"The experience of no need to find the necessary emolument."

[xise]

As I said, there is nothing wrong with this philosophy of not liking the money, living in the woods, growing its own food etc. It's awesome! But talking about it and saying that one does not like money and thus doesn't want to participate in this system by not getting a job or other way of getting food on the table, and yet still live in the system and taking advantage of it by other people paying for your food and living, is hypocracy and reminds me of parasitism.

One could easily argue that modern society is a parasitism on the Earth. Every car we use (even electric), pollute and harms mother earth. No matter how organic and/or vegan we are, we use products that harm humans, animals, plants, and the environment due the vast amount of chemicals in nearly every modern item or the amount of environmental damaged caused by creating an item, whether building materials to makeup that was tested on animals or wood items created in the wake of deforestation. The only way around is to live in the woods in a cabin you build from your bare hands. However, I agree with you that it makes sense to care about how much we take from others, be it the plants, animals, Gaia, or other humans. I would also agree that it's not useful to force people to give to others because then it just begets a sense of bitterness (and its unfortunately to be forced to pay taxes to support those you don't wish to support Ankh).


There are many experiences to be had on this Earth. All of us on this forum are "lucky" in a certain sense. There are millions struggling in abject poverty and starvation in Africa and other third world countries. That catalyst is a different sort than the ones most of us experience. I don't see A1 as avoiding the catalyst as working any more than any of us are avoiding the catalyst of abject poverty and starvation (I don't think most of us have been exposed to this sort of catalyst in this life, but probably have in past lives. I'm betting that even if A1 hasn't been exposed to work catalyst in this life, he has in past lives). A1, and us, all have unique choices concerning what catalyst we wish to pursue, and we are pursuing them.


I'm ok with people who do not work, have no expectations, and live on the charity of others. If at the end of the day, A1 wishes to devote his time to pursuing things not involving working, wonderful, especially if that opportunity is freely given by the universe. Many of the greatest achievements of humankind (invention, philosophy) were not done out a need to make ends-meet money, but done from a space where worrying about work and money were not the primary motivators. There is beauty in having a world where work is less needed. If A1 is manifesting a small scale version of this world with vervex's full support, then that is simply a beautiful thing.


Kudos Manny! .