Paul Ray and Sherry Anderson did a famous piece of market research which concluded that there is a large segment of the U.S. population sharing certain fundamental values which somehow has escaped recognition. ***    They call this group "The Cultural Creatives".    

They have a social conscience and are concerned about ecology and the state of society.   They are interested in alternative healthcare, arts & culture.   They want a sustainable ecology, they're responsible consumers.   They are seekers who are trying to understand the bigger picture, who're trying to wake up spiritually, and who value authenticity and truth.   They tend to be optimistic about the future, and open to meeting new people and learning about them.   Yet, this is a very diverse crowd, so they might not previously have seen themselves as part of the same bigger group.   Paul Ray estimated their number in the United States at around 50 million.

"Cultural Creatives" is not particularly any different group from those who are talking about "a new paradigm", or those who are into "conscious evolution", or those who would like to be part of a "new civilization" or a "global renaissance", or those who are "new age" or "progressive".   The point is rather to get beyond any divisive labels and realize that there's a very large group of us who are interested in creating a better world based on values of sustainability and community and kindness and wholeness and the joys of discovering what is NEW

Cultural Creatives have also been defined as  "The Reasonables" because they tend to take each issue on its own merit and because they are thinking, rational people with open minds and open hearts who see changes and new ideas as simply the natural working of the universe.   As one person put it,

"Sometimes I'm liberal, sometimes I'm conservative, sometimes I'm a Republican, sometimes a Democrat, but always, I'm  Independent in thought and in spirit."

Reasonables are much more likely to be aware of and honor "The Universal Law of Allowing ² and much less likely to support wars.

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***  (Editor's Note)  Actually this group (the Cultural Creatives) has not escaped the notice of those in charge of maintaining the status quo.   We are very much within their awareness, and many of them feel threatened by our presence.   Their present "grand strategy" is to ignore us whenever they can, limit our access to mainstream media and publicity, and whenever possible make us look like The Lunatic Fringe.²   

They also seem to be ignoring the fact that if they don't take the rest of us in,  the real lunatic fringe (Al-Qaida, etc.) will take them out.   If that doesn't happen, then one or more  of the inevitable ecological disasters that their policies have set into motion will be their demise (and ours as well).   If the world leaders continue their push to maintain the status quo, it's not a question of "IF,"  disaster will occur, it's a question of "WHEN."   (See the section titled:  Nature's Doomsday Machine.

So no matter what the keepers of the status quo do, the status quo is doomed.   But then, it always has been and always will be.   Change is the nature of reality - a fundamental principle of life.   It cannot be stopped.   BUT. . .  IT CAN BE DIRECTED !

Our  job is to examine and derail several problems  before they become disasters.  We must stop Global Climate Change before it becomes unstoppable.   So you have a choice to make, right now: