Free-Money Givings

One aspect of this experiment has been my exploration of the vast spectrum of forms that kindness and personal connection can take. These range from simple acts of being, to glancing affirmations, to aquaintances and friendships that are manifested in exchanges and sharing. The connections range from intimate one-to-one (as in a musical exchange), to global (as in environmental concern), and beyond.

Through the lens of the intentional giving act, calibrated by money, these can be 'free' gifts of time and energy, 'small' gifts of goods/services purchased for a friend, or 'large' gifts of charitable donations to social organizations of systemic change.

To hear stories of those gifts and exchanges that didn't involve money, you just need to go to any post from any part of my travels. To me, these creative gifts from myself - my time, energy, knowledge, imagination - are in fact 'larger' than any money donation.


Here I'll put just a few, that were particularly poignant:

-volunteering at Sadhana Village for two weeks, helping out and teaching hands-on drumming to the unique folks there
Sadhana Village Post
Year-End Post

-teaching a math class to Babu's tutees in Kolkata
Kolkata Post

-sharing music
Rishikesh Post
Kolkata Post
Gwalior Post

-cleaning the holy Ganges River, and setting up recycling at the yoga ashram
Rishikesh Post