“Money often costs too much.” said Ralph Waldo Emerson. Have you ever wondered how much effort we spend living in the money system? How many of you worried at least once because of money? Everyone. There is a way to let go of many working hours and increase productivity tremendously at the same time. We all could work just two or three days per week and live abundant lives. The answer is to eliminate money from our planet. I am not talking just about about cash, but any redundant exchange of goods. Money as we know it nowadays is a fresh thing. Paper money are thousand years old and coins are three thousand years old. Before that there was only exchange of goods. In this article I will say about what we can let go of and what we can gain, then I will paint a picture of how it would look like to live in a money free world. At the end I will say when and how we can make it happen.

What can go away? If there was no money then there would be no clerks, no cashiers, no bankers, no brokers, no mint, no bills, no receipts, no need for counting or printing, less paper used, no credit cards, no ATM-s, no checks, no tickets, no bureau de change, no tax, no toll bridges. Faster shopping without paying, you just go and take what you want, all shops would be open 24/7. How often do you tank your car? You could tank without paying. What else can go away? Do you hates spam in email? Three quarters of all emails is spam. Why there are people sending it? Because of money, it’s just a job they do. Many people work without providing any real benefit for others, even worse they slow others down. Do you think only spammers are criminals? No they are everywhere, maybe even you are one of them, actually we are all soaked in the counterproductivity caused by money. Have a look at cashiers in a store, they are just standing on your way and you have to wait in line. Our responsibility is to keep those workers out of there. It would be better if all of the most counter productive people went to a park or spent time with their families or even lie down and do nothing for several months, and then many would stand up with a ferocious curiosity looking for something productive to do.

What is the price we pay for living in the money system? I would estimate at least 20% of all work, maybe even 50%. Take in count all the future benefits that we don’t have yet, what is your bet? Imagine an alien from an advanced planet seeing how we struggle with money. What would he say? Well, he said “Dammit Peter, at least write an article about that.” 

Money is going from hand to hand without making any benefit to the world. 13 trillion dollars circulate around the globe each day. How much of that you get? Trillion is a million of millions. How many bananas can you get for a trillion dollars?

How will it look like after the change? Economical disaster? No, not necessarily, but definitely a deep reevaluation and reorganization. ”Prosperity is a way of living and thinking, and not just money or things. Poverty is a way of living and thinking, and not just a lack of money or things.” – Eric Butterworth. The first years of  adaptation would be challenging but imagine how would humanity looked like after a hundred years of living in that system. Wealth would be measured in wisdom, accomplishments and reputation. The Internet would still grow, computer technology also, I know that there are maniacs that would work for free. There are many professions that people really enjoy. However more than a half people hate their current jobs, they do not provide any value anyway, so why struggle? In Money Free World people would work in their dream jobs. Everyone would contribute. Switching to a Money Free World is like changing from old heavy boots to running shoes, it’s the next step in evolution, a global relief. Everyone likes promotions and half prices, how about no prices at all? Who would like to live in that world? 

The question now is when the change could happen. Today it would be too risky because it would cause chaos, we are not ready yet, but we are close. There is an ancient Mayan prediction about the year 2012. That year there is supposedly a rare planetary alignment, magnetic poles of the Earth can reverse. Some people say that on that year there will be a shift in a human consciousness as a whole. It would be nice but the truth is this: we can make it our way, not some crazy Mayans way. It seems that 2012 is a hoax,  so let’s do not rely on it. We want either a pleasant gradual change or a change caused by a happy event.

How to bring it on? What we can do to bring this change in a best possible way? ”The Human Race has improved everything except the Human Race.” – Adlai Stevenson. ”Integrity is everything” – Gary King. To switch to a Money Free World we need to foster honesty, responsibility and oneness, live as if in a global family, respect planetary resources. We can start with picking up the trash or taking care of public property. Another way we can move closer to a Money Free World is to ponder: “wouldn’t it be nice if…”, solutions will came later. What would have to happen in the next 10 years if we want that world 100 years from now? It could be tested in a single country first. It would have to be a fairly enclosed and innovative country. There is a rule in sociology that if at least 10% of people shine example then the rest will follow. There is also something called ‘the tipping point’, when an idea reaches a certain level it can spread out like a positive virus. We also have to realize that there are right now some precursors, and semi-free organizations. There are volunteers, there is charity, mains water in some countries is free – not in every country water is free.  Donation is an intermediate step. A spectacular example is Wikipedia – the Internet encyclopedia, it runs from donations, it’s free and everyone can contribute adding new content. Another shocking example is Steve Pavlina who runs the biggest personal development website, he removed ads that didn’t contribute much to the visitors growth and left only a few that are really beneficial, that means he refused to take 100 thousands dollar per year because he wants to provide maximum of real value to people. Money Free World is possible.

Lets conclude: In the Money Free World there is less work to do, more free time, pleasant abundant life. It is a big step but it is within our reach. It takes integrity and we are responsible for that. Money for the world is like bracelets for teeth or a scaffolding for the building – we do not need it forever. It was good in the past it works fairly well now, but there is a day when we will drop it.  We cannot afford not to live in a money free world because “Money costs too much”.

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