But who caught my attention the most was Nipun Mehta. An ex-programmer for Sun Microsystems, Nipun started an organization called Charity Focus (www.charityfocus.org) and has dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring people around the power of the gift economy. Nipun also wrote a beautiful blog entry about his experience at the conference. I highly recommend that you check it out, for he has summed up the conference with more eloquence and grace than I am able. It must be said that Nipun is a master in the art of story-telling. He had pretty much comprised his entire talk of stories that he had collected over the years, of people being transformed by the act of giving. Each story was recited with an angelic presence that had everyone in the audience spell-bound. Reading his blog, it is easy to see where all the stories come from. For he has fully embodied the phrase, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” where his every action seems to bring forth a supreme generosity that in turn, infectiously brings out in others the desire to do the same. He reminded me that behind the veil of money, the true currency, is the alchemical process of transforming the proverbial lead into spiritual gold, which is none other than a state of being that, through one’s transactions, inspires in others the wish to do good for the world. Money, in my opinion, is this light, bound in the opaque container of economic theory, jargon and institutions. Money, when fully liberated, will be the full account of this transformation in human beings.
On Nov 28, 2007 Chris wrote:
From my post-conference blog entry ...
But who caught my attention the most was Nipun Mehta. An ex-programmer for Sun Microsystems, Nipun started an organization called Charity Focus (www.charityfocus.org) and has dedicated his life to teaching and inspiring people around the power of the gift economy. Nipun also wrote a beautiful blog entry about his experience at the conference. I highly recommend that you check it out, for he has summed up the conference with more eloquence and grace than I am able. It must be said that Nipun is a master in the art of story-telling. He had pretty much comprised his entire talk of stories that he had collected over the years, of people being transformed by the act of giving. Each story was recited with an angelic presence that had everyone in the audience spell-bound. Reading his blog, it is easy to see where all the stories come from. For he has fully embodied the phrase, “be the change you wish to see in the world,” where his every action seems to bring forth a supreme generosity that in turn, infectiously brings out in others the desire to do the same. He reminded me that behind the veil of money, the true currency, is the alchemical process of transforming the proverbial lead into spiritual gold, which is none other than a state of being that, through one’s transactions, inspires in others the wish to do good for the world. Money, in my opinion, is this light, bound in the opaque container of economic theory, jargon and institutions. Money, when fully liberated, will be the full account of this transformation in human beings.