NEOSECULARISM V. ATHEISM AND RELIGION THE PROBLEM OF CONTAMINATED MIND WHY I AM THE LONLIEST MAN NEOSECULARISM: ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS    NEOSECULARISM v. ATHEISM and RELIGION Secularism is defined as indifference to or rejection or exclusion of religion and religious consideration. Neosecularism is defined as the exclusion of religion or religious consideration. It is fundamentally different from secularism since it embodies the religious dogmatic concepts of God and spirituality but in a completely secular, rational and scientific manner including the nature, the essence and locus of the Creator. Materials presented below are not illusions or assumptions. All are matters of absolute facts to me. Since there is no scientific tools presently available to prove any of the materials presented here, and the manner by which I have ascertained the truth about them cannot be explained in this short essay, I have to guide the reader to my website www.democracywhere.com to find the answer. Therefore, I am going to present those as assumptions leaving to the reader’s knowledge of astrophysics, intelligence, reasoning power and rationalization for reaching a sensible conclusion. I propose that the reader assume these facts as hypotheses, as we scientists do in verification of any issue in our research and study process, then attempt through logic and reasoning to verify its different components and ultimately reach a conclusion. Let us assume that there are two universes instead of one. One is matterless and the other material. The former, being matterless, is not subject to time or space since only the matter can have such dimensions. Therefore, the Matterless Universe expands to infinity with no beginning or end. It consists of what we may call “Super-energy”. Since energy is the source of life, this Super-energy must be dynamically alive, super intelligent and enormously creative. Thus, we may properly call It the Creator. It has no gender, thus, it is neither “He” nor “She” but “It”. No light is associated with this Universe since any light is associated with matter and space. Because the Creator is matterless and extends to infinity, It is ever present everywhere transcending any matter including human being, with ultra sensitivity to the environment at any chosen point. As a matterless being It has no need to see but to sense. Therefore, It exist in absolute darkness. Our scientific community has got a hint of the Creator but it calls it Dark Energy. As soon as we move away from our planet, we find ourselves in the same absolute darkness yet at the presence of the Creator. If we consider all these as facts, we may come to the conclusion that the Creator is not a holy being as assumed by different religions but totally a secular being with no association with any particular religion. It is like a super manager, inventor and creator and as such anxious for ultra-scientific designs and experimentations of which the creation of the Material Universe may be one, and maybe not the only one. The essence of these experimentations may not be all for the same purpose namely to create a material universe or create a better one. On the other hand the Material Universe, at least so far as we have discovered, is subject to time and space as any matter, and as such it has a beginning, a process of life and develoment,  and an ending. Let us assume that the Creator’s experimentation for creating a material world did not start with the Big Bang but long time before that. This experimentation necessarily required a material base which had to come from the Creator’s own essence, Super-energy. It seems proper to assume that in our material world, the energy, in a variety of ways, is the base of existence of all matters from the Material Universe itself to planets and all living thing in them. From this we may assume that a super source of energy had been a base for its creation. The Creator, or the Matterless Universe, consisting of Super-energy, would appear the only source of such immense energy required for the creation of the Universe. Let’s assume that the Creator designated an initial point and a space there with specific dimensions fitting the objective of its experimentation, and capable of absorbing and accumulating of needed energy. In a matter of maybe a billion or more years, the accumulation of energy in this designated space became crystallized in the form of a condenced huge transparent but solid object we may call it as Pure Matter, the ultimate size of which was determined by the Creator to suit the objectives of Its experimentation. For the first time “space” and “time” were created. The Material Universe, therefore, was initiated and its course of creation, evolution, maturity, decay and extinction was figured out by the Creator and now was the time to see to what extent the system would follow the established process by the Creator’s design of experimentation. When the Pure Matter became saturated by the energy absorbed from the Super-energy it reached he point of explosion causing the Big Bang, unleashing the enormous energy saturated inside it. Because of the extreme heat, the resulting matters, which were not pure anymore, were mostly in the form of gas including what later on became solid matters or liquid. The explosion created immense light associated with heat with lightening outward push of the resulting matters creating a huge black hole in the Center with incredible power of magnetic gravity. Some huge parts from the Pure Matter thrown outward by the Big Bang were still in solid transparent form, though likely not so pure, but still capable of absorbing more energy, becoming saturated and exploding later on far away from the Center. Therefore, we may properly assume that there was not just one Big Bang but a succession of big bangs maybe not as magnificent as the original one, and they still may be continuing to occur in the outer dimensions of the Universe, though not as enormous as the previous ones, creating new galaxies, solar systems and corresponding planets. Initially, because of extreme heat caused by the explosion, all matters were in gas form. After quite an extended period of time, as temperatures receded, some matters liquefied and then took a solid form, some others took a liquid form yet some others remained in more condensed gas from. Ultimately, the solar systems and planets were crystallized. Evolution of life in each planet depended on the material components of the planet and the environment within which it was situated. Evolution of each planet proceeded to its maturity , aging, decaying and extinction. The nature of matters composing each planet determined the extent of its capability to absorb energy from the sun and other sources. The nature of accumulation of this energy, within a proper environment created by the solar system’s sun, allowed in some planets for the living organisms to be created. In certain planets the level of adsorption reached a point known as the intelligence line materialized by the planet’s entry into the intelligence orbit emanating from the sun and expanding outward. This level of intelligence was also affected, positively or negatively, depending on the nature of the material components of each planet and its environment. As a result of this environment, a variety of intelligent creatures were created including human beings as the environment became favorable. The level of intelligence of the intelligent creatures advanced by the increase in the level of the planet’s intelligence as the planet approached to the inner core of the intelligence orbit. It is important to notice that the Creator did not create the universe , its components and living creatures in some planets including ours. They were created according to the specific conditions required for their creation as set up in the Creator’s design of the experimentation. For example, human beings were not created at one time all over the planet. Different part of the planet being subject to different environment, some human beings were created tens of thousand years after other ones but, likely, more intelligent than the previous group because of rising intelligent level of the planet had placed them on a higher level of intelligence. So, the total process of the development of each planet, as that of the Material Universe, involved the creation and the evolution side by side at different levels of development. Based on the conditions of the environment and natural climate, some species evolved into a new ones and some became extinct. At one point the consumption of energy by the planet reaches the level of its absorption of it. At this point, the evolution stops. Pursuant to this point the absorption of energy gradually decreases, either as a result of decrease in the emission of the energy from its original source or certain transformations in the components and composition of the planet or other reasons. As a consequence, the planet receives less energy than it needs for its survival and starts an accelerated process of devolution and degeneration. This situation occurs when the planet is near moving out of the influence of the intelligence orbit. When the level of intelligence of the planet is reduced, by the planet starting to move out of the intelligence orbit, it causes decay on the level of intelligence of its intelligent creatures. When the planet reaches the outer limits of the intelligence orbit, the level of intelligence on the planet reaches the zero point and no intelligent creature survives and the planet with an increasing acceleration loses its gravity power to the point that its components cannot be held together by its weakened gravity and the planet meets its destruction. The majority of planets, in their process of development do not encounter the intelligence orbit or even the level of environment capable of producing any kind of creatures. The span of life of these planets are comparatively quite short. It seems that the Material Universe, the whole subject of the experimentation, is set to follow the same course of evolution, decay, devolution and extinction. After its creation through the Big Bang, it started to expand outward with incredible speed by incredible force created through the explosion. From this point of explosion on, the motion of the Material Universe has been under the influence of two immense forces: An outward pushing force created by the Big Bang, and an inward pulling force created by the enormous gravity and electromagnetic forces initiated as a result of the Big Bang. The resultant effect has been the slowing down of the expansion speed. The later big bangs have also been instrumental in this regard since their expansions were also spherical, part of which expanded toward the Center, opposite to the expansion direction of the Universe. These repeated post-Big-Bang explosions have actually resulted to a chaotic movements inside the sphere of the Material Universe. Based on these assumptions at one point in time the Universe would reach the zero point of expansion. Then, under the pulling power of the Central gravity it would start to contract in an accelerating fashion which will cause increasing heat to the extend that as it moves closer to the Center and becoming condensed by bringing together billions of the existing planets and ever-increasing speed, the level of temperature will cause all matters to be transformed into gases, ultimately being totally evaporated leaving nothing behind. Every material thing will disappear by being transformed into matterless form again. It will appear that nothing had ever happened. Considering the infinite dimension of the Matterless Universe, this whole process would look like a mosquito bite in a human body which it swells outward, then swelling stops and then the skin recedes to its normal condition without any trace of the bite left behind.  From all these we may conclude that: first, nothing is holy about the Creator as assumed by several religions. It is a totally secular being with a supreme life, intelligence and creative power. Thus the Creator has no relation or interest in, nor belong to, any religion. Second, Its nature is inherently positive and good expecting the same outcome from Its experimentations. Third, among all creations, the Creator has been able to sustain contact with human beings through their high level of intelligence, the human mind being the locus of this contact. It seems appropriate to assume that the main purpose of this experimentation may have been to examine to see to what level human beings, a degraded material beings, can develop themselves approaching the Creator’s essence at the matterless level. Fourth, To guide humans in the process of self-development towards Its essence, the Creator has often impressed advanced individuals, who have been able to have direct contact with It, to guide human societies and human beings, showing them the road they themselves have navigated to approach the quality near the essence of the Creator. The number of these individuals is not restricted to Jesus, Moses, Mohammad and others who have been mentioned, but it is in thousands who remain unknown at any given time. For certain, many such individuals, called prophets in religiious circles, are among us human beings at the present time. They, overwhelmingly,  operate silently carrying out their assumed duties. Seemingly, all these so called "prophets" knew the exact nature and essence of the creator and Its non-holy but secular status. They were, however,  unable to explain it to the people because of the low level of knowledge and understanding which still prevails today. There are evidences for such assumption. Zoroaster or Zarathustra, the greate Persian prophet,around 1500 B.C. introduced his dynamic message of "unique" monotheism, the concept of only one Creator. He called It "Ahura Mazda" meaning a "Super-Intellect Being," as "the creator, sustainer and promoter of the Universe."(1) The old Persian word for God is "Khod'a", meaning created by itself. Many of these prophets had no choice but require people to accept the Creator's existance, Its everpresence averywhere, and Its enormous creative power and intelligence.This is where the dogmatic concepts of the Creator or "God" were created resulting in creation of different religions. Fifth, Since the nature and essence of the Creator is totally good, It would necessarily be against any killing, harming, coercion or ant kind of injustice among human beings for any purpose, religious or else. Any religion that does not follow these values has no relation whatsoever to the Creator. It is nothing but fake. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Reference: 1. www.iranonline.com/magazine/issue25/mehregan-english/  p. 3  2.For details about neosecularism see Rezazadeh, Reza. Passage to the Heaven: Secrets of the Universe, Life and Happiness. 2002, pp.384; and other materials in www.democracywhere.com   The Problems of Contaminated Mind As presented in my writings, intermingled with our material planet there is a non-material planet several times larger than the former. Though, the substance of this non-material planet has not yet been discovered by the scientific community, its existence has been verified, it is called Dark Matter, because it is transparent and exists in absolute darkness since as we know, light is associated with matter.. Assuming that each planet in the Material Universe has an intermingling non-material planet, there are then two universes one material and the other non-material. Above these and totally dominating them, there is a third universe which is matterless, consisting of pure energy or super-energy. Considering energy the source of life, this universe is a living being with super intelligence, sensitivity and creativeness. For these reasons it won’t be inappropriate to call It the Creator. Though the substance of this universe has not been discovered by the scientific community, its existence has been substantiated and is called Dark Energy. These are called Dark Matter and Dark Energy because both universes exist in absolute darkness. I have also argued that the non-material planet accompanying each planet is where all minds, mistakenly called spirits or souls, enter after leaving the material body and the material world. Initially, the mind is a matterless being and pure as the Creator. It becomes affected in its material home, the human body, by that particular human’s behavior in the course of the material life. Once it is affected by improper behavior, it loses its purity or the matterless character and becomes, to a more or less degree, non-material. Simply put, it becomes contaminated. The more deviated a human being is the more contaminated the mind becomes. For example, we may assume that the minds belonging to those who have committed genocides during their lifetime, such as Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein, Josef Stalin or George W. Bush, would be among the most contaminated; those tirelessly working for the betterment of human life such as Jimmy Carter, Ralph Nadir , much less contaminated; and those totally dedicated for human prosperity and happiness such as Jesus Christ, Mohammad, Moses, would be pure or nearly pure. My reference to the latter names are purely on secular, non-religious basis. I consider the mind of all lesser leaders of the religions more or less contaminated since they advocate not the true but contaminated ideas of the original leaders. Consequently, when a mind enters the non-material planet it is automatically placed in an environment corresponding to the level of its contamination. Matterless beings are not affected by the environmental conditions. Non-material beings, depending on the level of their contamination, are affected by the environmental conditions such as extreme heat, cold or ray storms and many other extremely harsh conditions in the non-material environment of the host planet. Non-material minds do not have any shape but dimension. Highly contaminated minds are more subject to time and space thus they are more sensitive to the environmental condition, whether it is heat, cold or storm, and suffer more. They would not have been affected if the environment was similar to those of the material planet because they are non-material and can stand hundreds of degrees of heat or cold. But the harshness of the situation in the non-material planet is multiplied by thousands compared to those on the material one. Those highly contaminated suffer more. They survive in absolute darkness and solitude, sensitive to all negative environmental conditions. As the mind’s contamination decreases, it becomes more and more expanded in space and thus less subject to the effect of the environmental conditions. When it reaches the state of matterless, it joins the matterless world which is the substance of the Creator. The mind becomes boundless extending to infinity, ever present everywhere. This is a permanent stage of perfect joy and happiness. Those designated to lead humanity toward understanding the meaning and purpose of life, such as Moses, Jesus, Mohammad and thousands of others, all knew these facts but could not disclose the truth since it would not have been understood. It was then explained in the forms of heaven and hell which does not exist. Even now, with all advances in science and cosmology, our scientific community, let alone the general public, would consider such theory of non-material universe a pure nonsense. There will be a time, maybe not so soon, the truth will be discovered. Dr. Reza Rezazadeh

Why I Am the Loneliest Man Since my success in transcendental meditation and travel to the planet called Zoras, where I was bestowed with extraordinary knowledge relating to the Universe and observed a highly civilized society in action without the military or destructive power with a truly democratic way of life, I have found myself with desire to live in solitude and disconnected from the people as much as I could. Comparatively, I find the American society in a primitive and barbarian stage of civilization for many obvious reasons. 1.Using technology for killing human beings better and faster with enormous numbers at a time. No civilized mind would resort to such bestial action even if a single human life was at risk. 2. Committing directly or causing the commitment of genocides in different parts of the world supported by its economic elite to further the domination of capitalistic operation under the pretension of introducing liberty and democracy, such as in Vietnam (estimated 2 to 4 million), Japan, Indonesia, El Salvador, Chile, Granada, Panama, Iran, Iraq and many others, causing the death of millions of innocent people; complete elimination of communities and immense ,at times total, destruction of properties, lands and livelihood of mostly poor people. 3. Strongly supporting the outdated religious dogmas, and the capitalistic concept both being components of a primitive civilization, both being utterly authoritarian, compulsive and antidemocratic. 4. Imposing its superiority over less powerful nations for control of their political system, domestic market and national resources. 5. Pretending to be a democratic society by covering utterly undemocratic capitalistic system with a drape of democracy with manipulated electoral process, making it appear democratic, thus successfully deceiving the American people as well as many others in the world. Consequently, wherever I go, I find myself surrounded with ignorant, greedy and utterly materialistic oriented people including, with rare exceptions, the scientific community, and my own wife whom I consider a humanist, well educated according to the American educational standards. The suffering is great and incredible. I actually live in a solitary confinement without walls. I cannot carry out any fruitful scientific argument without being ridiculed and my ideas being considered totally nonsense. I understand that my ideas, being acquired from a highly civilized world, are a century or two ahead of their time and there are no tangible means of measurement and validation invented yet for their verification. I am left with no other choice but to present and explain them in writing, hoping that they may be discovered by the future generations and guide them in establishing a truly democratic, peaceful, prosperous, leisurely, simple and modest way of life. This is the hope that makes my life in solitude affordable. It seems a pity that my presented concept of true democracy has not received a serious attention. It would have accelerated the process of democratization and, for the first time, people would have the test and feeling of the government by the people, for the people and of the people. It must be noted that a true democracy cannot materialized as long as the system of capitalism prevails. Fortunately we are reaching the end of capitalism as a result of globalization of production and marketing of goods and services. As I have presented in my other writings this will be accomplished in a span of four or five decades. But we must start to prepare ourselves for this fundamental transformation which will automatically take place in our economic and social life. I am pretty certain that my ideas of a humanistic future society will lead the way. This thought also makes my loneliness affordable and less painful

NEOSECULARISM

OPERATIONAL GOALS

The basic and fundamental part of the operation and application of Neosecularism is charged to each individual personally. In the realm of the Neosecularism philosophy, individuals are the masters of their beliefs, controller of their life, in this world and beyond. Whatever is being said hereafter does not intend to infringe upon this fundamental freedom and responsibility of the individuals to themselves, others, the nature and environment. If Neosecularists desire to organize, whether local, regional or national, it would be non-governmental, private and non-profit.

Those not familiar with the concept of Neosecularism, may find a brief description of it in contrast to atheism and religion in "Neosecularism v. Atheism and Religion", on the page of Selected Topics in www.democracywhere.com .

Believers are individually responsible for educating themselves, for discovering the truth in a scientific manner, namely by employing logic and reasoning. They may then sustain, and defend the conclusions they may reach..This may be better achieved through group discussions, debates and arguments. This basic individual responsibility should never be interfered with or infringed upon by any external force or authority. However, despite unconditional individual freedom for self-purification, in order to foster the cause of Neosecularism, and necessary eventual collective actions, there is a need for certain organizational structure. Participation in and support of such organizations are strictly voluntary.

The following are some of the basic needs for organization:

1. To provide for research and educational facilities and materials for those who desire to participate in the advancement of Neosecularism and for those who desire to learn more about it.

2. To provide means for communication and dissemination of information to Neosecularists and the public in general.

3. To educate and certify persons of knowledge, at different levels – B.A., M.A., Ph.D. – capable of answering questions relating to the philosophy of Neosecularism; make proper interpretation of the principles and processes in the case of conflict; and to provide grounds and opportunities for logical discussions and scholarly arguments.

4. To provide for conferences at the community, regional, national and international levels, and when financially possible, establish permanent meeting places, for Neosecularist and interested individuals to interchange ideas, make administrative and educational policies, and select members to the board of directors.

5. To provide a financial base and channel for the achievement of the above stated goals as any other non-governmental private organization.

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Persons of knowledge naturally emerge from among fellow Neosecularists. They are equipped scientifically and intellectually to provide guidance and supply scientific information to interested individuals or groups. Three official levels of knowledge may be established based on the degree of intellectual and scientific knowledge, as the sources of reference for those seeking answer for their related questions or desiring to gain relevant scientific knowledge. These three titles are: (1) Savant, requiring a Bachelor of Art degree (B.A.)or the equivalent, plus studies in Neosecularism; (2) Savant Superior, requiring a Master of Arts degree(M.A.) plus studies in Neosecularism; (3) Savant Supreme, which requires a Doctor of Philosophy degree(Ph.D.) in social sciences and humanities plus studies in Neosecularism. The title of savant is a French term , it is chosen for its simplicity in describing a person of knowledge. None of these individuals has any authority over others. Their position is like an instructor or a professor in an educational institution.

The title is bestowed after determination of the candidate’s qualifications by a council of scholars in Neosecularism. They may examine the candidate through direct questioning or other media. These persons of knowledge may choose to dedicate their lives to spreading the philosophy of Neosecularism through educating others, or may choose to pursue a career outside their scientific rank and remain a source of information when the need arises..

In no way the title of the persons of knowledge may be construed to be religious or administratively hierarchical similar to those in Christian churches. They have no authority to govern the believers. They are bestowed with their designated rank simply to make secular-spiritual and intellectual guidance more readily available. The term "spiritual" has no religious connotation; wherever it is used in relation to Neosecularism, it refers to non-material and matterless world for which we have not yet invented a specific term.

To sustain a title of "Savant", those holding the title and active in Neoseculariem education, are subject to a periodic examination every five-year or upon the request of the Neosecularism Council. This periodic examination is necessary to ascertain that the change in beliefs and attitudes to which every person is subject have not caused a regressive, materialistic, or exploitive outlook in the person. Dissatisfaction by the council may cause the revocation of the title.

1. Respectfully rejecting all institutional dogmatic religions and corresponding religious beliefs based on proper critical study of each while accepting the spiritual authority of each original leader for whom each religion is nominated. Neosecularism does not accept any religion and its relation to the Creator.

2. The study of the essence of the Creator, the concept of the creation and evolution, the existence and the nature of the three universes: Material, Non-material and Matterless, the Planet Earth, the life, its meaning and purpose , all in a totally secular manner.

3. The study of human beings, their raison d’etre, their nature and characteristics, their mission in the world by understanding the meaning of life, and the process of self-development by adherence to the principle of "equality of opportunity" and consciously attempting to become a better person today compared to yesterday.

4. The study of a variety of human societies, their history, culture, literature, language, and religion. The role of human beings in society, social responsibilities, their relation to one another to the material world and environment, all based on strict application of the principle of "equality of opportunity."

5. The study of the nature as a whole and its relation to human beings and their life. Human responsibility toward the nature and protection of the environment for self and future generations.

6. The study and enjoyment of art, music and artistic performance in relation to human life, society, nature, and the Universe.

Most of these are achieved by taking proper courses in the areas of social sciences and humanities. Studies in Neosecularism will enlighten the special relationships of all these components to one another as a single balanced and harmonious existence.

1. Free elementary, middle, and high school education: Elementary education starts from the age three for four years; middle school education continues for the next four years; high school education embraces the last four years. Each person graduates at the age of fifteen. For the programs, contents, and the process of education see Reza Rezazadeh, Technological Democracy: A Humanistic Philosophy of the of the Future Society; Technodemocratic Economic Theory: From Capitalism and Socialism to Democracy; and Passage to a Just Society: Secrets of a Democratic Life Leisure and Happiness. For full citation and more information visit www.democracywhere.com .

2. Free higher education: Higher education is achieved simultaneously with a part-time employment. It is carried out full-time, about 15 credits a semester, for six years. Thereafter, (beyond age 21) a part-time education, six credit hours per semester, is carried out as an integral part from the working hours, for the rest of each worker’s career, amounting to about 30 years. This continued education is necessary, first to keep each worker up to date in his/her profession; second, to keep each individual update in democracy, human life, cultures, languages, nature, environment and enjoyment of life. For more information see the above stated publications.

The term worker refers to any working person from a factory worker to top management, lawyers, physicians, and all public officials and self-employed. The following are a brief explanation of the system of work and economy; for detailed information please see the above stated publications by Reza Rezazadeh.

1. The general work process: The work will start from the age of 15, right after graduation from the high school. Individuals will work half-time (17 hours per week) at a level of minimum wage sufficient to pay the necessary nominal expenses of education, housing, food and other necessities of life including recreation. Each worker will be taking a full load (12 credit hours during the first two semester and 15 credit hours thereafter) of higher education courses for six years; will graduate at the age 21 with an accumulation of 174 credits, equivalent to a Master’s degree at the present system. Student’s pay will increase each year as a result of increase in knowledge and experience as determined by the National Position Classification Council (NPCC) as explained below. After graduation the person will have full-time employment in the line of his/her specialization or start working self-employed.

2. Qualifications and compensation: In the future technological democratic society, the national government will have no significant line functions except for military and foreign relations. However, it will have several standard setting councils determining standards relating to social, economic, and political aspects of life. The National Position Classification Council (NPCC) will be one such council. Presently, we have such commissions for the administration of work system for the national and state governments and many major corporations. All of them use nearly the same approach to classification. However, employment of the majority of the workers is not based on any classification; the level of their position and compensation are at the discretion of their employer. Under the future system NPCC will establish in a scientific manner a model for position classification which will include all positions available in the production process. All production institutions, large and small, will be required to classify their positions according to this framework. Under this concept, all positions are divided in horizontal categories and each category embodies a hierarchical set of positions from its lowest level to the highest. Each position is allocated enough duties to fill an 8-hour daily work, and a corresponding pay schedule. Therefore workers with same skill and experience will get the same pay regardless where or for which institution they work. This will eliminate a substantial discrimination that exist presently on account of pay, race, sex, and national origin.

3. Education as Part from the weekly work-hours: NPCC will determine the maximum weekly hours of work. If it sustains the present 40-hour per week, six hours of it will be reserved for higher education. Workers will work for 34 hours and study for six hours. Under the present higher education standards, this will amount to six credit hours of courses per semester. Three credit of this will be spend on education keeping the worker update in his/her specialized area. The other three credit will be spent to take courses in liberal arts area particularly in better understanding of the principles and processes of technological democracy. The purpose will be to create and sustain a politically conscious and active democratic minded citizens. This education will continue until the time of the worker’s retirement which will arrive around the age of 52. During this period, if a person desired to receive higher academic degrees such as Masters, doctoral or post-doctoral, after completing the course requirement, he/she must also comply with certain additional requirements such writing a thesis or dissertation and passing an oral examination.

4. Shared opportunity and full employment at all time: The foundation of technological democracy is the principle of "equality of opportunity," applied to all aspects of the societal life, including workplace. In this area, all workers with the same education and experience should have the same opportunity for employment. The question arises when there are not enough open positions for those seeking employment. In this situation, the principle of equality of opportunity requires that those enjoying full opportunity of employment share a small part from it with those deprived of such opportunity by being unemployed. For example, if there are 100 million working population, and each worker gives up one hour of his/her 40-hour weekly work, 100 million hours of work will be freed creating over 2.5 million new positions for those entering the employment market. This is a much simplified example. The actual application within different areas of work will be more complex but easily achievable under the high electronic technology available. This is known as the concept of "shared opportunity." The application is much simpler within each individual production institution. For example, if a company for economic reasons has to lay-off 10 percent of its workforce, if all employees agree to give up 10 percent of their hours of work, which will amount to 4 hours in a 40-hour week work, then there wont be need for any lay-offs and no employee will loose his/her position. The full employment will be sustained. Application of this principle will have significant benefits to the employees guaranteeing them lifetime job security, and to the national economy by eliminating unemployment compensation programs and bringing more revenues to the society. For details see the above stated publications.

5. Non-capitalistic free market economy: In a modern capitalistic economy wealth is created and accumulated through profits which is realized by the exploitation of labor and consumers. Profit is what a producer earns by appropriating a part from the work of labor for production of each product and charges extra to consumers beyond the unit cost of the product. The result of this double-exploitation has been a phenomenal concentration of wealth and ensuing power in the hands of a very small class. In the United States, this amounts to 0.4 of one percent of population. This class, by accumulation of wealth, has been able to dominate the socio-economic and political spheres of activities, attain and sustain a highly privileged status. Consequently, in such society there has been no equality of opportunity and it can never be. Those who have accumulated wealth, have a much higher opportunity compared to the rest of the society, creating a very high class stratification.

There will be accumulation of wealth in a technological democratic society under the principle of equality of opportunity. This will be a non-capitalistic accumulation of wealth where the profits, if any, will go to the workers rather than to the capitalist. It must be noted that the term "worker" under this concept refers to anyone working in or for a production institution from its lowest level to its highest management core. This kind of income distribution will become possible when the capital presently owned or controlled by the capitalist would be gradually transferred to the workers. To achieve this in a proper manner, each worker, besides his/her monthly pay will receive also stocks of the company equal to certain percentage of his/her pay as determined by NPCC. As a matter of time, the capital of production institutions will be transferred from the capitalist to the workers. As a result, the workers would be those who would also receive profits made from the sale of their products, since they own the capital. Therefore, exploitation of workers, and capitalistic profits will both be eliminated. There will be a surge of incentive in production of goods and services since the workers are also the owners and in fact are producing for themselves. Once they receive the majority shares of their production institution, they will also control the decision-making process and will have power to determine what to produce, how it is going to be produced and how the product will be handled after production. There will be an equitable distribution of capital rather than being concentrated in the hands of a few.

The elimination of capitalistic profits alone will not bring about the economic equality of opportunity. Those who had accumulated wealth under the old system, if allowed to transfer it to others, can also transfer with it the corresponding opportunity, power, and privileges. Such transfer increases the opportunity of the receiver, proportional to the size of the transfer, to the detriment of the rest of the population. Therefore, no transfer should be allowed to be made without corresponding compensation from the receiver. If the principle of equality of opportunity is not applied to already accumulated wealth of the capitalist elite, it will continue to sustain its power and influence through transfer of its wealth to its next generation or to a desired person or persons. Inheritance, as it is practiced in a capitalistic society perpetuates maintaining such power and influence. Based on the principle of equality of opportunity, therefore, inheritance should be allowed to the extend that it will not cause the continuation of the present economic elite and will not create a new elite in the future. Economic equality of opportunity must not be effectively disturbed. Depending on the economic conditions in each society, the National Economic Standards Council (NESC) will determine the maximum level of inheritance. In the United States, an initial 10-million ceiling in inheritance would seem to be quite reasonable. In the beginning of the year 2000, 3.5 million, or 1.3 percent of the population, were millionaire, but only 0.3 percent had assets in excess of 10 million. Thus the idea of a constitutional amendment establishing such principle would be quite acceptable to over 90 percent of the population. Upon death, the excess wealth, beyond $10 million, would go to the Public Consumption Fund (PCF) to be spent in education and health care both available to all people without charge. In the far future, when the technological democracy is well established, there will be an equitable distribution of wealth and thus there will not be any need for limitation on inheritance.

Stocks of the workers production institution which are issued to each worker every month as the share of his/her ownership of the institution, will be in a non-transferable form. This is to replace the present government operated social security system. The worker has all ownership rights except the transfer. He/she can receive income from such stocks, can vote in institutions elections and policy-making process proportional to the size of his/her stocks, can exchange those with non-transferable stocks of other institutions in the stock exchange market in order to diversify his/her holdings, He/she may allow the dividends from his/her holdings to be also accumulated, substantially increasing his/her income on the long run. At the time of retirement, the annual income from his/her accumulated stocks will be enough to provide for a comfortable living conditions. The NEC will determine the percentage of employees wages equal to which they will receive the stocks of the institution where they work. This determination will be based on the minimum amount of income each employee will receive after 30 years sufficient to provide for a convenient living conditions.

The formal and regulated process of employment, based on the principle of equality of opportunity, guarantees a fair and just employment to everyone for a period of 36 years. The obligatory retirement comes around the age 52. It is obligatory in order to free positions for the young generation entering the employment market and also to provide opportunity for promotion of those already at work. However, by this formal rather than actual retirement, the individuals are not prohibited from employment or business and other creative opportunities.

1. Nomination and election to all national, regional, and local political positions come from this group. They are well educated, professionally and intellectually, with years of experience in public and private services, still young and energetic. Elected officials will serve without pay; they will receive only a per-diem expenses.

2. Individually or several together, they could establish counseling firms in their areas of expertise, such as engineering, law, etc.

3. Individually or by partnership they can establish new business enterprises. However, if they hire employees, the firm become a part from the formal production system and the owners must gradually transfer their stocks of their business to their employees and abide by the other rules.

4. They can become involved in creative productions such as writing and publishing, painting, artistic production and performance, and music. If these had been their profession during their working years, they can continue except that they will not be eligible to receive capital share but only compensation as an self-employed person.

5. They may decide to enjoy the rest of their life traveling, reading, free-lance writing, painting, and engaged in sports like swimming, tennis etc.

For Neosecularists, human beings were one outcome of the Creator’s experimentation. It seems that the purpose was to find out to what extent these humans would be able to develop and advance their human quality toward the ultimate goal of approaching those of the Creator. After all, their origin was "Pure Energy" which is the essence of the Creator, their physical entity is a degraded part from that pure origin. The question in this experimentation is whether they could find their way to advance and reach their original status of pureness. A full adherence to the principle of "equality of opportunity" in every aspect of material life seems to show the road to this end. It is amazing to notice that the application of this one principle would eliminate any kind of hostility or war, selfishness and greed, excess materialism, and competition with others; it will make religions useless and needless and bring about a cooperative human societies with permanent peace and tranquility, a modest life with prosperity, leisure and happiness. The fascinating fact in all this process is that all will be done with no coercion or intimidation by any organization but by individuals’ own desire as each move independently, toward becoming an advanced, humane and caring being, which is the purpose of Creator’s experimentation as well as that of Neosecularism.

1. For a brief description of Neosecularism see www.democracywhere.com ,Selected Topics: "Neosecularism v. Atheism and Religion.".

2. For a detailed presentation of the whole concept and its components see Passage to the Heaven: Secrets of the Universe, Life and Happiness; and Passage to a Just Society: Secrets of a Democratic Life, Leisure and Happiness. For a full citation and a brief information about these and other books stated above see www.democracywhere.com .

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