The Twin Mode Mind

The second introductory essay of The Twin Mode Mind suggests that the caring economy has timeless qualities to set beside time-rich technology which dominates our lives. It presents a policy tool to support carers, taking inspiration from local currencies which are often restricted both in space and time.

Sir Ed Davey is the leader of the Liberal Democrats in the UK’s House of Commons. He is also a prominent carer. An email was recently sent to Sir Ed, referring to this policy tool. Copies were sent to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch, Nigel Farage, Carla Denyer, Adrian Ramsay, Stephen Flynn, Gavin Robinson, Liz Saville Roberts and Peter Bedford.

The Twin Mode Mind refers to J. Krishnamurti several times. But this does not mean that the book is meant to interpret what he said. Krishnamurti denied authority in the field of religion, and I am certainly no authority on his work. The way Twin Mode Mind relates to his teachings is set out here.

“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the Universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the centre of the Universe dwells Wakan-Taka (the Great Spirit), and that this centre is really everywhere, it is within each of us.

This is the real peace, and the others are but reflections of this. The second peace is that which is made between two individuals, and the third is that which is made between two nations. But above all you should understand that there can never be peace between nations until there is known that true peace, which, as I have often said, is within the souls of men.”

Black Elk

This remarkable quotation by a Native American is compared with two pieces of science here. The expanding Universe is one topic where a ubiquitous centre is implied. Another is the flow of energy and matter through living and non-living things. Objects conventionally seen as separate may alternatively be perceived as an interconnected whole. These two perspectives are at the heart of The Twin Mode Mind.