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NO DOUBT THE WORLD WILL BE PARADISE BUT FOR THAT WE HAVE TO WORK HARD
planet who are below the critical 200 level. We also noted that if humanity as a whole vibrates below the 200 level on the Hawkins Scale of Consciousness, then it is doomed to extinction through a downward spiral into an eventual self-destruction. Because of the billions of inhabitants on this planet whose circumstances prohibit even a secure chance of survival, there is plenty of downward pressure within the mass mind of humanity. It is an approximation that there are 800 million people that are hungry, with many of them living near starvation. The consciousness of despair in the Hawkins scale tests at a level of just 50. Even anger and hatred rate higher in frequency than the deep depression experienced by those who live with no appearance of hope. So here we are, on Planet Earth, a collective humanity swimming hard through life to keep our selves above the 200 level, working towards the day when hunger and hopelessness will be eradicated from our world once and for all. Realisation of this basic factor I think made saints like Swami Vivekananda demand that the problem of
poverty should be tackled before we can talk of any
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