How integrity helps in reaching the ultimate life goals by Sai Bhaskar Reddy Nakka (red queen ebook txt) 📕

 Global economies are highly volatile. The consumer based economy is a vicious cycle. Unemployment rate is very high in many countries even up to 40%. The Chinese economy, one of the largest global economies is in doldrums. Therefore, the dependent countries’ economies are also in poor condition. The good sign is that there is less demand for oil. As a result, the oil price has come down drastically, after so many years. Less usage of fossil fuels reduces the global CO2 emissions. Now it is the right time for countries to switch to alternative renewable energy sources. International Solar Energy Alliance formed at COP21 is a good initiative.

The governments taking sustainable development seriously should stop sacrificing the environment for economic benefits. The immediate targets under SDGs are massive, how do we source funds and establish systems to achieve them. The grassroots civil society organisations are disappearing. The international funding is discouraged. The corporate social responsibility funds are the primary sources of funds. In the areas of education and health, the sources of financing would be better. The polluting industries would rarely support the organisations working on environment and ecology. Finding civil society movements for the environment and ecological issues are rare. The movements and revolutions would be more common for livelihoods. The natural resources sustainability is of utmost importance to all life on earth. Food security is an important concern, for which the farmers and the farming system should be sustainable. Farmers are highly vulnerable and soon there would be a shortage of ‘farmers’. Each person should emerge as an earth leader for whom “ecosystem matters”. We want institutes for earth leaders for harmony and good governance. The collective global leadership is rare to find. Several governments are taking the role of corporates and also civil society. The current leaders are too political and mean, not even able to represent their own people. Inflation is very high even in the ‘rich’ countries. Ways to strengthen the economies of countries through petrol, military might, consortiums and through interference in the policies of other countries are least healthy. The virtual currencies based economies would not last longer. The super-rich people would find themselves poorer than Bushman in Kalahari. New models and relationships between countries are emerging on the principles of “survival of the opportunist”. In these systems, there are not many values and it is very dangerous. The whole world is already beyond the carrying capacity, becoming less ‘human’. This earth is virtually divided into many ‘earth’s’, with increasing borders and stringent laws preventing peoples’ movement.

Each and every individual should strive for small ecological footprints. The way of living also matters, what we eat and how much we waste; per capita usage of water and energy; etc. To begin with, 2016 is a crucial watershed year in the history of Human Beings, for making right decisions and strive for the common good.

Contemplate and retreat to redefine one's goal

In every school, a space should be created for sometime to the children where they are taken to a natural environment for a few days to be mindful of the natural surroundings and also for them to contemplate on the common goals of their interest.

We are thinking human beings, and life is not a granted thing as we also spend so much time and efforts to make a child a person by imparting education, skills and knowledge. Which is one-third to one-fifth of a person’s lifespan. Giving a chance for everyone to set goals, live the way one loves to be and make a meaningful and complete life.

Geo Spirit Meets for declaring goals

I have been conducting humbly Geo Spirit Meets for the emergence of earth leadership. These meetings included people from all walks of life and sometimes exclusively conducted for children. During these meets, some activities were done which makes the participants mindful, focussed, sensitive, contemplative and determined.

The Geo Spirit meets are conducted mostly in the natural surroundings, where there is very less communication and they could have space for themselves. Especially the whole night discussions by sitting around the fire camp , in some serene natural surroundings. At the end they become more determined and committed to their common goals.

During Geo Spirit meets, the earth conscious people come together to experience earth, discuss, learn, and declare their goals and action plans. The declaration made by respective participants at the end of each Geo Spirit Meet is a self-declaration and voluntary. One’s declaration is the most powerful thing. The facilitator only encourages and inspires for taking up the bigger challenge. The individual declarations are not recorded, nor meant to be monitored for the progress or results. The achievements and the results speak for themselves.

Declaring “GEO Spirit centers” and “Mother Trees” is one of the means to conserve biodiversity and most importantly the soil microbes.

The Geo Spirit meets can be organised everywhere, which inspires and motivates one to work for the determined cause. Such as, in the lush green forest areas, in the mountains, in a desert, at water bodies, in the slum areas, in the middle of the city, etc. Every part and place should inspire us as we love each and every part of the earth.

As avenue to conduct the Geo Spirit meet, any place on the earth could be selected. Preferably a place where there is less disturbance. For those interested in the environment and ecological challenges a natural area is preferred. Someone among the participants should declare a date and venue for the Geo Spirit Meet. The number of participants ideally could be around 30 people. To participate in a meet, the group size could be 5 to 50 people. The participants in the meets could be men, women, youth and children (above 12 years’ age). It would be convenient to conduct meets for people with similar interests and age groups together, then a diverse and broad spectrum of individuals.

For all those willing to participate in the Geo Spirit meet, the commencement begins from the moment one has confirmed to join. Geo spirit is a continuous process and for lifelong.

Geo Spirit meets are not commercial. The participants should bear the cost of coming to the venue on their own. The local organisation or coordinator declares the date and venue of Geo spirit meet. They take care of the food and local logistics. In the case of not being in a position to take care of logistics, the participants should share the cost. The Geo Spirit meets should be conducted with least expenditure and in a manner as simple as possible. The participation is more of commitment to the earth, rather an entertainment tour or adventure trip to the participants. All the participants should participate voluntarily and give a self-declaration for their life during participation.

Food and beverages served should preferably be same as closer to local traditions and customs. The stay would be mostly in the open and with least resources. A typical Geo Spirit meet, lasts about 24 hours.

Individuals should wear any comfortable dress with accessories such as jackets or sweaters or shawls or caps etc. to protect themselves from the weather. Should preferably wear shoes. Should have a small tent if possible. A blanket or a sleeping bag is optional based on the need. Should not bring books, music players, laptops, playing gadgets, etc. Before coming for the Geo Spirit meet should read some good books or watch videos relevant to their goals. A few experiences from the Geo Spirit meets conducted by the author are shared below.

Comparison of work

For encouraging students to be the future leaders, students are exposed to several case studies including the personalities who have accomplished in life. a) A person from a rural area, studied in a government school, with great hardships did Ph.D., and now working in a multinational company. He is now earning well, and having a comfortable life b) A person from a village background, who was poor, once upon a time. Went abroad for a better income and now CEO of several companies. c) A person from a middle-class family, who struggled and studied well from reputed colleges. Although had the potential to get a ‘decent’ job, to the surprise of everyone, one day decided to work for the rural communities and on environmental issues. d) A person from village never went to school, but practicing sustainable agriculture. A source of inspiration for many farmers; never made wealth but living happily. e) A person struggled hard and achieved a government job as Agriculture Officer, automatic promotion and salary hike is ensured. Holidays, leaves and health insurance are taken care. Responsibility is least for the failure of the crops, farmers falling into the debt trap for increased inputs, and even farmers committing suicide for losing everything.

Each person is great in their own way, a child should not follow others’ lives, but should choose on their own. The choice is the fundamental source of freedom.

Work should be enjoyable, productive and lead to more work. Some people say they have done the work but with no results irritates many. Some people seem to be very hectic and doing lots of work, but the results are not meaningful for the efforts invested. All the species on earth work with their maximum efficiencies. Some people think they deserve the honorarium for attending the job. The majority of species do not exploit their own species as much as the humans do. Work is worship is to be preached to people who are lazy or in search of secure jobs. The day one has done productive work, one would share happily with someone they love.

We have to do something in life, so just do what you love. But real love manifests in doing not for you and not about you. If one has to live on earth, the resources and environment are helping us to live. And one has to work for all.

Job and Duty

Job is a subset of work. One can be jobless, nevertheless should be without any kind of work. The job is described as the principal activity in one’s life that one does to earn money. If earning money is one's ultimate goal in life, then one’s job is very hard. Money is a myth between real and unreal values. Money should be one's demand and command, one should not become the slave of money. Loving money does not mean that money loves you.

Earth will not be abundant if one earns. The richer the people, poorer the earth.

One would love the job, if ones interests and goals are also achieved. Love your job not a day of work. Many people want to have any kind of job. One of the principal reasons is security and money.

The social force that binds one to the courses of action demanded by that force is duty. The duty of a person is invaluable, it is altogether having a different value system, beyond monetary concerns. Duties are declared under the job, but most often they are not mandatory and only act as guidelines. Sometimes duties extend beyond time and space. Job and rights are always together. Sometimes, the rights of a job clash with