The spiritual revolution starts between our two ears. Nowhere else. We have first to establish what type of revolution and what type of society we want to live in. Not in groups at first. Between the ears. There are things to solve which are not easy.
Most revolution have failed on the long run because they were not established on solid grounds. It is not necessary at all to take up arms to build a revolution. And if one is talking about a spiritual revolution, arms of any kind are strictkly prohibited, otherwise it is anything but a spiritual revolution which can only be achieved by like-minded people. No need either to demonstrate in the streets. It is in silence a spiritual revolution must happen first. To build a collective that lasts the rules must be the same for every participant. The rules for a spiritual revolution are very simple. So simple in fact that so far they've been the hardest to follow for a few thousands years or some hundreds of generations. Sadly there are not much followed. Courthouses are filled with people not following the rules and lawyers are ever busy streamlining the process.
In the end it is useless to try to change coercively others' viewpoints or behaviours. It ain't workin' and it's not the way a spiritual revolution ought to work. For the better or the worse I might add. One has to be a model. That is all there it because the rewards of a spiritual revolution don't come through like Air Miles of financial benefits (though they could). The rewards are from other dimensions, readily available here in the material world and throughout the known and unknown universe.
I know it feels almost frustrating but we are so much conditioned by what capitalism and the industrial revolution has brought that we can't think straight anymore because we want our rewards even before we've started working on ourselves.
This society is based on fulfilling needs. And there are literarally thousands of artificial needs to fulfill. We have to think in terms of scarcity, not in terms of abundance. This is obviously "unAmerican". I am not here to rub your ego. I am here to tell you something different. If one is frustrated because one has no car one should start thinking about that. I am 57 and have had no cars in my life. I lived in many cities and even in the countryside from 2005 to 2007 in a real small 8 x 8 feet cabin I built myself with recycled material: cost 5$. I bought one acre of land for it. I had no water no electricity, only an oil lamp and a trek to the river for the water. After the two-year experience I eventually sold the piece of land at the same cost I paid for 10 years before. No speculation. It served its purpose and ended up paying nothing to house myself for two years. In fact I made a profit because I sold it. It's all in the mind.
Life is not about working 9 t0 5 every weekday for 40 years.and then retiring. This is nonsense. I retired slowly from age 19 and did not work full time very long. I wanted to enjoy life and most jobs are far from being an enjoyment unless one is to be resilient with that.
Everything has to change in order to achieve a spiritual revolution. E.V.E.R.Y;T.H.I.N.G. Since I cannot argue with anyone about this, I do it in silence on my own.
In North American terms I am very poor, earning and capping a yearly revenue of about 15 000 $. Yet I live like a millionaire having much free time on my hand every day of the year. That is the way I envisioned my 'retirement' a long time ago after I saw people just retiring at 65 and dying soon afterwards. It's insane. I live in a two-storeys townhouse of more than 1200 sq feet in the city with a great backyard with many kids playing in it after school. My landowner are very nice people and we exchange services and goodies all the time. Those are my rewards.
This is my revolution since I cannot convinced anyone of the true nature of spiritual revolution. Start on yourself. Things will happen. I experimented it. It is in no way wishful thinking. Just remember to thank the Lord (or the Cosmos if you wish so) for the good life you are having. Don't get into useless hassles, be humble and respect others.
