Synchronicity

November 19th, 2007 | by gene |

Which I am pretty sure is not an actual word. :^). But it is in my lexicon, nonetheless. As I do not believe in coincidence, yet things seems to come together in unusual ways for me, I use synchronicity as my name for events that relate to each other. We’ve been delving into CWG, book 2 recently, but haven’t gotten deeply into it – at least not as deeply as I intend to go. Because near the end of it God proposes a series of ideas that He says would, could, lead this planet toward a real civilization. That, defined, is one in which no one would have anything that comes at a cost to another. And, that means, no more taking what is not ours, no exploitation, fair dealings with all, at all times, true transparency in our public affairs. And a lot more.

But I’ve been talking about the idea of a world government for a very long time. Much longer than I have been involved with CWG. I came to the idea in my teens, when I first found the novels of Robert Heinlein, which most often, have at their core, the idea of a one world government, or even a planetary federation – though that idea is developed much more thoroughly in the works of Isaac Asimov – and of course, the Star Trek series and movies. So it has long seemed to me that the only way this planet can rid itself of its worst curse, war, is for there to be a federal republic of some sort, likely based on the United Nations concept, but with teeth, composed of nation-states, free elections, worldwide legal jurisdiction, separation of powers, and that individual countries would still be free to form their own form of local government, much as do the individual states of the United States, though some powers are reserved to the federal government, many are left up to the local level.

I don’t see a reason why this can’t work on a global scale. Indeed, the NAME of my website, derives from this idea. We are not 197 separate peoples/countries, we are ONE people on ONE world. And we need to find ways to resolve our differences legally, peacefully and fairly. No one region should be allowed to exploit other regions, no people should be allowed to do so either. The only way to achieve that sort of ultimate fairness is to have a world government, probably based on a parliamentary system since that is what most of the world uses now, but it could be a form like that in the US too. There would be no more war, the world would have disarm, and give over police powers to the governing body, individual “states” with disputes, would submit them to an impartial court and abide by its rulings. This would require a planetary constitution.

Well, what to my wandering eyes should appear, giggle, but a BIG, little book, Planethood, written sometime in the 1980’s primarily, I think, by two men, Benjamin Ferencz, who as a young lawyer was involved in prosecuting the aftermath of WWII as a prosecutor at the Nuremberg War Crimes Trials and is law professor now along with Ken Keyes, Jr., who wrote a book of some repute, the Hundredth Monkey. Eight steps to planetary safety, freedom, and prosperity. I am about halfway through it at the moment, but what I’ve read so far dovetails beautifully with what is proposed in Book 2. Which, as I said, I will be coming back to. Often, giggle.

For the moment though, I just want to point out a couple simple things. Primarily because I know that the first time the idea of a worldwide government is broached seriously, there will be an outcry, around the world, not just in the United States, that it will “steal” our sovereignty. There will be people so afraid of losing their power that they will fight this idea with every breath they have. They will be wrong, and ultimately, they will lose, because we are no longer the little place we were, in the days of horse and buggies, but have grown to be one large mostly urban planet. We are talking here about adding one layer of government. Just one. In the United States we already have four layers: city, county, state and national. We have those because those are necessary to prevent anarchy, to pass and enforce laws that ensure, or try to, a level playing field for everyone. All that is left to do is broaden the powers and change the structure of the United Nations a bit. It must have real power to pass legislation and to enforce it. The world court must have the power to have its decisions enforced every bit as strongly as does our own Supreme Court. Quoting from this little wonder, which is quoting Harry Truman, “When Kansas and Colorado have a quarrel over water in the Arkansas River, they don’t call out the National Guard in each state and go to war over it. They bring suit in the Supreme Court of the United States and abide by the decision.” THAT, is what I am talking about on a global basis. We will go to war no more. I’m going to quote another piece here, that must stand alone:

“This statement is for all those who fear that it unpatriotic to have a government greater than their own. There is no greater patriotic duty than to preserve your own nation and its freedoms. It is that we must retain our freedoms when we unite into one federation, except for the freedom to make war. Just as our own 50 states have turned this task over to our national government, so must however many join, turn over war making and defense to the world federation. I live in Cherry Hills, Colorado, and I think it is the finest city in the world. I live in Arapahoe County, and I think it is finest county in the world. I live in the state of Colorado and I think it is the greatest state in the world. I live in the United States of America, and I think it is the greatest country in the world. But I also live on Planet Earth, and it does not detract one iota from my patriotism to my city, my county, my state and my country for me to feel that this planet is the greatest in the universe and that I will defend it against all perils to the best of my ability. What we need in the is world is a pledge of allegiance to Planet Earth by every citizen of the world.” Tom Hudgens in his book, Let’s Abolish War.

The essentials of a World Constitution must guarantee:

    A bill of rights
    A popularly elected legislature to enact world laws.
    A World court to interpret those laws, with compulsory jurisdiction over world disputes.
    A civilian executive branch with the power to enforce world laws directly upon individuals.
    A system of checks and balances to prevent the abuse of power by any branch of government.
    The control of all weapons of mass destruction by the world government, with the disarmament of all nations, under careful inspection down to the level required for internal policing.
    Carefully defined and limited power of taxation to support those functions necessary to world peace and the solution of problems affecting, to a vital degree, the welfare of all mankind.
    Reasonable provision for amendments.
    Participation in the world federal government to be open at all times to all nations.
    All power not expressly delegated to the world government to be reserved to the nations and their peoples, thus leaving each nation to choose its own political, social, and economic systems

This part is taken from the American Movement for World Government, based in New York City.

Quoting further: “When we are protected by international laws, courts, and effective enforcement, we can at last safely disarm this bristling world. This would include destroying all mass killing machines. Those deadly bomber, missiles, tanks, submarines and battleships are not needed to maintain law and order inside a nation. No more armies, navies, air forces, or Star Wars! They would not be needed. The United Nations would instead have a staff of well-trained and well-equipped air and ground peace-keeping forces to keep order among the nation-states of the world. Think of all the money and lives this would save. Instead of many millions of soldiers in national armies that have NOT kept world order, a few hundred thousand world “policemen” cold preserve planetary law and order.

Do you recall a few days ago, a chart I produced here that showed that the world spent 1100 BILLION dollars on “defense” in 2004? What could we do with that money, for ALL of the world, were it not “needed” for standing armies, navies and air forces? How much MORE money, other than direct defense spending, is currently put into wars of aggression, economic wars, “intelligence” gathering and interference in the internal political doings of other countries. What if we didn’t have to spend ANY of that money in such counter-productive to human growth and development ways? What could we achieve then in medicine, in technology, in prosperity across the planet? It seems to me quite a lot, giggle. And we’re, well, I am certainly, going to take this a lot farther over the next couple weeks.There are so many groups working toward world peace right now, many whose vision is large enough to encompass this truth – if we do not stop doing what we are doing, we will never get anything but what we are getting. When we are ALL ensured personal freedom, what need will be there for terrorism? What need will there be for war? When every person is afforded equal opportunity for personal growth and development through education and the guarantee of a peaceful life style, what might we achieve as a people, as a world? There is no weight large enough that it cannot be lifted with a fulcrum large enough. Let the will of we, the people, be that fulcrum and we can lift this planet to greatness, while ensuring fair treatment, equal opportunity and the chance for each soul to reach as high as it is able. We CAN do this. I believe we MUST do this, eventually. I hope we can come to it peacefully. I hope it doesn’t require a nuclear carnage and devastation of our planet for us to see THIS is the answer we have been seeking to our individual differences. We can learn to live together peacefully, we can tolerate differences in political structure within states, we can learn that love is the answer to every question. So let’s do that? Okay? much love, :^) gene

If today brings even one choice your way
choose to be a bringer of the light :^) gene

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