You know.

[spacecase0]

I don't know what it's like to be in that exact situation. This makes me think about things like security. And the Value of a good nights sleep. In my situation. When I close my doors. I know that I and my family are safe, at least I strongly hold on to that illusion. I don't know If I could live in that way brother. I don't mean any offense. I'm a weird person, Very weird. I need to be able to close my door. and know that on the inside of that door. that whole world belongs to me, and nothing will be getting in that I don't want in. I'm a weird person, some people call it, Bipolar, Others call it schizophrenic, One guy tried his damnedest to label it as high functioning Autism. It may be. I see science in ways. I know others don't usually. But that's beside the point. I would go crazy and not be able to function if I could not have that absolute peace and privacy brother I know because it's happened before.

I am mostly safe at home
when I close my door, no one knows where to aim to take me out
if anyone shoots at me at home, pretty sure I can shoot back
what more could I ask for in life ?
each neighbor would have to enter my land to do harm to me directly. (the geometry is all wrong if they don't)
I knew most of this before I moved here
I had a choice, move to the far side of the "hostile invasion force" or don't buy the land in the first place.
my family is quite safe, if anyone is to be attacked, it would be me.
they will get plenty of warning before anything gets to them (even if the alarms fail, they will here the gunfire)
and I suppose that I have some comfort in life,
my critical life goals have been met.(just sad as to how)
anything past this point I can offer is good, but not needed

 

[spacecase0]

Why is moving away not an option brother? It all sounds like a bad deal from the start

looking at all the options...
I like to play a game with myself
set my intention to a particular choice or goal
then go look at that future and see what it is
I then do this with other options, one after the other,
I do this with every option
given the possibilities, I am in a very very good place
and if what I see is true, the neighbors will at some point be no threat at all, for whatever that may mean

 

[Shadowprophet]

I am mostly safe at home
when I close my door, no one knows where to aim to take me out
if anyone shoots at me at home, pretty sure I can shoot back
what more could I ask for in life ?
each neighbor would have to enter my land to do harm to me directly. (the geometry is all wrong if they don't)
I knew most of this before I moved here
I had a choice, move to the far side of the "hostile invasion force" or don't buy the land in the first place.
my family is quite safe, if anyone is to be attacked, it would be me.
they will get plenty of warning before anything gets to them (even if the alarms fail, they will here the gunfire)
and I suppose that I have some comfort in life,
my critical life goals have been met.(just sad as to how)
anything past this point I can offer is good, but not needed

As long as you have that measure of peace to work with. then you have a thing of great value brother

 

[spacecase0]

As long as you have that measure of peace to work with. then you have a thing of great value brother

I do remember living in a city
trying to get ready for about anything there was not that possible
watched the TV shows that showed what would be of a city years later...
they depicted decay, yet they seemed to forget fire
I use to have a basket of flashlights at my door,
told all near me that if they needed light, ask for one, just don't use flame as light
not many took me up on my offer for the lights when the power went out...
would expect that most cities would burn to the ground in a few days

none of that applies to where I live now,
maybe that fire is still a huge issue,
but at least I have the land to make some sort of defense around
not that flying embers care about that to much

peace, like any emotion is a stare of being,
you can create it at will.
don't forget that it is a choice
under gunfire or not, you can be relaxed and happy

 

[nivek]

spacecase, have you considered living in other states?...There's more peaceful areas of the country to reside in...

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[spacecase0]

spacecase, have you considered living in other states?...There's more peaceful areas of the country to reside in...
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I could restore the old house I have and move in there, not to far, much more peaceful. might do that at some point.
I really can't move states, totally invested here. could move, but then I would have nothing and no money to do it with.

 

[nivek]

I could restore the old house I have and move in there, not to far, much more peaceful. might do that at some point.
I really can't move states, totally invested here. could move, but then I would have nothing and no money to do it with.

Why would you have nothing or no money if you moved to a different state?...I've done this many times in the past and proper planning things work out fine, even when things didn't work out quite right it wasn't a life killer or anything that left me homeless...Everything you have invested in you should be able to relocate as well as the most important things in life are not material...

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[spacecase0]

Why would you have nothing or no money if you moved to a different state?...I've done this many times in the past and proper planning things work out fine, even when things didn't work out quite right it wasn't a life killer or anything that left me homeless...Everything you have invested in you should be able to relocate as well as the most important things in life are not material...
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I have set up life to not need money, or at least not much of it
I have put everything I have into setting up what I have here. I don't even have the gas money to get out of my state right now.
when I do get money I spend it on fixing things like plumbing, fencing, setting up more garden space, physics tests, etc..
the land I have is in a trust. I have control of it, but I can't sell it, if I move, I move with nothing.
now you may wonder why I would put myself in that sort of spot. first thing is that I moved here expecting to die soon, had no idea that I would get mostly better. and it would also be very hard for others to take this land from me (due to lack of me owning it)
I still have a few minor health issues, I can't really stand or sit for more than a few hours, and one some days, not more than a few min., even driving out of the state would be very physically hard on me. I would need quite a bit of recovery time, that is assuming that I would recover from that sort of thing at all.
and even if I did move, I would likely need money then, hard to get a regular job when almost all of them requires things that I just can't physically do. so just not sure how I would get somewhere else, or how I would support myself when I got there.
things are set up very nice where I am now, and if I am careful, my physical issues are not even that visible.
but maybe a bit to stable as it would be hard to leave.

 

[nivek]

I have set up life to not need money, or at least not much of it
I have put everything I have into setting up what I have here. I don't even have the gas money to get out of my state right now.
when I do get money I spend it on fixing things like plumbing, fencing, setting up more garden space, physics tests, etc..
the land I have is in a trust. I have control of it, but I can't sell it, if I move, I move with nothing.
now you may wonder why I would put myself in that sort of spot. first thing is that I moved here expecting to die soon, had no idea that I would get mostly better. and it would also be very hard for others to take this land from me (due to lack of me owning it)
I still have a few minor health issues, I can't really stand or sit for more than a few hours, and one some days, not more than a few min., even driving out of the state would be very physically hard on me. I would need quite a bit of recovery time, that is assuming that I would recover from that sort of thing at all.
and even if I did move, I would likely need money then, hard to get a regular job when almost all of them requires things that I just can't physically do. so just not sure how I would get somewhere else, or how I would support myself when I got there.
things are set up very nice where I am now, and if I am careful, my physical issues are not even that visible.
but maybe a bit to stable as it would be hard to leave.

Although I still work and own things which make me money I have been diligently working towards energy and food independence, if society collapses from some calamity in the future I want to be prepared for it the best I can, so I do understand the way you have things set up for you...I am working towards something similar myself for my future as I get older too...Now I can be in the wilderness without much at all and survive and in time flourish, I know what to eat and not to eat in my region of the country, I know the poisonous stuff, plants and animals, where to get water and how to get water, build shelters and whatnot, I can make a good life for myself in the wild and become settled and stable but I have to consider age now and need some luxuries like electricity and canned foods and whatnot...So I'm working towards that end with solar and wind sources for electricity, my own designs and fabrication, it costs some money but way cheaper than buying it and I can build it all to last longer too...

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