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Heidemarie’s incredible story began 22 years ago, when she, a middle-aged secondary school teacher emerging from a difficult marriage, took her two children and moved to the city of Dortmund, in Germany’s Ruhr area. One of the first things she noticed was the large number of homeless people, and this shocked her so much that she decided to actually do something about it. She had always believed the homeless didn’t need actual money to be accepted back into society, only a chance to empower themselves by making themselves useful, so she opened a Tauschring (swap shop), called “Gib und Nimm” (Give and Take).
Originally posted by alfa1
This thread, from last month...
www.abovetopsecret.com...
This comment sums up the REALITY of her lifestyle...
This person is not living without money.
She still utilizes everything that is available in her community that was paid for with money such as roads, buildings, clothing etc that was paid for with other people's money.
Originally posted by topherman420
reply to post by hawkiye
Growing her own food, supplying her own shelter, making her own clothes and medicinal remedies would be a start.
She is still living in a world with money and trading goods she might not have bought with money but others have. Self reliance is one of the first steps of living without money. She may not be buying clothes or paying property taxes but she isn't self reliant from what I can see.
Originally posted by alfa1
This thread, from last month...
www.abovetopsecret.com...
This comment sums up the REALITY of her lifestyle...
This person is not living without money.
She still utilizes everything that is available in her community that was paid for with money such as roads, buildings, clothing etc that was paid for with other people's money.
Originally posted by topherman420
reply to post by youdidntseeme
"not a slave to money" sounds a bit more accurate, and yes, I can see that now. Im still a bit on the fence of how shes getting her message out, maybe in the long run people WILL start relying less on money.