An exquisite reflection on Debt and Divinity, by one in our open global table networking and introducing elements of Time-bankng. Peter

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From: freyja@naturallybeing.one <freyja@naturallybeing.one>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 at 08:21
Subject: Thoughts On The Appropriateness Of Using Time As A Currency Of Beingness – Debt and Divinity

Dear friends as I prepare to start our Timebank may I share these thoughts.

Debt and Divinity

The very notion of the financial system
is built on debt.

We are born into debt,
live under debt,
and are told we must earn our worth,
pay back our existence,
work for our right to live.

Even those who appear to have wealth
are not free.
They are simply holding the energy of debt
over others.
A hierarchy of scarcity.

This, this, is utterly antithetical to our true nature.
For our true nature is not in debt
to anyone or anything.

We are born
with an infinite balance,
a bank of being
that never empties.

The financial system
is institutionalised separation.
It teaches us that we lack.
That we must strive.
That we must compete.
That value is external, measurable, and owned.

But the idea of debt is not God-given.
It is man-made.
It does not flow from truth,
but from fear.

It tells us that the only motivation in life
is the emotional pursuit of happiness,
a seeking to fill what is empty.
But our essential nature does not seek.
It expresses.
It radiates.
It acts from happiness,
not towards it.

Debt,
especially the charging of interest on it,
is pure exploitation,
a manipulation of time,
energy,
and freedom.

What we need
is not more control,
not more rules,
not better debt.

What we need
is a currency,
that reflects the fullness of being,
not the fear of lack.

That currency is time.

This quantification of the mind is a gift we gave ourselves,
not a stick to beat us with.  

It is the obvious choice.

Time is not owed.
It is infinite, like the mind that imagines it,
that beingness creates as a gift to itself in this relative realm.

Time is the canvas of creation,
the rhythm of presence,
the best currency of a human life.

When we treat time
not as something to spend or waste,
but as something to express through,
we begin to live again
in the light of our essential nature.

Let us imagine a world not based on extraction, but on expression.

Not on debt,
but on dignity.
Not on emotional hunger,
but on essential wholeness.

Let our currency
be enthusiasm expressed through time.
Let our transactions
be acts of shared joy.
Let our wealth
be measured in moments,
not money.

For time is infinite.
Debt is limited.
And we are not here to live in debt,
we are here to live in truth.

With love,

Freyja