Middle Class to Zero - A Positive approach to necessary change.
68
Willie Nelson sings with a great video message
Economic Solution?
So much talk these days about economy, world politics and the disappearing middle class. I ask myself what has mankind done? Where do we go from here? Have we learned anything important for the basic survival of mankind yet? What kind of change do we really need? Can we go back to zero with all we have learned and build a new world, a new and better man?
YES we can! We can build a new and better world, and a new and better man..... and so we shall!
Mankind has been on an incredible journey of awakening. Awakening knowledge in science, arts and mathematics. We have come so far in all of these. We have learned good from evil. Look just at science and technology and everyone who really looks, is amazed at how far we come. We can sit our butts in a seat, look out a window at earth over one mile below, and fly all over the world and surf the internet at the same time. Our amazing amazing world has changed. We now see abundance in the universe.
Why is it we have not learned to see the abundance within ourselves?
We look outside ourselves for change. We turn to our political leaders LOL... we look to business leaders..... again LOL..... we look everywhere but inside ourselves. Why in hell do we do that? What is it about looking inside ourselves that is so darn scary?
"A human being is part of the whole called by us universe , a part limited in time and space. We experience ourselves, our thoughts and feelings as something separate from the rest. A kind of optical delusion of consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from the prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty... We shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive." - Albert Einstein
Going back to zero with all our new found knowledge is where we need to go, and in fact is where we are going. Back to zero does not mean economically. Back to Zero means we are faced with a clean slate. A blackboard that has been totally erased and washed clean. New rules of life are being implemented and every valuable lesson mankind has learned to this point, are now put in a box with all the toys from kindergarten. Mankind has graduated, and it is time to build a new world and most importantly, build a new man.
We need to stop making such a huge deal about manufacturing "things" and we have to start making a big deal about building character.
Build a new man from the inside out. No longer running from who we are inside.
The new world takes the lessons learned from the old world and throws them away. Exactly the same as the building blocks in kindergarten are thrown away to prepare us for university.
Although the building blocks of mankind are much different than building blocks in kindergarten, they are still only building blocks we have out grown. The tools (modes of belief, rules of conduct etc) necessary to bring man to this stage are no longer aiding forward growth. The time for us to start from zero is upon us. Time to say good bye to traditions that no longer support forward and inner progress.
It is not just the middle class I am talking about, it is mankind as a whole. These are not scary times, they are truly exciting times. Mankind will become all we are designed to be. A new incredible journey has begun. Back to zero is exciting. A new mode of life has begun. Get ready to grow into being all you were meant to become.
Like a paradigm shift, Back to Zero is a new beginning. Happily, we have not lost a thing. No we have not lost a thing going back to zero, but rather we have finally grown up. The old traditions required to lead man into a new way of living have outlived their usefulness. Time to say thanks for lessons learned and throw away the childhood building blocks. Back to zero means throw away old rules and narrow minded traditions and build that new world with most importantly a new and better man. There will not be another Atlantis lost... we have past kindergarten this time and “We have been given the responsibility to build a better man.”
You think I am out to lunch? See how the power of duplication will make all I am talking about come to be. Click Here for How to USE the Power of Duplication to make this change happen.
Are you ready to give up the struggle to survive, and really learn to love life and love living?
“We are the ones we have been waiting for.”
The time is now- Please share on FB if you like this article. Thanks.
Neil Sperling
Port Dover, Ontario
To Continue with this thought - Next Read Economic Shift Or?
Dalai Lama was asked what surprise's him the most?
He replied - "Man. Because he sacrifices his health in order to make money. Then he sacrifices his money to recuperate his health. And then he is so anxious about the future that he does not enjoy the present; the result being that he does not live in the present or the future; he lives as if he is never going to die, and then he dies never having really lived."
Don't look back
vote upvote downshareprintflag
- Useful (13)
- Funny (1)
- Awesome (19)
- Beautiful (8)
- Interesting (1)
CommentsLoading...
Neil, this is an absolutely brilliant writing. Understood going back to zero from the first line. up and awesome my hub brother!!! May you have a Blessed Evening!!
great hub
Neil Sperling's newest, and one of the best articles on current changes upon earth written recently, is here. Beautiful writing style and the depths of the mature thinker come along with the shift of human perception & the shift of the goals, making the perfect bridge for those who feel called but do not know where to start.
"Build a new man from the inside out. No longer running from who we are inside."
This statement could be used as a short description (almost definition) for ANTIPSYCHOLOGY - a new "science" and a new movement, which in my vision comes as LIFE.
Neil, you will be jolly when you realize a true dimension of this your writing. Bravo!
Neil, thank you for this thoughtful article. I think this is the only place we, as human beings, can go from here.
Up/Awesome
Blessings and light to you...
Great hub. It's always best to look inside-out.
A very fine article. It'd be nice to do this : Sip a cup of herbal tea, with my view towards the nature, and let the mind wanders out from the ordinary.... :)
NS,
I can't say if humans are getting smarter or more in tune with anything other than their own vani and who is doing what on facebook or twitter- I don't really care if Paris Hilton or Mike Smith is shopping at tiffanis or waiting in line for an ice cream cone at Dairy queen. I say we have not reached emlightebnent We have reached the age of TMI or WTF.
TH
Everyday brings me closer to this. It's like happening before my eyes. Brilliant, Neil.
Sperling - Great perspective and thank you for taking us on your journey of thought. There are many in this world that can learn from the words of spirit and positivity; and luckily for us, there are those that still speak them. Thanks and Happy B-Day!
Beautiful piece of writing but sentiment is one thing, and action is another. I am always a believer in inner progress but it takes commitment from just not ourselves, but from the people we choose to surround ourselves with. Your article made me think but easier written than done...but one trickle can lead to a wave.
I love this optimistic hub. You are so right Neil. Thanks. So many of us have painted a picture of doom and gloom. That solves nothing.
Thanks Neil this is wonderful. It just keeps getting better and better.
I am who I am. There's no new me but all the new Yous might finally understand me lol
We will have to go back to the land. We might even re-discover tribalism and no, it does not have to mean a bad thing. We've ignored Mother Earth and ourselves as Spirits for too long now.
Cheers! Great piece of writing.
This is a nice positive Hub and we all need to read this, and start believing more in our abilities. Your hub reminds me of Cathy (known to hubbers as Astra Nomik) and some poetry she wrote recently, about the possibilities of opportunity that come from within, and how we can reach our potential, and reach our goals. Your hub reminds me of her Book title, as it is similar to what you ascribe to here, Neil.
There is walking the walk as well as talking it, but we have the ability to find and learn those ways if necessary. And being united is the way we can achieve this. It's a pity the world is not a very equal place out there, and we have to find the courage to tell the younger generation how not to give up hope because of it and to carry on and create things and make and build things too.
Great hub as always, Neil. Rating up, and I am off to check on the Rubik's cube now! Cheers! :)
Cassy
i am so glad that i read this.
Couldn't agree with you more!! Independent thinking and confidence -- most importantly -- belief in oneself. Now, if we could only have everyone believing and enacting this at the same time, we might actually be able to change mankind. :) Great piece!
"Build a new man from the inside out. No longer running from who we are inside...." I love this line...I had to sneak back for another look. Just love this hub! Cheers!
G'mornin' Neil:
Thanks so much for becoming a follower (friend.)
I always read a hub by a new friend and comment.
I am, in the forums, thought of as being the forever pessimist.
This response will, most likely, explain why.
Your hub is well written...but...I say this respectfully, it is pure idealism.
As time passes, change is inevitable.
I cannot think of a nation that has remained static. Yes, there are primitive cultures that have, but nations? No.
You say: "... we have past kindergarten..." I disagree.
We are in incipient species of life wallowing in an abyss of abject ignorance, immature activity and are, naively, ignoring natures basic laws for balance and survival.
We are flailing, blindly, and the "FIRST STEP" of the evolutionary ladder has not yet been attained!
Man is so fragmented at this moment in his evolution that he can not come together and function in concert to create a synergistic movement which will guarantee his viability as a species.
I wish I could agree with you Neil, but knowing man, his anthropological and evolutionary history as I do, and projecting current and coming realities into my view of his future, I do not visualize extant man as becoming a successful creature without first reducing his numbers thru the processes of a cataclysmic event and then, if he beats the possiblity of extinction, re-arising as a stronger, wiser and more dynamic species.
There is a very strong possibility of that necessary "reduction in numbers" happening in the next 50-75 yrs.
I "HOPE" I'm wrong.
Qwark
Hi Neil:
Of course a "new man" is being built. There is no doubt about that.
The problem is, that human population will almost double in less that 2 generations. That "new man" will be impotent to perform.
We here in the USA owe a debt that is impossible to pay which will result in who knows what?.
There are those, religiously oriented cultures, who are training their offspring to take out "infidels" so that they may be rewarded by allah in heaven. Life is less valuable to them that death and eternity with allah.
As human population burgeons, human problems follow suit.
They increase in geometric proportion thus fragmenting contemporary man to a much greater extent than today.
Einstein stated, emphatically, (paraphrase) since the invention and use of the atomic bomb, the only hope man has of suviving is under the firm grip of a 1 World Gov't! That is impossible as things exist today.
If it is to survive, Mother Nature demands certain things of life on her planet. The most important is "balance."
Man has no natural enemies to maintain that "balance."
He is "out-of-control." He, himself, is his own worst enemy.
He is, genetically, earths prime predator!
He is the only species of life on this planet that dedicates itself to genocide!
Every moment he exists he researchs and creates more efficient ways to eradicate himself and experience 0 compunction!
We are well on our way to a catastrophe of epic proportion.
Your optimism is wonderful, but I'm afraid naught but, as I said, "pure idealism."
Qwark :):
Hi Neil:
I am a pragmatic realist.
I base my opinions upon the life I've lived, (68 yrs), my experiences (which include graduate degrees) and empirical facts as they currently exist.
There is no doubt that there are no "absolutes."
When logic and reason offer me a new view of "reality," my mind is always open to change.
I read your Brian tracy article.
For an individual who has the advantage to be able to involve himself in "reticular cortex" concepts and activity, and a future to build, it is right!
"Recticular cortex" is a concept for the "privileged" to consider. If you relate this hub to just the American middle class ok, but we are a minority of world population.
Almost 40% of extant humanity (about 2.6+ billion) is illiterate. They are busy eking out a basic living from the bare earth.
It has no meaning for the 2.6 billion who are suffering and dying without hope.
Their pain and suffering is immeasurable!
Is it no wonder they are so easily fooled and led by religious nuts who promise them ecstacy in a world after life?
Now, multiply their numbers by 2!!
There are natural resources to consider and myriad other problems that will arise which will create dangers to existing mankind.
I've worked the "reticular concept." If you set your goals, you remove luck for the potential of success. It has worked for me.
But you can't relate that kind of success to people whose kids are scraping up a meal from garbage dumps and education is but a word they don't understand.
Double world population and ya double the amount of suffering.
If your thread tries to cover, holistically," all of mankind, it is "pure idealism."
Nice chatting with ya Neil. :):
Qwark
:lol: I am Qwark! Not Quark) :):
Qwark
Neil: NP...:)
Qwark
Neil, you wrote, "These are not scary times, they are truly exciting times". I love that insight and this is an awesome and inspirational hub.
I particularly identify with what you wrote because I am one who returned to "zero" and started all over again -- and my life has been improving by leaps and bounds ever since.
I just so appreciate your positive attitude and for sharing your uplifting views with us. Loved the video too Neil, Look forward to reading more of your hubs! You have so many followers, wow!
Dear Neil,
How appropriate that this is the first I have read of your writing! Guess I have some catching up to do!
Powerful video!
Hi Neil, wonderful writing though i do beleive that not everyone can be leader and we have to look for the leaders in time of need. That is why we have political leaders who make or break destiny of a country and business leaders who have made it good even when things were down and can be a role model. Unfortunately we dont have Political leaders like Mahatama Ghandi who can rise above selfishness and live a life which may not be easy to live but is examplary and can give direction to millions of people all over the world in times of adversity.
Very good and inspring writing. Keep it up!
It was if you wrote this directly to me. I imagine there are others like myself, who not only need a jump start, but accept that starting anew, at zero is not the worst...it could be less than zero. Thank you Neil, for your insightful hub...just what was needed!
No sorry since i have very slow net so videos of 5 mins take over a hour to load.
Such a thought provoking hub!
Once the oil runs out, I am wondering what people will do. I watch the cars go by in the big cities, and I wonder how long that kind of life will go on.
I believe people were a lot happier when life was more basic and slower paced. Maybe people will learn how to grow their own food again and live off the land. It may not be as exciting as today, but I think it will be more fulfilling.
I think IT technology will be the "new oil" People will get all their education and do most of their business and work online, in their homes. The electronic cottage is coming, and I see it as a good thing.
Interesting hub.
Will you PLEASE consider running for the next presidential election?
Gee Neil. I wouldn't make a good first lady because I don't have much patience. If you'd like your first lady to carry a 2x4 to bonk incompetent and greedy people in the head though then I am the one for you after all.
Enjoyed reading this.
Neil Sperling wrote: "These are not scary times, they are truly exciting times. Mankind will become all we are designed to be. A new incredible journey has begun. Back to zero is exciting. A new mode of life has begun. Get ready to grow into being all you were meant to become."
--------------------------------------
Neil, sounds like "new age" humanism and alot like Tony Robbin's "Personal Power" and Oprah Windbag's "The Secret" meshed into one.
I understand you want to encourage and uplift, but the power source that you want people to tap into is bankrupt and corrupt. Looking within requires one to tap into the evil that resides in the heart of man and this is exactly the reason behind our societal and global collapse...looking inward for inspiration instead of looking to The Almighty and His Son for wisdom and deliverance. Sorry, my friend, I'm not buying what you're selling. Peace be with you.
dude, first of all i really don't think going back to "zero" will do any good. for lots of reasons, not enough space here to explain. next if you want to love yourself then by all means do so. this will help you to grow beyond the limitations that you have set for your self. it's really pretty simple to understand life, just don't get mixed up with all the fuzzyness and warmth. life has it's ways of teaching the hard lessons that some of us missed. here's the hard part, when life lessons come fast and hard,the "old traditions" will keep you moving forward. it's what we have learned along the way that is most important, not the journey. life is to short to live in the sky! reality is one tough bitch and she ain't taking any prisoners! do you know jack?
if you are talking about moving forward as an adult then you need to think like one. most people don't understand what it is that you are talking about here. they think you are talking about business applications, or how to move up in the corporate world. to me you seem to be saying more than that. to me it seems that you think on a higher level than most people. but have not found the right way to express these thoughts without going against your belief in G-d. Well my friend i don't think he will mind if you grow in spirit if you grow in the right direction. it is always good to honor the goodness of our fellow man or woman in a positive way. and it is even better when someone recognizes this and gives us a high five for the effort. the real benefit comes when you see this for yourself in yourself and act accordingly. i say this is a good thing and after thinking about it for a while i appolgize for any earlier comments that might be seen as harsh or rude. for this i am truly sorry and thank you for acting in a way that has shown true growth on your part.
a while back a very good lady friend said this to me "In order to become your self, first you must give in to yourself!" this i have done and it has made me a better person in the long run. Thank you Neil Sperling for your understanding and you are kinda cool too...
Magnificent! These are truly exciting times. It is within our power to make our lives better and to make the world better. No doubt about it. Thank you for this marvelous missive. It is very good.
What an incredible hub. You have spelled out eloquently what should be obvious to us all but isn´t. Too many of us have no confidence to see what we can be. Yes these are exciting times.
I can only agree with this very well written Hub.
Hi, Neil, In order to love life and love living we need to be free of concerns regarding the struggle to survive. One condition is closely linked to the other. The only disharmonious thing in the entire universe is man. We hunt and we are hunted and such has been the case since the days of the pharoahs. We have nationalism, facism, socialism, communism, what have you that have attempted to remake man. Our technology, I am afraid, is just a mere tool allowing us to more efficiently exploit one another. There is a great streak of evil in the human nature. I am afraid that we will destroy ourselves with our technology long before we can get our passions under control. Your perspective is what all of us want, but the reality and ideal is often times far apart. Please Check out the article below: where I speak somewhat about this topic. Thanks Cred2
Nice hub specially with quote of Dalai Lama. A goose chase. Have you turned philosopher after you became a single? If so, you have learned a great lesson by paying an equally great price.
Wow what an incredible hub, so thought provoking. Thank you.
The quote was so good... I really enjoyed reading the hub and your positive attitude is so inspiring... Great job
Neil Sperling: Thank you for ending with a quotation from His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama. You and he share an inspiring, valiant belief in the power of living positively, presciently and proactively in the present.
Voted up, and all the categories as well,
Derdriu
P.S. Thank you for the videos!
Gosh, I just can't get politics out of my head. Call it an addiction. Just another sickness. Yet, I think of that last line in exactly those terms. WE are the world we live in. We create our circumstances, and we also create our woes. What we want in the world, oftentimes we look to others to get us there. We point fingers readily, and lay blame haughtily when things don't go right. It seems funny to me that, at times, as a people we feel so powerless to have control over the things that happen to us. Over the things that affect us. And over the people who control us when we forget how much control we actually have personally, and collectively.
I often recite the quote written by Ann Lappe she wrote in an article in O Magazine (which I don't read, but happened along the quote a few years back) which basically says that every dollar we spend casts a vote for the kind of world we want to live in. If we don't like what globalization has done to our jobs, our benefits, this economy, and the prospects for the future then WE must be proactive in righting that individually. We have to have to a personal stake in correcting things. The same goes for the current state of our economy and the socialist agenda of this administration, and the socialist cancer sweeping so many Americans off their common sense rockers. If we want something we have to be willing to do whatever it takes to get it. If others will not participate, so what? It is within ourselves to make a difference, one person at a time, one mindset at a time.
If the world we live in is not the world we want, it's no one's fault but our own. The question is now, not what will WE do about it. But what will YOU do about it? What will I do about it?
The future of everthing starts with a personal committment toward a goal. Destiny is of one's own choosing. Others can manipulate and influence it to a large extent, but we can beat the odds by being vigilant, smart, forthright, and working in a strong effort to stack the odds in our own favor despite the ever increasing odds against us.
Great article. I hope my comments are not found too outside its realm or scope. But this is what I got out of it.
Well, I think I have gone back to zero! Have got rid of all my stuff in NA, both physical and mental baggage, and currently living and working in Asia. Everything I need is now inside me; I have never felt more free! Can live, think and dream anywhere, anytime. Never again will I be a collector in any sense of the word. I am loving life and loving living, and very excited about what new ideas the future will bring.
Thanks, Neil, for the inspiration to find what is waiting for us within ourselves the healing to all of life's challenges. Voted up and awesome, and shared.












































Wesman Todd Shaw 13 months ago
Writing. The more I write, the more I see that I can write, the more that I see that I can know and be, and become.