ABSTRACT
This chapter explores some subtle aspects of the way proviolent messages are embedded in contemporary culture, and argues that the way to create a better culture is through ‘principled’ nonviolence; specifically, through concrete actions that build a nonviolent consciousness. The nonviolent confrontation of large scale conflict by ‘peace-teams’ is seen as an outstanding example of behaviour that must be much better understood and supported as the cornerstone of such a new culture and consciousness. The rules that peoples live by need protection against manipulation by selfish interests, not unlike the way DNA needs to be hidden deep within structures of the body for its continuity across many generations. The ‘jumbled narrative’ of our culture is leading us into disaster, and in various ways some people are becoming aware of that. Rarely in history has there been a culture more ripe for change.
