[TraineeHuman]

Very interesting, DiVineEnvy. Looks like the essence of a rizome is self-sufficiency. Certainly, self-sufficiency must be a feature of anything that’s organized holographically. That’s because in a hologram, by definition each microcosm – each individual or family or village or community – has to be a miniature version of the whole, complete in itself.

Self-sufficiency sure is something we lack in our society. We certainly need more of it. For instance, I know from personal experience that one ideal form of work seems to be self-employment. The first two times in my life that I was successfully self-employed – for two years and three years respectively – were exhilarating times. I experienced all the excitement and satisfaction of being my own “managing director”. Every decision about the business, about every tiny, mundane detail, was wholly my own responsibility, all the time. I was always behind the eight ball, so work was never boring. The feeling of power was kind of intoxicating. But it was power over myself, not over others. That’s the right kind of power, I guess. It was the power to create ways to serve my clients or customers better. Creation starting out of nothing. It’s great stuff. I’ve found that close teamwork can be just as satisfying too. Maybe even more so – but only if you feel equally as personally empowered to create as in the self-employed situation, and so then you’re co-creating rather than just creating on your own.

Obviously, having hierarchical control to the point where things like money and oil are ultimately owned and controlled by a small group is the opposite situation to self-sufficiency for anybody -- except those who are in the small group.

I don’t see, though, how we can have a society essentially based on self-sufficiency unless we get spiritual and emotional/psychological self-sufficiency. It seems to me that at present, around 90% of the adult population seem to rely on the judgment or advice of others. Particularly when it comes to working out many of the choices that determine what happens in their lives. The other 10% see themselves as “leaders”, but are often manipulative, and certainly often good at leading others over cliffs and then completely ignoring the resulting destruction. Maybe the right balance would be to be a leader just of yourself.

Don’t give away control of your life to others, as Alex Collier says over and over, quoting his Andromedan contacts. It’s a subtle form of slavery, as Alex also repeatedly implies.

The material by Vail that you provided links to didn’t seem to me to explain how to combine self-sufficiency with something equally essential. I’m referring to some kind of strong consensus or harmonious interdependence. Self-sufficiency is really independence. It won’t work without having interdependence as well. But thanks very much. At least some of the issues relevant to how to have a holographic society are getting onto my horizon now.

At present, of course, self-sufficiency in almost any sense is rare in our society. To quote Alex:

"We have perceived that you Terrans have arranged your lives not according to yourselves, but according to others."

So much so that we have lost understanding of who we even are, and of how we are all capable of vastly more, as Alex says.