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[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

Perhaps I've had too easy a life but I'm not smart/motivated enough to chase after money in the least. It's most definitely a weakness of mine. Things should change for me though once I finish my first draft, if I could set aside another few months. Either change or failure and try try again.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Yeshua didn't. "The Way" is that you follow in faith. Walk outside and be one with God. A money bag in one hand and the cloths on your body. No food, nothing else. Everything will sort itself out if you trust onto God and follow Yeshua's teachings. Of course, salvation does not need to come from something so extreme, but I've seen it be done and I believe the people who do it are some of the greatest most humble of persons. They have some sixth sense; seeing syncronicities and allowing God to act through others when your need something most.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

I don't need God.

"Everything will sort itself out"

Sounds Zen to me. Despite my human frailties and failings, I'm generally pretty Zen. I lost a dozen years to Big Pharma but it's coming back. Before that I've lived with money and without. The Universe provides or you go without.

My university Zen Buddhism prof wrote books about Jesus travelling East and studying Buddhism between childhood and his adulthood.

[–]Jesus 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Well, even if he didn't travel east, he could have, his philosophy was that of love. And that is something lacking in western societies.