Good post! Some of my medium term goals involve going off grid, and trying to create a more serene space for myself. This despite the fact that I’m an unapologetic capitalist.
I think there is a balance that can be found, focusing less on consumerism than the average person, and utilizing some of the strategies you’ve talked about, especially in regards to multiple streams of income.
If I understand Liam correctly, I think he’s speaking of living more sustainably and self-sufficiently, but not off-the-grid, per se. So, you keep a job, because it has benefits to combat the future needs of your 60+ self, as you mentioned, but you get a job that makes you feel like your contributing to society in a good way (as a teacher, coach, artist or in a worker-bee capacity for a company that you believe does good), instead of having a job that contributes to the problem (fast food, big box stores, most corporate entities). You recycle and/or reuse everything from shopping bags to dishwater, grow as much of your own food that you can, buy local organics to make up the difference, you take public transportation, shop with the knowledge that every dollar you spend is a vote for how our society operates. It definately sets you apart from society, but you’re not out of it completely.
In which case, getting back to the original posters point, you are changing the system from the inside – which I highly advocate.
Sorcery aimed at supporting your efforts will only help. The person that this post is a response to is rejecting the idea of wealth magic on the basis that wealth is wrong and the system a sham.
My own choice was to enter the system in higher education at a school that espouses my own views of sustainability in ecology and ethics in economy, to name a few.
And to have only one child, and raise him to share my values.
Can I live entirely according to my own value system? No, because I have obligations within the system. I pay taxes, so I am supporting a military infrastructure that I don’t approve of. Then again, I do support commitment to caring for the soldiers who serve in that infrastructure.
Having passed on my values to my son, I count on him to be my voice when I pass from this world.
Putting my career into a school with a deep commitment to ethical values that I share, I count on the graduates to also share in that voice when I pass from this world.
Will I become rich? No. Will I acquire wealth? I think so.
Great post as always. In regards to how the system is changed from within, perhaps it is the optimist in me, but Margret Mead once said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Not a clear, detailed plan of action, but certainly some inspiration.
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One comment that caught my attention had to do with the very validity of the financial system itself, and whether it’s really a good idea to even be participating:
“What about those who can perform magic extremely effectively, but absolutely hate the current socioeconomic system so much that they refuse to use magic to fit into it better? To such a person every dollar of fiat money for example may be nothing but a symbol of the value being placed on force and fraud, which can easily lead to interesting results magically-how many of us for example cast spells specifically to protect ourselves from force and fraud? If you see government issued currency as being such then you may find yourself protected quite well indeed.
The effects of ones worldview are something to consider, and not necessarily in a “these are the values you need to give up” way; if your spell isn’t compatible with your deepest values you might want to change it to something that is.”
Given that I wrote a book about how to use magic to work within the financial system to get ahead, you might think that I would completely reject the premise of the question, but I don’t. I have the HIGHEST respect for this. I respect it more than the path I have chosen for myself in fact.
The” system” is a house of cards that is perpetrated by force and fraud. I think that taking a stand against that in terms of magic and lifestyle is a worthy thing. But just like I say to people that reject materialism as anathema to spirituality: You must really live that view for it to have meaning.
It is not a matter of your values and your magic being in line. It is a matter of making your life be about something.
If you believe that the entire economy is force and fraud, and you cannot stand the idea of using magic to participate in it, then you need to do what it takes to extricate yourself from it: generate your own power, grow your food, limit your income to off the books labor and limit your needs to fit that budget. You would be using magic, and lots of it, to create an extraordinary life. A life that is really about escaping and rejecting a system you despise.
If however you are just working a dead end, low-wage job for 45 hours a week and refuse to get a career because you feel it would be “participating in the a system of fraud” then I have no respect for that. That’s not dedication, that’s laziness masquerading as activism. Besides which: you are still participating in the system. You are just limiting yourself to the worst and most disenfranchised part of it.
I know this because I was like this myself in my 20’s. Working at retail jobs or temp positions, we would think of ourselves as”within, but not of” society, or even that great occult canard that we were actually elite. But after clandestinely “printing” Behutet on AIG’s machines during my lunchbreak, I would again have to spend the afternoon on those TPS reports, just like everyone else.
Being a slacker and rejecting society is great when you are young but the practical realities of the economy will hit as you get older – usually around age 60 when its not quite so comfortable to live hand-to-mouth and too late to get re-trained for anything meaningful. You realize that you need meds, and comfort, and you have another 30-40 years of life ahead of you that are just going to get harder.
So my advice to you is that if you are serious about rejecting the system then reject it!
In my book I suggested becoming a Monk or Nun or wandering homeless mystic, but you don’t really need to do that. Just move out somewhere that you can grow food, work for cash off the books, barter, generate your own electricity or live entirely without it.
Keep your internet connection though, because there are oodles of great resources:
http://www.wikihow.com/Dumpster-Dive
http://www.off-grid.net/
http://offgridsurvival.com/living/
http://realestate.msn.com/best-places-to-live-off-the-grid
If you are not serious about this, than be serious about what you are already doing: participating in the system. Whether you are looking to change it from the inside or just trying to make a comfortable life for you and yours get serious about it, and employ the skill set that you have: Sorcery.