An Introduction to Cellular Economics Theory 
To be caught up in a debate over global warming is to miss the larger mark.
On the current and significant issue of global warming, there is still some debate as to whether it is actually happening, and further, if it caused by man. Taking a step back, the deeper issue is, "how will humankind deal with globalization?" Regardless of whether or not CO2 emissions are causing a global temperature change, any person walking down the street recognizes that internal combustion engines create pollution. No one disputes that. Coal fired power plants create tremendous pollution. Certain cities of the world are famous for their sprawling smog clouds which are so intense that athletes fear to exercise beneath them. Even small levels of toxicity, when replicated on the level of billions of individuals, are problematic.
To be caught up in a debate over global warming is to miss the larger mark. The real issue is that we, the human species, are reaching unprecedented numbers and are being forced to consciously come to terms with our impact on the natural world (of which we are an integral part). How can humanity manage its relationship to the Earth?
Economic Principles for Globalization
Cellular Economics presents the viewpoint that each human being on the planet is as a single cell within a single human body.
The human race is ready to shift its idea of itself into a larger, unified identity as "one body". As cells come together and learn how to function together to achieve specific tasks and functions, they form tissues, and from tissues, organs are formed, and from there, organ systems. The model is one of ever increasing levels of complexity and organization.
The most important directive of all cells is to work towards the general health of the organism of which they are a tiny part. Taken practically, this directive means that each cell does not overstress the system in which it finds itself. It contributes something valuable to the organism lest it be useless and its place be left behind in evolutionary development. And finally, each cell naturally expresses the joy of its existence and can trust in the functioning of the greater organism.
In the human body, cells which begin to amass and which do not follow the first directive of the health of the organism may begin to grow out of control irrespective of the integrity of the larger body. The medical term for this type of growth is cancer which, when left unchecked, will kill a body by disrupting its integrity.
Simultaneously, if one part of a single human body is left unnourished or disrespected, it will begin to wilt and die, causing impaired function and general imbalance for the body as a whole. The circumstances are the same for the larger body of humanity. If all of its cells are not nourished in the most basic way, the larger body loses its integrity and cannot function towards health.
Humanity's ability to realize itself as something greater depends on its ability to recognize and remember the possibility of something greater.
The picture is clear. As humanity begins the process of globalization, it has the choice to recognize one cell at a time, one person at a time, the existence of its larger identity. Some cultures on the planet are inherently more aware of this than others. The organization begins at the level of the cells and only occurs through choice. Humanity's ability to realize itself as something greater depends on its ability to recognize and remember the possibility of something greater. Then each cell, each person, chooses to participate - or not. Each generation makes this choice based on what has been handed down from its ancestors. For many the choice is automatic. For others it is more difficult, but each cell has the opportunity to fully explore its range of choice.
The pressing challenge, as always, is "do we want to organize at a higher level?" If not, destruction is readily available from all sides. This is the evolutionary call. The natural world seems to sort itself out in this regard. Mankind however, differs in that humans have minds that seem to be capable of a kind of choice not found in the animal, plant, and mineral kingdoms. That ability to a particluar kind of choice does not mean that humanity lives beyond the natural world.
"If each person is to the human race as a single cell is to the human body, then what is the relationship of a cell, organ, or body to the Earth?"
In looking at the model of Cellular Economics, one may ask, "If each person is to the human race as a single cell is to the human body, then what is the relationship of a cell, organ, or body to the Earth?" The answer is astonishing, for the Earth and its natural systems are entirely and holographically scalable. The relationship of a single cell, say an amoeba, to the Earth is the same as one human body's relationship to the Earth which is the same as an entire species' relationship: simply, the Earth nourishes and informs.
Some basic principles can be derived from this model which apply to individuals, communities, businesses, and governments. First, to be healthy, an organism must not poison itself. To that end, human beings are realizing and remembering their integral connection to the Earth. To poison the Earth is to poison the larger organism of which humanity is a part. How is it that a tree is created, grows up, lives, produces fruit, processes sunlight, digs deep into the soil, creates oxygen, provides shelter for animals, grows old, dies, and decomposes without ever violating natural systems? The tree has organized according to the deepest natural laws and in doing so is miraculously successful in its existence.
Secondly, each part of the organism must work towards the greater health and functionality of the organism. Growth which occurs for its own sake and ignores the integrity of the whole is cancerous and therefore ultimately deadly in its nature.
Since ever increasing organization is wholly dependent on the choice of each and every participant, the experience must ultimately be enjoyable.
In Cellular Economics a person asks themselves, "Am I in harmony with natural systems?" or, "Am I contributing to the bigger picture?" or, "How do I create toxicity and how can I limit that?" or perhaps most importantly, "How can I be the best I can be?" At each level of increasing organization and complexity these questions must continue to be addressed. And perhaps the crux of the matter is, "Are we having fun?" Since ever increasing organization is wholly dependent on the choice of each and every participant, the experience must ultimately be enjoyable.
Many important and valuable guidelines can be derived when using a single human body as the template for globalization. Everything from how to conduct a single business transaction to global economic structures and even how to relate to one's neighbor can be derived from this model. Everyone is provided firsthand with their personal example for study. The degree to which people can understand their own bodies as the map for humanity's greater possibilities, ever increasing organization, complexity, and joy are what makes such a comparison possible.
