I make good money as a lawyer but I spend forty hours a week helping rich people avoid taxes while my community lacks basic services and the contradiction is eating me alive.
More people experience this than they realize.
When one's talents are captured by systems that perpetuate harm, the soul experiences a particular form of alienation from its own gifts.
“Where Are You with Buddhist economics — right livelihood?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.