Thank you for putting this debate on the table again, Gail. Really appreciate the input you have offered, Jody particularly as it shows the beauty of our group for me. My input + lens is from a different nodal point of living this question so yours brings me, in an accessible way, the perspective that is not so much on my radar + a bit 'over my head'. I remember the subjet of making ends meet and honouring oneself coming up in different forms on a couple of posts during our Ark journey...and the question re alternative modes of exchange was posed in a Fireside Circle with an answer from Theresa that particularly resonated for me.

I would really appreciate the opportunity to see with whomever feels the call, how we can voyage with this subject so we can better incarnate being 'the change we want to see in the world' in a Zoom Fireside Circle... My core intention for this is, that in bringing our multiple perspectives + personal experiences + questions, we can better illuminate the path + support each other to see + amplify our imprints on this journey of incarnating a new economy for + by the people...and of dealing with its multiple-layered questions of how to collectively meet all our basic needs...and indeed about what these are especially in the context of a changing climate; learn to rebuild trust, to be able to hold the space for listening ; learning to collaborate together rather than compete in a duality model...so wound healing required ;review with an open heart + mind what we mean by 'responsibility' and 'pulling one's weight'. I see how it is vital for our various communities to create a safe space to 'voyage' with these questions as well as incarnating their responses, feel into them and their layers ; identify the possibilities/responses offering themselves to each of us on a personal level ; and see how such journeying together can support in beauty the emotional healing + maturity necessary to evolve AND hold new templates, despite our society's impatient push to 'get things done'.

I live in rural mountain area that has a history of being difficult to control, resisting mainstream pressures, living simply + close to the land, making plant medicines, creating community associations, supporting craft + artisanship,...there are no advertising billboards in our local village or even the nearest local town, except for local events. There is, however, a preponderance of reliance on state benefits...the main employment is what you can create or initiate yourself...both an opportunity + a challenge in an area where people have little surplus cash...The economy is boosted/supported by the money of second/holiday home owners who choose local produce, local professionals + souvenirs/artisan gifts

My incarnated response so far to your question, Gail is that of reducing my monetary needs (a several decade journey of learning + developping skills) and investing my time + energy in working with + learning about the abundance (including mapping it) + how to support the living networks around me...including the human ones...how to nourish human connection for healing + collaboration, and increasing 'Community Capital'. What personally presents me with a challenge is how society has pushed us to function as individual units. I am determined that not having a partner or a family should not be a barrier to creating happy, consensual networks of mutual support.

This reality exists and is alive + being explored by many others where i live...and from the YouTube videos i see...many others too. People also daring to explore taking their personal responsibility outside of what is 'permitted' in order to have a home without being financially crippled. More people are, for example, organising to defend the right, in the courts, to build simple, low impact homes on their land ; second hand + networks to circulate goods + surplus are alive + well ; people share plants, seeds, cuttings, knowledge. I do see, however, that many just do not have the spare energy to be involved as they might like. The system has bled a lot of people's energy + oomph.

Voilà...i look forward to reading/hearing others' responses + the possibility of organising a Zoom sharing cos, whilst it's a useful exercise + discipline to write + express, it does take a lot out of me !

Wonderful Julianne. This reminds me very much of the communication that a friend of ours Robert Lomax is having with 'other aspects of himself' who are existing as Andromedean or Arcturian beings. The messages are very similar in tone and illustrate a very coherent integration of galactic consciousness and intent at this time. It is as though aspects of ourselves that exist in other parts of the space time continuum are beginning to coalesce to bring our Earthly frequency into a space that is for the highest good of all - but, with reverence to the sacredness of Free Will.

Thank you for sharing. Blessings, Mike xx

Thank you for sharing this Julianne! I have experienced frequency interference constantly in the Bay Area myself, having to clear it and align my chakras everyday. ET beings and tech always show up in my field whenever I check apart from 5G+ frequency manipulation that is coming from Starlink satellites and cell towers. Sometimes I feel a sudden shift in my energy when a jet plane or a chopper flies by. Only third eye and crown chakras are found to be targeted every single time.

Good on you to catch yourself there and welcome to California.