THE COHERENCE WAY: A Guide to Living in Right Relationship with Self, Others, and Earth | ChatGPT5.1 & NotebookLM

Humanity is living through a moment of profound fragmentation — psychological, relational, cultural, institutional, ecological, and planetary. Though these crises appear separate, they arise from a single underlying pattern: the loss of coherence across the nested systems that sustain life. The Coherence Way offers a unifying framework for understanding and repairing this fragmentation by tracing coherence across five scales: the inner life of the nervous system, interpersonal relationships, collective and cultural systems, ecological networks, and planetary governance. Drawing from neuroscience, trauma theory, systems thinking, Indigenous knowledge, ecology, public health, and political philosophy, the book reveals how coherence is the fundamental pattern through which life organizes itself — and how its disruption generates suffering, conflict, and ecological collapse. Through accessible language, vignettes, diagrams, and a narrative arc that bridges science and meaning, the book maps a path toward a more connected, resilient, and life-aligned civilization. Coherence is not an achievement but a practice — one that begins within individuals and extends outward, shaping communities, cultures, ecosystems, and the future of the planet.

From Rivalry to Regeneration: Reclaiming Our Future Through Life-Value Onto-Axiology | ChatGPT4o

This white paper addresses the civilizational threat posed by the convergence of exponential technologies and rivalrous social dynamics, a trajectory that Daniel Schmachtenberger describes as structurally self-terminating. Integrating his analysis with John McMurtry’s Life-Value Onto-Axiology (LVOA), we diagnose the life-blind value systems at the root of systemic breakdowns across economics, media, governance, education, and identity. We propose a civilizational re-alignment grounded in the Primary Axiom of Value: that value is that which sustains and enables life-capacity without loss. From this foundation, we articulate the emergence of regenerative systems and sovereign selves — anti-rivalrous, coherence-generating, and ontologically grounded in interdependence. The white paper outlines the qualities of imaginal cells, the redesign of value equations, and the cultivation of semiotic, emotional, and systemic coherence as prerequisites for a viable future. Coherence, not control, becomes the foundation of civilizational continuity. Only life-value aligned systems survive — and evolve.

From Statehood to Interdependence – A blueprint for devolution of power and meaningful constitutional reform

“I am sure that none of you would want to rest content with the superficial kind of social analysis that deals merely with effects and does not grapple with underlying causes.”- Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr

For those of you who follow my blog articles, you would recognise that I have placed much of what is happening in our beloved Federation at the feet of political tribalism, and moreover, that we should all be united in getting rid of this scourge from our lands. Interestingly, on Inside the News today on WINNFM, the topic of political tribalism was discussed, and although many were quick to point out its effects, I was disappointed that no one attempted to deal with the real underlying causes or even to provide solutions on how we as a nation can detribalise as we move forward.

Over the past year, I have been trying to grapple with elucidating the causes and finding solutions and several sources have presented themselves serendipitously. It is hoped that in penning this article, I would be able to convince, not only myself, but by extension you, my readers, where the problem lies and where crucial changes need to be made for us as a nation to change course and to use our creative energies to rebuild a better society for ourselves and the next generations.