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

[Aaron]

We seek what we resonate with and leave what we cannot give to ourselves.

I don't reject humanity entirely because I reject being in a job that requires much of my time.

I got it!! I think I have uncovered the jewel here, for me personally, and I will share it with you. I shared the general conversation idea of this thread, the idea of having to work and of corporations being evil, with a good friend of mine and he had some amazing insights.

What it all boils down to, I think, is those last two words in your post, "my time". I believe that if you were doing something that you really believe in, something that you can support from your heart, something you really love, then "my time" would no longer be an issue. Doing whatever it is that supports you would not take away from you. Something I realized is that I don't feel bad about my job because I work for a genuinely positively oriented company. Yes, they do exist! And what do these positively oriented groups of people in the business world do? They serve humanity.

This is important because the points I was making to you before about seeking the self in the context of a group doing work, and being aware of what you are giving to and getting from society in that regard, only hold water if it is a loving and supporting environment. And what I didn't realize was the subtle distinction between these groups, this "society", and humanity as a whole, as a thing in itself. Thanks to my friend and his beautiful mind for this deeper distinction.

So there are a spectrum of companies ranging from positive to negative... to being made up of negatively polarizing people to being made up of highly positively polarized people, and especially wanderers. This ties back into the question at my last post which was, (now more elegantly phrased) how does one merge with and serve the society that one is a part of, while keeping and striving for that greater goal of achieving one's unique service to humanity? It could be that you've already found the way in which you're doing that. But it could be that it's entirely possible for you to find work that allows you to connect with your community in a positive way, and also will give you the right amount of free time, if you are open to this possibility. Either way, I'm just satisfied to have answered the question for myself.