Population Growth Without Limit?
An End to a Taboo Subject!
EXCELLENT NEW VIDEO ON OVERPOPULATION
For more than 30 years,
the members of FIGU have endeavoured to bring awareness to mankind — especially
to the governments — that the rapid population increase on earth poses an
immense danger and must be stopped immediately, and that a reduction must take
place to a mass that is tolerable for the planet. (According to our
calculations at that time, this tolerable mass was calculated to be 529 million
people — a population total that can guarantee all resources would be available
in abundance, that nature’s ability for regeneration is preserved and that
large areas remain where the animal and plant kingdoms could develop
undisturbed.) We feel obligated to throw light on this because we have realised
that the fate of humanity rests on whether or not this most pressing of all
great problems of our time is solved. Overpopulation is really the determining
problem-factor, because the more people that live on the Earth, the greater all
the other problems become and the more the demand exists for not only energy
resources like oil, natural gas and uranium, but also fresh water, living space
and food, etc.
As
the population and purchasing power grow, so does the rubbish, exhaust fumes,
waste from energy production and noise, and formerly fertile land disappears
beneath asphalt and concrete or becomes too salty and dries up. Speaking of
energy resources on Earth: It undoubtedly makes a significant difference
whether 7 billion 500 million lunches are prepared daily instead of 500 million
(with wood, gas or electricity), whether “only” 50 million fuel-consuming and
exhaust-producing vehicles, airplanes and heating systems are in use instead of
2 billion , or whether 2 billlion or merely a few dozen million people are
using water in arid regions. The situation is so easy to understand that one
has to ask oneself why the issue is not prominently featured in the media every
day, and one cannot avoid the impression that the overpopulation problem is
being suppressed. The conclusion is obvious and this neglect in considering the
importance of this problem and the urgency of an appropriate solution actually
amounts to a culpable negligence of duty to provide information.
Dealing
with the topic of overpopulation can be compared to an ocean liner that heads
full speed into a group of icebergs, meanwhile:
· the crew and the passengers argue that the ticket prices should decrease and the employee wages should increase.
· there is
criticism that the engine has the wrong colour, or that not enough fuel was
acquired and it will run out before reaching the next gas station; after which
reassurance is given that the problem will solve itself with a little trust in
God because someone will certainly find a new source of fuel on the way.
· inside the
wheel house it is discussed whether the crew must be made up of an equal number
of representatives from different countries, whereas one faction absolutely
insists on having the right of veto on every decision.
· journalists on
board write articles on liaisons between passengers whilst some among them
though are worried about the discovery of an unusual increase in the number of
icebergs within their range of sight.
And
meanwhile the ocean liner travels straight ahead with undiminished speed. This
preposterous situation corresponds in this instance not only to the actual
state of the countries and governments of our Earth, but also to that of the
bulk of the mass media.
If
one deals more specifically with this plight/calamity, inevitably the question
arises, why these circles, organizations and political parties, which espouse
the cause of protecting the environment and who vociferously plead for a
sustainable use of natural resources – quite often in an theatrical manner –
and who shout out loud for measures against climate change and its impact, why
do they avoid talking openly about the basic evil of all problems of our time,
just as the devil avoids the holy water?! On a large scale money is collected
for the protection of dolphins and sharks from industrial fishing, for the
protection of moorlands, lean pastures, rainforests and bird species, for the
construction of water wells in Africa, but also for food-aid in regularly
occurring droughts, as well as caring for stray dogs and cats, etc. etc. And if
we examine more closely all the many brochures and appeals for donation that
land in our letter-boxes, we find out that barely ever even a small clue can be
found therein about the fact that most of these problems could become so urgent
and force countermeasures, only because the human population number downright
exploded on our planet during the last 300 years and continues to do so at an
exorbitant rate. And if in the rare case the overpopulation issue is broached,
the reference to practical and concrete measures against this tremendous menace
for our civilisation is always missing!
Unfortunately,
the human being has the tendency to close his “inner eyes” to the real misery
of his fellow-men, which is quite often placed, manipulated and served bit by
bit flashed in TV images, and he often prefers to bury his head in the sand, in
the hope that all problems will be solved automatically. But in vain! While a
headache may have vanished or anger may have abated after sleep, unfortunately,
this does not happen in the same scope on a global scale. When an oil well has
run dry, it is unrealistic to expect that it will be filled up again after one
year, and that the obviously increasing number of disasters triggered by severe
weather isn't getting smaller, only because the people living in potential
floodplains wish or hope it would be this way. The refusal of many people,
after recognizing a deplorable state of affairs, to allow appropriate
responsible action to follow, leads to the fact, that either they are rushing
through life with blinkers on or they are immersed in the illusory world of the
“living-room altar” (=television sets) where the people, through the well-known
“bread and circuses“ palliation method allow themselves to be lulled, and often
either deteriorate into physical or consciousness dullness or into destructive
aggressiveness. However, this is not only the case in industrial countries, but
equally in large areas of the so-called “developing countries”, where the world
often is perceived through the “spectacles” of escapist TV-series; combined
with appropriate frustration when the discrepancy between the ”dream world” and
real everyday life penetrates into the consciousness.
One
of the primary reasons for the fact that the hot potato “Stop the population
growth” is not grasped in all countries – perhaps with exception of China, or
India a few decades ago (however with unsatisfactory results) – is the fact
that the effective and concrete measures are closely linked to a taboo topic, namely
with sexuality and, associated with it, the – justified – protection of human
privacy. Every measure against overpopulation inevitably affects the use of the
genitals, and hardly anyone is willing to allow any interference into one’s own
sexual activities, not to mention by the government! And so human reproduction
is running along still at full speed in many countries. Nature and environment
break down, whilst the majority of people in the corridors of power (in
politics, economics and media), the so-called elites, are still pouring oil
into the fire of irrationality with their prayer-wheel manner of shouting
“growth, growth, growth”. Nothing is against growth, if it is a question of
quality of life, or about intrinsic values like love, peace, harmony and
wisdom. And nothing is against growth in the sense that there are better crops
because the plants are more robust against pests (and if additionally thereby
the taste and the mineral content would also increase). Unfortunately and as a
general rule, there is no demand for this kind of growth, but instead the
constant increase of the stock markets (Note: Quarterly results, connected with
the corresponding short term view), the increase of wealth as well as the
increase of consumer markets, so that the consumers always buy more dubious and
truly useless products, which again needlessly accelerates the consumption of
precious resources even more. The Result: Ever cheaper products of ever
worsening quality and with less durability. Profit maximization, extra
dividends and exorbitant payment of wages, which bear no relation to the
efforts, lottery winnings, second and third homes, luxury, living the high
life: pure materialistic growth, wherever we look, even in the so-called third
world countries, where only a small social class parasitizes and lives like the
maggots in bacon at the expense of the poor population. The motto: benefits as
high as possible, with the lowest possible input.
It‘s
a shame that the governments of the countries, but also the political parties
in general, as well as commerce cannot, or will not, acknowledge “the signs on
the wall”, i.e. the overpopulation problem and the interconnected threat to our
future, and therefore they do not grapple with at the root of the problem.
Additionally, the electorate (those who vote) are acting in a similarly
disgraceful way when they elect these incompetent politicians to their offices.
The few exceptions to the rule are really exceptions and almost have to be
searched for with a magnifying glass. And the fact that most of the so-called
environmental protection organizations, as well as the main religions and their
sects, shy away from becoming active and recognizing and clearly naming
overpopulation as the main problem and multiplier/disseminator for the other
big problems like famine, climate change, migration, wars, epidemics,
criminality, etc., is extremely scandalous. However, we FIGU members are not
afraid to deal with the taboo subject “population reduction” and to rub
peoples’ noses in it, and hit them around the ears, with concrete
countermeasures for the whole of mankind, that have been under their noses for
so long, until all governments wake up and begin to act in a concrete manner,
and until the population number has decreased to a number that is digestible or
compatible for our planet. And this compatible size for the planet Earth ranges
somewhere between half a billion and one billion people, because the optimal
total population figures are dependent on the climate, the available resources and
the fertile land etc., and this has to be definitively determined in due time.
We FIGU members and our friends have great perseverance and we are aware of the
fact that this is a task that will challenge us over centuries.
Before
starting to explain the concrete measures, I have to make a digression to
something very important: The fight against overpopulation is only one of many
important issues that are pursued by FIGU or its members, and presented to the
public. One the one hand, the focus of our activities lies on the fulfillment
of one’s own self-responsibility in connection with performing and developing
one’s own intrinsic values and realizations (virtues, character, striving for
the truth, etc.), and on the other hand on the dissemination of writings and
information (the so-called “spiritual teaching”), that allows people to
identify the true meaning of life, veiled and falsified by the religions, and
to free oneself from beliefs. Although we have nothing in common with religions
and sects, we respect the right of every person to become blessed by his own
belief, at least when no fellow-human beings are harmed and when, e.g., no
misdirected suicide bombers are trying to send those of different faiths into
the hereafter, because they live in an idiotic delusional belief that virgins
galore are waiting for them in heaven. (The belief in the existence of
virgins in heaven, who soon won't be virgins any more, would require a lot of
explaining, but is not the focus of this article. Such a belief belongs in the
same category as the image of eternal harp-playing on the heavenly clouds, or
that billions of deceased souls are sitting at God's feet.) We FIGU members
demand of ourselves to avoid the fields of belief, illusion and delusion and to
always search for the truth behind all things. Furthermore, we let people share
in the valuable information that is transmitted to us from highly-developed
human beings from other worlds (extraterrestrials) via their Swiss intermediary
“Billy” Eduard A. Meier. This information is extraordinarily helpful for
understanding our position in the universe, to avoid unnecessary errors and to
eventually achieve freedom on Earth. And last but not least it is extremely
important to point out the fact that the human being does not live once only,
in order to then vanish into a heaven or a hell for all eternity. The
realization of the fact that all of us incarnate again and again in new bodies
over millions of years, on the planet where we have died, is very important for
the understanding of the justice of our proposed measures which are explained
later in this text.
If it is
recognized and accepted that – after our death – we human beings will incarnate
with a new personality in a new body and will then find before us the world and
those conditions that we have left to our children and children’s children,
then the urgency of these measures unexpectedly may look quite
different! And the fact that the gender of people will not remain the same
over different incarnations, but rather that a former man can be born as a
woman sooner or later, and the other way around, may possibly allow one to be
attuned thoughtfully to one or the other; this may be especially the case if it
is a question of living together as man and woman, and the related expectations,
attitudes of thought and abusive actions. Anyone who is interested in this
matter may find much information (in German, and some in English and other
languages) in our books and booklets, and on the Internet (www.figu.org).
At
the beginning of the nineties of the 20th century, in booklet Nr. 1 on the subject of overpopulation,
Billy Meier proposed radical, but nevertheless humane measures to get the
raging overpopulation and its resulting effects under control as fast as
possible. These measures, the application of which successfully and
definitively solved the problems of overpopulation on other worlds tens of
thousands of years ago, lead back to the old prophets Nokodemion and Henok.
Billy Meier’s radical and concrete proposals may offend many people and in many
people may provoke a “thinking system breakdown”, including an “inner outcry”.
This, however, can only be the case with people whose reason and sense of
responsibility is insufficiently developed, or with those, who have no
knowledge of the profound hidden values. To close this gap of knowledge, it is
necessary that the system and the many connected measures are explained in
detail.
Besides,
it is to be considered that time is running away, and whilst reading up to this
passage in this text, already thousands of children have been
born. Consider: While at the end of 1975 exactly 3,889,992,910 people were
living on our planet, this number has nearly doubled in the meantime (status at
December 11, 2007 = 7,684,227,416 people). These numbers, provided by the
extraterrestrial scientists from planet Erra, disclose that the estimations by
the terrestrial “Population experts” amount to about 6.5 billion people, which
is about one billion lower than reality. The result of this is that the
overpopulation disaster is even much more substantial than is officially
assumed. According to a study by the UN, which was published in spring
2005, a population of 9.1 Billion people is calculated for the year 2050. It is
obvious that this time horizon must be shortened considerably.
While
reading this expanded version of Billy’s propositions, it is important to keep
in mind that the measures are designed to be simultaneously introduced
world-wide in all countries (with a possible exception of primitive people – if
they still exist – who are self sustaining in remote and isolated areas). In
addition to this world-wide implementation it is an absolutely necessary
requirement that those in high positions in all countries – the politicians,
scientists, aristocrats, billionaires and members of the clergy etc. – may not
enjoy any exclusive rights, but rather are on equal terms with the other people
without any exception! And of course it is completely self-evident that –
besides the main measures demanded by Billy – there is yet a multitude of other
actions necessary to resolve all the serious problems and evils of our time.
But more on this later in this article.
Explaining
the system
The
ultimate aim of all these measures is to effectively slow down the population
growth to a standstill, to be followed by a decrease. To close one’s eyes and
wait any longer worsens the situation each day for huge human masses and is
extending the time of any measures taking effect. But sooner or later such
measures have to be taken, if humanity does not continue to sit back and do
nothing, and if all consequences are not accepted in a fatalistic way any
longer. The effects caused by overpopulation have already been long in progress
and will even become intensified, because – according to the law of cause and
effect –a continuous over-exploitation will be followed sooner or later by
infirmity and death. (An analogy may serve to prove the fact that if a human
being is locked up in an airtight room, which is equipped with food and water
in surplus, he will sooner or later die of lack of oxygen.)
After
a transitional period and a halt in the growth of the population figures at a
high level, caused by the fact that the younger generations are becoming older
and older, and because of the increased life expectancy in many countries, the
number of births should sink below the level of deaths, which will start the
process of a shrinking population number. The generation of offspring will be
tied to obligatory conditions that have to be imperatively obeyed. A graded
system with seven-year phases of “permission to procreate” and “no births
allowed” provides a relatively fast brake-effect, and important factors, like
the preservation of the generations, or maintenance of economic sectors and
educational systems, will be taken into account. Through a world-wide education
campaign, the understanding for the necessity of the measures will grow in all
sections of society of all countries, just as it is the case with the necessary
power of endurance during the several hundred years of the transition period
into a peaceful future.
The
measures
As
has been mentioned in the introduction of this text, effective measures against
overpopulation do not begin with the symptoms, but at its roots, i.e. in human
private life, of sexual intercourse between man and woman. Since sexuality in
human life is entirely natural, nobody has the right to restrict its practice,
just as this should also not be the case regarding the intake of food, or the
urge to be on the move, etc. This non-interference also applies regarding the
practice of masturbation, as well as with regard to those people who are
attracted to the same gender. But there must be restrictions with regard to the
practicing of sexuality however, if the freedom of will of others is
restricted, if the health and the freedom of fellow-human beings are threatened
directly or indirectly, and if the healthy psychological development of
children is affected. With regard to the introduction of the birth-stop
measures, this means that people are still free to maintain friendships and
associate with acquaintances that include sexual activities, as long as these
relationships are voluntarily and mutually started by the partners and if no
illegal pregnancies result.
When
a couple (a man and a woman) have found themselves to be in love with each
other, and when both have the desire for their own child, they have to comply
with the following procedure:
They
submit a request to the public authorities and let their union be registered
officially. This step may be taken only if both partners are totally free in
their decision and are not influenced by any other person, any external
traditions and pressure or repressions.
The
minimum age for the arrangement of a registration application is 25 years for
the woman and 30 years for the man. (Decisive is the year, in which one has
been born. For a woman, who is born on the 31st December of the year 2000, the 1st January 2025 is the earliest
possible date for a registration application. If she is born one day later, on
the 1st January 2001, the earliest date is
the 1st January 2026.) The difference in
age between man and woman arises from the fact that the process and standard of
becoming mature, with regard to the psyche, is occurring at different speeds.
(It is interesting to note that in Switzerland – on average – people who marry
are within this age range.) Besides, the age limits are deliberately fixed at
this level so the people have enough time to learn one or more professions, to
sort things out clearly about the direction of their future path of life, and
to complete the process of growing-up. Furthermore, in that way both partners
have several years time to be gainfully employed and to save enough money so
that good materialistic conditions are available at the beginning for a
family-to-be. Whether this union shall be confirmed additionally in a Church or
sect, is left to the couple’s discretion, but it has to be made sure also that
no constraint and distress is exerted on the couple. In the three years
following the marriage, the married couple has the obligation to devote much
effort to the development of the partnership/relationship, to prepare
themselves for the demanding role as parents and to build a home of their own.
These are requirements that will grant to the child the highest possible chance
to grow up in material safety and in a loving environment.
When
those three years have expired, the partners reach the so-called “procreation
age” (female = 28 years, male = 33 years) and have the right to submit a
request to the state for the permission to conceive a child. The permission
process must guarantee that the following prerequisites for conceiving a child
have been fulfillled:
· Both marriage partners have taken advantage of the
time and come to the mutual realization that they are really suited to each
other, that they love each other and that they want to spend their future lives
together.
· Both have a good reputation, a good name, which e.g. means: to be
hard-working, not to accumulate debt, not performing prostitution or criminal
activities, and also not indulging as a parasite (= to live off the state or
other people).
· The married couple proves their independence by leaving the parental homes
at a time before their marriage, which means that the married couple settles
down on their own, has founded their own household and are living together
under one roof. To be independent and breaking away from one’s parental home is
a basic requirement for the development of a true, healthy and durable
marriage.
· The married couple must learn to make all decisions independently and/or
together, and they are challenged to reject or repulse any interference from
the relatives, including the parents. This, however, does not mean that there
should be no contact with the parents, grandparents, brothers and sisters,
etc., and that no advice etc. can be sought.
It
is a generally accepted fact that the experiences during a human being’s first
years are formative and are shaping the character. Neglect or maltreatment,
respectively, very often cannot be corrected (perhaps with very sparse
exceptions) and, therefore, leads to very bad consequences for children and
children’s children. With this in mind, it will be a duty to any
self-responsible person to prepare himself for the coming challenging task
prior to the conception of a child. Among other things, this means that –
before procreation – the prospective parents have to intensively study the
basics of child education, which also means to train in self- development
(Eigenerziehung). This could mean, e.g., that a tendency for a violent temper
has to be worked on, or that counter-measures are taken against a tendency to
be full of self-pity and tearful or complaining (Wehleidigkeit), etc.
Furthermore, at least some real love should exist between the prospective
parents, because this creates a high probability that the family will last, and
it will offer safety and security to the future earth human. Another important
aspect of the capability to educate a child is the requirement that both
partners have experienced at least six years of schooling and that at least one
of the two partners can read and write well. Both partners must master the main
language of that country in which they are living or will live. This is
absolutely necessary for good integration as well as for an understanding of
the cultural, socio-political and social conditions of the domicile or home
country, respectively.
With
the exception of the above-mentioned indigenous/primitive people, it should no
longer be allowed that illiterate people conceive children, which – by the way
– will considerably improve the situation especially for the women in many
countries!
Since
each human being has a creational birthright to physical, psychological and
consciousness-related health, this means that children have a right to parents,
who avoid everything before and after procreation that could harm the growing
human being in the womb, and later on as well. Consequently, the fulfilllment
of this basic birthright means that a person capable of procreation has no
unconditional right to have his own children, even if there is no
overpopulation problem. It can be concluded from this that certain specific
conditions have to be fulfillled for the procreation of a child, and the six
most important prerequisites are presented below:
1. Evidence of a highly probable guarantee regarding nutrition, finances,
housing and work, etc.; the family shall not live in need, because parents must
devote themselves full time to the child, at least in the first years (for
biological and psychological reasons it is the mother who is most suited for
staying home and caring for the children during their first years).
2. Evidence that both parents neither suffer from a psychological illness
(e.g. depression and/or mania = so-called bipolar disorder), nor a so-called
”mental disease“ (e.g. schizophrenia) or even from a degenerative illness (e.g.
early stage dementia).
3. Evidence that both parents are not limited to any extent with regard to
intellect and consciousness etc. so that they are not capable of living an
independent life and need considerable help from other people (which,
unfortunately, is the case with most of those people who have to bear their
fate as being “mentally handicapped”).
4. Evidence that no parent suffers from an hereditary disease which could
be transmitted to the child, like e.g. haemophilia, cystic fibrosis, muscular
dystrophy, etc. For this purpose medical and genetic-technological research has
to be continuously promoted, with the result of ever better and more
sophisticated, diagnoses, and on the other hand to develop better and
better remedies as well as methods to disable or to remediate defective
diseased genes.
5. Evidence that a parent did not suffer from an addiction within the last
three (better seven) years that could/will harm the foetus; this must be
checked through regular blood tests during the first three years after the
marriage. Addictive substances include, e.g., alcohol, heroin, marijuana and
synthetic drugs, but also nicotine, certain drugs as well as anabolic steroids
and narcotics. Moderate and regular intake of alcohol must not necessarily be
an addiction in each case, of course, but the parents must be aware that the
man and the woman must refrain from drinking alcohol a certain amount of time
before conception/procreation, and the woman also during pregnancy, because it
is a fact that alcohol damages the genetic substance of the embryo or fetus
more or less.
6. Evidence that the marriage partners do not belong to extremist or
subversive groups, because – due to their mind-set – members of such groups are
not able to grant their children a neutral education. They are not able to
accept or to recognize the necessity of law and order and to let their children
grow up as free-, neutral- and independent-thinking citizens. This also applies
to people, who belong to sects etc. and/or who consider the life or value of
other people as inferior because of their skin colour, belief, race etc. or who
elevate themselves above the masses (“the chosen one/s”), who grant themselves
a special status and/or are propagating violence against fellow-human beings.
All
the above-mentioned conditions have to be conscientiously controlled by
governmental authorities, i.e. by specially trained administrative
representatives of impeccable character, who have good experience as parents.
The entire check-up must be done in a neutral form and without bribery/corruption, without favouritism/nepotism and without racial discrimination etc., and
when all terms are fulfillled, the permission to procreate must be granted.
This permission allows the married couple to procreate a maximum of three
children, and this permission applies to the current marriage.
A
maximum number of three children (their own and/or adopted or foster-children)
ensures that all children of a family receive enough attention, and attention
must be paid of course to that fact that no exaggerated care or spoiling
occurs. Furthermore, it is an advantage for the psychological development of
children if they can grow up with children of the same age, no matter if from
the same family or the neighbourhood.
Here
the reader may object and be of the opinion that only one or two children per
marriage will lead to a reduction of the population and that the permission of
three children per marriage would stand in conflict with the achievement of the
intended goal. To answer this: It will be a relatively rare occurrence that
parents make use of the permitted number of three children per marriage,
because many people don't want to have more than one or two children, and many
simply cannot fulfill the conditions. Furthermore it is desirable that parents,
who have very good abilities and capacities in child education, shall be able
to give the chance to grow up with love and security to more than just one
child.
Since
a certain divorce rate has to be expected on earth for the time being – despite
the above-mentioned detailed clarifications, or in the case that a spouse dies
– it will occur that divorced or widowed spouses want to enter into a new
marriage, with an accompanying desire to have children. Therefore, the limit of
three children will not be restricted to one marriage, but is valid for and
relates to a woman. It is obvious, however, that twins or even triplets are
counted individually; that’s why a woman with triplets has reached the final
number of offspring and is not allowed to conceive more children. And it is
also clear that after a new wedding, a new three-year trial period with all
associated requirements has to be fulfillled, before a further procreation may
occur.
Another
problem, which brings much grief to ever more married couples (but is also
lowering the birth rate), is the increasing infertility of man and woman. It
can indeed be said that nature has begun to protect itself even in the human
reproduction sphere against overpopulation and the connected destruction. Of
course this doesn’t happen through our planet’s symbolic scratching of its
body, because the clusters of people (cities) and industrial areas are
spreading like skin ulcers over our planet; and as well it doesn’t happen by
the order of any kind of God. Nature’s “defence action” is rather a natural
result of the law of cause and effect, mainly triggered by the increasing
poisoning of the environment and food through chemicals, electric-smog and
radioactivity, etc.
Of
course it would be absurd to introduce worldwide birth control, and, at the
same time, trying to overcome infertility problems through great medical
efforts (e.g. artificial insemination or procreation in a test-tube). Despite
the great psychological strain on the affected couples, in vitro fertilization
has to be prohibited, and fertility problems have to be confined to natural
methods, as for example a healthy diet, avoidance of stress, lowering of the
testicle temperature and reduction of the exposure to radiation, etc. If a
woman ultimately doesn’t get pregnant, the couple has to bear this problem
calmly, because life is absolutely worth living also without children. Besides,
infertile couples with a valid permit to procreate may apply for adoption of
some other people’s child. Especially in the beginning and transitional period
of such birth-stop measures and because of the connected penalties (see below),
there will certainly be many children in need of loving foster-parents. As a
side note: It is obvious that the disgraceful surrogate motherhood, which
degrades the child to an object, must be prohibited.
Concerning
adoption and foster-care it is necessary to mention that children, who are to
be adopted, should stay in their own country/cultural area whenever possible,
where they are looked after by people from the same race and mentality.
Now
is the moment to start explaining the birth-stop system I already mentioned
above:
The
limit of three children per woman will be combined with phases of seven-year
periods, during which procreation is allowed or not allowed, respectively.
Apart from the fact that the conditions for procreation already represent a big
change in the present understanding of freedom, combined with great
psychological problems and learning performance, these seven-year cycles can’t
take place simultaneously, at least not during the introduction phase. Instead
there must be a gradation of stages (Staffelung), because otherwise the social
and economic problems would become too great. If no more children were born
during a seven-year period, whole economic sectors would shrink and much
know-how would get lost (teaching professions, apprenticeships/trainings,
products for small children, delivery rooms in hospitals, midwifes, etc.).
That’s why the introduction or enforcement, respectively, of the birth-stop
phases should take place in graded stages (staggered manner).
In
FIGU’s overpopulation pamphlet Nr. 3, I proposed that the permission to
procreate or rather the seven-year cycles be associated with the first letter
of the family name, but since this might waste too much administrative energy
and lead to too much uncertainty, I suggest the following system: Definitive
for the permission to procreate is the woman’s date of birth. All women on
Earth will be divided into two categories, namely those who are born on an odd
day, for example on the 1st ,17th or on the 31st of a month, or on an even day, for example on the 2nd, 18th or 30th of a month. This makes it a
requirement that all births on the planet are correctly registered and that
each child is assigned to an exact birth date. Starting with the introduction
of the worldwide birth-stop measures, seven-year phases/stages of permission to
procreate and procreation prohibition will alternate. Example: By the 1st January 2015 those married women,
who have been born on a day with an even number, will receive permission to
conceive one to three children during a seven-year period. On the 31st December 2021 this right will
expire, and starting the next day, it will be turn of the wives with an odd
birth number for the next seven years. (Of course the duration of the
seven-year period is reduced depending on the date of marriage and the date of
the permission to procreate). These seven-year periods are repeated until the
terrestrial population number has decreased to the target value.
After
this, the terms of permission to procreate will stay in force, but the
seven-year cycle is cancelled. Due to the fact that the system is based on the
birth number, fairness for all people is guaranteed, even when the effects are
varied because of the progressive phases/stages. In any case it is possible for
any woman to become pregnant, starting with the age of 35 at the latest,
assuming that the marriage and the permission to procreate have occurred early
enough.
The
desire for a baby will be declared as fulfillled if the infant survives and
does not die in a natural way within six months after birth. (On this occasion
it should be mentioned that it is beneficial for the wife to observe a
three-year regeneration period between the births.) If – in the most “favourable”
case – a married couple has seven full years at their disposal to procreate
children, much stress is omitted, which will have a positive influence on the
ability to conceive and generally will improve the quality of life.
It
is quite understandable that the introduction of the birth-stop measures will
not arouse joy and enthusiasm around the world, because many people will have
to remain childless for life. The number of those, who will revolt against it,
will be huge, because it cannot be expected for a long time that a sense of
responsibility, compassion, logical thinking, foresight, detachment from
religious-sectarian constraints, as well as peacefulness will be anchored to a
considerable extent within the masses of earth humans. There will be plenty of
those who are of the opinion that – because of their social or political
position, their large net assets, their aristocratic descent or their religious
aspirations, etc. – they have the right to be viewed as an exceptional case,
and they will try to lay claim to their alleged right. Right from the beginning
rigorous measures must be put in place to refuse such foreseeable claims of
injustice. Therefore, the introduction of the birth-stop measures must be
accompanied with adequate harsh but just sanctions which have to be announced
to all people and which have to be rigorously applied.
However,
before listing the penalties, there are two insights and one claim to consider:
· After the successful introduction of the procreation regulations, there
won't be any unwanted children or so-called “accidents” any more.
· Each child will have the guarantee that he/she was wanted, at least at
the beginning of his/her life.
· Each child has the right to know who his/her biological father is.
This
knowledge must not be withheld by the mother and, therefore, the genotype of
each newborn child has to be compared to those of the parents.
Control
or penalty measures
Anyone,
who does not obey the birth-stop measures as soon as they have been introduced
world-wide, clearly demonstrates that they don’t give a damn for the long-term
well-being of children and the children’s children. They live according to the
stupid saying: “I don’t care what happens after I’ve gone”. With their lack of
understanding, such people clearly prove that they don't possess the required
sense of responsibility, which is necessary for the healthy education of
offspring.
If a
woman gives birth to a child without having received the necessary permission,
then the baby must be taken away from her after birth and given into the care
of foster parents or released for adoption. The guilty woman and the father of
the child will be sterilized and, depending on the situation, forced to pay up
to10 annual wages, for which they have to work hard for many years. On the one
hand the fine will be used to financially support the foster parents and to
invest money in a savings account for the illegally procreated child, and on
the other hand it will serve to accumulate a national fund, which in turn
serves to reduce cases of hardship that arise from the birth-stop measures. Of
course any violation of the birth stop measures must be examined in detail to
prevent injustice. Likewise it is also the responsibility of every woman to
immediately and at an early stage report to the administration as soon as she
is diagnosed with an unauthorized pregnancy, so that there can be an abortion
at an early stage. If she can convincingly prove that the contraceptive
measures have failed or that she was raped (which must be reported
immediately), severe measures do not apply, when the violation occurs for the
first time. The reason why special attention is given to the woman regarding
the birth-stop measures is based on the fact that it is she who is becoming
pregnant, and not the man. But at the same time this also means that the woman
alone decides whether or not she wants to become pregnant, or whether or not
she wants to have an abortion. (If the pregnant girl has not yet reached
adulthood, it is the parents or guardians who have to decide, though the young
female must be listened to adequately.)
In the
case of rape (it doesn't matter whether by man or woman) and violation (which
includes sexual abuse of children as well as the abuse of people as sex slaves)
the guilty persons must be sterilized and expelled from society. The same
measures apply to sodomites (Zoophily), i.e. those men and women, who are
abusing animals to satisfy their sexual urge.
Because
an offence against the birth-stop measures is connected to severe penalties, it
is the duty of all governments/states to make available sufficient and reliable
contraceptives and to teach the people their correct application. As a means to
control the compliance with the measures, each girl and each woman, who is
capable of becoming pregnant, is obliged to undergo a pregnancy test at least
every three months. This also applies to those women, who have permission to
procreate but are in the seven-year phase, where they are not allowed to become
pregnant.
If a
woman – who has no permission to procreate – gets pregnant, either an abortion
has to be carried out immediately, or the baby must be given away for adoption
or foster parents. When measures against overpopulation are in force, an
abortion represents an act of self-defence and is not considered as murder,
which quite contrarily would be the case if, e.g., a foetus is aborted because
it has an undesired (= female, as a rule!) sex/gender.
What
now?
Most
countries on Earth are burdened by heavy debts, and after payment of huge amounts
of interest there is hardly any money left to put a stop to a further increase
of debt, let alone to discharge it. This trap and threat may be taken as an
analogue to overpopulation, because the higher the number of people, the longer
it takes until the reduction can reach a healthy, bearable size, assuming that
counter-measures are taken at all. Even after a worldwide introduction of
birth-stop measures according to FIGU’s method, which may be called an ”express
method“, it would still need several centuries until the terrestrial population
would have decreased to half a billion, the optimal number for our planet.
Unfortunately,
the chance that the “introduction” as mentioned above will occur is extremely
low, nearly zero. There is absolutely no indication in sight that the
governments or the majority of the people will summon up the insight and the
courage to get down to the root of the overpopulation problem and to accomplish
an effective birth stop, whether it would be by the FIGU method or some other
system. This is understandable, because a great number of additional measures
are necessary to be taken and accomplished. To list them all and explain in
detail would expand this text to thousands of pages. (I will leave this task to
the scientists of all fields to formulate the necessary actions.) Nevertheless,
a few points and tasks shall be mentioned, to show that a tremendous amount of
thought and educational-work must be performed. We are facing a problem that
makes the so-called “Marshall Plan” after the Second World War look like a
trifle in comparison.
The
following list is neither complete, nor sorted according to priority. All
points are equally important and have to be successfully implemented.
1. The United Nations (UN) has to be replaced by a new organisation in
which all countries have the same rights and duties and whose representatives
are directly elected by the people.
2. The Security Council, in which a few world powers have the right of
veto, must be abolished.
3. A multinational peace combat troop must be created, consisting of
soldiers from all countries. These combat units – together with the police
forces in each country – will have a monopoly of weapons and exclusively
consist of people who are committed to high ethical values. They will be
subordinate to a commando that was elected from the UN’s successor organization
and must be provided with clearly defined authority and tasks. (Further
information may be found in several articles of FIGU members.)
4. In return, all armies from all countries must be dissolved. In each
country only police forces will remain to guarantee the observance of the local
laws and order.
5. All weapons of mass destruction will have to be destroyed immediately.
6. In the future, the production of weapons must fulfill the following two
conditions:
a) They can be used by their owners
only (personal encoding and adjustment to their individual personality
frequency), and b) they contain an additional function to put someone out of
action without killing them.
7. The terrestrial penal systems must be unified and severed from
religions. The death penalty must be abolished, and zones have to be delineated
(e.g. islands, remote areas), to which the delinquents will be deported and
where, depending on the degree of severity of their offence, they have to stay
for a certain amount of time or even the rest of their lives, without the
possibility of a successful escape attempt. The delinquents must be provided
with educational material and suitable equipment etc., with which they can
support themselves. Great care must be taken to make sure that it is impossible
for the delinquents, their guards as well as non-offenders etc. to mix with
each other.
8. All political parties and religious groups must be dissolved and only
capable persons of impeccable character may be elected into the governments.
Those men and women shall be selected and elected, who have the well-being of
the country and all citizens in mind, and who don't crave for power and wealth.
9. The members of the government will be directly elected by the people,
for a period of office of at least 20 years, with the option of a re-election.
In this way it is possible to pursue a long-term policy and not to waste energy
every four years with electoral campaigns and ballots.
10. The state and church/religion are to be strictly separated in every
country. Religion-related expenses (building and maintaining of churches,
synagogues, temples and mosques as well as the priests’ wages etc.) must be
paid by the believers themselves.
11. Qualified, skilled people must be trained and committees must be formed,
to acquire the necessary knowledge in practical psychology, spiritual teaching,
education, ethics, healthcare, etc., so they become capable to instruct the
prospective parents, the children and the entire population, and to carry out
assessment in connection with the permission to procreate.
12. The efforts to research alternative energy sources, e.g. to tap and make
use of the inexhaustible electron energy, have to be furthered with high
priority.
13. Genetic research must be furthered, especially with regard to prenatal
diagnostics, so it is possible to recognize illnesses and damages in the embryo
and fetus, respectively at an ever earlier stage of development. This shall
guarantee to a great extent that only healthy children see the light of day.
14. Genetic engineering must also be furthered in the areas of health and
food, so that it will be possible, for example, to culture/grow meat in order
that keeping animals in masses will some day be a thing of the past and that
the people will still be supplied with the animal proteins which are necessary
for their healthy development.
15. Addicts must be given assistance by the state authorities. From this it
ensues that the traditions and customs of whole cultures and populations have
to be reversed to positive pathways, like e.g. in Russia or South American
countries in the case of abuse of alcohol and drugs (opium, coca leaves etc.).
16. Regarding actions connected with a security risk, as e.g. operating
transportation vehicles, etc., a zero tolerance must be enforced for the
consumption of drugs and alcohol. There may be no mitigation of punishment if
criminal acts have occurred under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs; quite
the contrary: the penalties must be more severe.
17. The genital mutilation of girls and women must be abolished immediately.
Contravention must be punished with a lifelong expulsion from society.
18. Because of an increasing high proportion of elderly people and
increasing numbers of couples who have no children, the present systems of
provisions for old-age are coming under pressure, even beginning to topple.
Therefore it is the task of the government and especially of the social
community, to guarantee elderly people a worthy life. Among other things, this
should occur through the “duty of voluntary help”, when the governmental system
is overtaxed due to a lack of wage-earners and employers who are
paying/contributing to the pension system.
19. The immigration of young manpower from poor countries into higher
developed countries as a means to increase the amount of payers/contributors to
the pension system must be stopped.
20. When young people from emerging countries are going to do job training
in industrial countries (Universities etc.), then these people have to go back
to their homeland after the training, to make their contribution in the
development of their native country. This also includes refugees, who in the
case of a personal (= individually made to the person concerned) life threat,
may very well take refuge in another country, but have to immediately return as
soon as the personal threat does not exist anymore.
21. Famine relief, i.e. delivering food in regions that are overpopulated,
must be stopped.
22. International help, or help in general, always has to be orientated
according to the motto “helping people to help themselves”.
23. Absolutely safe contraceptives must be developed and produced, which on
the one hand don't show disadvantages to one’s health, and on the other hand
are easy to use and to control.
24. Children have to be informed about the use of contraceptives and about
the procreation requirements even before they reach the age of procreation or
ability to conceive, respectively.
25. Regions and countries, where the use of contraceptives is not promoted
on a large scale and where no effective educational campaign takes place
relating to this, may not receive any financial/economic or food aid from other
countries.
26. The interbreeding of national communities and races on a large scale
must be avoided. The degrading “import” of “marriage partners” from foreign
cultures has to be stopped, just as the misuse of marriage to attain
citizenship of a foreign country.
27. Each country is obligated to ensure order in its territory and, when
this isn't done, to bear the corresponding consequences.
28. The exploitation of resources (metals, mineral ores, oil, etc.) must
occur as environmentally friendly as possible, and it must be ensured that a
fair price is paid for it which corresponds with the buying power of the buyer
(country). The proceeds must be of direct benefit to the respective population,
for example towards the improvement of the educational system.
29. Corrupt regimes have to be isolated and deprived of their power.
30. All inhabitants of the countries have to work and earn their living
(with exception of mothers of minors as well as sick or handicapped people). If
this is not possible because of unemployment (lack of a paid job), the people
concerned have to render a service to the community (for example caring for the
elderly, doing cleaning work for the community in the city and surrounding
area, assist those people who, because of handicap and illness etc., are not
able to earn their living). Anyone who refuses to contribute his efforts, won't
receive any money from the government, but will merely be paid in kind, so that
food and modest accommodation is guaranteed (so-called survival assistance).
31. The wage/salary system must become fair; there must be an upper limit to
one’s salary. Each person must be able to earn his living with his own hands
and head, if there is a full commitment/effort.
32. The people have to be informed about the fact that frequent changing of
sexual partners entails big health risks, which is clearly shown with the
example of the spreading of AIDS. To a great extent it is the children who are
suffering, either because they are sick themselves or were born sick, or
because they become orphans. (The wish to decimate humankind through the
spreading of terminal illnesses may serve the purpose, but is, from the humane
point of view, absolutely reprehensible. The reduction of the human population
must solely occur on a basis of insight and common sense.)
33. The teaching of humankind on the values of the spiritual teaching and
the knowledge associated with it is of fundamental importance, because as long
as people are the slaves of false doctrines from religions, it will be
impossible that in the individual countries the correct and lasting measures
will be embraced. Also peace between people and nations will not be possible,
as long as the religions make people dependent and subordinate to them or to a
God or Gods.
34. Since the writings of the spirit teaching are deliberately written in
German, and since no other language on Earth allows all nuances to be explained
in such details, the German language shall become the common world language.
Next to it all the other languages shall still be used, cared for and
preserved, of course.
This is just a short
list of measures, all of which are necessary to carry out the fight against
overpopulation successfully and humanely. A very condensed list, behind, which
is concealed a great many thoughts and steps to be taken, will inevitably lead
to the question: “How and where shall we start?” Well, since time immemorial
and for all eternity it is, and continues to be, the duty of every reasonable
and responsible person to begin with every kind of change and improvement with
themselves. Each person, who has recognized the emergency and danger of the
overpopulation problem, is called upon to observe the proposed measures with
one’s best ability (with the exception of the 7-year-cycle). This appeal is
especially directed to all persons in responsible and influential positions, so
that they become aware of their responsibility and are working towards a steady
increase in understanding and acceptance for the birth-stop measures.
Consider
this: With every billion people less, the quality of life will increase, and
through insight into the necessity of the worldwide and long-term measures, the
chance increases that the global community will develop a “sense of unity”
(sense of “us”). In a world without overpopulation, the people will be happy
again to meet fellow-human beings, because they aren't living crammed next to
each other and above each other anymore like in beehives, which leads to
indifference towards the problems and worries of other human beings. It’s in
the hands of the people of Earth to decide which way they want to choose: the
one forced upon them (through hunger, misery, catastrophes, etc.), or the one
deliberately chosen (through the use of common sense, insight and
self-responsibility).
It is
imperative now to not let oneself be intimidated by the outcry of all those narrow-thinking
and unreasonable people, who don't recognise the gravity of the situation or
don't want to recognize it and are wallowing in egoism or false humanism, all
of which will inevitably lead to distress and misery. Such people don't
recognize that the measures we are proposing are really humane,
· because they have a uniform validity for all people;
· because they make it possible to reach a goal in the shortest time
possible, which is in the interest of all the people living on Earth now and
for the future generations;
· because a gigantic educational campaign is associated with it, which
will enable all people on Earth to become mature and responsible adults and
citizens;
· because it won't be accepted in a fatalistic way that billions of people
will vegetate in circumstances beneath human dignity (slums, extreme poverty,
poisoning, etc.);
· because the right to live is not contentious for anybody who has been
born.
The
narrow-thinking and unreasonable people do not recognize that – if we do not
act now – we will be threatened by inhumane measures in the future, because –
due to the constantly increasing effects of overpopulation – the climate is
continuing to act more and more in a crazy way, and the supply of every day
goods to the people becomes more and more difficult. The social structures will
continue to break down, as an ever growing number of people have to struggle
for bare survival in many places. Based on a prophecy it cannot be excluded,
unfortunately, that governments will start to impose radical and inhumane
measures and enforce them with violence. Such measures could even include the
imposition of the death penalty for the illegal procreation of offspring, a
terrible prospect. Therefore we really should do everything so that such a terrible
degeneracy never will come true.
Each
person is called upon to think on his/her own about that which has been
presented to you above, and to keep one’s eyes open so as to become aware of
the slowly developing changes associated with population growth. Pictures of
mega cities or smoke-filled industrial zones etc. are to be recognized as what
they really show: Ulcers and disease patterns of our civilisation, where people
are losing sight of taking care of their inner growth in the rush of everyday
life. We have to realize that hard and difficult years of privation are
approaching, because we have to do some rethinking in many matters, and many
restrictions have to be endured. But if we always keep in mind that we are
doing this for the well-being of the planet, the fauna and the flora, and
derived from this also for the well-being of our children and children’s
children, then everything becomes bearable and endurable. And that is where the
circle becomes complete, because let’s remember: Some day we will walk over
Mother Earth as our children’s children and be confronted with the fruits of
our efforts of today – hopefully in a positive sense!