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There seems to me to be energies far more core that is behind all these shifts and understanding how they are changing may be the key. Business in the past seems to have used human mind fear to benefit by providing some kind of security for those perceived fears. Some examples. Insurance supposedly gives a back up if something bad happens but falls short with all the fine print that allows them to get out of it. Those that find they weren't helped when it was needed remember. A lot of cosmetic and personal care products have found a place in recent years because humans have found a fear that they may not be liked if they don't measure up to societies beauty but the reality is some will never measure up and those will look for other answers; as standards of beauty become more and more complex fewer and fewer measure up and eventually the majority will feel disenfranchised seeking a different path. There seems to be growing dissatisfaction with the fear model as ultimately it will fall short from helping those seeking. It will persist for awhile yet because creative people will come up with new promises that will draw people looking for answers that ultimately can't be found in a product but only in themselves. The net is providing communication and moving more and more to group mind. A kind of discovering of self is going on for many. Oprah's growth is an example of this. Her online webcasts of discussions with Echkart Tolle were a media first tapping this kind of energy arount the topic of "A New Earth" This second energy is the energy of Love. In the worlds history this love energy has trans formative power. In the past individuals tapped it to develop spiritual systems that help build something until the fear forces somehow take it over and disrupt it's usefulness. A simple example is Modern Hospitals got their start with a guy called St. John of God. Now fear of pain and suffering and bureaucracy tying the love actions up with cost efficiency and a belief in not enough are taking away the original purpose care for those sick. There is potential for the group mind to come from this love energy and there seems to be at some level many people aware of it at different levels of consciousness. With improved communication I suspect this may be where the new models that have any strength will come from. It will benefit more rather than the few but for it to work has to take from the better aspects of both socialism and capitalism through cooperation rather than a them or us mentality that so often results.
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