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Originally Posted by JohnLong

I've begun to think (I'm not sure yet) that corporate culture is a great place to start. Not only is being more aware healthier for all involved, in the long run it's more profitable. The only downfall I see is that corporate culture becomes more enlightened, more people will leave it. Kinda puts you in a circle there.

What we need there are enlightened corporate leaders, and that seems like a lot to ask of any conscious person. Try asking Steve if he'd go and become a corporate VP and I don't think you'd see much eager acceptance!

What we need is more entrepreneurs (like Steve) to start businesses which hire conscious executives and staff right from the get-go. Trying to overthrow the disgusting oligarchy which is 21st Century America probably isn't going to get us very far. We can take large steps, but that doesn't mean our changes are going to have an immediate effect.

Originally Posted by tomjen

The problem with all the old model societies are, that they include people living at a low level. Therefore you could properly get away with basing the society on anything (including, although I do not recomend it, Communism).

As for how you would deal with crime - if you have crime you do not have a society of high level people.

What exactly would you define as "crime"? Remember, if you're creating your own model society, you can do whatever you want with it - including changing the legal system (which I would strongly recommend). For example, I could easily conceive of a conscious society in which all information is free. Try doing that now, and see how long you can keep the copyright lawyers off your back! In theory, you should have no crime in a conscious society, but only as long as the inhabitants agree on what constitutes a crime.

Originally Posted by Keith

We're all working on developing ourselves to a higher level of Consciousness, but what about the bigger picture? We live in a very unConscious society, so this thread is to raise the question: how do we transition to a more Conscious society?

Do we start a separate, model society? How would such a thing work? How would it deal with worldly problems such as crime?

Alternately, do we try to improve our current society of Bears from within? How?

This world needs transition to a Conscious way of living, and it needs to do so quickly ; but how do we get there, from here?

My advice would be to start with people at mid-levels of consciousness... say, Courage, Neutrality, Willingness and Acceptance. (People below Courage may not have a sufficient understanding of societal growth, while people above Acceptance are probably contributing already.) Build a foundation of understanding about what type of society we want, and teach these key people what they can do to make it happen. Once we have a strong base of rational thinkers and joyous altruists, the next steps will become obvious. Actively seek out people with a fear-based consciousness and... well, show them the light!

I'd like to expand on this later. Remind me if I forget. This is a great thread; let's keep it running.