Is Giving A Homeless Person $ For Drugs STO?

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[quote='flofrog' pid='291754' dateline='1616447475']
How interesting Ming. I had a friend who was homeless and related the same type of curious little things as your bench...

Nothing like being minimalistic...

When I, (finally), returned and started living inside again. I, (literally), felt like a "Caged Animal". Do you know how good it feels to be outside twenty-four hours a day? What made it more interesting, I had never been to that area of Europe before, so everyday was a new adventure. Most people do not believe me, (but), I loved it. If the situation had not changed, I could have happily continued living like that. The fact was, it was "Self-Realization".  The longest I went without the "Food from the God(s)" was three days. What was even more amazing, the food and drink I found was always unopened and untouched. Meanwhile, as I travelled south, I had no expectation finding food at the end of day. Or, I remained neutral about it, and not trying to influence it. That was part of the "Self-Realization". I actually considered it as the most enjoyable part of my life, and nothing has matched it.

I am not surprised.
Exactly what my friend described.  I am so happy for you Ming, and... mmm,... sorry you are back to a 'lesser' state ?  

Fact is many, many years ago I was lucky enough to go to India. I went through the south inside the country very far from the ocean beaches. It was such a cleansing time, I had always thought I had lived in India in other lives, and suddenly I was totally at home, finding places to stay in small villages and living a very minimal life. Nothing like what you lived though, but each day  and some nights spent outside too.  Very nostalgic for it.

True, it was nothing like I lived through, (but), India suffers from extreme poverty. Did you see any when you were there? What I have seen on TV, some of the worst places are around railway bus stations. When I was in ISKCON it was my dream to go to India. Then I moved on. The countries I want to see now are Russia, China and Japan. Because of my ancestral roots, and the Philosophy.

You know if you are from the west, you see poverty, immediately,   and poverty is in your eyes overwhelming. If  you live in the country, in very rural areas,  poverty is different because most everyone lives practically in the same state but it's different because everyone is more or less dependent on each other. It's like normal instant compassion and even compassion is not the right word.  Needs are small, things are shared.  It happens in city slums too but there is way more a sense of peace about it outside cities. Although, this is not quite right. There is also a strange peace in city slums. Needs are small.  Also,  things are more seen as a very temporary state, and everyone participates in a sense, things being natural. There is also a great, how shall I say, dignity.  I dont know. I find even words are difficult to really give the sense  of it. It's just a different place, different mind, different everything.  I am very nostalgic for it, still after all those years.

I wish you the best Ming for your travels to the East.