I know it is a long title but is speaks for itself.
Today, I was contemplating the matter which gave rise to the above title. I thought to myself: how do I justify eating my bread? How do I justify being in this wonderful country built by non-immigrants for non-immigrants (apparently...)? How do I justify being...alive?
And that I thought about the provisions and orders for students of most religions and spiritual disciplines. Brahmanic students and sanyasis are prohibited from carrying money on them, using the boats or transportation (I know!) and from earning their income. They are prescribed to beg to survive and lead a humble and honest lifestyle until the graduation, when they will have a choice to either continue on their religious path or become a householder.
The students of religious and social pathways are acknowledged public servants. Not only they study to serve the public, they serve the public while studying in so many ways: with their behavior which serves as an example to others, with their prayers, with their manners and ways, with their choices, with their messages, with their teachings and with their interactions. How much more so a person who ACTIVELY engages in making changes in a number of venues and domains. Even though we (students and religious workers) do not contribute money directly to the taxes (how many do?). we make changes, address social, ethnic, national and religious injustices, create proposals, help pass laws, lobby, raise awareness, generate support, spread information, prevent tragedies, heal, encourage cooperation, mend broken bonds, create new connections, spread information, channel the spirit, distribute resources, help to obtain means and ways, advice, direct, guide, counsel, consult, as well as entertain, educate and elevate.
Now is these mentioned above, and generally so, are not services to the community and not ways of paying one's taxes when one has ZERO=0 income, I do not know what is.
Sincerely,
Dana Zeno Gabriel Zakharov
About Me
- Speaker for the fearful
- " There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which is proof against all arguments and which cannot fail to keep a woman[or man]in everlasting ignorance- that principle is "Contempt prior to investigation!"