The concept of ownership isn't in line with my inner peace.
The more you own, the more you have to care for.
I find it essential though in everything I strive to because without ownership it is easier to become victimized.
Ownership = Security.
This is mine. That is yours. I am only sharing what is mine, not giving it up.
The minute I completely step back others will step to claim it and regulate it according to their desires.
There is always an unspoken power dynamic at play.
Lot of Amazigh tribes had no limitations for sharing. They built no walls around their communities. No castles and towers to keep watch of their wealth.
They were very generous and hospitable.
Most likely why at the beginning of conquests, they didn't resist against having outsiders among them.
They let them be. They were open to all religions and all cultures.
Pagans, Jews, Christians, non religious..
But then the outsiders took charge of freedoms, and freedoms slowly became forms of control.
The Imazighan were among the first to resist conquest for the simple reason that sharing became slavery.
I understand where I came from and I worry about how it would manifest in my actions. I sit with my people now and I see lot of our past scars in their words and actions.
At some point resistance became divisive ownership. We started reflecting how the world treated us.
I own and I won't share. I will have and I will not give. I am and I won't accept who you are.
The joy of giving ended because the fear of losing settled in our culture, and differences are weaponized to devalue sharing.
There are still amazigh communities who have no sense of "betrayal" today, because they have no extreme traumatic collective experiences in their memory.
They lived remote lives away from clashes. They tend to think wealth is not theirs to defend. They share all to a great extent.
And when you trick them, they hold no grudges over it and don't feel offended. Lying is looked down on but not the same way. It is but trivial detail that has no consequence on their future transactions or daily lives.
You can say they are naive and simplistic in their thinking but they also seem to have better and less complex lives, content.
They have very basic goals. And it is probably why they are the most marginalized ever since they don't unite and fight against the systematic ethnic cleansing of their culture.
When I talk to them, it is exactly like talking to children. And it's sweet and terrifying at the same time. Inner peace at the expense of one's safety is a terrifying compromise to someone who has seen too much of this world.
But it is beautiful and pure in its own way.
I find it essential though in everything I strive to because without ownership it is easier to become victimized.
Ownership = Security.
This is mine. That is yours. I am only sharing what is mine, not giving it up.
The minute I completely step back others will step to claim it and regulate it according to their desires.
There is always an unspoken power dynamic at play.
Lot of Amazigh tribes had no limitations for sharing. They built no walls around their communities. No castles and towers to keep watch of their wealth.
They were very generous and hospitable.
Most likely why at the beginning of conquests, they didn't resist against having outsiders among them.
They let them be. They were open to all religions and all cultures.
Pagans, Jews, Christians, non religious..
But then the outsiders took charge of freedoms, and freedoms slowly became forms of control.
The Imazighan were among the first to resist conquest for the simple reason that sharing became slavery.
I understand where I came from and I worry about how it would manifest in my actions. I sit with my people now and I see lot of our past scars in their words and actions.
At some point resistance became divisive ownership. We started reflecting how the world treated us.
I own and I won't share. I will have and I will not give. I am and I won't accept who you are.
The joy of giving ended because the fear of losing settled in our culture, and differences are weaponized to devalue sharing.
There are still amazigh communities who have no sense of "betrayal" today, because they have no extreme traumatic collective experiences in their memory.
They lived remote lives away from clashes. They tend to think wealth is not theirs to defend. They share all to a great extent.
And when you trick them, they hold no grudges over it and don't feel offended. Lying is looked down on but not the same way. It is but trivial detail that has no consequence on their future transactions or daily lives.
You can say they are naive and simplistic in their thinking but they also seem to have better and less complex lives, content.
They have very basic goals. And it is probably why they are the most marginalized ever since they don't unite and fight against the systematic ethnic cleansing of their culture.
When I talk to them, it is exactly like talking to children. And it's sweet and terrifying at the same time. Inner peace at the expense of one's safety is a terrifying compromise to someone who has seen too much of this world.
But it is beautiful and pure in its own way.
