You see that's the beauty of the simplicity of the idea of making
everything free. Nobody would be demanding anything. Nobody would be
claiming that 'they' have more than 'me,' as anyone could have
whatever they needed or wanted, within reason of course. You can't
give everyone everything, there just simply isn't enough of everything
to give everyone. :O)

We both know that this is not going to happen, at least not in our
lifetime, but take a step back from what you are arguing for a few
moments and try to see the deeper point that is being indicated.

"Us" versus "them," and greed(desire) for objects in the world are at
the root of the problem.

Everyone need not have universal consciousness to live and work
cooperatively for the good of the whole and not just the few. Just
look at the letter I posted from Japan. I assure you that all of those
folks helping each other out are not living from a place of universal
consciousness, but they dropped the "us vs. them" mentality, and they
are helping each other survive, together.

What do you really care if someone works or not? This is ego based
thinking that is a result of thinking solely of oneself, and not THE
Self that is the oneness in all. The only reason one cares about this
is because of "me vs. them" thinking which is duality and ignorance on
its most gross level.

There will always be people who don't want to work, or who can't work.
So what? Let them eat cake, or make music, or watch the kids. Who
cares? Does that mean that their needs should not be taken care of?
And there will always be people who want to work, even if there is no
reward or payment for their labor. And, unfortunately because of love
for objects in the world, and thinking them to be 'mine,' or the
notion "I want that," there will be injustice and cruelty.

Not wanting to give 'mine' to another is ego. Who is 'mine' for
anyway? It is for the body, and this type of selfish thinking is
solidly based in the belief that oneself is the body.

What are things anyway? Nothing but dust in the wind. Like water or
sand slipping through your fingers, trying to lay claim to any thing
is and excercise in futility and the very definition of bondage.

I say nothing is mine. Mine is delusion. Whatever can be taken away
from me was never mine to begin with.

This understanding is the difference between sages and the ignorant.
The sages want nothing, give everything, and for them, nothing is
lacking.



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