The Parallel Movement
If you have found your way here, it is likely you are motivated to do what you can to save the world from evil. However, it is not always easy to know where to start and how to go about doing so. As I have talked about in The Journey, the first place to start is with yourself, but as you get further in your journey, we come to the stage of World Improvement, taking the strength you have gathered and using it to influence and shape the world around you for the better.
Similar to how we learn that the best way to orient ourselves after awakening is not in opposition to evil, but pursuit of good, when we approach changing the world, we find that instead of trying to destroy the bad system, or fix them, it is best we build something good apart from these systems. This strategy is already being applied across many areas of society, from education and finance to religion and community building. This is called The Parallel Movement.
In this article, I will cover everything you need to know from the high level of what is a parallel movement and how it grows, to how you should approach getting involved and a few parallel movements that you might want to consider that are already gaining momentum. Let’s dive in.
WHAT IS THE PARALLEL MOVEMENT?
The parallel movement is based on the idea that we can improve the world, not by destroying the broken systems, or undertaking the arduous task of reforming them from the inside, but instead by building healthy, alternative systems that will steadily grow to overtake the old. There are many movements that are already underway to provide alternatives to broken systems, even though they don’t know they are part of the larger trend that is the parallel movement. For example, crypto, homeschooling, and regenerative farming are a few examples of societies natural immune system fighting back against the infections in finance, education, and farming systems.
The value of building parallel systems is that it answers the important question of “what alternative do we have?” Even if your educational system is corrupt and inept, simply stopping education is not a viable solution. We need to first create something outside of the system before others can defect and adopt a new way of being.
It is also important to establish the term Parallel Movement in the zeitgeist as it will serve as a clear beacon for those who are frustrated by the corruption of the system and want to put their energy towards making a difference. The more clearly this goal of building healthy, alternative systems is established in the minds of the people, the more will hear the call and join the cause.
HOW TO GROW A PARALLEL MOVEMENT
We are in the early stages of these parallel movements gaining momentum, and it will be important for all of us to understand how parallel movements can be built and how they will grow with time. If you follow my content, you know I advocate for the understanding of meta patterns as they can almost always be applied across all levels. In this case, we can apply the well developed strategy of startups, a form of the evolutionary meta pattern, to parallel movements.
Startups begin with an idea of how to do something better. In the early stages, it is about understanding as much as possible about the current market, consumer base, and existing products and services. Once an initial understanding is established, building a minimal viable product or MVP to test and prove viability is necessary. From there, it is about adapting and scaling the product based on customer feedback and metrics.
Startups benefit greatly from being agile and harnessing cutting edge technology and strategy. Large companies have difficulty changing the way they do things as it is both an internal struggle to restructure and organize the company to new goals and an external struggle to convince customers to follow new directions. Startups can build with a clean foundation and reputation, cutting out what isn’t working for older companies and picking up the tools and strategies that other companies are not fast enough to adopt.
Once a good product and process has been established, startups then focus on scaling. They must reach more customers while also being able to service the larger demand. This is a matter of more effective marketing, winning over more of the market and finding new ones, as well as standardizing process that can be scaled for larger production.
Similarly, parallel movements must also understand their markets, build MVPs, test, improve, and scale. Key to doing this is not expecting others will like your ideas as is; you must be willing to adapt what you are building based off feedback and viability. Parallel movements will not only need the idea people who will lead, sell, and create, but also the organizers who can build, run, and strategize. A movement will not be successful with ideals and dreams alone and needs to be practical and adaptable to the true environment.
HOW TO GET INVOLVED IN THE PARALLEL MOVEMENT
For most of us, we will not be starting a parallel movement, but getting involved in existing efforts. To this end, it is important to understand how you can find and get involved in a movement you believe in in a way that is best for you and for the movement.
STEP ZERO - A SOLID FOUNDATION
Before you can help anyone else, you first need to help yourself. This is a theme that runs through all of my philosophy, and is why self improvement is a necessary early step in The Journey. If you are not emotionally and financially stable, you will not be able to be much help to a parallel movement. More specifically, it is hard to understand how much time and effort you can commit to providing a movement and any smart leader does not want people who are going to flake or underperform on their commitments. Make sure you have your own life running smoothly before you look to give your energy to things outside of yourself.
You should not see joining a movement as a solution to your personal problems. Get your life in order first.
STEP ONE - REFLECT ON YOUR INTERESTS AND SKILLS
The first step to becoming part of the parallel movement is to figure out what area is most interesting to you. As I mentioned earlier, there are many incarnations of the parallel movements in different areas. If you want to both enjoy the work you do and give yourself the best chance of success, you should pursue a movement that is an area that is both interesting and where your skills and abilities can be best applied.
STEP TWO - RESEARCH AND LEARN
Once you have taken the time to reflect on what you would be interested in, go out and learn about those areas as much as you can. Often, there are already groups working in those areas and you can get a sense of what has already been built and what the next stages of growth are. You can learn what they are working on doing and see if those are things you are interested in as well.
STEP THREE - HOW TO HELP
Once you have found an area and parallel group you are interested in, the next question is what level of commitment and effort do you want to give. You can help in many ways, from donating money, going to events, spreading awareness, or even getting involved. What is important is that you don’t compromise the stability of your personal life and get involved in a degree that is manageable. You also want to make sure that you can see any commitments you make all the way through as it will be important for those organizing parallel movements to be able to trust others who join to deliver on what they promise.
PARALLEL MOVEMENTS TO GET INVOLVED IN
Finally, I would like to briefly introduce some parallel movements that are currently underway that you might be interested in considering. I will be updating this list as these movements evolve, so if you think I should change or add anything, feel free to let me know.
ACORN BLUFF FARMS
People used to raise their own meat, or purchase meat from their neighbors. This meat was not only more trustworthy, it also tasted better. We believe that, as we have done on our farm, it is possible to set up an entirely parallel food system. Sourcing meat from trusted farmers, through trusted local processors, ensures higher quality and taste. It also means that if things get rough or there is regulatory overreach, we and our neighbors have a guaranteed option for healthy and delicious food. It creates a flywheel where we can then begin to raise other animals and crops, too.
DUTCH MEADOWS FARM
The farm has been owned by the same family for three generations, and has been practicing organic farming for over twenty years. They have developed partnerships with a close knit group of small, sustainable, family farms where we practice farming with nature without using harmful pesticides, chemicals and artificial growth hormones. They treat our livestock with respect and let them live their lives the way God intended.
RAW EGG NATURALIST & MAN’S WORLD
REN is a best selling author of the book The Eggs Benedict Option, Co-founder of Kindred Harvest, and publisher and writer of Men’s World Magazine. His content is focused on content for men covering topics from fitness, healthy eating, and positive male culture. He is an icon in the anon cultural revolution, and his work is an inspiration for men who wish to face the reality of the modern world through personal growth.
URBIT
Urbit is a new OS and peer-to-peer network that’s simple by design, built to last forever, and 100% owned by its users. Under the hood, Urbit is a clean-slate software stack compact enough that an individual developer can understand and control it completely. This new stack was build to give people a single integrated tool for communicating and building communities – a tool they can trust, control, and extend to their liking. The goal of Urbit was to do away with the terrible user experience of the current ‘frankenstack’ of apps and services that are used today. Urbit is designed to become an effective, customizable productivity tool for collaborators, and a calm noninvasive communication tool for friends and families.
CONCLUSION
There are many of us who wish to do something about the state of the world we see around us, but there is a lack of clarity on how to get involved. My goal with the Meta Prime Project is to provide a general guide for many of the problems anons face as well as establish terms and philosophies that will give our ideas more power through definition. The Parallel Movement is one such idea. The more pervasive this idea becomes, the more people can stop being directionless without purpose, and understand how to better orient themselves and start putting their energy towards the construction of good and effective works.
As I have stated in this article and The Journey, it is important to make sure your own life is in order before you seek to give your energy to the world around you. That being said, it is not enough for our best minds to simply live well, but find ways to build a better world for their fellow man and their children. It is important we understand that fighting the system directly, although important to some degree, is not nearly as important as building strong alternative systems that can grow to take over control from the corrupted systems we have now.
While many feel we are living in a society in decline, I would say that we are also living during the rise of the next civilization and if we can establish good systems now, they will be there after the fall to be the foundation for the future.
Finally, if you are new to my content, I highly recommend you check out my areas of work. Meta Religion is a new take on The Perennial Philosophy, that all religions are frameworks to understand The Divine, a parallel movement in religion. Naturalism is a new ideology that is founded in objective natural truth and brands it’s ideas in a way that will be more broadly palatable, a parallel movement in political ideology. And The Journey is a guide for anons on how to properly break from the herd mentality and join the parallel, free community.
Game On 👾
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