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A NEW ECONOMIC PARADIGM FOR A CULTURE OF PEACE
An interview with Da Vid, M.D.
Founder Of THE LIGHT PARTY
 

Excerpted from a "phenomeNEWS on the air" radio interview with Cindy and Gerri.

Da Vid is the director of the Light Party, formerly the Yes Party, which is a synthesis of Republican, Democratic, Libertarian and Green Party principles and promoting awareness that all the love, wisdom and power is here to co-create health, peace and freedom for all.

PhenomeNEWS: Tell us a little about how this idea came to manifest for you.

Da Vid: It began many years ago out of my work in the area of holistic health. As a holistic physician I started a non-profit educational foundation in 1977 called San Francisco Medical. A few years after that, I had written a book called Medicine Today, Healing Tomorrow, which talked about completely reeducating physicians from the disease paradigm to the wellness paradigm. As a naturopath and an Essene physician I was very aware that the basis of health is a more conscious lifestyle encompassing dietary change, exercise and attitude. And I began to realize that most of the problems we have in the world are rooted in fear and inability to handle stress. When I looked at the environment I began to see that we were in a fossil fuel economy, that the land had been damaged and on and on. I realized that what I was talking about on an individual level could be expanded to a political and ultimately a global level, hence the Light Party. It's really an expansion of principles and common sense, and also since our primary focus is on Project Health, while the government has its health program, we have our own health program. Our health program deals with what people can do to maximize or improve the quality of their life. That's basically it. We have a very integrated six-point program designed to successfully resolve our current socio-economic and ecological problems.

PhenomeNEWS: Health is a big topic of discussion these days. Let's talk about that one.

Da Vid: People have begun to realize that health is a process and ultimately health is something we do for ourselves, that it's an outcome of making more and more conscious choices: the food we eat, the television we watch, the books we read. As we become clearer on what we want, we have the absolute ability to create that for ourselves. I feel that health is primary because when people are healthy, people are creative, they have a good attitude, they tend to want to share. There's a whole other level of energy the people have when they're healthy. Of course, as Americans truly become healthy, the need for costly health care will drop dramatically because it's inherent within the spiritual perspective that health is actually our birthright, health is really our true nature, and we're basically creative individuals. As we become more creative, we co-create, with the universe that which is good. And then we're in a whole other dimension, a whole other level of experience. The more people become health conscious, we are going to see people are going to demand organic food, clean water, clean air, and more importantly, people are going to realize that what really matters is having quality time for yourself. This running around trying to make it, trying to get to the top, whatever that is, more and more people realize that's a futile game. So we're going to demand more time for ourselves. I think as things move on, people are going to say, "I'd rather work less hours and perhaps make a little less money, and have more time for myself, so I can explore other aspects of my life."

So I think there's a very deep need for us to begin to want to learn more about who we really are and to express it in new ways. And that's very much part of what the Light Party's about. And of course we have a tax reform program, and a very strong emphasis and commitment on moving off of a fossil fuel economy, which is really the primary political and economic challenge that we will face between now and the 21st Century, to commit to an energy economy that doesn't pollute the earth and actually guarantees unlimited energy. And I'd also say that when we really choose to generate unlimited energy, then there will be unlimited wealth. Buckminster Fuller was speaking about these concepts from a mathematical, philosophical level 20 or 30 years ago when he began to construct a model for humanity, a world that works for everyone. Our society is moving out of a third dimensional paradigm, which means survival of the fittest, win-loose, competition, the war against this and that. This kind of dielectric is always an indicator of third dimensional thinking. To move along in consciousness, there's nothing about competition, it's all about cooperation, and that's the challenge. That we on an individual and collective level are going to have to learn to truly cooperate. And I would say that that which we want to cooperate with is primarily with the laws of nature, because the laws of nature govern the cosmos.

 

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Everything we're talking about is to align with the laws of the universe, and that for me means harmony and health and an economic system that works. Right now we don't have that. What happens when people join the Light Party, they get this wonderful book called The Human Ecology Program, which is our comprehensive health maintenance and rejuvenation process, and this is a how-to book, how to deal with stress, how to change your diet, recommendations, what you can do in the here and now to improve the quality of your life and upgrade your self-esteem, self-confidence and most importantly actualize your creativity. Once you start developing real creativity, you begin to know that you've got a lot more options than you thought because in reality consciousness is infinite and we always have many more options or possibilities than we may believe we have. Most people stay stuck simply because they don't know that there's another way or opportunity to move beyond their current situation. And this is what's happening for all of humanity because we're raising up in consciousness. We're going through a very profound spiritual transformation and the universe is saying, "YES! You can have whatever you really want!"

Before we were the Light Party, we were the Yes Party, and I wrote about this. We're now in a "Yes" universe rather than a time of negation. We're in a time of total positive energy. The universe will support everybody and humanity to move forward in consciousness and your magazine is talking about this all the time, which is one of the best new age growth magazines that I've read and you're doing a fantastic service.

PhenomeNEWS: When someone really wants to change their consciousness, what is the first step?

Da Vid: The first thing that has to happen is people have to become unhappy and acknowledge that they are unhappy with their life. You've got to get honest with yourself. And that is why we have the strong focus on health because we can take a look at the body and ask, "How do I feel?" Most people just accept that when you get older you get sick, degenerate, and that's just the way it is. Heart attacks, diabetes and so on are the expected outcome. But the reality is when you learn the laws of health, I firmly believe that the body is designed to stay healthy indefinitely, and I mean that. Our physical body, which is a construction of mind, is designed to last indefinitely and physical immortality is not something that happens in the afterlife, but is actually a reality we can create, working with the laws of nature.
So that's the next step up, but in the here and now, for example, if a person has a disease, we teach these people how to cleanse and detoxify their bodies. The basic cause of disease on a biochemical level is an excess of toxins in the body. And how do you create toxins? Through negative mental emotional attitudes, fear, hatred, unresolved guilt, whatever it is and primarily a high-protein diet. So it's simple. Now that we know the cause of disease, excessive toxins, we look at our diet, we look at our mental emotional attitudes and most importantly what level of exercise we're getting. Because if we're having these feelings, the best way to transform and transmute negative feelings, stuck energy and emotions, is to exercise. So that's what we need to do, drink a lot of water, exercise, begin to eat less food and if people did just those simple things, they would see an incredible change in their feeling world and their attitudes. The primary thing that people should be working on, although careers are important, working on yourself is a lot more important.

Holistic medicine really deals with the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical. And when you exercise, you get everything moving. The illusion is that government is going to take care of us and that high-tech medicine is the way. Not so. The only one who is going to take care of you is you. If you need to go to a physician, find out what kind of physician he is, an allopath or a naturopath or a holistic physician. Is he going to discuss your situation as a partner? So many Americans have simply abdicated responsibility for taking care of themselves, and this is what should be taught in the schools. How to take care of your body, number one. The other things, spiritual life, mental emotional life, those are things we learn along the way.

More and more people accept that the subconscious mind has a profound effect on our overall health. There are literally thousands of books on the subject. All this was considered occult knowledge 20 or 30 years ago, but modern psychology is now simply conforming and substantiating what the ancients have always understood. The yogis and the masters have always explained how consciousness is all that there is, and we actually live in a universe composed of vibration and actually the universe is a construction of mind. So we're not living in a physical universe at all, we're actually living in a spiritual universe, that is, a construction of consciousness itself.

So the Light Party is talking about getting consciousness, realizing that we are consciousness itself and that we can co-create health, peace and freedom for all? Simple. Not so easy to do because we're dealing with conditioning, resistances and circumstances that for most people appear to be overwhelming. The beauty of the Light Party is that it's a highly integrated concept, that if people actually give themselves the time to explore, will be quite amazed in this program that it empowers people to realize that there's a tremendous amount of good happening, regardless of what things may appear to be, and that every one of us truly makes an enormous difference in the outcome on a day to day level.

PhenomeNEWS: How many people are actually involved in the Light Party right now?

Da Vid: My perspective is that everybody has already joined the Light Party, not everybody knows it yet. And I mean that, because what we've done is brought in a program that is totally supportive by our inner self. Health, peace and freedom already is. And now it's a process of acknowledging that and beginning to take the necessary actions on an individual and collective level to come into harmony with what already is.

 

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Health, peace and freedom already exists, and in another dimension of reality. The reality is that we are moving into that dimension. The Earth has moved into that dimension, and humanity, and each of us is at a different level of development. Many being are already in that space, are already healthy, already free and already have an ongoing experience of peace. And what happens is it becomes exponential and it becomes progressive. Then all of the sudden we're in it and we don't even know it happened. That reality already exists. Any spiritual master will tell you it isn't something to be accomplished, it's something to be realized. I have become very committed because of the amount of networking we do. But I don't expect everyone else to make that choice.

All we have to do is link up as a group and then we become a very powerful political force simply by standing up for what we believe to be a much higher option and saying yes to health, yes to peace and yes to freedom. That's all we have to do. We don't have to go out and picket. All we have to do is get clear that this is who we are and this is what we want. And then there are things we all can do on an individual level to help move the process along, and I choose to do a lot of networking.

We're working on a global networking project called Invocation for Greater Compassion. It means compassion for yourself, it means moving out of judgment, it's really beginning to love ourselves and accept ourselves where we are and how we are, and also acknowledging life itself. More and more people want to hear good news. All teachings say that the nature of the universe, the cosmos or God, is good. And then the energy gets stepped down through the filters of our own consciousness. We're all co-creating our own world. We, human beings, have free will, the innate ability to decide what we're going to focus on. It's that simple. Once we decide to focus on the light, acknowledging the source within ourselves, the God or Christ, whatever you want to call it, then we come into relationship with the good of the universe and as we acknowledge the good, the good shows up. The good is everywhere and it always has been and always will be.

PhenomeNEWS: What about tax reform?

Da Vid: When we talk about tax reform, we're talking about de-stressing ourselves, not only financially but psychologically. There have been many proposals to create true tax reform. One of the recent proposals is for a value added tax. We support this and/or a flat tax. What I dislike inherently about the current system is that with our tax code we lose our integrity as people because it brings out the worst in us. Feel the energy around April 15.

People are angry, upset, mean-spirited, under increased tension and pressure. People don't like paying taxes because of the perception or the reality that were putting money out and we don't even know where the money is going. It goes into this big pool called the United States Corporation and then it gets moved out into all these different areas. Not everybody gets an equal share of the pie. That's what Washington's all about, who gets what and how much.

These are choices that are made through a political process. So why don't we scrap it and decide to have a value added tax or consumption tax. This means you don't pay an income tax, you pay when you buy things. This is a very interesting point because what happens is, as I understand it, as we move more and more into a spiritual consciousness, our desire for things and our need to consume becomes less and less.

The paradigm of this new age, of the new consciousness, is under-consumption. And yet we have a society that's continually pushing us to produce more and consume more. This strikes in the face of the reality that planet Earth has limited resources. We're on a collision course with reality here. The way out of the dilemma is that we have to refocus our attention and our values. The mantra of the Light Party is "Simplify, simplify, simplify." The reason I'm opposed to the current tax structure is because I feel it's unconstitutional and because it brings out the worst in people. People are continually having to be obsessed with their financial lives and having to play the tax game. There's too much psychological energy that goes into maintaining this tax structure. Plus, the tax code is profoundly complex. It's not fair, it's very ambiguous and it turns everybody into a cheat. From a level of consciousness, if something puts us out of integrity, we don't feel good about it and that's the feeling tone of April 15.

 

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PhenomeNEWS: Without getting caught up in struggle and conflict, how can we overcome this thinking?

Da Vid: There is an incredible amount of work being done to crate this transition. The only way this is going to change is there has to be a raising of consciousness. The powers that control the world's wealth have to someday come into the awareness that we are stewards on this planet. The business paradigm in the new age is doing what's good and what's right for humanity and for the Earth itself. It's a matter of actualizing love, wisdom an power. And that is the spiritual energy that is coming onto the planet.

And those that are choosing to try to maintain the control over people are going to be progressively moved out of the way. And I don't mean in terms of murder or political upheaval. "But they are going to transform their consciousness or they will run into tremendous internal resistance within themselves because they will be in conflict with the cosmos. Ethics in business is very powerful and there are a lot of decisions being made in boardrooms to try and embrace green principles. The more I look into the whole field of energy, the more I'm seeing that there are all these incredible breakthroughs in the background getting ready to manifest. The monopolies are being decentralized. Special interests are being moved out of the way, the medical, military industrial complex. People are beginning to make new choices. We want clean energy, we want to reduce the cost of living. We're not interested in drugs, we're interested in health foods.

This is happening and business will adjust because if they don't they will be out of business. I feel the future is about enlightened capitalism. Capitalism without a heart is a monster, but capitalism with a heart is the most powerful engine for social change that could ever be. It is a very simple system, based on the laws of supply and demand, which means getting clear on what we want. Again, the onus is on people to get clear. The problem is that most people are not aware that these alternatives exist. Alternative energy, alternative health, alternative tax systems. All these other possibilities in the wings, getting ready to come into the forefront, which up until now have been considered fringe, impractical, unrealistic, visionary, you name it. We're talking about how to free up the economic structure and I maintain it will happen by the raising of consciousness, by people becoming very clear and demanding alternatives.

Human beings are waking up and becoming conscious. We're coming into an age of enlightenment, the Aquarian age. Truth is simple. From a deep inner level, it can't be health, peace and freedom for some. It has to be health, peace and freedom for all. The Buddha said, "I don't reach final liberation until all are liberated." It's the same thing if you study esoteric Christianity. The Christ is liberation. Through consciousness we're born again. The whole idea is to become conscious of our true nature, which is health, peace and freedom. And everything else is conditioning. So the veils are being lifted and in the process, all that is in resistance to freedom has to dissolve. Not because they're bad systems, but because they're in the way. Whether institutions like it or not, they are under the effect of this tremendous liberating energy which is coming from the cosmos. The theme of the Aquarian age is that we will liberate ourselves.

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