
Personocratia Site’s Main Purpose
A DIFFERENT site, with a DIFFERENT reality, created with a DIFFERENT conscience, DIFFERENT from what you have known, read or heard about…
A site talking about the transformation of human beings and their mutation into a totally DIFFERENT species…
The reproductive human being evolving intoa creative idessic being…
The end of unconscious democracy and the beginning of conscious personocracy.
If you keep repeating your same old songs such as “it sounds like…” or “it makes me think of…” or
If you hope to find the recipe for a “better world” with more “social justice” or
If you attempt to place Personocratia in a box labelled “religion, spirituality, tradition, college, order, cult, secret society, fraternity, organization, corporation, association, etc.”…
If so, then you are totally missing the point! It means that your mental filter is blocking the DIFFERENT and NEW information coming in and is attempting once again to bring you back into the old world of illusion.
Personocratia does the opposite. She comes to a STOP and makes a 180° turn away from all that she has been doing for the past millenia, all these things that lock her into fear, war, inequality, inequity, disease, aging… and death.
So, this is an invitation to visit this site with your whole body, not trying to understand with your head or make explanations. Let your cells vibrate since they are the only masters of truth. They know. In a while, you will filter out what does not fit the truth of your present moment, your only truth.
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Defining Personocratia
Personocratia is a state of personal consciousness.
It is every person, it is you, it is me…
- as I remember who I really am: Idessa*, Unlimited Creatrix;
- as I live as an idessic being in everyday life, in all my thoughts, my words, my actions; and
- as I create a society in my own internal image: Paradise-on-Earth.
* Idessa stands for Internal Idessity. It is my ID as an idessic being.
Idessa is the original vibration, the inherent Creatrix, existing for and by itself.
The “-essa” portion of the word reminds me of the priority – not the superiority – of the Feminine Principle (Creatrix)
over the Masculine Principle (Creation).
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Identifying Personocratia
Personocratia can be identified using these 3 criteria:
- IDENTITY: she knows who she truly is: Unlimited Creatrix Idessa. She is not a divine part or member, but the Idessic Trinity in its totality.
- AUTHORITY: she acknowledges her indivi-dual sovereignty, her supreme internal authority. She gives priority to her feminine principle and she obeys her conscience. She tolerates no hierarchy.
- SINCERITY: she behaves as an idessic being in all circumstances and all walks of life: financial, economical, legal, political, social, medical, educational, spiritual, relational,…
Personocratia is conscious of her indivi-duality, which is the indivisibility of both her feminine principle (Creatrix) and her masculine principle (Creature / Creation).
So, this is the end of thousands of years of duality, the separation between Creative Spirit and Created Matter and its consequences: duality, separation, division, hierarchy and war.
Separation is THE ONLY PROBLEM OF HUMANITY.
We are now seeing the establishment of the priority of the Feminine Principle with its consequence: unity of opposites, fusion of masculine and feminine principles, union of spirit and matter, of heaven and earth.
Fusion is THE ONLY SOLUTION FOR HUMANITY.
And peace finally manifests, first internally, then externally.
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Transformation According to Personocratia
We are talking here about the TRANSFORMATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS !
The human being serves as a transition between unconscious animality and conscious idessity.
It allows the unconscious, limited, mortal person to become the conscious, unlimited, immortal person. From this transformation will emerge a NEW, DIFFERENT BEING, the Idessic Being.
Like «Improved Chimps »*, humans only differ from animals in their possession of free will. They can choose to say Yes or No to Fear, while animals do not have that choice. Mentally, humans have evolved tremendously. They have had great success in fields related to science and the arts. However, this is only an animal improvement. Humans merely attempt to extend their limits in all fields connected to death... but they remain within these limits and finally die, suffocated, like fish in their fishbowl. They are still missing the essential: the conscience of their true being, their IMMORTAL Creative Spirit.
This fishbowl of illusion is ruled by tricks, artifices, lies, falsehood, fraud, manipulation,… The biggest liar, cheater, manipulator always wins. Big fish eat little fish. The strongest fish rule. War is the only game and the players must either attack or defend themselves. Everyone is scared to death and everyone finally dies. There is only one true winner, DEATH itself, which kills everyone. It is truly Hell-on-Earth.
« As long as death exists, life will end in drama».* Humanity has now reached the bottom of the fishbowl of death. Its Homo sapiens mind has been used for HAVING more, not BEING more. This has brought Hell-on-Earth as we know it today. Big fish have eaten the little fish... water is getting scarce... fish are suffocating. « We have reached the times of intolerable pressure… Our failure brings marvellous hope.* » Let’s rejoice!
Hell-on-Earth is an «evolutionary necessity*». It forces the fish to abandon its survival tools, to shatter its fishbowl, to break the wall of illusion and finally live. Changing of environment, changing of state, BEING! Stop the suffocation and the fish will continue to turn in circles, to dream of heaven, limited by the glass walls, separated from reality, preoccupied by survival until death prevails… This has been the case for thousands of years. The time has now come to change directions. We must STOP, make a 180° turn, and finally jump right into a NEW consciousness.
This transformation of consciousness will not be the result of prayers or meditation. It will happen as a result of Idessic Conscious Action. Only sheep, poor creatures separated from their Creator, can think that a Saviour will deliver them from all suffering. It is I who creates Hell-on-Earth, in my own image. Thus, only I can create the opposite: Heaven-on-Earth.
«How can I achieve this?»
- By BEHAVING, in my daily thoughts, words and actions, as the Unlimited Idessic Creatrix that I truly am.
«What can stop me from succeeding?»
- FEAR. My fear of loosing what I possess, my fear of not getting what I want.
And to think that fear is but a shadow. There is no past, no future. My possessions, all that is matter, do not even exist. Subtle and terrible illusion!
* Expressions from a person known as «The Mother» (1878-1973) found in the book «The Mind of the Cells» by Satprem - ERI
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Personocratia’s Booklets
The path between the old animal world and the new idessic world is obscure. It lights up in front of me when I behave as Idessa, living idessily on a daily basis (Applied Idessic Consciousness). Through several authors, Personocratia is presently writing a collection of booklets that are meant to assist our evolution. These are divided into 10 different themes:

The contents of these booklets come directly from Ghis’ seminars. They are collected and written by Mado and other authors, in a clear, concrete, concise and practical format. Number 7 is presently available in English, and Numbers 1 and 2 will be soon available.
Health towards... Physical Immortality
Our most precious possession, our own health, is held tightly in the hands of bankers and insurers whose only purpose is profit. That explains why human beings have never been so sick physically, psychologically and socially, in spite of billions invested in our healthcare system. Illness is a well organized and very profitable business. Who finances all this? The patient pays with his declining health, and the population, with money spent in vain. It is a sad statement of account! However, it has been proven that diseases are psychosomatic. They all come from within.
Health is the mirror of my level of consciousness.
No patient… no medical profession… no healthcare system. Thus, the power lies with the patient. Is it possible that I, the patient, have forgotten who I really am? I keep thinking and acting as a victim. Could I be giving my power away to genes, viruses, heredity, and old age? Today, I finally understand that there is no external enemy. I suffer, age, and die out of fear and exhaustion. I survive in a world of illusion, corruption, and death. In reality, I am perfectly healthy and I enjoy an undying life. My cells are immortal. As I transform my consciousness, my health finally improves. Goodbye doctors and undertakers!
In this book, you will find answers to the following questions:
- How does the current healthcare system work?
- Why should vaccines and medication be proscribed?
- Is it true that AIDS is not a disease and that it is not contagious?
- Is there a link between health and consciousness?
- Who is Hamer and how does German New Medicine work?
- Why can diseases and germs be considered as gifts?
- Is the body a biocomputer with a WSAD program?
- What is the recipe for health, youth, and immortality?
- Why and how can I become a new being?
To order, click on the Boutique.
To keep informed about newly available booklets, visit the site regularly and click on Latest News.
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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.
CLITP is thus the result of COMMUNITY OF SPIRIT… not with a limited group of selected people, but within ourselves, with our neighbours, and whoever Personocratia is surrounded with. It happens amongst those who have chosen to LIVE. We do not need to search for them. We find them by magic ...and creations rise out spontaneously.
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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. «PLANETARY MEETING»
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!
My experience in the material world – planetary meetings are one example of this – is always the mirror of the state of my own conscience.
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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 !
There are two different ways to create our own money. In the first one, you can print your own money, by using paper bills. In the second, you can create money, by using writings through various trading systems. We will now consider this second option.
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);
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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 :
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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:
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:
- Facilitating the meetings and exchanges between lenders and borrowers;
- 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.
If the Lender considers that the risk is too high, she can choose to refuse the loan or consider the possibility of making a gift (no expected reimbursement).
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AGREEMENT - page 3/4
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Agreement reached in .................................................... CLITP, on ............................................,
Between: ............................................................................................ : the Borrower
............................................................................................ : the Lender
............................................................................................ : the Heart Banker .
The Lender ................................................................... accepts to lend
the sum of ............................................................................$ , with no interest,
In order to acquire ....................................................................................... .
The Borrower will reimburse the loan in ......................... months / years
in the following way: ................................ $ per month, during ......................................months
in order to give back................................................................ per trimester / semester / year (circle one) .
The payment will happen in person, in the presence of the same three people.
In case of non-payment, the Borrower agrees to .......................................... ....................................................................................................................... .
The Borrower, wishing to make this money available for other borrowers as soon as possible, agrees to hasten the payment of her debt if her financial situation improves. She also agrees not to lend or borrow any money until this present loan is totally reimbursed.
The Borrower recognizes the services rendered by the other two persons and agrees to offer a just payment – in goods and/or services – in the following manner:
to Lender:……….........……………………………………………………………………………….....
to Heart Banker:………………………………………………………………………………………...
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FOLLOW-UP - page 4/4
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The 100 000th
Humanity is presently living its greatest transformation ever. It is truly a mutation of Homo sapiens which will give rise to an entirely NEW SPECIES on Earth, the IDESSIC BEING.
As proven by the Hundreth Monkey Phenomenon*, a critical mass of individuals builds up in order for the collective consciousness of an entire species to transform. This is what will happen to our own species… a sudden epidemic of Love, since only Love is contagious…
Is this a ridiculous utopia or an unavoidable evolution?
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Only YOU can tell.
When will we be able to see Heaven-On-Earth?
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When the critical mass of Personocratia will be reached.
When will we reach this critical mass?
- When enough conscious people will act as idessic beings in their daily life.
What will happen then?
- Humanity will suddenly transform from the unconscious animal it is now, to the idessic being it is meant to become.
How will we know it has happened?
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On the individual level, peace will replace war, both internally and externally.
- On a global level, Hell-On-Earth will become Heaven-On-Earth.
Will we be there when this shift happens?
- It all depends on us… since our creation depends on our level of consciousness.
What can we do to reach this state?
- We can accelerate our indivi-dual transformation and let go of all fear.
Which Personocratia will destroy our old collective consciousness?
THE 100 000 th ONE!!!
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* The 100th Monkey Phenomenon
A story about social change. By Ken Keyes Jr.
The Japanese monkey, Macaca Fuscata, had been observed in the wild for a period of over 30 years.
In 1952, on the island of Koshima, scientists were providing monkeys with sweet potatoes dropped in the sand. The monkey liked the taste of the raw sweet potatoes, but they found the dirt unpleasant.
An 18-month-old female named Imo found she could solve the problem by washing the potatoes in a nearby stream. She taught this trick to her mother. Her playmates also learned this new way and they taught their mothers too.
This cultural innovation was gradually picked up by various monkeys before the eyes of the scientists. Between 1952 and 1958 all the young monkeys learned to wash the sandy sweet potatoes to make them more palatable. Only the adults who imitated their children learned this social improvement. Other adults kept eating the dirty sweet potatoes.
Then something startling took place. In the autumn of 1958, a certain number of Koshima monkeys were washing sweet potatoes -- the exact number is not known. Let us suppose that when the sun rose one morning there were 99 monkeys on Koshima Island who had learned to wash their sweet potatoes. Let's further suppose that later that morning, the hundredth monkey learned to wash potatoes.
THEN IT HAPPENED!
By that evening almost everyone in the tribe was washing sweet potatoes before eating them. The added energy of this hundredth monkey somehow created an ideological breakthrough!
But notice: A most surprising thing observed by these scientists was that the habit of washing sweet potatoes then jumped over the sea...Colonies of monkeys on other islands and the mainland troop of monkeys at Takasakiyama began washing their sweet potatoes.
Thus, when a certain critical number achieves an awareness, this new awareness may be communicated from mind to mind.
Although the exact number may vary, this Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon means that when only a limited number of people know of a new way, it may remain the conscious property of these people.
But there is a point at which if only one more person tunes-in to a new awareness, a field is strengthened so that this awareness is picked up by almost everyone!
- From the book "The Hundredth Monkey" by Ken Keyes, Jr. The book is not copyrighted and the material may be reproduced in whole or in part.
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