_"Each of us____________________________________________
____A cell of awareness__________________________________
________Imperfect and incomplete._______________________
_________________________Genetic blends_____________
_________________With uncertain ends____________________
_____________________On a fortune hunt that's far too fleet."
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4.6 . Transcendental Poetry, המניפסט והונגרית ברזילאית
This is the Brazilian-Hungarian Manifest. From Hebrew it could be transliterated as “HaManifestatsia Brazilay veHungarit”. But maybe that needs revision. The people around the office seem to think so.
Anyway, this was written by Caio Badner and it originated from a conversation that Badner and Gabor Füredi had, while watching the snow fall, in Budapest. This happened at the very end of Caio’s trip to Hungary, in February 2010. Good stuff, good vibes, good times!
But wasn’t this the manifest? Yes, it still is.
And what do we state here, through this manifest?
We, the Brazilians and the Hungarians, working together, have discovered the new way. And we realized that this does not belong to us. We had to share it with the world. Nothing this good ever really belongs to just anyone. This kind of stuff has to be shared.
So this way is a new structure for society. A new system for us to use. And live. Live together in greater harmony and justice. In simple terms, imagine a society where you can have everything. Everything you need. But only the things you need.
Everything that you need, you will receive. Just have to fill a form, write a request or, I don’t know, go to the town center and request it. If it lies within the capacity of the society in which you inhabit, to provide you with it, then you shall have it. And use it, for as long as you shall need it.
And everything that you have, but do not need anymore, you should give it away. Just hand it over to somebody that needs it more. Even if they only need it for a little bit, give it at once. For you didn’t need it at all.
We have the need for it, therefore, it exists, this thing called possession. Our belongings will still exist in this new way. But we only get to keep those belonging for as long as we need it. For as long as we really want it.
And only we, the members of the society, can decide when it is time to give something, some possession, some creation, away. Once decided, then, to give it away, the decision does not, necessarily, have to be final. Things may be owned collectively, forever tagged as free.
And if, one day, everyone decides to try this way, for the first time ever, we would have everything. Everybody would own everything collectively. When everything belongs to everybody, when this preceding statement be true, we will have peace on Earth. Peace. Even if just for a second... I think it is worth a shot.
It might sound distant and utopic. Good, because it is. It is a dream. A vision that came to me once. A vision of a place which I visited, one long and cold night in Tel Aviv.
No surprise then, that the idea would be coated with a Jewish belief. I went to Israel for a 5 month study program, but ended up in a 8 month journey. And I am happy to say that, as I approach the end of it all, I feel ready to start anew, fresh and motivated.
But the Jewish beliefs and conceptions are too many, one could argue. And I agree. From it all, I guess I only really absorbed one, a major one.
(Patrick, eu juro que nao sou viado, hehehe)
Give. Give it away. Only keep that which you need.
And when you receive… Pay it forward.
Say it out loud, "pay it forward", so that the one who receives understand his mission. Do it for the next guy. Help as you have been helped. Give as you have received.
And we, together, shall make a better world.
Ps.: This text has been put together in a quite improvised and straight forward fashion. Debates and improvements to this idea are more than welcome. Actually, they are needed and encouraged. Contribute!
