Material Economics
On this website we consider both dimensions of the economic discussion—material and spiritual. They are both relevant because we are multi-dimensional beings—spirit souls (jiva or atma) living in a material body, and our economic behavior affects both aspects of our life. The material side of the discussion is the one that everybody is familiar with of course, and our book and this website introduce the spiritual side, as well as the connection between the two.
On the material side there is an unlimited amount that can be said. However, we will not discuss here how to improve the present system or tweak any of its parameters so that we can return to the good days of capitalism. Neither will we get into the theories about how to make it work better. In my book Spiritual Economics I explain the various types of economic activity as a function of human consciousness, and further explain how consciousness, the symptom of the spiritual being, is influenced by the material energy. Modern economic systems are a product of rajo-guna and tamo-guna, the base qualities of the material energy, and as such a proper economic system cannot be made to function in the face of these influences. Thus there can be no fixing the economic system without first fixing human consciousness. For more information about this please see the Spiritual Economics tab on the main menu.
Therefore our writing about the material side of economics is principally to expose the manipulation of the people and economy, and the motivations for the same. This is presented in two sections: Your Economic Education and The Dark Side of Economics. When one begins to learn how about economics functions it becomes most obvious that the entire economic system is arranged to exploit the masses for the benefit of the few. When one learns further how economic policies have been manipulated to control governments and history it is very clear that there is a very dark side to economics. Our posts explaining the dark side will be found under that heading.
Under the heading of Your Economic Education we provide a number of videos that do a very good job of explaining in simple terms exactly what is, and has been, going on in the name of economics. Our explanation of material economics is intended to educate the reader how the present system is used to exploit the masses without their being aware of the fact. Our explanation of Spiritual Economics is meant to educate the reader as to why this can and is happening, and what must be done on a spiritual basis in order to counteract the forces of darkness.
The education about the material side is much easier to get than it was in the past—simply sit back and watch the videos we have gathered. Decades ago this material was difficult to get. Now it is right in front of you at the touch of a button.
After you realize what has been going on, why it continues to go on, and what the end game is, you will very likely be both angry and depressed. Everybody is outraged to realized how the entire world has been scammed for hundreds of years, and then become depressed realizing how formidable the forces are. Formidable yes, but insurmountable, no. We have a plan for that which is why you will want to understand the spiritual side of Spiritual Economics.