We all need to self-realize the collective values of humanity: love, compassion, solidarity, justice, cooperation, peace and so many others. It will be through these values that one day we will get to write a human story that fills us with satisfaction. I wish his Holiness Francisco l a fate of excellence and success. May his religion be at the service of everyone and everything.

Maintaining harmony with the environment that houses us is essential for the well-being of our lives and the balance of its resources for our prosperity over time.

“If we do not advance in our spiritual development and a happier life, what good is economic growth? This is a constitutional right.

A great source of political / institutional transformation manifests itself when we experience a real sense of belonging and citizen identity. When we go from doing or having to “being” … not just “one”, but “everyone”.

“Sustainability is not an option, it is our only fate.”

“If we do not advance in our spiritual development and a happier life, what good is economic growth? This is a constitutional right.

The real change in our country will be a change in consciousness.

“The great virtue of old age is to go from knowledge to wisdom. Let’s listen to that wisdom! It is not an easy step, particularly when facing problems of poverty, abandonment, segregation, health and social insertion. I respect and love all the elderly in the world. , and I thank you for having built on your shoulders a well-being that I can enjoy today. It makes me reflect on how we can embrace and nurture an indestructible and interconnected intergenerational chain.”

“Justice must be equitable, permanent and universal. Justice for those who have been directly affected as well as for their closest relatives. A justice that is accompanied by compassion and empowerment. Justice is the second rung.”

“The great virtue of old age is to pass from knowledge to wisdom.
Let’s listen to that wisdom! It is not an easy step, particularly when facing problems of poverty, abandonment, segregation, health and social insertion. “

“I respect and love all the elderly in the world, and I thank them for having built on their shoulders a well-being that I can enjoy today. It makes me reflect on how we can embrace and nurture an indestructible and interconnected intergenerational chain.”

“A fact of this magnitude should never be forgotten. But we are convinced that the necessary conditions can be created for a real and definitive forgiveness to be manifested.

“You have to understand that truth, justice and reconciliation are states of Being (within us, individually and collectively). That is why just talking about truth, justice and reconciliation is not enough. For these processes to reach their true destination, a great commitment from everyone and at all levels (internal / external, material / spiritual, individual / collective) is needed. This is not just a political commitment, while recognizing that it is of significant importance. “

Empowerment demands direct participation, an individual and collective conscience, the exercise of internal and external power, a sense of belonging, a capacity for negotiation, and a recognition of who we are and how we insert ourselves in our society.

For the vast majority, empowering themselves is a process in which I can self-determine the changes I am looking for individually and collectively. This process is outlined, for example, through access to information, inclusion and participation, the improvement of institutional and organizational capacity, etc.

In the economic and social sphere, citizen empowerment is essential since it defines the access, use, management and conservation of our natural resources and the environment; determines the provision of public services; establishes budget management; improves governance at the regional and local level; develops markets to which poor people have access; establishes the bases for the adequate administration of justice; etc. However, it is important to say that true empowerment begins within ourselves: internal empowerment. Only then will we know what we are, where we are going, and what is the final destination we are trying to reach.

Internal empowerment is also very relevant for a family, a neighborhood, a region or a nation, and this is achieved through the self-realization of our true values, identity, sense of belonging, reason for existing, collective conscience, art. and music, popular expression, self-determination, self-esteem, equity and justice, cooperation and solidarity, etc. We must always have a reason to empower. The next stage of our transformation is empowered development.

The most important thing in life is knowing your mission on earth. You did not arrive on this beautiful planet by parachute. There is something very unique that you must achieve. When you are on the mission path, you will always be happy.

I ASK THE EARTH
I ask my beautiful and sweet earth
That from tragedy always spare  us.
That make all war disappear today
And also that great tremor that beset us.
Please protect our North.
You just have to know that we already understood your message.
We know you deserve respect and support
And never again such savage destruction.
That from today and always may stop
Major earthquakes.
And so for the good of all and those who will come
Let’s find new moments of compassion and love.
I sing to my brothers from Iquique, Arica and the North
With strength, courage, peace, and high hopes.
So that they never allow the earth to stay dreadful
But today, together with her, powerful bonds of
trust.
Everything will happen soon, very soon.
But let it be known that everything stays in the cosmic memory.
That demands of us a commitment that is not foolish.
But smart, true, and full of glory.
Since I’m not a poet, I say goodbye to you right now
To enter into prayer with my wise and beautiful Earth
The prayer that my inner little bell reveals to me

That rings and rings nonstop for the love that binds us.

If equity is the answer, what is the question?
If the sustainability of our nation is the answer,
what is the question?
If tax reform is the answer, what is the question?
If the new constitution is the answer, what is the
question?
If the constituent assembly is the answer, what is the
question?
If happiness is the answer, what is the question?
If justice is the answer, what is the question?
This is not rhetoric, it is going to the bottom of what we are
doing. Otherwise, all citizens see that “things” are done, but we do not know what is the vision that is being embraced. If we do not consensually share the nature and horizon of “the question”, of the vision, in practice it should be indifferent what the answer is. De facto, it is the vision, it is the question, the one that must
become the point of reference for when we evaluate the answer, or the answers.

The Great Filters That Limit Our Development of Consciousness
1. Get carried away by emotions.
2. A feeling of constant stress.
3. Living subjugated to fear.
4. High levels of toxicity.
5. Limited by our own values and beliefs.
6. Excessive use of the discriminating mind.
7. Internal disorders.
8. Great external chaos.
9. Inability to reach higher levels of concentration.

Where are we going? Someone knows? They are fundamental questions that arise mainly from concerns about the uncertainty that we live today. Sometimes we think that “someone is doing it for us”. But we quickly realize that this is not the case. Many things are done but much less results are achieved than we expect.

Offering others only your mind would lead us to a loss of the path of humanity. Offering others only your soul would create a false feeling of inner happiness. Offering others only your body would lead us to a process of decomposing ourselves. Offer all of them as ONE and you will contribute to the divine collective.

The experiences of the body and soul are fundamental for all of us. For this life, in the form of a human being, they are inseparable. As our logic moves the body away from the soul – higher and lower, outside and inside, material and spiritual – we begin to live in a total duality and fully attached to the notions of what is “right or wrong” (judgment). But, when there is a total union between the body and the soul, then the right or wrong disappears.

Why do you put your words in my mouth all the time? Do you want me to speak your language? Or, do you want me to speak my language in my own words? I will never have the ability to speak your words and if I do, they will have no meaning. It is not possible for me to do that. Feed your roots in nature, in the forests, in the mountains, in the meadows, and thus you can awaken your divine dimension.

I hope that the grandsons and granddaughters and great-grandsons and great-granddaughters of the world can hear the barking of a dog, the singing of many birds, the cackling of chickens, the howling of a fox … that they can see and appreciate a puma, a condor , an elephant … That they can bathe in natural and crystalline waters. May they feel true nature in everything, including the food they eat daily. That they can live in a human-natural environment without major diseases and epidemics. Change now! Act now! Peace now! Sustainability now!

Our America is one. Enough of dividing it into physical, economic, ethnic, ecological borders … This demands a new way of looking at sovereignty. I feel that the time is near for our consciences to witness millions of children hugging our neighbors. The conscience of these children must not be mutilated by the mistakes that our generation (or those past) implemented. We will see all the dances that feed the roots of life and all that we are dance. To fight against that horizon, and to avoid those embraces of brotherhood, is to sacrifice the most valuable thing that we have: our human heritage in its entirety

We live in a material world. But we have a hard time managing material wealth, which, as we know, ends up in the hands of very few. Economics, as we practice it today, does not care about “the other”. It is an economy without gratitude that you exist, that nature exists, or that we all exist. The market has no gratitude. The market destroys our ability to nurture an “economic gratitude”: the gratitude of vividly sharing the material wealth that ultimately belongs to all of us. The “economic gratitude” gives the character of “quality” to material well-being (not just quantity). Let’s practice solidarity economics as a first step towards the existence of “economic gratitude”.

“Ethnic gratitude” exists from the moment of your conception: your reason for being in space (geography, family, culture, values …) and in time (when did you arrive, what is your history, what are your roots and reincarnations … ). “Ethnic gratitude” has a personal and collective dimension, demanding respect for all ethnic groups in this universe. Discrimination, lack of respect, exclusion, ethnic destruction are proof of the non-existence of “ethnic gratitude”. The ethnic crystallizes true earthly existence, spiritually anchors all living beings, and feeds a worldview where we are all ONE on this planet.

Being a citizen defines our sense of collective belonging, along with all the rights and all the responsibilities of living in a human collective. “Citizen gratitude” is the key to open the supreme space of collective consciousness, of collective being, of collective action, of collective agreement, of collective social contract … Citizen empowerment is the only way to a true democracy. A democracy without “citizen gratitude” is a cart with only one ox: it only goes around in vicious circles. A citizen empowerment without gratitude is a ship without a rudder.

Gratitude is a positive energy of human transformation. It must be discovered, developed and applied at all times and in all spaces. She makes us contact what is beyond the immediate phenomenon: to not only give attention to the candle but also to the candlestick. It is to be grateful for what is deserved and what is not deserved, what we ask for and what we have not asked for, the good moments and the less good moments, what exists and what does not exist, what is manifested and what is not manifested … Unconditional gratitude eliminates even the sound of our words.

To live gratitude, you have to “realize.” About what? About the benefits received, the impacts manifested, the lessons learned … even in the most subtle spaces of our existence. Gratitude is like “the depth of field” that makes it possible for us to show the best camera in the world. Without gratitude there is no “depth of field”; we do not see beyond our noses and we act in accordance with that blindness. A way of life without gratitude is flat and flat; there is no perspective there.

There is a gratitude that emanates from the soul, from the subtle body, and which enters and leaves the through the crown chakra. The nature of this gratitude is different from all others I have experienced. It is “Divine Gratitude”: an infinite and unconditional gratitude. A gratitude that envelops the mind, body and soul. A gratitude that does not subtract but multiplies. A gratitude that contains all other forms of gratitude.

Creation took place within the space of “divine gratitude.” Recognize and nurture “ecological gratitude”; the one that embraces the interdependence between all forms of life that exist on the planet. Life is ONE, with infinite manifestations. “Ecological gratitude” opens up that path that values how crucial Nature is in human life. “Ecological gratitude” carries with it the responsibilities of creation, protecting and enjoying without destroying and depredating what has been made available to us. Who does not have “ecological gratitude” will never give importance to the relationship between creation and human transformation.

Gratitude goes beyond time and space, since it constitutes in itself “time and space”. That is why we must cultivate “intergenerational gratitude” who possesses the grace, rhythm, and melody of the past as well as the present and the future. Without “intergenerational gratitude” we will never respect the existence of older adults or future generations. The “intergenerational gratitude” feeds back the ties that bind the passing of time. The path of life, in all its dimensions, must never be truncated.

I have a great companion who inevitably arrives with me every day: the night. The existence of her in my material and spiritual path has made me develop “nocturnal gratitude”. I cannot exist without the night, where I meditate, rest, renew myself, dream, and am reborn at the end of its existence. This “nocturnal gratitude” comes elegantly dressed in black, illuminated by the moon, accompanied by the stars, dedicated to the rest of the sun … Through “nocturnal gratitude” we self-realize a silence full of subtle messages. The “nocturnal gratitude” teaches us to deeply feel the infinite “continuity” between darkness and light. Let’s not break that continuity!

There is no night without dawn, just as there is no light without darkness. Only dawn makes me forget that another night has gone to rest. A cycle where my gratitude is infinite: “daytime gratitude”. She allows me to see, see you, see them, and guide my way to a defined destination. We are nothing without sunlight. Infinite natural processes exist simply because of a “new dawn”. With “daytime gratitude” I look around me incessantly, I observe the transformation processes, and I fully incorporate myself into the cycles of life.

We know “present gratitude” when we become a living and true testimony of what happens in “the here and now.” I am eternally grateful to live that moment, as this represents a unique and infinitely rewarding space of life and wisdom. “Present gratitude” helps me detach (not detach) with respect and recognition (the roots) of my past. “Present gratitude” builds and connects us to our future, allowing the cycle of life to have its sacred place. “I am present!”

I am convinced that gratitude has the soul of a woman, steeped in its energy. This is the “female gratitude” that reminds us, moment by moment, that we are vehicles of creation. I am the fruit of “feminine gratitude” who, in this sacred universe, allows the spirit to lightly transit to matter; a phenomenon that ‘reflects my whole body’. “Female gratitude” is the origin of the attribute ‘quality’ in everyday life. This “female gratitude” manifests itself in everyone and everything. Nothing can exist without it. That is the divinity that accompanies “feminine gratitude.” Thanks.

You always have to harbor polarity and not get cornered in a single trend in life. “Male gratitude” is art and part of this polarity. This gratitude shows us the sacred and inevitable path that runs from the material to the spiritual. In “masculine gratitude” the dimension “quantity” is housed within all forms of life that temporarily reside on this planet. Through “male gratitude” we recognize weight, density, and physical strength. I feel it in my legs when I walk on the mountain and I recognize it in my struggle to build and protect the physical space of my spirit.

Infinite gratitude to see so many colors in my life; external and internal colors. “Colorful gratitude” allows me to experience diversity in a special way. I can view all human races with deep love and many varieties of roses with admiration and humility. How can there be so much beauty in front of us? “Colorful gratitude” allows our eyes to nurture ‘the wisdom of vision’. It allows us to ‘refine’ and ‘unite’ through differences, important and indispensable, to live and love diversity. When I recognize a certain color, I see how important the faculties of our being are. I could not imagine a world without colors or a world of only one color.

I learned how important aromatherapy is: where its faculties lead to material and spiritual well-being for all life forms on the planet. I have a “perfumed gratitude” that brings me closer to or away from a space, a creature, or a living being, giving me the opportunity to recognize through smell the universal properties of healing and healing. Everything is like a great miracle. The “perfumed gratitude” establishes in our lives a unique path, where we self-realize the presence of an ancient garden: the true mirror of life. The “perfumed gratitude” creates the vehicle of ethereal and spatial existence that transports the beings of light that today have zero weight and zero density: a manifestation of the truly angelic.

The path to enlightenment has defined not only a horizon that will help me fulfill my life contract (the dharma), but it has also opened my eyes to the options that I must choose at each point in time and space (karma ). Today an “enlightened gratitude” has been born that becomes the visible beacon, in relation to which I must maintain my full attention in times of storm. The “enlightened gratitude” fuels the hope that we can expand our individual and collective consciousness; source of great inner joy. This enlightened gratitude allows us to focus on the architecture and nature of our next spiritual state – the only thing that should interest us now.

He thought that the loss of innocence was an irreversible process. When they told me: “you lost your innocence” or “you are no longer innocent”, it tore my inner being, increased my density, and made my material and spiritual weight grow. Today I know that is not true. All inner change is born from a space of pure innocence. That is why I discovered the “innocent gratitude” that takes my breath away to
see virgin spaces within the path of being. “Innocent gratitude” is essential to open the doors to a daily discovery of something pure, new, unique and captivating. The “innocent gratitude” is born in the space of absolute purity. Let’s renew innocence, let’s discover pure spaces. “Innocent gratitude” allows us to live in a state where “everything is” and where there is no “should be.”

As they say, no one is an island; and this refers to the company of the human, natural, or divine. In life everything is accompanied: companion and companion, ying and yang, night and day, light and darkness … That is why I carry with me the “gratitude companion”, which teaches us that we are not alone, nor that alone we can reach some part. The “gratitude companion” helps us to understand that our contribution is very small in relation to the contribution of another, or others. “Companion gratitude” nurtures our ‘sense of mutuality’ in the face of all life circumstances. Many think that they do it all. I have reached a moment of gratitude that is fed an infinite number of times with the mantra: “I am because you are, you are because I am.”

I will never be able to see a flower if that flower is not seeing me. The flowers are a representation of the divine spirit that rests daily in the beauty of what he is capable of creating. I bow to the “flowery gratitude” because my being could not live without its colors, its flavors, its perfumes, without its gaze … The “flowery gratitude” always reminds me that we have to take care of beauty and the landscape. The “flowery gratitude” teaches me that to order our outer garden, we must first order our inner garden. This form of gratitude is like the sound of a bell that lives in our BEING, and that calls us to recognize and live the inner landscape of everything we experience. The “flowery gratitude” transforms me, minute by minute, through the acceptance that this realm is full of wisdom expressed through flowers. Flowers are the alphabet that allows us to write the grammar of Mother Nature. I couldn’t live in a world without flowers.

Infinite thanks to the five primary elements of life: space, wind, earth, water and fire. Without them we are nothing. The “primary gratitude” has accompanied me throughout my life, and has done so, especially, throughout the period of my Mayan priesthood. The “primal gratitude” helps me connect with my true origin, showing me the ‘higher alchemy’ that has finally created this human being. Whoever realizes the “primary gratitude” is a great alchemist who is capable of healing any human or natural disease. If “primary gratitude” is not practiced, we will cease to exist as humanity in the form that we know it today. That is why we must eliminate all forms of pollution that exist today. Primary gratitude now!

The fire element is indispensable for all forms of life. Everything has fire. The “bonfire gratitude” shows us how that fire works with its multiple instruments: ‘the flame’, ‘the heat’, ‘the luminosity’, ‘the transmutation’, ‘the burning’ … The “bonfire gratitude” teaches me how to eliminate the unnecessary matter, how I change the path of negative karmas, how I illuminate a new inner path … The “bonfire gratitude” reminds me of the sacred passages where fire has manifested so many new realities to humanity, through perpetual healing, the presence of beings of light, the ten commandments, the arrival of the Holy Spirit, and much more. This is in addition to the gratitude I have for my Mayan Masters who taught me the art of fire, the subtle dimension of this being, the use of sacred elements, and unconditional respect for nature. Let’s not pollute the fire; a suicidal path for humanity. This is contaminated with your negativity, acid criticism, lack of respect, bad intentions, unbridled ego …

Without a ‘space’ movement disappears: a galaxy without movement, a planet without movement, some waters without movement, a body without movement… Every time I move I enter a state of gratitude. Second by second I embrace “spatial gratitude”, feeling that there could be no life without the ‘space element’. The “spatial gratitude” highlights that everything has, and that we all have origin and destination, committed to reaching that destination. The “spatial gratitude” shows us infinite dimensions of the interior space that, at some point, we must know and travel. In order for our consciousness to grow, there must be interior space. The Law of Spiritual Space says: “all states of being occupy space.” You can never love if you haven’t created that space!

We are like the wind that reminds us of the speed and direction of life. We live months without eating, days without drinking, and only seconds without breathing (wind). Life is born with the first wind and dies with the last wind (breath). Every time I feel it, I am born with the “gratitude that awakens me when I am not clear about the direction of my path; I ask to go with the wind of life and the universe. The “winded gratitude” allows us to use the wind in transportation, energy, recreation, cooling, sowing, soil formation … The “winded gratitude” possesses the intrinsic powers of the spiritual wind. That is why the wind ‘shapes’ what I should do and ‘warps’ what I should stop doing. The “gratitude window” is the sculptor of the material and spiritual, and the one that works permanently with the great clay of life.

How can I not have gratitude with Mother Earth, with the earth element! My “earthly gratitude” is so great that it involves my entire relationship with the law of karma, karmic exchanges and karmic debts. It is in the bosom of Mother Earth where “earthly gratitude” is expressed through the soul and the life of ‘the feminine’. That is why this “earthly gratitude” is bathed daily with a ‘feminine force’ that invades and embraces every corner of this Earth. The “earthly gratitude” makes us aware that we are spiritual beings, with a great opportunity to live in this material reality. This is where
we must find the master key to our next spiritual state. Without “earthly gratitude” you will remain attached and trapped in the crust or shell of the purely material, without taste, without meaning, without love and compassion … Mother Earth, do not abandon us!

Water, you don’t know how much I need you; I long for you, I miss you … The great flow of life passes through the wise and crystalline water of creation. “Flowing gratitude” is an essential part of the transformation of all life forms that inhabit this planet. You even show yourself in my tears when sadness invades. The “flowing gratitude” falls asleep and awakens in the energetic space of our heart. “Flowing gratitude” helps me manage emotions and move within thousands of living and sentient beings. Today we do not have this gratitude and we are destroying all our water sources, including its pollution. We are water, and the water of our internal being is the same water of our external world. The “flowing gratitude” teaches me that water is a living element, that it takes shape and aligns itself in relation to our consciences, attitudes and behaviors. The water is ours!

Time is my companion; is by my side reminding me that there is a beginning and an end. It is that state of consciousness – walking my path, walking our path, towards that final destination – that has given birth to “temporary gratitude” within the Being. This gratitude reminds us daily of past and future generations. “Temporal gratitude” continually feeds our responsibility in relation to all generations. But, “temporal gratitude” also makes me live the present, the here and now: a sublime experience, where my attention, my commitment, and my concentration are with the ‘announced totality’ in front of my eyes. The “temporal gratitude” creates the space of the ‘human and natural evolution’, these are two essential and inseparable dimensions of life.

“Thanks to life, which has given me so much …” Who can forget this phrase (song) so important to all of us? The “vital gratitude” is what moves EVERYTHING within this form of ‘existence’ that we are experiencing daily. The “vital gratitude” takes us to the most essential of our human and natural existence; two inseparable dimensions to be what we are and what we want to be. Who can forget the tango that acclaims “that life is a breath …”? The “vital gratitude” establishes the nature of time, of the moment, of the hour, of that breath that makes the ticking of our inner clocks sound. The “vital gratitude” opens the furrow of an evolutionary creation that molds the great plow of the Creator. An evolution that has a meaning and a real horizon, in the non-real. Live every moment!

The mind, the mind, the mind… How strong can the mind be! How weak the mind can be! How difficult the mind can be! How wonderful the mind can be! How majestic the mind could be! There it is inside our body like a lentil grain, but with a power greater than this galaxy. “Mental gratitude” is difficult for me to pronounce or practice, since the mind,
at times, it has also made my life a true slavery. But I also love her. The “mental gratitude” transports me to spaces where no technology can take me. The “mental gratitude” forms an essential architecture of this long walk on Earth. Thank you mind for helping me write these gratitude sutras! Do not leave, do not leave us … May your company be a transcendental vehicle of peace and harmony in the world.

The human body is the largest and most beautiful, and the most intelligent, that the Creator has given us. I have a “bodily gratitude” xinfinite, limitless, alive, radiant, and permanent. You cannot live without “bodily gratitude,” and those who do so will see the life of time fade. It has been through “bodily gratitude” that I have been shown equality between body, mind, and soul. There is no differentiated intelligence; that is a mistake of the intellect. “Corporal gratitude” establishes the limits of material life for us: the more gratitude, the more years of life! It is “bodily gratitude” that gives life to our spirituality: without bodily life there is no spirituality. The body is a temple, “spiritual gratitude” is its light. The body of light is the child of gratitude.

The human body is the largest and most beautiful, and the most intelligent, that the Creator has given us. I have a “bodily gratitude” xinfinite, limitless, alive, radiant, and permanent. You cannot live without “bodily gratitude,” and those who do so will see the life of time fade. It has been through “bodily gratitude” that I have been shown equality between body, mind, and soul. There is no differentiated intelligence; that is a mistake of the intellect. “Corporal gratitude” establishes the limits of material life for us: the more gratitude, the more years of life! It is “bodily gratitude” that gives life to our spirituality: without bodily life there is no spirituality. The body is a temple, “spiritual gratitude” is its light. The body of light is the child of gratitude.

The human body is the largest and most beautiful, and the most intelligent, that the Creator has given us. I have a “bodily gratitude” xinfinite, limitless, alive, radiant, and permanent. You cannot live without “bodily gratitude,” and those who do so will see the life of time fade. It has been through “bodily gratitude” that I have been shown equality between body, mind, and soul. There is no differentiated intelligence; that is a mistake of the intellect. “Corporal gratitude” establishes the limits of material life for us: the more gratitude, the more years of life! It is “bodily gratitude” that gives life to our spirituality: without bodily life there is no spirituality. The body is a temple, “spiritual gratitude” is its light. The body of light is the child of gratitude.

The human body is the largest and most beautiful, and the most intelligent, that the Creator has given us. I have a “bodily gratitude” xinfinite, limitless, alive, radiant, and permanent. You cannot live without “bodily gratitude,” and those who do so will see the life of time fade. It has been through “bodily gratitude” that I have been shown equality between body, mind, and soul. There is no differentiated intelligence; that is a mistake of the intellect. “Corporal gratitude” establishes the limits of material life for us: the more gratitude, the more years of life! It is “bodily gratitude” that gives life to our spirituality: without bodily life there is no spirituality. The body is a temple, “spiritual gratitude” is its light. The body of light is the child of gratitude.

I am because you are… Without you I am nothing. This is the recognition of “gratitude with you”, in recognition that you make me a social being, and a being with the other and not only with myself. The “gratitude with you” helps me to know forgiveness, to forgive and to be forgiven: a definitive path towards inner peace. The “gratitude with you” infinitely raises the power of ‘The Law of Karma’, that law that dictates your existence in everything I do, I do not, I say, I do not say, I think, I do not think … The “gratitude to you” gives true meaning to love and compassion, which are born simply because I recognize you in my own existence. The “gratitude with you” helps us to eliminate that selfishness that corrodes us, allowing environmental destruction, poverty, marginalization … Only with you we will be a nation, we will be citizenship, we will be unity and cooperation …

I am because we all are… This is the “nostra gratitude”, of us and us, as a new unit, a new form of interaction, a new paradigm of humanity as a collective entity. “Gratitude nostra” shows us that we cannot just be individuals separately from all other individuals. The “gratitude nostra” gives us the possibility of connecting ourselves, as humanity, to all the living beings that inhabit this planet. As I am not going to be grateful that you exist, that living beings exist, and that they are all inside and outside of me, like an infinite chain of pure consciousness. This “gratitude nostra” gives birth to social ethics, which nurtures equality, justice and the collective path. This gratitude permanently dialogues in the soul of the generous, compassionate, considerate … Nature lives this gratitude permanently. It is part of himself.

Our bodies exist because we have a vigilant and energizing blood system for our health and well-being. Rivers are the veins and arteries of the Earth. I have a “riverine gratitude” that tells me that the blood of the Earth is the external expression of our own blood. The “riverine gratitude” teaches us that the pollution of rivers is equivalent to polluting our blood. That is why the loss of glaciers is the loss of the earthly origin of many rivers, waterfalls, and estuaries. Through the “riverine gratitude” I feel everything in the bowels of being, I feel them all throb inside my hands and caress every corner of the skin, and I hug them all because they are the permanent base on which my feelings flow . When we recover our rivers, we will recover our health.

I have lived many times in the arms of great mountains. My country exists because mountains exist. That is why “mountain gratitude” is of vital importance to all of our nation’s citizens. The experience of a “mountain gratitude” has vividly shown me the relationships that exist between the land, glaciers, the water cycle, fertility … and everything that is central to life. The “mountain gratitude” makes me see vividly who they really are, along with their infinite spirituality. And, this is how I see tigers, elephants, dragons … and so many beings of light in each one of them. The “mountain gratitude” always reminds me that I have to go up in consciousness. Mountains are sacred temples both outside and inside. Millions of living things inhabit them.

Animals are ‘masterpieces’ within the matrix of lives and multiple reincarnations. The “animal gratitude” brings out a different reality: that animals are an integral part and essence of life (all lives), and of all human and natural healing processes. The “animal gratitude” has taught me that animals have a primary intelligence and essential to develop ours. The “animal gratitude” is present minute by minute in our lives. It is not only a matter of rights (which if I recognize as very important), it is also a matter of Being (consciousness) and human transformation. The “animal gratitude” has led me not to mistreat them, to love them immensely, to create a brotherhood, and not to eat them. We cannot live without animals, but animals can live without us!

We have so much density and weight that we have already lost our ability to fly. But, I keep looking at the birds and recognizing their wisdom during their take off, flight and landing. I have a “flying gratitude” that identifies me with condors, eagles, seagulls, swallows, owls … The “flying gratitude” is reborn in us the need to know how to detach ourselves from so many things to which we are attached, to improve our flight and reach new heights of life, and to perfect our landing in essential realities of life. The “flying gratitude” makes me wallow when I see that the human being continues to extinguish so many species that fly, or I see that they go out to hunt as a macho act that reflects a lost and arrogant ego. We have no need to eat our brother birds.

Rocks are living things. They speak and respond to us at noon. We have passed from the vegetable world to the mineral world; This is a very important change in the evolution of all life forms that inhabit our planet. I have a “rocky gratitude” that runs throughout my body. This “rocky gratitude” shows us daily that we need a firm and strong foundation to sustain our changes in consciousness. Rocky gratitude is soft, subtle, and fragile; it needs our permanent nourishment. The “rocky gratitude” is revealed in a very spiritual way: through a mineral kingdom that supports the bony part of our Mother Earth. Without rocks there will be no large springs of water, or springs of water that last a long time. The “rocky gratitude” affirms to us the role that rocks, stones and the entire mineral world have in human material and spiritual transformation.

The native forests are my library, where I find answers to my inner being. It is through the “forest gratitude” that I can hear the divine words emanating from the trees. The “forest gratitude” allows me to have the experience of how with an ancient DNA my own DNA can vibrate. An indispensable concert to understand the deep interdependence that exists between all forms of life. As a Mayan priest, this wooded gratitude transforms into a Great Teacher of the operation of Natural Law, which many think is inferior to Human Law; Very out of reality! We should never exploit, cut down or destroy a native forest: it is like burning the library before reading the books.

I love being born in a country that has one of the largest deserts in the world. I fully identify with life in the desert. The “desert gratitude” vibrates my feelings of self-worth and self-fulfillment. Many of the great masters were illuminated in the desert, with the heat, the sun, the wind, the sand, the infinite horizon, the solitude, the naked truth, the cold nights … The “desert gratitude” makes me feel that we have a wealth of which we know very little, and what we know (existence of minerals) we approach in an unsustainable way. The “desert gratitude” calls me to love the oases that are still present and that our native peoples have so carefully preserved. Desert gratitude forces me to bow to the divinity of water, which we have mistreated and soiled so much. Desert, don’t go, we love you with all our soul!

How can I not have gratitude to my teachers. I owe you everything. How can I not be grateful to my parents, who have been the material vehicles of my life. A unique and special “parental gratitude”. How can I not feel eternal gratitude to my children. Thank you for existing. Thank you for being part of my constellation. Thank you for understanding. Thanks for putting up with me! How can I not have gratitude to my children’s children. Gratitude to my granddaughters. In gratitude to you, I will always fight for you to have a healthy, dignified and sustainable environment.

I don’t know how to thank everyone. But I do know that I feel a “total gratitude” that cultivates all my senses and realizes daily that I am part of you, that I am one more within this ocean of life. The “total gratitude” shows me the true immensity of life, where there are no limitations, where there are no borders, and where there are no limits that we cannot overcome. In “total gratitude” there are no winners or losers; there are only beings in search of their own destiny and the common destiny of humanity. It is in “total gratitude” where my hope is born that we can achieve peace, live in love, and find a better future for all humanity.

Gratitude is everything, everything is gratitude. To live in gratitude is to live life in its entirety, a two hundred percent life. The self-realization of gratitude needs the path of selfless service and demands that our material and spiritual arms be wide open and ready to embrace everyone and everything. Dawn in gratitude, work in gratitude, eat in gratitude, love in gratitude, walk in gratitude, sleep in gratitude, think in gratitude… That is the key to the path to gratitude that is present minute by minute, with infinite and luminous horizons.

Gratitude to all who have gratitude
Gratitude to all who do not have gratitude
Gratitude to all who walk life with me
Gratitude to all who do not walk life with me
Gratitude to all who know me
Gratitude to all who don’t know me
Gratitude to life
Gratitude to death
Gratitude in the light
Gratitude to the dark
Gratitude a day
Gratitude to the night
Gratitude to success
Gratitude to failure
Gratitude to gratitude

Thank you for giving me one more day of life, In order to advance in my spiritual path, And put my spirituality at the service of humanity. May everything that happens today be in the name of divine consciousness.
Soha.

A Dialogue of the Deaf exists. The vast majority feel that there is no real dialogue in our country. “Either you are with me or you are against me.” This is an integral part of the political crisis we are experiencing and must be corrected immediately. When there is no dialogue, things are imposed, and a significant group in our society feels that they have no place in it. We cannot destroy the sense of citizen belonging, as this will progressively eliminate personal and collective identity. When there is no identity, there are no ways to reach important consensus in the economic, political, social, and institutional aspects.

The great secret is within you. It is the moment that you know your secret, since it will benefit all of humanity.

This afternoon I am going to talk about Ecological Ethics. Here are some principles of Ecological Ethics:
– First, concern for all forms of life that exist on the planet.
– Second, non-acceptance of the theory of differentiated intelligence.
– Third, proclaim the rights to nature; she has rights.
– Fourth, future generations also have rights today.
– Fifth, sustainable development is an integral part of the Right to Development.
– Sixth, the property of natural resources belongs to the citizens and the state is a guarantor of those rights.
– Seventh, a concept of ecological justice where a few are not allowed to be the beneficiaries of the income from our natural resources and environmental services.
– Eighth, the state must guarantee the management of all strategic resources such as water, air, sea, glaciers …

Love. May all forms of life on our planet be united by unconditional love for one another.
The compassion. May all life forms on our planet be self-realized in individual and collective compassion, and free from suffering.
Joy. May all life forms on our planet never be separated from total happiness.
Equanimity. May all life forms on this planet always be in a state of equanimity, justice, and balance.
Health. May all life forms on this planet be free from diseases that come from contamination of the mind, body, and soul.
Ecological Regeneration. May all life forms on this planet be relaxed within a pure and healthy environment, externally and internally.
Peace. May all life forms on this planet be in outer and inner peace, now and forever.
In the total unity of our material and spiritual transformation.

Every drop of water that has fallen on my property today, through the rain, is like a diamond that is attached to the infinite necklace of life. Impressive! The musty scent after many months of dire drought is more attractive than the most prominent perfume. I don’t change that scent for nothing. Words are unnecessary …

I am tremendously affected by the situation in the North of Chile. I have just arrived from the South, in the dry coastal zone, where the drought is killing animals and destroying the human and social fiber of our rural areas. At the same time, nature is sending very strong signals in the North. The day before yesterday I was in El Molle, about 40 kilometers from La Serena. Today, the river overflowed carrying a large amount of infrastructure in that same area. Also, I was informed that the tailings dam of a mine very close to La Serena has already been destroyed, and that these metals and chemicals are affecting downstream waters. The Tralkan Foundation and my foundation are organizing the free distribution of water to a significant number of affected people (bottled water). But we also have to meditate to make peace with nature. She has a fundamental role to play, to come to fruition in these moments.
In a state of emptiness I repeat a prayer that is very powerful:
Love. May all forms of life on our planet be united by unconditional love for one another.
The compassion. May all life forms on our planet be self-realized in individual and collective compassion, and free from suffering.
Joy. May all life forms on our planet never be separated from total happiness.
Equanimity. May all life forms on this planet always be in a state of equanimity, justice, and balance.
Health. May all life forms on this planet be free from diseases that come from contamination of the mind, body, and soul.
Ecological Regeneration. May all life forms on this planet be relaxed within a pure and healthy environment, externally and internally.
Peace. May all life forms on this planet be in outer and inner peace, now and forever. In the total unity of our material and spiritual transformation.

Dimensions of Spiritual Syndicalism
1. Consider workers as human beings who work and not as factors of production: HUMANIZE THE WORK.
2. Identify and respect the spiritual dimension of the worker and the workplace; work as a way of life: SPIRITUAL POWER IN EVERYTHING.
3. Establish the new values ​​that will govern the work and the one who works; work as a path to self-realization: TRANSFORMATION OF THE BEING.
4. Embracing a deep concern for everyone’s physical, emotional, and spiritual health; worker’s housing and transportation included: WORK AS A FORM OF HEALTH.
5. Eliminate inequity in everything; fair and ethical salaries and reduce the difference with the maximum salaries: MATERIAL AND SPIRITUAL EQUALITY.
6. Accept that most decisions are ethical or moral: A FIFTH SENSE OF UNION.
7. Use the great force of rights and responsibilities, moving from asking to power: INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL EMPOWERMENT.
8. Demand the total protection of all public property: UNIONISM OF THE COLLECTIVE.
9. Ensure a fair distribution of the income from our natural resources with the rights of all citizens: PROTECTION OF WHAT BELONGS TO US.
10. Compromise union institutionality to raise our levels of collective consciousness: CITIZEN UNION CONSCIENCE.

“It is not about quantity but quality”
“It is not about surviving but about living”
“It is not about knowing but about being”
“It is not about working but about transforming”

The future of our workers and their unions is in danger. I have always supported unionization, understanding that not everyone wants to belong to a union. In this process, I have come to realize how important the role of unions has been in the history of work after the Industrial Revolution. With the same force that I support unionization, I think that unions have to accelerate their evolution. Their horizons must go beyond the salary or the material, without diminishing the importance of the material one millimeter. The unions are responsible for the serious deterioration in the workplace as well as the physical, mental and spiritual health of the workers. What is the future of unions? It all depends on the vision we have of a union and the leadership shown by the workers. It depends on what kind of leadership they have and how that leadership is expressed. At the moment the most intense concern, and with good reason, is to improve wages, obtain more social demands, and strengthen a safety net so as not to fall into states of poverty. But that is not all.

I do not forget when I participated in one of the most important axes of the ILO: the definition of the term “decent work”, with a particular emphasis on the spiritual and religious dimensions of this concept. A deep debate on the real meaning of “work”, “worker”, and “decent work”. In all these debates he went far beyond the strictly material. But to see, feel and act beyond the material, one must have the experience of the non-material! If our inner being does not see beyond the material, this will mean that the spiritual and the great need for a spiritual transformation, will be seen very outside of unionism. But, a unionism without spirituality is simply an empty unionism. When speaking of spirituality, it is not referring to a religion, faith, or other things that most people identify with the word “spirituality.” For me, spirituality is the basis for the development and transformation of our identity, the sense of belonging, the talent of integration within diversity, and the self-realization of eminently collective values. Examples of these collective values ​​are: interdependence, interconnection, solidarity, equity, justice, collective bargaining, love, compassion, peace, union, sovereignty, democracy, freedom, respect … These are not words to be pronounced, they are internal states of our individual being and collective, which must be self-made. The proposal here is the definition and growth of what we will call a “spiritual unionism”. There are several dimensions that justify using the term “spiritual unionism”: that is, the integration of individual and collective spirituality within all work activities and related to the forms and mechanisms to create and elaborate social contracts. Establishing a contract between the collective actors without having spirituality is like a tree that does not have wisdom. This spirituality is immersed in wisdom, customs, agreements, collective intelligence … that sustain all forms of human interaction at a collective level.

The most important dimensions that form the basis of spiritual unionism are:
– Put the “human being” who works as the center of all the horizons of unionism; this is a form of concrete humanism.
– Emphasize the “collective aspects” of our society through work; this is a form of internal social feeding.
– Being “at the service of others” and not of a person or by exclusion of anyone; this is a form of social delivery.
– Develop the architecture of new forms of well-being in our society, which include aspects that go beyond the material; In a sense, this is a form of sustainability as a nation. AND,
– To embrace the values ​​that are truly collective, that take us from a geographic country to a nation of citizens; in this sense, it represents a form of growth of our collective consciousness.
A national dialogue must be started on this vitally important issue.
importance and social impact. As a first step, it is necessary to establish an agenda of citizen dialogues at all levels for the creation and growth of this spiritual unionism. For this we must strengthen all the unions that exist today, since in my opinion they are like life insurance for our democracy. Without strong unions there will never be true institutional and social democracy.

As a nation we must transform ourselves into the Latin American leaders of spiritual unionism (unionism of being) and thus evolve beyond a materialist unionism (unionism of having). With this we would also avoid the internal death of our workers, who are the pillar of our nation; where today it is being corroded by a limited form of unionism. Spirituality in the workplace is crucial, and as a professional I have been involved in this for the past 30 years. It is not an easy matter, but it must be done. It is said that General Motors today spends more on workers’ health than on the entire cost of raw materials to make automobiles. Something is happening! This transformation requires work from the titans, and ensuring that unions are the first to open their doors to enhance spirituality in the workplace. The future of unionism will be collective spirituality. This is a very special form of spirituality; where we all enter into a “collective vehicle”, but not as the simple sum of each one of us as an individual. Collective spirituality demands the construction of this collective vehicle, and it will be there that unions must play a crucial role. However, all of the above demands a much higher level of collective consciousness. Otherwise the shape, size, and direction of a union as a collective vehicle will be catastrophic. This new consciousness must begin its route from each and every one of the workers. And that is where we must cooperate to increase spirituality in them as a person, and enhance spirituality in the workplace. Their spirituality can be done through existing contemplative techniques and with strong training in the development of their human and family capital. The whole family should participate.

The construction of this collective vehicle is represented by a large-scale social contract. And the creation of this social contract should be an integral part of the labor reform. To do this, we must think of another form of social contract and a new social policy for Chile, which really addresses “the social” itself. And that said social policy is not the residue of economic policy. It is the economy that should be at the service of us and not us at the service of the economy. This social policy must be embedded in at least four pillars: social competitiveness, social sovereignty, social governance and institutional reform of the social. All topics to be dealt with separately. Spiritual unionism is the future of unionism at every level.

Solidarity Obedience
The term obedience comes from Latin: listen. But it is listening not only with the ears but also with the heart. That is, in listening there are feelings. Furthermore, listening is not a passive act, but is closely linked to action and behavior. There are many forms of obedience. One of them is solidarity obedience that understands that there is only one planet earth. There are not two. That we are a human collective and not the sum of individualistic actions. This form of obedience demands different forms of action, instruments and institutional forms to achieve that solidarity that is so necessary at this time. A human solidarity with all future generations. A solidarity with all the forms of life that inhabit here and that are part of creation. Obeying is not an act of loss of freedom, it is finding freedom by listening to the rhythm of your life and that of all living beings. To obey is to be part of the rhythm of creation. It is also a virtue as the flower is for a plant. Many responsibilities fall into the hands of the business community that history will know how to communicate.

I make a call to vibrate with the power of our silence and lift to the light those who have left their bodies (deceased) in this northern tragedy. Also, let us send all our positive energies to the north so that all the disappeared are safe and sound. Let us use the power of our spirituality for a great healing of all affected families. May the power of solidarity, cooperation, love, compassion and peace reign in our lands

Many say that politics is the art of governing the polis. This carries several terms: “art”, “rule”, and the “polis”. Many use the word “art” as opposed to “science.” I would rather say that in this case, “art” suggests that everything depends on me, on you, and on everyone. What does this mean? At least two things: it depends on our levels of consciousness and it depends on our ability to self-realize interdependence. We are one, we are interdependent, and we form a collective whole. It is this group that must be governed; so that there is no discrimination, concentration of wealth, environmental destruction, marginalization, poverty, violence … To take care of our children and the elderly, open paths for future generations, respect human rights, maximize material and spiritual well-being for all, achieve peace and solidarity, increase our external and internal citizen empowerment … Yes, that is exactly what must be governed in the polis. However, we all know that politics has turned into the usurpation of power at any cost. What power is it? It is certainly not about inner power: the power of BEING. Today we see that it is about the power that is associated with “having”, “possessing” … What is the foundation of that power? In whom does the power reside? Today we have seen that power is moving away from the citizenry. Power is to the highest bidder. Power is dictated by the market within a dishonest, non-transparent and unscrupulous neoliberal system of any kind. The fundamental reason that politics is the highest bidder is its marriage to the neoliberal system. Politics will never change if we continue to support this neoliberal system, of competition and not cooperation, of exclusion and not of inclusion, from an unbridled individualistic materialism to a collective humanism … Just as in past centuries it was tried to integrate science with religion Today it is imperative to integrate the material with the non-material in our lives; what I call the integration of economics and politics with spirituality. This is the marriage of the 21st century and we have to be willing to marry them.

Let’s talk about death. What is death? Does one really die, or is it an error of our intellect? Can we not die? Is death an inexorable state, which is present second by second, minute by minute, day by day, year by year, life after life …? If I die, will I be able to see you again? Is the paradigm of death the same paradigm of life? Is there a difference between life and death?

A new dawn will arrive where the dawn will have colors of peace, joy, friendship and happiness. At that time she will leave behind what we thought was indispensable. That was just a heavy and dense attachment that overwhelms every society.

Faced with change, we have 5 possibilities. One, not to see the change, and blindly follow the path of our lives. Two, see the change and ignore the change, and continue to feed that ego that does not leave us alone. Three, always be against change, and exhaust ourselves from fighting against the current. Four, transform ourselves into victims of change, and suffer immensely everything that is coming. Five, to be architects and architects of change, and co-create our own future. That is why I want you to listen to this great song, full of mantras and sutras for the soul.

For us to live in a harmonious nation, we must all inevitably achieve three levels of harmony:
– Harmony with oneself and with other human beings: family, neighborhood, city, nation, world …
– Harmony with Natural Law, ecology and the environment.
– Harmony in our lifestyle: where and how we live, feed, conserve …
Without these harmonies there is no new economy, new politics and / or new society. Violence, concentration of wealth, and distrust are clear manifestations that we are not in harmony.

When we are satisfied with our identity as a nation, we will not compare or compete with anyone. We will be at the service of all life forms on our planet.

When we are satisfied with our identity as a nation, we will not compare or compete with anyone. We will be at the service of all life forms on our planet.

The recognition of our temporality, of the impermanent in the nature of life, should fill us with hope since we can really change and free ourselves from everything that invades or displeases us. If, on the contrary, everything were permanent, unchangeable, we would be condemned to a single future. Today, we can choose another path. The first step is to identify the causes and conditions that led us to have the reality that we experience in the present tense. That is why I am optimistic that we can change the political and economic system, as the two go hand in hand. With vision, commitment, respect, maturity, peace, dialogue, temperance and firmness, let’s change the course. Self-realize what you think you deserve, before you deserve it.

Much is said about collective consciousness. It is devastating when someone says: “there is no collective conscience for …”, “to debate proposals for sustainable development, come back in 30 more years” … What is that? What does that mean? We must know that the economy, politics, social, institutional, ecological, ethnic, distributive … are fundamental ingredients of collective consciousness. Its perception, its impacts and its enjoyment depend on the level of collective consciousness that we have today. We know that there is a “force” that moves the collective; But do we know what consciousness really is and how do we reach a greater collective consciousness? Two very complex topics to embrace in a single paragraph. Among others, there are two interrelated dimensions that determine our level of consciousness:
1) the experience of life (nature, intensity) and 2) the size of our container space (storage, processor).
We need abundance in both. More experience, more awareness. More containing capacity, more awareness. Collective experience with politics and economics, still undesirable, increases our awareness of, at least, what we do not want. Do we have the storage capacity? The violence and other external manifestations put me in doubt that we have it sufficiently. But, THE MOST IMPORTANT thing is to have a collective storage capacity for the politics and economy that we want. Big ideas and propositions require a space to be identified, designed, processed and shared. An example is the new constitution. Many do not allow their containment capacity to grow for the change that is coming, since for them politics, by definition, is bad and it is not worth storing. The same is true of the economy. Be careful, the establishment is happy with your attitude contrary to politics and economics, and they do their best to keep your conscience from growing. Consciousness now! “

Deep spirituality radically transforms what we understand, feel, or accept as “well-being.” Perhaps this is one of the most immediate impacts of spiritual practice; we begin to change our definition of well-being. Our relationship with “the other” and “the others” – including service (seva) – and the fundamental relationship we have with our environment (including all forms of life that exist on the planet) begin to flourish and mature within a pure state of interdependence. What constitutes wellness for you? The deeper our spirituality, the more meaningful the collective and non-material dimensions of well-being make, such as happiness, love, compassion, justice, solidarity, cooperation, equality … It is in the experience that we have in that depth where we understand the reason for our collective existence. You think that the methodological theoretical body of economic science is called “welfare theory”. How paradoxical this is, when we practice the economics of individualism and materialism. The collective is an exception to the rule. There, the spiritual simply does not exist and what does not pass through the market, according to that state of consciousness, has no value. When we are willing to destroy the environment and ecology, without respecting that everything is alive, including the land, the water … the animals, the birds … the mountains, the rivers … we clearly see that the economy has not met spirituality , and vice versa. The same happens with the politics of money and of being served and not of service. Ethical and moral authority must be given to economics and politics, through spiritual and human values. Both can NOT be practiced within an ethical vacuum. But, values ​​are not just words. They are “states of being”, and, as such, they must be self-actualizing. Spirituality will enter politics and economics only when we, individually and collectively, are immersed in spiritual practice.

Traditional economics is fundamentally based on the concept of material scarcity. According to economists, the needs are multiple and unlimited, but the existing material resources are limited. That is why economics is generally defined as the science of scarcity: to predict human behavior under conditions of material scarcity. It is there where the traditional notion of value is born and, also, of what is understood as “opportunity cost” (that the true value is in how the resources could have been spent in an alternative activity). One of my Spiritual Teachers told me: “It is this notion of scarcity that has caused the economy to cause so much damage to the world.” Economics has not considered human consciousness within its definitions and instruments. In considering human consciousness we move from the “economy of scarcity” to the “economy of abundance.” Our consciousness is limitless and, for me, it is the most important resource in the economy. The foundations of the spiritual economy are based on the different states of consciousness that we can reach individually and collectively. As human consciousness increases, our experience with so-called material and, eventually, scarce resources is transformed. At a higher level of consciousness we will see that the economy of scarcity collapses. We went from unbridled consumerism to conscious consumption. We went from a productive apparatus that destroys our ecology and environment, to a friendly and sustainable productive apparatus. This is the change that we should promote, and its first step is the internal and external empowerment of citizens. That is why I have said that “empowerment” as such constitutes a form of capital. It is a form of capital that strengthens and reassigns differently the other forms of capital (physical, financial, human, institutional, cultural, natural, spiritual capital). Citizen empowerment lowers the transaction costs of development. We will empower ourselves and others, and we will quickly see how our economic and social development yields others and better results.

A famous economist was once asked “What is economics?” and he, without much thought, said: “economics is what economists do.” For many, a career in economics, ultimately becoming an economist, consists only of passing a series of courses and many exams. If students knew, in advance, what a true and experienced economist does, they would realize how far from reality their educational cycle is today. Obviously, if you want to be just an analyst, it is possible that many of the instruments that you are taught today in universities will eventually serve you well. At least, begin to discern a way of thinking, a more proper language and an economic method (if you are a devoted student of these studies). However, most of the problems and challenges faced by an economist are ethical and moral in nature (equity, poverty alleviation, environmental protection…). They are of a value, ideological, paradigmatic nature … And if one puts a “face” on economic and social development, everything that we economists do is human and natural in nature. The economy is not neutral at all. Everything has a bias. The neoliberal market economy is an ideology, steeped in very concrete values ​​- competition, materialism, individualism … – that are disguised as freedom and democracy. None of that is true. Economic freedom, today a debauchery, is only for some.

The democracy that exists today – collided with the market – is for those who embrace the dominant ideology. There is no true representation nor is there really a citizen power in the power structure. That is why it is important to bring other values ​​to the economy. Values ​​that reflect the needs and challenges of all, and of all forms of life that exist on this planet. This is the ideology of “us”, of the common good at the level of the family, neighborhood, region, nation and the entire world. The economy is a collection of values. And it is through these values ​​that economists try to predict the behavior of people in situations of material scarcity. It is not more than that! It is essential that the economy be commanded by spiritual values, where the material and the spiritual constitute well-being for all. Where matter (GDP) and non-matter (happiness) go hand in hand. The economy has a spiritual seed: “trust.” It must be self-realized. The other path demands another economy. An economy of solidarity, cooperation, empowerment … The markets must be ours. Let’s not let us be from the markets.
“One of the great goals of spiritual practice is harmony and balance. One of the great goals of economics is harmonious and balanced well-being for all. One of the great goals of politics is harmonious and balanced power for all. . What happened?”

One of the functions of politics (to govern) is to enunciate economic and social policies that go in the direction of what the citizens want. Unfortunately, today, it is not the citizenry that dictates these policies, but rather the market (the power of the players in the markets). But, when talking about the “market” many claim that this economic and social institution is somewhat atomized (where there is no one). It certainly isn’t. It is the sellers, the intermediaries, and the buyers who command. However, behavior in the market (markets) depends on the purchasing power of those who participate in it. And, I speak of all markets: goods and services, capital, labor, natural resources … and I speak of all forms of purchasing power (money, property rights, licenses, royalties, shares, properties, etc.). The conditions and Initial endowments, in the hands of the actors, determine the ways of interacting within the market and define the results that are achieved (supply, demand, prices, quantities, rents, profits). Ultimately, what happens in the markets is a function of these initial endowments. If I have little purchasing power, I can acquire little! In addition, this initial endowment, in production or in consumption, depends on how the different forms of capital have been allocated: physical capital (infrastructure), financial (money, credit, bonds, salaries), human (knowledge, education), natural (environment, ecology, natural resources), institutional (incentives, taxes, subsidies, organizations), cultural (values, history, music, arts), spiritual (identity, sense of belonging, conscience), empowerment (decision-making power and participation , act consciously), human rights (political, civil, economic, social, cultural, development), etc.

The result we see today is concentration of wealth, misery and marginalization, environmental destruction, unfair wages and pensions, loss of values, exaggerated consumption, destruction of national and global common goods, generalized inequality, violence at all levels, interference of money in the politics … for the benefit of a few only. To change this system, we must change the initial endowment of all forms of capital. That is why natural resources, such as water, must belong to everyone. Otherwise, if the endowment of the water falls into only a few hands, they will dominate EVERYTHING that is done with the water, including our lives. We need a major reform related to property and water use. To change the system we must change the values ​​that define the policies, and embrace eminently collective values, including spiritual values. Do not accept the materialistic and individualistic. That is why we must propose new principles in the identification, design and application of economic policies, such as the principles of:
Responsibility. That is, it is ecologically sustainable, economically efficient, and socially fair.
Scale. That the scale is respected and that it is adapted to the situation of our resources and environment.
Adaptation. That there be a continuous process of adaptation in relation to the ecological adaptation processes of our eco-system.
Caution. That there is a precautionary principle to avoid unnecessary costs in the medium and long term.
Assignment. That there is a complete allocation of the costs that the policies imply. This has a huge impact on how we define our competitiveness (ECO-COMPETITIVENESS).
Empowerment That there is a process of empowerment and participation.

Ode to My Greengrocer: Your Mercy
You are there every morning and every afternoon.
You are here all week, including Saturdays and Sundays.
Sometimes I see you at dawn, when everything is dark and cold,
Hauling a tricycle full of the fruits and vegetables we want.
You push it hard to beat the big climb before you get there.
You open your kiosk, which has been observing us all for years.
Some in a hurry, others happy, and others focused.
But you, always happy, willing, and committed.
I tell you I want five avocados and you know what I like.
I tell you I want four carrots, and you choose the prettiest.
I tell you, please, green apples, and you choose them like a surgeon.
You love that I am happy and content, and that I tell you.
When I walk down the front sidewalk, I watch you for a few minutes.
I see how you clean fruits and vegetables, but not only that.
You speak to them as if they were your daughters and granddaughters.
A work of art in execution, flawless and consistent with life.
I have never seen you treat someone badly: infinite patience.
I have never seen you treat a fruit or a vegetable badly.
I have never seen you angry or ill-disposed.
You always give your merchandise to those who have no way to pay.
And of course, you have a unique humor of extraordinary finesse.
“Hello my old man” they told you the other day.
And you quickly told me: “who told you that I was old”, and you laughed.
Hopefully one day we would all be like you.
Standing on your Merced street, making everyone happy.

Spirituality, Politics and Economy.
A society that does not forgive, that does not have the capacity and the wisdom to forgive, is not a society. It is a collection of people but not a society. It is important to consider that forgiveness has three interdependent parts or elements:
i) asking for forgiveness,
ii) being forgiven, and
iii) forgiving.
The most difficult seems to be “forgive.” Each of these elements has its alchemy, which is neither trivial nor obvious at first glance. An alchemy that must be studied, experienced and self-realized, before dedicating itself to judging. I would like to be categorical. My experience in the transcendental and in the everyday tells me:
i) that forgiving does NOT mean that you are or that we agree with what was done;
ii) that the space of forgiveness always demands transparency, truth and justice (there can be no forgiveness without truth and justice); and
iii) that forgiveness is something within the person who forgives – of myself, of yourself, of ourselves – and not with the one who is forgiven. We have the knot of what has happened, and we are the ones who must do that work, even if it does not seem true. Today, I feel thousands of people who do not want to forgive; that is, they want to keep the knot of incorrect action. There are some who are not in the space of truth; they simply hide the truth. Others are not even willing to ask for forgiveness, alluding to what is legal or illegal. Others, for lack of true justice, do their own justice through any means (including social media).

He who has a hammer sees only nails. But the one with a box full of tools sees a large mansion. It seems that politics and economics only have one hammer, and he continues to nail us. Things are changed so as not to change. All institutional and communicational mechanisms are used to silence true change. Proposing a change in the neoliberal economic system is seen as heresy. The toolbox is in the possession of the public. Let them build.

After a lot of contact with people, and after a number of conferences and dialogues no less, I perceive the great force that what in English is called “single issues politics” has today. That is, people who are interested in a single political cause and who judge leaders only based on that single cause. Of course I understand how important this fundamental cause is to them. But, at this time when we have to improve our pluralism and democracy, and when more national unity is needed, leaders must govern for all and be evaluated in a more comprehensive and comprehensive way. We must not give up our causes. We must not stop having our opinions. It is not about that. Clearly we must fight for them. We must improve them, communicate them, and share them in the best possible way. However, if we are a fragmented country around thousands of causes, politics as the basis for the governability of a nation will become impossible. I do not know a leader who owns everything and for everyone. That type of leader is simply a demagogue who offers anything to gain power. How would you evaluate a leader? For a matter, for his values, for his capabilities, his mission of service … You have the floor.

Do you want me to answer your question or do you want me to answer your answer? They are two very different worlds. Remember that your question is your question, and that it is not my question. Remember that your answer is your answer, and that it is not my answer. If you want my answer to your question, you must ask with truth and respect, and respect my answer even if we have a big difference. If not, don’t ask me. When you want me to answer your answer, you have to know that you most likely do not know what my question is. Very possible you will not be satisfied. You are assuming my question. On the true path of your transformation you have to find your own answers to your questions. And I mine. When it comes to the human collective, and in the space of leadership, we have to be very careful in interpreting the question to the answer that the collective gives. Some attribute the power of interpretation to themselves, and they do so in a biased and deficient way. That is why we must establish institutional mechanisms to elucidate collective questions and answers. Our governance systems have failed in this area. Either the questions are imposed or the answers are imposed.

The great change that the passage from the “age of Pisces” (knowledge) to the “age of Aquarius” (being) deserves and demands is the self-realization of humanity as a collective (the us). That is, recognizing all life forms as ONE and self-realizing all existing energies as a WHOLE. This reality is going to occur in the economy, politics, the social, the ecological … It is inevitable!

Yesterday I was talking to a homeless person on the street. He told me that he was very cold, and that they would not accept him in any shelter because he had two dogs, that they were his companions, and that he was not going to leave them alone in any way. How incredibly deep! I looked at his two dogs, who looked at me and conveyed one word to me: “commitment.” With what, with whom, are we really committed in this life, and willing to get “cold”?

There are at least four types of entrepreneurs (attributes of entrepreneurship). The “business entrepreneur” (business conscience) —who solves the challenges of a company; the “social entrepreneur” (awareness of the social impact of the business) —who solves the negative social impacts of corporate activities; the “spiritual entrepreneur” (self-awareness) – who solves his own problems; and the “environmental entrepreneur” (eco-entrepreneur; awareness of the natural environment) —who solves negative impacts on nature.

Today we are deaf. Today we do not listen to the language of the body, mind, soul and nature. Perhaps we only listen to the language of the mind. We have divided these languages, separated, and mutilated, as if one of them were superior to the other. That way, there will never be yoga.

True yoga has an individual and collective character. The Goal Ecology has these two dimensions, and they are very marked. In Chile, we could say that there is a Chilean mind, a Chilean body, a Chilean soul, and a Chilean nature; Let’s call it “Chilean yoga” (practically unrecognizable). From this we can deduce many situations:
1) that politics has a yoga; “The yoga of politics” (a failure);
2) that the economy has a yoga; “The yoga of economics” (highly questioned); and
3) that the social has a yoga; “The yoga of the social” (almost non-existent)

The yoga of politics – the intrinsic union in the art of government – is conditioned by how we approach ideological and programmatic differences, how a true citizen democracy is supported, how the powers of the state behave (definition of roles, independence, interdependence, effectiveness …), how the contribution of the private sector to the collective well-being is defined, how a true rule of law is established, how the common good is managed and conserved (including nature and the environment), how our international relations are defined, such as the reality of the most destitute and marginalized is addressed, how peace and social tranquility are nurtured, and how equality, justice and well-being are achieved for all. Certainly there are many other factors. A political party has to be born and grow from the Collective Ecology Goal.

The Foundations of Spiritual Coaching Today, coaching has proliferated in all parts of the world. As such, there are many types of coaching, including ontological coaching. The main objective of this note is to go far beyond the forms of coaching that are taught today. I call it spiritual coaching. To present this new paradigm of coaching, I need to give it a much broader and more inclusive context, since this paradigm responds to the era of humanity that we currently live in.

“Having a critical spirit should not be confused with verbal violence. Verbal violence does not improve your argument.”

If you have life, your words also have life. The life source of your words is the nature of your own life. When you insult and disrespect I realize the level of quality of life you have.
The more quality of life you have in your soul, the further and deeper your words go. The letter “a” makes you, and makes us, reach infinity (always). The letter “k” makes you, and makes us, reach zero (now). Thousands of people can pronounce the word “love”, but you will only choose one.
There are words that make sense. Others have a double meaning. When you live in the world of words that have a double meaning, you lose the meaning of your own life. You live in duality with your mind, body and soul.

There will be no New Humanity without a new state of consciousness that embraces the nature and content of feminine energy.

The Pathologies of Our Society We have physical and mental pathologies. And there is, supposedly, a health system to heal them. Collusion is an ethical pathology. And there is, supposedly, a citizen democracy to heal it.

What you sow, you will reap.
One dimension of “human being” is the freedom to decide how he really wants to live. To understand this freedom we have to self-realize the two fundamental forces of evolution:
a) the dissolution of the past and
b) the birth of the future; all in present tense.
The Dharma (eg our mission and our understanding – level of consciousness) maintains the balance between these two forces. The more positive we bring to our evolution, the more happiness appears. The more negative we bring to our
evolution, more suffering appears. Politics and
economy must return to its evolutionary equilibrium,
that today are full of the most negative.

Anger is a sign of weakness. When you act within the space of anger, it will weaken you. Fear is born of duality. By managing duality, you will manage your fears. The duality between the heart and the mind are the great source of suffering.

Water is a living being, it has intelligence and memory and, therefore, it will always run its course. The human being must be very careful when deciding to change it. Let’s meditate with the water. Waters in peace. Waters of peace. Waters for peace.

Human beings are essentially water. The planet is mainly water. Our waters are not separate from the waters external to us. By changing the message of our internal waters we can influence the behavior of the external waters. Messages of inner peace will help resolve this outer crisis.

To forgive there are two important considerations.
First, that forgiveness is not about the other but about my pampering. The space of forgiveness, and its spiritual knot, is within me.
Second, that forgiving does not mean that we accept what the other did. The act of the other is done and does not cease to exist. It just transforms.

When you forgive you don’t forget anything. The law of karma does not allow forgetting. The law of learning demands a robust memory. The presence, the fact, the act that gave rise to the space of forgiveness does not have a brake on the growth of your inner peace.

The body has a constitution and it evolves. Nature has a constitution and it is constantly evolving. A nation must have a new constitution to reflect our state of evolution.

I have fought many battles in my life, some of which have left me scars. Over time, I have learned that the struggle that today deserves my full attention, in each and every one of life’s dimensions, is one that makes us go from imbalance to balance, both internally and externally, individually. as the collective … Reaching a balance where you are truly free and where you feel deeply satisfied. A fight that only makes you move from one imbalance to another is a failed, costly and debilitating fight.

Today, we know much more about the benefits of meditation and mindfulness, when it comes to individual transformation. However, much less, or almost nothing, is known about what mindfulness means in politics, in the social, in the institutional, in the economy, in the collective, in the corporate … I will talk about that tomorrow, in just a few minutes. Politics without spirituality translates into chaos for everyone.

There was a time in my life when I felt like I knew very little about others. Afterward, I had a time when I felt like I knew more than everyone else. Today I feel again that I know very little, or nothing. But that nothing is different. Today, the experience of nothingness is a source of happiness. I understand more than ever the saying “I just know that I know nothing.” This is the nothingness that has it all!

Human beings want to create their own beauty, when we have that infinite beauty of nature. Let’s not replace our natural beauty. She has attributes that the human being will never be able to reproduce. Our mountains, rivers, seas, glaciers … they are the best! They have material and divine attributes.

We have to continue weaving the destinies of all forms of life. Otherwise the lead wire will be cut.

World Peace is achieved through Inner Peace. Inner Peace is achieved through individual and collective Healing. Collective Healing includes the collective human and the collective of all forms of life.

If there is no Healing, there will be no peace. If there is no peace, there will be no prosperity. If there is no peace, there will be no material or spiritual future. If there is no peace, there will be no true human transformation.

The true role of integrative medicine is not to integrate different forms of medicine. Its role is to integrate the different forms of life on our planet. It is giving life to life.

We can be cured with life or matter created in a laboratory. Many of the medicines they prescribe to us have this artificial nature. However, I think the future of medicine is as it was originally: sharing real life.

Diseases do not appear only in genetic space. These are also manifested in the space of our Karma and Dharma. In fact, many diseases are born from walking a Dharma that is not ours. Dharma as the obligation that we come to implement in this material life.

We must develop the fundamental scaffolds of spiritual medicine. A form of medicine that not only addresses the health of our body and mind. He also pays attention to the diseases of our soul. For this, it is necessary to walk and self-carry out the spiritual path of life, personal and collective.

“If education does not transform knowledge into being, it will continue to be an unfulfilled promise.”
“An education without spirituality does not have adequate content to address the challenges of the 21st century.”
“Education must be authentic, especially in the connection between teacher, student and subjects to study. Spirituality is the scaffolding of authenticity.”
“Education must invite us to transcend. An education of the mind, body and soul is fundamental. Let us go from pure rationality to intuition.”
“Your profession will not really be your source of well-being. At most it will be an instrument. The issue is not the profession but the human being who exercises it!”
“What is teaching? If it is about knowing it is one thing, but if it is about wisdom it is certainly something else.”
“Education and the educational system should not disconnect us from a structure of values ​​identified with the family, our ancestors, the neighborhood, language, ethnicity, human ecology … True education does not replace them, but feeds them Today, as a result of this disconnection, many do not return to their origin. “

“What should be the true mandate of education? Make us independent or interdependent? We must be interdependent and interconnected with all forms of life that inhabit our planet. Everything demands a holistic integral education.”

“As many teachers know, education is also the path of the inner sanction of those who receive it and participate in it.”

“Sometimes it is very difficult for us to know what a human being has to do with a horse and with biodiversity. It seems an absurd thought, but it is not. Failure to understand the interdependence between all forms of life and everything created has marked the wrong path of many economic, political, cultural decisions … both individually and collectively. “

“Modern anthropocentrism has distanced responsibility and ecological justice. It has artificially and mistakenly created the difference between human beings and” things “, where the rest are” things “. They are not! They are living beings, where we all form a matrix egalitarian and not a hierarchical chain where the human being can use and destroy that “rest”. “

“Today there is an anthropocentrism of domination. This leads us to think and decide how if we were the owners of what does not correspond to us individually. Thus we dictate laws, defining property rights – as is the case of private rights to water and borders. coastal – they are wrong. “

“We must understand the future as a shared way of life, of permanent exchange of the different sources of intelligence, and not of use, exploitation, consumption, appropriation, subjugation … The existence of Natural Law demands a great ecological responsibility of creation and created.”

“We have separated having and doing with Being. We have a society in conflict, crime, drug addiction, we have to work in Peace. Our inner Peace comes from nature and silence, that will allow us a self-healing, to lead us to a individual health and with it to Social Peace “

“There cannot be a healthy family when nature is sick. Let us take care of our natural resources.”

“What is your concept of happiness ?:” Happiness is an experience, it is how we live life, if we have a poor diet and spend all day in Cesfam, there is no happiness because the body, mind and soul together they extract and intercept these moments of happiness “Happiness means that I have self-esteem, that I feel that society gives me a value …”

While in the past the great challenge was to reconcile science with religion, today the great challenge is to reconcile economics with spirituality; that is, to reconcile the material and non-material dimensions of human life.

Some suggestions to align the mind towards full health: mindfulness (living in the present tense), perseverance, calm, concentration, equanimity, love and compassion, reading holy books, internal empowerment, self-realization of interdependence, respect for all forms of life, positive visualization, projection, emptiness, self-esteem, affirmations …

We can identify with the “activities” of the mind (noise), or we can identify with the “state of emptiness” of the mind (silence). Two different paths with different results. Which do you prefer? Just think that we come from silence and we will go to silence.

With spiritual practices it is possible that you achieve a balance in your mind, between activity and silence. Transformation processes must manifest themselves in both spaces. This will change the intrinsic quality of the activity and the silence. A very calm and content mind.

Material growth is an accessory, as clothing is for the body. The clothing is not the body, nor is the body the clothing. Growth is not evolution.
You have to evolve to grow. If you only grow and do not evolve, it is possible that the size of the clothes has nothing to do with your body.

It is not the clothing that evolves, it is the body. It is not the body that evolves, it is the mind. It is not the mind that evolves, it is consciousness. It is not politics that evolves, it is the consciousness of citizens that evolves. Do you want changes? You need a new consciousness.

For some the goal of life is enlightenment, salvation, transformation, or simply happiness. Whatever your goals, you should know that all non-human life forms are on exactly the same path. Do not be the one who delays the spiritual walk of other life forms. Don’t destroy nature.

We worry about what we shouldn’t worry about. Each time we do so, our journey to our original destination slows us down. In many cases it changes our path and our destination. There is no past or future. Live in the now, thinking that you don’t really control anything. Just show up on the stage of life.

The state of pure consciousness is born from the identity that the Origin gives us. Its nature has no attributes that we have manufactured. It is there that we are what we really are. But the awakening of this pure consciousness – the consciousness of the primordial identity – is established as a bunch of many different flowers. It is there where differentiation, segmentation, distraction, duality are born … which is so difficult for us to tear down with the passage of life.
The restoration of unity – returning to true yoga – demands re-connecting with our Origin.

Someone told me “get up” when I thought I was already up. I replied: “but I’m already up.” He replied: “the only thing that is lifted is your body; now lift your mind and your soul.”

Someone told me “get up” when I thought I was already up. I replied: “but I’m already up.” He replied: “the only thing that is lifted is your body; now lift your mind and your soul.”

Today they served me a chapati (like an omelette) with a little jam. It was five in the morning.
I was immediately visited by a fly that just landed on the jam, it told me the following: “here in Nepal we share everything with everyone. We are all walking towards the same destination because we have the same origin ”. I immediately accepted its proposal. It ate its portion and left. It did not return, because everything returns when we protect our territory and exclude others.

The problem is not in the money; it is in the mind. The problem is not in the wine but in the one who drinks it. It is the mind that empowers money and alcohol.

Many think that the physical body and earthly life is something of the ordinary. I realize otherwise.
It is something extraordinary, because only in materiality can we evolve spiritually. Being an Earthman is a privilege, a unique opportunity, and a path to enlightenment. Please do not destroy this Earth, which has all the genetic codes of spirituality.

Bad things are not easy to deal with. Good things are not easy to self-realize. The ideal path is one that does not judge anything. Neither good nor bad, it just is.

Many think that the physical body and earthly life is something of the ordinary. I realize otherwise.
It is something extraordinary, because only in materiality can we evolve spiritually. Being an Earthman is a privilege, a unique opportunity, and a path to enlightenment. Please do not destroy this Earth, which has all the genetic codes of spirituality.

It is very important that we have the experience of this level of pure consciousness that is born from the Origin; otherwise it will be impossible for us to know our own essence. Without this, we will never self-realize our natural state.

We can all reconnect with our Origin, because our primordial nature never disappears. It is not subject to changes in time or space. That is our great hope.

Never lose your hopes. There are immutable realities that feed us. One of them is that all the necessary instruments and attributes of what you came to do, to be, on earth (your dharma) are contained in that dharma. Also, all the necessary attributes, to bear the expected fruits of our life, are completely sheltered in your mind (the capacity of your mind). We lack nothing!

The mind shares two types of thoughts.
One, which could be called conceptual thoughts, constructed through learned logic. Another, the natural, elemental thought, which is born from the space granted by the pure and original knowledge. Meditation should help us to recognize the differences, and begin to live the thoughts that reflect the real nature of our mind.

Very concerned about how quickly we are losing our sophistication. We are no longer hungry to experience all the faces of the polyhedron of life.
Our courage to dare slowly disappears along with our identity.
Simplicity trumps everything. Easy answers to deeply complex issues leave us satisfied. This is the order of the day in politics where there are no other horizons other than right, center and left. Different labels to express more of the same. New proposals are quickly disqualified by the establishment and by many people who use social media to confirm their satisfaction with oversimplification. We have to get out of this spiral that distances us more and more from a wonderful collective horizon.

“We have tried to discover everything that exists in our external environment, even the moon and other planets. But we have not yet discovered the essence of our being: pure consciousness, our original identity, our nature not built by us. I tell you: the more we live our internal environment, the less effort we will have to make to conquer the external environment. Today, it is internal technology that commands our external walk.”

On this earth, my body and I live together. In order for my body to reach its spiritual fullness, I invited the mind and married my soul.
In order for my soul to live on earth, I offered it my body, with a mind as its translator. For my mind to live on earth, my body is now its home and my soul is its source of wisdom.

The Child in me is an excellent travel companion. He always sees more things than I do. As if it were a telescope and a binocular at the same time.

“A watcher of my experience. When I have a good time, it is very short. When I have a bad time, it is very long.”
“During spiritual experience and transformation, the clock bothers me. It is living even in my cells! That is why I am getting old. It is the great fault of the clock.”
“We must not have material consciousness of time. This consciousness takes over your infinite body. Nothing is born, and nothing dies. The clock kills us. There is no time and therefore we must not measure it. When we measure it, we authorize it to grow old. “
“I come across people at airports who go to many different cardinal points. I wonder what would happen if we all went to the same place? For example, to the space of real and full happiness? There would be no traffic jam. This is born as a result of our density and weight. “
“An inalienable human right is to be able to practice your spirituality everywhere. Even in prison. We cannot allow the deprivation of physical freedom to become a deprivation of a life and spiritual practice. This is essential for everyone, including our peoples. original. “

“Since I was little they taught me that there was time past, present and future. I have never been able to verify that proposal, but when I accept it as true, it ruins everything. When I was little I longed for the future. As an adult I was stuck in the past. Today I accompany me of the present.”

“I don’t know how space or time is measured. What I do know is that they both manifest as if they were two twins. I also know that I am a manifestation of them.”

“I shook my hand to space, and time gave it to me. I shook time to me and space gave it to me. Then I opened my two hands, one for each one. A beautiful light was turned on. Now I try to live it.”

“Serving others is the most solid path of our spirituality.” Others “includes all forms of life on our planet. Buddhists call him a bodhisattva who dedicates his life to others. Thinking about my body, I realize that I only exist because my organs are the great and most dedicated bodhisattva. Thanks!”

I don’t want to trivialize. In this part of the world, most houses have a space dedicated to spirituality: an altar. Some more sophisticated than others. Both when entering and leaving he made me feel the depths of my spirit. There should be a physical place for the spirit, not a religious one, for the practice of silence, in all public spaces. It would change the character, the texture, the flavor … of everything that emanates from there. What does not have spirit is not worth it.

Children look at you, they observe you, they ask you, they question you … I cannot lie to them: we are destroying their planet, their opportunity to burn karma, to achieve what they came here to do. We cannot sacrifice future generations. Let’s all get together to save our planet. Now!

The wildest disease that affects older adults is called loneliness! The only medicine is born in our consciousness and is called social love:
compassion and commitment for the other.

There is no doubt that spirituality and many of its practices have been democratized. Now we must spiritualize democracy and its practices. A democracy without spirituality is like a tree without sap

Loneliness is the result of a society that we have created without ties (personal, social, family …). Among older adults, women are the most affected. A great paradox in a misnamed world of social media.

You cannot empower anyone if you have not been empowered in the right way. This is valid both individually and collectively. It is the level of consciousness that determines the nature and extent of empowerment.

Knowledge has limits; its existence is limited. Ignorance has no borders; its existence is unlimited. The more you identify with your knowledge (what you think you know), the more limited you are. The spiritual search is born and motivated when we are aware of our ignorance. If you want to transform yourself, you must open yourself to your ignorance.

How powerful is death! How smart is death! She falls madly in love with us and it’s hard to shake her off. Death is as powerful as life. She knows that she is capable of creating a higher life.

In the past, we thought that our material well-being depended on material emancipation from the economy. Today we know that is not so; we need spiritual emancipation from the economy. This is the only way!

We live in a society where we do not want to compromise with anyone or anything, so as not to lose our freedom. However, it is quite the opposite. We can never be truly free without committing ourselves. Freedom is always embedded in interdependence. This includes committing to our own freedom! Freedom is a state of being; of our individual and collective being.

I find that I advance faster in my spiritual transformation through the conscious and deep practice of “I am not”. A great emphasis on the internal. The “we are” is the great accelerator of interdependent and collective consciousness. The “you are”, expressed with deep love, is the force of great respect, compassion and service.

Even if it takes a little longer, always follow the trail. The trace whose alchemy springs from the ancestors, the teachers, the beings of light, the sages, your dharma, the sacred, the spirit … It seems that a large part of humanity lost the trace

The great law of healing: from collective love to spiritual medicine.
Great law of healing: in order to heal ourselves, we must heal the planet. And, to heal the planet we must heal ourselves. It is not possible to be healthy on a sick planet.

The great law of healing. Healing is not the same as healing, healing goes beyond a person and a present time. It is an eminently collective phenomenon, including other human beings and sentient beings. It can include addressing karma that arises from past lives.

Do not ask me to be an enemy of your enemies, because I am guided by love and compassion. To do what you want, I must let myself be governed only by my ego.

The Instructor strives to give answers all the time. The Master shares the questions; maybe a single question. The Instructor imparts knowledge.
The Master shares wisdom. There are many correct answers to incorrect questions. There is much knowledge without wisdom.

“Today, our material and spiritual well-being are eroded by indifference in the proper management of the common good.”
“Neoliberalism is going to die of its own poison: having commodified everything, including the human being, nature and politics. The latter is already in the ICU.”
“Many think that the great revolution is technological. I think that the true revolution is born from our consciousness. Only high levels of consciousness will allow new technologies to improve the well-being of all.”
“The artisanal fishermen are right: no more trawling. Let’s preserve the ecology of our sea, now.”
“In politics we really need a true encounter with the human and the spiritual. A politics without spirituality is a suicidal path. Spirituality outside of politics becomes a theory.”
“We have to create the instances for the planetary consciousness to increase: your consciousness, my consciousness, our consciousness, and the consciousness of all sentient beings. The time is now!”

Leadership is the space and the path to high levels of attention, concentration and awareness: of oneself, of others, of nature, and of spiritual reality.The great attribute of a leader is to transcend, and contain, levels higher and higher levels of individual and collective consciousness.

The 5 elements of life – water, air, space, earth and fire – are not just physical natural resources. They are also 5 different (and complementary) forms of wisdom. This is vital to understanding the impacts that polluting them, or using them improperly, has on our material and spiritual well-being.

Three fundamental aspects in dicipulation: first, knowing how to identify wisdom when it is presented to you; second, offer her a blank page for her to write; and third, be totally loyal to what was written. Teaching of Grandfather Fermín Gomez, Mayan Priest, Guatemala.

True freedom is a tree that we have to plant and grow with strong roots, and not a flower that fades every winter.

The Hawthorn trees woke up, to give us an acupuncture of peace.
The linden trees woke up to reassure our souls.
The poplars woke up to communicate with our sky.
The quillayes woke up to clean up the negatives of our past.
The weeping willows woke up to give us a balm of serenity.
The aromas woke up to heal us with their aromatherapy.
The tamarugos woke up to protect us from that unnecessary internal heat.
The Pataguas woke up to share the water that quenches our thirst.
The maquis woke up to paint us the color of spirituality.
The Chilean palms woke up to go up and see new horizons.
The peumos woke up to protect us from the cloud of negativity.

The liters woke up to get away from those who do not see reality.
The boldos woke up to heal our tired bodies.
The myrtles woke up to rest in this hard moment.
The ruiles woke up to understand the true direction of this fight.
The Araucarias woke up to increase our citizen awareness.
The lengas woke up to build a firm and safe path.
The canelos woke up to mark the sacred groove of life.
The larches woke up to indicate where the space of the feminine is.
The coigues woke up to repeat a thousand times: “non-violent path.”
The mountains woke up to protect us from adversity.
The rivers woke up so that their waters may calm our hearts.
The lakes woke up to heal our deep wounds.

The liters woke up to get away from those who do not see reality.
The boldos woke up to heal our tired bodies.
The myrtles woke up to rest in this hard moment.
The ruiles woke up to understand the true direction of this fight.
The Araucarias woke up to increase our citizen awareness.
The lengas woke up to build a firm and safe path.
The canelos woke up to mark the sacred groove of life.
The larches woke up to indicate where the space of the feminine is.
The coigues woke up to repeat a thousand times: “non-violent path.”
The mountains woke up to protect us from adversity.
The rivers woke up so that their waters may calm our hearts.
The lakes woke up to heal our deep wounds.

“The health of our environment is directly related to the state of consciousness of each person. An example: the scarcity of water.”

“For entrepreneurs.
In the Vyaghghapajja Sutta, the Buddha recommends 4 things:
1) Constant effort and proportional to entrepreneurship (Utthana Sampada);
2) Protection of assets and money;
3) have an honest and transparent working group, noble friends (Kalihankamittata);
and 4) Live according to what you earn (Samajevikata). “

“True spirituality. It is not only relevant that we self-realize compassion on a personal level, for example, but that we simultaneously commit to building a compassionate society together.”

Let’s not lose our enthusiasm. Merits only happen as a result of our enthusiasm. Enthusiasm is finding joy in great challenges.

The anatomy of a leadership – individual or collective – based on a Buddhist text Dassa Rajashama:
generosity (Dana), morality (Sila), self-sacrifice (Pariccoga), integrity (Ajjava), kindness (Maddavam), austerity (Tapa), no anger (Akkodha), non-violence (Avihimsa), tolerance (Khandhi), and no deviation from straightness (Avirodama).

What do you think? Should we build a future with the level of collective consciousness that we have today? Or should we build our future with a new collective consciousness? Or should we open a way to self-realize a collective destiny that is already in its maximum expression to be implemented?

Based on my Master’s teaching. “By the power of truth, by the care of all human beings, by the blessing of all the Holy Beings, by the blessing of all the Masters and Shakyamuni Buddha, may great illnesses turn into small illnesses, and May the little diseases disappear. Soha, Amen, Shalom … So be it.”

A ‘spiritual remedy’ for the corona virus: seek refuge in our inner happiness (heart chakra). Let’s take advantage of lonely moments through whatever spiritual practice you have.

May we all be the infallible medicine for all human beings and sentient beings who are sick in the world, until we are all healed.
Soha, Shalom, Amen, Aho …

Our self-preservation is an individual and collective responsibility. We all have a Primordial Substance and it is a great source of healing. Enter in total silence and bathe in it.

Our planet is governed by The Law of Karma. This law demands a just and equitable planetary society. Governed by our merits.

If after this experience humanity does not change its consciousness profoundly, politics and economics as we understand it today will sink us.

The only thing we have to learn from this pandemic is to live happily together. We are a country, a society, a human group, a responsibility …

The Great Law of Healing teaches us that to heal ourselves we must heal the planet. And, to heal the planet, we must heal ourselves. This minute represents only a proposal for mutual and interdependent healing. This is the first stone, the backbone, to progressively build a new way of living on our planet. You know that I have worked and published a great deal on this topic (several decades), considering innumerable angles: economic, institutional, political, social and spiritual. I have shared almost everything on social networks. Here I only share the “headlines”, at the risk of what this means. Otherwise this would be too long a text (a book). I will try to produce a one-two page version. Therefore, do not evaluate how complete and inclusive it is. See it as a spiritual acupuncture. We urgently need a new consciousness to nurture and implement this new planetary order; she represents the preamble and the path towards a solidary, cooperative, fair, interdependent, compassionate, loving planetary society… A consciousness that makes our global Being flourish. New values, ideas, habits, behaviors, mindsets, etc. I am optimistic, and convinced that together we can do it, particularly if we take shared responsibilities regarding the future of Chile and our planet.

– A Planet Free of Poverty.
– A Planet Free of Pollution.
– A Planet Free of Conflicts.
– A Planet Free of Diseases.
– A Planet Free of Individualistic and Materialistic Values.
– A Full Planet of the Economy and Policy of Care (human beings, sentient beings and nature)
– A Planet Full of Conservation and Ecological Regeneration.
– A Planet Full of Citizen Institutions and Shared Responsibilities.
– A Planet Full of Bio-Organic Food and Nutrition.
– A Planet Full of Circular and Solidarity Economies.
– A Planet Full of Human and Nature Rights. Outline of a Planetary Transformation Program
– Creation of a citizen planetary institution for world peace.
– Protection and respect for all native peoples.
– Transformation of UNEP into a planetary organization.
– Immediate implementation of reforms to the UN and the Bretton Woods Institutions.
– Permanent action on climate change.
– Cleaning and conservation of all the oceans, rivers and lakes of the world.
– Total protection of all native forests, reforestation and desertification plans.
– Protection of biodiversity, including native flora, fauna and seeds.
– Protection of all glaciers.
– Decontamination of all cities, neighborhoods.
– Formulation of a planetary plan for the management and mitigation of natural disasters.
– Implementation of an inclusive strategy for the rural world.
– Elimination of the hydrocarbon-based economy.
– Inclusion of a health system with planetary connotations.
– Creation of new planetary citizen institutions.
– Transition towards societies of rights and not of markets.
– Elimination of all nuclear weapons on the planet.
– Transformation of educational systems: towards a global being.
– Gestation of new equitable and just ways of creating material wealth.

“A consciousness that makes our global Being flourish. New values, ideas, habits, behaviors, mentalities, etc. I am optimistic, and convinced that together we can do it, particularly if we take shared responsibilities regarding the future of Chile and our planet.”

“Nothing should separate us. We have the same collective destiny.”

“If we want to be happy, let’s commit ourselves to building a compassionate society.”

“In this new era, which has already arrived, we are living the experience of” zero time “. The accordion of time is closed!”

“We must transcend everything that limits us. And eliminate everything that limits us to transcend.”

“We must increase our knowledge of the great spiritual powers of all sentient beings and nature.”

“Today we see a great ethical decline in relation to the very nature of life.”

“Everything is born or created from opposites. Opposites operate at their best with a common goal: creation. That is why politics is producing nothing.”

“The creation of the subject in the plural was made to separate us. When we are One, there will only be words in the singular.”

“In the middle of a rushing river, all we have to learn is to float and transport ourselves on a single leaf.”

“We have a great ethical responsibility to our elders.”

“The time has come to evolve from the inside out.”

“The most fundamental way to prevent the spread of the corona virus, and other viruses, is by stopping the destruction of our nature. Let us also look for the natural solution.”

“If you don’t have an answer, it’s not the fault of the question.”

“There will be no future if we don’t heal the planet.”

“Where there is no life, there is no yoga.”

“All expressions of life are manifested between two spaces of silence.”

“Ecological regeneration: we must implement a planetary ecological quarantine now.”

“Our beautiful planet is a true spiritual sanctuary.”

“The Buddha: If we all knew the benefits of generosity and sharing, no one would eat without sharing first, even if this was their last bite.”

“We are experiencing the inexorable universal law of karma.”

“The source of duality is the mind. The source of unity is consciousness.”

The Importance of Nature. Mara (demon) asks the Buddha, how are people going to know that you have reach enlightment? The Buddha put his hand on the ground and replied, “She knows.”

Many think that spiritual values are irrelevant, weak, or esoteric.

You are what is accumulated by your consciousness, expressed from cognitive experiences.

“Just as the wisdom of the ears tunes the guitar, so spiritual practice makes our consciousness grow.”

“We are ruling the country and the planet with” a partial morality “: only what is good for me or my group counts. We must govern with” a social morality “: what is good for all of us. That does not imply that the benefits and the costs are the same for each person.”

“Today, our” I “, individual and collective, is separated from the” I “of nature. Our oral expressions can become great blockers of our capacity for self-realization. Two examples: answer everything with” I believe “and another is “I do not know if I understood correctly”.”

“Chinese Proverb:” When the winds of change arise, some people build retaining walls, while others build windmills.”

“We are at a great spiritual tipping point. It is up to us if this opportunity materializes.”

“Debate between Mozi and Confucius. Mozi tells him:” do not leave everything to chance, it is our responsibility to select the correct ruler.”

“How does a leader build a common collective path?”

“Big challenge: reform our traditional social, economic and political conventions. How will we do it? Internal or external morality?”

“It is essential to self-realize our collective historical karma. A new future requires the creation of a new karmic footprint.”

“Our spirituality is being eroded for lack of a planetary eco-governance. Let us open the space of a new dawn through the healing of the planet, now!”

“Advances in states of collective consciousness must be accompanied by great refinements of our mind, and avoid social chaos.”

“Everything can change in an instant, you just have to be happy.”

“We need a correct direction, legitimate duties and responsibilities, and a just life.”

20 Jewels for a Planetary Eco-Consciousness

1. LIFE. That planet earth is a living being and not a thing.
2. COLLECTIVE. That we must embrace a new notion of what we understand as a collective.
3. CONSCIOUSNESS. That the collective levels of consciousness (of living beings and the
nature) are determinants of the construction of the planetary eco-consciousness.
4. WELLNESS. That planetary eco-consciousness simultaneously addresses the need to increase and consolidate both our material and spiritual well-being.
5. LIABILITY. That we have to assume, at the same time, three types of responsibilities: individual, collective and planetary.
6. HEALING. That we are all responsible for self-realizing and implementing the Great Law of Healing.
7. SUSTAINABILITY. That there is no single dimension of Sustainable Development (SD).
8. NATURAL. That human beings have a natural mind and a natural body.
9. LAWS. That the planetary eco-consciousness (and its impacts) is not only subject to human laws and natural laws but also to spiritual laws.
10. PURIFICATION. That we must address with extreme priority the purification of the 5 elements of life.
11. VALUE. That we have to define what constitutes value in our society.
12. ORIGIN. That it is vital to know and work with the vision and planetary worldview of our native peoples.
13. RIGHTS. That we must create and approve the rights of nature.
14. ECONOMY. That we have to go in search of another way of doing economics.
15. AGREEMENT. That it is necessary to build a planetary agreement.
16. CITIZENSHIP. That we live in the era of citizenship.
17. ORGANIZATION. That we have to change international structures and organizations right now.
18. LEADERSHIP. That it is necessary to create new forms of leadership through conscious leaders.
19. GOVERNANCE. That the planetary eco-consciousness is expressed through different governance mechanisms.
20. SPIRITUALITY. That ecology must have a great dimension of spirituality, and that spirituality must have a great ecological dimension.

We want big changes. Behind these changes is what never changes. What we want to change is on the throne and emanates from the throne of the unchangeable: unconditional love, justice, compassion, solidarity …

Our body is very difficult to obtain. I give thanks for its fundamental importance in our spiritual and material path, it is a privilege and a great responsibility because its possession is very precarious.

“New Collective Consciousness: only common actions will result in a common welfare.”

“We are one, indivisible. There is no superior or inferior. A truly sustainable society is one that eliminates suffering.”

“The Medicine of the Earth”. It is governed by the laws of Happiness, Service and Interdependence.

“Our mentality (mindset) is anchored in our level of consciousness.”

“When you see the beauty in everyone and everything, they will see the beauty in you.”

It is impossible for you to see a flower if it is not looking at you at the same time. We have a mutual existence.

Today, to enter, the computer asks me if I am human!

“We need a great collective healing process.”

“Past: reconciliation of religion and science. Today: reconciliation of spirituality and economy (material and non-material).”

“A conscious communication is one that awakens and transforms the mind all the time. A spiral!”

“Let’s not lose our inner greatness.”

“The most powerful internal force is our dignity.”

“We cannot abandon the eye of wisdom.”

Humanity, I call you with my open heart, calm mind and radiant spirit.
I call you because it is time to wake up to a new era, to a new way of life, and to the creation and implementation of new forms of well-being.
I call you because it is the hour in which we must unite again with everything and all forms of life on this planet; a true, mutual and enriching union.
I am calling you because this new path is commanded by your internal power more than the external, by the spiritual more than the material, and by the collective more than the individual — think about it!
I call you because we must become aware that we are pure consciousness, that we are material consciousness, that we are individual consciousness, and that we are universal collective consciousness.
I call you because we must be full of attention and concentration on what is really happening, outside of all the sensationalisms that we hear today and that are very popularized.
I call you because we must quickly recover the fundamental spiritual laws for the healing of Planet Earth, such as the law of spiritual space, the law of karma, the law of interdependence, the law of feminine energy, the law of accuracy.
I call you because we must self-realize the collective values ​​that unite the universal scope of our lives, regardless of where we were born, what religion we have, or the politics we profess – solidarity, interdependence, equity, justice, love, peace, compassion, integration, respect…

I am calling you because they have led us to the world of “having” and “doing, and we have almost abandoned the world of” being “; the world of our inner path, of our own identity, of our talents, of our spirit, of our divinity, of our wisdom, and of our common sense.
I am calling you because we have already passed from the rule of “knowing” to the rule of “self-realization”, and this has changed the world, has relocated “authorization”, and has established important milestones of the different forms of interdependence.
I call you because I feel in infinity that we are violating the true protocol of life: the protocol with ourselves, the protocol with our divinity, the protocol with others, the protocol with nature and the protocol with time (past, present and future).
I call you because we must walk together, united, and with a shared vision of everything and all human activities: religion, politics, economy, democracy, sovereignty, health, education, housing, urban planning, agriculture, commerce, production, consumption, etc. .
I call you because I see how diseases of the body, mind and spirit are invading us – we are being annihilated by these diseases that see how our immune system has been weakened to its most precarious limits.
I am calling you because we have to move quickly from competition to cooperation, from material to spiritual solution, from war and conflict to perishable peace, from pure and dispersed content to expanding our container and collective consciousness, and from the banal to the most subtle and truly ours.
I call you because we are one and I see you dismembered from me, either because I dismembered you or you dismembered me; This is the time to join together and I want to join you.
I call you to change together and find better forms of interaction with each other within humanity as well as with all living beings that inhabit this planet – an embroidery of the different expressions of life.

I call you because it is my soul that cries out for your presence, your indispensable presence within my own soul; because my lama cries out your body close to mine; and because my soul cries out for the presence of your spirit to walk together in the infinite light.
I call you because I want to be part of you, and I offer you to be part of me; because I want you to feel what I feel and I would like to feel what you feel; and because I want to live what you live and that you live what I live.
I call you because I see that material wealth is spiritual misery in most cases and situations, and for all of us to restore the law of balance where the balance between material and spiritual transformation is imperative.
I call you so that we all take off our masks, so that we all eliminate material and spiritual borders, and so that we tear down all the walls that separate us today.
I call you so that we can connect to the origin and we can have the privilege of a true destination, together with all the original peoples of this beautiful Planet Earth, since we know that without connection to the origin there will be no destination.
I call you because I adore your melody, your rhythm, your sound, your vibration and your source of life; so that the score of your melody contains important stanzas of mine and all united we can be the concert that will take humanity to the era that today, if today, is opening – let’s embrace this new era.
I call you, I call you, I call you …

The spiritual path of liberation must first be oriented to knowing ‘who we are’, and ‘how we exist’ together with all sentient beings and nature.

Every day that dawns, you can choose a new path.

Walking through the Mayan world has been extraordinary.

The path of liberation begins with knowing who we really are.

Consciousness plays a vital role in definition and beliefs about determinism and / or free will.

We need a lot of inner strength to establish new forms of well-being.

“To look at Heaven is to meet Zenith;
To look Down is to travel to the Center of the Earth;
To look to the East is to find our New Dawn;
To look to the West is to return to the Sacred Silence;
To look to the North is to vibrate with the Magnet of the Earth; Y
Looking South is embracing the Feminine Energy. “

One cause of suffering is ignorance; she has two origins: not knowing and knowing something wrong (wrong). For you this is blue, for us it is not. For us this is not true, for you it is. How can we live together in peace?

“I had lunch in the company of three Buddhist child monks. I asked the youngest child how old he was. He looked into my eyes for several seconds, and with an innocence that I had never seen, he answered:” I don’t know. “How wonderful not to know about the time of the clock, of the day, of the year … He will never grow old since his cells have not adopted our convention on time. “

The Benefits of the Forest

Improved health and well-being (cyclists, runners).
Urban renewal and economic benefits.
Reduction of the impacts of floods and natural disasters.
Temperature stress reduction.
Changes in energy demand.
Improvement of air and water quality. Acid rain.
Increase in biodiversity.
Increase in property values.
Improvement of the productivity of rest.
Reduction of damage to infrastructure.
Increase in the habitat of wild species.
Carbon sequestration.
Obtaining livable cities.
Adoption of new forms of governance for greening.
Establishment of foundations for an eco-smart city.
Generate contamination filters.
Regulation of water flows and their quality.
Mitigate climate change.
Provision of food.
Improvement of physical and mental health.
Noise reduction Eco-acoustics.
Mobilization of urban communities.
Strengthening of local democracies in green spaces.
Creation of miniature forests.
Promotion of urban agriculture.
Watershed management.
Strengthening the concept of public parks.

Water is Life and Life is Water

Simply, without water there is no life. All forms of life need the element of water to exist and subsist. Water is also a fundamental source of health for human beings and all sentient beings and nature. Water accompanies us along with the other elements of life: space, wind, earth and fire. They are inseparable. Water is a living entity: it has energies, behavior, memory and consciousness. What has no life cannot give life. The scarcity or total lack of water means losing your life and, therefore, constitutes a threat to people, communities, countries and the region. A source of conflict. A loss of peace. Peace is only built together with nature, and making peace with water and with all the elements of life. Excess scarcity, or simply a lack of water, creates stress, marginalization and conflict. To address the challenges resulting from water scarcity, we must start from the premise that water is a ‘renewable natural resource’ and ‘a shared natural resource’, in all its dimensions. The ‘renewable’ highlights the importance of having proper management and the real possibility of achieving sustainable conservation. The ‘shared’ highlights the importance of the human and social impacts that accompany its poor distribution, scarcity and contamination (loss of quality). The ‘shared’ also reflects a recognition of various shared responsibilities within a water access, use, management and conservation strategy. She moves us from ‘I’ (personal benefit) to ‘we’ (collective benefit), at all levels (including a planetary level) and spiritually.

The importance of this water crisis not only derives from its nature
transcendental in life (eg, without water there is no life), but in addition to its multiple impacts and consequences that affect millions of actors in our society. These ‘multiple impacts’ will be felt in at least four key strategic areas: (i) agriculture and food security, (ii) migration between and within countries and the possibility of sustainable human settlements (displacement due to water stress, formation of camps and slaughter areas); (iii) potential generation of renewable energies and the corresponding industrial and mining development; and (iv) significant increases in natural disasters (eg, accelerated desertification, floods, forest fires, deterioration of the productivity of fresh and salt waters). All of the above entails immense human and social impacts in our country. These are impacts at the level of “material well-being” and “spiritual well-being” of our populations and sentient beings. An issue not only related to a phenomenon of “natural character” but to a phenomenon of “humanitarian character” without precedent. All ecological and environmental crises also turn into crises of a human and social nature. They are the two sides of the same coin. That is why I make a call entitled “Waters for Peace” and “Because Our Peace Flows Through Water.” These are not just another slogan. They represent the real and subtle nature, the spiritual force, of a call to avoid what can be tragic for all of us and for future generations. It is not by chance that most human civilizations have developed through friendship on the banks of streams of water. A necessary and indelible interdependence with nature, in general, and with water, in particular. The quantity, quality and character of life of water must be understood as an important “instrument of peace.” Their accelerating shortages will become an inexorable source of conflict. We have to prevent conflicts in relation to our waters.

Unlike other natural resources, such as oil (black gold), water has no substitutes. The only substitute for water is water. Collective dimensions (national and international), cross-border characteristics, health and food dilemmas, among others – structurally inserted in this peace through water – lead us to address important ethical issues – such as justice. intergenerational. All this, in the middle of a process of strong emergence of a national and regional citizenship. Citizenship as the claim to the need for participatory and deliberative democracies, and as an institutional form of empowerment at the level of individuals and communities. People demand water. People will fight for water. Furthermore, we know that most of our societies are experiencing, and strongly stimulating, a transition from societies governed by market institutions to societies governed by rights. Not only civil and political rights, but economic, social and cultural rights (including the rights to water), and the right to development. Failure to address the challenges of water and not establish solid foundations for peace and harmony through water rulings will all become a flagrant way of violating the last mentioned rights. Today, we see it through the progressive judicialization of projects that affect water courses or that affect the environment in general.

THE SPIRITUALITY OF WATER:
The optimal state of a human being is achieved through the union of body, mind and spirit. The Yoga. In this sense, the body is an element
indispensable to explain what happens in our mind and spirit. We know that the human body is 70% water. The quantity, the quality, the spirit and the consciousness of that water, determines our reality, and defines the horizons that are within our reach. The path of yoga is not an isolated path, it is not an island. The path of yoga is collective in nature. A collective that includes human beings, all sentient beings, and nature. This collective responds to many human, natural and spiritual laws, which ultimately determine the true role that water plays in our spirituality and inner transformation. One of the most important spiritual laws is “The Law of Interdependence”: everything is interdependent on everyone, everyone and everything. The great mantra of this law is:
‘I am because you are, you are because I am’. The self-realization of this law shows how we are interdependent on water and all forms of life that exist on the planet. We cannot ‘Be’ or ‘Convert’ without water. Water is a vital ingredient for our material and spiritual Being.
Another highly relevant spiritual law is “The Law of Correspondence” where, ‘the external is like the internal, the internal is like the external’. The air we breathe determines the air inside us. The same is true of water. This means that destroying the quality of the external water profoundly affects the quality of our internal water. This destruction manifests itself through diseases of all kinds.
Human transformation along with natural evolution is the essence of the path of humanity. What really matters is not money or material wealth. We know that human transformation takes place in many spaces and platforms. One of these platforms of transformation is based on the attainment and self-realization of peace, where world (regional) peace depends on our inner peace. Peace is not a thing or a commodity. Peace is a state of Being. The state of peace that we observe today reflects a specific level of human consciousness. It arises from our state of consciousness.

That is why inner peace will only manifest itself as a result of a great healing process. One of the most relevant and fundamental healings is the healing of our five elements of life: space, wind, water, earth and fire. There are many individual and collective spiritual paths that help us heal the distortions and contaminations of these 5 elements. What is relevant is that the “state” of water is a determinant of our state of material and spiritual well-being, individually and collectively. Water has been considered vital by all religions and spiritual currents of the world, including the spirituality of our native peoples. It has represented a symbol of the healing of our emotions, of the collective ability of subtle transformation, of the source of sacramental administration (baptism), of the energetic base of our femininity, of the channel of divine communication, and much more. This is not a water-matter relationship. It is not simply something, a thing, to quench our thirst. It is a water-spirit relationship. Water to nourish or calm our spirit, water to bathe our impurities, water to appease negative emotions, water to internalize our consciousness, water to establish a correct path, water to communicate with our ancestors, and much more. Our relationship with water is a relationship where there is a very special notion of what constitutes “value”; something extraordinarily different from the everyday.
The existence value, where we know that, having water, there is life.
The presence value, where the basis of our internal empowerment is.
The landscape value where the feeling that makes us defend and free water sources from unnecessary exploitation is born.
The protection value, where we know how water helps us in the face of adversity is irreplaceable.
The ritual value, where we connect with the divinity of the person, as with all states of our being.

The purification value, where all the material and spiritual dimensions of our lives are covered.
The spawn value of life, where millions of beings and living entities of our planet are housed.
The calming value, where sufferings are appeased by being in their contact.
The punishment value, where religions announce that a drought is coming as a response to our bad actions.
The blessing value, where the rain is considered a divine gift.
There are those who claim that all diseases can be cured with water (combinations of portions of fresh, salty, hot, warm, cold, frozen water, steam).
Water is a living being, which has energies, behaviors, memory, and consciousness. It is this awareness of water that allows us to perceive any imbalance in those systems that sustain life. Material, systemic and emotional imbalances.
The great Catholic theologian, Teilhard de Chardin, said that our universe, our reality, is a communion of “subjects” and not simply a collection of “objects.” This demands deep reflection, since it makes us change the paradigm that has ‘reified’ everything. He has reified even human beings: consumers, producers … Clearly, nature has been reified: it is a collection of physical things, of material balances …
The mere fact that water is governed by The Law of Correspondence, water represents the great connector between the self and all other sentient beings. In a Buddhist sense, given the services we receive from the water, without expecting a reward, she could be considered as what is known as a Bodhisattva: one who dedicates the path of his enlightenment, of its maximum expression, through service and dedication to others. other beings. Nature, in all its dimensions, is the most exemplary Bodhisattva that we have in our lives. The destruction of this Bodhisattva, nature, which provides dimensions of life and healing, which the human being does not have or escapes his mission, is a suicidal path for humanity.

A CALL TO JOINT ACTION:
i. The sufficient condition to address the issue of water and peace is a change in the collective consciousness of all the social actors involved.
ii. We must all be clear that a dry country generates a dry soul, a dry identity, and a dry heart.
iii. Legislation is important, but legislation must be accompanied by mechanisms for citizen interaction and integration – collective bargaining, empowerment, protection of rights – as an expression of material and spiritual well-being.
iv. Everything demands the development of institutions, respect and implementation of rights and the direct participation of the communities.
v. Advocate for the rights of nature. This is an important step to create different options for shared responsibilities that will become a scaffolding of peace.
saw. Water must be at the center of our humanitarian, peace and sustainable development agenda.
vii. We must all adopt criteria that allow us to act in unison with shared regional goals. Examples of criteria are conservation, the precautionary principle, creation of communities, mutual cooperation, benefit of future generations, direct citizen participation, etc.
viii. Create a regional cooperation policy on water.
ix. Creation of a “Blue Water Fund for Peace”. The first project of this fund should be the cleaning of all the waters of the country. This would also include salty waters and coastal edges. The union between soil conservation and water conservation.
x. Formulation of a policy that deliberately protects the main sources of fresh water, including our glaciers, and other bodies of water (wetlands) that are of vital importance for the benefit of communities and human settlements. Use of the watershed as a management unit, a watershed management and conservation plan.
xi. A National Declaration of Water. Water should not be considered only a factor of production or something inert and of material cut, but should be recognized as a fundamental element of all forms of life that exist in the country.
Uxii. Lead a deep reflection on how fiscal policy could contribute to solving this water crisis (public investments, budget allocations, fiscal revenues – taxes, water rights), supervision, fiscal productivity, selection of intervention instruments, etc.
xiii. Creation of “A Council of Indigenous Peoples for Water”.
xiv. Creation of an organization of “Women for Our Water”.

EPILOGUE:
We are a privileged country, with a beautiful ocean, hydrographic basins, underground waters, etc. We are a country with spirit. We are a country with an ancient tradition. We are a country of wonderful geography. We cannot say that the only factor responsible for our water crisis is climate change. By using the term “climate change” we are simply saying that “no one is responsible”. To think that “nature” is the one to blame would be irresponsible. This stance does not possess the wisdom we need to solve this great challenge, nor does it represent an operational message to attack a problem that is going to become more and more acute. We need a new political commitment to citizens at the local, regional and national levels. This demands a system of rights, with empowered actors within the existing and future governance system. We do not believe a false promise of material well-being.

Our true origin arises from many ancestors: animal ancestors, human ancestors, plant ancestors, astral ancestors, supra-natural ancestors, water ancestor, fire ancestor … We are a very young entity on this planet.

Chinese Wise Man: “When I started practicing, mountains and rivers were just mountains and rivers. After I advanced in my practice, mountains and rivers stopped being mountains and rivers. But when I got to the end of my practice, the mountains and rivers were just mountains and rivers again.”

It is impossible for me to see what you are seeing exactly. I can only interpret you. It is impossible for you to see what I am seeing exactly. You can only interpret me. We interpret ourselves through codes: “that’s you” “that’s me”, “that’s us”, “that’s a tree” … Differences frequently respond to a collapse of our codes, to individual evolution and transformation and collective (leaving behind certain outdated codes) – eg, different states of consciousness that arise, recognize, accept and self-realize our codes. The social outbreak changed all the codes. Yesterday, money, having, competing … Today, dignity, treatment, community, citizenship …

“Each spiritual virtue is its own world. By entering only one of them (self-realization of the corresponding virtue) you will be able to meet great Beings of Light. It is wonderful!”
“The plow of life continues to make its furrow as long as the ticking of the clock continues without stopping.”
“An important dimension of a true democracy is to have an ethical and moral compass.”

“We know very well who is harmed by poverty. We do not eliminate poverty because there are many who benefit from more poverty. We will only be a rich country when there are no more poor.”

“Millions of Chileans live with the insecurity of tomorrow. It promotes fundamentalism and violence. Human security is a state within us and we must nurture it with useful forms of citizen interaction.”

“The history of Chile will be written by future generations. What will they write about us? We are leaving cars, airplanes, buildings, computers, shopping centers … Is that what they expect of us? Life is more than material things. ¡ Let’s build for those who come !. “

“We Chileans want a new and renewed nation … for this, we must have a new citizen conscience.”

What good is economic growth when the well-being of large numbers of people deteriorates as they grow faster? What good is it to gain points in the growth rate, when our inequality indices are one of the worst in Latin America and the world?

Our politics is exhausted, defeated and trampled on. Building a new political spirit calls us to be a nation, to nurture our identity and believe in our hopes as a people. A policy without spirit is illegitimate!

We cannot live on political promises but on citizen realities. The policy should be of service and not of serving. It is the citizenship who establishes the horizons of politics and not politics the horizons of citizenship.

In life there is always a moment of truth. An instant in which we have to make decisions from the depths of being. In Chilean politics this is the historical moment of truth and not continue to destroy our citizen capital.

We are one with everything, and everything is within us. We are part of the country and at the same time it is within us. It is our collective conscience that will nurture new ways of doing (being) politics.

In Chile we have followed the path of the state and the market. We have literally done it. Today, the market produces inequity and environmental destruction. What is our next path?

A national and conscious identity makes us go from being a country to being a Nation. But what is being Chilean? An important part of this identity is our culture, land and “crazy geography”. Let’s take care of them !!

We have to worry about the future of our children. You do not have to exercise rights only for yourself, but also for others. The time has come to claim, vote and commit to a society that has childhood, youth and maturity.

Today, citizens demand a new way of doing politics: a politics of conscience and values. Chile has followed the path of the state and the market to the letter. Today, we have to follow the green path.

Power has to be creative and not an inert mass that afflicts all people. Internal power, what I call “empowerment”, is the only way to sustainable development. Sustainability entails citizen empowerment.

The most important poverty in our country comes from a segregated, poor quality and inequitable education. Achieving a national consensus is very important and this is thanks to the students and their parents. They have put this issue at the center of politics, economics and society. For them the issue is not only financing, but quality and many dimensions that go beyond. The Green Ecologist Party’s proposal is for a free, high-quality, non-profit public education. An education system is also proposed that is not the source of inequality at the citizen, regional and national level. We will place great emphasis on the well-being of students and teachers. We will invest in human and social capital in all rural areas of Chile so that children and students do not feel discriminated against and left behind. We will be concerned with a comprehensive education from nursery schools to a doctorate: not just an education to do or have but an education to know and BE. It is there that culture, art, music, customs, history, civic education, and so many other subjects – that have been left behind – must take the position they deserve. We want an education of individual and collective conscience with Chilean and universal values ​​and with a high level of social conscience.

Faced with the existing political scenarios, many people abstain from voting because they think they cannot do anything. They say: “these elections are the same to me because I have to work the same, all politicians are the same.” I am convinced that today is the time to vote and build a new Chile.

“Citizens demand a new vision of the country that entails a profound change towards forms of well-being that do not allow the existing inequity or environmental destruction. A path that builds the architecture of a sustainable, healthy, clean, fair and supportive future “.

“The great change in Chile will be a change in consciousness”. We are Life … in each of us the will to correct the passing of history and grant ourselves a better place for ourselves, our children, our grandchildren, our descendants … We are

“This model must be changed. It is a fragile model in the face of international crises, which concentrates wealth, creates inequity and destroys the environment, without having automatic correction mechanisms. It is a model that has produced a decrease in the quality of life through diseases and social stress (dismemberment of the family, neighborhoods and local organizations ”

“Chile is not only a country on the map but it is also a nation. A nation sheltered by the desert, the mountains, the South Pole and the Pacific Ocean. We are daughters and sons of this land. Chile belongs to us and must not be for sale, at auction or to the highest bidder. Everything here belongs to all of us. We have rights and responsibilities and we must ensure that those rights are respected and that those responsibilities are assumed in all their dimensions. To go from a country to a nation we must have a strong democracy and a large part of that strength is made by you with the vote. “

«The ultimate cause of inequity in Chile is the ownership of our natural resources … whoever takes over the space, who takes over the natural resources of the space, who makes resources that do not belong to him, will dominate the distribution of income and equity in our country … first measure a constitutional reform in which Chile’s natural resources belong to all Chileans »

“This model must be changed. It is a fragile model in the face of international crises, which concentrates wealth, creates inequity and destroys the environment, without having automatic correction mechanisms. It is a model that has produced a decrease in the quality of life through diseases and social stress (dismemberment of the family, neighborhoods and local organizations ”

“What we are giving the students is not a re-enchantment, we must not re-enchant them: the students have always been in society and we must give them a reason to vote.”

“Chile loves to compare itself with the OECD and we have the worst inequity coefficients, at the same time, we have better growth rates than the OECD average, but we are the penultimate of the list in happiness coefficients. The OECD has long said ‘correct this’, but inequality is of many kinds, it is not just wage inequality, it is also an ecological inequity. 80% of the capital assets of the poor are neither infrastructure nor finance, but stocks of natural capital. For example, in the field the person has fruit trees and takes care of them. For the poor population their land is very important “

“I was always against the dictatorship. A dark time in our history where the human rights of thousands of Chilean men and women were violated. A moment where our human and social fabric was deeply destroyed, our trust in public institutions, including justice.

“I have always been on the side of human rights. Together we must establish the bases so that this deep suffering is healed and the great crimes that Chile suffered become a historical lesson for all. “This has not been and will not be an easy road. But on this path to the presidency of the republic we will never diminish the importance of a subject as delicate and sensitive as the military coup and the dictatorship. “Despite the 40 years that have passed since September 11, 1973, when the military dictatorship took power, it is evident that in our society there are still deep wounds that are open. This suggests that the efforts that have been made to restore unity, particularly on a human level, have not been sufficient. “For this to materialize, we must consider at least three fundamental dimensions: truth (full transparency), justice (application of human rights) and reconciliation. We all know that there are many truths that have not yet come to light, that are hidden, or that have been distorted, and this cannot continue. It is this transparent truth that will give way to true justice, not only of rights but also of fact. The truth is the first rung. “Justice must be equitable, permanent and universal. A justice for those who have been directly affected as well as for their closest relatives. A justice that is accompanied by compassion and empowerment. Justice is the second rung. “Because there has been no truth and justice, there has not been a real reconciliation either. It just hasn’t materialized. Reconciliation is the last step. 15 “This situation of pain and anguish cannot be used to obtain political dividends. This is a mistake that is going to result in less reconciliation. Nor will it be just politics or a purely material compensation that will lead us to a final reconciliation. “Reconciliation is within us and not in the political arena as we know it today. They are the dimensions (a) of the human, solidarity, love and cooperation and (b) of asking for forgiveness and being forgiven, which together ultimately take precedence over all things. “These processes have penetrated to the depths of our social fabric and this demands a process of mutuality: we. That is why the Chileans affected demand that all those who were involved apologize. “This is the moment of commitment. A commitment so that we can definitely reconcile forever. We are deeply committed to true reconciliation. Let’s use everything in our power so that we can heal definitively. “May this process strengthen us and strengthen our democracy and build a future where that historical aberration never occurs again.” 16 Citizens demand a new vision of the country that entails a profound change towards forms of well-being that do not allow existing inequity or environmental destruction. A path that builds the architecture of a sustainable, healthy, clean, fair and supportive future.

The most important sign of a people is its physical, mental, and spiritual health. Today we are victims of major diseases in both urban and rural areas. Health services are not up to what is needed in Chile, especially in the low-income strata. Many of these diseases are caused and are the result of our economic system that pollutes the air, water and land. Pollution from industry, genetically modified foods, and junk foods are the main source of weakening our immune systems. This weakening has been accelerated by environmental destruction.

The seed is life and should not be subject to patents. Chilean seeds are ours. We have zero tolerance for GMOs. We will create a national seed bank with an infrastructure for their conservation and citizen participation.

“We all remember teachers as teachers, counselors, friends, confidants … They are part of our family. The influence of a teacher remains forever. We must regain the dignity of our teachers with respect and awareness of their human and social contribution to our There must be a significant increase in their salaries and a payment for the hours of preparation, as well as a system of continuous and effective improvement. The government must take care of their well-being including also housing and transportation. They are the wise that fuels the creation of a new future. “

“There are billions of poor people around the world. Lack of food, sleep hungry, and feel totally marginalized: without water, sanitation, housing, decent work … Chile will be a rich country when there are no poor. When the poverty has been eliminated. Poverty that arises from the processes of wealth creation. This is not a problem of numbers or economic. It is an ethical problem that must be solved now. There are many types of poverty: material and spiritual. We do not promote a model where we would be materially rich, and spiritually poor. “

“Very soon our shield will cease to exist because we have a few condors and huemules left. Also because the time has come to use peace and not force. Our country has been dominated by physical and economic force … Now we have to seek the power of our inner strength. What motto would our people want? What words would be involved? What message do we want to repeat at every moment? I like our flag. Our identity and spirit as a nation must be magnified. “

“Let us not be afraid of being different or of acting differently. The strength of a democracy does not lie in uniformity but in full diversity: I am because you are and you are because I am. The challenge is UNION, shame it is discrimination, and despair is living without an identity of one’s own. I admire the youth who cry out for a different change for Chile and fight for it.”

Voting, more than a duty, is a right. Your citizen right to chart the destiny of your country. Demand it! Your chance is now. Vote free. For those of us who have had the opportunity to hold a leadership position, be it professional, religious, spiritual, social, or political, we know that one of the most important challenges is how to achieve union between those who are in favor with those who are in favor. against (regardless of what is in question).

Economy of the soul. There was once a country called Chile that had a great ocean, clean and pure, a blue sky, a white mountain full of glaciers, many fertile rivers and valleys, a south pole full of snow, thousands of wonderful animals and birds. , unique native forests… In fact, their national anthem highlighted the purity of their environment and ecology. Its shield had as national symbols a wonderful bird called “condor” and a unique animal in the world called “huemul”. None of which exist today: they are extinct. I think there are some replicas in a wax museum in the same room as the dinosaurs. Also, in that shield there was “a call” that highlighted how that society wanted to grow or transform; and said: “by reason or force.” According to what the grandmothers and grandfathers, our ancestors, told us, some opted for reason and others for force. A minority chose the spirit. The ecological destruction caused by the market system and its concentration of wealth was so great that brute force, conflict, and not peace or the internal force of these people finally prevailed. They say that the violence began with the scarcity of water. They also say that the Chileans and Chileans were very special. A caring and generous people. But it was won over by globalization, inequality, and the ego. Before disappearing as a people, diseases were rife, children were sick, and people in general were very overwhelmed with so many diseases. But the interesting thing is that they always had a very high GDP, better than most of the countries of their continent and the world. They had the highest level of connectivity, a per-capita income in a developed country, and the most prosperous GM agriculture in the world. At that time they called it a food powerhouse. The only thing we know with certainty is the last message they left in a bunker before disappearing: “We are the last Chileans left here; we have a huge mountain of dollars and pounds sterling; but there are no longer native forests, no clean air or water; Nobody wants us to receive these monies to re-plant trees and shrubs and try to import birds and animals, since there are none; tell everyone who reads this message that money does not buy well-being or happiness; We learned that an economy without spirituality leads us to ruin; do not make the mistake of growing only in the world of the material; the most important capital in a society is its human and natural capital; I’m running out of ink so I have to leave this message here.”

Our first national priority is to enrich our identity as a people. Today, a very deep emptiness is felt, because at most we know something of what we do not want to be. I wonder: When did our identity start to disappear? Is it possible to get it back? Who are we on this planet? What do we have to contribute to this planet? What is our place in this great matrix of interdependence? Chileans can and must deliver “that” that we ARE and not only “that” that we HAVE or that we DO. Behind our minerals, fish, fruit and wood there are Chilean women and men: there is a soul, there is a nature, there is a people. Culture, theater, beauty, ecology, art, expression, stories, history, traditions, customs, languages… NOW!

Principles of Commerce.
The World Fair Trade Organization prescribes 10 important principles:
– First, create opportunities for those producers who face real disadvantages.
– Second, have transparency and assume responsibilities (accountability).
– Third, a fair trade practice (a concern for the economic, social and environmental well-being of marginalized producers).
– Fourth, the payment of a fair price (a remuneration that is socially acceptable).
– Fifth, where there is no child labor, no forced labor.
– Sixth, a commitment to non-discrimination, economic empowerment of gender and women, and freedom of association.
– Seventh, ensure acceptable working conditions (decent work).
– Eighth, provide improvement of institutional capacity.
– Ninth, promote fair trade.
– Tenth, respect for the environment.

Homeless People.
I worked for several years with homeless people in Washington D.C., USA. The organization was called Martha’s Table. I never stop being in that difficult and complex space. Today in the morning I was shocked. I always pass by the street orphans and I see a man on the street who sleeps on a bench. That is his house. There he reads, smokes, eats and transcends. Today I saw him again, he was sleeping around 10 a.m. I did my errands and came back around 11 a.m. by the same route and I found him walking almost upon reaching San Antonio. When I passed by his bench, it was totally empty. I asked some people who had seen what happened and they informed me that the police evicted him. How did this end? They took all his bedding and belongings from him and left him alone in the street – a brutal and unbalanced action in my view. Loneliness leads them to the streets and the solution is once again a brutally unfair loneliness. There was no social psychologist, psychiatrist, or specialist on these issues. Just the act of the police. How is it possible that this is happening in our country? A major shame. An act of violence. An inhuman act. What do you think this man is going to do? Where is he going to stop? How is he going to get a place to spend the night? How will he get his belongings? What is he in front of his challenges, without our society do something ?. The most shocking thing was the public’s posture: indifferent spectators. If we are not able to adequately solve this type of situation in our society, we will never solve our problems. I make a call to respect, consider, help, and resolve the grievances of the homeless.

Just as “the market” is the main instrument to achieve the objectives of a neoliberal economy, “empowerment” citizens is the fundamental basis for building a truly sustainable society. There is a great reason to empower ourselves: Chile is ours.

Write a new Chile.
From Asia I remember my beloved Chile. I remember Ninhue and its surroundings and so many other corners of my homeland. A hug of relief and strength to all those who are still suffering as a result of the earthquake and the great fire. A big bear hug. Chile must become an example for all humanity of the new model of development and transformation that we must embrace. That when the history of this new millennium is written, it be said in all languages ​​that it was we who moved the essential piece for a sustainable planet. Today we are a respected country. I want this respect to carry with it an admiration for our way of protecting our human and natural environment. Let it be proclaimed in all corners of the planet that we are the country of natural health, healthy eating, the absence of stress, and great stability. What comes to me the most from Asia is its great identity. I see how they grow it, feed it, and share it. Where is ours? How is ours? Who do we want to share ours with?

There are hundreds of internal prisons, minor and major. Today, I just want to illustrate these prisons with a couple of examples. First, the attachment. This is something that is sometimes very subtle and that we do not realize how attached we are to the material world or other forms of existence. In a world where desire has become a necessity, detachment is a very important path for all of us. Second, our values. Individual and collective values ​​are very essential in life and in all activities and decisions in which we are involved. But there is a moment in which the way we see our values, of practicing them, of manifesting them – as dogmas, defensive instruments, forms of discrimination in relation to others – that are transformed into a great internal prison. Sometimes we are drowning in our own values! Third our logic. It is important to note that we practice internal logic of the mind so much that in the end we think that this is reality. But, it is not reality! And it is in this void between logic and reality that many internal prisons are born and we respond, for example, “that is so.” And we affirm it as if it were a reality. You have to adopt concrete practices to get back to reality. In reality there are no prisons. The sun is the sun. And you don’t feel trapped when you go out every day. Fourth, toxicity. There are many forms of toxicity that are very difficult prisons to combat. I mean drugs, alcohol, tobacco, etc. But I also mean other forms of intoxication such as bad thoughts, a negative mind, personal and social carelessness, being a constant critic, use of discrimination, and so many other internal prisons that shape our world. You know very well what your internal prisons are. It is difficult not to know them, as they are the main source of suffering. If you want to get rid of them, start by acknowledging your reality. Know yourself.

Responsibility Economy.
Let’s move on to “The Economy of Responsibility.” At the moment we frequently hear terms such as the neoliberal economy, the capitalist economy, the social market economy, etc. Today I propose The Economy of Responsibility, where economic and social development must be redefined around all forms of life that inhabit this planet. The practice of The Economy of Responsibility demands to recognize the rights of all forms of life and not only of human life (animal rights, rights of nature), as well as to recognize our responsibilities. It is not just about productivity, competitiveness and material profit. We must go to meet another reality greater than the purely material. The above will become a reality when economic development is about the development of human consciousness.

Very few times in history do citizens have the unique opportunity to start from “scratch” (a metaphor), and write their own history. Today we are given the opportunity to write the history of our Lithium. In this sense, we cannot repeat the history of mining in general and, of course, we must avoid all the errors and excesses that have occurred with the current development model. This history must make it clear that lithium belongs to all of us and It is, in this sense, that there must be a constitutional reform that clearly and explicitly gives us the ownership of this resource. Furthermore, no one could enter your exploitation without EVERYTHING being designed, extracted, produced, and processed in a totally sustainable way, without the negative external effects that we see today in copper mining. This must be non-tradable. Also, its form of access must ensure that it is not monopolized by only a few, as we see today with all our natural resources. And, that the income generated by this resource must go directly to a specific sector or social activity (eg, our native peoples, artisanal fishermen, our teachers, our pensions, science, organic agriculture, recovery of our seeds …). We must not become only extractors of this mineral. From the beginning we should be in all its forms of processing and adding value. I know that there are many other citizen conditions that must be considered and put on the table now! Which ones do you think we should consider? Lithium’s strategy must be long-term with a wise and inclusive vision and for our benefit. Let’s not get too distracted by tax reform, education … and let this off our radar. It is of paramount importance. It is not unusual that in the future our education is significantly funded by our Lithium. Lithium could be the great income of our children and grandchildren in the future. Future generations also have rights.

How difficult it is to talk about violence, when we know that there is external and internal violence. Today, external violence is the faithful mirror of how we feel inside. The violence we are experiencing is the result of many years of the use of brute force, of the profound inequality that exists in our country (of all kinds), of the justice system that we have, of severe social exclusion, of the lack of hope in the souls of many young people, of the strong feeling and foreboding that only some benefit from “the system”, and so on. Violence CANNOT be fought with more violence, be it physical, verbal, emotional, social, political, economic, ethnic, institutional, or of any other kind. With deep respect and personal consideration, I would like to refer to the violence that is taking place in La Araucanía. It seems to me that delaying the solution to the demands of our Native Peoples is a limited strategy. This dilation is harmful, unnecessary, and expensive. The land issue must be resolved as an integral part of a process that must lead us to lasting peace. The immediate creation of a Ministry of Indigenous Peoples, representation in parliament, and the nomination of a Minister in the Supreme Court are some important steps, although transitory, to reach a more established horizon. Action right now. In recent months, the violence reported on television is inconceivable. 32 How did we get there? Recently, a nephew in law was assaulted and literally flattened with the same assailant’s vehicle. He was only 24 years old. A soul that suffered deeply. He is certainly not the only case; there are hundreds of cases daily. What makes a person commit such a savage crime? And, even more, an irreparable crime? What is justice doing in this case? The bombs that have been placed in strategic places (such as the Metro), and the car fires represent a new dimension and, if these forms of violence are established in our country, we will have the same phenomenon of ETA in Spain, of drugs in Spain. Mexico, or the guerrillas in Colombia. Very serious. As a society, we must get to the bottom of these problems. You have to go to its ultimate cause and solve it now. A first step is to AVOID violence that can be avoided. For this we need a dialoguing and empowered society. A society that is supportive. A public institution that is on permanent alert and very receptive to avoid unnecessary conflicts. We cannot argue that this is a worldwide phenomenon. We cannot accept that we become a society of indifferent people. We cannot surrender to such an undesirable phenomenon. We cannot live in a society that becomes weak and vulnerable. You have to know that violence has a trajectory that multiplies geometrically. I am, and always will be, for peace. But peace is not bought. Peace is a state of BEING that is self-realizing. National peace will be the fruit of the inner peace of all of us. But, for there to be inner peace, we must enter a process of self-healing and deep healing. Let’s get started today!

The Alphabet of New Politics
A: Apt for all citizens without exclusion of any kind.
B: Benevolent and eminently humanistic.
C: On the way to a Collective destiny.
D: Direct Rights for everyone and everything, including nature.
E: External and internal citizen empowerment.
F: For Gross Domestic Happiness and not Gross Domestic Product.
G: Effective and equitable Government.
H: Horizon of all Chileans.
I: Inclusive in the social, ethnic, economic, institutional …
J: Just fair for everyone and everything.
K: Kilometric in the generation of benefits to the most underprivileged.
L: Luminous and transparent in indicating the true path.
M: Mediator between those who have less and those who have more.
N: Native and born in our own culture and identity.
O: Opportunities for all.
P: Permanent internal and external peace.
Q: Permanent Quellón (help) to those in need.
R: Responsibilities established at all levels.
S: Service of instead abusing the system.
T: Full Transparency in all areas of politics.
U: Urgency in solving citizen problems.
V: Vast and provider of the truth always.
W: Wanelen (star), illuminating solutions for all.
X: Xylophonist of a balance between all political forces.
Y: Young compassion and generosity.
Z: Zenit of our dreams and horizons.

It is impossible to ignore what is happening in the Middle East. I cannot remain silent any longer in the face of this chaos that seems to continue for many more years. I can’t pretend that I don’t see it, that I don’t feel it, or that it doesn’t hurt. Seeing daily how these two millenary civilizations are in such a bloody and inhuman combat – in a war that has no limits of any nature – leaves me more than heartbroken. A human tragedy of proportions. I have been following the thread of this conflict for many years. For me, today, there are no really new arguments to justify what is happening, from either side. I listen to the statements that are made and I seem to hear exactly what I have heard from the sixties to today. Nothing new. This is NOT a conflict to be resolved with reason. This is a conflict to be resolved with the soul. It will be resolved when that soul feels deep down that NOTHING is being gained from this war. There will only be losers here. Remember: millions of losers (beyond the Middle East!). As a great Chinese philosopher said: behind a great victory there is a great cemetery. I repeat: there are no winners here, neither in the Middle East nor in the entire world. The borders of the world do not exist. Therefore we will see very soon how this will invade our lives in ways that we cannot even imagine. The destruction of the Twin Towers was a milestone where we have ALL lost our freedom, de facto or de jure. It is a matter of traveling to another country and going through the immense security lines at airports. It is a matter of making an investment abroad and having to fill out endless forms to justify the money. And much more. At the same time, the USA rejoices (see today’s Mercury cover) to have achieved the most brutal sanctions against Russia. We’ll see how this will affect all of us. As the gringos say “just wait and see”. I ask myself a thousand times, how I could collaborate in building a true path towards permanent peace. I am willing to deliver that grain of sand that could move us in the direction of peace. A few years ago I went to the region to make a different peace proposal.

But a proposal that does not understand peace in the traditional way: absence of war. The ceasefire may be a precursor to peace, but it is not peace. Peace will not be born from financial aid. This assumes that the rich are at peace because they have greater economic resources. They are the ones who generate wars. Furthermore, this hypothesis suggests that the poor or poor countries are violent. Ridiculous! Peace will not be born from an arms balance as proposed by the global strategy of the “Balance of Power”, formulated in the time of Richard Nixon (USA), with H Kissinger, which still persists throughout the world. Peace will not emerge from negotiations, if those who negotiate have never self-realized peace. They simply do not know what they are trading. Peace is a state of being, which demands to be self-realized by all of us. That is why world peace, or that of the Middle East region, depends on our inner peace. There will be no peace, if there is no inner peace in each and every one of the people who live there. But, this inner peace depends on a great process of self-healing, truth, justice, reconciliation, forgiveness, etc. Without a self-healing process it is impossible to have inner peace. We all know that. But, self-healing demands very concrete actions and that is where we must emphasize now. I have no ideas that could go beyond this. For several years I organized meditations for world peace. The first one was in front of the White house. An indelible impact. And so we did it in many countries. My last collective meditation took place a couple of weeks ago in La Papoa, Peniche, Portugal. Today we must continue with these collective meditations. And let me advance a practical idea, which should be adopted immediately: Enter a new negotiation process in which only women representatives are found negotiating; 15 women on both sides; and let the feminine energy prevail and open the doors to peace definitively. I assure you that this war would be over in less than 15 days and, perhaps, forever. I cannot help but finish this note, so short, and possibly incomplete for many, asking aloud: Who is this war good for? Who is in the interest of this war to continue? Who is winning? Who is profiting from the losses of human life? If Chile were the hegemonic power in the world, and I have full confidence that one day we will be, it should act as such, be wise and intervene to stop this immediately. Not like now, when the hegemonic powers are watching from the outside. Spectators! We are all brothers. For many centuries of history, Arabs and Jews were together, in peace and prosperity. Let’s just think about the history of Spain. An example that we are all brothers. I have received several international peace awards. And, when I received my first award, I told those present: “It doesn’t take a single minute to get trillions of dollars to go to war, but it takes centuries to get a dollar to create and self-realize peace.” The United States and the hegemonic powers have failed. The United Nations has failed. 38 Let us not fail as a country. Let us call all the presidents of Latin America and the Caribbean, and make a clear, effective, and fair proposal for world peace to be achieved. Let’s make a chain of peace. More statements for one and against the other is simply a waste of time. Chile must speak of peace permanently in our bilateral and multilateral diplomatic representations. We should be the world’s largest peace “exporter” country. Peace now!

I just received a video of the war. I just saw President Obama’s statement on TV. Conclusion: the military solution is an aberration, it is a hoax, it is an absurdity. Military power has never been SUCCESSFUL. For me and millions of people there are no military successes, that is an error of the intellect, it is an error of the soul. Whoever proclaims that kind of success knows nothing of life. An apparent situation may be temporarily successful, but in the long run, it doesn’t solve anything. With this I am not saying that the armies or the military do not have a role to play in our societies. A very important role. This is a topic to share in the future. The era of war is over. It is over because the means of war are not necessary at all, and because today’s war technology has already crumbled ethics, reason, being and collective morality. Remember that all war inventions are on Google, available to anyone who wants to harm humanity. By the time soccer balls are programmable, soccer is over. And so on. Technology defeats the spirit of what you are trying to achieve. I listened to the President of the United States. I saw a person totally disempowered, hesitant, cautious, and without any possibility of leadership (he personally recognized it at the press conference). The notion that is projected, and the loyalty that is defined, of a country “friend” of the USA cannot justify what we are experiencing today. The notion of enemy, either! I imagine what would happen in Chile if we happened to be classified as an “enemy” of the USA. I know that culture very well. President Obama’s language, his physical posture at the microphone, and his oral performance all demonstrate the great internal chaos that is within his being. 40 This tells me that the political solution is also in danger of extinction in this case. That is why I appeal to the human solution, facing life. I propose that a solution be found that arises from a vision of inalienable peace. I propose that the solution be fully imbued with feminine energy, love and compassion. Even in the most brutal enemy there is light in his soul. Palestine needs Israel and Israel needs Palestine. The Law of Karma shows me that if they do not live in total peace and forever, no one in the world will live in peace from now on. The world will be unlivable. Remember what I am sharing with you. Today, in a march, a drone passed over my head and over the heads of all those who were marching. How we have changed so much! I imagined the CIA, the FBI, the KGB, but not that it was happening in my country. Let’s look for human-spiritual solutions. Let’s resolve conflicts with a very high level of collective consciousness. Peace today, now, and always.

The ceasefire is not synonymous with peace. Sometimes it is not even a preamble to peace. I do not know what will happen tomorrow, and I am aware that a resumption of conflicts is possible, unfortunately. But, I am hopeful that this conflict is over. EVERYTHING depends on ALL of us, not just the Palestinians and Israelis. Naturally, they play a more than preponderant role. But I would like to anticipate peace, so that we begin to open the necessary spaces for its self-realization. The reconstruction of which so much is spoken today is only a material reconstruction. I heard the $ 5 billion figure and a rebuilding period that would last 30 years! The children of Palestine would have between 35-40 years to see their country rebuilt materially, if there is not another war that will destroy the material again. Today, the most important thing is spiritual and human reconstruction. On my peacekeeping mission to Palestine, a few years ago, I had the privilege of visiting a child recovery school, run by Franciscan nuns. Already at that time the World Health Organization said that almost all Palestinian children were totally psychologically traumatized. I was informed that the school could only recover no more than 30-35 children a year, given the complexity of the processes and the costs involved. 42 Today I propose that 50% of all aid for the reconstruction of Palestine be allocated to the spiritual reconstruction of the Palestinians, and that this aid should NOT become a business for the very ones who financed the war (arms sales) and that they destroyed it. We must not accept that reconstruction resources are drenched in blood. Spiritual reconstruction will require psychiatrists, psychologists, and experts in yoga-meditation-prayer-contemplation, sports, communication, social integration, coaching, healthy food and nutrition, natural remedies, health … In addition, nurses, social workers, social promoters will be needed , community leaders, dance and ballet teachers, poets, lawyers, human rights specialists. As part of this spiritual reconstruction I propose four programs for peace in Palestine: Trees for Peace (I will publish their bases); Vegetables for Peace; Seeds for Peace and Bees for Peace. These programs have a material dimension (eg, planting a tree); but, its essence, objectives and processes must be sustained by the spiritual dimension. Furthermore, the implementation of these programs in Chile, Latin America and the entire world will help to deeply nurture peace and all peace processes. The fundamental principle of these programs is that the healing of the human being passes through the healing of nature and vice versa. Peace in Everything. All in Peace.

The ceasefire is not synonymous with peace. Sometimes it is not even a preamble to peace. I do not know what will happen tomorrow, and I am aware that a resumption of conflicts is possible, unfortunately. But, I am hopeful that this conflict is over. EVERYTHING depends on ALL of us, not just the Palestinians and Israelis. Naturally, they play a more than preponderant role. But I would like to anticipate peace, so that we begin to open the necessary spaces for its self-realization. The reconstruction of which so much is spoken today is only a material reconstruction. I heard the $ 5 billion figure and a rebuilding period that would last 30 years! The children of Palestine would have between 35-40 years to see their country rebuilt materially, if there is not another war that will destroy the material again. Today, the most important thing is spiritual and human reconstruction. On my peacekeeping mission to Palestine, a few years ago, I had the privilege of visiting a child recovery school, run by Franciscan nuns. Already at that time the World Health Organization said that almost all Palestinian children were totally psychologically traumatized. I was informed that the school could only recover no more than 30-35 children a year, given the complexity of the processes and the costs involved. 42 Today I propose that 50% of all aid for the reconstruction of Palestine be allocated to the spiritual reconstruction of the Palestinians, and that this aid should NOT become a business for the very ones who financed the war (arms sales) and that they destroyed it. We must not accept that reconstruction resources are drenched in blood. Spiritual reconstruction will require psychiatrists, psychologists, and experts in yoga-meditation-prayer-contemplation, sports, communication, social integration, coaching, healthy food and nutrition, natural remedies, health … In addition, nurses, social workers, social promoters will be needed , community leaders, dance and ballet teachers, poets, lawyers, human rights specialists. As part of this spiritual reconstruction I propose four programs for peace in Palestine: Trees for Peace (I will publish their bases); Vegetables for Peace; Seeds for Peace and Bees for Peace. These programs have a material dimension (eg, planting a tree); but, its essence, objectives and processes must be sustained by the spiritual dimension. Furthermore, the implementation of these programs in Chile, Latin America and the entire world will help to deeply nurture peace and all peace processes. The fundamental principle of these programs is that the healing of the human being passes through the healing of nature and vice versa. Peace in Everything. All in Peace.

The Middle East Deserves Peace.
I. The vision, mission and objectives of the university must be embedded in sustainability, and this must be integrated in all its activities.
II. The strategy must fully integrate the economic, ecological and social into ALL curricula. There can be no university degree that does not integrate sustainability within it.
III. The allocation of resources for research and innovation demands a greater proportion for the strategic issues – short and long term – of the sustainability of our country.
IV. The management of external activities must consider them work of service to the community and of social scope integrated into sustainability.
V. The way of designing and maintaining the physical part and its surroundings must clearly and explicitly take into account the carbon footprint. Reduce it to a minimum.
SAW. Policies within the university should promote activities and incentives that improve the quality of life of students.
VII. University management must include democratic and participatory bodies for all university levels.
VIII. The philosophy and its acting as a university must consider as a primary value NO discrimination or exclusion.
IX. The entity must create a mechanism for interconnection, networks and organizational arrangements with other educational institutions for sustainability.
X. Programs must consider the creation and implementation of activities for educating educators in sustainability matters.
XI. University activities must contribute to the empowerment of its members and the community where it is inserted; an empowerment for sustainability.
XII. Strategic approaches must consider the importance of an eco-centric paradigm. Here, the ecological and environmental take on a fundamental importance.
XIII. University programs should substantially increase the sensitivity of students, in particular through the self-realization of interdependence. This calls for experience education as a basis.
XIV. University education, and all other forms of education, must become an opportunity to develop our collective consciousness, knowledge, skills and a great commitment to the sustainability of Chile and the planet.
XV. The university classes must reach high levels of understanding and thus reach more friendly behaviors from an environmental perspective.
XVI. Advances in all college majors should consider a more holistic way of teaching and raising awareness of the developmental sustainability issues inherent in those majors.
XVII. The sustainable university must develop the conditions for a new form of leadership for the country and environmental matters.
XVIII. The sustainable university services have to consider the creation of teaching materials and dissemination of the country’s environmental and ecological issues.
XIX. The nature of a sustainable university requires a strengthening of communication; be these radio, television, print or other media, and integrate sustainability issues into them.

We see daily how developed countries are dedicating a large part of their legislative and judicial time to the issue of human immigration. We see it today, for example, in the USA where more and more obstacles are being placed for those who immigrate: those who are looking for a better future. We have seen how hundreds of children from Central America appear in that country lately, particularly from my friend country Guatemala. There are many television shows where the debates are endless. It should be remembered that most Americans are immigrants. They came to that land where many nations of native peoples lived, a large part of which were exterminated to make way for that immigration. They all came to get a better future. They were not the rich families of Europe that immigrated to this land of North America; quite the contrary. Immigrants from our continent go to the USA and Europe in search of that better future, but to achieve it, immigrants need to work day and night in agriculture, washing dishes in restaurants, becoming gardeners, driving a taxi, etc. I have seen them with my own eyes. With this, these immigrants try to ensure a decent life, a quality education for their children, obtain some material goods such as housing, etc .; none of which they could achieve in their home country. Why can’t a decent life be achieved, for example, in Guatemala? Why do they immigrate? I do not have all the answers, but one of them seems essential to me to recognize it, reaffirm it, and disseminate it to all corners of the earth. This human immigration is due to, and is the result of, the immigration patterns of capital in our developing countries. We will only find justification for a person to be willing to risk his life and that of all his relatives if we understand the patterns and ways in which capital immigrates to her countries. Emigration rates are due to at least two fundamental factors, one poor distribution of income and the other violence. These two are the result of the immigration of capital from abroad, where the income of that capital does not remain in the country; where that capital entails environmental destruction, social disintegration, collusion with the local establishment; distorted and costly patterns of public spending, etc. The violence that comes as a result of drug use in developed countries and the creation of a false economy that creates and houses millions of poor people. A shame. It is worth saying that just as the primary immigrants from the USA displaced and annihilated the original peoples, exactly the same happened in our America. There is no difference. The time has come to control and regulate not only the immigration of human beings but also the immigration of capital. It is absurd that our developing countries allow capital to cross borders without problems and without paying the social, environmental and human costs that they cause. Totally unacceptable. 48 The mining capitals that leave tailings and destruction behind, along with millions of people who are affected by diseases and other negative effects. The capital in the fishing or forestry sector that is destroying the marine and native forest resources in our Latin America. Capital in industry that pollutes the land, water and air, along with destroying our biodiversity. That is the true face of capital immigration. The capital that destroys and makes our seeds disappear and in return gives us infertility and other diseases with transgenics. Human immigration and immigration of capital must be in the same package of policies and programs, and form the basis of our foreign relations policy, of our bilateral and multilateral relations. This brutal asymmetry, where people are denigrated and capital paid homage, which we see daily today, represents a planetary shame. Now is the time to act!

We are increasingly aware of the political crisis that our country is experiencing. Political crises are not resolved simply by marking differences, or intensifying disagreements, or repeating daily what divides us. They are resolved by first building a shared vision. Without a shared vision of what the fundamental issues are for us, the political crisis will deepen. A reform, or a program, does not necessarily represent a vision. At most, it represents a conglomeration of elements or attributes of a vision. The scope, the realization and, finally, the acceptance, for example, of human rights, or of a new educational system, or of acceptable standards of equity, will not be given as a simple result of laws, decrees, or policies, for very important that these are. The vision makes a reform. A reform does not necessarily make a vision.

Chilean politics has shown our people who its owner is: corporate money.

Our politics is the slave of material power. These are his favorite verbs: wealth, usurp, concentrate, figure, control, accumulate, lie … Let’s not allow them to take away our spiritual capital.

We need a new institutional order at the global level, which responds directly to citizens. The institutional framework of governments for governments, which exists today, is an obvious failure. Let’s change the multilateral institutionality. Global democracy now.

In Chile there is an increasingly profound and surprising political crisis. Law enforcement is fair and indispensable, but it will not eliminate the causes and conditions that created, and create, this crisis. Only a great transformation of our collective consciousness can solve this crisis. It is a crisis of conscience!

We need structural and not marginal changes. The sustainable society will not be the nice daughter of the neoliberal model; she is the fruit of another path, another DNA, where all forms of life are taken into account. This demands the creation of a Global Government, led by citizens, and far removed from what international organizations offer today (UN, WB, IMF, WTO…). Let’s start now, by popularly electing, by direct vote of the citizenry, the Secretary General of the UN, and making the real changes that humanity needs. Only the collective conscience, and not that of governments, will give birth to a sustainable society.

Inequality in our country is unworthy and shameful. It responds to two fallacies in public and private work: “grow first and clean later” and “grow first and do social justice later”. Inequality is born with the access and misappropriation of our natural resources (land, sea, rivers, minerals, forests …). New Constitution now! Where the ownership of natural resources and their income belong to the citizens.

Our democracy has no memory; it does not accumulate or build history. We have spent years forcibly studying the history of other countries and other civilizations, without being taught the true history of this nation. The school curriculum that we have was built not to accumulate, not to remember and not to feed our history. Very serious. We don’t remember where we came from or who we are as a nation. This democracy works as if the facts and the peoples did not exist before 1492 (as if Chile was an empty wasteland), going over our origin and roots as a nation. If our democracy had memory, we would remember that both the conquerors and the immigrants (like my grandparents) came to a nation with history and memory: the nation of our native peoples. Today we want them to have neither memory nor history. Impossible! The conflict in La Araucanía reflects a lack of memory (induced on purpose) or a voluntary and biased numbness to not remember. This democracy has no destiny because it does not remember its origin.

Citizens awake right now! There are a large number of fundamental changes to our way of life, participation, and well-being: tax reform, educational reform, labor reform, electoral reform and political parties, the law on the decriminalization of abortion … Citizenship, where are you that I do not see you?

Today, Chilean politics does not have great legitimacy and is very unbalanced. This reflects the internal state of those who exercise it as well as those who ultimately empower them. When you vote you empower. When you don’t vote, you lose the path to collective balance, and you empower those who voted doubly. We will empower our collective being and through that process we will heal politics.

It is extremely worrying and serious that politics has gotten where it is. There are not even spaces to listen, differ, dialogue, share … It is important to recognize the importance and impact that a certain social grammar contains. It evolves to change the meeting terms in our human and social space. Today, telling someone “you are a politician” or “you have become a politician” is a way of insulting, when it should be something to honor yourself. Sometimes it is wanted to express that this person is a liar, an abuser, misuses power, is egotistical … Our social grammar has put the word “political” in its most negative connotation. This entails a vision of politicians, political institutions, political agreements, political dialogues, justice, laws, and elections, within the worst social space. Nobody cares … This is extremely serious. The social loss of what is called “politics” represents a source of chaos and we are already seeing it. Recreating new parties or uniting old parties does not solve anything, and it will exacerbate this situation. There are values ​​that are not recovered like this, such as trust, hope, equity, justice, solidarity, the common good … Nobody wants to be re-enchanted; we all want to be respected, considered and embraced. Today, we have the responsibility and obligation to give a different content to the political: governance, service, collective welfare, concern for the dispossessed, civic values, direct participation, social happiness … The one who has to be reformed cannot be the reformer! That is why today direct and massive citizen participation is urgently needed. Let’s build another social grammar now so that a new way of doing politics is born.

There are many forms of political breakdown in a nation. The most difficult reconstruction, recovery and healing is of that collapse whose causes are ethical or moral, since they destroy the very fiber of a society. Let’s avoid it!

Enabling is empowering, empowering is enabling. A government must empower the citizenry, and the citizenry must empower a government. As citizens already have their civic and social powers, empowering is the way to unleash those powers. An empowered citizenry will make possible a new way of doing politics: collegiate politics.

It will be through a compelling vision, and co-created with citizens, that the empowerment process will take place. A new constitution, essential today, will give life to citizen empowerment. A citizen contribution is essential in a collegiate policy. The empowerment that strengthens a democracy must have the direct participation of all, and not of a few. Empowerment also demands accountability for results.

To understand the importance of “social gratitude” we must live the reality of the “other”, of the “others” … Let us give thanks that we belong to this nation. Being Chilean citizens is a privilege, in addition to being a karmic experience with what we are, do, have and know. It is in the space of the “collective social being” where we will find many experiences of gratitude. Thank you all for letting me belong. The practice of “social gratitude” diminishes and eliminates social problems such as inequity, violence, injustice … A social change without gratitude is a failed revolution.

Ethics are not part of the very nature of a neoliberal economy. This is how the concept of “the invisible hand” was born (Adam Smith, Wealth of Nations); as a mechanism, a necessity, to avoid that a path fed by individual behavior does not allow us to reach an acceptable collective well-being. One of the proposed paths has been the role of the state and its active intervention in our society, as a guarantor of collective well-being, the public good, public goods, democracy, citizenship … preventing the market and profit dominate our lives in the economic, financial, social, human, institutional, cultural, value, empowerment, ethnic, gender, etc. That is why, if you add unethical public (and private) governance, we are all adrift of a very uncertain future. It is interesting to note that A. Smith, before writing that book, published another one entitled The Book of Morals. To get out of our political crisis in a real and sustainable way over time, and not simply adopt a patch, or make this political crisis a media show, we must do three fundamental things:
(i) radically change our economic approach,
(ii) write a new constitution with a great preamble of who we are and where we want to go as a nation, and
(iii) adopt a massive citizen empowerment program. Today the constitution feeds the economic model, and the economic model feeds the constitution, and both disempower the citizenry.
All democratic governments in recent years have accepted the market economy as their fundamental pillar: free trade, integration into globalization … It seems that we are the best students in this. I do not believe that this is the way in the medium or long term, and it is better to start changing this system today. We must go towards an economy that is steeped in spiritual and collective values: love, compassion, cooperation, justice, interdependence, solidarity, peace… A new way of doing economics, a new way of doing politics. An economy with an ethical vacuum is a supersonic airplane without pilots. A policy with an ethical vacuum is a recipe for regret in the future (we are already regretting it). The economic dictatorship that we live in has a name and a surname, it has power and exercises it, it has influences and uses them, it has an ego and cultivates it.

Democracy has been the great political and institutional narrative of the 20th century. Today, in Chile, and in other parts of the world, it is in serious trouble. How to get it back? It was repeated to us, and it is repeated to us today, as if it were a mantra, that the union between democracy and neoliberalism is the ideal marriage that all societies should follow. The winning and dominant establishment within the existing structures, keeps repeating this mantra, and when there are new ideas, they respond by saying that the only alternative to what we have is a populism or a dictatorship. Those who advocate that are not responsible people. Today, neoliberalism is the great cause of a very clear divorce, together with having become the main foundation for the deterioration of all truly participatory democracies. Today we need to find another institutional form if we want a future in peace and prosperity in this 21st century. There is no doubt that the massive deterioration of democracy and the economic system is due to a millimeter-sized collective consciousness on the part of some leaders.

If there are new institutional forms at the national level to really walk a new path, we have to take into account at least the following factors, or general trends, that characterize this new millennium:
(i) we go from the material to the spiritual,
(ii) we go from the individual to the collective),
(iii) we go from the purely external to the internal,
(iv) we go from quantity to quality,
(v) we go from concentration to equality,
(vi) we went from extraction to conservation,
(vii) we go from mere participation to empowerment,
(viii) we go from simple action to self-realization,
(ix) we went from a world bounded by borders to a world without borders …

Failure to recognize these trends is the wrong way to go. We were told, and we are told, that a democracy itself entails more participation, more material wealth, less corruption… None of this is really happening. Today, the so-called democracies do not allow participation — it is only for a few; there is greater material wealth but it remains in very few hands (brutal concentration of wealth); and there is increasing corruption at many levels of public and private decision-making. If there is one aspect that marks a democracy, it is expressing the power of a people. This practically does not exist. Our democracy expresses the power of the establishment. An economic system that is in the hands of the establishment, a constitution written by the establishment, a financing of politics by the establishment… and, therefore, we know why what is happening. It is incredible to feel that a significant number of people put economics over democracy. Not only that; This idea is accompanied by a decrease in public trust in almost all the institutions that exist today: government, religions, industry, banking, education, politics, financing, justice, etc. In the midst of all this, the establishment is gradually affecting dissenting voices. They annoy them, undermine them, diminish them, control them … The institutions that are supposed to guarantee the creation of new leaderships, pluralism, dissent … are the ones that are most questioned by citizens, such as parliament, the judiciary and the state. This intensifies the deterioration of democracy along with its great accelerator: globalization, which destroys our values, erodes our identity, atomizes politics, makes corporations bigger, destroys the environment, etc. Globalization, in practice, is the real union of all establishments. That is why when the establishment of a developed country does not like something that happens in another country (the case of transgenics), the local establishment is its tip. spear to defend it.

There are many factors responsible for the progressive death of a democracy, and eliminating these factors should be the first step to revitalize it, or to reach other institutional formulas that are in line with what the Chilean citizens want.
Examples of these factors are:
1. a democracy in an ocean of injustice at all levels;
2. an economy with an inordinate concentration of wealth;
3. a misappropriation of the income of those resources that belong to all of us;
4. a maintenance of power in a corrupt or hidden way behind an unrecognized institutional framework;
5. a creation and feeding of a real or veiled police state;
6. a possession of the media of all kinds in the hands of those in the establishment;
7. a process of anesthesia to citizens and key actors of the system so that they do not do and do not say something;
8. an institutional system that does not create new leaders but atomizes them;
9. a system that does not allow direct permanent consultation with the people, particularly in proposals that are sensitive or have a great political, social, economic, human, ethnic, gender impact…;
10. a clear absence of the value and spiritual dimension in politics and business …
It is extremely important to establish strong foundations for a transition towards strengthening democracy. First, truth and transparency. Second, justice and equity. Third, trust and respect. Fourth, strengthening and empowerment. Fifth, new ways of doing politics, economics and society. Inseparable Adjusting now in times of crisis and great popular mistrust will not be easy, and it will need true national leaders, ours, who must advocate the best possible for our nation. Simplistic reforms will not even serve as a patch.

As I already said, there are many ways to kill a democracy. But I also want to say that there are many ways to kill the heart and soul of a people. Today, I see with consternation and great sadness that we are killing the people through injustice, concentration of wealth, drugs, alcoholism, disease, permanent violence, lack of participation and weak empowerment … This reflects a great loss of our common sense, our social sense, and our sense of brotherhood. How are we going to have a true democracy when we are anesthetized and with a situation that goes beyond violence, that annihilates citizen peace, and that puts youth in the most vulnerable situation in our history? Social stress, hopelessness and uncertainty, about almost all social institutions, form a stormy cloud above our future. The economic and social system, which I have criticized countless times, has been an accelerator of new forms of slavery imposed by globalization. A topic to discuss and then decide unanimously the other way. This is not an exageration. This is not pessimism. This is not populism. This is a reality. The establishment begins to use these terms in a derogatory way – exaggeration, pessimism, populism – so that a social grammar is maintained that continues to say that what we have is fantastic, that what is happening are details, that there is nothing better than it. status quo, that changes in the margin are enough, and that any alternative that appears on the horizon, different from what there is now, is either populism or a dictatorship. Nothing more out of reality. Our people are smart and know we are in trouble. Nobody wants to destroy Chile. That would be irresponsible. But the status quo situation is certainly destroying Chile. Today we see how young people kill themselves, and that crime in their neighborhoods is the order of the day. Yesterday on TV I froze. The so-called “yellow” press invades our territory. Today, on the front page of a newspaper it is said that there are large drug trafficking mafias already installed in Chile. Is this real, or are we living a nightmare that will disappear by itself after awakening? It does not matter that we continue to fight for reforms that do not go to the bottom of our crisis. More reforms will not make a new Chile. It is the people and their conscience that will make a new Chile. They make us believe in things or situations that take us further and further away from our rights and responsibilities. Opening the door to hope is essential, but not to a superficial and lying hope. We all want peace and quiet. This is achieved with truth, justice and reconciliation. But for this we must really deconcentrate our economy and benefit our people. I think there are structural changes to be made, yes or yes.

Here, just a few examples, as there are more:
1. Clearly define the contribution of the private sector to collective well-being, where, and how (social, environmental). As a people we should not tolerate a productive apparatus whose social costs affect future generations unnecessarily.
2. Build a social contract that understands that we should trade points of economic growth (temporarily) by eliminating those parts that constitute a dirty and destructive economy of our nature. That the mechanisms of solidarity and transition with those affected are made explicit so as not to generate problems at the level of families, neighborhoods or regions.
3. That the state apparatus be an example in EVERYTHING, and that its companies be a true leader in social, environmental and ethical matters.
4. Mandate the rulers by putting ecological and environmental priorities (cities, rural areas, mountains…) into perspective before the situation is irreversible.
5. That a total decentralization process be immediately adopted, beginning with the democratic election of mayors, followed by the strengthening of the municipalities, and implemented with the decentralization of the nation’s budget.
6. That the connections between the money of the companies and of the people in politics be TOTALLY eliminated.
7. That FONASA be the best health system in Chile. May public hospitals be an example of medicine and care for our people.
8. That state education at ALL levels be the nerve center of the transformation of our children and youth. That surpasses in quality to all the other alternative forms.
9. That there is an ethical minimum retirement for all retirees and that the state guarantees it.
10. May there be a plan for peace and prosperity with our native peoples throughout the country.
11. That there is a decent minimum wage for those who make a living from their work.
12. That there are instances of popular participation, with a power to appoint parliamentary political positions, presidents …), but also that our people can remove those who do not fulfill the responsibilities of the position in question.
13. A meticulous work with the youth so that they themselves eliminate drugs, violence…
A smart investment program in the most vulnerable neighborhoods, designed by those who belong there and managed by themselves with assistance from the state. There are many more. But, the important thing here is that the “unit of account” with which we must act now is the immediate and direct well-being of our people. We all have to take responsibility for what we have done, apply justice in its entirety. But after this storm, we have to embrace an indelible commitment to work for a new Chile, and truly ours, with all the existing talents (inclusion), efforts and fraternity. The time has come to establish agreed standards of equity with all forms of life that inhabit our territory. This will dignify us as a nation before the whole world!

To get out of this political crisis we are going to need several important ingredients:
1. A new and consensual Vision of how we are, where we want to go and how to get to our true destination. Otherwise, we will not have a coherent and balanced direction and horizon to walk towards.
2. A new Way of Thinking, both regarding politics, the economy, the social, the ethnic, the ecological … what is ours and that belongs to all of us.
3. A new Language that represents an instrument of true dialogue, even from the most extreme positions. Without this language, no one will be able to enter into the transformation that is needed.
4. A new Way of Acting, which is not only in search of personal benefits but of a real expansion of collective well-being.
5. A new Behavior that does not allow in any way the destruction of our democracy and existing institutions, without denying the need to improve or change them.
6. A new Effort, in which all, if all, take a responsibility over everything and for all, without the artificial separation between government and the private sector, or the people.
7. A new Form of Attention, where our five senses align with the needs and challenges that this crisis gives us, and not divert attention to things or situations that take us away from vision.
8. A new and tremendously renewed Collective Consciousness, ready to embrace all citizens and solve the great problems of equity, justice, solidarity, cooperation, responsibility … We are depleting and destroying the moral reserve of our nation, and this is indeed a serious problem.

Politics cannot regulate itself. The political agreements that are fermenting, to solve the political-moral-ethical crisis that the country is experiencing, must be replaced by citizen agreements. It is here where citizen consultation and binding plebiscites become the only tool for real and perishable agreements. Today, to get out of the way, “institutions” are constantly mentioned, as if a social entity could be differentiated from the people who manage or represent them. I think that appealing to a moral space (abstract), “in order not to lose the institutions” and justify agreements between those who lead them, is a great fallacy. If we are thinking of strengthening democracy, and the institutions that derive from it – such as the executive, legislative and judicial powers – we must appeal to the citizens, who are the foundation of this democracy.

Citizens see this political crisis as a crisis of values ​​and of great ethical connotation. I understand that the topics that I will enunciate here deserve a treatise of hundreds of pages and an analysis that escapes a publication on Facebook. But I feel that I must point to certain matters if we are going to solve this crisis, even if it seems like a simple list.
1. Politics cannot be separated from spirituality and ethics. This makes the policy not authorized by the citizens. And spirituality outside the public is transformed into one more theory. A politics without values, especially collective values, is an empty politics and subject to all kinds of corruption, unethical behavior …
2. There is a tremendous gap between what is considered “public service” and “politics”; as if these dimensions were to be separated. Their separation is not acceptable. Politics is to serve and not to serve. It is here where the spirit of service and the ethics of the collective are essential to guide Chilean politics. The word (state, reality) is “service.” A government is not only going to work but to serve.
3. The ultimate ethic is not the one imposed by the establishment, which creates a social grammar so that we all believe that this is the correct path. This is essential to understand since many times a language is imposed, a behavior, a regulation, a law, an action … that essentially responds to the establishment (and I mean the economic, social, political, religious …). True ethics is what is born and nurtured by citizenship; that is why citizen empowerment is essential and is a necessary condition for a truly ethical policy.
4. The political crisis in Chile is a mirror of a spiritual and ethical crisis. This crisis highlights the need for ethics in all powers of the state. This goes in the direction of questioning the use, or the direction and meaning, of authority, of power, of collective representativeness, of recovering the sense of purpose, of strengthening the sense of belonging, of redefining what it means. collective well-being … The issue that “they represent us” is the most delicate to correct. That is why the lawlessness and citizen mechanisms to remove politicians and other public servants from their positions makes sense.
5. Given the previous point, certain qualities of political ethics are recognized that are essential to consider: telling the truth, assuming responsibilities, transparency, going beyond the average (standing out, in a good sense), criticizing the argument and not the people, not promising what is not going to be fulfilled, establishing ethical standards that are recognized by all and constantly monitored …
6. There are practical aspects that are useful to address: how to reflect the ethical dimensions in the procedures (as in the laws), establish an “ethical guide” at the public sector level in which all officials are trained and informed immediately before or after to obtain a public position, create public information systems particularly in actions or decisions that are known to have a great ethical content, establish transparent decision and participation systems …
7. In a country that has embraced the neoliberal system, it is essential that there be an ethical component in the relationships, institutional arrangements, policies and programs between the public and private sectors. This calls for the restoration of the civic education chair in schools as compulsory, and that business careers have a compulsory ethics course.
8. The new constitution must have an express chapter on ethics and politics; ethics and economic and social development; ethics and public and private finances; national, regional and sectoral ethics and policies; ethics and business; ethics and political parties, etc.
9. Political ethics is not something fluid, not definable. It represents a code, a way to achieve certain balances in society (concrete), a state of being, a citizen’s right … to help in these processes we must seriously consider the situations that we know have great ethical dimensions and establish consensual bases how they should be approached. You have to have minimum rules of how to interact in the public and in the private.
10. Ethics in politics is a source of strengthening our democracy through representation, information, political balances of different nature, closing democratic deficits, and not making this matter only something informal.
11. It is necessary to be very clear about the limits of regulations and laws as a guarantee of political ethics. Political ethics is embedded in the collective consciousness. And it will be this collective consciousness that ultimately dictates an ethical pattern.
12. For citizens, the issue of “ethics in justice” also deserves a special chapter. An issue that for many people represents the cause of violence, frustration against the system, taking justice into our own hands …

To get out of this crisis, the communication strategy, its content, its forms of dissemination … are essential. I have seen so many television programs, and listened to so many radio programs, that have addressed the political crisis in which we live. The participants are a very high percentage “politicians”, many of them involved in this crisis. Another smaller percentage, the so-called “experts” (lawyers, academics, professionals). And, practically nothing is listened to “the citizens”. Not only is she not listened to, but she is also not invited to participate in commissions or other institutional bodies. It seems that political programs are an exclusive channel for everyone except citizens. I would like to imagine how extremely positive a TV program would be in which, for example, the leaders of the artisanal fishermen give their opinion on this political crisis. In other words, today, the political and economic establishment have not left the “person on the street” to also occupy a primary communication space that impacts the entire nation. Nor is the invitation often seen to those who are essential in the construction of the social fabric at the level of our communities. This has been a big mistake. We do not really know what “the person on the street” thinks, or their neighborhood leaders (without censorship). We don’t know if differentiating between the legal and the ethical makes any sense for them. We do not know if they want to punish the guilty, or in what way; or if they are willing to forgive them. We do not know if they agree with the ways that are being used at the moment (procedures), or if they demand much more strictness and action. No one should claim that representation. These people must speak live and direct. I think that, for example, all the presidents of neighborhood councils from all over the country (or another formula, if necessary) should be summoned to give us their opinion of the situation, and of the paths to follow. . It would be necessary to look for suitable and effective mechanisms so that an event of this nature produces the excellent results that we expect (this is feasible). And that such an event be televised on the national network. Finally, I think that all the leaders of our native peoples should be summoned, and thus listen to what they think. I think they would make an extraordinary contribution to understand the institutional, spiritual, subtle scale of what is happening, as well as share their recommendations to emerge strengthened from this institutional tragedy.

Faced with the large number of inhabitants on our planet, the vertiginous collapse of world peace, the ineffectiveness of the global institutions of development and peace, the weakening of the neoliberal economic and financial system, the ecological destruction of our planet, the ever-increasing consumption more widespread drug use, the rawness of violence at all levels, and so many other global challenges, I think the time has come to change the world and change it now. The economy has been largely responsible for the results that we see before our eyes today. Not an abstract economy, but very well managed by some strategic actors, countries with great power, and voracious markets for our values ​​and forms of material and non-material well-being. The economic calculation has been destructive, with benefits for only a few. The concentration of global wealth is a boundless shame. But you don’t have to be innocent. This situation is not going to solve itself. We must act massively or else there will be no real changes: there will only be more of the same. The change will be deeply ethical and spiritual. That is why we must subjugate the economic calculation to an ethical calculation, and make this an Ethiconomy. It must be based on a tremendously human and inclusive notion of all forms of life that exist on the planet. We must radically change the UN and all its related institutions. Its Secretary General must be elected by direct vote of the world’s citizens and not as a negotiation of some rich countries. This is a change that happens from the inside out. From the individual to the collective. From the material to the spiritual.

More of the same will yield more of the same. Institutions are nothing more and nothing less than ourselves. Institutions are not separate entities, empty of Chileans and Chileans, separated from us Chileans. The congress is the group of congressmen. The presidency is the president. Justice are the judges. And so on. The deterioration of the congress is the faithful mirror of the deterioration of the congressmen. What we have seen, and we are very clear about it, is that the institutions have NOT worked (that is, those that are there have not worked), particularly in preventing this situation we are experiencing. And, that is the reason why we are in this political situation. I do not know what flavor you have left after several weeks i) of negative impacts as a result of the political scandals, ii) of seeing the statements that have been made by all parties, iii) of processing the proposals that have been made in each case, and iv) to verify who are those who participate in the decision and opinion processes (which for now excludes citizens). Another dimension of this crisis is fully reflected in this phrase that is repeated in the media, at least ten times a day: “what I have done is in accordance with the laws in force at the time that act occurred” . “At that time the law did not include this or that thing and, therefore, what I did is not illegal.” I would add, as an interpretation of what is said, that they cry out: “and leave me alone.” If a law penalizes someone who kills only with a pencil sharpener, and someone decides to kill with a knife, is this legal because it is not in the law? Are pencil sharpeners or the protection and respect of human life being legislated? Laws are made by us. They are the faithful reflection of our consciousness. You cannot legislate within an ethical or moral vacuum. Perhaps, possibly, theoretically, the situation in which we live today would be improved with more legislation; at least, that is what is most widely advocated today and it is what seems to be the great force of the argument of most of those involved. But the true self-healing of all this that we are suffering as a society is located in the center of the individual and collective consciousness of each and every one of us. It is not “saying”, it is not “the law”, but the feeling of a people: their values, their ethics, their morals … I have seen how the interpretations made of existing laws begin to publicly strengthen statements such as: “We have not done anything that is illegal”, “we will not do anything until there is a legal ruling” … I do not agree. The legal sanction should not eliminate or condition the ethical and moral sanction. The legal reserve cannot overshadow our moral reserve, which is pierced minute by minute. Watch out! This can open many pandora’s boxes as a result of the profound destruction of our human and social fabric.

The bodily death of such a dear person, Don Antonio Fernandez, made me travel to Quirihue yesterday, quickly. Much pain, memories, and love; all mixed in that inevitable pain that affects his family, friends and acquaintances so much. I had the privilege of belonging to a way of saying “goodbye” in a correct, dignified, formal, and meaningful way. Those were moments when we wrapped ourselves and bathed in the sea composed of our much-loved customs. Within my silence and emptiness I realized that we have so much to offer ourselves as Chileans. The mass, in a church from boat to boat, the flowers that adorned everything, the representatives of huasos clubs in their most elegant outfits, and also the deep gazes of each and every one of us in front of an inexorable reality: death. The children everywhere, giving joy, observing everything and sharing that innocence regarding so many things that were happening. The elders, dressed in gala to say goodbye in a ceremonial way. We, who in distress, thought about our own future. And, I do not want to forget, the real hugs of open arms and determined to embrace all that pain that came from the soul and transform it into inner peace and hope. Hundreds of people walked to the cemetery, more than 5 kilometers, with slow and deliberate steps. This was a walk that was aware that it would transform at the last moment where we find the final farewell to bodily materiality. A path that was accompanied by the deeply religious and spiritual, and by the perfumed with everything that is very ours. We were constantly concerned with each other, to ease the situation, occupy the open spaces, and protect that kindness, compassion, and solidarity. Incredible. He saw how people, who are close to reaching a century of life, walked upright and committed to accompanying the coffin that contained the remains of Don Antonio. Many people went out to the sidewalks to greet, pray and cross themselves in front of the coffin. Some took out their handkerchiefs to wipe away those tears from their souls. The prayers, the speeches, the murmur, and that wind that only arises and occurs in those moments, took shape to deliver a symphony that said to my ears: this is Chile, these are the real values ​​that give us a reason to Living here, these are the true feelings of solidarity of a people, those are the flowers that speak and that surrender to death for total transformation … Hopefully we do not have to reach “death” to recognize, respect, cultivate and enjoy who we really are.

We are all experiencing a great crisis of confidence. Practically, distrust in all the institutions of the country: government, corporations, justice, congress, police, etc. This is an issue everywhere, the corporate world between workers and entrepreneurs, between managers and directors… The great challenge is that trust is destroyed in a second and can only be recovered in many years. Naturally, there is an individual and collective dimension to trust, starting with trust in yourself and ourselves. Trust at the collective level represents a deep human response that someone is somewhere representing your interests and the interests of all. In other words, when we take a plane, we all hope that there is a pilot in the cockpit, that there are engineers repairing and maintaining the planes…. In the healthcare space, we trust that there are doctors who represent our interests alongside nurses who are there to help us. The important thing in these moments is to start creating an experience, a desire and a commitment to regain confidence. Some say “I don’t care, let everything be destroyed.” A non-purposeful anarchism. I am aware that speaking or proposing the recovery of confidence is easier said than done. As they say over there: “from said to fact there is a long way to go.” The basic spiritual principle is represented (or the need to have confidence as a state of being) and appears as an individual and collective self-realization that we are interdependent. This phenomenon of mistrust must be defined within its context. Right now it is happening within a political, economic and social realm. Three inseparable dimensions, both to identify the possible causes and conditions of this mistrust, and to recognize that the present system is really an accelerator of its negative results. For example, there are ways of doing politics that generate more mistrust than others. Put differently, there are political systems that consume and deplete trust faster than others. Ours is one of them; particularly, after explicitly stating the relationship that exists between politics and money, between political power and its collusion with the economic establishment, a deficient electoral system … The same is true in relation to the economic and the social. Thus, in the case of the economy, well-being is increasingly defined in a different way. Several decades ago we began with purely quantitative measurements of well-being – as is the case of the volume and weight of goods and services produced, consumed and traded, together with their prices or market values. But today we consider as essential within our notions of well-being happiness, quality of life, security … all elements that are indirectly quantifiable and, generally, of subjective human origin. Of course, the subjective dimension does not in any way diminish its existence or its real and daily importance. From the point of view of economic growth and capital accumulation processes, there has also been a shift from giving considerable importance to tangible capital goods — infrastructure, money — to giving importance to intangible capital goods (see below). . And, I would say something else, that intangible capital goods have become the essence of the debate on welfare theory, the political economy of development, criticism of the neoliberal system (materialist), and social transformation (decent work, ethical pensions). These Examples of intangible capital assets are: happiness, empowerment, human rights and trust. There are many more. Trust is a capital good, which accumulates, is reproduced, lasts more than one period, is consumed, is depleted, etc. The important thing is not to deny its existence as a form of capital, but to learn how it is created, how it is reproduced, how it is valued, and how we establish instruments and policies that take it to its maximum expression. We know that it is not traded in the market, but the behavior in the market is strongly influenced by confidence (level, composition, quality). It also happens that trust is clearly traded in politics as well as in society (politicians, citizens).

What’s interesting to note here is that politics, economics, and the social are firmly rooted in trust as a form of capital. Trust, as a form of capital (I repeat), is vitally important to understanding human behavior under conditions of material scarcity (the vital definition of the economy as a body of knowledge). Those who have higher initial endowments of trust, or perceive the system with more confidence, behave in a very different way than those who think the opposite: that there is no trust available to make their decisions, both economic, political or social. That is why I dare to offer some reflections and instruments on how to regain (accumulate) trust.
This does not mean:
i) that today’s system must continue, since it is possible to conclude that to regain confidence, we must change it;
ii) that we do not have the obligation to make a deep analysis of the alternatives, so as not to fall into the past where it seems that there is only one alternative;
iii) that all actors must participate in these processes of accumulation, distribution, and consumption of trust; Y
iv) that this process requires a definition of collective values ​​that accelerate the processes of accumulation of trust.
Although it seems elementary, it is important that we all ask ourselves: Why emphasize the issue of trust in a government? One can answer this question in many ways, and that will leave us with a range of good options to get the country on track and out of this crisis. There is no doubt that one of the answers is to recognize trust as an instrument, an element, a supporter of the achievement of the objectives defined at a given moment. Lack of trust undermines the credibility of objectives, programs, and propositions. Another answer does not have to do with the quantity of economic and social policies to define and implement, but with the quality of said policies. Trust is the key to the “quality” dimension of our development. Also, we could add an answer that recognizes that lack of trust is the cause of the great costs of development and our daily lives. If I don’t trust public security systems, for example, I end up spending a fortune on alarms and other private security systems. In terms more closely linked to the theme of development, it could be said that a high level of trust substantially reduces the transaction costs of said development. It is quite possible that another answer is that without trust in a government the institutional apparatus for the functioning of the public, private and citizen sectors is destroyed.

Finally, and within an inter-temporal climate of distrust in governments (in Chile and the entire world), trust in a government has become the key piece of social capital – vital for dealing with issues such as justice, equity, human rights … Here are some suggestions on how to grow our trust capital: Transparency, Self-responsibility, Positive attitude, Appropriate selection of policies, Eminently participatory processes, Expansion of the ability to trust, Perception of the experience of those who make decisions for us , Perception of the intentions that we see in those who make those decisions, Decrease in political, social and economic vulnerability, Expectations of being able to reach, reach, obtain, Minimize the perception about the risks of believing or trusting in the other, in their products , in its prices, in its honesty …, Effectively resolve conflicts, Integrity and fulfill commitments, Confront problems on time, Pro Protect the interests of all and not just a political group, Demonstrate experience and effectiveness in those in high decision-making positions, Listen with respect and attention, Improve the quality and availability of public goods and services, Tell the truth, Yes you have lied, admit it, Do not omit important details, Do not put a mask to the truth, Show that one expects reciprocity, Be neutral in difficult circumstances, Do not have double standards … Each of them requires a special treatment, which goes beyond purpose of this note.

Can there be real and effective ethics in politics when there is a total ethical vacuum in the economy?

We are not experiencing a political crisis only. This is an ethical and moral crisis that cannot be solved solely with political instruments. A system of punishments and rewards, without including and embracing human growth and transformation, will not bring us to port.

True ethics are not those imposed by the establishment. True ethics is the organic fruit of a permanent process of citizen empowerment.

Addressing ethics in politics cannot avoid a debate on the notion of well-being that we must adopt, the character of “public good” and “private good” of what is at stake, and the importance of citizenship as a collective. This also includes a finished debate on the role that the private sector is expected to play; especially, in its contribution to the collective welfare.

Political Ethics and Corporate Ethics. It is difficult to separate these two forms of ethics. Less in today’s institutional Chile! Corporate Social Responsibility can create spaces to reinforce corporate ethics, but not as an act of philanthropy, but rather as a responsibility that is associated with the rights of other social actors.

We all have our thoughts and concerns on the big ethical issue of the day: money and politics. This issue cannot be divorced from what we commonly call environment, ecology and sustainability. How can this be possible? Is there a relationship between these three elements? Money becomes entangled with politics – first part of the story – when it is strongly motivated by the search for more power (that money can buy) or more money (that politics can house). This we all know; there is not much new in this. Also, we clearly know that in that relationship there is neither altruism nor philanthropy. That is what you see on the surface, or in the color of the varnish that is being used. What can money buy that has the ability to make more money? This question contributes to the second part of the story. One answer is that, deep down, money wants to buy exclusive access to rent from our natural resources. An ecological corruption. These incomes are the main sources of real wealth in the country, which today the political system has in its hands. That is, access to resources, property rights, management, exploitation, royalties, certification, licenses … in relation to these resources –fishing, mining (SQM), waters, lands, forests, water, territory, coastline … A probity policy begins with a correct vision of our sustainable development and the ownership of our natural resources. First probity policy: declare that all the natural resources of Chile belong to the Chilean women and men.

Not just politics. Yesterday I went out with my son-in-law to see the possibility of buying a used car. We only visited a few places in the Vitacura and Las Condes neighborhoods. We went into a local distribution and sale of a Japanese brand, who manifested without censorship, at the place of sale, that the car we liked had a price (imaginary, not to be explicit) of, say, 10 million pesos. After much negotiation, according to them, they gave us an incredibly good price of 9 million pesos. They did all the moves and things to make this look like a serious, formal and honest sale. We almost had to hit each other with a stone in the chest! A discount of one million pesos. And they wanted cash price and cash. Before making the decision, I told my son-in-law to see how much those models were sold for on the internet (for example, chileautos.cl). And do you know what we find? That this company had on the net the car that we were negotiating with them for a price of only 9 million and not 10 million pesos. Incredible the dishonesty of the seller. A generalized phenomenon, where in Chile the ton only has 800 kilos?

Let’s make a national program to green all the schools in the country. Let’s make peace with nature. I promise to help you make an inventory of activities you can do, and also suggest a new ecology and environment curriculum for school-age children and youth. Let’s start now, this is urgent. That all the schools in Chile will be green schools within the next 5 years. Let’s set an example to adults and to all the countries of the planet. You have to be the leaders and main actors. If you lead, many will join! Short presentation. Here are some suggested activities that would lead to the greening of a school. It should be noted that the true greening of a place or a community goes far beyond these activities. It is a matter of collective consciousness, which must be expanded and shared at all levels. However, many people have asked for ideas; some of which must be defined and adapted to their own human and ecological environment. The list of these activities will be, in due course, the main ingredient of a book that is under management at the moment. The intention here is not to have a fully inclusive list. The important thing is to encourage you to add other activities to this list, and thus we will benefit, through them, all students in Chile. The list does NOT suggest an order or a hierarchy, nor does it describe the proposals, so as not to make this text longer.

Main Steps to Consider. I have thought of 6 steps that could be considered for this program.
1. Establish an Eco-Committee that will be in charge of this program with equal representation of students, teachers, employees and parents and guardians.
2. Adopt a consensual vision of that school establishment in relation to this greening program.
3. Create and write an action plan (list of activities, delivery times, those responsible for execution, budgets).
4. Monitor the progress of the action plan.
5. Integrate all activities into the school or university curriculum.
6. Inform, disseminate, include, and celebrate the achievements.

Proposal List.
1. Develop an environmental action plan that includes preparedness to address natural disasters.
2. Go on an ecological walk twice a year.
3. Establish a space in the library to put herbaria and insectaries that reflect the biodiversity of the place where the school is located.
4. Create an “ambient” song that reflects the history of the school.
5. Establish a bank of indigenous seeds in the area where the school is located.
6. Research new agricultural and garden implements for use in the region or neighboring households.
7. Create a high-level ecology and environment seminar for teachers, parents and guardians.
8. Hold a regional and national level competition on environmental and ecological aspects of Chile.
9. Adopt a daily dust and odor removal policy in schools and universities.
10. Greening everything that has to do with school supplies or supplies that are linked to education.
11. Adopt a zero tolerance policy for litter and waste in classrooms.
12. That each school be a recycling point for the neighborhood or town where you live.
13. Fund a small library of ecology and environment books for children and young people.
14. Every school and university has to create ecological and environmental works of art, painting and sculpture. The corner of nature.
15 Turn off lights in restrooms and classrooms when not in use.
16. That the school or university adopt a river, a park, a neighborhood, a beach …
17. Organize annually World Environment Day and Earth Day.
18. Adopt appropriate ways to dispose of solid and liquid waste
19. Keep hot water as much as possible. Introduce solar panels or other forms of energy.
20. Put light bulbs and bulbs that save electricity.
21. Make a plan to improve the thermal insulation of buildings in use.
22. Create an environmental map where the college or university reports on its progress.
23. Define photo and video contests where important environmental ideas and projects are shown or demonstrated.
24. A gas conservation policy in the kitchens and cafeterias of educational establishments. Use non-conventional renewable energy.
25. Adopt the use of detergents and glass cleaners that are friendly to the environment and health.
26. Create a unique, green, and natural environment in a corner of the school or university property.
27. Make a list of the most ecological habits and teach them during class hours.
28. Create a student curriculum where you can find ecology and environment courses in elementary, middle and higher education.
29. Each school should have a natural science program and public fairs where the projects of students and teachers are exhibited.
30. Measure the carbon footprint of each educational establishment and establish a strategy to address it.
31. Find ways to recycle food.
32. Ask parents to plant a tree at school or college.
33. Ask parents to drive less and thus pollute less.
34. Reduce the use of air conditioning and stoves.
35. Find the ways that lead to saving electricity.
36. Save the maximum of water through repairs, and education regarding ways of use.
37. Stop using plastic anymore, and reuse the bags and containers that exist today.
38. As far as possible use recyclable bottles. Reuse or return the plastic bags that they give you in supermarkets.
39. Recycle all the plastic bottles and bags that you have.
40. Try that the lunches to the students are brought in environmentally friendly containers.
41. Create a great recycling program at school, college, and home.
42. Proper disposal of batteries and electronic products.
43. In the right situations, create ways to behave.
44. Spend time recognized by the curriculum to visit nature.
45. Make sure the school is clean and free of litter.
46. ​​Write “an environmental decalogue” for your school.
47. Optimally regulate appliances with thermostats.
48. Adopt a serious paper and cardboard reuse and recycling policy.
49. Make sure the reuse or recycling of paper or plastic plates.
50. Design and implement an Ecological Expo of the college or university once a year.
51. Plant plants and flowers around open spaces.
52. Have an organic vegetable and a greenhouse for totally organic crops.
53. As part of the curriculum, cleaning a park, a river, a hillside, a beach …
54. Be part of a large cleaning operation in the neighboring houses, or in their neighborhoods.
55. That each school or university create and elect eco-ambassadors.
56. Try to make maximum use of the bicycle.
57. Unplug the TV or other equipment when not in use.
58. Use rechargeable batteries.
59. Put a brick in the water tank of the college or university toilets.
60. Have a strict quality policy for food served in colleges and universities. Search for organic and non-GMO foods.
61. Define collective and inclusive activities in the neighborhood where the educational establishment is located.
62. A poetry, literature and arts contest around the ecological and environmental theme.
63. Conduct a garbage collection and recycling campaign once a month during the school year.
64. Create a program where you can have a nursery of plants and trees in the school.
65. Establish a council of students and teachers for the environment. A student parliament at the corresponding school and university level.

To get out of our political crisis in a real and sustainable way over time, and not simply adopt a patch, or make this political crisis a media show, we must do three fundamental things: change our economic approach radically, write a new constitution with a great preamble of who we are and where we want to go as a nation, and adopt a massive citizen empowerment program. Today the constitution feeds the economic model, and the economic model feeds the constitution, and both disempower the citizenry.

All the governments in recent years have accepted the market economy as their fundamental pillar: free trade, integration into globalization … I do not believe that this is the way in the medium or long term, and it is better to start today to change this system . We must go towards an economy that is steeped in spiritual and collective values: security, empowerment, love, compassion, cooperation, justice, interdependence, solidarity, peace … The economic dictatorship that we live today has a name and surname, it has power and it exercises it, it has influences and uses them, has an ego and cultivates it …

Faced with the large number of inhabitants on our planet, the vertiginous collapse of world peace, the ineffectiveness of the global institutions of development and peace, the weakening of the neoliberal economic and financial system, the ecological destruction of our planet, the ever-increasing consumption more widespread drug use, the rawness of violence at all levels, and so many other global challenges, I think the time has come to change the world and change it now. The economy has been largely responsible for the results that we see before our eyes today. Not an abstract economy, but very well managed by some strategic actors, countries with great power, and voracious markets for our values and forms of material and non-material well-being. The economic calculation has been destructive, with benefits for only a few.

The market, which is the institutional base of the neoliberal system, does not have the automatic mechanisms to correct the social or the environmental. It is here that “ecological economics”, “biological economics”, and “space economics” throw up some important alternative paths. A necessary condition to achieve the sustainability of development is the change of the prevailing economic system.

The planet is ours and, therefore, it is our collective responsibility. There is only one planet earth, there are not two. We need an educational system that forms “the global being”: a being that transforms itself into the other without losing its own identity. Also, we need a truly planetary and global institution to achieve the common good. We are totally interdependent. “

Along with civic education, students at all levels, including university students, should have compulsory chairs in ethics and morals (ethics and business, ethics and public administration, ethics and politics …), and contemplative techniques. This is already done in many countries around the world. The same should be at the corporate and union level. Government and business resources are needed.

There is a big difference between a market system and a business system. In Chile we have a business system that uses and abuses markets (national and international). Virtually all markets are in collusion. The great ethical and political paradox is found in the fact that those who are permanently defending the neoliberal system, with a competitive free market, are the same ones who establish and feed collusion on a daily basis. A utilitarian neoliberalism to the individual good and not to the collective good. The first step is to clearly define the nature of the welfare function to be used as a unit of measurement and evaluation of the structure, behavior and result of our markets. A basic theme for the new constitution.

Collusion erodes the collective welfare. A central theme in matters of industrial organization. The most popular approach in industrial organization studies distinguishes three important dimensions:
1. Structure of markets (E) and how they influence the quantity and quality of goods and services. Examples are: number of companies, size of these companies, and conditions for entering or leaving those markets.
2. Behavior of companies (C) within these structures. Examples are: levels of production and use of productive resources, price levels, definition of quality …
3. Results obtained (R) from the different behaviors. Examples are: market size, levels of economic and financial efficiency, individual and collective well-being …

The most popular definition is the following: “An agreement between two or more actors, sometimes illegal and therefore secret, to limit open competition, be it through misleading or deceiving, or defrauding others of their rights legal, to obtain a goal prohibited by law through gaining an unequal advantage in the market. ” This definition is worth dismembering. It represents a conscious agreement; It is not by chance or by chance. Represents two or more actors. It is done secretly. Acknowledge that a fault is being committed; It’s not a surprise. Change pricing models.

When is collusion easier? There are several aspects that facilitate collusion:
1. A small number of industries in that sector.
2. A market that does not have much variability.
3. A fairly inelastic demand for the products.
4. Products associated with each company that are easily identifiable and traceable.
5. An asymmetry in information. Or, incomplete information.
6. A concentration of supply.
7. A homogeneity of the offer.
8. A symmetry in costs between companies.
9. A symmetry in capacity utilization rates.

When is collusion most difficult? There are several aspects that make collusion difficult:
1. When there are enforcement / surveillance problems.
2. When demand for products falls.
3. When the possibility opens up for more companies to enter that market as a result of technological change, information …
4. When the illegal way in which prices are determined is made explicit.

Chile’s approval of the TPP is one more public act of its commitment to economic neoliberalism at any cost. This is unconditional support for a decadent, cold, calculating economic system, concentrating wealth … for the benefit of the richest countries. The TPP was conceived and negotiated behind closed doors; that already says it all.

Unless we build a strong citizen democracy, there will be no room in politics. Without a clear path, there is no way to get to the horizon we want; we will never cross the river. Chilean politics does not evolve or simply does not want to evolve. Our policy continues to provide old and stale answers to the questions and challenges that citizens have today.

“I was always against the dictatorship. A dark time in our history where the human rights of thousands of Chilean men and women were violated. A moment where our human and social fabric was deeply destroyed, our trust in public institutions, including justice.”

Chile demands a citizen democracy; This requires a citizen political system, a citizen economy, and a citizen institutionality. What good is this realm of politics if it keeps us all disunited and confronted. What are the real benefits of political victories under these circumstances? The victories that we see today in politics do not validate it; on the contrary, they weaken it}. In the old politics the debate is always put on the table to destroy the opposite “messenger”. In the new politics the debate must be put on the table to discuss “the opposite message”. This is a big difference. Who does not understand it hides behind the old politics. Being against neoliberalism is not an attack on you!

Even if we dedicate hundreds of days to an “intellectual” analysis of the political crisis, it will not reveal the “why” of our failure. We need to reach a higher level of collective consciousness to see clearly the true causes, and to get out of this crisis definitively. Let us not continue to nurture the error of our intellect.

“Citizen empowerment is very different from the establishment’s forms of empowerment, including the current political architecture. Do not be confused. A situation that illustrates this difference has already manifested itself in the debates on labor reform.”

“The right action does not have negative impacts on anything or anyone. She is greatly influenced by the correct language and the correct behavior. Both have failed in our society.”

“What is power? There are many forms of power, and we are seeing it daily between politics and the corporate world. What makes citizen power different? Let’s talk about the differences.”

“One of the most important objectives of politics is to advance and nurture that process of evolution and transformation that leads us to the good of all and not only of some. This demands transcending the personal and the partisan. We have to regain success along the way of action.”

Politics and political decisions have to be inserted in the historical moment in which citizens are living. Exiting the dictatorship and recovering democracy required a special government, with leadership commensurate with that moment. Today, with the distrust of the institutional-political system, the loss of prestige of those who are in political representation, and the attachment / influence of money in politics, we are in another historical moment as important as the exit from the dictatorship. This demands a new governance and a singular leadership, eminently citizen.

Speaking badly, or discounting the intelligence or conscience of the citizens, the Chilean people, lacks all meaning and validity. There is no president or parliamentarian who has not been elected by a part of the popular conscience. To repudiate the popular conscience is to repudiate all the elect, since they are the fruit of that conscience and, spiritually, are governed by it.

Dismayed with what is happening with capital movements. I disapprove of all this. Capital moves where it finds cheapest costs and highest profits. The loser in this case is the treasury of the countries in question. Corporations move where wages are cheapest and profits are highest. With great violations of human rights in the countries that operate. The losers are the workers of the world; a promotion of slavery in the 21st century. Failure to comply with environmental and ecological obligations also moves capital in that direction (supposedly lowers costs in the short term). National and foreign investment in mining without taking care of the relaxation and pollution, the cutting of native forests … The losers are future generations (our girls and boys) and all the forms of life that accompany us on this planet . Which of all these scenarios is the least ethical? Why are we only concerned with monetary matters (capital) and not with other matters (people)? Welcome to the neoliberal capitalist system.

There are at least four foundations of a true “new” constitution:
1) knowledge of our reality, eminently our wisdom beyond the material, individual and collective introspection, and contemplation of our identity as a nation;
2) nature and scope of individual and collective action, total service to the most vulnerable, mindfulness, and collective memory;
3) transcendence of the immediate, meditation, prayer and attention; And
4) devotion to our collective obligations, total identity, love, compassion and recognition of our non-material reality as Chileans. Otherwise it will be more of the same.

In general, an increase in income should lead to greater conservation of natural resources. However, at higher levels of wealth concentration, this vision will never materialize. In other words, a policy of increasing income, other things constant (ceteris-paribus), does not guarantee a greater conservation of our natural heritage. Furthermore, without there being a national conservation policy, macroeconomic policies will continue to benefit “exploitation” over “conservation.” Before the market there is nature. Before politics there is citizenship. Before the people there is the nation. Before the nation there is the person. Before the person the Being exists. Unless a new way of doing politics, economics and social is built, there will be no true citizen spaces in this house called Chile. Without a true political path, immersed in collective spirituality, there is no way to reach our destiny as a nation.

There is a very important relationship between income levels and ecological and environmental sustainability. That is why it becomes relevant to ask ourselves: How to include sustainability in social programs? More specifically, in a country that can already be said of high-middle income, on average, how to go from a simple environmental mitigation to a national and regional policy for the conservation of all our natural resources. Is it possible to do this within a neoliberal system? This question has no trivial answers. The point here is to specify the nature and content of the relationship between income levels and levels of sustainability. Traditionally, it is said that higher levels of income would achieve higher levels of sustainability. That is, there is a positive correlation. If this were true, Chile should be doing much more in terms of conservation and protection of the environment. Clearly this function is not so straightforward since, for example, one must also focus on the criteria for allocating resources, across space and time. This leads to an important discussion of how the neoliberal market allocates environmental resources and services. Furthermore, the income variable should be broken down between level and concentration. This calls for severe attention to how income concentration inhibits further investment in our natural capital.

The concentration of income and wealth is a brake on environmental investment. In relation to the neoliberal economic system, it must be said that the market does not have automatic mechanisms to correct inequality or environmental destruction. In addition, it does not carry a conservation policy for several reasons. First, because it only assigns value to certain goods and services; eg, reproducible and exclusive goods. Attributes that very few environmental goods and services possess. To this are added national and international public goods and goods that are under community or collective property regimes. But that is not all. The neoliberal market is shortsighted; he doesn’t see much through space or time. The long term is not his specialty and therefore he does not effectively allocate resources that have impacts either far or far into the future. Relative to average earnings, this says practically nothing. There are many chili peppers, both in terms of income and ecological and environmental situation. This demands that a conservation policy must be tailored in relation to the different ecological niches, the state of said niches, the different income strata, etc. Thus, there is no way to generalize when these variables are disaggregated. Most obviously, there are conservation problems in low-, middle- and high-income areas.

The nature of the conservation problem is different. For example, in a low-income area a forest or grassland may be over-exploited. In a high-income area, marine resources are being exploited, or agricultural land is being polluted, or the air in cities is being polluted. When designing macroeconomic and environmental policies, we must be clear about how the level of aggregation of the variables that define these policies affects the results. To continue with this analysis, we must clear up some conceptual elements. For example, that an ecological environmental policy or the conservation of our natural resources does not mean not producing. What it means is that the rates of exploitation, extraction, of a certain resource must be redistributed in time and space in another way: decrease the present rates of exploitation and move them into the future. This suggests that there is an optimal rate of redistribution over time. This form of inter-temporal redistribution depends on many factors: the present state of the natural resource in question (that is, how close it is to the critical zone or of potential destruction and irreversibility), the rate of technological change applied, the expectations and uncertainties in relation to income, discount rates, prices, consumption levels, production costs, fixed tax rates, property rights …

Most studies show that at low entry rates, the trend is not toward conservation. In other words, there is a greater need to exploit the resource in the present time; the rates are redistributed in time against conservation. This shows the great importance of so-called social investments. An institution that works directly with the lowest income strata. In other words, there is a virtuous relationship between programs to combat poverty and conservation policies at the national and regional levels. There are many ways to increase people’s income. It is an issue to optimize. One is the income level subsidies such as bonds, cash … These are said to be more effective since the expenditure of said income would respond to the preferences of the beneficiaries. However, these subsidies are not more effective in achieving better levels of conservation of natural resources. Much of this income can simply go to consumption. How much pressure decreases in the exploitation of the resource, or resources, is not very evident. Other ways of altering income are (i) price control systems, maintaining expectations of price increases, that is, higher levels of income expected in the future; (ii) low cost of credit, low interest rates, which allows increasing income through the cost of capital; (iii) eliminate fixed rates such as taxes, in order to compensate for income levels in times of economic depression; (iv) reduce marketing and transportation costs; (v) increase the prices of certain products, since low-income peasants receive much lower prices than high-income peasants, this also applies to artisanal fishermen; (vi) etc. There are also measures that have to do with reducing uncertainties regarding the income to be received in the future. The case of agricultural insurance, clarity in property rights, rents, etc. Significantly improve the organizations and institutions in charge of conservation instruments and incentives for said conservation. An increase in income, or the fact that the country is an upper-middle-income country, does not guarantee the conservation of natural resources. Empirically we see that the rate of exploitation of these resources is eminently high!

It seems important to me to recognize the importance of distinguishing private resources, public resources and community resources. Each of them requires a different conservation policy. This is not a semantic distinction. Think of all the debates on the private ownership of water. I am convinced that high-income people overexploit natural resources more than poor people. There is a very clear reason for this. Most of the economic assets of the poor are natural resources, a Ferris wheel, a fruit tree, a meadow, an animal … Given this context, we cannot fail to link conservation policies with macroeconomic policies. Today, this relationship remains totally neglected. There are many people who think that a natural resources conservation policy is the sum of environmental interventions, such as environmental projects. This is not the case since it has to go much further. Sustainability is a vision, and a way of thinking that must permeate both the environmental and ecological as well as the economic and social aspects. The environmental is not one more issue to add. It is the theme. It is the vision of a society, of a definition of progress and well-being that must organize all aspects of society. The economy and ecology must go completely together, supported by the social, political, institutional… Furthermore, national policies must not be only homocentric.

We have to evaluate our policies according to their impacts on all forms of life that exist in our nation. The most important form of evaluation must be social. In other words, if we use the income variable as an approximation of well-being, the analysis of benefits and costs of what FOSIS does must go beyond the financial and economic aspects. With this I am not diminishing the importance of the economic and financial! It would be absurd to promote projects that ultimately bankrupt family farm businesses. I am also saying that the social analysis of projects needs to be improved substantially. Very limited social analysis is done here. Sometimes this social analysis serves as a mat to tuck under it very negative aspects of projects, programs and policies. This calls for using different criteria in the identification and design of policies. A subject that I do not have time to explain in detail. If environmental and ecological conservation policies must be in sync with macroeconomic policies, this demands that in Chile we seriously redefine what a conservation policy means. At the moment, many think that they are policies in which there would be no growth, job creation … Very out of the question. A conservation policy must be dynamic and permanent, not a football match. Here it is not a question of opposing everything, or paralyzing economic policy by paralyzing it.

These are the images that have been left by the way these things are discussed at the political level. Finally, the role of the private sector, industrialization, entrepreneurs … is very important. The success will take place the private sector contributes directly to the collective well-being, and our society clearly understands the relationship between income and conservation, and does not need institutional interventions. Let us do it ourselves. At the moment in our upper-middle-income country, sustainability measures are in fact a mitigation of the inequalities that this neoliberal system creates. We must change this economic system for a cooperative, citizen-based system. As I said once, we must build a sustainable society with an empowered citizenry.

If we do not have the capacity as a country to solve the problems raised by our Chilote brethren and, in particular, by the artisanal fishermen, we do not have, nor will we have, the capacity to solve anything. This is a problem that goes far beyond Chiloé. It is an economic disease that has infected the entire country. The whole country should be working on this and solving it now; the immediate priorities (human well-being), as well as a clear definition of the way forward in the medium and long term. How do you think that the USA, Canada, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Australia … would have approached a crisis of this nature? It is very worrying how this problem has been addressed: red tide and bonds. Without denying the importance of both, and without denying the difficulties demanded by both, this conflict reveals the results of a wrong path that our country is following – economic model, lack of sustainability, inadequate allocation of coastal property rights, absence of a national policy for the management and conservation of our natural resources, loss of human-cultural balance, myopia in assigning priorities, lack of regionalization…. Blaming nature is irresponsible. And even if that were so, we should have a consensual policy on how to address all dimensions of a natural disaster. 116 That the country and our scientific knowledge do not have an answer, already says enough about the policies, priorities, and financing of science, research, technology, entrepreneurship … Today, more energy is put into avoiding the real and true presentation of a deep natural human crisis, raising only the questions that leave in the void a debate that should start now! We do not have to wait for the origin of the red tide to be clarified, or that we are worried about how we are going to excuse economic actors, or postpone the identification of the origins and accelerators of this crisis. We are dominated by a crumbling model. What is important at this time is the well-being of the communities, of those who live off the sea … Chiloé must be our integrated model of human, natural, cultural, economic, institutional and spiritual sustainability of the country. How we want to approach our future. A concrete and immediate action, let us reallocate the millionaire funds of the Puente del Chacao to solve what is really important: the well-being of our people, our cultural identity, ecological balance, etc. Another is to reallocate part of the reserved copper funds to immediately mitigate the human and social impacts of natural disasters like this one. Finally, the approval of a law of the republic that creates a National Fund to Address Natural Disasters, easily accessible and implemented by the Executive.

Great Urbanization Challenges.
i. Recognize that the issue of green spaces or rings is not a minor issue. How to analyze, evaluate and create them? In the light of what criteria?
ii. Establish the identity of urban spaces that are subject to greater wear and tear: deterioration of human life more seriously. In Santiago this is clear: the great pollution is in the west. This is demonstrated by air pollution rates.
iii. Recognize that the great limitation of urbanization is the biological limitation, together with the spatial limitation. This demands changes in human settlements and in how we locate certain public services (solid and liquid waste). Big change in mindset. A great technological change.
iv. Understand the concept of smart investments: social investments in vulnerable neighborhoods.
v. Incorporate in strategies the concept of green infrastructure, with multiple objectives …
saw. Establish that the reconstruction processes of cities start from the micro, through a virtuous cumulative process. Example: neighborhood culture versus national culture.
vii. Translate the strategies into very concrete things; concept of “near improvements”, that citizens see materialize in front of their eyes and effectively
viii. Develop the concept and strategies of the so-called polynuclear cities.
ix. Recognize the importance of semi-urban management, in eminently rural border areas.
x. Avoid speculative goals, incorporate social goals.
xi. Recognize the great diseconomies of scale in the provision of public services, with increasing costs at the local level and with consequences for municipal and local budgets.
xii. Revitalize the importance of the notion, attributes and essence of the neighborhood.
xiii. Review urban policies, especially policies for housing, transportation …

Spirituality. If the new constitution does not have a spirit, it is not worth changing the one we have. Spirituality. The constituent process began with a debate on the values ​​that could feed the new constitution. Values ​​are not words. Values ​​are states of Being. And as such they must be self-realizing. Spirituality. Justice, equality, etc., are states of Being. The spiritual path strengthens; it becomes the reason for being, and is the soul of a new constitution. A constitution that only addresses individualistic materialism will create more chaos than the one we confront today. Spirituality. The constituent process also includes duties and rights. All of them are also states of Being. It is difficult to reach a new constitution without being on the path of inner self-realization, both individual and collective. Spirituality. You have a Being. We all have a Being. The nation also has a Being. The new constitution cannot be co-created outside of Being. The more outside of Being a constitution is, the less it will last in time. The constitution of the dictatorship does not have a Being. It is empty. Spirituality. The access and distribution of “power” to people, institutions, social organizations, the state, the market, the corporate world … are the mark of many constitutions. What do we understand, or how do we want to define, power in a new constitution? Is it only material power, money … or should we also deal with spiritual power? That power that benefits us all?

There are several city archetypes. Here are some examples. The mosaic city. Cities with a lot of migration, where various cultures must coexist peacefully. “We Are All Included” The polynuclear or multipolar city. Cities in which congestion must be addressed, or its growth directed to a specific geographical area. “We are One With All” The bedroom city. This city embraces the main function of housing people who work elsewhere. “Sleep with me” The friendly city. This city denotes that there must be certain services that make life easier for certain groups such as the elderly, those with different abilities, etc. “I help you” The smart city. The city that improves its operation with the use of new technologies that are applied to today’s urban needs. “I make it easy for you” Global cities. Cities where globalization has a great influence on their productivity and well-being. The real estate crisis is an example of the penetration of the global into the local. “We are the planet” Slums. Cities that are a great source of poverty and urban misery. “Committed to our well-being” The eco city. Cities that pay attention to ecological and environmental issues. A multisectoral theme that encompasses policies and programs in many areas of everyday life. “I echo You” The green city. Cities that focus on the need for green areas in a city. There is talk of oxygen, landscape, pollution, transport … Very similar to the eco city. “We are really green” There are many other types of cities that respond to related archetypes, for example, with an international ranking. And this is how we see references to: Happy cities Livable cities Quality-of-life cities Prosper cities The most expensive cities.

Great Governance Challenges
i. Clarify the relationship between the central state and the mayor’s office.
ii. Establish the bases for an effective transition to a new management, a new governance.
iii. Design a process of re-engineering local governments, instead of taking away their power or their functions.
iv. Create continuity mechanisms in urban management, and thus address medium and long-term problems.
v. Understand the peculiarity of city governments: they have different legislatures and different government teams in profile and obligations …
saw. Define how to guarantee not only the investment but, more importantly, guarantee the maintenance. Today, investment from the private sector is sought, but the responsibility for maintenance ends in the hands of the public sector.
vii. Finding the true meaning of municipalization or demunicipalisation policies, including land policies, coastal borders … avoid great speculation.
viii. Consider in the big groups the notion of the Mayor, and solve problems beyond a municipality: pollution.
ix. Create new governance solutions at the local level.
x. Finding the true meaning of what we understand as “local government”.

Great Challenges of Rights
i. Establish special and embroidered policies and programs for vulnerable communities.
ii. Incorporate the Right to the City into the social grammar.
iii. Establish that the city is not only for business. Who is the city for? Who makes the city?
iv. Recognize the great importance of social, human, local neighborhood, ethnic, ethical heritage …
v. Establish how cities should be transformed into spaces and instruments to implement the rights to housing, in both quantity and quality.
saw. Include in the debate how urbanization is impairing social, economic, cultural, and ethnic rights, and how to regain those rights.

I had the opportunity to participate in the Regional Council of the metropolitan area. I would like to share some impressions. The first, that both in relation to values and rights and duties, citizens have made ecological, environmental and nature issues a vital priority. The sustainability of development is the path that citizens want, and it hopes that it will be the common thread of the new constitution. The second impression is that in the field of rights, as an institutional instrument, the rights of nature are recognized as intensely priority. Along with this, the rights that accompany it are eminently citizen in nature. In other words, the need for an empowered citizenship is explicitly recognized.

“The history of Chile will be written by future generations. What will they write about us? We are leaving cars, airplanes, buildings, computers, shopping centers … Is that what they expect of us? Life is more than material things. ¡ Let’s build for those who come !. “

Politics is defined, in some way, as a path, in or for, the allocation and redistribution of economic and social power. The new politics has to change its notion of “power.” Today is the moment of citizen power, accompanied by a very high level of spirituality and collective consciousness.

What good is economic growth when the well-being of large numbers of people deteriorates as they grow faster? What good is it to gain points in the growth rate, when our inequality indices are one of the worst in Latin America and the world?

We all know that we are ingesting more and more things that have life in laboratories and not in natural life. There is no doubt that this manifests itself in our health. For a totally organic Chile.

A new way of doing politics demands that we clearly know the current needs of humanity. Not the exclusive needs of politicians.

Trust cannot be left to one person. A candidate can only represent one ingredient out of thousands that are needed. To attribute an achievement of that nature to yourself is only the glow of an ego.

Our country belongs to the present generation, but it also belongs to future generations. Politics and policies should reflect this. Otherwise we are increasing intergenerational inequalities.

During dawn, only a small ray of sunlight eliminates all the great darkness of a long night. The political darkness of our country can disappear with a handful of Chileans who love this country, expecting nothing in return, and who commit themselves to an eminently citizen path.

The main objective of our development and transformation should not be just to move from a lower level of GDP to a higher one, important as this is. The main objective should be to move to a higher level of well-being than we have today. Increasing a few points of GDP is not a sufficient condition to increase the welfare of all.

A new constitution is no more left, center, or right. It is more citizen democracy. It is more welfare for the less privileged. It is more protection of our human, ecological, social, ethical, cultural heritage … It is more equity, justice, inclusion, identity, cooperation, solidarity, love, compassion, protection, conservation … The classifications used today in the politics are totally inappropriate and anachronistic. A new constitution is a historic mandate, it is everyone’s space, and not the cover letter of the prevailing ideological monopoly. Together for a new constitution “

This is the great issue of today and of the future government. Grow the economy without destroying our environment and ecology. When talking about growth and capital accumulation, we cannot forget ALL the forms of capital that participate in the economic and social development of our country: Human capital Natural capital Institutional capital Cultural capital Spiritual capital Physical capital Financial capital Today, the debate is generally on the first and the last two forms of capital. I would like us to include the other forms of capital, since they are all interdependent. Thus, polluted waters cause diseases and these in turn decrease the growth and quality of human capital (just as an example. There are many others). In this note I try to address only some ideas that are rarely on the table. Decentralization, total regionalization of the country. This will mobilize resources to areas where development costs are decreasing, will increase the employment of people with lower incomes, and all will stimulate the aggregate demand of the economy.

Democratize the economy, for example, through special attention to:
(i) allocation of public money to collective public goods,
(ii) strengthening of local governments by creating poles of economic growth that are also local,
(iii) reconquer the neighborhoods and promote culture and art at that level,
(iv) establish a local tax system to reinvest in local economies,
(v) generate massive and low-cost access to non-conventional renewable energies …
With an emphasis on the local. That globalization does not take us away. Fundamental changes in the institutional apparatus and instruments. Economic capital does not grow if institutional capital does not grow at the same time. That is why to grow we must also emphasize:
(i) promote a creative economy including art, music, social identity, innovation, entrepreneurship …
(ii) establish a new citizen constitution in which the rules of the institutional game are very clear (eg, citizen property rights), and reduce uncertainties …
(iii) increase social capacities such as social competitiveness, social governance, etc.
(iv) eliminate corruption and the relationship between money and politics,
(v) accelerate citizen empowerment at all levels, both internal and external empowerment,
(vi) significantly increase the productivity of our free time …

Redistribution of Income and Wealth. Redistribution in favor of low-income people with a high elasticity of demand. Consumption will satisfy your basic needs and increase your well-being. This may also include the formalization of certain rights that will increase the value of capital in the hands of the poor. That is, the elimination of inequities as an accelerator of economic growth. Establish tax systems where the poor and the elderly pay no taxes. Establish a health and medicine price system that is not regressive in its impacts. Adoption of a National Conservation Policy. The conservation and good management of our natural resources will increase the accumulation and growth of our natural capital. Conservation must also address the issue of our seeds and indigenous genetic material. This policy will maintain the supply of raw materials, minerals, marine resources, energy alternatives … all important for the expansion of the private sector. Along with this, uncertainties and additional expansion costs will be reduced, in relation to the supply and availability of natural resources, essential for the growth of the economy. Art, Music, Poetry, Ancestral Culture, Integrative Medicine … All these activities will increase our cultural growth, highly correlated with national identity, social integration, sense of belonging … This process will create a virtuous circle growth, which will raise the collective and social consciousness of Chile. An ethical and not indifferent economic growth. An empowered and conscious growth. A truly humanistic growth.”

The national debate that is brewing on the working day seems very important to me. But you have to go far beyond working hours. We must debate about well-being in the workplace, human-labor relations, work ethics, occupational health, housing, public transport … Many focus only on the productivity variable; of course it is important, but there is no clarity on how to increase it, or the exact relationship between fewer hours of work and productivity. It also talks about education, training … and their impacts on productivity. That is the traditional, and it must be addressed. However, for me, productivity is increased and sustained over time, furthermore, through the constant increase in “free time productivity” (leisure, as some say). Thus it is that fewer hours of work, accompanied by poor quality free time, only translates into stress, depression, conflicts, frustration, poor performance … Therefore, the debate must also include the actions and investments that we must make in the public and collective goods that generate well-being during rest periods (e.g., vacations, weekends), such as art, music, sports, citizen dialogues, improvement of neighborhoods and cities, free access to coastal edges, lakes, mountains, etc. It is here where the quality of environmental goods and services play a preponderant role (eg, landscape, air and water quality, native forests, national parks, green areas, smart cities, etc.). A sustainable society is the best labor policy. “

“The Decent Pension. Progressively, we must achieve the goal of no more pensions in Chile below the minimum wage. It may be a formula that includes what is paid in money plus direct subsidies to a group of drugs, the elimination of the VAT on a basket of basic foods, etc. This is a matter of the utmost urgency. “

“Today, politics lost its true content. Some believe that a presidential program is that vital content. It is not. At most it is the operational dimension of a government (necessary!). That is why many do not vote. Let’s give a content to what it means to live in our homeland, our nation, our territory, our society … the vital content of politics will be manifested in its fullness. “

“Chileans Abroad. I call on you to participate actively now, and not wait until the presidential nomination processes are decided. Your experience is vital to give new content to Chilean politics and its processes.”

“The need for a new political force – not just the duopoly – responds to the great need to go beyond the democratic transition. No more transition. We have already matured, we have reached institutional democratic levels, so as not to continue being pushed by the past. A lineage that does not serve us in this historical moment. Now we must be sustained by the dreams and horizons that we have about our future. “

We need a great transformation of human consciousness to understand and experience the Earth as a living and conscious entity. This new awareness will allow us to take into consideration all the life forms that live on the planet. The unnecessary loss of flora and fauna is equivalent to burning a library before reading the books. Healing the human being and / or nature is an inseparable and mutually interdependent process. Today we try to heal ourselves with life created in a laboratory: a great strategic error whose consequences we are already seeing everywhere. It is time to support a great change to enjoy different dimensions for human transformation. Today’s political system is a distractor and destroyer of these dimensions. “

This will have many effects on the American economy as well as on the entire world. It is assumed that there will be more growth and a special attraction to invest in the USA. There will also be a large fiscal deficit, which I am sure the emerging countries will pay for. I would lower taxes on Chilean companies in proportion to an improvement in their carbon footprints, recycling and recovery of their own waste, and in proportion to the investments they make in decontaminating the air, water (fresh and salty, superficial and subsoil), and soils. There would be other investments that can also be included such as unconventional renewable energy, protection of native forests, conservation of flora and fauna … The big difference between this proposal and Trump’s is that his will be dirty and predatory growth, while this proposal will be clean and conservationist. “

As an incentive to the private sector, and as a way to grow and generate sustainable productive jobs, a tax reduction index (to be defined) should be applied in direct relation to a net coefficient of investment and clean, decent and sustainable employment. These subsidies should include, for example, investments in the collective social area: sports fields in the neighborhoods, protection and conservation of flora and fauna, cleaning groundwater, eliminating air pollution, construction and maintenance of rural schools, recovery of our native seeds, creation and maintenance of green areas, summer centers for the elderly, financing of drugs for popular pharmacies, construction and management of nurseries … “

“Soon we will elect the mayors. A structure that includes them should be formed immediately to regionalize the country. This structure should address, for example: Promote territorial ordering, eliminate sacrifice zones, establish formulas for regional taxes, define municipal strengthening plans , design strategies for the conservation and management of natural resources and environmental services, identify the most vulnerable people and spaces together with action plans to address the challenges that are imposed, establish a regional plan for the prevention and management of natural disasters , set precise goals for the improvement of education and health, establish new and sustainable bases for economic growth, establish formulas for the direct and binding participation of citizens, define mechanisms to strengthen public institutions at the regional level, etc. Mandatory ! “

“There are several types of democracies: representative, participatory and deliberative. I prefer deliberative democracy, since it not only improves participation but also recognizes permanent dialogue, transparency, clear assignment of responsibilities, and accountability of all groups. social, promotes association particularly at the local level, empowers municipalities, strengthens interaction networks … “” Deliberative democracy establishes forms of governance that define a specific normative agenda, including the commitments of all parties. It strengthens the quality of our democracy. “

Violence only brings more violence. Peace is the only instrument of peace. More violence in Syria can translate into serious situations throughout the world. It is time to change the traditional instruments used to achieve peace. Whoever sees material prosperity as a result of war conflicts has a sick mind and a disoriented inner being. If the leaders do not have the wisdom to achieve peace in Syria with peaceful instruments, they should leave their positions now.” “Violence is unacceptable, wherever it comes from. The new paradigm of Peace: World Peace will materialize only as a result of Inner Peace, where Inner Peace will materialize as a result of our healing, and this healing will be the fruit of the power of silence (inner self-healing) and healing. of the nature.”

“The re-founding of neoliberalism in democracy demands a clear alternative capable of yielding results in the short, medium and long term. This option is a sustainable society with an empowered citizenry. A path with tremendous human, social and institutional character.” “Human, institutional and natural capital are as, or more, important than physical and financial capital in economic growth and job creation. The economic and social future of Chile demands a change in the composition of capital.”

On several occasions I have said that in our country there should be no sacrifice zones, that there must be a territorial order agreed with the citizens, and that we must compensate those affected … This must be part of a new constitution. I have also made proposals to get ahead of ourselves and avoid environmental problems like this one. It is necessary to change politics, strategy and technology. There is no competitiveness in sanitary landfills, given the population density and the scarce availability of land. All solutions must be of a great human character. The Til Til case will be repeated in all the big cities of the country. It cannot wait until there are truly no viable solutions. This would not happen if we embrace the idea of a sustainable society with an empowered citizenry.

“Cities are not just the accumulation of houses, buildings, streets, parking lots. Cities are really a source of life. Cities are the center of human well-being. Cities are alive and that life depends on how we treat natural resources. of the city, if the city is polluted there is no really prosperous life, if the city is congested there is stress, there are problems of mental illness that we have to address and that health has really big problems to solve. Therefore, we have to think of our city as our home, we have to keep it clean, vibrant and provide us with both economic, social and personal services, so that there is great prosperity here in Maule.”

In the future, the great sources of economic growth and employment will be: water (in all its expressions), soils, climate, minerals, the sea, biodiversity, regionalization and decentralization, citizen empowerment, communications, green cities … For this, we need to invest heavily in innovation, science and technology; in new forms of entrepreneurship; in companies with a minimal carbon footprint; in a new institutional framework including all forms of rights; in the proper management and use of our natural resources; in a healthy life and diet; cleaning all our waters; in the biological productivity of our seas; the protection of native forests and mountains …

In writing this note, I have had several purposes in mind. The first, to offer a series of reflections and ideas to feed the eventual dialogues on a new constitution. As a text, it is very short in relation to the depth of the topics it addresses. The second, to identify those aspects that I consider key in relation to justifying a total change of constitution. A new constitution, with a new spirit and common thread. The third, focus our attention on the need for a new paradigm of development and transformation. In other words, the constitution should be the narrative and scaffolding that feeds and protects the birth and development of this new paradigm that, in a simplified way, I call “a sustainable nation with an empowered citizenship”. The fourth, to advocate for a series of structural changes necessary for this new paradigm to take place. This entails a great accent on both individual and collective values ​​that will govern new definitions of what constitutes well-being, progress, development, transformation … The fifth, advocating a new style of constitution. Not as a major law, focused on eminently legal issues, distribution of power and institutional responsibilities, but as a narrative of who we are, where we want to go, and how we will try to reach that collective destination. That is why this text is not going to focus on all possible constitutional issues. It is a purpose to give priority to the issue of a sustainable nation and citizen empowerment.

The neoliberal economic system is not only full of contradictions but also paradoxes that have alarming results. An example: a high level of pharmacy sales (Remedies because people are sick) is shown as an important source of economic growth. A “sick” growth. The same with the increase in agricultural product at the expense of the destruction of soil and water. A “destructive” growth. How are we going to generate more economic growth? How should we do it? The neoliberal system does not guarantee the sustainability of our development.

It is not possible for us to be healthy with a sick nature. Air and water pollution, soil destruction, climate change, loss of native forests and biodiversity, animal abuse … are just some examples that show a sick nature. Most diseases are the result of the economy and its negative impact on the environment. We must change the economic model, through new ways of doing politics and the social.

The ownership of natural resources is essential in explaining the growth and concentration of wealth. That is why we must seriously consider the different forms of rights that guarantee our values and solutions to collective challenges such as interdependence, equity, solidarity, cooperation, justice … Human rights are a form of capital and, therefore, a source of economic growth.

But, there are also two other important statements to consider. One, that of the official who was in charge of these studies, Mr. Agusto LopezClaro, who notes a series of elements that we must consider. Outside of defending the study, he said that all the changes made were subject to review by experts, including professionals and representatives of our country! The WSJ does not clarify this situation, nor does it give names regarding those in Chile who received this study for comment or review. According to Lopez, the process was transparent. Also, justifying Chile’s ranking, Lopez said that other countries were at the forefront of reforms, with Chile somewhat behind (an issue to be clarified). Another, the authorities of the World Bank, where the WSJ says that they promised to correct the situation, submitting this study to various international experts for review. What else could he have said by now? Interesting: they DO NOT think of Romer or Lopez. I have never worked in this area as it is not my specialty. Therefore, I had to read about what was published, to understand the content of this shameful fact.

This is an index that focuses on 10 variables: starting a business, obtaining construction permits, obtaining electricity, registering property, obtaining credit, protecting minority investors, paying taxes, cross-border trading, compliance with contracts, and reduction of insolvency. It is not clear how the index is constructed (relative coefficients of each variable) or which variable was manipulated (apparently related to “tax” issues). The best evaluated of Chile is “construction permits” and “protection of minority investors.” The worst evaluated is “paying taxes”, “obtaining credit” and “border trade”. How variables will be manipulated for a new index, I don’t know. A very serious situation, which must be severely sanctioned at the institution level, as well as the officials involved. This fact must be thoroughly clarified, particularly when reports of this nature directly affect our country in many ways: investments, ranking, credit evaluation … I strongly condemn this situation.

I would like to end by asking a few questions: Was this study reviewed before being published by the Representative of Chile to the Council of the World Bank? If he was consulted, what was his opinion? If it was not consulted, why was it not? What other Chilean government officials were consulted? What were their opinions? Is it possible that this study came to light without a prior review by our officials? Who provided the facts and figures for this study? Why is Romer making this statement without first discussing its content internally? Was there a Chilean university involved in this study? What was the participation of the Ministries of Finance? I would like to know what the answers are to these questions since, in my old experience, I have never seen a country report that has come to light without the official participation of the country in question. There must be a full Congress meeting to deliberate and define a way forward.

It seems appropriate to suggest some ways to follow.
1. The Government, or Parliament, or both, must demand a meeting with the Chief Economist of the World Bank, here in Santiago. A formal meeting, of an urgent nature. There are many questions there, some of which I suggest below: Why were these changes in methodology made to the study, which ended up harming Chile? Are there other countries that were harmed by these changes, which are those countries? Why did you give that interview at the WSJ, speaking for yourself, and not for the World Bank? Why did the institutional World Bank have to respond after the interview? Who are you going to name to review and evaluate this situation? Is there a representative from our country?
2. The Government or Parliament must immediately call the Representative of Chile before the World Bank (today, and all those who were in that period). Bring it to Chile and address a series of questions, such as the ones suggested here: Were you aware of this study and the methodological changes? Did they inform our government of these changes and the consequences that these changes would have? Were there inputs from Chile in that study, such as data, contributions from researchers …? On what dates did the Board of Directors of the World Bank discuss this study, and what was the opinion of our representatives? What government ministry was in charge of this process, Treasury? Was this study subject to review by our country before being published?
3. The Government should invite the Chilean economist, Mr. Lopez, who did the study, to testify before Congress and explain the situation from his perspective. He assures in his interview that the process was totally transparent. We must ask him for information about this transparency and see if there were officials from our government involved.
4. Ask the World Bank for a special meeting of the Board of Directors, where this is the issue to be addressed by all the country representatives and the President of the World Bank. That meeting claims to have answered many of the questions suggested above, so as not to have to confront unnecessary uncertainties.
5. Request an urgent meeting of the UN Economic and Social Council and present this case and exchange ideas so as not to repeat this situation.
6. From now on, review the procedures that have been used, and see clearly where they should be changed, so that our country is always involved in all the studies that have to do with interventions at the international level.
7. If what the WB Chief Economist has revealed is proven, the Government must go to all international bodies in search of reparation for potential damages.
8. If what the WB Chief Economist has revealed is proven, we must also clearly know if there was influence from Chile (official, government official, university…) so that this was implemented in the manner described by the WSJ.

Hoy, un grupo de países sanciona y aísla a otro por destruir una forma de democracia. Me pregunto, cuántos de estos mismos países están dispuestos a sancionar a aquellos que están destruyendo el planeta, incluyéndolos a ellos mismos? Entiendo muy bien el valor de la democracia; pero, también entiendo el valor del agua y de los alimentos sanos. No hay democracia sin agua. No hay democracia cuando un puñado de personas se ha apoderado del agua. No hay democracia con un pueblo enfermo.

Corruption has two actors: the one who corrupts and the one who accepts corruption (corrupted). Which of the two is more responsible? Solomon’s answer is “both”, but he won’t leave me alone. There are many forms of corruption, the best known based on money, cartels, economic manipulation… But there are others, equally or more important: lack of truth, unfair justice, elitist culture, false history, health only for an elite, inappropriate education, etc. Corrupting the mind, body or soul is the great corruption.

We must replace the culture of violence in which we live. Replace it with a culture of peace. For many, this culture of violence seems normal: “what else can we expect in this modern world. Get used to it.” I find it very tragic. Let’s start today with a small act of peace. If all Chileans did it daily, we would have carried out more than six billion acts of peace in 2018. Peace in everything; all in peace. Let’s start today!

The worst thing we could experience is collective failure. There is no individual salvation. There is no individual lighting. Or everyone, or no one. “I am because you are, you are because I am.” Infinitely interdependent on all forms of life on the planet. Remember that the sheep is also in its process of self-realization.

“Christian Democracy in Crisis: For My Father I Accused” In very traditional terms, the mandala of politics has been relatively strengthened at its extremes – edges – (understanding the crisis that the traditional left is experiencing) and, therefore, it becomes increasingly difficult to be a political party whose mission is to maintain the vital energy of the “center” of said mandala. Every scale has a center. Just as being from the right or the left needs a “political art” and a strong “ideology” to position themselves within that mandala, this same “art” and “ideology” are also necessary for those who want to position themselves and strengthen the center. traditional politician. Today, the political center lacks both: art and ideology. It is not a matter of nuances, or of marginal differences. It is a complete and totalizing paradigm. The one who, being on the right, has some more “liberal” ideas, does not do so from the “center”. The same happens with the left: if being from the left you have some ideas from the right, it does not really make you belong to the “center”. When I speak of “art” I mean knowing how to paint the canvas of a nation’s historical moment. When I speak of “ideology” I am referring to the vision, the way of thinking, the language and social grammar, the action and transformation, the behavior, the effort, and the concentration, which is needed to structure a political power in the field.

Collective. In essence, they all build the “big message” of a party, along with nurturing the public voice regarding the challenges we face in our society. I am categorical in saying that when a political mandala only strengthens its edges, its ends and, at the same time, has a very weak energy in the center, said mandala is destined to fail. The true spiritual force of politics must consider all the spaces of the mandala, and the center in particular. That is, today, the crisis of Christian Democracy (DC) -no matter how far ideologically I am from its members within the Chilean political mandala- it represents a weakening of all existing political spaces. Among other things, this weakening of the center makes it increasingly difficult for some of us who are independent within that mandala to exist. In this very traditional political system, the DC crisis has to be resolved by its militants and supporters. Today the right and the left have their flags clearly nailed at the ends, because they have a strong ideological foundation, which goes beyond personal caudillismo. In other words, the strength of the extremes of the mandala is not necessarily based on the existence of “personalities” that give it the daily breath that is needed. This does not deny the importance of leadership. But those who have tried to be populist leaders or supporters of those edges have failed.

We already saw it in the last presidential election. Naturally, what I am proposing is a generalization, since there are parties that only exist because there is one person, or a small handful that strengthens them. The nuances are very diverse. Furthermore, for those of us who started politics based on Christianity, international and universal, not on religion, the crisis situation that we are seeing in politics shows many things that are important to recognize. Today I want to accuse this reality for my father, who already left his body several years ago. He hasn’t asked me to. He has no responsibility for my opinions. I think that, if he were alive, he would tell me “it is preferable that you remain silent; no one has regretted being silent ”. My father was one of the first militants of the DC. His trajectory went from the FRAS (Socialist Action Front) to the National Falange, and from the National Falange to the DC. The beginning of it was rooted in the unions associated with the health sector. When I was very young (around 14 years old) and when he noticed my interest in politics, he made me read T. De Chardin, J. Maritain, and so many other Christian philosophers, along with many readings of the Social Encyclicals of the Catholic Church. Being in a Jesuit college (at that time really of social advance) he involved me in local debates of the Second Vatican Council, and many other readings and studies, through the youth of Catholic action. For me, that was, and still represents, an ideological foundation, a scaffolding, very revolutionary and relevant. Very advanced. At that time it was, at the same time, a clear, clear and different ideology, without apologies, without excuses, and without censorship.

Today, everyone is full of apologies, asking for permission to settle in the Chilean political mandala. At that time the themes of the center were the great social and productive reforms of the 1960s, in response to the need for Christian socialism. How could I forget the debate on the definition of land ownership and the constitutional changes demanded to implement the agrarian reform. Of course, I fully understand that there are different interpretations of these texts, and that therefore there may be different fractions within the DC. But, I never saw, nor do I really see today, a Christian ideology such as the idolology of the status quo, of the establishment, of a neoliberal right, of a prostration to the free market … I never saw it, but I do see it now. This has happened because those who started DC were from a middle class, or lower middle class. Today, as a result of economic development, many no longer belong to that class (except for the rank and file militants), but belong to the highest class in the country. Perhaps a far-fetched explanation. Or, possibly this interpretation is an exaggeration. Today, many (not all) forget the Christian origin of democracy: workers, peasants, artisanal fishermen, mothers, the elderly, abandoned children … Today, several dedicate their time to a strictly economic leadership, defending an inequitable and predatory model, which by design goes against the interests of which they should serve. Some of the elites that make up the different groups within the DC speak, express themselves, and move around protecting interests that are not in agreement with a popular Christianity.

A Christianity of dedication and service to the most vulnerable in our society. Today, the economy is for them the Achilles Heel of the social; For me, this is a flawed hierarchy. A big mistake, and that is why some want to leave and join the parties that defend this neoliberal position. But as I learned at that time, the beginning of everything is not the economic system, or individualistic materiality, but the human person. My father organized his presentations around themes and challenges, and not through endless ideological presentations. Interested in poverty, marginalization, health, food, social organization, future generations, justice, comprehensive education … He made an eminently Christian humanism available to these great challenges. This is no longer being done, and many must be forced to generate so-called ideological congresses, to oxygenate a vision that does not move the majority. As seen from the outside, the party does not really have “an agenda of its own.” It has endless institutional discussions. He is cornered, defending himself from the agendas that others generate. As if Christianity no longer adds anything to the debate. An own agenda was attempted in the presidential campaign. History will tell if it was successful or not.

My father and his comrades never felt cornered. They were always in front. I remember my father’s friends: Eduardo Frei Montalva, Juan de Dios Carmona, Bernardo Leighton, Radomiro Tomic, etc. The conversations were unique in the moments of the agrarian reform, the young homeland and so many other themes of their time. The songs: “The sun of our youth shines …” “Not a step back, peasant …” Today, many turn a deaf ear to encyclicals, or simply sanitize them to such an extent that they become non-existent. A specific case is the encyclical Laudato Sii by Pope Francis. There, he makes a call to profoundly change the way we live on this planet, with a deep criticism of businessmen, international organizations and the neoliberal capitalist system. Virtually no Christian is interested in reading or following it, except as an exercise in general culture. If the DC lacks art and ideology, I tell you that in that encyclical there is everything that is needed! The work is done. The worst is the vocabulary and social grammar that some Christian Democrats use. For example, some say they are from the left wing of the DC. Others who are “wing” of the center. Others from the “wing” of the right. The princes, the chascones … No one has yet told me (and explained what it means) I am a “Christian Democrat”, period. To be able to say “I am a Christian democrat”, plurality, interdependence must be self-realized … Non-existent at this time. Christian democracy is a road and not a service station of power. Today, uniqueness is sought at any cost. The search for the real center must be based on very specific and well-defined human and social themes. These themes change with history and human transformation.

With the same force, I see with cloudy eyes those of the DC who, not having a great ideological force, want to go to the extremes of the mandala to be satisfied. This makes the center lose its identity. As the center is dominated by caudillos, and it is ideologically very weak, then, for most of the people, being a center is “neither chicha nor lemonade”. The result is evident: a total paralysis, a failure to find a place in the mandala, and a constant negotiation with the extremes. For a while, the remedy has been to name the center: “center-left” or “center-right.” The “more or less” policy. A historical error of proportions. Being center does not mean being half conservative. Being center does not mean being half of the left. Everything indicates that being from the center is synonymous with not having ideology, simply going with the wind. Could not be farther from the truth. To understand the true center, it reminds me of “The Middle Way” from Buddhism. To walk that path, I not only have to know the alternative paths, but also create the path of love, compassion, justice, solidarity, stability, balance, moderation, frugality, protection, conservation, wisdom, ethics, unification, the inherent dignity of life … It is the pedestal at the center of the balance. The Middle Way has a personality of its own, and the art of walking it is probably the most challenging thing there can be. Being a center means having the capacity to contain. For this, spirituality and its manifestations in the public sphere are essential: economy, business, social, politics, culture, institutions, ethnicity, history … Leaving the center is a suicidal political path. The seizing of the center without Being of the center will move the balance to an extreme that can have complex consequences. Giving up and leaving the center, or pretending there is a new center, will also create greater complexities.

The Pope’s Letter to the Chilean Church. A masterful document. The press and the bishops, with different objectives and attitudes, do not allow us to understand and live a universal message of capital importance for our future as a society. You have to read it, ferment it, and self-realize it. Only critical phrases are taken and not messages of profound transformation such as: popular piety, prophetic inspiration, elitist psychology, being ecclesial, elite spirituality, throwing out the problem, sinners with penitential openness, gathered to discern and not argue. The lack of these attributes results in a great weakening of the center of the Catholic mandala. These are some of the attributes of the path to enlightenment. A document to be read in all corners of our earth, especially including political spaces.

If we want to generate more employment with well-being, let’s create a national, regional and local program for environmental improvement and conservation of natural resources throughout Chile. Now! Examples abound: cleaning all the waters of Chile, addressing all the mining tailings, developing agro-ecology, cleaning the entire coastal edge, expanding the rural connection, capturing rainwater in the dry coastal area, eliminating the slaughter areas transforming the apparatus productive, create a national Chilean seed bank, create a million micro agricultural (agro-ecological) and forestry (rural women’s enterprises with native species) micro-enterprises, implement a vegetable in each rural school in the country, create micro recycling enterprises, transform our food industry without chemicals, establish micro-enterprises of Chilean natural herbs for export, etc. It will generate local growth and millions of jobs. Sustainability is growth and employment for our well-being.

Achieving sustainable development seems to be a long way from many people, especially businessmen, politicians and economists. Several possible reasons: we do not understand what it is about, we have an extractive vision of the Earth and its resources, we do not see or feel the environmental and ecological crisis that we are experiencing, we have not realized the interdependence of everyone and everyone, We do not want to accept the great changes in the composition of economic and social power that this entails (we fight it), we are not willing to redistribute wealth towards a more egalitarian system (the case of water) … Meanwhile, we are eco-imprisoning ourselves day by day through illnesses and great losses of material and spiritual well-being.

How Much Future Does the Intermediation of Political Power Have? Technological advancement is affecting many human activities, such as work (robotics) and intermediary services (organizing travel from your computer and not through a travel agency). Today, technology would allow us to create “citizen assemblies” and replace political mediation (a semi-presidential system and a small parliament). Let’s use technology to empower citizens.

Humanity is not at peace. We are not at peace either. We are witnesses to all kinds of conflicts: warlike, economic, social, political, ethnic, racial, cultural… (external and internal, individual and collective, material and spiritual). Peace is not a word. Nor is it a thing. They don’t sell “peace” in supermarkets. Peace is a state of Being, which we must achieve and embrace through processes of self-realization. World peace depends on our inner peace. To do this, we must enter a deep path of self-healing. Heal ourselves, heal the collective and, more importantly, heal nature. There will never be human peace if we have a sick nature; if nature is not at peace. We are interdependent on everyone and everything. Destroying the planet is a path of conflict. I call on citizens so that together we can achieve a society in peace, of peace and for peace. Peace in all, all in peace.

“I believe that there is a very important relationship between human beings and nature that has not yet been exploited: it is the consciousness of the human being in relation to the consciousness of nature. For many, nature is something that must be exploited, for me it is not a thing but a living being and if that is so, how a living being can be transformed in another direction. “

The Tao of Politics
XI. The Tao politician does not overestimate wealth, and this drives away great greed. For this, the politician must empty himself of his personal desires, filling his inner nature and strengthening service to others. “
XII. When politics is free from attachment to the fruits of its action, governed beings remain quiet. Today, the politics of political desires keep us permanently restless. “
XIII. The Tao politician is eminently impartial. He is not filled with power. It is the power vacuum that truly empowers you. The path of political work is sown with the seed of detachment. “
XIV. The Tao of politics does not die. His immortality exists because it is full of true spiritual path. Politics and spirituality must be One. ” XVI. Politics has to endure in time and space. It must create capital and inheritance for all future generations. “
XVIII. The Tao of politics allows politicians to reach out strongly to the world of the humble, generally rejected by others. “
XIX. The true political path is paved with love, fidelity and solidarity. A government that brings peace and not a government that feeds on the creation of conflicts. That is acting on all fronts. ”
XX. In the politics of Tao it is not allowed to accumulate honors for politicians. The accumulation of honors ends up dishonoring what is manifested. Every Tao politician who has gained true and deserved prestige must withdraw from the fruits of action. “

The Tao of Politics
XXI. The spiritual must govern the politics of the Tao. This policy should always protect the people, and ensure that they work in peace. The peace of a nation is ensured by the existence of inner peace. All in peace. Everything must be peace. Peace is destroyed by possession. “
XXII. The Tao politician cares for everyone without seeking reward. “
XXIII. The Tao in politics does not allow the governed to dominate. That would be the self-destruction of politics and politics. Non-domination allows the birth of perfect justice. “
XXIV. What is useful in a jug is not the clay but the space it has created. The same in the politics of the Tao: creator of spaces and containing forces. What is useful in politics is what is not manifested. “
XXV. The politics of the Tao is useful because of the force that manifests itself through it. The impact of that force is present as a result of its unmanifested origin: its inner manifestation. “
XXVI. The politician of the Tao is quickly moving away from fame as from infamy. The force that is used to gain more fame is the same as that that generates fear and social insecurity. This insecurity is fueled by the fear of losing that fame. There, the weight of politics is like a great misfortune. “
XXVII. The Tao makes one withdraw from ruling in order to really rule. A government where true power is in trust. The non-desire to govern authorizes government and creates the real conditions for this to manifest itself on a personal and social level. “
XXVIII. A politician of the Tao is prudent, vigilant, reserved, modest, natural, humble, impenetrable, clear, willing, tolerant, compassionate, empty of ego … He quietly realizes that he finished his task. “
XXIX. The true politician cannot lose the way of the Tao. That will lead to citizen contempt. When citizens lose faith in those who govern them, it is the beginning of the end. We cannot fall into disorder. We cannot be ruled by disloyalty. Only wisdom and prudence show us the true path. ”
XXX. Giving dignity to certain virtues makes the opposite dimensions win. Sometimes honesty is born because we live in a disgraced world. Lack of clarity and fairness enhances kindness. The Tao of politics must carry a lot of simplicity, renounce selfishness and abandon attachments. “
XXXI. The Tao of politics has an Inner Being. It is in that interior where the spiritual power is and where there is an immutable witness. It is the portal from which all forms of power emerge. The Tao of politics holds the key to opening that portal. There, inside, the folded is straightened, the voids are filled, the old is renewed. “
XXXII. In the Tao of politics, politicians must wish very little for themselves. Desiring little implies abundance for all. In his attributes he must not seek the light to illuminate, he must not be enlarged to inspire us all, he must not be vain to project fundamental social values, he must not proclaim himself to stand out before others, he must not enrich himself with politics and he will be rich in heart.”
XXXIII. Whoever decides to be art and part of the Tao of politics will always be on the true path, on the path of the universal, on the path of everything manifested. One must be One with the Tao and thus merge with the path of highest consciousness: one with justice, one with equity, and one with everything. “

“A healthy diet is an inalienable right. It is not just another option. It is not the icing on the cake. It is a dimension that has a” public good “character, and the state has the obligation to implement this right. Healthy food now . “

“Neoliberalism is going to die of its own poison: having commodified everything, including the human being, nature and politics. The latter is already in the ICU.”

“In politics we really need a true encounter with the human and the spiritual. A politics without spirituality is a suicidal path. Spirituality outside of politics becomes a theory.”

“When a democracy fails, only superior, internal democratic instruments can heal it. Not an army or external interventions. They do not have internal healing mechanisms. That is why the strengthening of a democracy must emanate from a great internal strengthening process. of our collective conscience. Let’s do it now.”

“If we do not seriously address economic competitiveness and open global trade, globalization is going to become the paradise of pollution and environmental destruction of the planet. Protecting the planet is an ethical and moral obligation of all.”

We must make a constitutional reform so that water and all our natural resources belong to all Chileans. There is no doubt that water can be managed by the State or another economic agent, but on behalf of the citizenry. Water belongs to us and we must have the power before the law and customs to demand and sue the State, if necessary, for lack of good administration. Today, we are spectators and that has to change. Those who suffer the most from environmental and ecological problems are the poor. Failure to correct negative external environmental effects (eg, pollution, poor diet) represents a subsidy from the poor to the benefit of the richest.

More of the same! It is clear that neither the income tax nor the income tax will advance the road to sustainability. These taxes are more on the side of affecting expectations. Nor do I believe that these taxes will improve competitiveness or the allocation of resources. Of course, a lot depends on how those monies are spent.

There is much concern about the low rate of world economic growth. Here are just some activities to grow more: cleaning all surface and groundwater, cleaning all oceans, cleaning all coastlines, conserving flora and fauna, conserving and managing native forests, cleaning the air of all cities and turn them into green and smart cities, decarbonize all economic activities, make all world agriculture organic, enter healthy food systems, etc. The healing of the planet, together with the conservation and management of our natural resources and environmental services, as future sources of growth and well-being.

Leadership is the space and the path to higher levels of attention, concentration, transformation and awareness of oneself, of others, of nature and of spiritual reality. The great attribute of a leader is to transcend and contain the highest levels of individual and collective consciousness. It goes beyond having, knowing, and doing.

We must consider ecological restoration as an important source of economic growth and employment. Examples: national plan for the prevention and management of natural disasters (including investments in infrastructure), cleaning all the waters of Chile, restoring the land and combating desertification, unconventional renewable energies, cleaning the oceans and beaches increasing their fertility, reforestation with native species and the care of native forests and national parks, a plan for all cities to be green, a water and soil management plan in