Is Giving A Homeless Person $ For Drugs STO?

[Ming the Merciful]

In my quest for Self-Realization, through a series of events, (out of my control), I became homeless for a year. I loved every minute of it. In the true sense, it was "Liberation". As for giving somebody who is homeless money? Absolutely. When I observed it from the other side of the fence, any generosity from anyone is like a gift from Heaven, (not that I believe in Heaven). Although at the same time i was viewing the world from a "Zen Viewpoint", and frequently practised Still-Mind Meditation. At the time I was walking from Perpignan to Barcelona, (and beyond), along the coastal road. There was something mysterious? Most nights I slept in small public parks, and arrived in small towns a couple hours before sunset. What happened? I went into a park, and most nights on a park bench was different varieties of baguettes and soft drinks. I would had been impressed if it had happened once or twice. It happened most nights. Will somebody, (please), explain it to me, because it has always been a mystery. As I travelled south, I did encounter other people, and a couple of times I was given a bed for a night and food.

If you want to find Self-Realization and Liberation, become homeless. When you restart your life with nothing, you gain everything with a new set of values. I had never considered myself as "Materialistic", (however), when you begin again, and less than nothing. Materialistic desires do not exist. I now live a "Minimalistic" lifestyle, and I only own what I need. I didn't go online until six months ago, because I considered it as a luxury I did not need. Then the "God(s) of Technology" taunted me. Go online, or else? Or else what? You don't argue with the God(s). Live a little, (why don't you)? Enough, (already). Go online, (already). So, here I am. So, if you encounter somebody who is homeless, honour him as any other person. Because one day it could happen to you. I, (literally), became homeless overnight, and I decided it would be better to flee to Europe than living where I was. That was the start of the adventure. So ends the discourse and the beginning of the Path to Liberation...

Peace.