ANH Generosity Exchange- part 2

[Aurora Carlson]

Dear friends,

A new vision was recently born within our Alliance:

A global platform facilitating the exchange of generosity in the form of goods and services between people of a new humanity.

This Global Exchange platform intends to nourish the present evolutionary growth of every one of its participants, which we have identified as the need:

-to manifest our true Self
- to sincerely value and care for ourselves, each other and the ecosystem we are part of
- to find and use our inner power for the creation of our new world
- to offer and enjoy the abundant fruits of our highest creativity
- to relate, communicate and cooperate in freedom, love and reverence (and if possible, with humor!) for the increased joy and growth of us all
- to financially sustain our activities while at the same time contributing to the sustainability of our Alliance.

The vision is still in its cradle on the plane of manifested reality, but many fantastic people have gathered already to nourish it with their energy- thank you Geoffrey, Renata, Linda, Janice, Raquel, Ezequiel, Kim, Adriana (Agape), John John, Sioban, Krishna, Jean and Dave! It is wonderful to grow together with you!

Everyone who feels inspired to participate in any way- with comments, ideas, time, skills, talents, well wishes or good thoughts- Be welcome!

Our task right now is to continue brainstorming around the question: How do we want this platform to function? What do we want to be able to do within it? We are the ones who will use this platform in the future- so if you could wish anything at all- how would you wish it to be?

With love and lots of inspiration,
aurora

Note: The first part of this discussion can be read here: ANH Generosity Exchange- part 1
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[Aurora Carlson]

Dear everyone, to make it easier for everyone to keep up with our project and jump in, I thought it is good that we periodically start a new thread, with a summary of where we have arrived. That's why we now have "Part 2".

Here is the latest news: yesterday I had a short and inspired talk with Kim. For those of you who don't know her (I didn't), she works with the administration of the ANH with "all possible things that need to be done" and is an incredibly warm, spontaneous, honest, creative and beautiful person.

The great thing is that she has promptly removed two of the issues that could restrain our flow - limitations of existing internet platforms we wanted to use, and the legal aspects. She expressed what some of us have felt too: these things will be solved as we go, probably through the resources of the ANH administration.

So instead of wondering what platforms exist out there so we can adapt to them, let's now fully focus on what we want this future platform to do for us, knowing the software will somehow be created. Instead of worrying how to solve the law aspects, let us go on with our vision, knowing that those things will be fixed.

The most important part of any manifestation is clearly and fully "reading" the message of the creative impulse within ourselves. And this is how I like it most - no boundaries for our creativity!

Let me know what you all think, okay?
love, aurora

[Geoffrey Charlton]

Aurora:

I came upon this quote from Gandhi that I thought was quite powerful and appropriate:.

"A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history". – Gandhi

[Mir Iam]

This is a link to Paul Haken-speech where last week, he was presented with an honorary doctorate of humane letters by University of Portland, when he delivered this superb commencement address.

http://www.charityfocus.org/blog/view.php?id=2077

[Aurora Carlson]

Thanks so much for posting this Mir, the only way I can describe it is "soul dynamite" :) Anyone who needs a reminder of who we are- check out Mir's link.
love, aurora

[Trish Knox]

Mir,

Yes, this is one powerful address! Poetic, practical, light-hearted and pointed! I jump out of my skin when I read it after the fact. Imagine being at that event!

Trish

[SIOBAN]

THANK YOU AURORA FOR BRINGING FORWARD PART TWO, OF THIS DISCUSSION.

I WOULD LIKE TO PUT FORWARD FURTHER USE OF SKYPE TO OFFER CONSULTATION, FOR PEOPLE ON.... HEALTH, SPIRITUAL DIRECTION, MEDITATION, AND CREATIVE LIVING DIRECTION, WRITING POETRY SONGS, MUSIC, AND THE ARTS...
PAYMENT COULD BE MAKE BY PAY PAL. AND AS YOU POINTED OUR AURORA, PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE AN ACCOUNT TO USE THIS FACILITY... AND A PORTION CAN BE DONATED TO ANH... LETS USE OUR CREATIVITY AND MODERN TECHNOLOGY TO ACHIEVE... PEACE SIOBAN

[Janice Kennedy]

Hi Aurora,
I have been spending long days in thought of how I could offer my services to this program.
Up until now have only offered my services in the flesh, here in Australia.
The generosity exchange now offers me the opportunity to work with international clients, whilst donating to a wonderful cause, and fulfilling my vision & purpose.
My services are:
Wellness for the Body:
Exercise & Nutritional Programs sent via email.
Wellness for the Mind:I
Transformational Coaching Programs offered via phone using Skype. I
Wellness for the Soul:
Subscription to People of Purpose Group - Self Development/Meditation Series weekly communications and affirmations.
Just organizing my services to be sold overseas has been a starting point for me, as I ponder how I can be of service to this project.
At this point I do not have a website, but I am exploring the free sites as we speak.
Will we need individual websites?
I would need to explore payment options as well. Perhaps the technologically minded ones in our group might be able to let us know what is required in these areas.
The way I am seeing the generosity exchange taking form is:
1) We already have ANH to share our stories, visions, dreams, and connect with likeminded beings to bring about an awakening to the ways of the new paradigm, and to lift consciousness and vibration of humanity within the dynamics of a large movement or group.
2) ANH allows us to form relationships, and bonds with others, with the freedom to express our gifts and offer healing and love to one another, without any transfer of money. Hence it is a generous space with no hidden agendas.
3) ANH needs support with the funding, so as we can continue to connect in this way.
4) Generosity exchange will be the platform where we can go to find services from our loving members, separate from ANH's original purpose.
5) Each practitioner would have a profile and a list of goods and services and linked in to PayPal and a clear summary of pricing and how much is being donated

This is my simple way of offering what I see generosity exchange being.

Having said this I am absolutely ready to follow whatever you geniuses come up with.

I hope this is enough to express my genuine interest in this project so far.

Lots of love
Janice Kennedy
Pure Inspiration Group

[Aurora Carlson]

Geoffrey... you hit the nail on the head- this is very much about us understanding the truth of what our spirit is capable of doing through us. I very much see this project as a step on the journey of finding out who we truly are. If we can keep our purity of intention, our alignment with our highest truth, if we can keep being who we truly are- then this will be the universe working as us. Easily, enjoyably, effectively :) Hey, let's have them as our Three Guiding E's :-)

[Aurora Carlson]

Dear Sioban,

so you would like this platform to make it possible for you to offer distance consultations in different areas.

I agree, Skype (or other such services) can be a great tool for people with your needs, and surely it would be good to include an easy way to access it directly from our platform. I know Skype has some kind of buttons one can build into websites ... I think it is even possible to have all telephone numbers appearing on a site with a direct link to Skype. This is a very good idea I believe we should keep.

NOTE to organizers (us): easy, direct access to Skype built into the platform.

And you also wish this to be a free platform, for everyone, not only for members of the ANH - do I understand you correctly? Or are you speaking about Pay Pal not needing the payers to have an account?

This prompts a question we might want to look at: Would it be good if users of the GE (Generosity Exchange) would register themselves with the ANH, if they agree to the principles of the ANH in order to be members of the GE? We could market the GE everywhere on the web, so all people looking for a better world can find it, but I wonder... would it not be good that we drew people's attention to our alliance, let them know that we exist, that we have the goals we have, and that they too can be a part of it? I kind of see the GE as a natural part of the ANH- and to me, the ANH is free for all who want to create a new humanity.

What do you, Sioban and others, think of this?

[Aurora Carlson]

Dear Janice, your hours of thought have been spent well I see :) You are contributing with exactly what we need now, a list of your needs so we know what we want to create.

After reading your post above I have a few questions to you and everyone:

1. Do you think it is a good idea to create the platform in such a way that we can work both globally and locally? Creating a global platform doesn't have to exclude the local. We could see to it that people can find what exists in Australia or Guatemala or New Hampshire specifically, if they so wish. Tags or something like that could easily fix it, or we could create geographical "rooms" , or both. We could list every offer with the range it has, from global to the most local. There is no reason why someone like you, Janice, could not use the GE for all their activities. If the platform is well built and very functional, then it can actually make your own local activities much easier. What do you guys think? And are there other tools you would need to make the GE an ideal place for you even locally? Examples:
- a system of subscription for your happy clients to news from you
- a system of mass e-mail directly from GE
- video/audio conference rooms for your services included/accessible directly on your spot in the GE

2. everyone who offers something on the GE will have to have a personal space I think. It will include info of who and where we are, info about the products/services, links to payment, and probably some kind of feedback option for clients, because I think that is the best way to self-regulate quality and authenticity. Probably we will want to have links to our personal page here within the ANH and to our other existing websites (Janice, I guess having a separate webpage or not is best left optional). What else do you all think should be in our personal spot? We need to remember that this is meant for both services, events and products.

3. About payment, Janice, Pay Pal is simple and easy to access and use from all over the world as far as I know. But I would like to ask everyone if they know of any even better way, there might be. Maybe something organized by a "new humanity" movement, something that so to say helps new humans help others. I don't know what the values of the people of Pay Pal are, and if we could cooperate with some other service that is specifically directed to doing good in the world- why not? Also, do you think we should have several options for payment? In that case we would have to find a flexible way to handle the donations.

4. Reading your point nr. 4, Janice, this question came up: do you guys see the GE as having a separate purpose from the original ANh purpose? If so, why?

To me, the ANH is about transforming one's consciousness first, then learning to act from a higher identity inside, and then gathering with others as one to form the structure of the new humanity. To me, this is precisely what we are doing. And to me, a new human being is one who even creates material/financial abundance, but does so from a new consciousness: not as a goal, but as a natural effect of the inner flow of abundance and divine creativity, and not for the individual only, but for all beings. So to me, what we are doing now is what the ANH stands for: we have hopefully transformed ourselves enough to know the difference between spirit and ego inside, and now we are learning to act in the world fully, from spirit and not ego, and do so together.

To me, creating money is not unspiritual. On the contrary, I believe we have arrived at the point where the next thing to do on our spiritual journey is unleash our creativity to sustain the life of the new humanity.
I'd love to know everyone's thoughts about spirituality and money, because without a clear understanding in us all of what we are doing and why, if we somehow "sneak" around the topic of money, if we somehow believe that creating money and being spiritual are in opposition, our energy and project will not flow fully. I think it is good if we really look at this now, from the start.

These were my thoughts up to now, thank you all for yours, let's keep flowing!

Love and a great hug to each of you!
aurora

[Mieke van der Poll]

Dear Aurora,

I have read part I and part II of this Generosity Exchange idea and I think it is a superb idea.

Everything is shifting at the moment as far as money exchange is concerned.

My idea is that it would be the best if a whole new global online financial system could be created that makes it really possible for people all over the world to participate in.

And that such a system should need a personal card and a personal electronic device that
can generate a unique personal code, based on one’s personal pincard number that has to be entered into the electronic device, each time you use it.

I do not have any experience with the pay-pal system and to be honest, I do not want to use a credit card on the Internet for my payments, so for that reason alone I did not purchase that much online. Made a few efforts in the past but they were all disappointing.

I am from that generation where even today many people still do not want to be involved in online money transfer or banking. The reason I do it is because my husband worked with a bank in our country, so I learnt slowly but surely how to manage it.

But that same generation is discovering the Internet more and more and in my country (the Netherlands) for instance, companies are discovering that they need to offer people more than one possibility nationally to let them pay for the goods they order.

But international payment is another subject.

I know in Europe the banks have developed an online system to simplify transactions involving bank accounts from other countries.

In this way one can make online payments in European countries, using one’s own bank account and two international codes, i.e. the IBAN and the BIC code.

IBAN means: International Bank Account Number

BIC means: Bank Interchange Code

If one is already acquainted with making online national payments through ones own bank account, this European solution is an easy extension. If it could be used globally, then of course this would be in my opinion the best solution, because you do not have to change the system and you can make use of one electronic personal device and one personal pin-card.
And they generate one unique number code each time you use it. And that code is only valid for that one transaction.

Well, so far my input. I hope I did make it clear enough to understand.

I know that if I was enabled in the above way to purchase goods globally online, I would do so because in my experience it is one of the safest ways to pay.

I agree with you that creating money is not unspiritual. And if the goods that are offered are worth it, then in my view people are willing to pay for it.

It still is quite a task on itself to enable this online though.
But once familiar with online safe banking, a whole barrier will be removed to make that possible.

The best of luck with this project!

Mieke

[Aurora Carlson]

Dear Mieke- first, how wonderful to see you here! I have been reading your wise and loving words for years in different forums, but this time I can actually see your face, and that makes it even better !

Thank you for your thoughts about our project. I hear a very valuable considerent for us to note, that we need to have different options for payment to suit the so different backgrounds of people. I am very grateful that you point out that someone from your region, generation and background prefers bank-to-bank payments. As far as I know, the system you describe works between many countries all over the world, so it should of course be an option.

NOTE 2 to organizers (us): bank to bank payments need to be possible.

Mieke, I would like to ask for your input on something, because of your specific background (anyone's input welcome of course): How do you think we can unite the needs of people from countries rich in money with the needs of people in countries rich in other things?

What would a Western person with a good economy need from... say... rural artists in India? Or from women's cooperatives in Africa? What would they consider a valuable exchange? How would they want this to be organized (besides method of payment), so that the mutual generosity flows easily, enjoyably and effectively?

Thank you for adding your energy to our group!
love, aurora