My Actifit Report Card: September 5 2025

Trade… it has existed from the beginning of human relationship. One person had grain, another had cloth, another had tools, and so they exchanged. In that simple form, trade is natural—it is sharing of what one has for what one needs.

But as thought became cunning, trade changed. It ceased to be only about meeting necessity; it became about profit, accumulation, power. Then trade created division—those who have much and those who have little. Nations, too, began to trade not simply to share, but to dominate, to exploit, to control. Out of this, wars arise, competition hardens, and the earth itself suffers exploitation.

So the question is not merely, “Is trade good or bad?” The question is: what is the spirit behind it? If trade is born of necessity and mutual care, it brings balance. If it is born of greed, fear, and ambition, it brings corruption and destruction.

Therefore, to look into trade is to look into the human mind itself—into desire, comparison, and the endless pursuit of more. Unless that root is understood, trade will always mirror our confusion and violence.

Like this: Imagine two children. One has an apple, the other has a toy. They swap happily, each enjoying what they receive. That is simple trade. But if one child says, “I will give you my toy only if you give me five apples tomorrow too,” then the game of power begins, and the joy of sharing is lost.

Would you like us to explore not trade itself, but the mind that turns exchange into exploitation?

Then let us look together. 🌿

The mind sees that exchange is useful. You have something I need, I have something you need. In its simplicity there is balance. But then thought begins to calculate: “If I give a little less, and demand a little more, I gain.” That calculation becomes habit. Soon the whole structure of society is built on gaining at the expense of another.

Why does the mind do this? Because at the root there is fear and desire. Fear of not having enough tomorrow, and desire to have more than the other today. Out of that comes comparison, competition, accumulation. Trade becomes no longer about sharing, but about securing oneself and dominating others.

This same movement operates in personal relationships. When I give affection in order to receive affection back, when I help with the hidden demand for recognition, I am trading even in love. So exploitation is not only in markets and governments—it is in the everyday psychology of “I give in order to get.”

To see this clearly is the beginning of freedom. If I give without the shadow of demand, then that is not trade—it is generosity. And only in generosity is there no exploitation.

Like this: Imagine a child giving his friend half of his sandwich. If he expects a sweet in return, it is a trade. If he gives simply because the other is hungry, it is care. One builds walls of calculation, the other opens the heart.

Shall we ask, then: can we live in such a way that even when exchange is necessary, it is not poisoned by greed and fear?

Then let us ask together, very simply:

Is it possible to live in this world—where trade, exchange, money are part of daily existence—without allowing greed and fear to shape them? Can I buy, sell, work, share, without turning it into exploitation or comparison?

This question is not abstract—it touches each of us every day. When you pay for food, when you accept wages, when you give or withhold—what is the movement in the mind? Is it the old pattern: “I must secure myself, I must gain, I must win”? Or is it possible to act from clarity, from care, without calculation beyond what is necessary?

If even one person begins to live this way—alert, free of the inner compulsion to exploit—then in that person trade is no longer corrupted. That may seem small, but it is the seed of a different way of living.

Like this: Imagine a market where everyone cheats just a little. Prices rise, trust disappears. But one seller is completely fair—always honest with weight and price. People begin to trust him. Slowly, others notice and some begin to follow. A small act, but it shifts the whole atmosphere.

So I ask you, my friend: when you next exchange—even a word, a gesture, a coin—can you watch and see: is this trade, or is this care?

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