Personally, I think it’s a no-brainer, to say that the cost cutting, slash and burn mentality of governments and big business can never fix the deep financial hole mankind finds itself in.

Why can this approach not work? First, if you cut costs, you usually begin by cutting jobs. This means less people have work and therefore they have less money. If people have less available cash they are going to spend less on everything. They will cut the cost of their weekly groceries and buy fewer items. They will try to cut the amount of electricity and gasoline they use. They will spend less on almost everything – partly to save the little money they do have and partially to have a little left over for emergencies.

If people are forced to spend less, they will not buy the corporate products, goods and services. If this happens, the corporate world then makes less profit and their stock holders are not happy. (As if the rest of us care!)

So, if corporate slash and burn really worked, it wouldn’t now be coming back to bite them in the ‘rear end’!

Governments are also cutting costs but they still believe they can spend big on themselves and on unnecessary projects and can still pander to the whims of their corporate sponsors, while simultaneously putting up the cost of those necessities which they can sting the whole population for – things like rates, water and assorted community infrastructure projects. They know that you have no choice but to pay – and so they squeeze the average person for all they’ve got…. And more!

So, as you can see, the whole cost cutting mentality cannot and will not get us out of the mess we’re in.

If we can’t solve the problem using the old, flawed method, what can we do?

Our TV morning shows are full of ‘experts’ who tell us that the answer is to scrimp and save and generally give up most of the niceties of life. Now I’m not an advocate of gross materialism but I don’t think people should have to give up absolutely everything and try to live on the bare minimum.

Our planet has the capacity to provide mankind with all the things it truly needs to survive and thrive and yet the few have hogged most of these provisions for themselves and left the majority to fend on their own. This is wrong!

So, if the old, ‘greed is good and to heck with everyone else’ ways don’t work, what can we do?

The answer is…. bring in a new system – one which is fair and just and good for all of mankind and not just for a select few.

Is it really possible to create a new civilization?

Absolutely!

If we go back to the concept that everything we humans could possibly need for our wellbeing and survival is available on this planet then all we have to do is tap into these resources and use them. This will only be hindered if we deliberately ruin our ecosystem and cut off our supply of naturally occurring abundance.

It's time to evaluate our situation

So, let’s have a re-think about the way we conduct life on this planet and let’s stop using the cost cutting mentality and find a path to prosperity

• In our book AlterQuest said there would be four scenarios which would affect the world and its citizens in upcoming years. Seismic and geological upheavals were one of those scenarios.
• We said people should be prepared by thinking and acting differently. (If you want to find out how, you’ll have to expend about $30 and purchase a copy. http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/alterquest-the-alternative-quest-for-answers/449297?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2
• We not only accurately foresaw the economic recession (and know there is more to come) but we foresaw the backlash about corporate salaries and we were accurate about other timelines – some of which have now occurred since the book was published and some which are still to come!
• The book was published  BEFORE these events happened, so you can be sure that if we knew about current events, we are certain about the other things which are still on the horizon.
• We didn’t just want to warn people – we wanted you to know how to be prepared and how to survive and thrive so you and your family, your community and your fellow Earth citizens could create a civilization which would be fair, just, spiritual, happy and prosperous into the 21st century ….. and beyond.

AlterQuest.org was formed to be a global organization, so that all citizens of the Earth, could come together, in peace and harmony, to create a new reality for present and for future generations.

Please join us and help us to gather as many people as possible, so the future of humanity is assured and has a blueprint for success which will supersede the old, flawed ways of living on our world.

What are the steps to take?

1. Log on to www.alterquest.org and join our global network. This network is creating an organization where positive ideas and knowledge can be shared so that people everywhere can implement the best, most practical solutions for the times ahead. This way you can be prepared and will be pro-active rather than re-active!
2. Buy a copy of our book. We cannot stress this highly enough. It is THE blueprint for the future. It was written a few years ago and thus we can prove that we foresaw the problems that man is now facing. At that time we began a quest for answers which would be practical and would guide individuals, communities and the entire human race, towards a better future. These ideas and concepts are workable. They are proven. They work! They are being used in places all over the world and yet, till now you may not have been aware of them. These truly practical solutions should be shared with everyone and then each community should use the AlterQuest blueprint for progress. Everything is in the book. We do not give you half the story and expect you to pay more. We give you all the knowledge you could need and then, if you wish, you can use the techniques to come up with even more answers. The only request we make is if you find new ways to live on this planet, you share these with the other AlterQuest members – for the good of all!  http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/alterquest-the-alternative-quest-for-answers/449297?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/2

AlterQuest is unlike any other organization or group on this planet. It was formed so people could make informed decisions about their lives and the lives of others, in the most spiritual and practical ways possible. We are here to serve humanity to the best of our ability and we will continue to do this until the human race becomes a brilliant light in the universe.

It's our planet!

Wow! They finally get it!

The problem with the economic system we’re using on this planet is that it is grossly unequal. The rich get richer and the numbers of poor are increasing.

We’re still using money as the basis for life. If you have some, you can live. If you don’t have money, you struggle, stress and eventually fail to afford the basic necessities needed for survival.

No-one in authority seems to have the answers. They’re the ones who caused this problem – by colluding with those who sought to have all the wealth. Governments and corporations were in alliance. What one wanted, the other one gave (and vice versa).  What was good for the population didn’t seem to matter.

Now the karmic law is coming into play. The corporate world with its greed and its lust for the riches of this world, is finally top heavy and is toppling.  Governments, which condoned this greedy behaviour, are now left floundering when their corporate pals, who contribute very little in taxes and take no responsibility for the welfare of the people, suddenly become unstable. The whole economy has been designed around these corporate guys and when they fail, they take everything down with them.

So, what are the population of the world supposed to do now?

We know these corporate raiders have looted our planet’s resources and polluted our atmosphere and now the planet is failing to sustain us. You can’t suck the ‘blood’ out of the planet, which is a living entity, and expect it to thrive.

We know that as these guys fail, jobs go.

We know that there is no back up plan… at least none is forthcoming from our governments or other leaders.

So, what can we do?

AlterQuest has THE ANSWERS! We cannot stress this highly enough. We knew this downfall was coming and we sought solutions. If you care at all; if you want to survive these times; if you want to protect yourself, your family and live in a community which thrives when all around you is crumbling – then LISTEN to us! READ our book!

WE HAVE THE ANSWERS!

www.alterquest.org

For too many decades now our countries have outsourced jobs and sought cheaper products from other countries – predominantly China.

This is a crazy thing to do. It’s like putting all your eggs in one basket!

What’s the backup plan if the Chinese economy, which often trades in US dollars, starts to falter?

Where will we get our goods from then?

How would we survive if everything ‘Made in China’  suddenly disappeared?

Take a look at almost anything in a Walmart or Kmart or any other store. Most goods, tools, clothing, utensils, crockery, car parts, plastic products and a host of other items are all Made in China. So, what will we do if something happens to China?

Surely the solution to many of our problems is to start making items locally again. Increasing local production and manufacturing creates jobs. This creates a better local economy. This gives people a better standard of living and it also helps us to know our neighbours and to get along with them.

Don’t you all wish for the time when the local storekeepers knew you and used to stop for a chat? You felt part of your community. People cared about you and you cared about them.

Did you know that there are already communities which are aiming to have this quality of life again? Their efforts to make a local economy have also made more harmonious localities.

The facts speak for themselves.

It’s time to create a new world. Let’s put the ‘unity’ back in community!

AlterQuest is a front runner when it comes to predicting future trends.

• We accurately predicted the economic downturn.. a year before it happened.
• We said corporate bosses’ salaries were too excessive (in our AlterQuest book) .. 4 years before others started to complain.
• We said the world was getting more seismically active and even told you when big earthquakes would happen. (The latest was a Twitter two days ago and one day later two large quakes hit Samoa and Indonesia).
• We said people should prepare to find local employment and we gave you the ways to do this. (In our book).
• We talked about mind power ( BEFORE “The Secret” came out) In our book.

AlterQuest is a front runner. We know what is going to happen to the world and we are trying to help people to prepare.

How can you do this?

Read our book. It proves that we KNEW what was coming and it gave the solutions to help make a new world.  www.alterquest.org

Join the AlterQuest Network. Here you can find others who also want to change their circumstances. http://www.alterquest.org/globalnetwork.html

You are not alone.

The AlterQuest book

Join us.

Make positive change and help us to unite as many people as possible, so we can shape a better, more positive future – for you, your family, your community and our world!

P.S. We have just joined www.kiva.org and are donating small amounts to people in developing countries who wish to make a business and have a better standard of living. Please join www.kiva.org and also donate. You can give as little as US$25.00 and really make a difference to someone who needs it.

The economic situation has only been delayed, not solved.

More people are in strife and they don’t know how to overcome their troubles.

The climate is changing and becoming harsher and more  unpredicatable.

The planet is getting much more seismically active.

We humans don’t have many choices. If we continue to live on this world without making any sizeable changes, we will just have to accept that we have chosen our fate.

If , on the other hand, we chose to make changes and find ways to improve our lot, where do we start?

There are two important factors:

1. We must become more spiritual beings.

2. We must start to find practical ways to make life better. This will involve working with others because we cannot make positive change in a big way, on our own.

What sort of changes do we need to make?

• We need to be aware of the issues on our planet and if they are affecting us, or others in our locality, we must find solutions which are sustainable in the long term, as well as answers for the short term.
• We need to form groups of positive people so that all of us can put our heads together and work in harmony.
• We need to create jobs; make organic food supplies; have alternative water; green, sustainable energy; new thinking; and new ways of doing things.

We cannot survive if we do not change.

Unless we become spiritual beings seeking to live on a peaceful planet, in harmony with nature, we will always be going against the flow and eventually the tide will turn and we will drown!

Start swimming in the opposite direction, people.

Alterquest can show you how.

Are you ready?

www.alterquest.org

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Find the rainbow

Our world is changing in many ways. Some you can see and some you may not be aware of.

The planet is having larger earthquakes.

Did you realize that the planet is getting more seismically active? Since I knew that along with climate change, the Earth was also going to have geographical upheavals, I have been keeping an eye on the earthquake and volcanic activity which occurs on this world on a daily basis.

I have recently noticed a trend towards more activity with much greater magnitude. This means, where there used to be small earthquakes there are now much larger ones.

What does this mean?

I think this means the Earth is getting ready for a very large seismic jolt – one of a size rarely (if ever) seen on the planet before. I think that places like California and the West Coast of the USA, also Japan, China and Indonesia and maybe some Pacific Islands are going to be affected.

I think this will lead to tsunamis which will be extremely large and may change the seashores of many countries forever!

I think this will happen within the next year – but maybe even sooner.

What can you do about this?

If you live near the sea, you should consider moving inland and to higher ground. You should also think about becoming more self-sufficient – i.e. grow some of your own food and find more than one source of water and energy. It’s not enough to rely on the existing supplies of these necessities.

You should also try to form a united group of people who want to make your community more self reliant. The more people who come together, to seek out alternatives, the more chance you have of surviving the planetary upheavals.

Once these events happen, it will be much more difficult to gather everyone – but if you have allotted everyone a job, according to their abilities and talents, before the event, they can simply swing into action and help sort out the necessities and rebuild any lost infrastructure.

Have supplies of non perishable food, such as tinned items and also supplies of non-hybrid seeds so you can make community vegetable gardens. If these are set up now, you will already be one step ahead.

For other warnings and for ways to be safe buy our book “AlterQuest” on http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/alterquest-the-alternative-quest-for-answers/315626 or through Amazon.com  http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_b?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=alterquest&x=0&y=0

Renew our world

As futurists we closely watch world affairs to see if we can predict what may be happening next. Apart from the economic recession, which we believe will eventually become a depression, there are other factors which make our world a very unsettling planet to live on right now.
We will report some of the latest events here but we do not want you to be afraid.
Instead we want you to be prepared and to take control over your circumstances – so you can be forewarned and can begin to change your circumstances appropriately.

Here at AlterQuest we are gathering people, all over the planet, who want to unite and work together to find answers for the problems facing humanity at this time. The answers we offer are both practical and spiritual because we need practical new solutions and we also need a much more spiritual approach to life if mankind is going to move forward in the 21st century.

Anyhow, these are some of the things you need to be aware of at this time:

The Swine flu is rampaging all over the planet and although it seems not to be as virulent as first predicted, once it gets cold in the Southern Hemisphere, for their winter, the virus could spread at a faster rate.

There are still earthquakes and volcanoes happening all over the planet. The latest earthquakes are 5.3 in Venezuela, 5.3 in Papua, Indonesia and 5.2 off the Solomon Islands in the Pacific. There was also a smaller 2.5 quake in the Los Angeles area and a 3.0 in Washington State.

http://www.ask.com/earthquake?qsrc=2420&o=13929&l=dis has a list of the current earth tremors.
Volcanoes also continue to erupt. The latest ones are in Ecuador, Japan, Russia, Alaska, New Guinea, Krakatau in Indonesia, Hawaii and Guatemala. See: http://volcanoworld.wordpress.com/category/volcano-activity-reports/
With regards to our civilization, there are still many small wars and there is much oppression happening. Even if you are in a (so called) first world country you will probably be feeling the effect of the economic recession. People are feeling anxious in case they lose their jobs. They don’t know how they will get another position in the current economic climate.
Here at AlterQuest we say that the ‘old’ ways are not the best ways. There are alternative options for many of the situations on the Earth. For example, there are alternative economies; alternative food sources; alternative energy sources; alternative jobs…. And more…
AlterQuest stands for THE Alternative Quest for Answers!
The AlterQuest organization www.alterquest.org was founded for two reasons:
1. We foresaw the problems mankind would face and we felt there were ways to overcome some of these issues.
2. We wanted to be the meeting place for people who were ready to change their lives and the lives of those in their communities, with innovative new concepts and positive actions. Thus the AlterQuest Global Network was formed as a world wide organization where anyone could come and unite with others who had similar thinking. It was also a place where ideas, new methods and new thinking could happen and also where people could use more of their human potential in order to make the world a better place for the new millennium.
If you feel that the old ways are not working and there must be more you can do, please log on to our website: www.alterquest.org and go to the Global Network page to find out more or just fill in the form on the home page to become part of our 21st century organization for proactive change.

Our home.

Each day more and more people, all over the globe are tossed out of work – left with mounting bills and no way to pay them.

Prior to this we were told that materialism was the way. “Keep up with the Joneses” they said – and we all thought “Hey what a good idea”. But appearances could be faked. We didn’t really own all those fancy cars and large houses with the all the things which went in them. We were too busy ‘accumulating’ to realize that we were really getting into massive debt.

Now the rug has been pulled from under our materialistic world and billions of people are struggling to survive.

The whole system was based on greed – and a premise that money ruled and nothing else mattered.

Now we find ourselves in dire straits.
Now we must either sink or swim.

To find answers we are going to have to stop going it alone. We are going to have to look at nature.
Ants know when rain is coming and in order to prepare, the whole colony gets out of the nest and finds food. They all work together for the good of the community – and don’t have any of this “what’s in it for me?” mentality.

If we humans want to survive, we’re going to have to copy those ants.

We need two things – and we need them now.

1. We need to put our heads together to find innovative new ideas.
2. We need to work together to put these ideas into practice.

The Founders of AlterQuest knew this time was coming and we are ready to form a Global AlterQuest Network, where individuals from all parts of the world can unify and exchange ideas and concepts which will work to make life better.
See: www.alterquest.org for more details.

We cannot solve this problem on our own.
We must get everyone who is affected, to join us in creating a new type of sustainable world!

We have pieces of the puzzle.