Mayan Wisdom

Sharing Abundance

The obligation to share when one has more than enough.

Abundance carries obligation to share. Hoarding while others lack is shameful and spiritually dangerous. The generous person earns respect and creates relationships of reciprocity. Wealth is meant to circulate, not accumulate.

What you have beyond your need belongs to those in need.

Traditional, Maya Ethics

Sharing obligations ensure community resources reach those who need them.

Living Tradition

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  • What the Maya tradition says about envy and comparison

    Hoarding while neighbours lack is called shameful and spiritually dangerous, and wealth is described as meant to circulate. Circulation is the working answer to comparison: surplus that moves creates obligations between people, surplus that sits creates a target.