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So here is the workshop.

You are welcome.

It means to be a disciple of Gandhi?

That means...

When life is too fast and it escapes us,

Gandhi invites us to take the reins.

We talk about sustainable development.

Gandhi, himself, imagined the "Swaraj"

"Autonomous Redevenir".

That's sustainable development.

the poor were forgotten.

People want to become richer.

The Americans want to even go for a picnic on the moon.

The world will not get better.

If we put into practice the teachings of Gandhi,

it is sure that life will be slower, but it will be full of joy.

Gandhi is to me like a small fan

brings some fresh air in a room without windows.

This fresh ideas, it is the value of Gandhi.

Not just in the independence movement of India,

but in the current context.

It allows us to think in a new way.

Though I go to great restaurants,

the trendy clubs with celebrities,

I felt that something was wrong.

Convince people not to drink the local water

but the "French" water, it does not make sense.

I sit here? But this camera is very small!

I studied physics, I even have a PhD in quantum physics.

But I participated in the protection of the forest here in the Himalayas.

Then I started writing about environmental issues.

The Minister of the Environment asked a study

on the impact of mining in these hills.

This is my home, I was born there.

I'm doing this study and the mines close.

I've realized

with a little effort and perseverance,

we can accomplish great things.

To stay in a privileged work, isolated from society,

we find excuses but it does not change.

So I resigned

and I came back to work in my mother's farm.

And you see ...

I still am.

Things move in the wrong direction

because this system is mostly run by multinationals

that transform while market and product,

without consideration for the human, nature, culture or values.

The change is needed,

it is one that will make us aware

that if we continue on this path,

humanity will destroy the conditions of his own life on Earth.

Climate change and the disappearance of food

are two-dimensional.

Multinationals know destroy small farmers

but they have not planned how to produce food

when they have all gone. They know nothing.

We must recognize that nature is essential to human life.

Real change,

This is not to see it as "wild"

but to recognize that it is necessary for life.

And where to start, to reconnect with nature?

With food.

Know where it comes from and ensure that nature's benefits

have not been undermined by the greed of multinational

ravaging everything with pesticides and genetic engineering.

Natural food is good for health.

Everyone can find a link with nature.

A single pot in your garden,

a vegetable garden in the kitchen,

a farmer near you,

these are all ties with nature.

I came here in 2000. It was a small plot of 10 acres.

Vandana Shiva and I have dreamed of founding the training center

for people to learn organic farming

to take care of nature, to make compost,

and learn about Gandhi, ecology,

environment, spirituality, education.

Everything you see here, this is a dream.

So nothing happens if you do not know dream.

It tells the story of his arrival there 16 years.

Vandana looking for someone who knew the seeds

and she knew well.

Today there are 500 varieties of cereals

80 wheat varieties.

The Punjab land is exhausted because of the chemical fertilizers.

This poses a health problem to those who work in the fields

because water is mixed with urea, a substance that damages the skin.

Here she is working from June to August in the fields.

Since they do not use these products here

she has no health problems.

One of the most important values, according to Gandhi,

is the right to say no and the duty to say no,

what he called Sathiagray: passion and the power of truth.

The British wanted us to stop producing salt,

to have a monopoly.

He said: "We will continue to produce for our survival.

"Nature gives us, we will not obey."

We follow the same logic saying:

"We do not respect the patenting of seeds."

We received these seeds Nature,

through farmer selection of centuries.

They can not be patented.

We will continue to protect and share.

Do you think it is better to repair the system or change it?

We can not sustain unlimited economic growth

on a finite planet.

Infinite growth is not sustainable in a finite world.

So this system can not continue indefinitely.

If it continues, it will destroy the planet

and if you go back, it will create unemployment and recession.

We can not fix the system.

We need to invent a new system where we take in nature

which is essential to our minimum needs,

and, once used,

all that was taken, they give it to the Earth.

It is a kind of cycle. Nature works like this.

There are leaves on the trees.

They fall to the ground in autumn

and then become food for the roots.

The tree used for food and spring, it will come back ...

in the form of sheets.

We must learn from nature and create a cyclical economy.

There, in the world, the environmental movement

which, at times, takes into consideration the consumption

and often encourages "green consumerism"

without ever questioning the idea of ​​consumerism.

Reducing us to mere consumers

part of the problem.

The fact of finding our identity as creators and producers

is a part of the solution.

Working in the fields is very important

because that's where we begin to respect the physical work.

The idea that only multinationals can ensure our existence,

without them, nothing will work and we will all die,

it's full of brain washing.

The actual employer, which ensures our security and livelihoods,

it is the earth, the sun,

mountains,

rivers, rain,

human solidarity

learn to use our hands to work together.

There in abundance.

We do not need a mortgage to live well.

We do not need to multinationals

providing just numbers on a computer,

and that make us believe that it survives thanks to them.

We do not eat the numbers on computers.

What is money, really? The money is a mere idea,

a plastic card or numbers on a computer.

Money is not real. no numbers are eating.

Money is a medium of exchange. It provides no security.

So people should not be afraid.

My vision of another economy,

is that everywhere, people produce

sustainably, creating lifestyles that meet their needs,

local economies everywhere.

It's a crazy world where everything must be made in China,

and elsewhere, people are unemployed.

As they have more money,

they are forced to buy in the supermarket

importing cheap Chinese products.

What is needed,

is get a false idea of ​​"cheap"

that sabotage the humans and the planet,

to return to a cost "real and reasoned"

which is cheap to humans and the planet.

The sun shines.

We're friends.

We cut vegetables.

The garden produces food.

You have enough and therefore, you're happy.

The pursuit of pleasure leads you to always look for something

you think you do not have.

You want fun, again and again more

and you're never satisfied.

The pursuit of pleasure will always leave you unsatisfied.

The content, however, will always bring you happiness.

So, happiness is when you know you have enough.

Thank you.

I hope you're not too late.

It was lucky we had another conference.

Religion is not necessarily spiritual.

Today, religions are increasingly institutions.

In these times of insecurity,

these institutions are often used for political purposes.

So it becomes extremism

which is based more on "how to hate each other,"

and less on self-transformation.

Spirituality is to understand your place in the universe,

understand that you are connected with the rest of the universe,

understand the nature of this connection

and the responsibilities that go with it.

The deep spirituality is a matter of freedom.

When you know yourself,

you know you do not depend Nestlé or Monsanto.

You are shaped by the incredible force of creation

of which you are a party.

You feel part of it

gives you strength and tremendous courage

because the universe is home to an amazing creative energy.

You take advantage of this universe and of Western science,

while keeping it ?? on spirituality.

You have to find a balance between science and spirituality.

Fun, you can find it at the market,

but happiness, no.

Happiness, you have to find it inside.

Deep down in you, and stay there long.

More than a time of crisis is a time of alienation.

Those who have alienated we have colonized our minds

and anesthetized senses.

For example, during the tsunami, no animal is dead.

They went into the mountains. They knew what was happening.

Not the man. Why ? He was watching television.

We have lost our ability to observe,

and feel what is coming.

It is clear that the change happens very fast and very strong.

That is why it is urgent to change our thinking

and begin to vibrate at a higher frequency.

And how do we change our thinking?

First, stopping to think about what one does not want.

Your mind does not know if you desire what you think.

All our thoughts are manifested in this material world.

So one thing to do is change our negative thoughts

into positive ones.

If you do not want more wars,

we must stop thinking "war" and think instead about peace.

If one does not want diseases,

we must stop thinking "disease" and instead think "health".

These are our thoughts create our reality.

Our life, our actions reflect our beliefs.

We are the starting point for change.

We must begin to transform us

to accommodate this change, when it's time,

an example of consistency between our words and our actions,

do not hurt people or damage nature,

be authentic and honest, be yourself ...

without hiding behind a mask and shells,

to bare like to enter a Temazcal,

to meet with your soul and essence.

Modern man feels separated

when he loses consciousness he is united with the "All"

and his being an integral part of the whole cosmos.

Without this cosmic identity, the human being robotized.

It becomes a mechanical being,

inert and completely conditioned.

It will not last long like that, no one could stand it.

The end result is madness.

People get out of order.

We know that our strength

lies neither in the military,

or in scientific progress

but in respect and love we have for Mother Earth.

That is why we believe the ceremonies.

The Temazcal is a little place of our communion.

Besides being a purifying bath,

it is a place where we can transmute our emotions

and where you can drop everything you no longer want.

It comes out like a newborn.

So this Temazcal is a gift, a gift of love of life.

We are not human beings living a spiritual experience,

we are spiritual beings living human experience.

- Well, thank you. - You're welcome, little brother.

Welcome to your documentary "Plan B".

Ladies and gentlemen, live from the Lake Atitlan ...

Do you think it will?

I speak Spanish or English?

Mostly Spanish, right?

Yes, because I'm evil speak English.

It sees only one side of creation,

this is a characteristic of the human being.

which is what we see as visible, you might say.

But there is another aspect that is invisible,

the "eyes of the soul", in a sense.

The person must be open, open the c ?? ur, his wit,

for this perception is it possible.

There is the spiritual path, therapy, yoga, meditation

and lots of things to help humans

to open and awaken to a more subtle reality.

Take the example of the lake.

If we come to the lake early in the morning, one can see the bottom. Why ?

Because the lake is completely calm.

It is possible to contemplate the background without any problems.

If you come in the afternoon, what's happening?

There are waves that prevent us from seeing the bottom.

If we transpose this example to humans, what's happening?

Our mind is full of thoughts. "If I was doing this or that"

"If I stay here, if I left, or maybe not ..."

Tacatacatac in our head! This happens to us all.

Meditation serves to reduce this tacatacatac,

calm the mind

to reach this state of silence inside of you.

We are all "A". There is no division.

But the human being sees things in a fragmented way.

When one enters time and space, everything is divided.

We see the present, past and future.

a person is seen, then another and divide everything.

What really exists is unity.

But we did not realize this.

The sea contains many drops.

If we take a drop of sea water,

each will contain the same elements

as those contained in the sea.

The sea is the universal mind, what others call "God"

or "Energy".

There is in every person a small part of this divine element.

Inside you, him, me, inside everyone.

Our mission is to connect us with this small part of the divine.

If people do not eat, it's not for lack of food

but because our limited consciousness prevents us remedied

and consider that it is necessary.

So many problems that man faces on Earth

their origin

in limiting human consciousness.

Resource sharing, violence, wars, climate change,

it is tied to how we see the world.

One of the projects that we are developing is called "World View Literacy."

It helps people realize they perceive things

with their own worldview,

as if everyone was wearing a pair of glasses.

Our worldviews are influenced by several factors:

genetics, culture, religion, education,

what you learn in school, and lived experiences.

Most of us are not aware

the worldview that one door.

We believe that our representations are reality.

One of the things that introspection can help,

like all contemplative practices,

is to realize that our thoughts are not our thoughts,

and that our beliefs are our beliefs.

This is not representative of who we are,

these are only assumptions being developed.

It may be meditating and realize:

"I really see the world as a dangerous place,"

"And this belief has influenced my life since childhood."

"What would happen if I changed my beliefs?"

When such change occurs,

our behaviors and thoughts change,

and our relationships,

our motives, our priorities and values ​​change.

This is the kind of transformation that we try to study.

- Does anyone want some tea?

- I boil water and tea you choose.

When I started talking about this,

people said, "He's crazy!"

Now when I speak, scientists meet me:

"Does What's new there?" Now I'm boring!

The world today

is only a reflection of our collective beliefs.

Or at least most of us.

So when we see that the world is in crisis and weakens,

and that science has recognized

that extinction before us is due to the action of man,

and that human behavior is programmed by their culture,

it told us to evolve and survive this crisis,

we must change our belief system.

I love the famous Einstein quote:

"We can not solve a problem"

"With the same thinking that the one who created the problem."

And here on what basis our beliefs.

There are three existential questions

that man poses for 10 000 years:

"How did we get here?"

"Why are we here?"

And "how to succeed in life?"

When people accept the answers given by an institution,

the institution becomes the "truths provider"

to all aspects of life.

The Church said: "The spiritual world is the most important."

But science after Newton, said: "No need for the spiritual element,"

"The world's only equipment such as a clock or a machine."

But science could take power

Only when Darwin answered the big questions.

"We got there through random mutations."

"Why are we here?" "No reason ... By chance."

"How to succeed in life?"

And there, it went crazy because we were told: "Evolution is a struggle,"

"And to survive, you have to fight and win this competition."

We agreed to believe that the world was not our friend

and that we had to fight every day to survive.

This is our world.

A material world where the mind does not matter,

where it is in competition to see who will win and who will die.

But these beliefs have changed

because research brings new answers.

We have not evolved

result of genetic mutations due to chance,

but by adaptive mutations:

the ability of an organization to integrate into an environment.

Each organization was part of a unified entity.

No organization has grown by chance.

Each was created to integrate into the biosphere structure.

So there is reason to be:

"Bringing harmony to the environment."

And as we do not, our lives are now in danger.

The evolution pushes us to take a step

to recognize that we are part of an "All".

Humanity as an organism of which we are the cells.

When we went to war, we kill ourselves

and destroying the planet.

Tired of prostitution, need money to help.

Whenever the big answers change,

the previous civilization goes off and a new civilization is born,

based on new beliefs and new lifestyles.

When these findings will be incorporated by the general public,

it will take another direction.

We are in this time of transition

the Ancient world collapses and where the new world is built.

Your work is involved in bringing this new sustainable vision

that will keep us alive,

rather than the old that will kill us.

So you are witnesses of evolution running.

At first we went to strange people,

out of step with the modern world, we returned back,

therefore, it was different from those advancing.

Then we became "normal" through the release and success.

We mounted our company, to sell our surplus to restaurants.

We became famous,

they accepted us and some have imitated us.

We are here to take care of the planet

as our home.

We are the only tenants guards.

And if you already tenant, no ransacking the premises.

If you rampages your apartment, you pay.

You spoke of the cycle. Here is what we did.

Once we have organic waste, they are given to animals

that turn into fertilizer.

this fertilizer is recovering in the garden and the operation is repeated.

This is where you get the shower.

Working with nature is one of the most complicated things

because the man wants to dominate nature and dictate to him what to do.

For a gardener, the worst mistake is to believe that he controls.

The hardest part was letting go

and see if we could work in harmony with nature.

But hard does not mean bad.

- I am ram. I was born on 23 March.

The hope is in every individual,

not in government, nor in multinationals.

Them, they have their own plans and we can not counter them.

But we can tap into his soul

and see what we can do individually.

We have power, we are no longer ignorant.

It gives me hope that people will see this as a solution.

A living solution, not just dreams or words

but a living solution and running.

We are trying to unite.

Five continents met for the first time

without distinction of race,

The natives,

peasants and townspeople.

This is the message that I bring the Amazon to the world.

Thank you.

We started with the resistance for seeds.

As Gandhi said:

"We will not cooperate with these laws nor the c ?? ur, neither by spirit."

They do not exist for us,

biodiversity and knowledge are common goods!

the film began with you Navdanya it a year ago,

and after all these trips, the conclusion is here.

The real challenge,

is to believe that we, ordinary citizens,

can bring about change.

We are not atoms in society,

we are a community.

We must see themselves as beings in relationship

and not as isolated individuals.

As soon as you get out of your isolation,

you do experience the power of community.

The isolation we feel is a construction of this system.

This is why Margaret Thatcher,

which led neoliberalism in England, said:

"There is no society, there are only individuals."

It is vital for multinational

to reduce us to an identity mere consumers.

Do we as creative communities.

The communities of the Earth, human communities,

local communities ... and incredible strength welling.

When we went to war, we kill ourselves,

and destroying the planet.

When I speak in universities for students,

they ask me, "What do you advise?"

I tell them:

"When you leave university, look no job,"

"But rather create a job and a lifestyle to you."

In employment, the human being becomes the instrument of the employer

to make money.

You're just a tool to make money

your employer or your factory.

This is not going at all.

We must not turn a human being into an instrument

to earn money.

Humans are creative beings.

Trust is the secret of living well.

Surrender to universal process and trust the universe

without yielding to the ego that wants to control everything

any plan which would monitor the results.

We must let things happen naturally, you will be surprised.

There will be miracles.

Trust the world, to yourself and to others,

trust the universe, and ...

Flowing with the current.

If you sink with the flow of the universe,

you improve the universe and the universe will improve you.

You enrichiras the universe and the universe will enrich you.

The key is to trust.