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Oneness is Abundance
L.A.-based community activist Orland Bishop explains how the American economic system that assigns value to competition and scarcity of resources undermines oneness, which is inherently relational and abundant. Although the capitalist system as a whole resists investing in human development, people can create new systems that reinforce each individual's value instead of encouraging struggle and competition by making alternative agreements based on collective inspiration.
Orland Bishop
Orland Bishop is the founder and director of ShadeTree Multicultural Foundation in Los Angeles, where he has pioneered approaches to urban truces and mentoring at-risk youth that combine new ideas with traditional ways of knowledge. ShadeTree serves as an intentional community of mentors, elders,... bio page »
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This is beautiful, what a great guy! I love the point he makes about how we live in a society that promotes scarcity in order to maintain the structure of power. We really do need to think a lot more about all the abundance we have in the world. I mean, we have everything we need, don't we?
Oh, and I love his quote at the end: "We are not thinking of revolution anymore as violence. We are thinking of revolution as a power of agreement." Great video.
I was so inspired listening to him speak. I immediately wanted to share this with everyone around me. I love that he talked about the power of agreement. That as people if we decide to make alternative agreements about how we produce and exchange resources then we increase the potential for transforming the dominate system. This is a powerful way of thinking of abundance and liberation.
Revolution: it's not just for fighters anymore. Lovers welcome! : )
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