Following Amelia

Dought: (Scottish) Valiant, power, strength, ability, or prowess.
Calm: peaceful; the absence of nervousness or anger.

Dought Calm = Valiant Peace

If you had to redesign the world to save it;
What foundations would you reboot it with?

– ‘Following Amelia dought Calm’ –
A Book Recommending Radical Social Evolution

‘Our Civilization doesn’t need‘fixing’,
it needs to reboot to become the best it can be.  _Amelia

Following Amelia dought Calm is a book designed with a purpose: to encourage you to think beyond the usual confines of your indoctrinated beliefs, helping you think outside the dogma box. It prompts you to scrutinize the early-age teachings we often accept as absolute truths without question. In today’s world, most of us remain unaware of how indoctrination, propaganda, normalization, and advertising shape our perception of reality. Is it really a democracy? Is Capitalism the fairest system? Are we a humane species? Are other human social constructs possible, and could they be better than our system? If the book inspires you to participate in formulating a better world through redesign, you can share your ideas on the website after you read it. In the book, ideas are presented in thoughtful, though sometimes biting, conversation. The book asks you to accept and hold (for a while) new beliefs (for you) and concepts, and to own them as you reformulate some of your basic opinions and beliefs as you read.

Why are we subjected to systematic indoctrination starting at about age five with questionable intent? And by whom? Normalization of wars, poverty, violence, and the continued need for countries in an otherwise globalized world? If you feel yourself getting antsy already, allow me to suggest that you, too, are a victim of indoctrination, and that this book is meant to help you adopt a different perspective and examine your dogma with an open mind.

The ability to examine juxtaposed opinions simultaneously is a mark of somebody willing to learn, understand, and form an educated opinion on their own based on reviewing alternate beliefs or perspectives fairly. The book suggests that most people are not aware of the level of programming that they Do Not Question, and most people don’t know that most of their opinions and beliefs are not formed by themselves; their opinions are products of what they have been told to choose between since youth, not personally formed opinions or beliefs. These planted beliefs and opinions are reinforced daily through the news, media, scrolling, and other indoctrinated people, etc.

This book reads like an adolescent’s book to start, to clear your mind of dogma and conditioning, then moves into chapters that help you question the very fundamentals of our societies and why we hold beliefs that are hundreds or even thousands of years old. Beliefs that have no place in a digitally advanced world embarking on space travel. Beliefs that no longer serve humankind.

Following Amelia dought Calm playfully lures you into creating a blank page in your mind so you can question everything when aliens arrive with a stark choice for humanity: change what is wrong or perish. The book goes through a series of discussions among aliens, leaders, and ordinary folks like you who try to support their arguments that the socio-political setup on Earth is just fine, until they are questioned about the division of the world, the need for militaries, capitalism, leadership, and so on. It exposes indoctrinations (being told things at school without choice of alternative ideas), normalization (being told things at an early age by authority figures that you accept for the rest of your life as true without proof), propaganda (why intelligent people from a different country systems think differently and why we are willing to die over those differences), and advertising (building our desires for what is available without knowing how much science goes into the advertising to affect our emotional desires and wants while building a belief that we need such items). These views cripple our evaluation skills and affect the very way we bring up our children or how we protect ideologies that only benefit the upper classes, leaving most of us in servitude. A servitude which many will claim is choice, not servitude, until they can clear their minds to gain a differing perspective.

The overall effect of the dogma on our socio-political landscape and beliefs hinders our ability to distinguish what our truth is from what is planted through repetition. Repetition works so effectively that we will defend beliefs—such as war—that we cannot justify under a global perspective, as people discover during the intervention.

If all corporations aim to be global because it is the most effective way forward, why can’t democracy be global? Why can’t people travel the world like the products we make? Why are the people restricted? Are cities good or bad for humanity? Are leaders required in a world we design based on our current knowledge of the human condition? If you believe you can answer these questions by supporting the way it is, consider yourself indoctrinated.

Amelia meets an alien who initiates a global intervention by hosting the world’s most powerful leaders for a planetary exposé on every screen and device. Truth is the only option. The planet’s people watch spellbound as a very different world emerges in their minds within minutes of seeing the uncensored truth and full disclosure, without pomp, schtick, or politick. It’s all meant for you to consider what might be if you can only let go of those pesky indoctrinated thoughts and all the darn dogma. Once you get some ideas, you share them on the website to be part of a like-minded community, outlining what’s possible if we could become all we can be.

Amelia, our 17-year-old heroine, has been a fierce advocate for social change on Earth.  She walks the talk toward a better world, and she doughtily pursues it.  Amelia believes in Radical Social Evolution, but nobody seems to pay attention to her, let alone listen to her.

However, the Universe at large frowns upon humankind; in fact, they’re scared of us. They fear our imminent venture into space, they think we’ll infect the Universe with our barbaric society and its warring and devastation, they cannot rationalize or accept our brutal assault on life, and they’ve come to stop us before we spread; stop us any way they can.  

The aliens find Amelia through pure chance and learn that humans are born with kind hearts and are conditioned to have wayward ideals. To save the race, they ask her to design a possible way forward. They devise a global intervention that will expose the reality of our civilization to everybody in real time with no censorship or politicking. The only other option the aliens offer is unacceptable. Amelia is to work with kids to design a foundation for a new way, and the discussion and plans will be held on this website forum to design a way forward for all humanity. After reading the book, all readers can contribute to the forum right here on Following Amelia dot Calm.

Cawfwee is the alien that finds and befriends Amelia.  He is enamored with the English language, alliteration, wordplay, and trying to master American humor. He does not abide by contractions, though he loves puns, amusing and uncommon words, and the thrill of his human body in action.  Oftentimes, he is not politically correct, can appear immature, and seems disrespectful. However, he teaches the world a profound lesson about respect. He always speaks his truth and is, in fact, highly intelligent.

Nobrac is powerful in stature and character and is deeply concerned for the safety of the spaceship with so many Earthlings aboard; he fears their culture.  He is the strong, avuncular voice of the alien intervention teams’ interactions with the peoples of Earth and seems to be their guiding voice. He enjoys and encourages Cawfwee’s boyish antics.  On Cawfwee’s advice, Nobrac wants to try some canoodling.

Ray is a tradesperson who knows a thing or two about money, the economy, and the need for leadership, so he goes up to the aliens to set them straight, but sometimes the things we are certain about seem less easy to explain or acceptable when the whole world is listening to those explanations; those pat answers he had lined up no longer work in front of a live global audience.  What happened? Did the propaganda work on him too? Why can’t he explain things when the bottom 50 percent of the world is listening to his every word? And how does Earth change his perspective?

Eleanor teaches history and feels insulted by the thought that she indoctrinates young students into accepting a culture of class structure and control.  Much to her chagrin, the world listens in as she tries to explain to the aliens the need for history classes, only to end up being taught a few things herself, which she soon accepts as truths.

Diana Storm comes on board to tell the aliens to buzz off; she doesn’t use slaves, and aliens better not mess with her standard of living; she’s a good citizen who happened to do well in life all by herself, she professes.  She knows what she’s talking about, and she’s not scared to tell the aliens and the world the way it is, until she realizes some uncomfortable truths about herself in front of the whole world. She also learns the difference between standard of living and quality of life, and how her schooling skewed her ideals.

Ms. Petty is Amelia’s teacher and could try some schooling herself because she was dead wrong about Amelia and whether change is necessary. Ms. Petty is one of the blind followers who insists on indoctrinating the students, telling them without choice rather than allowing them to learn through questioning. She thinks being a good teacher means supporting the government curriculum, and allowing students to have a mind of their own is clearly not in the government’s best interests, as far as she is concerned. She told Amelia, Amelia’s mom, and Amelia’s classmates that Amelia was naive and shortsighted, but now Ms. Petty must watch Amelia interact with the leaders of the world as she watches.

Listen in on the banter of the citizens of the world as they watch the greatest reality show on Earth. People get to interact with leaders and aliens in real time. As one gamer puts it, “Hilarious! Greedy control freaks against Masters of the Universe; we’re so doomed unless we reboot.”

It’s simple enough: would a global democracy prosper beyond our wildest dreams with solutions grounded in wisdom, technology, and nature? What would society look like if we didn’t have to keep a ruling class happy?  What if we left the dogma behind for an evolved lifestyle? Would everybody be happy? Could that be?

Follow Amelia as she uncovers why the rest of the Universe is scared of us.  Her solutions resolve unnecessary pain, dogma, natural disasters, and pandemics while enhancing the human condition, personal freedoms, abundance, and an opportunity to experience actualization for humanity and peace. 

Is her Radical Social Evolution enough to be accepted by the greater Universe or does humanity meet its demise? Amelia’s dot Calm team brings the good forward and leaves the rest behind as they pursue their quest to allow our human society to evolve naturally into a universally acceptable advanced space-travelling race amongst our peers throughout the universe.

After the book, the website awaits your ideas and contributions; after all, global peace and abundance will be a collaborative effort by all of us. Share your ideas on how to establish a paradise for humans with peaceful abundance in the very near future.

Following Amelia just might change the way you think about things.

Dought Calm:

DOUGHT: old Scottish medieval word (1150 – 1500) meaning ‘power, strength, ability, or bravery’, or a gathering of people.
Also derived from ‘doughty’ meaning ‘a courageous person, valiant.’
Also derived from ‘dow’ meaning to ‘thrive, prosper, to do well.’

CALM: not showing or feeling nervousness, anger, or other strong emotions. Quiet and free from disturbance. Tranquil, serene, placid, peaceful.

Dought Calm: Valiant Peace.

A world worth your time.

Following Amelia dot Calm