”It’s Time to Treat the Cause, Not the Symptoms。“
The world’s biggest problems—poverty, inequality, climate change, and more—are not just external challenges. They are symptoms of a deeper issue: the human mindset. This page explores each of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the lens of the Zero Perspective, revealing how our inner beliefs, fears, and habits shape the crises we see outside. If we want real, lasting solutions, we must first change the way we think.
SDGs Matched with Zero Concept & Root Mindset Problem
1: End poverty
- Mindset Problem: Scarcity mindset, greed, and attachment to accumulation.
- Zero View: True wealth is inner sufficiency. Systems built on hoarding create poverty elsewhere.
2: End hunger and promote sustainable agriculture
- Mindset Problem: Disconnection from nature, overproduction, waste, and profit-over-life thinking.
- Zero View: Mindfulness, gratitude, and balance restore natural abundance.
3. Ensure healthy lives and well-being
- Mindset Problem: Externalization of health, stress from competition, and neglect of inner harmony.
- Zero View: Inner peace and mental alignment are the root of true well-being.
4. Quality education for all
- Mindset Problem: Narrow, utility-driven views of learning; knowledge without wisdom.
- Zero View: Real education liberates, integrates mind and heart, and fosters understanding of self and life.
5. Gender equality
- Mindset Problem: Dominance mindset, ego-based identity roles, and fear of difference.
- Zero View: Oneness of human essence beyond gender; compassion replaces control.
6. Water and sanitation for all
- Mindset Problem: Exploitation and disregard for shared resources; short-term gain over long-term stewardship.
- Zero View: Simplicity and reverence for nature reduce waste and protect shared essentials.
7. Affordable and sustainable energy
- Mindset Problem: Overconsumption, addiction to convenience, and blind technological growth.
- Zero View: Energy sufficiency is possible through restraint, cooperation, and sustainable choices.
8. Decent work and economic growth
- Mindset Problem: Endless growth illusion, status-based identity, and exploitation.
- Zero View: Work becomes meaningful when aligned with contribution, not competition.
9. Sustainable infrastructure and innovation
- Mindset Problem: Innovation as ego-projection and dominance, not service.
- Zero View: True innovation is rooted in collective upliftment and low-impact design.
10. Reduce inequality
- Mindset Problem: Comparison, insecurity, superiority/inferiority complex.
- Zero View: All humans share the same essence; equality arises from ego reduction.
11. Sustainable cities and communities
- Mindset Problem: Fragmented lifestyles, isolation, and material priority over human connection.
- Zero View: Community arises from shared values and mindful living.
12. Sustainable consumption and production
- Mindset Problem: Desire addiction, consumption as identity, and lack of self-awareness.
- Zero View: Simplicity, contentment, and intentional living are the cure.
13. Combat climate change
- Mindset Problem: Control mentality, denial, and shortsightedness.
- Zero View: Humility before nature and acceptance of limits changes the trajectory.
14. Conserve oceans
- Mindset Problem: Disconnection from ecosystems and commodification of all life.
- Zero View: Wholeness and reverence protect that which we depend on.
15. Protect land and biodiversity
- Mindset Problem: Ownership illusion and anthropocentrism.
- Zero View: Coexistence and responsibility emerge from dissolving ego-based hierarchy over nature.
16. Peace, justice, and strong institutions
- Mindset Problem: Fear, separation, desire for control, and retributive justice.
- Zero View: Peace arises when inner conflict is resolved and empathy is cultivated.
17. Global partnerships for sustainable development
- Mindset Problem: Nationalism, competition, mistrust, and ego-based interests.
- Zero View: True collaboration is only possible when self-interest is transcended.
🔍 Conclusion: All SDGs Trace Back to Inner Mental Conditions
From poverty to climate change, the real driver isn't lack of technology or resources—it’s misaligned mindsets:
- Attachment
- Greed
- Fear
- Ego
- Disconnection from self, others, and nature
The Zero model offers a subtractive, liberating approach to root-level change. By focusing on the transformation of human mindset, all 17 SDGs can be addressed at the source—not just treated at the surface.