The current Ukraine crisis...

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Nevermind how the tax money and profits from wars enrich certain entities—but the idea of contributing to war/killing/maiming/suffering with money you pay in taxes, because there is no getting around that. And I find things like this to be conundrums difficult to resolve. Blessing the money you pay in taxes does not, in my mind, negate the fact that those taxes have actually been an "acceptance" of the STS services.

Blessing money is not required (misplaced focus on the material) and paying taxes is not akin to accepting the STS service.

One just needs to be aware of the issue and understand it enough to accept it's nature as catalyst, and that's about it. We are subject to certain 'environmental ' factors that we cannot fully control, for many existing outside of these structures is a luxury. So we make choices when we can.

Sometimes I'll get all worked up about recycling materials and how 90% gets tossed anyways, and the remainder has questionable environmental benefits, but then I have to remind myself of the big picture: the situation is temporary, an illusion for catalyst that will be turned around...the planet is not going anywhere and will be healed. Does that mean I can throw my trash out in the street? Of course not, because there are still appropriate ways of living and conducting ourselves, but I think we should not get carried away trying to validate every thought and action, as that is also a trick/catalyst of the STS to keep people in fear/guilt/shame/grief states...create the illusion of a perfect way of living that is unattainable and keep people attached to that lie.