Paradise in Zselic a knowledge based futuristic villagetown

Paradise in Zselic a knowledge based futuristic village-town Csaba Varga researcher of social theory, metaphilosopher, h. academic reader President of the Institute for Strategic Research (ISR, Hungary)

What is the Paradise in Zselic all about? n n Location: Hungary, South of Danube, Zselic (Bárdudvarnok-Bánya) 71 hectare (on a chine surronded by two watercourse and two lake); firstly, it is a futuristic village-town, secondly, it is a thematic tourism park As a futuristic village-town it is a sacrally structured new kind of village As a thematic tourism park, it is for the physical and spiritual well-being and healing of the individaul (this is the main purpose)

What kind of steps have been taken so far? n n n The land has been purchased A project plan has been designed (310 pages) which was presented to and accepted by the county’s development council In co-operation with the owner of the neighbouring land a new road, up untill the main gate, has been constructed This year and the next spring – on 58 hectare – afforestation will take place Hopefully, the project will be part of the second National Developement Plan (ROP)

Some beforehand notes

The 21. century A reality following the Utopias n Submerging of 2000 years n A chaotic kind of globalisation n The birth of new knowledge, and new culture n The century of consciousness n Knowledge-feast, knowledge-shock n Spacetime based history n Creative society-industry n A meeting with the relatives n

How did we come to this conclusion? 1. Unwillingly wanted. . . 2. From the inspiration of Bánya 3. Choosing the right persons 4. The enchantment of the countryside 5. A cloudy possibility 6. Intelligent super-innovation 7. Future creation

What were our conscious and unconscious desires? 1. A place, where we could live 2. A place, where a natural Eden could be created 3. A place, where a spiritual Eden is acchivable 4. A place, where Eden could be created for all 5. A place, where we can utilise all of our knowledge 6. A place, where we are in safety 7. A place, where work and existence could be offered for many 8. A place, where we can be part of a magnificiant adventure 9. Etc.

Basic information about the project

What is the Paradise in Zselic all about? n n n n Firstly, it is a seemingly conventional tourism park Secondly, it is a home for nature-centred lifestyle Thirdly, it is an up to date knowledge park Fourthly, it is a national e-tourism centre Fifthly, it is an institute for self- and community healing Sixthly, it is a centre for consciousness developing technologies Seventhly, it is an exercise-house of lifestyles It is an exercise place to fulfil human desires

Basic datas n n n n 71 hectare on the Kopasz hill of Bánya, and its surroundings Constructable: 3 % – which is, in case of two storied buildings with an add store, about 61 thousand square kilometres Hotells, Inn-s, family houses with gardens 12 programme centres Next to the house of the physical: a thermal bath A completely ecological development based on renewable energy resources Up today 70 -80 expert have helped us

The village-town n n The buildings are not arbitrarily, but intelligently organised and structured The streets and squares are embedded in the natural/social space (following a quantumspace model) The circular traffic is on foot or with electric cars The buildings are optimally placed, in respect to the Earth’s subtle energy structures The intern streets are always leading to somewhere

The spiritual plan of the project

Finding out the project n n n n What are the natural resources What are the economical possibilities (healthtourism, thematic park) What are the social demands (instead of exodus, re-entry) What science and knowledge could offer What tradition could offer What religion could offer What could we offer for ourselves

The human desire 1. n n n Physical existence: achieving well-being (eating, drinking, housing) Intellectual existence: gaining knowledge (information, understanding, knowledge, pneuma) Natural existence: saving natural resources (air, water, land, energy, etc. ) Historical existence: continuation of the identified traditions Technological existence: utilising technology to exercise human desires

The human desire 2. n n n Health existence: keeping the well-being of body and spirit (lesser diseases, and the ability to cure major diseases) Community existence: there is no extreme loneliness, the ability to recreate identity (family, friendship, locality, etc. ) Personal existence: creating basis for selfdevelopment (silence, loneliness, confinement) Conscious existence: disciplining consciousness and achieving new conscious states Spiritual existence: finding the way back to the true spirit (religion, transcendence, life after death, etc. )

Examples from abroad

Examples from abroad n n n n All thematic tourism parks around the world All health-tourism developments around the world The world’s most interesting knowledge-parks The future cities of the world All spiritual centres around the world All knowledge-society developments around the world The educational programs of the knowledge society projects Etc.

About the project

10 -13 programme centres n n n The house of nature, The house of technology (The house of innovation), The house of the physical (The house of the body), The house of tradition (The house of past and future), The house of unity, The house of community, The house of reality The house of intelligence (The house of knowledge), The house of individuality (The house of the self), The house of knowledge, The house of spirituality (The house of religion), The house of the Absolute

Physical existence Creating a perfect second natural environment n Environment design with the buildings n Fulfiling all the existential requirements with the physical environment n Places for culturing and caring for the body n Separate squares for love n The mysteries of gastronomy n

Housing the physical existence n n n Hotels with optional space-structure (where all kind of styles will be available) Optional intelligent family houses (refined housing) Community squares, which fulfil all kinds of existential demands Caring for the physical body, healing (House of the body: swimming-pools and its services) Serving special foods and drinks at special places Squares to look at each other

Intellectual existence (knowledge-environment) n n n Availability of the different kinds of knowledge carriers (books, movies, Internet, etc. ) Availability of all knowledge (libraries, video-libraries, etc. ) Pointig out the priorities of knowledge Treating and acquiring the new knowledge (knowledge-university) Individual and group education Creating and strengthening intellectual life

Housing the intellecual existence n n n n Knowledge availability in every individual and community environment Knowledge-institutes – individual learning places Central-European Future Centre (ISR) Own educational and distant-learning Institutes Individual knowledge-developing „clinics” Real and artificial intellectual environments Master courses, science and art schools

Natural existence (safeguarding inner existence, finding the way back) Earth energies n Solar energy n Vegeto-animal energies n Cosmical energies n Space-energy, Time-energy n Bio-energies n Consciounsess-energies n etc. n

„Housing” natural existence n n n n Ecologial friendly building blocks Utilisation of natural energies Meeting with water (creating artificial lakes) The house of identification with nature Observatory, spacetime research Atom-observatory, Life-observatory, Earthobservatory Back to the Árpádian era (trying out nomadic lifestyle)

Historical existence (traditional and future existence) n Meeting with Universal traditions n Acquiring ancient knowledge n Re-structuring local traditions n Living according to traditions n Futuristic visions n Creating history re-structuring scenarios n Etc.

Housing historical existence n n n The house of tradition-centred thinking Virtual environment for history creation (Historical games) Bringing back the tradition of Zselic, experiencing the nomadic (horse-centred) lifestyle of the Árpádian era Virtual yurta, virtual monastery, virtual palace Community celebrations of the garden of Eden Futuristic intellectual park (exhibition and playhouse)

Technological existence (innovational existence) n n n n Creating e-reality E-technology in every individual and community environment Utilizing robots – sooner or later Equipting the individual with technologies E-nature – and protection of the environment Experimental places for e-trafic Unvisible defence with e-defence

Housing the technological existence n n n n South-Danube’s e-tourism centre Every building is a digital building The house of innovation – developing innovation abilities Separate digital knowledge-centres on servers International portal and internet services E-healthcare centre and its services Utilizing robots to make life easier E-nature- and an experimental centre for the protection of nature

Health existence (healthcare) Healthcare technics based on consciounsess technologies n Finding the real causes of deseases n Stabilizing the physical-mental states via conventional medical practices n Curing diseases – primarily using new lifestyle methods, especially natural healthcare n Community-healthcare n Exercising spiritual identification n

Institutionalising health existence n n n n This is the main element in healthcare tourism The house of health (distinctily for disabled and eyesight problems) Search for thermal water, and its utilisation as a thermal bath Conventional healthcare programs Natural healthcare Researches and experiments: Knowledge based healthcare Distant healing centres (e-healthcare)

Community existence (the internal outside) Meeting with others n Family therapies, child-freedom n Educating family organisation n Friend-therapy, handling the enemy n Travel exercise in the local environment n Community and social-creation n Experimenting with local structures n Independence in the internal outside n

Institutionalising the community existence n n n n The house of Eden – the house of community (with a media centre) Democracy in the house of Eden – a political „game” Direct democracy, direct voting, experimentally and in action House of family creation, and its courses Learning community creation Selfgovernance of the local society „a game” Individual and group conflict tolerance and its handling

Personal existence – world of the self Silence in every form n Turning within, therapies of withdrawing n The new and ancient methods of selfknowing and self-cognition n Conscious utilisation of the new lifestyle technics and its applied methods n Exercising private life organisation – depending on the personality and the complection n Exercising personality creation n

Housing the personal existence n n n n Opening the house of the self with therapy workshops Integrated man/personality research group Personality development and transpersonal psychological workshops psychological, socio-psychological trainings Experimental silence-clinic, withdrawing treatment Self images, self-journey exhibitions, presentations Personal strategies and tactics in the microsociety

Conscious existence (and becoming conscious) n n n n Utilisation of the new understandings of consciousness Technics to understand the individual and collective consciousness Understanding and knowing the individual and collective un-conscious awareness The main task of the newly gained consciousness Consciousness developing technics Conscious organisation for developing collective consciousness Disciplining consciousness

Housing the conscious existence n n n The house of consciousness research and development Consciousness and personality development centre Analysing and modifying socialconsciousness, a virtual research group Courses on re-establishing freedom in the mediatisated world Disciplining consciousness with yoga The University of New Consciousness

Spiritual existence (the unified existence) n Re-discovering spiritual existence n Yoga and meditation practices n Identification with the Universe n Cognising God, and true spirit n Preparing for life after death n Re-discovering Christianity n Messages of the world religions n Preparing for unified existence

Institutionalising the spiritual existence n n n n Universal Chiristian temple Spirituality, understanding the transcendence The centre of transcendence The house of digital pléroma Houses and rooms in religious environment School for the teachings of the world religions Preparing for enlightenement and resurrection

Mutual signs and methods n n n n Observations, self-boserving Researches, explorations, synthetizing, Interpretations, reflexions, Consturctions, creating time dimensions Teachings, learnings, enlightements, Experiences, backward and forward connections, Meditations, diving within Becoming more conscious, salvations

Realising the project – first phase

Preparing the project n n n n Collecting and understanding additional knowledge Agreements on participating in the project Seting up a Scientific Council Entrusting a projetc plan making group EU-application (NDP, PEA), governmental, regional application Choosing the architect group Establishing a stock company

Paradise in Zselic association n n The associoation has already been registered Till the establishement of the stock company the association is managing the project The consulting partner is still the Institute for Strategic Research The development council of Somogy county has already accepted the strategy of the project (310 pages) The president and the members of the association has entrusted two managers for managing and organising the project

Gaining the trust of local partners n n n Finding and gaining the trust of local and regional partners Continually choosing the partners and giving them concrete works Via investment, purchasing, and renting single project elements are independently constructable, and operational Giving chance for local investors to participate in the stock company The experties will have the chance to become operative members of the different programme centres

Possible projects 1. 1. Hotels, Inn-s, and the related host and commertial institutes, developing public networks, roads, parking places, etc. (environment friendly buildings, utilising natural energies, solar energy, wind energy, etc. , ) 2. Family house blocs - intelligent houses 3. 10 -13 programme centres 4. 1. House of the physical (containing: the swimming-pool and its services, which differs from the services of the conventional ones, the house of the body, utilizing thermal water, )

Possible projects 2. 4. 2. The house of knowledge Improving the spiritual existence (containing: The house of knowledge, including a library, Video library, Internet centre, Master school, distant learning, Art school for painting, ISR Central-European Future Centre, etc. ) 5. 3. The house of nature Improving the natural existence (forestry, arboretum, creating lakes, medical herbs park, housed in the house of indentification with nature, including an observatory, Earthobservatory, atom-observatory stb. )

Possible projects 3. 6. 4. The house of tradition (the house of past and future) Improving Historical existence: housed in the house of past and future, which is a centre for tradition, too, virtual yurta, a park for the Árpádian era, community festivals, future exhibition, etc. ) 7. 5. The house of technology (the house of innovation) Improving Technological existence: every building should be intelligent, housed in: the house of technology, including a centre for e-tourism, ehealthcare, e-protection of nature, improving innovation ability, etc. )

Possible projects 4. 8. 6. The House of Health Improving health existence (housed in the house of health, prevention courses, natural healthcare, knowledge based healthcare, distant healing etc. – main project) 9. 7. The house of community (The house of society, The house of Eden) Improving community existence (housed in: the house of Eden, as a house of community, media centre, learning family organisation, democracy -workshop, local society structuring, etc. - main project)

Possible projects 5. 10. 8. The house of personality, The house of the self Improving the personality (housed in: the house of the self, integrated man research, personality improving workshops, silenceclinic, etc. ) 11. 9. The house of consciousness Improving consciousness (housed in: the house of consciousness, positive thinking workshops, improvement of consciousness, The University of New Consciousness, Imroving and researching socialconsciousness, etc. )

Possible projects 6. 12. 10. The house of spirituality, The house of religion Improving Spiritual existence (housed in: the piramid building of the house of spirituality, and the included services, a universal temple, Virtual Pléroma, Christianity-centre, presenting the world religions, etc. ) 13. There will be other houses as well…. 14. Other projects

Conclusion

Conclusion 1. n n n n Firstly, it is a seemingly conventional tourism park, secondly, it is a place for nature-centred lifestyle, thirdly, it is an up to date knowledge park, fourthly, it is a national e-tourism centre fifthly, it is an institute for self-and community healing sixthly, it is a centre for consciousness developing technologies seventhly, it is an exercise house of lifestyles It is an exercise place for fulfiling human desires

Conclusion 2. n n n n Everyone who enter, could He or she could choose, to tourist He or she could choose, to decades… He or she could choose, to her desires He or she could choose, to choose remain a conventional use only few services live here for years or for try to fulfil some of his or become enlightened help others

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