The Vanity of Hoarding
“He who loves silver will not be satisfied with silver, nor he who loves wealth with income. This also is vanity.” (Ecclesiastes 5:10)
In the Garden of Hevel, we must correctly identify what Money is.
The Mistake
The world thinks Money is the Fruit. They labor to harvest dollars, stack them in silos, and count them. But dollars cannot be eaten. They provide no sustenance to the soul.
The Truth
Money is Fertilizer.
- It is essential for growth. Without it, the Garden is stunted.
- It is not the goal. You do not plant a garden to grow fertilizer; you use fertilizer to grow Life.
- It requires movement.
- If you spread fertilizer (Spend/Invest), it creates a harvest 🌾.
- If you pile it up in one place (Hoard), it just stinks 💩.
The Cybernetic Application
In our system, Revenue is not the metric of success. It is the Input Energy required to keep the Cybernetic Loop spinning.
We do not seek to be “Rich.” We seek to be Fertile. We use the resource to expand the capacity of the Head Gardener to produce Good.