[Frank Woolf]

I do realize that this will be far too "way out" for most people to accept - yet.

It is reproduced here for those who are ready for it.

THE 2012 MANIFESTO

HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE COMING TRANSITION

The crisis we are now experiencing is just a prelude to the major Transition in global consciousness that will occur during the 2012 period. In order to make the shift, the corrupt, hierarchical systems which do not serve the needs of Humanity must collapse. This will create fear and hardship for many, but for those who prepare for the paradigm shift to a new matrix of consciousness and being, the transition will be viewed as a mere inconvenience necessary for the rebalancing of Earth's and Humanity's energies. Here are the top 10 ways that you can prepare:

1 - Recognize that The United States of America is an Empire in decline. Most empires do not go to bed willingly. History shows us that the USA gets very belligerent when the economy goes south or other nations refuse to do what it tells them to. New alliances are forming that intend to counter US Hegemony. The Dollar is about to be rejected as the global currency. Unjustified and irrational wars have brought the USA to bankruptcy. The deficit is out of control. We are at the mercy of foreign energy sources. The global community is fed up with Bully USA and is about to pull the plug on many fronts. Expect the US Government to lash out in a last-ditch attempt to salvage Empire.

2 - Study and familiarize yourself with the concept of Peak Oil and its ramifications on our economic and social systems. In an era of energy scarcity, endless economic growth is not possible. The days of Milk and Honey are over. Value of Fiat paper currency (e.g. US Dollar/USD) is predicated on continual economic growth fueled by cheap energy. Peak Oil will ensure that the USD, globalism, the US economy, and all systems dependent on finance capital will collapse. This shedding process is already underway. Realize that the Good Ol Days are over and that materialism is a thing of the past.

3 - Unplug from the Mainstream Media (MSM) propaganda stream. Television, commercial radio, daily newspapers, and most of what you read on corporate-sponsored websites is disinformation and propaganda whose only purpose is to control and manipulate public consciousness in order to stifle development of human consciousness and true democracy. Kill your Television. Read, listen, watch and support local, independent, alternative and grass-roots media. Start your own blog, low power FM radio station, public access TV show, or 'zine to share the truth as you know it to be.

4 - Understand that Corporations (the Dark Forces) control our government and politicians (CorpGov). Voting is a charade to make you believe that you have a democratic choice. Democrats and Republicans serve the same elite puppetmasters and are no different from one another, no matter how genuine their rhetoric sounds. If you don't believe that Corporations are in control, then ignore that the Congress and the White House bailed out corrupt Banksters to the tune of TRILLIONS while they put on a dog-and-pony show about how much a public healthcare system will cost! The Federal Reserve will never be audited to expose the rampant corruption. The voting systems are rigged to ensure the Elites get the results they want. If you choose to engage in the voting game, only vote for Third Party and Independent candidates. Corporate-backed politicians must be flushed from the system permanently.

5 - Economically detach from The System. Know that the Finance/banking, Insurance, and Real Estate (FIRE) economy is all about sucking money from your pocket and transferring it to wealthy Elites. It is essentially legalized theft of your labor and the wealth that such labor creates. Try to operate in a cash-only fashion, under the table and out of the banks. Barter for goods and services. Consider joining or starting a local currency (LETS) system. Take your money out of the big corporate banks and place it with your local non-profit community/employee Credit Union. If you are concerned about the long-term viability of the USD and the negative effects of inflation, consider buying a home with productive farmland, machinery & tools, or other tangible goods that hold and can create value. You should also consider adding gold and silver to the mix.

6 - Learn to grow, harvest and store food. Modern just-in-time (JIT) delivery systems allow for only several days worth of food on store shelves. How long will that food last during a (manufactured?) disaster or economic collapse. Energy descent will make food via supermarkets harder to come by. Build your soil and grow your own healthy, organic fruits and vegetables. Establish a chicken coop and harvest the eggs, meat, feathers and manure. Goats are great for brush-clearing, milk and cheese. Rabbits re-produce quickly. Ponds can be stocked with fish. Learn about Permaculture and how it can make your homestead more productive with less work.

7 - Get off The Grid. Make your own energy. Capture, store and purify water. Without clean water we cannot survive. Municipal water systems are at the mercy of evaporating budgets, aging infrastructure, energy requirements, diversion by source communities/states, and tampering. Harvest rainwater from rooftops and in ponds, drill wells, establish storage tanks high up for gravity feed, install plumbing and filtration systems to ensure the water of life keeps flowing when the power goes out. Put a hot water solar system in place. Learn to purify water with a solar oven. Similarly, become energy independent. Install solar PV panels and a DC battery system, install a wood stove for heat, store fuel and have a generator in place for when the grid goes down.

8 - Learn traditional skills and healing practices. Wood working/turning, spinning, weaving, soap making, leather crafts, knitting, sewing, blacksmithing, metal working, herbal medicine, CPR, locksmithing, gun smithing, hunting, fishing, trapping, archery, animal husbandry, horse-shoeing, natural building, instrument making, coppicing, etc. Work with the local resources you have at hand rather than imported materials. Start a local guild of artisans and craftspeople to share knowledge and barter crafts.

9 - Build local community. Get to know your next-door neighbors and the locals. Attend or organize community celebrations and events. Create a phone tree for emergencies. Start a local tool/equipment exchange or barter system. Form a Neighborhood Watch, seed savers' exchange, or manufacturing cooperative. Volunteer to help the needy. Support your local farmer and shop at local, independent businesses to keep your money circulating in the local economy.

10 - Develop a personal spiritual practice. This does not mean religion! Religion is dogma that is used to politically and economically enslave humankind. Conversely, spirituality allows the individual to directly connect to Source (God/Goddess, Higher Self, the Universe, whatever you wish to call it) without an intermediate or middleman (Church, priests, dogma, institutions) getting in the way to control you. Spiritual practices include: meditation, yoga, Kaballah, shamanism, indigenous/Earth-based spiritual traditions, Tantra, ceremonial magick, prayer, etc. Pick the path that works for YOU and stick with it to develop the essential spiritual skills that you will depend on to navigate the Transition.

Remember, LOVE is the key to our collective success.

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[fredontheroad2000]

all true and proscribed action, while radical, makes sense for some people; harder to do for those with jobs and families of course. when I said radical, I should have added "not new" by any means, these thoughts emerged ahundred years ago in Germany, and again very powerfully in Europe and the US in the 60s; unfortunately, most of the movement participants were co-opted by the system.

[hopeful mom]

What if we dont have enough money to get by now and how can we get ready for all you say that will happen solar power is not cheap or easy to install and live in the city and dont have any room to have a goat or a garden what do you suggests for us

[Frank Woolf]

That is a very valid question. First let me point out that I am not a great expert with all the answers. I started this forum so people could ask questions and hopefully many will offer suggestions and/or advice.

The obvious answer to me is "move out of the city" but I do realize that may be impractical or extremely difficult for some people.

Do you have any garden at all? Even a veranda? What country are you in?

Are there any vacant lots near your home where you may be able to get permission to grow plants? By the way I don't recommend goats. They are too destructive for small areas.

Using permaculture methods it is possible to grow a significant amount of fresh food in a very small space. You can also grow many plants on walls or trellises. You don't need to buy expensive packets of seeds. Many seeds from most local fruit and veggies in the supermarket will grow fine, often better than seeds bought in packets. Obvious examples are sweet peppers, chillies, papaya, tomato, melon, squash, cucumber, etc. Citrus don't grow true to type from seed so they are risky and take a few years before they produce anything.

I agree solar power is not cheap to buy and install the equipment. It is cheaper in the long term which is fine if you have the cash to invest. I am trying to do it in stages. I have some 12 volt high intensity LED lights (tiny electricity consumption) that I will initially run from a transformer. I will later changer the transformer for a battery and solar panels.

For lighting there are plenty of alternatives such as the old pump up kerosene pressure lamps. I have a couple and they are very good, giving out lots of light and lasting for many hours on a liter of kerosene.

For water heating a solar water heater is great if you live in a place where it is practical. There are many very simple designs that an average handyman can make.

Anyone else got any suggestions?

[hopeful mom]

Thanks for getting back as fast as you did we live in annapolis md and you have given me a reat start with the suggestions and look for more wonderful quotes from others

[Frank Woolf]

I assume Annopolis is in the USA. If so I would suggest you research the many homestead groups that are springing up all over the USA in preparation for the coming changes.

Maybe you can join a group rather than try to prepare for the change on your own.

[abu farsi]

I disagree with you strongly on this one Frank.

First, you must understand that the USA is rich because of it's justice system, and the head start it got in WW2. Because of it's transparent justice system the USA has been the preferred choice for storing cash. A perfect example was Ferdinand Marcos who invested in many buildings in the USA.

Sack the $? It is true one of the greatest boons to the US $ was Roosevelt convincing Saudi princes to sell their crude in dollars, forcing every country on earth to have a supply to purchase energy for their country. Massive amounts of $s overseas boosts it's value at home. But the trouble remains, replace it with what? The USA is still the largest economy on earth by almost 3, and that is you consider Europe as a single economy. China may be the sleeping giant, but the economy of Japan, just a sliver of usable land next to the sea, is bigger than China's.

I forecast nothing will change, the poor will die and the rich will complain. A perfect example of the rich making decisions to keep themselves rich is the decision in the USA to turn corn into ethanol. This doubled the world price of corn, in turn starving people in the third world.

Systems to mitigate peak oil exist today, and you have mention some of them, but, those who need them the most have the poorest ability to implement them. Again, it will be the rich countries who implement wind power, not Sudan.

And for crying out loud, Renaissance man? This is foolishness. I am constantly dismayed to see Filipinos' who feel that carpentry is something farmers learn on the job. Every job I can think of, including common laborer, has a sophistication few could master by research and practice alone. Sure, you can make a table. And you can sit at it. But can you do it competitively? With the same sophistication? Hand tools are nice, if you want to live like a 16th century immigrant. What men learn, in collage, in apprenticeships, is knowledge simply unavailable elsewhere, or could be learned as efficiently other ways.

Get out of banks???? Why do yo think banks are there in the first place? They simply offer services unavailable elsewhere. I simply have seen no statistical data proving that smaller banks are any safer in any way than large corporate banks. I bank BPI, why? They have branches everywhere and they don't waste my time. I can just see myself banking in Podunk CU and needing cash in Manila. Talk about a nightmare.

Peak oil is coming, but your solutions seem unworkable to me.

Abu

[Frank Woolf]

First let me point out that I did not write it. I believe it was written by and/or agreed upon by a lot of large groups and organizations working for a better future.

But I will try to answer your points as best I can according to my own research and understanding.

Most of your comments are based on the assumption that nothing will change and life will just go one the same. In some ways I hope that happens but I really do not believe it will.

I may be inviting laughter and criticism here but I believe this is all part of the prophesied "end of the world". I don't believe it is the end of the world at all but it is certainly the end of the word as we know it today. Many ancient religions and philosophies have prophesied almost the same thing. Are they all wrong? Maybe, but I doubt it considering that so much has already happened to indicate they are accurate.


I totally disagree with your first paragraph. From what I am seeing and hearing the US is on the point of total collapse with debts so massive that 100% of the taxes are not enough to repay them. This, combined with the fact that the US is trying to control the world through controlling the food supply and commerce etc is why these groups exist in the first place.

Your paragraph 2
Countries all around the world are looking at alternatives to the dollar. That is a fact and it will almost certainly happen that they change to either another currency or use something like gold that is more stable because you can't just print more when you need it.

Your paragraph 3
Yes i agree, the rich (actually the super rich corporations) control the world today but it is almost a certainty it cannot last for many more years which is of course another reason why the people who wrote the 2012 manifesto are doing everything possible to prepare for the collapse that will come.

Your paragraph 4
Again I agree with what you say but if/when there is total collapse energy needs will be much lower and people will find alternatives. There was a very recent announcement of solar cells being made much cheaper but people need to stop thinking like there is an infinite supply of electricity. For example stop building homes that depend on huge supplies of electricity and build homes that use more natural forms of heating and cooling.

Your paragraph 5
If/when the collapse comes who needs sophistication? We are talking survival, not fancy living in classy homes. I just ordered beds for my beach house from a guy down the beach. 1,500 pesos each for a double bed and four double decker beds made of local bamboo. The cheapest in the shops is more than double, made of cheap metal and looks like it will fall apart in a year. He delivered the double bed yesterday. It is very strong and sturdy and looks great. I think it will last for many years longer than any modern bed from a factory. This is the sort of thing that people can learn to do. Everyone has different skills and abilities and as things change they will try to do things and find what they do best.

Personally I see reasons almost every day why I would rather live away from all the technology and commerce - and I have been a techie all my life!

Your paragraph 6
When banks were "honest" they performed a valuable service but things have changed drastically. It would be inconvenient but I can certainly manage without banks if I have to choose between losing everything when currencies collapse or keeping most because it is not cash in the bank.

[abu farsi]

You of course are not alone in the thinking that collapse of the capitalist system in the USA is near.

"I totally disagree with your first paragraph. From what I am seeing and hearing the US is on the point of total collapse with debts so massive that 100% of the taxes are not enough to repay them. This, combined with the fact that the US is trying to control the world through controlling the food supply and commerce etc is why these groups exist in the first place."

A very good argument could be made that it has already happened.

When countries go bankrupt, they don't sell off state parks, government buildings or go to work for some other country. They simply print up more cash, borrow money against future taxes, or simply ignore the debt (Africa).

America recently bailed out it's banks, and did so by borrowing money from other banks, other countries. Paying all those $s to people who simply defaulted, cheapened the $, mostly at home. Inflation is very high, I would estimate it will be 20% this year. Now, everything denominated in dollars is 20% cheaper as, those Dollars will buy 20% less. In effect when obama decided to bail the banks he did so by discounting every bodies bank account, store inventory, wages, and most importantly principal of the debt he just borrowed.

I was born in 51, all through school I was warned about "national debt" and that if I used tax dollars today I was going to have my grand children pay back those Dollars I spent. It was all nonsense.

The real losers are countries who bought the debt like China. China holds today 6 trillion in US debt, imagine there pleasure in finding that the cash they saved is now worth not 6 but 4.8 Trillion in value to the dollars they saved... Perhaps the greatest rip off in history.

No matter how many dollars in circulation, their real value is in what they can buy, or better said what people will give for them. Lets say the value of everything for sale in the USA is "X", the value of all the dollars in the world is roughly equal to "X" if their are 100 or 100 trillion of um.

It is true that the USA has a lot of power, but it does not necessary follow that the USA wants that power. And yes, events in the USA have drastic effects on people who never think of the USA. And that is a kind of power. but I have never heard of for example somebody saying to farmers, if you plant 100% rice today, you can bankrupt Vietnam. I would argue that the USA could corrupt markets for many items but it's not in it's interest to do so.

Business thrives on stability, and security, not monopolistic advantage. Monopolies choke competition and with competition, innovation. Monopolies work well if enforced by government unity, but the world at large need not obey edicts by the USA.

I defy you to cite a single example where the USA attacked an organization, country or group through manipulation of the supply of food.

[Frank Woolf]

I didn't say they attacked any country or organization through the supply of food. It is more subtle than that.

Very briefly this is part of what I see happening.

GMOs spread their pollen by natural means to adjoining areas, sometimes over long distances. The Monsanto "GMO Police" visit adjoining areas and if they find any GMO crops they sue the farmers who's crops were infected and who never wanted the GMOs in the first place.

The cross pollination is effecting heirloom crops like the thousands of types of corn that have been carefully looked after and handed down from generation to generation for centuries in Mexico. Competing crops like these may be wiped out by the spread of GMOs.

Monsanto has been buying up competing seed companies for years until now in many areas the only seeds available are from Monsanto or their many subsidiaries and front companies. If the farmers keep seeds as they always have to plant next year they are sued by Monsanto. They have to buy new seeds from Monsanto every year along with Monsanto pesticides.

People overseas are believing the Monsanto propaganda and trying GMOs. In india this resulted in over 1,000 farmers committing suicide as the cost was eventually too high and their returns so low they could not pay their debts. I don't know how many thousand went bankrupt but did not commit suicide.

Monsanto can produce any dangerous food it likes and none is tested by the US government. Overseas laboratories in many countries have repeatedly shown GMO foods to be dangerous. The US government is now trying to make it illegal on a worldwide scale to label products saying they are contain GMOs or that they are GMO free.

The next GMOS to be sold and currently being tested in Hawaii have something in them that kills bees. This means that wherever they are grown the bees may be wiped out which in turn will wipe out millions of crops and wild plants.

If they succeed in all this they will rapidly control most of the world's food supply so most of the world will be dependent on the US and Monsanto GMOs

Sounds crazy but I believe the many professional scientists and laboratories around the world rather than Monsanto have have been proven to be liars on many occasions.