Zero Budget Horizontal Workshop
- Version: 1.0.9 Update on 2011-06-07
Freely create yourself to live:
- To live, we need to be healthy and blissful.
- We need to be healthy and blissful also to play our role for social good.
- For this to happen, it must happen now! Society/family/institutions will never allow us to go away from their 'holy' clutches, after all they suck our blood/time/labour, so crucial for their survival.
- We must rescue our own selves first.
- It is paradox/joke to say that we want to do something good for society but we are afraid of same social clutches that are causing problems in our own life in the first place!
- A slave can not make others free. Slavery is in mind.
Venue and dates
Not specified in this documentation. What is given on this website is just a plan in theory. Please read it completely and then communicate with us via email to work out a possibility of manifestation of this plan for a ZBHW.
Humble invitation to those who want to live
"Remember, you were born to fly, not merely crawl on earth, fighting in pain for mere survival with parasites sucking your blood from all sides."
Let synergy evolve
No hurry!
- Let us not be in any hurry to physically manifest 'imperfect' version of our aspirations/vision.
- Let each of us individually operate in own domain of expertise.
- Doing this let our domains expand, like soap bubbles, till they reach each other to connect and thereby we achieve a synergy threshold for joint operations.
This can be further illustrated as
- Some people are experts in innovation/presentation of ideas/plans etc.
- Some are experts in organizing/managing people.
- Some have skills to physically implement.
- Some are good material resource generators/gatherers.
Current plan
Till above synergy is achieved we can interact using WWW/email and personally meet only using personal resources in very small groups of not more than 4 persons, so that there are no management issues.
Trinity
These are three levels to view.
Karma Yoga
- Gross.
- For survival.
- Open and visible.
- Cooperation on physical plane.
Jnan Yajna
- Mental.
- Selfish cooperation.
- Open but invisible.
- Understanding the philosophy, wisdom and plan.
Bhaav Sadhna
- Spiritual.
- Altruism (sarva bhoot-hite rataah) Gita 12.4/5.25.
- Closed and invisible.
- Love for each other as manifestation of Divine.
Aims
These are some aims envisaged at this time. Please feel free to suggest more or change.
Basically this is the best opportunity for us to understand each other and consolidate!
- There is a small group of friends organized around the idea to evolve a horizontal society. Horizontal in the sense that, while never exactly equal in a strict mathematical manner, all are equally important as manifestations of divinity. We have various plans/initiatives in different states of evolution.
- Following links throw some light on them such as, https://sanskrit.org.in/samdarshan/40yv.html (long term, political), https://sanskrit.org.in/samdarshan/jhf.html (gender, family), https://sanskrit.org.in/srm.html (social outreach), https://sanskrit-zbrwh.pages.dev/ (drinking water) and https://sanskrit.org.in/samdarshan/zbhc (Zero Budget Horizontal Community).
- More links for plans such as "Voluntary Freedom Services" and "Individual Guaranteed Banking System" etc. are under preparation.
Intro/Glimpse/Experience of horizontal life in ZBHC/JHF (Bhagavat Samvargam)/ ZB (Zero Budget) methodologies
- Our workshop will be in a camping style, in the lap of nature, with bare necessities. Once we collectively experience the joys/fruitfulness/creativity of this workshop, we will be in a better position to ask ourselves (and answer it too) the all important question regarding what to expect on even grander scale.
- Specifically about the establishment of Zero Budget Horizontal Community with JHF, various Zero Budget technologies etc. This community will be the crucible for our experiments/theory and also will provide us much needed environment to really live life at long last!
- What we plan to achieve in this workshop in such a short duration with zero budget is not even imaginable for people who are habituated to working with comforts, budgets, support/paid staff, institutions, celebrities etc. These are all vertical and as such their efficiency is not even 1% of corresponding horizontal effort.
- Much of the real communication during the workshop will be the unplannable activities/gestures in silence. We communicate more through tone than the words. Vibrations of our inner being convey even more than tone!
Healing on various layers
We all need healing at various levels in many ways, individually as well as collectively.
Physical, Mental, Spiritual
What can be a better way to progress than
Yoga, Meditation, Pranayama, Massage, Natural Solar Routine, Ideal Satvik food, Satsang, Rain water, Himalayan fresh environment, Laughter, Peace, Bliss … ?
Interpersonal as group/community
This is central pivot of horizontal philosophy. We will get direct experience much needed to even get a glimpse into the immense possibilities it offers for individual as well as social betterment and well being.
Exposure/learning Zero Budget/Natural/Horizontal technologies for healthy living
These include
ZBRWH: Zero Budget Rain Water Harvesting.
NSR: Natural Solar Routine.
ZBNF: Zero Budget Natural Farming inspired by Sri Subhash Palekar.
Yoga:
- Theory (Types of Yoga).
- Schools of thought.
- Practical (Asana, Pranayama, Shatkarma (Neti, Shankhaprakshalana))
Food: Raw, germinated, Zymurgy (fermentation).
Solar Cooking: Fold-able Cookit model.
Solar Photo Voltaic: LED lantern.
Learning about various progressive movements (past/present/future) around the globe
This is a huge list, we have material in our huge digital library. Friends are encouraged to bring at least 500 GB free space USB Hard Disk if they want to get copy of the complete digital library. We have films, websites, books, audios, softwares and what not! All items are in public domain to be freely copied. This is a part of our digital activism, portions of our library have already been shared with friends across the globe.
Exposure/learning Zero Budget Horizontal Information Technologies for healthy living
We will discuss the following aspects
Social innovations in IT domain (mostly Open Source) and its possible creative adaptations for larger social good beyond IT domain. Each successful project in IT domain represents a paradigm that must be adapted and enhanced for social cause.
These include
Operating System, Languages and softwares
- Horizontal (Open source, Copyleft, free, robust, best performance): POSIX GNU/Linux Debian, Puppy, Knoppix
- Vertical (Closed source, Copyright, non-free, buggy, poor performance): Commercially available and usually available as pirated system.
Languages:
- Lisp: Lisp is easiest/2nd oldest/yet most advanced, main language for AI Artificial Intelligence research. We will get working knowledge of Lisp, do not worry, even poets can learn and use it!
- Lisp dialects to be considered: Common Lisp, Scheme (Racket), New Lisp, Pico Lisp etc.
- Other languages: HTML (basic language for WWW pages) etc.
- Productivity boosting software: Emacs Orgmode
WWW:
Basics of making a website, getting free domain/webspace.
Social organization and philosophy of highly successful horizontal projects:
- Earlier individual heroic efforts now large global communities
- Individual heroism plus global community
- Our social innovations
- We will also discuss the vertical/horizontal aspect of IT landscape.
- In particular we will show how 40YV can be explained easily in purely IT terms in an overly simplified manner that provides an easy introduction!
Sharing of best WWW resources and websites etc.
This is again a huge list and highly useful for anyone using Internet for social good.
Increased awareness
- Widening of world view.
- Expansion of consciousness.
- Deepening of empathy for others as self.
Really get to know each other
- Lets face it, we all are alone in this social jungle and our so called family/peers hardly know us. No one has time or even cares to know others. The usual social tags such as how one makes money, what career, so called education, caste, religion etc are not what a person really is.
- Sharing our innermost feelings/fears/aspirations/ideals/ideas/secrets!/hopes/experiences etc will heal us, release our hidden tensions of so many years and also make us instant inseparable companions for life!
Self introduction
- As per trinity.
- Conduct is the real introduction.
Birth of life long never ending love/friendship/understanding/mutuality
This is the foundation of JHF and our ultimate short/mid/long term goal!
Co-creating a vision of future horizontal society
It was long felt to consolidate/harmonize/blend all these streams in a holistic fashion.
Based on
- 40YV: Forty years plan (for social transformation and preventive maintenance).
- GHN: Global Human Network (Recursive Community of Communities till the individual).
- IGBS: Individual Guaranteed Banking System (Opposite and will neutralize the current vertical banking system).
- ZBT: Zero Budget Technologies (ZBRWH, ZBNF, Zymurgy, Solar, Papercrete, Earthship etc.).
- JHF: Joint Horizontal Family (Bhagavat Samvargam).
- NSR: Natural Solar Routine.
- SRM: Sparksoflove Rainbow Meets.
- CDM: Collective Decision Making.
- VAHA: Voluntary Anonymous Horizontal Appropriation.
This is a flexible system
Concepts/paradigms/models/plans will be modified/added/deleted as per evolution through CDM.
Planning
- Immediate short term: Next month.
- Mid term: 1-5 years.
- Long term: 5-40 years.
Brain storming
For community input to understand and co-create.
Translation and consolidation
SAMDARSHAN (40YP, JHF, ZBRWH, ZBHW, SRM, NSR etc.) will be translated into Hindi and consolidated in group activity.
Work for best and prepare for worst!
Ultimate safety/security for individuals in the worst case is ensured by constant learning/updating various world class skills. Self elevation/evolution/refinement/enrichment is the key!
What if analyses
In light of ongoing experiences in the ZBHW, we will do various "what if analyses" to collectively rescue ourselves from the "pigeons in net" situation we find all of us currently in.
Developing pure horizontal language
- We will identify and examine the enslaving effects of 'slavespeak' language, we are tricked into using.
- To examine the extent and immediately remedy the situation, we will develop a vocabulary/dictionary for pure horizontal language.
School as zero budget venue
We work in a zero budget style, without privileges, which among other reasons ensure that our operations are most generic and hence can have widest appeal.
We can explore the buildings of some schools in village area. All we need is floor space to sleep in night and toilets. During the day we can discuss sitting any where in open also. The group comprises of young and sturdy people so this is not an issue. Since we will not use artificial lights, electricity is not a requirement.
We are strictly non-funded (allergic to this very idea!). Our zero budget workshop of (say 2 weeks) will itself be a topic of study and documentation.
We shall explore schools near city that can provide us this night shelter opportunity in a zero budget style. If there is a village/market nearby we will also manage food on our own. We can manage without electricity but water in toilets is a necessity!
Basic idea is that we need a non intrusive environment where we can have a much needed deeper interaction for our short/mid/long term policy/plans etc.
Events
Events envisioned as experiment/activity/play: VAHA, IGBS, JHF, CDM, ZBRWH, NSR, VFS.
Individual daily diary
All members are kindly requested to write daily diary, indicating clearly the date, today's programs (comments, questions, feeling) and overall till now (comments, questions, feeling).
Daily Natural Solar Routine
Importance/benefits of this natural routine can not be over estimated!
3.30 AM: Waking up
4 AM - 5:30 AM: Yogabhyas, Massage
5:30 AM - 6:30 AM: Bath
6:30 AM - 7 AM: Mobile phone use, Session preparation
7 AM - 7:30 AM: Breakfast preparation and sharing
7:30 AM - 11:30 AM: Session-1 Theory presentation and Theater/Play
- Gita/Bhagavat Satsang (1 hour)
- 40yp/HP (1 hour)
- JHF/CDM/VAHA (1 hour)
- ZBHC/IGBS/SRM (1 hour)
11:30 AM -12:30 PM: Yogic rest
12:30 PM - 1 PM: Lunch preparation and sharing
1:30 PM - 2 PM: Mobile phone use, Session preparation
2 PM -5:30 PM: Session-2
- Film show, Self introduction, Views, Q/A
- ZB Technology (ZBRWH, ZBNF, NSR, Zymurgy, Earthship, Wind power, Papercrete, Solar etc.)
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM: Dinner preparation and sharing
6:30 PM - 7 PM: Mobile phone use, Session preparation
7 PM - 8:30 PM: Session-3 Open space group sharing, Satsang, Music, Random Pairs (Questions/conclusion of day)
8:30 PM: Sleep
Food
Breakfast
Storable items
Murmure, Gur, Khajoor and Chhuare etc.
6 Kg Namkeen
From Gita press shop near Parmarth Niketan, Rishikesh.
Sattu
Roasted: Black gram, Groundnut (moongfali).
Raw for germination
Maithi, Masoor, Moong, Black gram (chane), Groundnut (moongfali).
Dry Amla for soaking in water overnight.
Fresh local fruits from jungle, Kheera, Tarbooj, Kharbooja and Bael etc.
Lunch
- Khichadi made in single cooking in cooker: Rice, vegetables (potato, tomato, other), germinated items, Harsingar dry flowers
- Local curd (If available without Oxytocin!).
- Vegetable and fruit Salad.
- Pickle.
Dinner
- Daliya made in single cooking in cooker: Vegetables (potato, tomato, other), germinated items, Harsingar dry flowers
- Curd is not allowed in night by Ayurveda! May be we can have some lassi with tadka etc.
- Vegetable and fruit Salad
- Pickle
Water
We will experience wonderful effects of living purely on rain water harvested and stored during the workshop.
Items needed
Items per person
- Spoon, Nada rassi (10 m), Knife, 3 color ball pens, 50 blank paper sheets, plate, mug, mosquito net, sleeping bag and other essential items such as medicines etc.
- For ZBRWH: Used flex banner, bottles for water, cloth drying clips (12), plastic funnel and cotton.
- Unnecessary luggage can also be left in Dehradun for lighter local traveling.
Group items
Kitchen
Cooker (5 l for 6 persons), lighter, match-box(4), chamcha, serving flat chamcha, candles (6), Small cylinder with burner, Solar cooker (Cookit).
Solar LED lantern (2)
Condiments/masale
Maithi, Salt, Ajwain, Jeera, Haldi, Mustard oil (for cooking and massage), Ilaichi (chhoti, badi), Saunf, Lemon grass, Harsingar dry flowers.
Books
Gita Anvaya Padachhed (2), Gita Prabodhani (2), SrimadBhagavatam (1), Ekadash Skandha (2), Navadha Bhakti (1), Bhakti Sutra (4).
Print outs
Our work
40YP (4), JHF (4), ZBRWH (2), ZBHW (4), SRM (4), NSR (2), Treeman magazine
Others
ZBNF (1)
Stationary
20 Big chart papers, pencils (6), erasers (2), Reynolds (040) 2 pens each of black, blue, green and read colors. (040) is thicker and is good for writing on charts. (045) is finer point and not good for writing on charts. Highlighter pens (thick nib) (one each: Yellow, Orange, Green, Red).
Misc.
- Nada rope (20 m).
- Raincoats (2).
Tasks Todo
Let us be friends!
Let us know about each other
At your convenience:
- Please (re)read this website about ZBHW and make sure you understand the spirit and most of the details with fine points.
- Please also read about various plans/activities and horizontal philosophy.
- After couple of email exchanges, we will understand each other. We are not in any hurry and we expect that you are also not in any hurry, or else explain the reason for your hurry!
Looking forward to your response
Through this website, we have already extended our hand of friendship to you, now its your turn to reciprocate!
Please send email with your following details:
- Information about yourself. Use your own format/style and include as much detail as you can.
- What is your vision about the world and its possible future in light of your contribution.
- What value (in terms of skills, ideas etc) you will bring to community.
- Items you will bring.
- Money (if any) you intend carrying with you. Please justify the amount.
- We are open to any positive suggestions also from you.