Additionally, community leaders charge that Wal-Mart puts many local stores out of business and funnels money from the community to Wal-Mart's headquarters. The huge company has an unfair — and undemocratic — trade advantage. The corporations manipulate and even create national laws that give them even greater advantages. Grass roots organizations found a solution: don't give them your money. Buy from community stores. As any businessperson can confirm, the Achilles' Heel of all capitalist enterprises is that if they're not fed (with money), they will perish. Conversely, the more they eat, the fatter they become.

I'm not suggesting that shopping, corporations, and capitalism are bad. Commerce is essential and capitalism is an effective system. But like anything, they can be misused. When they become destructive and work against humanity and the Earth, they no longer serve any spiritual purpose. They feed only greed and, for the employees, their work becomes devoid of meaning.

Evolutionary action means that when we interact with these systems, we play by our own rules as much as possible. We act honestly, which is radical for the Outer World, because part of its tendency is to camouflage ("spin") the truth. Truth, when revealed, stretches the reality envelope.

Science indirectly supports deception. It tells us that camouflage — a form of deception — is part of nature. It's natural. They give many examples, like walkingstick insects and white wolves. Even our leaders use this technique. They quote Inner World luminaries and say, "Love one another." In practice, though, they "bomb one another." However, just because deception works for some species doesn't mean it's the best strategy for ours. Komodo dragons and hedgehogs may eat their young, but for humans, it's unthinkable. Every species has its own requirements for survival and advancement. We need to rethink ours.

Second, we can build our own alternative systems. Our goals and means will invite spontaneity, creativity, and integrity. They will actively discourage greed, disrespect, and abuse of power. This is already underway in several areas. The progressive business models of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream and Joseph's Cookies are excellent examples (and they produce yummy products!). In the computer sector, the Open Source movement is already well established. Here, programmers who love their work join with others to build software, which they give away for free. They've chosen not to work in unfulfilling corporate jobs and have found meaning and satisfaction in their work.

If enough people step forward and live like this, a new civilization will grow.

Biological Evolution
Changing our biological features will require the help of the Evolutionary Force itself. And unless a miracle happens, it won't occur for years, maybe centuries. (But who knows?) We may have to think beyond our lifetime. If the theory of physical evolution is correct, then a species can evolve through its interactions with the environment. This happens even if those evolutionary interactions are accidental, which I imagine they are, at least at the creature level.

With the help of the Evolutionary Force, we might consciously direct and trigger our own biological shift. This would, in turn, alter our psychological nature. Maybe our egos would evolve to a more refined state. Our compassion and ability to love could increase and we could shed the more primitive and negative habits of our reptilian and mammalian ancestry. What have been called the "jerk" and "psychotic" hormones — testosterone and estrogen, respectively — could become more chemically stable. And if you want to consider a radical Darwinian leap, eventually we could live off sunlight rather than having to kill and eat plants or animals. A transDarwinian possibility is that our next evolutionary step is to discard our physical bodies altogether. This is a highly simplified picture of the biological options, but I'll expand on it later.

If our consciousness is anchored in the Inner World, where reality is based on unity and love, then we can operate more effectively as spiritualized humans: evolutionary agents of the New World. We are drops of a planet-wide wave ushering in a new civilization and possibly a new species. As we transform ourselves, we are transforming the race.