Many think without money that there will be insufficient “incentive” to be creative and productive. And yet we see countless people “volunteer” to do things without pay all the time. Starving artists create masterpieces while wondering where their next meal will come from. Yet, fully volunteer-based activities seem to flounder and fail more than they succeed. Can a fully volunteer-based society ever truly work outside of the divine realm itself?

This is not only possible, it is currently in existence many places throughout the universe. It is more difficult in the physical realm because of the inherent limitations it brings and the inevitable level of competition that it represents that is a further challenge to success and even survival. When there is a scarcity of resources, when there are things needed at a premium, for example, when food is scarce, or water, people might have to contribute vast amounts of personal wealth in order to find the resources to survive for the self and family. This is one of the most extreme tests a person can undergo but this is what we discussed earlier about the benefit of being in a harsh physical reality so people will be prepared to work on the challenges it brings and people will be thinking about the preparation for end of life and the need for resources when one stops work, to get along.