tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post4477347498841721189..comments2024-03-28T13:36:17.137-06:00Comments on Moneyless World - Free World - Priceless World: Coming and Going of the Moneyless TribeSuelohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13739011165937473840noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-80804810173241246882013-11-17T09:45:00.248-07:002013-11-17T09:45:00.248-07:00I can't tell everyone to live as I do. And I ...I can't tell everyone to live as I do. And I can't lay out plans for a just society. Nobody can. This isn't really about living without money, or thinking up a new system. It is simply about being authentic. All I can say is follow your conscience, i.e. be completely real. Then see what follows automatically. If everyone did this, start following their consciences rather than what they are paid or ordered to do, I propose that our commercial system would collapse, because its very foundation is ulterior motivation, requiring its citizens to be fake. <br />What happens if you are real? What happens if you proclaim, "I am who I am," the holy name? You will step out of sleepy comfort and be up against great hostility. It's not an easy path, outwardly, but it's the easiest path overall - the only healthy and restful and happy one inwardly, because there is no conflict of conscience in you. Think about it, all the rights people now have and take for granted were originally illegal, opposed by the powers that be. All your rights were brought to you by people who stood their ground being authentic. Your rights were not voted into place through the system, they were fought for by people standing firm, opposed by the system. When you stand your ground, after they test you with persecution, they must finally back off. <br />Nothing inauthentic, based on illusion, can last. It must collapse, as every commercial system in history has. All that will be left is your authentic foundation, if you cultivate it now.Suelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739011165937473840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-61772853059761259162013-11-16T14:42:51.475-07:002013-11-16T14:42:51.475-07:00I'm two-thirds of the way through "The Ma...I'm two-thirds of the way through "The Man who Quit Money". I know I love a book when I start to slow down on purpose so it doesn't have to end . . . I can only hope and pray for a sequel some day - gina (I'm starting to get really lonely on this site!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-70270245890805352632013-11-12T09:42:33.854-07:002013-11-12T09:42:33.854-07:00I just started "The Man Who Quit Money" ...I just started "The Man Who Quit Money" and I can't put it down - love it. It sparkles with truth. Thank you Daniel for living it and sharing it and thank you Mark Sundeen for writing it down. When I'm done with this one I will start "The Moneyless Manifesto" by Mark Boyle. I love you guys and you are my inspiration and joy as the moneyless life beckons my soul and begs me to it. hugs - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-17040894829295802072013-11-11T08:16:14.075-07:002013-11-11T08:16:14.075-07:00I look forward to meeting you someday Jacob - I dr...I look forward to meeting you someday Jacob - I dream of becoming a wanderer - peace - bliss - weightlessness - pure spirit. I earned my bachelors, did the corporate world thing, saw and felt enough to know I want nothing of its fakery (sp?). I will be 50 years old in May and that fact means nothing to me. I am spirit. Spirit does not age. I love you all. ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-18866534842082459892013-11-09T09:22:02.616-07:002013-11-09T09:22:02.616-07:00Hi Ian - thanks for sharing your story - I enjoyed...Hi Ian - thanks for sharing your story - I enjoyed it - <br /><br />I too am thankful Daniel exists - he's just so freakin cool ! Nice to know there are others out there that we don't even know about living the moneyless weightless life - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-71130533200612408512013-11-06T12:46:06.407-07:002013-11-06T12:46:06.407-07:00Hi,
I enjoyed the book and I'm really please y...Hi,<br />I enjoyed the book and I'm really please you exist and are able to get your message out. In 1973 I lost my money and passport in India and had to live off the generosity of others for 2 months, and though at times I got down, at others the whole weight of life came off me. I ran into 2 men who were travelling the world, going without money wherever they wanted, and they were so much at ease about it, I was astonished. there must be many people out there living such free lives, but it takes a lot of courage and confidence. I was going to say good luck, but you don't need it, the world will provide when you are really receptive and in need. IanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-50974273851938310692013-11-05T12:31:54.556-07:002013-11-05T12:31:54.556-07:00Hey I'm curious - is Summer still traveling mo...Hey I'm curious - is Summer still traveling moneyless on her own? What about Javier? What about everyone else that broke off from the tribe? Are they out doing the moneyless thing singlularly? just wondering - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-19196731780794408952013-11-02T13:09:32.296-06:002013-11-02T13:09:32.296-06:00Hi all, the quote I've chosen for this day is:...Hi all, the quote I've chosen for this day is: “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”<br />― Paramahansa Yogananda<br />I guess this is my perspective on Elisabeth's comment above (although I chose the quote before checking this blog!) Anyways, I'm sure you are correct in that there would be (or WILL be more opposition as more and more souls choose the same path as Suelo - but "who cares" is what I say because my forever mantra is "in the end, we are ALL going to die anyways - so why worry about anything - just be the best person you can be every day and whatever else happens - happens. Whatever it is - it's temporary. You can't take anything with you other than your spiritual progression so - for me - that's where my focus and interest lies. Other than that - in terms of this "world" I don't give a shit. I just want to work on being the best person I can be every day while chiseling away daily at my own selfishness and vanity - making a conscious effort to help others in whatever way I can. My thought is - what else is there?? - love to all - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-61755593272320655572013-11-02T11:09:09.657-06:002013-11-02T11:09:09.657-06:00Dear Suelo...
What do you imagine you would cho...Dear Suelo... <br /><br />What do you imagine you would choose if you were not permitted to live off the land? I feel your lifestyle is one we all would be wise to adopt, but seeing the increased infringements limiting choice and freedom ( as if ) I have trouble seeing how enough people could fly under the radar this way before such efforts were shut down. A few choosing to buck the system may be tolerated, but en masse, by choice or necessity???? I live in a fairly tolerant community relative to allowing "homeless" a place to rest, and yet as more are facing this reality, the temperature is heating up and there is more opposition. I'm curious what you sense is happening, relative to the choice you have thus far been able to make, to live as you do. My pessimism as to the state of affairs in this world is quite high. I'd love a sober perspective from you. Clearly it is this day at hand that is to be addressed, but do you imagine a choice to live as you do is one many more will be able to make as the days unfold?<br /><br />Bless us all!!!<br />ElisabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-63606455623412193542013-11-02T05:16:17.110-06:002013-11-02T05:16:17.110-06:00Hi Suelo
I read your post last night and then tur...Hi Suelo<br /><br />I read your post last night and then turned the telly on. Guess what was on - the episode that you mention with you and Karl Pilkington and I tuned in right at the point where he introduces you. Synchronistic or what ? I was disappointed that he decided not to sleep out with you. All the best.<br /><br />BrianAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-6588587140732605322013-11-01T07:54:39.747-06:002013-11-01T07:54:39.747-06:00Good Morning my fellow spiritual pilgrims - the Qu...Good Morning my fellow spiritual pilgrims - the Quote for the Day is: "All good things are wild and free" -<br /><br /> Henry David Thoreau<br /><br />Enjoy this beautiful day - simply existing is spectacular ! - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-33553606713314951292013-10-30T12:24:26.744-06:002013-10-30T12:24:26.744-06:00Infinite gratitude!
'Let the People of the Bo...Infinite gratitude!<br /><br />'Let the People of the Book recognize<br />that they have no control over the Grace of Allah;<br />That Grace [Gratis] is in His hands alone,<br />and that He vouchsafes it to whom He will.<br />Allah's Grace [Gratis] is infinite.'<br />(Quran 57:29)<br /><br />'I will not serve God like a laborer,<br />in expectation of my wages.'<br /> --Rabia al-AdawiyaSuelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739011165937473840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-39020613226880268842013-10-30T09:05:34.555-06:002013-10-30T09:05:34.555-06:00Thanks Abul - that was nice. We have a gift in Su...Thanks Abul - that was nice. We have a gift in Suelo and in each other. We just come to the stream (this blog!) and drink every day. So peaceful. So refreshing. I send out big love and hugs to you all and dream of the day I will put a backpack on and just walk away with "no purse or script" in hand and wander as a spiritual pilgrim - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-57190882969324754112013-10-30T07:38:53.605-06:002013-10-30T07:38:53.605-06:00I love following you on here Daniel. You have tau...I love following you on here Daniel. You have taught me a great deal. God bless you and guide you and increase you. <br />I came across this story and felt i wanted to share. Peace<br /><br />Zoltan<br /><br />I kept the company of a brother in din (religion) in the wilderness <br />until we broke off from people and started living in a cave <br />hoping that Allah would open for us the spiritual blessings <br />which He opens for His friends (awliya'). <br />We stayed there in the cave saying to each other <br />that perhaps this Friday Allah will make us <br />among His special friends or perhaps this month. <br />But, Allah did not open any spiritual doors for us. <br />We were in this state when an old man showed up <br />at the door of the cave asking us permission to enter. <br />We granted him permission and he entered <br />giving his greeting of salam. We asked him, <br />'Who are you?' And he replied, 'I am a slave of the King.' <br />And with this we knew that he was among <br />the special close friends of Allah and we asked him, <br />'How is your state?' <br />And he instead asked us repeatedly as if blaming us, <br />'How is your state?' And then he said, <br />'How is the state of him who says to himself <br />that perhaps this Friday I will become a special friend of Allah <br />or perhaps this month? <br />There will be no special divine friendship (for such a person), <br />nor any prosperity, nor good things in this world, <br />and nor good things in the next world. <br />Will you two not just worship Allah in sincerity for His sake <br />as He has ordered you? He has said: <br />'I have not created the jinn nor man except to worship Me. <br />[{al-Qur'an 51:56}].' <br />He then left us and we recognized our mistake <br />and realized that Allah sent him to us as mercy. <br />I then returned to my self in blame and said to it, <br />'O my self, who are you, <br />what is your great action, and what is your worth? <br />You amount to nothing. <br />Then, we made repentance <br />and asked for forgiveness from Allah Most High. <br />Afterwards, Allah opened for us the door <br />(which we were seeking) <br />due to His generosity and bounty.<br /><br />- Abul Hasan al-Shadhili -Zoltanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05512233466618952318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-18159804617360636022013-10-29T14:50:12.454-06:002013-10-29T14:50:12.454-06:00haha - well, miracles will happen for the now &quo...haha - well, miracles will happen for the now "homeless" packrat just as they do for you and the rest of us during the times when we're seemingly void of all resources and feeling scared and helpless. So - happy homemaking and I think it's time for a cave-warming party ! gina a/k/a gina-bear (i just made that up - and I like it way too much ! I'm scaring myself ! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-48752178629142248632013-10-28T16:17:34.557-06:002013-10-28T16:17:34.557-06:00The ringtail 'cat' didn't house-sit th...The ringtail 'cat' didn't house-sit this time, but the packrat moved in! Had to clear out her nest and torch out the needles, turds, bugs & microbes, without guilt but with a bit of sadness for her & everybody there. But packrat wasn't in there at the time. Suelohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13739011165937473840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-24579364562408315662013-10-28T12:11:52.835-06:002013-10-28T12:11:52.835-06:00Hi Suelo - so happy you're back in Moab all sa...Hi Suelo - so happy you're back in Moab all safe and sound ! I check your site every day too looking for any spiritual crumbs you might scatter behind you and getting the latest scoop. Have you re-visited your cave yet and wiped out all the cobwebs? or has the spiral cat been house-sitting for you? haha - ginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-70724911481081764792013-10-26T23:20:45.964-06:002013-10-26T23:20:45.964-06:00Hooray! So happy to see you post again! I check ev...Hooray! So happy to see you post again! I check every day just in case. :-) Thanks for the news, I hope all is well. --AlexaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-36942467560828590462013-10-26T16:52:08.725-06:002013-10-26T16:52:08.725-06:00Received your book last Thursday. Just can't w...Received your book last Thursday. Just can't wait to read it.<br /><br />Have a good trip, with a lot of good energies. A big hug from Portugal :)Diogo Martinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16029841693242769337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25149653.post-45365335229884617882013-10-26T15:25:09.091-06:002013-10-26T15:25:09.091-06:00As my grandmother always said, the best part of an...As my grandmother always said, the best part of any trip is coming home. Don't feel bad that it didn't turn out as you had hoped for. You can just do your best and the rest is up to God. Semper fi, SFTAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com