Friday, November 25, 2011

Quote of the day by Billy Meier

Dear People of the Earth, Pay attention to your thoughts, for they become feelings. Pay attention to your feelings, for these quickly become words, and these into actions as well as deeds. Deeds and actions however become habits, which form themselves quite quickly to the character, with which, through all these things, determines your destiny. 'Billy' Eduard Albert Meier, Semjase-Silver-Star-Center, April 9th, 2011, 10:55pm Translated by Rem Robinson on 12 July 2011. Source

Monday, November 21, 2011

Quote of the day by Billy Meier

If the individual person feels the need to actively do something to change the world, its human beings in particular, this actually is within his power, but only in such a manner that he be an example to his fellow man and fellow men. Thus every person has it within him/herself to begin a change for the better, toward peace, love, freedom, progress, as well as toward knowledge and wisdom. Everyone must make a start by himself and also discover the way to a free and happy life on his own. Each person must first acquire an optimistic attitude solely for himself, and from this will initially result the progress of expansion through which his fellow men will be prompted and will join in. And if people think consciously in this direction, then they will make the amazing discovery that all means and all hopes for a true progress exist only when they start everything by themselves. Source

Who or what is God?

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...No Creator-God exists in this sense. The Big Bang did not come about through the strength or might of one god, but did so, simply and exclusively, through spiritual- and material-physical as well as chemical processes, that were triggered and directed by a young Universal Consciousness, respectively Creation. The term "God" has absolutely nothing whatsoever to do with the creation of the world or the universe, stars, galaxies and the like, for the expression "God" has existed in the vastness of the universe for billions of years, from ancient times to the present, and it represents nothing more than the title of a person. Initially this title was "Ishwish" which means "God" when translated into our languages. But Ishwish, respectively god, is nothing more than another term for "King of Wisdom." It is a purely human title assigned to humans who were particularly knowledgeable, wise, and who possessed great mastery in everything. This term's significance, however, was distorted and falsified by humans on Earth, particularly by the early religions and those experienced in profiting from using the word. The result was that God, as a King of Wisdom, was removed and the people turned him into a Creator-God who, allegedly, had created the Earth, the sun and outer space. Numerous individuals, such as Jehovah and many others, even claimed of themselves to be Creator-Gods with the consequence that they were also revered and worshiped. One thing led to another and soon the original meaning of the word "God" was forgotten and, consequently, the purported Creator-Gods were able to victoriously march into the realm of the people's religions, sects and faiths. Source

Friday, November 18, 2011

Monday, November 14, 2011

Would you like to know?

The following was republished by Waid Sainvill on facebook. The original document was published by Billy Meier.

wOULD yOU lIKE tO kNOW??
.by Waid Sainvil on Monday, June 20, 2011 at 3:53am.Billy:



The so-called books of the New Testament, which actually only represent articles or the like, were not written in a single instance by all those to whom they are attributed. Among all the disciples, only Judas Ischarioth was knowledgeable of reading and writing – in addition to Jmmanuel himself, who wasn’t a disciple but was, rather, the teacher. All the letters, etc. of the disciples were, in fact, written by women and men, and indeed, on behalf of the disciples, for at that time, it wasn’t the case that many were experts of writing and reading.



There were only the scribes and a few others who learned to write and read because there were no special schools, as these are now available everywhere all over the world and children are obligated to attend them in most countries. But while the Bible and the attached New Testament give the impression that a large part of the people in Jmmanuel’s time would have been able to read and write, this actually doesn’t correspond to the truth, however, because the vast majority of the people at that time – including the disciples, with the exception of Judas Ischarioth and Jmmanuel – was ignorant of reading and writing. Only special prophets, rulers, and their subordinates in special offices were able to read and write. Thus, it was very rare that ordinary citizens could learn to read and write. And while we’re at it: the Bible is an invented Jewish chronicle, which very well holds certain truths in itself but, on the whole, is fictitious and was written together by twelve of the book-knowledgeable men who called themselves prophets and who, in 40 days, wrote 240 books or stories that were based on ancient oral acceptances, assertions, and “traditions” and deliberate distortions, from which arose, then, the second holy book – the Torah number 2, i.e. the Five Books of Moses or the Pentateuch of Judaism.



The first Torah had been destroyed in a devastating fire, after which then, more than 400 years later, the second Torah was written by the twelve alleged prophets, as said. Thus, the Bible has nothing to do with true history books or with true textbooks and is in no way connected with a testament. In truth, it mostly concerns fantasized-together fables without any value, which were then stolen in their entirety by Christianity in the last consequence and reshaped for itself. Thus, Christianity itself has also created an alleged chronicle and a past, which are actually designed solely for Judaism and have nothing at all to do with Christianity. Jmmanuel also wanted nothing to do with this chronicle, for he didn’t teach their nonsense but rather the teaching of the spirit, as he had received it from the line of Henoch. And what is still to be said: it really was so, that in Jmmanuel’s time, as I said, out of all the disciples, only Judas Ischarioth was knowledgeable of reading and writing, while the others were illiterates. This also applies to the seven disciples who belonged to the group, but of whom no records exist from Judas Ischarioth, as well as not of the various other women and men, who were on the move with Jmmanuel during the time of his spreading of the teaching.



At the same time, I also wonder whether it will one day become known that Jmmanuel’s disciples only went with him occasionally because they repeatedly had to perform their work and business, etc. at home, about which Judas Ischarioth also wrote nothing, and thus, the impression is given that the disciples had always been with and around Jmmanuel. Furthermore, everything written by Judas is only a brief outline of the entire life, teaching, and work of Jmmanuel, for in fact, this one wasn’t just on the move and spreading the teaching for only three years or so, as is maintained by Christianity; rather, he was already active in this form starting from his sixth year of age, and thus, for a total of almost 29 years when he was beaten to the cross at the age of a little more than 34 years. Now the short question of the long speech: will everything that I have now disclosed one day be found out and made known?



Quetzal: Gradually, it will be so, yes.



15. The time will become very long, however, because the Christian religion’s powerful figures will try to suppress the truth by all means.



16. In addition, believers of all kinds cannot be taught so easily, and indeed, this is true of all religions and sects that exist on Earth.



17. Just as all religious delusions of every kind – no matter what form – were built up over very long periods and were received for thousands of years or centuries or even just decades and will continue to be maintained, so it will also take its time – decades, centuries, and millennia – and to be sure, depending on how long the individual religions and sects have already existed and in what way they are constituted, in reference to the production of fundamentalism, fanaticism, conservatism, and faith.



18. And through the ever more pervasive mixing of the Earth people, i.e. the mixing of peoples, confirmed believers switch their religion or sect because they are of the mistaken view – and this will be greatly increased – that another religion or sect is truer in its erroneous teachings, and they are not aware that every religion and sect indulges in erroneous teachings.



19. But still, in the coming time, it will be the case that many people increasingly search for the actual truth and fall away from their religions and sects, but unfortunately, this won’t lead to the fact that they find the actual truth; consequently, they will continue to stumble around in darkness and won’t find their way out of this.



20. Thus, it will continue to be so, that only a few people find you and your group, and this will continue to grow only very slowly in the core.



21. In the external area, many will, in a loose way, follow more of your traditional teaching of the spirit and, with it, the truth, while the ones who turn to the core of the group are only those who truly recognize the truth of the spirit and the Creation in their reason and also know in their hearts that, without a doubt, you bring the teaching of the truth.



22. But unfortunately, doubters and false players will also appear, who join the core, but this is unavoidable because by you and also by the firm group members, these are given the chance and possibility of learning and recognizing, and each person must be treated equally and everyone must be accorded the same rights.



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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Quote of the day by Billy Meier

The earth human must change toward the good and positive through his own reason and grasp of responsibility, and thereby rehabilitate himself. Thus he must establish his own dimension and free himself from his self-demeaning service toward all his shortcomings and his false hopes and desires. The earth human considers that he will live new lives over and over again in striving for that which is higher in accordance with the Creational laws and commandments through many new personalities in reincarnation of the spirit form and the comprehensive consciousness block, namely in the obligation of a Creational path that he consciously develops in every logical, good and positive form. But this means that every person must strive for his advancement through every personal responsibility, and society must also make that possible for him. It is correct that everybody takes the trouble to perform the required work for which he will be paid and which will enable him to afford housing in one form or the other, as well as, in self-responsibility, to bear the cost of his food and clothing and also for his training and education and for all arising needs. Source

Event Timeline

From Billy Meier

This page attempts to list, in a single location, all major events in history that have been revealed by Billy and the Plejaren Federation and some of those yet to come.

~10,000,000,000 AD The entire Sol star system will be pulled in by a black hole and be compressed by its heavy mass.[1]

~4,000,000,000 AD The Sun will only exist as a dead, respectively shrunken, dark, and inactive star, along with some inactive planets, which will still float, together with their burned-out sun, through free space for around 6 billion years.[2]

~470,000,000 AD No floral, faunal, and human life forms can exist on the planet any more.[3]

~380,000,000 AD The Sun will already be incorporated into processes, through which an excessive activity will emerge, by what means all life on Earth will slowly start to become extinct (all CO2 will start to sink into the ground).[4]

1995 CE All personnel of the Plejaren Federation depart Earth, all bases of operations are returned to a natural state. Only monitoring devices remain of which telemeter discs are among these.[5]

1982 AD A splinter group of The Bafath on planet Saban in the Karan star system 2.1 million light years distant are arrested and their base with it's devastating booby trap disarmed.[6]

1978 AD All 2,100 members of The Bafath group are arrested and deported to the Neber system. Base under Giza Pyramids removed of all technology and filled with stone.[7]

1976 AD Kamagol II dies aged almost 4000 years old.

1937 AD The prophet of the new time Eduard Albert Meier is born on February 3rd, in Bülach, Switzerland. He was the second of seven children. His father was a shoemaker.

571 AD The prophet Mohammed is born on February 19th, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

1 BC Plejos and his people depart Earth for the Plejares.[8]

2 BC The prophet Jmmanuel is born on February 2nd in Bethlehem, Palestine. His biological father was the Plejaren Gabriel and his mother was the Earth woman called Mary.

22 BC Plejos places Hyperborea under the guidance of the Andromedan High Council.

63 BC Plejos son of Salam takes over leadership of the civilisation of Hyperborea.

662 BC The prophet Jeremia is born.

772 BC The prophet Jesaia is born.

891 BC The prophet Elia is born.

2,080 BC Jehovah displaced by Kamagol I. Kamagol I forced all earthly religions into his control and created terrible cults which demanded human blood. Kamagol II his son was even worse, he overthrew his father, deprived him of power and let him die miserably in a deep dungeon. Kamagol II introduced the monstrous mass murder of Earth-born terrestrial human beings.

3,010 BC Arussem ousted by a mutineer called Henn, known as Jehovah in the tongue of the Hebraons and The Cruel One.

3,343 BC Jehav murdered by first-born son Arussem but Arussem exiled by his younger brothers Ptaah and Salam. Arussem returns soon after and creates his base beneath the Giza Pyramids. Ptaah and Salam begin to rule Hyperborea with justice, wisdom and kindness.

3,545 BC Venus stabilises itself and sets itself into its own path around the sun.

3,683 BC Jehavon murdered by his son Jehav who then took over command.

4,006 BC Venus crosses into the earth's path and lightly disturbs the earth, but without bringing about large catastrophes.

4,023 BC Arus XI is murdered by his third born son, Jehavon who took over command of the Hyperboreans, Armus people, the Aryans and Hebraons.

6,104 BC Venus breaks into the earth's path and disturbs its rotation in such a way that a new rotational period originates, bringing gigantic earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods and elemental storms. Lesser Atlantis in modern day Santorini, Greece is destroyed by the volcanic eruptions.[9]

6,339.5 BC The Destroyer rips Venus out of its orbit around Uranus and "tows" it behind itself in the direction of the Earth's (orbital) path.[10]

9,000 BC The prophet Henoch is born.

9,498 BC Greater Atlantis and Mu destroyed by Hyperboreans.[11]

10,790 BC Arien splits off from Hyperborea and allies itself with Mu and Agharta. Hyperborea constantly attacks Mu and Greater Atlantis for the next 502 years.

11,000 BC The Bafath return led by Arus I and initially conquer Hyperborea in the far north (modern day Florida, USA). Arus II son of Arus I conquers India, known then as Arien, Pakistan and Persia locations and forces the Sumerian forefathers south. The Sumerian forefathers are descendants of the Sirian refugees that settled in 131,000 BC.

13,000 BC Group that later became The Bafath fail an attempted coup and flee to space-time shifted region of Beta-Centauri.

23,988 BC The Kinten (Chinese) and Niper (Japanese) races arrive from the Lyra star system.

48,000 BC The beginning of the current age of peace of the Plejares star system.

71,344 BC Egyptian pyramids built by group of humans from Orion constellation.

~73,000 BC Planet Phaeton/Malona is destroyed by the inhabitants through war actions, more specifically, tremendous quantities of seawater are induced into the crater of a volcano. This causes an explosion that partially destroys it but which also thrusts it to a more distant orbital position whereupon a further explosions completes it's destruction. Thus the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter is created because of man's insanity and megalomania.[12] The atmosphere on Mars also becomes uninhabitable by a temporary increase in solar energy followed by a receding of the radius Sun's life-zone. Most of the human spirit forms of Malone and Mars reincarnate on Earth which is becomes the only planet remaining within the life zone.[13]

131,000 BC Refugees from space-time shifted region of Beta-Centauri led by Atlant settle on Earth and establish cities of Greater Atlantis, Lesser Atlantis and Mu. Refugees also from Plejares led by Armus settle in modern day Armenia region. Refugees from the Sirius system also settle on Earth at another location.

190,000 BC Pelegon arrives from Plejares, with 70,000 of his people, on Earth.[14]

228,000 BC War of Liberation in the Lyra and Vega systems.

387,000 BC The ET Asasel created Ledon, the father of the dark race (the native African race) with an Earth human female.[15]. Semjasa created Adam, the father of the white human race. [16]. Sartael created Tet-el, the father of the red (American Indian) human race. Giant humans of up to 33 feet height arise from the mixing of ET human and Earth human over several generations. The prophet Henok is born.

500,000 years ago Indigeneous Earth human develops first tools.

1,500,000 years ago Indigeneous Earth human develops into modern form.

2,400,000 years ago The Kinten (Chinese) and Niper (Japanese) races arrive at planet Nissan in the Lyra star system after traveling from planet Kudra of the Nisan star system.[17]

22,000,000 years ago The first three peoples who first came to Earth simultaneously. They were the red ones, the brown ones and the white ones. This came about because the Destroyer had done its work of destruction in the Lyran home systems.

26,000,000 years ago The Lyren galaxy dissolved itself and turned into energy, out of which new stars and planets and a new galaxy came into being. Some of the human spirit forms incarnated on Earth are originally from the Lyren galaxy.[18]

27,000,000 years ago The first physically recognisable humans emerged quite certainly as the life forms named hominids, which, however, first appeared very much later on the Earth.[19]

28,000,000 years ago The first humans, in their original form, came into being on the oldest planetary systems of our galaxy.[20]

5,000,000,000 years ago The Earth was so hard and solid, that slowly life developed on it, first only seas of lava and volcanoes and then, in the course of time, also the very first and ur-primitive life in the form of lichenoid plant life.[21]

7,000,000,000 years ago The Sirian Creator Overlords lost knowledge of their true ancestry or origin. They lose the capability to defend themselves and they start to genetically engineer new warrior races. Warrior races [much later] mutiny and escape with help across the galaxy and some arrive on the planet Kudra in the Nisan star system, others on planets Mars and Malona in the Sol star system and land begin to create new colonys.

12,000,000,000 years ago Nokodemjon came back out of the Arahat Athersata spirit level for the sake of his peoples, who followed no creational laws and commandments at all, to bring his peoples to reason and therefore to rationality.[22] Enoch's original tribes split into two lineages. One lineage, who we refer to as the Old Lyrians, went it's own way to settle throughout the galaxy and eventually settled in the Lyra and Vega star system in another space-time shifted configuration. Another lineage, who we now refer to as the Creator Overlords, also settled throughout the galaxy and eventually arrived in the Sirius star system.

28,000,000,000 years ago Nokodemjon became a purely spiritual form.[23]

46,000,000,000 years ago The solid body of Earth began to form.[24]

86,000,000,000 years ago The prophet Nokodemjon is born in the Waron star system in the Lyren galaxy. He appeared repeatedly until the last time of 12 billion years ago.

646,000,000,000 years ago The Earth itself had the beginning of its origins, as the first gasses, molecules, and atomic particles and quarks, and so forth, formed.[25]
1,730,000,000,000 years ago The first formations of gas come about for the Sun.[26]

1,911,000,000,000 years ago The first formations of gas come about for the Milky Way galaxy.[27]

39,260,000,000,000 years ago The first higher forms of life came into being.[28]

40,300,000,000,000 years ago The first solid material came into existence.[29]

41,800,000,000,000 years ago The stage of this universe's development was reached in which the first fine matter began to change into its transitional form.[30]

46,000,000,000,000 years ago Birth of this universe, the DERN universe.[31]

Sources
Contact Report 38
Contact Report 70
Contact Report 241
Contact Report 251
Contact Report 256
Prophets
http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/14/3279.html#POST5815
http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/12/7664.html#POST28773
http://www.tjresearch.info/OM.htm
References
1.↑ Contact Report 201
2.↑ Contact Report 201
3.↑ Contact Report 201
4.↑ Contact Report 201
5.↑ Contact Report 251
6.↑ Contact Report 179 and And Still They Fly! 2nd Edition page 242.
7.↑ Contact Report 107 and And Still They Fly! 2nd Edition page 239.
8.↑ Contact Report 70 - Line 172.
9.↑ Contact Report 150
10.↑ Contact Report 150
11.↑ http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/12/7664.html#POST28773
12.↑ Page 187 of And Still They Fly! 2nd edition
13.↑ Contact Report 201
14.↑ http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/12/7735.html#POST28797
15.↑ http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/12/9270.html#POST34120
16.↑ http://forum.figu.org/us/messages/14/2046.html#POST5396
17.↑ Contact Report 236
18.↑ Contact Report 238
19.↑ Contact Report 238
20.↑ Contact Report 238
21.↑ Contact Report 238
22.↑ Contact Report 238
23.↑ Contact Report 238
24.↑ Contact Report 238
25.↑ Contact Report 238
26.↑ Contact Report 241
27.↑ Contact Report 241
28.↑ Contact Report 238
29.↑ Contact Report 238
30.↑ Contact Report 238
31.↑ Contact Report 238

Source

Friday, November 4, 2011

EQUALITY from Figu Bullietin #31 by Billy Meier

Posted on Facebook by Christopher R. Endler on Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 5:23pm.Equality for ALL

«All men are created equal» is a principle that we Americans have heard repeatedly throughout our lifetime. It appears in our Declaration of Independence, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, and is considered the foundation of American democracy. This principle was intended to guarantee the basic freedoms and natural rights of all citizens of the United States. Many Americans, however, including women, ethnic minorities and people with lesser abilities, poorer education and little or no material possessions have been denied equality from day one of our national independence. As a matter of fact, the Father of our Constitution, James Madison, did his best to limit this universal principle to white, male property owners by inventing a principle of his own, known as the «unequal faculties of acquiring property», which he explained in ‹The Federalist no. 10›. According to this principle, property owners, who were solely wealthy white men back in 1787, are endowed with unequal faculties, from which their rights to acquire property originate. Furthermore, the first object of government, according to Madison, is the protection of these faculties. In other words, the main job of government is to protect the privileged property owners from the unprivileged populace (see «All Men Are Created Equal?» by Steven Hill).



Has equality in America improved since 1776? Well today, the top 20 percent of American earners take over half of the national income, while the bottom 20 percent only take 3.4 percent. Moreover, the U.S. has 269 billionaires, who live in unimaginable luxury, while 37 million Americans live below the poverty line, many of whom, by the way, work two or three jobs (see «37 Million Poor Hidden In The Land Of Plenty» by Paul Harris). On a global basis, the world's 356 richest families own 40 percent of humanity's wealth, while the remaining 7 billion members of our global family have to more or less fight for a slice of the rest of the pie. Nearly half of the human population is losing this fight and now lives in poverty. Inequality is the root cause of all discrimination, intolerance, disrespect, degradation, oppression, exploitation, mismanagement and slavery. Combined with a rapidly growing population, it inevitably leads to mass unemployment, the collapse of traditional social services like health care and old age assistance, a shortage of food, water, housing and energy and ultimately to poverty, hunger and disease. These consequences have already hit many of America's hard-working lower and middle class citizens, whereas the upper class continues to swim in luxury due to the unequal right of propertied citizens to acquire more wealth, more riches and more property than the rest of humanity, based on their unequal faculties.



If we as Americans and as a global humanity do nothing to stop this inequality, it will lead us deeper and deeper into a quagmire of irreversible consequences that include tyranny, dictatorship, violence, greed, hatred, terror, global war, civil war, national dissolution and anarchy.



It's quite obvious that the problem of inequality hasn't changed much in America since 1776. Its consequences, however, are far worse today than ever before due to our far greater population. On July 4th, 1776, the population of the first 13 American colonies was about 2.5 million. Today, some 230 years later, the U.S. population has increased 120-fold to nearly 300 million. This extremely high growth rate becomes even more apparent when compared to the current American Indian population which is less than 3 million. As a result of this alarming increase in population, most people in our present-day, profit-oriented society have been reduced in value to mere cost factors. If the jobs we have cost big business owners too much, they're simply rationalized without regard to the human consequences for millions of families across the country. After all, profit maximization is of greater value today than a human being. Why turn a mere profit of millions or billion of dollars a year, when it's possible to double or triple that profit by simply out-sourcing local American jobs to countries where labor is cheap. On a global level, the problem of inequality is even worse: 20 percent of the population in developed nations consume 86 percent of the world's resources. How can we possibly divide our global pie equally among a rapidly growing family of over 7 billion members? It's downright impossible! And with a current global birthrate of 2.25 percent, by the year 3000, each person on earth will have less than 2 square centimeters of living space (see www.ueberbevoelkerung.at). That's why the first logical step to solving the problem of inequality is to establish a global commission of experts to draw up a truly humanitarian program of birth control with the aim of significantly reducing and maintaining our global population at a level where all the people of earth have enough to live on, so we can all lead a life that is truly worthy of human dignity. This global birth control program must equally apply to all nations and must be approved by the people, before it is put into practice. One example of such a program is a 7-year cycle birthrate check, which is explained in an article by Christian Frehner at

www.figu.org/us/overpopulation/birthrate_check.htm.



According to Articles 1 and 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, all human beings are equal in dignity and rights, without distinction of any kind. This means that no human being is more valuable or less valuable than another human being, regardless of all differences, such as sex, age, race, belief, education, intelligence, abilities, skills, etc. All people are equal in dignity and worth and are therefore entitled to equal human rights, such as the right to equal treatment and equal respect as a human being, the right to equal opportunities in life, the right to equal education, equal health care, equal housing, equal wages, equal benefits, etc. According to Article 7 of the human-rights declaration, «all are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law». This means that the human rights of all people must be equally protected by the law.



As a result of the increasing globalization, driven by profit maximization, combined with a rapidly growing world population and the rationalization of ever more jobs due to the advancement of computer and information technology (see interview with Jeremy Rifkin), the value of a human being in our society diminishes with each passing day, and this global trend is going from bad to worse, as our global birthrate continues to boom, while the job market gradually shrinks. In 1995, 800 million people were unemployed or underemployed worldwide, and in 2001, this number rose to over one billion. How can we stop this global trend and its devastating consequences? Certainly not by ignoring it or pretending it doesn't exist! We have to wake up and face reality. We are dealing with a ticking time bomb called overpopulation that only we can defuse and bring under control, if we start to use the common sense we were born with to develop an effective solution. If we do not reverse this trend and reduce our global population, all other problems we face today, including inequality, will only get worse and eventually become unsolvable.



So instead of fighting each other for the last remaining resources on earth, let's tackle this problem with our ingenuity like rational human beings. We can easily do this by introducing a global birth control program, like the 7-year cycle birthrate check mentioned above. Such a measure would be of great help to us in our fight for equality.

Human equality, by the way, also means that no work of any human being is more valuable or less valuable than the work of another human being. All work fulfills an important function in society and is therefore absolutely equal in value. Consequently, the work of every human being is an equally valuable contribution to society, be it the work of a computer specialist at Microsoft or a burger flipper at McDonalds. As a society, we are indebted to specialists like Bill Gates whenever we use a computer and we are equally indebted to our nation's burger flippers whenever we're on the go and need a quick meal. However, it's hard teaching young people that one job is just as valuable as another, when a privileged minority like Bill Gates rakes in billions of dollars a year, while millions of hard-working American families can barely make ends meet. In a truly democratic and humanitarian society, it's the right and the duty of every responsible citizen to question such inequality. After all, 37 million working Americans live below the poverty line, and that is unworthy of human dignity! If all work is equally valuable and worthy of human dignity, then why aren't all wages?

The prevailing wage inequality throughout the world stems from a false and arrogant assumption that certain jobs are more valuable than others because they allegedly require greater responsibility or a higher education. All jobs, however, require responsibility and know-how, whether it's the job of a teacher, a farmer, a musician, a writer, an office cleaner, a scientist, a street sweeper, a politician or whatever. Every human being fulfills an important function in society through his work, and viewed as a whole, no human being is more or less important or more or less valuable than another in the fulfillment of his work. Therefore, no work of any human being is better, higher, nobler, more important, more meaningful or more valuable than that of another. Every job is equally important and should therefore receive equal pay.



Decisive in performing any work is the effort put forth. Therefore, all human beings have an equal obligation to perform their work to the best of their ability. In return, they should be paid according to the human effort they invest. This means that whoever performs a job to the best of his ability should be paid more than whoever performs a job far below his ability. A system based on rewarding human effort would be more just than the current system of rewarding performance alone because no two people are alike in their abilities and skills. Why should someone be punished with a lower wage for doing his best, when he is less skilled, or rewarded with a higher wage for performing below his potential, when he is more skilled? Besides, a fair system of payment, based on human effort, would be a great incentive for every human being to do his best at work.

All people determine the course of their own life by the decisions and actions they take, and as human beings, we are all obliged to do what we can to fight injustice and to improve our situation in life. Since we alone carry the full responsibility for all of our problems in life, we should also be invested with the full power of self-governance, so we alone can determine the most effective solutions to our problems. After all, a real democracy is a government of the people, by the people and for the people. However, if we as a people choose to ignore our problems or expect other people, like politicians, to solve them for us, we will never overcome them. The people of the United States or any other nation of the world can easily put an end to the inequality they suffer by simply taking control of their own lives and practicing self-governance. The Swiss have been doing this for nearly 150 years now. (See Direct Democracy in Switzerland by Gregory Fossedal at www.adti.net/ddis/DDinSwitzerland_031203.htm and also www.direct-democracy. geschichte-schweiz.ch)



How can we acquire more self-governance? Well, we can start by promoting the organization of people's referendums at all levels of society, so all people can exercise their right to vote on world, national, state and local matters. That way, we the people no longer have to support the activities of political parties or leaders that no longer represent our interests or succumb to the whims of some big business that decides to rationalize jobs in our towns and communities. With people's referendums at world, national, state, county and local levels, we the people - not the politicians - decide whether we as a nation go to war, whether we approve of a particular tax or whether we permit big business to rationalize jobs in our communities. On a global level, we alone decide when and where to send our multinational peace-fighting troops to restore peace in the world (see «World Peace and Multinational Peace-Fighting Troops» by Barbara Harnisch and Billy Meier under ‹Friedenskampftruppen›). The power of a nation will therefore rest in the hands of the people and not the politicians or any other leaders. Our leaders, who must be wise and knowledgeable experts from all walks of life, will only serve in an advisory capacity to educate the population on all issues of concern to the people. They will only be permitted to bring ideas before the people and must then put them into action, once they are voted on.



With the help of people's referendums, we can even put an end to wage inequality. Fair wages for all can be achieved by organizing a nation-wide referendum to vote on this issue. Just think, if we vote for a maximum wage of 120,000 dollars a year in the United States, millions of new jobs can be created, and the wages of all workers can be raised to 50,000 dollars or more a year. This will not only improve the quality of living in America but it will also be a real incentive for all people, young and old, to find work and do their very best on the job. Similar referendums can be organized in all countries of the world. As a matter of fact, if equal wages are established globally, it will quickly put an end to all cheap labor and with it the outsourcing of our jobs and the exploitation of foreign workers.

Many people throughout the world have come up with great solutions to common problems that are just begging to be put into practice. As a matter of fact, the ingenuity of the common people is the most valuable asset of any nation. I've heard better solutions to many of our world and national problems from secretaries, housewives and cleaning ladies than from most politicians. Walt Whitman described the common people with the following words: Genius, «is not best or most in its executives or legislatures, nor in its ambassadors or authors or colleges or churches or parlors, nor even in its newspapers or inventors … but always most in the common people.»



All people have the right to practice self-determination and the responsibility to free themselves from all forms of tyranny so they can go on to accomplish all the things that free and sovereign people have ever dreamed of, such as true freedom, lasting peace and equality for all.

What is Direct Democracy?

Twelve Questions and Answers

(The following questions and answers are from the Direct Democracy Campaign)

Q What is Direct Democracy?

A Direct Democracy is a form of government under which we the people vote directly on many of the issues, unlike the existing Representative Democracy where we basically just vote for a political party to make all the decisions for us.

Q You mean it's about referendums?

A Yes, that's the main bit, although it also encourages people to get more generally involved in running their communities.

Q So what is the Direct Democracy campaign?

A It's a campaign set up to work for direct democracy. It is not tied to any particular political cause or party, and there are many similar groups working for the same thing in other countries around the world.

Q But why set up a new group when you could just as easily campaign from inside one of the political parties?

A Because the leaders of the political parties are deeply opposed to direct democracy. After all, nobody likes having some of their powers taken away.

Q All right, but what are the advantages of Direct Democracy anyway?

A Many! For a start, it means that voters are not just restricted to voting for a party manifesto once every four years or so, even when they disagree with many of the policies contained in it. Under Direct Democracy we will be able to vote for those policies we actually agree with, but against the ones we think are wrong. It means that politicians will not be able to get away with policies that the voters at large don't want. It means that voters themselves will be able to raise issues that the politicians are avoiding.

It means…

Q Hold on, are you saying that it won't just be the government who could call referendums?

A Yes! Under Direct Democracy anybody can call a referendum, be they government or just an agreed percentage of the electorate signing a petition detailing the question to be asked. There is no reason why writing the question should always be in the hands of the politicians.

Q Doesn't all this mean an awful lot of voting all the time?

A Not really! In Switzerland the government deals with all the legislative details then puts the big questions to the voters to decide on, along with any issues which the voters themselves have raised. Voters vote up to four times a year, and in the future that will probably be done electronically from home, rather than having to traipse to the polling station every time.

Q So you're saying that Direct Democracy exists in Switzerland already?

A Yes, they've had it for nearly a hundred and fifty years now, and it not only works nationally, but they use it at county and local levels as well. The Swiss people really are in control of their government and local councils, not the other way round. The people vote on economic and social issues, on the constitution, foreign affairs, health, the environment, and also all the issues that crop up at the local level right down to planning applications. And the Swiss are not the only ones. Most democracies hold referendums at some time or another, but some hold far more than others. Recently Italy, Australia, Canada, France, Denmark and Ireland have held referendums, and over half of the states of the United States hold them on a regular basis as a way of making decisions on local issues.



Q OK, this all sounds very fine, but surely the politicians know better than we do, what's right for the country?

A That's what they'll tell you of course, but ask yourself: If the politicians are so good at knowing what's best for the country, then why is it that the two parties are always going at each others throats, each insisting that the other one in government is totally incompetent? The reality is that we the voters would be just as good at making the decisions as they are, if not better. Remember that the Swiss are now the richest country per head of population in Europe. They don't seem to have done too badly with Direct Democracy.

Q But it's different here. We don't have a tradition of using referendums.

A No, but then we didn't have a tradition of votes for women either before we gave women the vote. Tradition must never be an excuse to avoid change. Today, we are better educated than ever before, more inclined to argue with our politicians and much more aware, via the media, of what's going on in the world. We have grown up, and it's time to start making decisions for ourselves.

Q All right, but what about all those pressure groups - big business and the like? Wouldn't they use money to influence the outcome of referendums?

A There are about 220 million voters in the U.S. So there is no way that pressure groups can influence that many people.



Q OK, so what can I do to help?

A Lots of things! Today we have only partial democracy. Internationally, Direct Democracy is the way of the future, but because our government institutions are so deeply entrenched, it will only happen here in the near future if we make it. Direct Democracy itself is about each of us playing our part. So with or without the politicians' agreement, let's get to work. You can find more information on Direct Democracy under the following links:

o The Plea for Direct Democracy: voicesfordd.com

o Direct Democracy League: dleague-usa.net/index.html

o Direct Access Democracy: etches.net

o Worldwide Direct Democracy Movement: world-wide-democracy.net

Let the people decide …

Salome and BE WELL Billy

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Interview with Michael Horn

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Quote of the day by Billy Meier

For the earth humans, we wish that they, in all love and reason, tend toward bringing an end to all aggression, acts of violence and wars, as well as all criminality, all hate, all discord, every bondage as well as any craving for vengeance and retaliation. Source