The Vow To The World. The Proem.
“…Imagine no possessions / I wonder if you can/
No need for greed or hunger/ A brotherhood of man./
Imagine all the people/ Sharing all the world./
You, you may say I'm a dreamer/ But I'm not the only one./
I hope someday you will join us/ And the world will live as one”.
“Imagine”, John Lennon
"Create the Great" is my motto.
Let me introduce myself: I am a 66 year old visionary from Russia Gennadii Zherebilov, philosopher, sociologist, economist, journalist, welder, ex-captain of merchant fleet and the author of The Global Project “Era of Eden” with included concept of "All-inclusive Society and Economy".
I use the synthesis of life experience and knowledge (philosophy, economics, etc. in my articles, books and in my project: http://www.proza.ru/avtor/zherebilove ).
"In the past no one heard the voice of one crying in the wilderness. In these last days, no one hears the voice of one crying in the sea of fake news".
My extraordinary professional and personal experiences, as well as good intuition allow me to see the world's and local processes in many dimensions, from different positions and on different levels. This leads me to sometimes unexpected, but almost always original conclusions and hypotheses.
By the way I say: "You will never say new words if you are afraid of being original".
I have been working for more than a quarter of a century professionally, gratuitously, in spare time, individually on the image of a future that is attractive and acceptable to one and all people of good will.
Let me propose some ideas for discussion and joint elaboration.
Sir David Attenborough at the 25th Annual Crystal Awards in Davos-2019 said:
…” The Holocene has ended.
The Garden of Eden is no more.
We have changed the world so much that scientists say we are now in a new geological age - The Anthropocene - The Age of Humans. -- If people can truly understand what is at stake, I believe they will give permission to business and governments to get on with the practical solutions. And as a species we are expert problem-solvers. But we haven’t yet applied ourselves to this problem with the focus it requires.
We can create a world with clean air and water, unlimited energy, and fish stocks that will sustain us well into the future.
But to do that we need a plan.
Over the next 2 years there will be United Nations decisions on Climate Change, Sustainable Development and a New Deal for Nature. Together these will form our species’ plan for a route through the Anthropocene.
What we do in the next few years will profoundly affect the next few thousand years”.
Many Scientists call the time period we live in now as #Anthropocene : from "anthropo", for “man,” and "cene", for “new”— because human-kind has caused mass extinctions of plant and animal species, polluted the oceans and altered the atmosphere, among other lasting impacts.
The term "Anthropocene" was popularized by Nobel laureate Paul Crutzen in 2000.
In the early of 1990-th I developed within the framework of anthropological and social philosophy the multidimensional concept of human development from the animal-human state of wholeness (figuratively speaking - the Primary Eden) to the spiritual-human state of wholeness (let's call it - the New Gardens of Eden). So, we may figuratively speak: a development of human from wholeness up to holiness. (The Book (monograph) "Justification of Human", G. Yu. Zherebilov, 1995, in Russian can be found in the Library of Congress and here: http://www.proza.ru/2019/03/01/1189 )
Highly likely that “a world with clean air and water, unlimited energy, and fish stocks that will sustain us well into the future” is an Ideal Picture of the World. We could name it as a New Garden of Eden, why not? And these are achievable Global Goals that we can realize in the framework of Global Project “Era of Eden”.
Therefore, for the statement: "The Garden of Eden is no more" I answer on the basis of decades of my research: "The Garden of Eden is possible. In accordance with the Divine plan and/or the optimal direction of the evolution of mankind the creation a harmonious All-inclusive Society and Economy is the “plan for a route through the Anthropocene”.
Therefore: the main aim of the Anthropocene is the growth of the Noosphere, i.e. Sphere of Wisdom to create new Gardens of Eden.
But firstly, we need to understand that an Earthly Garden of Eden is so able to be like the Heavenly Paradise as to what extent an earthly reality has the ability to approach an unattainable Ideal.
Moreover, slyly denying the possibility of creating even a likeness of Paradise on Earth, people are doomed to build a likeness of hell.
We don't need to adapt to the bad present, we need to create a better future.
Creating the New Gardens of Eden is the holy activity (as Job for Joy) of humanity.
Science and technology are ready to meet this global challenge. But progress of high-tech without morality will turn into guillotine for humanity.
We need to upgrade our brains and hearts.
During the Age of Exploration Humanity has greatly expanded the boundaries of the "Familiar world" making “Great geographical discoveries”. The Age of New Discovery is coming: and our civilization needs discoverers of new meanings, i.e. modern "Columbus and Magellan", which will draft the course to a better future. It’s time for “Great worldview discoveries”, including the new Meaning of Life that allow to Humanity “pass over” the metes and bounds of "The Familiar world" and open new horizons for development of human civilization.
It is very likely that the wise words about “the universal power of love” were not written by A. Einstein in a letter to his daughter:
“To give visibility to love, I made a simple substitution in my most famous equation. If instead of E = mc2, we accept that the energy to heal the world can be obtained through love multiplied by the speed of light squared, we arrive at the conclusion that love is the most powerful force there is, because it has no limits.
…If we want our species to survive, if we are to find meaning in life, if we want to save the world and every sentient being that inhabits it, love is the one and only answer.
…When we learn to give and receive this universal energy, dear Lieserl, we will have affirmed that love conquers all, is able to transcend everything and anything, because love is the quintessence of life”.
But these thoughts are really brilliant and worthy of development.
So, I propose a formula of the "Universal Energy of Love":
E = lc2 , in which E is Energy, L is Love, C2 are Cooperation between people and Cooperation between Humanity and the World i.e. love multiplied by the cooperation squared.
And this formula, in my opinion, quite correctly expresses the essence of the Noosphere and indicates the true “route through the Anthropocene”.
And creation of Paradise on Earth like in Heaven is the greatest and real aim for the countries-leaders in 21-st century and every human could be the co-creator of the upcoming Era of Eden.
The concept of "All-inclusive Society and Economy" is the social and economic dimensions of the project #EraEden /#ERARAJ and based on my New Paradigm of spiritual & socio-economic development (#ParadiseParadigm):
ERARAJ = ERARA + J, Hi-tech + Hi.
ERARAJ is Era of Eden in the Slavonic’s languages,
ERARA is Era of Robotics & AI. In a broad sense, #ERARA includes #4IR , #Society5.0 etc.
J is Joy & Justice, Moral Imperatives, The Absolute.
Hi is a Human income / dividends from Honeycomb Property.
The creation of "The All-inclusive Society and Economy leads to the successful achievement of the Global Goals and maximum Inclusive Development Index. No One Will Be Left Behind!
Thus, the global project "The Era of Eden" could be the main #GlobalGoals for #2030agenda of UN.
Thus, “our species’ plan for a route through the Anthropocene” on the mental level should be based on the expansion of human consciousness via the rise to the understanding of the need:
“Love the Earth as you love yourself.
Love the Earth as yourself.
Love the World as yourself.
I.e. from “Love the Earth as you love yourself” up to “Love the Universe as a continuation of yourself”.
Global changes for the better #Future (i.e. #climatechange , #UBI etc.) begin then, when we see:
"People are holders of the World".
This is the Main Aim #GennadyZherebilov 's global project "The Era of Eden"/ #EraEden / #ERARAJ
To the brilliant words of W. Shakespeare: "To Be, Or Not To Be: that is the Question" we could add: “On which the persons answer by their actions”.
In Greek mythology, titan Atlas is responsible to hold up on his shoulders the celestial sphere for eternity to avoid the heavens collapse.
And now it's time for people to hold up the world on their shoulders.
People Are Holders of the World!
In the Era of Anthropocene the honor and responsibility of being the first to hold the World on their shoulders should be placed on the powerful, key influence forces and especially on the High and Mighty Persons if they also rather wise, kind and fair people.
More exactly, people need to create and hold up on their shoulders the Noosphere, including the wise and fair #Noosociety and nooeconomy/ #Noonomy .
At the same time, in the best scenario of humanity development, globalization is as necessary and inevitable but it must be "globalization for a human", i.e. globalization in the interests of the planet Earth and every human being.
I think the Great 'Twenties Of Twenty-first' /20-th years of the 21st century will be the Period of transition to the New Worldview, to the New Picture of the World and to the New World Order, i.e. the Era of Eden .
The Great Challenge of Time inspires me and I believe also inspires many people around the world and gives us confidence that we could be among the first persons who are ready to hold up the World on their shoulders.
It's time to fully upgrade the Canvas of the World in the Gallery of History of Humanity.
Therefore, I invite you to discuss a New Canvas of the World:
“A man and a woman stand shoulder to shoulder and hold up the Noosphere on their shoulders, a girl and a boy stand with them. The new generation and the older generation hold hands. All together is a symbol of a Pyramid of Good Life in accordance with commandment: “Love the World as yourself”.
Intellectuals, scientists, UN and international organizations, religious leasers, rulers of countries, employers, parties, trade unions, fair billionaires and millionaires, mass media and all people now have a new important role and responsibility in harmonizing sci-progress and fair society i.e. in humanizing transition to the Best Future . (See: The Future - Main Aim & Options /in English
http://www.proza.ru/2019/02/03/794 ).
I'm ready to G.R.O.W. / Great Renovation of Old Worldview.
As the author of "The Vow to the World" I am the first of us to vow:
“I love the World as myself”!
I'm ready to hold up the world on my shoulders.
This is not a one-time challenge and not just words.
It is a choice of meaning of life and lifestyle.
I've been coming to this decision for decades.
So before you “Vow to the World”, try to correctly assess themselves.
Maybe this appeal is addressed to you: “The Holders of the World, unite”!
Are You Ready Too?
A renovated understanding of the meaning of Human life and the mission of Humanity will allow World Civilization to "pass over" from the PreHistory, which is ending now ( but not "The End of History and the Last Man" by Fukuyama), to the beginning of Great History - the Prosperity of Humanity in the New Gardens of Eden.
Let's not forget the words of ancient sages: 'Ducunt Volentem Fata, Nolentem Trahunt" (The Fates lead the willing Human; the unwilling they drag).
'Trust in the Era of Eden'
by Gennadii Zherebilov
A battle of rappers is better
than battle of gangsters;
a battle of 'think tanks' is better
than battle of tanks:
the driving power of the PoWeR**
will be Divine Wisdom,
but not any man with a gun.
Hi* to everyone and to each,
Human Income for a poor and a rich.
Hi* 2 everyone and 2 each,
"Human Income" 4 a poor and a rich.
Hope for #EraEden, hope 4 HoPe***.
Work sake #EraEden, hard work.
To enter in the #EraEden
keep True Path.
Trust in #EraEden as in God we Trust.
Love the #EraEden, pray for #EraEden.
Live in #EraEden, leave the Past.
And if we will be beautiful and wise
then each of us will love
and be beloved.
Just open soul and you discover
that Our World can be as Paradise' !
Hi* is the #Hi_HumanIncome for each Human in the World!
#PoWeR** is the Peace World Revolution.
#HoPe*** is the #HoneycombProperty
The World Wants You !