The Gaia Vedas : The List

The List of the 18 Gaia Vedas … Plus the Companion Gameset.

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[Author’s Note: This essay is a working draft. It may be subject to future revisions as I tie the various pieces of TGV together more tightly.]

The Gaia Vedas

The Gaia Vedas (TGV) is my map — or more accurately, ‘collection of maps’ — for a new OS for humanity. It is, on a fundamental level, a new model of reality.

In 18 key knowledge domains, TGV identifies the current gaps and shortcomings in our current continuum/model of reality … and propose upgrades, fixes, extensions — and replacements — to the maps and models which currently define the limits of each knowledge domain.

A companion gameset is also laid out, describing the current state of the world, taking a guess about what humanity desires, and then laying out a game to build a ‘world that works’ that readers can engage with, if they see fit.

The Gaia Vedas represent a set of the models I see as critical to the foundation — and long-term sustainability — of Gaia Pacifica. Gaia Pacifica is my vision for a global sustainable utopia; said in simpler terms: … for a ‘world that works.’

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Unpacking the List of The Gaia Vedas (TGV)

GAMESET : OPEN

• Desiderata: The State of the World and What is Desired
• Manifesto/Charter: Where a Game [to Create a World That Works] is Declared

FOUNDATION SET of Vedas

• Veritas Veda: “Restoring Truthtelling in a Dystopian Age”
• Games Veda: “Social Game Design Best Practices for a World That Works”
• Agency Veda: “Restoring & Recovering Agency in a Dystopian Age”

AWARENESS SET of Vedas

• Soma Veda: “Recovering a Key Datastream That Western Civilization Discounted”
• Consciousness Veda: “What Soma Consciousness Is & Why It Matters”
• Shadow Veda: “Tracking, Managing, Recovering, & Reintegrating Channel B”
• Orgasm Veda: “Towards a New Model of Human Development & Sexuality”
• Numina Veda: “Fundamentals of Recognizing, Maximizing, & Honoring Numinous Life”

IDENTITY SET of Vedas

• Planet Veda: “Using ‘Planet’ as the Fundamental Matrix for Our Identity”
• Identity Veda: “Shifting to Fluidic Models of Personal Identity”
• Tribe Veda: “Foundations of Somatic Tribal Ecologies”

GNOSIS SET of Vedas

• Mythos Veda: “Creating & Telling Stories as [a Means of Somatic] Code Distribution”
• Mastery Veda: “Why Causing Mastery at the Level of Community Matters”
• Skills Bank Veda: “Making Human Expertise Fully Transferable & Transportable”
• Alt Intelligences Veda: “Mysterious Beasts: Aliens, Robots, New Human Prototypes & Such”
• Caveat: Mystery Veda: “Acknowledging Our Cosmic Coloring Book Limits & Limitations”
• Data Veda:“The Known Patterns, Synergies, Quirks, & Mandalas of Humanscale Data”

THE TOTALITY VEDA

• Continuum Veda: “A Beginner’s Orientation to Binding Realities”

GAMESET : CLOSE

• Coda: Where the Game is Revisited and an Invitation is Made

My name is Alutha Zatoichi Jamancar … and I am completely accountable and responsible for the future we are living into. I am at work building Gaia Pacifica … a global sustainable utopia.

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