The more you step back to embrace complexity the better chance you have of finding simple answers. And it is often different than the simple answer you started with. [...]
Simplicity lies often on the other side of complexity. Eric Berlow, US American ecologist, How complexity leads to simplicity, presented by TED Talks, minute 1:54, 3:43 minutes duration filmed July 2010, posted November 2010

Reality is so complex, we must move away from dogma, whether it's conspiracy theories or free-market. James B. Glattfelder, Ph.D., Swiss chair of systems design, empirical analyst of ownership relations of a large database of international companies, ETH, Zürich; cited in: Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world, New Scientist Physics & Math, Andy Coghlan, Debora MacKenzie, issue 2835, 24. October 2011

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Complex monetary systems:

Efficiency and resilience based on diversity and interconnectivity

We are dealing with a systemic, systematic repeated process [of banking crashes]. The structural cause [lacking diversity and interconnectivity] has indeed never been [properly] addressed. […] 96 banking crises before this one [Sept 2008] and 176 monetary crises according to the World Bank [in the last 25 years].
Via complexity theory we now can measure sustainabiliy with a single metric. And it involves two key variants:
1. one is efficiency of complex systems
2. and the other one is resilience.

Both of them are dependent on internal structural variables which are

diversity and interconnectivity. […]

We can therefore learn from natural systems that we need to have a certain amount of diversity and a certain amount of interconnectivity (in other words different relationships) in order to be able to have a system that is sustainable, that will last, that will adapt to different shocks or changes in the environment.
Our monetary system is obviously a monopoly, a monoculture. Therefore, the solution is to go to a ecosystem of monetary solutions, different currencies for different purposes that make it possible for society to not only measure what's going on, but also to motivate people to do things that are spontaneously not happening. […] The solution is complementary currencies. Video interview with Bernard Lietaer, Ph.D. Lietaer.com (*1942) solution oriented Belgian economist, co-designer of the European € currency, Central Bank of Belgium, professor of International Finance, University, Louvain, Belgium, research fellow Center for Sustainable Resources, UCB, co-founder of Monetary Crises and Complexity Theory.dv, YouTube film, 3:45 minutes duration, posted by kiwah.org 12. January 2010

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In overview, we can see that from time immemorial, man has tried to make sense of the enormous complexity and frequent unpredictability of human behavior. A multitude of systems have been constructed to try to make sense of that which is incomprehensible comprehensible. To 'make sense' has ordinarily meant to be able to be definable in terms that are linear: logical and rational. But the process, and therefore the experience, of life itself is organic – that is to say, nonlinear by definition. This is the source of man's inescapable intellectual frustration. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force. The Hidden Determinants of Human Behavior, S. 37, Hay House edition, February 2002

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Holomovement – Implicate / Explicate orders:

David Bohm’s holomovement contains – two coexisting orders:
1. the ubiquitous wavelike unmanifest implicate order – "information field interpenetrating every point in space-time" (corresponding with the right brain hemishpere)
2. the localized manifest (visible and touchable) explicate order (corresponding with the left brain hemishpere).

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Listen also

Audio recording by Alan Watts [LoC 485] (1915-1973) British philosopher, writer, speaker on Prickles and Goo, presented by Furry Carlos Productions, South Park, animation by Trey Parker, Matt Stone, YouTube film, 2:35 minutes duration, posted 23. August 2007

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Neither singularity nor multiplicity are real.

From the viewpoint of singularity, there appears to be multiplicity, but from the omnipresence of simultaneous multiplicity, there is only the singularity of oneness. Omnipresence obliterates any perceptual artifact of either singularity or multiplicity. In reality, neither condition exists. There is neither ‘here’ nor ‘there’; there is neither ‘now’ nor ‘then’; there is neither ‘past’ nor 'future'; there is neither 'complete' nor 'incomplete', nor is there 'becoming' in that which is already and totally self-existent. Time itself is an arbitrary point of observation as is the speed of light. Our customary attempts to describe the universe can be seen not as a description of the universe but instead as a description of arbitrary points of observation and really as a map of how the ordinary mind works. David R. Hawkins, Eye of the I from Which Nothing is Hidden, S. 16, Veritas Publishing, revised edition, 2002

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Oneness and diversity are the same.

Inasmuch as the entire universe and everything in it is a karmic unity, the Allness of Reality is the realization of enlightenment. If all is a karmic unity that originates from the same source, then to see any separation is an artifact of perception. In Reality, the one and the many are the same. Dr. David R. Hawkins, I. Reality and Subjectivity, chapter 15 Karma, S. 251, 2003

The consciousness levels of the 400s represent the emergence of the capacity to synthesis and utilise lineaer abstractions and symbols of great complexity and to extract significance and meaning as well as predictive verification. Intelligence comprehends hierarchical fields of organisational rank and discerns value to reliability, implied worth or significance. It stratifies prioritisation via sequence to classification systems that are analogous to paradigm, domain, category, class, species, subspecies, genus and then finally, specific example. […] Although the content is linear, its overall direction and source of functioning are non-linear. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Transcending the Levels of Consciousness, chapter 13 Reason, S. 221-222, 2003

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Payoff or outward projection

Question: It seems as though the ego's attachments are multitudinous and almost overwhelming.
Answer: Complexity is a perception of the ego/mind. One sharp knife can cut through hundreds of different objects; there is only the necessity of one simple action. Analogously, there is only one simple key concept necessary to disengage from all the ego's encumbrances. It has only one addiction, which is to subjective pleasure/gain. That is the secret payoff of all desires, projected values and attractions. This is exaggerated by projected value, worth, glamour, or specialness. There is only one gain, and this same gain is merely superimposed on everything that is desired and therefore attracts attachment. The pleasure is associated with derived happiness. Thus, the ego has only one goal. That discernment enables escape from all attractions. This solitary motive is merely projected onto multiple diverse objects, persons, or qualities. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Discovery of the Presence of God, chapter 5 Clarifications, S. 119-120, 2003

Comprehension at great depths unravels the essential truth of seeming complexity. It is said that there are 10,000 ways to God, yet they can all be reduced to certain critical elements common to all successful pathways. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Along the Path to Enlightenment. 365 Reflections from David R. Hawkins, edited by Scott Jeffrey, S. ?, Preface, January 2011

Complexity is a perception of the ego/mind. One sharp knife can cut through hundreds of different objects; there is only the necessity of one simple action. Analogously, there is only ONE SIMPLE KEY CONCEPT necessary to disengage from all the ego’s encumbrances: it has only one addiction, which is subjective pleasure/gain. That is the secret payoff of ALL desires, projected values, and attractions. This is exaggerated by projected value, worth, glamour, or specialness. There is only ONE gain, and this same gain is merely superimposed on everything that is desired and therefore attracts attachment. The pleasure is associated with derived happiness; thus the ego has only one goal. That discernment enables escape from all attractions. This solitary motive is merely projected onto multiple diverse objects, persons, qualities, events, or circumstances. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Dissolving the Ego, Realizing the Self. Contemplations from the Teachings of David R. Hawkins, M.D., Ph.D., edited by Scott Jeffrey, chapter 3 Pathway of Mind, S. 61, quote 2, Hay House, August 2011

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Options to project onto the world:

'Madhouse', 'Recuperation ward', 'The world is a joke', 'A tragedy', 'Perplexity', 'The world's purpose is salvation', 'Purgatorial', 'Comedy', 'Sadness'

Question: What's the point of our physical bodies and realities if we are all one, all the same?
Answer: You're mixing levels. The oneness is the level of context, not of physicality. The One emerging as the many. The oneness of life emerges through multiple expressions. Although multiple in their physicality they were one in the Source of life itself. Form is one of multiplicity, diversity. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Sedona Seminar Experiential Reality: The Mystic, 2 CD set, 8. December 2007

If you want complexity you will never get the truth, which is simplicity. There are no "others" only One, that One created Mind which in turn created everything else [...] God and a hierarchy to run things [...] angels, attractor fields, etc.. Dr. David R. Hawkins, Long Beach, California, Seminar The Clear Pathway to Enlightenment, 3 DVD set, 8. March 2008

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Reducing complexity by order formation is the number one skill needed by all leaders in the twenty-first century. Peter Kruse Ph.D. (*1955) German psychologist, expert on complexity processing in intelligent networks, CEO of Nextpractice, Google's Think Quarterly, "Soft Values, Hard Facts", March 2011

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Funneling the complexity of modernity in view of the Internet – Peter Kruse

Five coping strategies in dealing with complex systems
Phase	Coping strategy	Legend
_1.	Trial und Error	Playful childlike approach
_2.	Repression	Clinging to the old behavioral patterns * Denial of complexities
_3.	Rational pervasion Understanding details	Rationality is counterproductive in the modern world of commerce.
_4.	Focusing on less criteria Slogan: Simplify your life!	*Rates, profit and prices are trump.* Trivialisation is an inoperative coping strategy. It's only beneficial within simple systems. It's actually destroying complex systems.
_5.	Emotional assessment of value Intuitive operation	The intuitive decision on values is the best method of resolution. Caveat: The basic condition of intuition has to be congruent with the current stage of development. Polls by the many (collective intuition) are a more reliable approach than the choice of one individual.

Remain vigilant. * Keep networking with all and everything. * Apply collective intuition.
Video interview with Peter Kruse, Ph.D. (*1955) German psychologist, expert in complexity processing in intelligent networks, CEO of Nextpractice,
CEO of Nextpractice, Kollektive Intelligenz [Collective wisdom] YouTube film, 5:55 minutes duration, posted 18. June 2011

In overview, we can see that from time immemorial, man has tried to make sense of the enormous complexity and frequent unpredictability of human behavior. A multitude of systems have been constructed to try to make sense of that which is incomprehensible comprehensible. To 'make sense' has ordinarily meant to be able to be definable in terms that are linear: logical and rational. But the process, and therefore the experience, of life itself is organic – that is to say, nonlinear by definition. This is the source of man's inescapable intellectual frustration.
Dr. David R. Hawkins, Power vs. Force, S. 37

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Groundbreaking research on the ownership relations of international companies

Superconnected companies are red,
very connected companies are yellow.
The size of the dot represents revenue.

In 2007 James B. Glattfelder, a Swiss chair of systems design and empirical complexity analyst, and his team found via "network topology" based on the advanced technology of supercomputers and chaos theory

1,318 transnational corporations that form the core of world economy and
more deeply hidden a "SUPER-ENTITY" of only 147 CORPORATIONS operating worldwide and owning each other's companies by shares.

Together the 1,318 plus the 147 corporate units dominate 80% of the world economy.
Within the super-corporation of 147 corporations, a good-old-boys-club, only 1% controls 40% of the world's wealth. The top 20 are mostly financial institutions (Barclays Bank, JPMorgan Chase & Co, and The Goldman Sachs Group).

"In effect, less than 1 per cent of the companies were able to control 40 per cent of the entire network." James B. Glattfelder, Ph.D.

Entangled web of control
The Top 10 identified network core control-holders worldwide are:

U.S.A.

2. The Capital Group Companies

3. Fidelity Investments

5. State Street Corporation

6. JP Morgan & Chase

8. Vanguard Group

10. Merrill Lynch

Great Britain

1. Barclays

7. Legal & General Group

France

4. AXA

Switzerland

9. UBS

These few alone control 19.45 % of the global financial network.

The top 50 firms of which control nearly 40 % of the global financial network.

The ranking of powerful international players shows that many of the top actors belong to the core. This means that they do not carry out their business in isolation but, on the contrary, they are tied together in an extremely entangled web of control. James B. Glattfelder, Stefania Vitali, and Stefano Battiston, The 10 firms that rule the world, washingtonpost.com/blogs, Suzy Khimm, 7. November 2011

Only detectable within the 3rd millennium via committed teamwork and high tech, this elite-entity had been present for centuries. The instability and lacking sustainability of a tightly-knit supercorporation became apparent as a result of the financial collapse of 2008, when one company [Lehmann Brothers] suffered distress which propagated through the network.

Source: James B. Glattfelder, Ph.D., Swiss chair of systems design, empirical analyst of ownership relations of a large database of international companies, ETH, Zürich; cited in: Revealed – the capitalist network that runs the world, New Scientist Physics & Math, Andy Coghlan, Debora MacKenzie, issue 2835, 24. October 2011

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Videointerview mit Prof. Dr. Peter Kruse (*1955) deutscher Psychologe, Netzwerkforscher zur Komplexitätsverarbeitung in intelligenten Netzwerken und kohärenter Musterbildung, Geschwindigkeit vs. Komplexitaet, YouTube Film, 1:26 Minuten Dauer, eingestellt 2. Februar 2009

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