RenChenZa® Learning Network

Self Help and 7 steps to a civil society

Self Help

I named this part of the site Self Help because I think it is untimely up to each individual to help make the world a better place by starting with themselves. Once we have some understanding of helping our selves we can help others.

Dog Days of Summer

The Dog Days of Summer is a yearly event that can help remind us of our obligation to ourselves, our dogs, society, and the environment.

The ideas that lead to the RenChenZa® Lifestyle Support Dog® started in one of Americas most dramatic landscapes. It was after having a dream while camping in Death Valley that I was given the answer to years of searching, my subconscious calls it RenChenZa®. RenChenZa® blends some useful but ultimately harmful traits, such as the human trait for conquest and other forms of aggression into new ultimately good emergent traits. While these traits may not be as useful in the short term, they will provide for long term survival of humanity. It is hoped that RenChenZa® can help people transcend primitive behaviors and emotions to a place of universal acceptance and a higher form of love.

After my RenChenZa dream about a universally peaceful society I realized we need to start with how we live our lives on an individual day to day basis. This comprises our lifestyle. Hence what I call the RenChenZa® Lifestyle Support Dog®. The Lifestyle Support Dog® is a dog that supports our lifestyles. It can support a lifestyle of primitive emotions or, a Lifestyle Support Dog® can help us understand our primitive emotions and guide us toward our higher nature. What leads us one way or another is our Significant Points Of Reference. Often we can realign our Significant Points Of Reference by applying critical thought to lessons of the human/dog experience.

Making the world a better place through the human/dog experience is the main purpose of RenChenZa®. People tend to live their live based on different kinds of knowledge. This knowledge is both objective and subjective. As humans we learn both by understanding nature and by understanding ourselves. One purposes of RenChenZa® is to learn about the world and about life. To become more civilized, people need to learn how to transcend their primitive animal nature. We can begin this journey by leaning about the world and how to live a good life. Both factual knowledge and wisdom are important. RenChenZa® is about gaining knowledge and understanding in both of these areas.
RenChenZa® is committed to helping people develop the wisdom to use knowledge. A big goal of RenChenZa® is to teach individuals how to create a well lived life.

When we really understand dogs we understand life. Dogs make great models for learning because they fit so well into human societies. In fact dogs are just about everywhere. Dogs are one of the most successful species on Earth. Dog are so successful because of their ability to exploit humans. Dogs have benefited greatly from being the trusted companion of humankind. Even in countries where dogs are officially not liked, they not only survive but thrive. Dogs have accompanied humans from the dawn of civilizations and into what could be considered, our civilizing age. Because of this close association with humans, dogs can show us the way to continued biological progress. Dogs can give humanity a great gift by providing insight into who we are and how to emerge into truly civilized beings. Isn’t one vision of paradise a place where there is no evil? Utopia may be far off, but by understanding the dog we get a glimpse of what’s needed to reach a place of peace and prosperity.

Our dogs are humanities door into the workings of nature. Some people will benefit by watching and pondering its wonders, others want to unlock the door and walk into a world of natural understanding. The human/dog experience is the key that unlocks the door. By interacting with our dogs we can learn about many systems that affect our own lives. This ranges from the effects of economics to the social systems that drive governments. We can learn about physical health and emotional health. Dogs can teach many humans one of life’s most important lessons, how to be happy.

Wishing you the very best
Andrew Ledford

Please feel free to Contact Us if you have any questions regarding this site.