I see things different and I feel it from the bottom of my soul. It is so different from what most other human beings believe. Ive always been that way and have always swam upstream. I tried to fit in and see the logic in the worlds thinking, but just cannot justify it with my brain. Doesnt make sense, doesnt compute. Leaves me feeling tainted and a liar for going along with popular thought. Most people reading this would not agree with what I have to say for obvious reasons. Im going to say what I believe.
Rent should be illegal. Everyone should own there little piece of the world. No one has the right to prey upon those less fortunate to pad there own bank account or to pay there mortgage for them. It takes ownership and any hope of ownership away from those who are struggling to own there little piece of the world, which is everyones right no matter what. We are all citizens of planet earth and should partake of it equally. Those who wish not to work as hard would have less land than those who "toil" very hard. And by work I mean WORK, great physical expenditure. This doesnt mean paying someone else to do it for you because you have more than them. It doesnt mean investing, borrowing, stealing, conning those with less cunning and drive to have more. No more preying upon those who have less, just to take even more from them, by those who have more or alot more, to acquire even more. No more growing profits each quarter because where does that end? It ends by sucking the last buck out of the have nots. Thats the only way you increase profits every year. And no more symbolic giving to "charities". There wouldnt be a need for charities. It is not enough to give a little to some anonymous cause by those that have so much in comparison to what they give.
Back to rent, are you seeing my logic? For travelers there needs to be rent, for a room, for a night or beyond, until they have achieved what they have traveled for.
So how strange and wrong am I? Lets hear it. I want to hear how that would never work, and how thats communism, and how crazy I am. Where does this come from? It comes from caring about those that are not considered mine, in my circle or family, or from someone that will give me something in return for any good I do. I see, I care, I feel, I love, and I have a conscience. It talks loud to me, it is deafening and I cant not listen.
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Interesting. Reminded me a bit of the idea of a Utopian society in the fashion of B. F. Skinner (Walden Two). Seems to be the natural order of things that some are more motivated and had accrued more 'material karma' prior to their incarnation onto this mud ball spinning through space (than others). I "owned" a house once complete with rose bushes that my dog (Gus) loved to chew on, yes he ate rose bushes as well as the shingles off the roof of his dog house. Well he chewed them off without swallowning, but I digress.
Begs the question, does anyone really "own" anything? All things in "object consciousness" (as Tolle would say) are temporary and mere props in the 'drama' of life. When I took off in search of my Self ;o) I sold the house and was happy to reside in a VW van for the most part. I've been a renter ever since. The only time I miss "owning" a home is when I get the urge to grow something in a garden or mow the lawn.
Take a look at the 'haves' and 'have nots' and consider that things can own people and they do to some degree. There is a saying about gardening, "The more you do, the more there is to do." Same holds true with things. All of these things are calling for your attention albeit on an unconscious level most of the time. The more space one occupies the more things they accumulate.
In general, when we are young we want to add, collect, increase but.... There is a point when the soul realizes that all of these things are really meaningless except the meaning we gave them. We realize that it takes energy to maintain them along with responsibility. Then the older, wiser souls begin to "lighten the load" getting on the phone and calling Goodwill Ind. or placing ads for garage sales. Time to lighten the load for the journey to where things cannot travel...
Other than missing a garden and on rare occasions mowing the lawn, I'm content to have been a renter for several decades. To be honest, if I did own a house I would be wanting to trade for a condo or sell it to rent at this stage of my life. Less space equates to less maintenance and more time to do other things.
The human (ego) condition is not to remain satisfied for long. The good news is we are beyond the human condition and the world of things doesn't exist really. Only to the extent we feel the props are needed for the roles we play on the stage.
Interesting. Reminded me a bit of the idea of a Utopian society in the fashion of B. F. Skinner (Walden Two). Seems to be the natural order of things that some are more motivated and had accrued more 'material karma' prior to their incarnation onto this mud ball spinning through space (than others). I "owned" a house once complete with rose bushes that my dog (Gus) loved to chew on, yes he ate rose bushes as well as the shingles off the roof of his dog house. Well he chewed them off without swallowning, but I digress.
Begs the question, does anyone really "own" anything? All things in "object consciousness" (as Tolle would say) are temporary and mere props in the 'drama' of life. When I took off in search of my Self ;o) I sold the house and was happy to reside in a VW van for the most part. I've been a renter ever since. The only time I miss "owning" a home is when I get the urge to grow something in a garden or mow the lawn.
Take a look at the 'haves' and 'have nots' and consider that things can own people and they do to some degree. There is a saying about gardening, "The more you do, the more there is to do." Same holds true with things. All of these things are calling for your attention albeit on an unconscious level most of the time. The more space one occupies the more things they accumulate.
In general, when we are young we want to add, collect, increase but.... There is a point when the soul realizes that all of these things are really meaningless except the meaning we gave them. We realize that it takes energy to maintain them along with responsibility. Then the older, wiser souls begin to "lighten the load" getting on the phone and calling Goodwill Ind. or placing ads for garage sales. Time to lighten the load for the journey to where things cannot travel...
Other than missing a garden and on rare occasions mowing the lawn, I'm content to have been a renter for several decades. To be honest, if I did own a house I would be wanting to trade for a condo or sell it to rent at this stage of my life. Less space equates to less maintenance and more time to do other things.
The human (ego) condition is not to remain satisfied for long. The good news is we are beyond the human condition and the world of things doesn't exist really. Only to the extent we feel the props are needed for the roles we play on the stage.
The same for all or all the same? We all are very individualized with our talents. One is good with a garden, another has a "black thumb", one is good with numbers- but another can't see the logic. If those 2 types get together, they will both have a garden and know how many seeds they need.
Everybody do the same? What about those that have physical limitations? How are they going to "earn" their existence?
..just some thoughts.. I loved Plato's book "The Republic" for that very much. He throws out music and the arts all together, since they are dangerous, but later admits that people need access to the "sound of the flute" to sooth their souls....
Carla
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