For Native Americans, the entire culture – religious, economic, social,

technological and political – is based on the concept of a community of beings, or more correctly a community of Being. Each individual – human, animal. plant, and even the forces of nature – are parts of a single living cosmos. Each one has its purpose and its own niche as part of the whole. The individual, the person, is not bent on dominating nature, controlling others, or competing for respect or ownership. Each one strives to perfect their own being in harmony and as part of the whole.

Human rights are not a matter of law granted by the government. they are arts

of one’s duty, and obligation to the Self. Each being, human and superhuman, is responsible for developing not only his own creative powers but those of all others in the universe of which he is a part (15).

The economic-political system of the Native Americans was designed from this

metaphysical understanding. You couldn’t own a property because the property had its own.

being. Even tools, clothing, and utensils had a being and a purpose to fulfill.

His own future and the well-being of his family were not assured by an accumulation

of material wealth but for one’s service to the Self. Elaborate ceremonies were held

developed to provide a wide distribution of food, shelter and other

necessities of life, particularly the elderly and infirm. The dignity of the individual

he earned not by what he possessed, but by what he could give away: his

contribution to society. The great hunter or craftsman had no idea of ​​selling

the product of your work. His duty to be was to create for the benefit of the

community. The natural system was one of cooperation, consensus, and

rather confederation of competition, confrontation and struggle for power.

Variations on this theme were well known in Africa and Asia, as well as in the

Americas. They were the rule rather than the exception before the advent of

European expansion. They are perhaps too idyllic to be copied without changes in

the overcrowded, under-resourced, stressful world we know today. But for

seeing ourselves in the framework of alternative governmental systems, we can

to be able to break the ties that bind us to the dying paradigms of the passing era.

Governance for the New Age cannot be based on the narrow concepts of

government through bureaucratic nation-state hierarchies. The current

the transformation is integral and multidimensional. agree with this

transformation, world governance must be holistic and multidimensional. Us

must recognize the many forces of human governance and build a world that

reflects, promotes and harnesses the emerging spirituality and ethics

affirmation of human rights and human dignity. A future world government can be

represented as a multidimensional network or networks that provide each individual

with many optional paths through which you can provide for your own well-being and

can participate in the control of world affairs.

A multidimensional system of global governance is, in fact, nothing new. World

Religions have never fully surrendered their governing power to

nation states. The new supranational control systems have been created by

multinational corporations that have not only been able to avoid meddling

interference from national governments, but they have probably been a positive force in

avoiding destructive wars between nations in which their financial interests were

involved. Oil-producing countries, through OPEC, added another dimension to

global governance that goes far beyond the borders of the nation-state. Such

the examples prove that the world order has many dimensions; also show that the grass

The participation of the roots in global decision-making has not yet been foreseen.

These principles should be extended to provide a system of optional forms in

which planetary citizen can express his preferences for the world of the future. HAS

The World Council of Ethnic Groups could provide a channel for each individual

get from your local town to the highest echelons of world government. HAS

The World Council of Craftsmen could be another. A World Council of Communities; has

World Council of Workers; a World Council of Homeowners; a world council of

Religion; a World Council of Nations; a world business council and another world

the councils would provide other equal voices to express the needs of the grass

estate. A council of World Councils could ensure coordination, guarantee balance

representation and provide overall direction in world affairs.

Such a world representing more than the territorial rights of nation-states

could reduce the tensions that lead to wars and could give people new agents to

They declare their allegiances and allegiances. But, simply substituting many

parallel hierarchies for one would not necessarily ensure human rights, equity,

democracy, peace or self-realization. Each vertical hierarchy could still remain open

dominance and elitism. New Age governance demands a more fundamental approach

reordering of our communication and governance channels. requires horizontality

linking at the level of the individual and their communities, as well as multiple verticals

linking to the world leadership seats.

It is not even necessary to destroy or replace the current world government.

system to put into effect a system of world government that gives more

voice and more power to the people. As has been emphasized throughout this article

formal government is only one element of the world order. Not formal, informal, not

Government and voluntary agencies already play an important role even within the

very dangerous and flawed United Nations/nation-state system. The existing, or any,

form of government could provide a more stable, humane and equitable future for

especially if the values ​​of the people superseded those of the competing ruling elites.

The primary need is for transient person-to-person networks in which the

the grassroots can build solidarity based on understanding the wishes of others.

The strategy for this is to build horizontal networks as complementary alternatives.

to the existing order. This “second level of global governance” could grow to take

over many, if not all, of the functions now performed by the association of nations-

state

The embryos for such a New Age government are slowly taking shape. Sister

Cities International (16) is a transient winner of cities that provide services

mutual assistance in solving urban problems; London Action Aid (17) has

it helped small communities and small industries provide mutual assistance. Tea

Experiment in International Living (18) helps students get to know each other.

the culture living in the homes of others; TRANET (19) promotes bilateral links

between groups developing appropriate technologies; the international

Communities Exchange (20) provides information for groups wishing to exchange

experiences in new lifestyles; and many other transition networks are helping

promote a global non-governmental system of cooperative self-reliance (21).

To date, few of these non-governmental networks have paid serious attention

to their potential participation in global governance. Those who have the official

association of NGOs with UN agencies, many unsuccessful days have been spent reacting to

empty proposals and hackneyed proposals submitted by the UN committees and

bureaucracies. They have made little effort to create their own initiative to bring

peace and understanding between peoples or between nations. Notable exceptions to

This general rule has been the Pugwash Conferences (22). Started by Albert

Einstein, Bertrand Russell and their leading scientists at the height of the Cod War,

The Pugwash Conferences bring together leading scientists in formal parts of the world,

regardless of the relations of their respective nations, to discuss world

problems without the hindrance of official national positions. Although the elite and

confined to problems of science and society Pugwash provides a model in which

other people-to-people networks can be built as harbingers of the New Age

world governance.

As transition networks and coverage mature, there is a greater understanding

that self-renewal, local community action, alternative technologies, human rights,

ecological concern and other transformation activities must be linked with

developing concepts for a just world order. It’s not enough to “rearrange the chairs

on the Titanic”. A just world order can only be built by recognizing the radical

reform of human thought that is now taking place all over the planet.

There are many New Age networks. Some have their heads in the esoteric.

clouds Others keep their hands and feet stuck in the all-too-real land of development.

aid. Others have locked themselves in their academic ivory towers. the Millenium

it is a time to come out and unite. New Age governance must have many

items; the spiritual, the technical, the social, the economic and the political.

They must be harmonious and unified, and must be rooted in the mind, heart

and the souls of all people. As the strongest transnational people-to-people networks are

built, and as the bridges between the many new age movements grow stronger, a New

The Governance of the Age will emerge for the fullest development of human potential.

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