The Venus Project

What is perhaps the most difficult aspect of building meaningful relationships, sex lives and spiritual development?

Argueably, this would have to be finding the time and an environment conducive to those practices. We are so busy with work and social obligations, that it becomes very difficult to take the time out to focus on our spirituality. We don't the time or its hard to find a quiet spot to sit and meditate.



Last night my partner and I went along to The Venus Project lecture that was held in our town. The basic message resignates with us both: that today's social system is outdated and counter productive; that human servitude and debt is unnecesssary; that war and crime are unwanted symptoms of our outdated system that is based on the assumption that resources are scarce; that we need world unity; And most importantly, that we should stop trying to patch our failing system and start looking at new ways that society could be run.

The Venus Project not only critises our current system but poses a viable alternative. Some mistakingly call this alternative a utopia. However, The Venus Project does not advocate a utopia, but rather an emmergent civilisation based upon the very best possible science, technology, intelligent design and resource management.

The society they propose is a resource based economy. This means that all resources become the common heritage of all the worlds people and that the economy is based upon available resources (labour, technology and resources) as opposed to the monentary system that we have today. It sees a monentary system as an out growth of scarcity, which they feel is nolonger relevant today. Today we have the technology to create and abundence of all the necessities of life and that scarcity in todays society is mostly artificially created. One example of this is food. We already produce more than enough food to feed the entire human population. The only scarcity is money.

You might ask, who would work and for what if there was no money? Ultimately the majority of occupations would either become outdated or replaced by machines. This is a process that is already happening today. The only difference is that these machines would work for the good of humanity rather than that of a few.
Inncentive to work would come from a desire to learn, innovate and contribute to society. This sounds far fetched to some but it should be remembered that millions volunteer every year and that many advancements in science and technology did not come about for profit but the quest for knowledge.



In a world free of crime, debt and servitude, where your basic needs are meet as a humanright, one is free to advance their education free of charge, to invent,to create, to enjoy more lesure time, or to spend more time on their respective spititual path.

"The Venus Project is an organization that proposes a feasible plan of action for social change, one that works towards a peaceful and sustainable global civilization. It outlines an alternative to strive toward where human rights are no longer paper proclamations but a way of life." Link

Peter Joseph: "Where are we going?" Nov. 15th '09 1/2 from peter joseph on Vimeo.

The Venus Project
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