Freedom, to us, is the state of being free to speak, eat, drink, learn, sleep, travel, express one’s self and experience. No other animal on the planet pays money for these things.

The only real reason to have created a thing called money was to create the idea of “ownership” and division. It created a division of status among humans, as some inevitably had more than others. This formula has allowed a small amount of people to dominate a mass. Humans have drawn up imaginary lines on land, stating ownership of this and ownership of that. It’s like an agreement was made, except the Earth, animals and nature weren’t included in the conversation.

Most people can’t picture living without money, but today, half of the entire population on planet Earth lives on the equivalent of fifty cents to a dollar a day. It still blows us away and continues to instill a feeling of great strength and opportunity to make better choices with our freedoms, gifts and talents.

We would much prefer to be part of a race where everyone has clean water, food and a roof over their head, where animals and nature aren’t run over and where everyone is educated from an energetic standpoint. We’d love to see a world where people work together to better the whole and the future, with or without any form of currency.

A friend of ours, funny enough, recently mentioned to us something known as The Venus Project. A man dedicated his life to building a concept of life that includes no form of money. He uses the library as an example, where no transaction of money occurs, but a transaction of energy still takes place.

If money wasn’t here, couldn’t we all exchange our energy, talents, skills, knowledge, strength, creativity and love to help save the planet and ourselves? Could a worldwide collaboration occur where millions of people stop working for corporations, governments, factories and industries and begin working for themselves and together to provide the necessities to all, to clean up our act and the planet?

It seems as though too many are distracted by money, competition, fame and self-gain for that to occur, but maybe if enough people woke up and started making changes, it could. The news and media won’t be the ones to ever tell us to take care of each other. It’s busy telling us all to buy more, judge each other, compete and stay distracted.

Most people know our money isn’t backed by gold anymore, but what a lot of people still don’t know is that the money being printed and distributed is by a private company, not the government. Government taxes are used to pay back a loan to the company, also known as the Federal Reserve. If paper money has no gold to back it, then we must realize that it is only our belief that gives money any value.

We’ve done quite a bit of research and have rewired our minds when it comes to currency. We’ve focused more on trading our creative skills for lodging, food, activities and traveling. The more we learn to live on less, the more we reconnect with ourselves, each other and Mother Nature. Our goals now revolve around creating and growing a simple life with big adventures, where money doesn’t change or determine our well-being.

When we do make purchases, we try to support family-owned/operated businesses, small businesses and environmentally friendly companies. If everyone realized the benefits of going minimal, spending less and focusing on the real things that matter in life, we truly feel more people would have less problems and the world would transform into a much better place for all.