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Phtha · 12-08-2009, 08:20 PM

Great links thank you. Yes this is a big part of the awakening isn't it?

I have a personal success story to share, to show how possible it is. Growing up as a city slicker I had never gardened before. I started a garden this summer without bothering to take any formal training, or even read how to do it. I just did it, and cared for it like a loving pet, and like a pet, it mirrored my love back.
I went 2 months without going to a grocery store, aside from the odd snack that is. My garden was roughly 20ft by 40ft (smaller then many lawns) and there was so much food that I had problems giving it away. It is winter here now, but next year I will be growing 20x as much and also canning to hopefully keep me fed through out the year so a grocery store will be a thing of the past.

It really is that simple, the hard part can be finding the spot though, getting out of the city is key!

Here is another video that someone posted that relates to this thread:

This is a quote from the website linked by wyomiles. Great stuff.

Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorney or politicians, therefore we couldn’t cheat. We were in a really bad way before the white man came, and I don’t know how we managed to get along without the basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society.
-- Lakota Sage Lame Deer (from John Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions)

12-08-2009, 08:20 PM	#5
Phtha Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 947	Re: Living without money- a real story... Great links thank you. Yes this is a big part of the awakening isn't it? I have a personal success story to share, to show how possible it is. Growing up as a city slicker I had never gardened before. I started a garden this summer without bothering to take any formal training, or even read how to do it. I just did it, and cared for it like a loving pet, and like a pet, it mirrored my love back. I went 2 months without going to a grocery store, aside from the odd snack that is. My garden was roughly 20ft by 40ft (smaller then many lawns) and there was so much food that I had problems giving it away. It is winter here now, but next year I will be growing 20x as much and also canning to hopefully keep me fed through out the year so a grocery store will be a thing of the past. It really is that simple, the hard part can be finding the spot though, getting out of the city is key! Here is another video that someone posted that relates to this thread: This is a quote from the website linked by wyomiles. Great stuff. Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured by it. We had no written law, no attorney or politicians, therefore we couldn’t cheat. We were in a really bad way before the white man came, and I don’t know how we managed to get along without the basic things which, we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized society. -- Lakota Sage Lame Deer (from John Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions)