
2. Project
Management for Dummies,
Stop this day and night with me and you shall possess the origin of all
poems,
You shall possess the good of the earth and sun, (there are millions of suns
left,)
You shall no longer take things at second or third hand,
nor look through the eyes of the dead,
nor feed on the spectres in books.
You shall not look through my eyes either, nor take things from me,
You shall listen to all sides and filter them from your self.
– Walt Whitman, Song of Myself
Are you making decisions based on the best information possible? Are you voting with our money for people who tell us what is in our best interest? Are we listening to people who are working for us or working for interest that are not in alignment with ours? Catherine will tell you that one of the smartest thing she ever did was to stop buying, listening or paying attention to corporate media and instead switching her subscriptions and time to real deal media – media that tells the truth. Part of this process was giving away her TV and shifting that time to reading books (Catherine's favorite is reading a good Almanac once a year) and watching documentaries.