• Personocratia's CLITP
  1. «Personocratic meetings»
  2. Heart-to-Heart Communication
  3. Creating One’s Own Currency - JEU
  4. Bank of Three Hearts

Personocratia’s C.L.I.T.P.

 C.L.I.T.P. means City of Light In Terrestrial Paradise

It is Personocratia’s city, created in her own image. It has no borders, no limits, no obligations, no membership.

We all dream of Heaven-on-Earth, a paradise of peace, joy, abundance for one and all. We try to recreate this ideal in our ecovillages, communities and similar endeavours. As long as they have a centralized authority, they seem to function well. As soon as authority becomes decentralized, they eventually fall apart. Egotistical conflicts take the group apart as war reappears in another guise…

Real Paradise is always internal. Peace and its derivatives, joy and serenity, become manifest when I give priority to my Feminine Principle. THE KEY TO HEAVEN-ON-EARTH IS GIVING PRIORITY TO THE PROCESS, NOT THE RESULT. But whenever I am fearful, the opposite happens: I am attached to the result. War becomes my master and I manifest it outside, in 3-D reality.

Personocratia knows this. She acts accordingly, in order to create her terrestrial      paradise inside of herself. She decides to live-at-all-cost. She exercises constant vigilance. CLITP becomes manifested on the outside as it is being created inside, by thoughts, words and actions.

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In this section, Personocratia shares tools that she has been using in her CLITP, along with the experiences she manifested. Her creation is unlimited and changes according to the evolution of her conscience.

1. «PERSONOCRATIC MEETINGS»

Inspired by Coline Serreau’s French movie «La Belle Verte», Personocratia organises monthly, seasonal, biannual or annual meetings to examine the situation, in general and listen to each participant’s evolution, in particular. It is a great opportunity to keep in touch and to pass on new information and make new decisions. Many projects are brought to life during these meetings.

Whatever the process used - and it can vary with time -, it is imperative to meet on a regular basis to keep in touch. How often? - Often enough to ensure some continuity but not too often as it can bore participants. According to our experience, once a month seems to fulfill all our needs. A seasonal meeting can take place with a larger group. We can choose to have a ‘special meeting’ when an emergency arises.

The result of such meetings depends on the community involvement of those present. If I am concentrating on my family ties, the work I do to ‘make a living’, my personal belongings, I become less available for this community of spirit. I do not find time, energy or interest to participate in this common project. I have chosen to prioritize my Masculine Principle… and I ask myself why my life becomes Hell-on-Earth…

If this is the case, I come back inside, I decide to live-at-all-cost, I give priority to my Feminine Principle, I clean up my life and I eventually find Personocratia’s peace, joy and serenity!

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2. HEART-TO-HEART COMMUNICATION

The secret of a relationship is communication. Not in high-sounding discussions, but heart-to-heart exchanges. I always tell the truth. I say what I feel and not what I think. I speak in my own name. I do not hesitate to make myself vulnerable by revealing my weaknesses. The great challenge is communication, so away with silence. I say what I live and feel, what I would like to have and what I am afraid of.

Important subjects that are contested are brought to the table, and openly discussed with mutual recognition of our emotional state. We take the time for the process to take place. We know that this process is what counts and not the result. And the decision that is made will be completely acceptable to both. The purpose of our relationship is not to be right, but to fulfill ourselves. If we feel it is better to end the relationship, it is because it has nothing more to teach us.

As for me, Personocratia, I practice heart-to-heart communications each and every day. It teaches me sincerity, the expression of what is alive in me, rather  than what I think about a person. It always brings me back to look within myself and reminds me that I alone am responsible for whatever I am experiencing. It forces me to transform my survival vocabulary into a language of life. The more I use it, the more comfortable with it I become. I allow myself to speak “honestly”  with my partner and from there I apply it to all circumstances.     

Two excellent tools can be used to communicate from Heart-To-Heart. Scott Peck's FCE is used for sharing our feelings and our fears, without any response. Rosenberg’s NVC is used for exchanging, with a response. I use one or the other, according to circumstances.

The Foundation for Community Encouragement described by Scott Peck consists of creating a communion within a group based on the internal communion of each member. It favours introspection. It is a skill that can be practiced and learned. However, it is predicated upon the desire to live-at-all-costs, for only then can the commitment be made to move from habitually relying on what is not said to a reality where truth is spoken and honoured.

The Nonviolent Communication is a language of compassion developed by Marshall Rosenberg. It is an effective communication tool to transform relationship conflicts (wars) into an open dialogue of the heart (peace). It is a way to find win-win solutions in all circumstances be it at work, school or in the home. It encourages empathy which in turn promotes open exchanges of the heart.

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3. CREATING ONE’S OWN CURRENCY

Money is a token of my trading in goods and services. That is why it exists. It is obvious that I do not need other people’s money to carry out transactions. I can create and use my own. If Monopoly (a game) and Canadian Tire (a store chain) can create their own money, so can everybody else. Several regions or groups have created their own local money and freed themselves from the straitjacket of a centralised form of money. Most of them were brought back into line by Big Money that has no intention of losing its monopoly.

However, while their experiment lasted, they had unprecedented prosperity because local money circulates far more quickly. Products pass easily from producer to consumer. There is no debt or any interest payments. Furthermore, local currency prevents the exodus of local money. Local money for local products, that is the secret of wealth !

TRADING SYSTEMS
Exchange of goods and services using money based on writings.

Barter, a system as ancient as the world, which is the exchange of goods and services between two persons. I give you this and you give me that. It is a bilateral relationship. It is limited to two participants in the exchange.

 LTS (Local Trading System) or the LETS (Local Economic Trading System) are the new currencies of local trading networks. The system reportedly began with Michael Linton in Vancouver, Canada and spread to England in 1992 where it became very popular. It then spread to a number of other   countries, including France, where it has had enormous success. It is a system of multilateral local barter. The number of people involved is unlimited. It is based on concrete values, that is, the contribution  of goods and services for  the benefit of others, rather  than on an abstract concept like money. It promotes social reintegration of those otherwise excluded. Everybody has something to offer and through LTS can experience abundance. It encourages the formation of community links and the coming together of indivi-duals. Details about the participants’ credit/debit situation are locally centralised and available on request.

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JEU comes from the French (Jardin d’Échange Universel) and means “Garden of Universal Exchange”. Note that the French word “jeu” means “game”. The JEU is a form of currency: a tool for trading between sovereign partners. It is a network without a centre, structure or borders. A self-managed universal trading system, JEU encourages local as well as international trading. Partners take charge of their own accounting. It has no association, registration or subscription. The trading process is free and unconditional. Trading agreements stem from the communication and creativity of two partners. The unit of value corresponds to one minute of work or human attention. The minute is a value that is stable from one year to the next, from one country to the next. All the accounting is done in units. Everywhere the minute is worth 1 unit and the hour 60 units. In France, for example, the hour is worth 60 units or 10 Euros, in Canada and in the US the hour is worth 60 units or 10 Dollars. The accounting is individual. It is based on clarity, honesty, and transparency. The participants use identical forms. It does not require any money; it is universal as well as local. It respects the sovereignty of the person by calling for self-management and responsibility.
It works!

The JEU was invented in 1998 by Daniel Fargeas, who lives in the South of France (66600 Vingrau, France, Phone: 33.04.68.29.40.89, www.fichesecologiques.fr). It was used in Quebec for the first time in 1999 and is the trading system recommended by Personocratia.

Participants Talk About the JEU

• The JEU is used for three different purposes:
  - to encourage fair trading everywhere on the planet (by exchanging time instead of fluctuating monetary currencies);
  - to encourage local trading in a global context (without a cumbersome administration);
  - to allow interest-free (usury-free) credit.
• The JEU is a perfect tool for increasing consciousness. It is by conscience that I use a local currency. I can evaluate my level of consciousness as I deal with money matters.        
•  The JEU forces me to ask and give a fair price for each trade.
•  The JEU allows me to accept help for things I could do myself.
•  The JEU shows me to ask for a just price, instead of giving with an expected return.
•  The JEU is for everyone. Each person knows and likes to do certain things. We all have something to offer and the JEU is the perfect place to do so!
• The JEU encourages creativity. It gives me the opportunity to discover or rediscover my own talents: what I can do, what I like to do, what I can invent or create, what I had put aside and had forgotten I could do… I can offer time, services, products, objects… Anything goes in the JEU.
•  The JEU brings wealth: personal, internal wealth, as I recognize my own potential; the wealth of others as I discover all the trading possibilities that other participants can offer me. It brings out the true value in people, actions, services and objects, which is different than the artificial value found in the commercial world.
•  The JEU encourages autonomy. I am free and sovereign and can take part in any transaction.
•  The JEU increases my capacity to do transactions using the consensus method with another person. During each transaction, I wish for both partners’ satisfaction and I learn to recognize and cause others to recognize the value of what I have to offer.
• The JEU encourages individual and collective responsibility. I am the one in charge of my account. I can choose to refuse a transaction with someone whose intentions do not seem to serve the JEU.
•  The JEU favours communication during transactions, so that we can reach a consensus with our trading partner.
•  The JEU increases our individual and collective abundance!

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How does the JEU work?

Each partner takes care of her own account. There is no association, membership or subscription. The only expense is for operation costs and the publication of Offers and Requests which can be posted on the Internet or sent my mail. This can be organized by the participants during a meeting and the responsibility can be passed on from one person to another.

Accounting during transactions uses JEU units. It was agreed that the unit would correspond to one minute of work or human attention. In Canada, we have decided that one hour (60 minutes, or 60 JEU units or points) of work is worth as least 10$. In Europe, it is worth about 10 Euros. Each dollar or euro is then worth 6 units. This is especially useful when selling products. However, the hourly salary can vary depending on the job to be done and the people’s expectations.

All transactions are written down in individual booklets. These look like bank booklets. During an exchange, each person enters their personal information (name, phone, email), the nature of the transaction, their signature and the exact amount. This is done in the OTHER person’s booklet, in order to ensure transparency. Each participant becomes the other participant's witness.

The Offer and Request information is written by the person as she becomes a new participant. She can refer to the local group list of Offers/Requests for ideas. The group’s secretary then enters the information into the data bank which is sent by mail to all participants or posted on the Internet site used by the group. To alter this information, the participant must contact the person accepting the role of secretary.

The JEU makes all people rich in Being and Having.

Sites to visit :

• www.cyberclass.net
• www.sel-terre.info
• www.freewebs.com/jeudeoutaouais
• www.fichesecologiques.fr

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4. THE BANK OF THREE HEARTS

This tool used in Personocratia’s C.L.I.T.P. is presented on 4 pages:

• 1/4  Introduction
• 2/4  Description
• 3/4  Agreement
• 4/4  Follow-Up

INTRODUCTION - page1/4

Why am I poorer and poorer while bankers get richer and richer? Because of by acceptance of slavery. I have agreed  to become the bankers’ slave.

‘My whole life through, I work for them with the sweat of my brow to pay interest and repay the capital. This capital comes from FALSE loans they have offered me. I am an accomplice to my own enslavement. Why do I treat myself this way?

1. In ignorance: I believe these bankers let me use money that was placed in their care. - WRONG!
Bankers loan 10 to 40 times more money – and sometimes much more – than what they have in their vaults. They actually create money out of thin air… mere words on paper. They loan air, out of which they charge interest and they want to be reimbursed in real money.

2. By accepting the unacceptable: I pay interest on borrowed money and I collect interest on loaned or invested money. Money is used to create more money. WRONG! Interest on money is called usury. It makes rich people richer and poor people poorer. It is the #1 tool to increase poverty and social inequity. Money is a bartering tool, not a merchandise offered for speculation.

3. By being scared of others : I prefer the sure abuse from bankers to the risk of  being abused by friends or neighbour. - WRONG!
I can make honest dealings with the people around me at no risks.

4. Out of lack of love for myself: I prefer to leave my possessions in the hands of established reputable institutions that know better than I do. - WRONG! 
Their goal is making profits for the banks. I can trust myself and act on my own.

5. By forgetting who I really am: I am a powerless creature. - WRONG! I am Idessa (internal idessity), unlimited Creatrix of my own abundance.

Here is a great tool to start this personal abundance: The Bank of Three Hearts…

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DESCRIPTION - page 2/4

THE BANK OF THREE HEARTS
A Real, Local, Human Bank, Based on Love-of-Self

• It is made up of three people : the Lender, the Borrower and the Heart Banker.
  They have met to arrange an exchange of money for a loan.
• It is based on the principle of circulation of money (not accumulation of money).
• It is local and made between people who already know each other and who share similar values.
• It requires the following qualities: complicity, transparency, truthfulness, trust, responsibility and enthusiasm.
• It recognizes the law of individual consciousness (and does not consider the use of a suit in a court of justice as a solution)

THE  LENDER realizes that money is an exchange tool and not a merchandise used for speculation. She lends money without interest or invests money in a business based on local needs and not profits.

THE BORROWER realizes that she uses money that is circulating to facilitate exchange. She works hard to make it come back rapidly to the bank so that it can be used by others. She must then intend to reimburse the loan quickly.

THE HEART BANKER is the keeper of all transactional information:

• Names and amounts of money available by lenders;
• Names and amounts of money needed by borrowers.

Her role consists of:

1. Facilitating the meetings and exchanges between lenders and borrowers;
2. Witnessing all transactions (first and follow-ups) until the end.

She needs to be well-versed in business, to have a good business sense, to be creative and intuitive, and to be able to communicate heart-to-heart.

The time taken by the Lender and Banker needs to be reimbursed by the borrower. The arrangements for payment of these fees are determined by all three people and can be done with the use of goods and/or services.

Collateral (objects of recognized value) can be kept by the Banker to be used in case of missed payments. This would be decided by the three people.

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AGREEMENT - page 3/4

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FOLLOW-UP - page 4/4

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