Economics (and all human systems for that matter) requires a new basic concept. A concept that actually is a Bothness, i.e. Duality (as in both philosophy and policy) and is also a Bothness/Andness/Oneness, i.e. Trinity-Unity (as in philosophy, policy and self awareness). This would make such concept Wisdom, which is both a robust state of mind and the integrative process itself, and the pinnacle of Wisdom namely the natural state known as Flow/Grace/satori-kensho/atman etc. all of which are Trinity-Unities of self awareness, space and time. Wisdom by definition is again bothness and its integration which means it cannot be irrelevant as in only thinking/philosophy, or only acting/policy. Grace etc. are ultimate (but natural) concepts whose many, many aspects majorly include balance, equilibrium (even if a system’s basic nature is disequilibrium) and flow which are classical and correct goals of economics. Finally, Grace etc. also correctly includes an ethical component, especially in regard to factoring/considering the individual as most important, which sadly is threadbare in economic theory let alone policy/practice.

This of course is entirely a natural metaphysics, even though it could fit seamlessly into any of the world’s major wisdom traditions if one so chose to conceive it within such a context. It will be found that all of the aspects of Wisdom and Grace etc. are relevant monetarily and economically, and yet more integrative than the perfectly legitimate but less integrative and less ethically justifiable concepts of profit, power and control. Wisdom and Grace/Flow etc. New basic concepts for economics and the money system.