| It is a universal principle that all systems | | | | end of cheap oil: the irreplaceable energy source |
| spontaneously righten, or balance, themselves. | | | | that has driven our affluence. It can be seen in |
| The rain falling from the sky will naturally seek out | | | | the vast numbers of species that have been |
| the most stable arrangement – it won’t | | | | made extinct in this time. The planet, the human |
| sit around too long on the peak of the hill! Of | | | | world, is simply out of control, and the forces that |
| course, this process can be interfered – in the | | | | would naturally bring things into a benign balance |
| case of water you can dam the river. Right now, | | | | are being suppressed and thwarted by current |
| the various power structures in the human world | | | | human society and governments. |
| are actually preventing the self-organizing, | | | | This time is dark – but people do not see the |
| self-rightening and self-correcting process of | | | | darkness. Or some do, but they can’t figure |
| humankind from happening. If that blockage | | | | out what to do about it – the problem seems |
| continues, a huge imbalance will build and | | | | too ‘big’. Adi Da, the author of Not-Two |
| eventually destroy this place. | | | | IS Peace proposes a new structure – the |
| This imbalance can be readily seen in the pollution | | | | Global Cooperative Forum, to re-civilize the world. |
| and degradation of the environment leading to | | | | The Global Cooperative Forum is specifically NOT |
| global warming, sea-level rise, and eventually | | | | some kind of chaotic uprising, rather, it is the |
| forced mass migration and subsequent massive | | | | intelligent and orderly representation of everybody |
| loss of quality of life, starvation, and inevitable | | | | brought together to achieve positive results. |
| war. It can be seen in the huge and unsustainable | | | | The status quo is leading to globally terminal |
| build up of debt and debt obligations such as | | | | destruction. To stop that requires an immense |
| pension rights, in especially the | | | | force: the force of everybody all at once. |
| ‘developed’ world. It can be seen in the | | | | |