On the Path to Vonu
What is Vonu?
Here's an excerpt from the book I'm reading on the subject that outlines the defenition.
If you have been following my journey you know that for a long time, I have been interested in becoming self-sufficient and resilient in my life. Also from time to time I like to share books I have been reading on my journey of personal growth. Currently, I have been reading more of a book called "Vonu The Search for Personal Freedom" by Rayo.
I am re-visiting this book as the journey of the author, and the message of it, have really resonated with what I believe is my life's purpose. To become extremely skilled in many areas, become highly self sufficient, resilient, and teach others to gain the skills to move in that direction as well.
This book details the writings and journey of an interesting guy who took on the name Rayo. Back in the early 1960's there was a group of folks seeking expansion of personal freedom. Many were heavily influenced by the writings of Ayn Rand. One of the projects that spurred out of these folks was something called Free Isles. It was started by a group of southern Califonian freedom seekers.
This was an attempt to create a new libertarian country. The project fizzled out of existence, but there was one guy Rayo that started looking elsewhere for actions to expand personal freedom.
He decided "Land Mobility" was a promising idea so he moved out of his apartment and into a camper mounted on a pickup truck. He lived out of the camper, and in the mountains, and forests of the west coast of North America.
The book details strategies of becoming mobile, and resilient living life outside of the current system.
Some of the strategies mentioned are to align yourself with others that are living the life they want to live. Understand how to live off the land and forage for foods. Be as frugal as possible and save/repurpose/repair otherwise discarded things. Find work and help others in alignment with your principles to gain funds for new resources.
I highly suggest this book for inspiration for anyone looking to move more toward a direction of becoming less reliant on the current system and anyone seeking ideas toward expanding personal freedom.
I'm picking up some work with a couple friends this week, and getting the camper set up down on the property.
Yours in liberty toward a brighter future,
Greg Doud @makinstuff
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Hey! Thanks for sharing this! I love Ayn Rand's work and always keep that idea of people separating from the main bureaucracies and powers to be who are takers and not producers to set up their own societies in a much more sustainable, resilient, self-sufficient manner - free from the clutches of government. We are pretty much set up on our land and also set up a fully camperized van with solar power for our bug out van - ready for what ever might come our way! ---
Thank you so much @porters, you get it! I believe its a mix to live as self-sufficiently as possible on some of your own land and be able to become mobile if needed. Be resilient and invulnerable!
I think the vonu guy on steem is called @disenthrall. He's got a podcast that I forget the name of. Very inspirational work being done on that front. I was literally just talking with a co-worker about him wanting to live in an RV/camper/etc when I saw you posted about vonu. Fancy timing :)
Cool, yeah there is another guy that created the vonu podcast I followed a while back that prompted me to buy the book. Lots of great information in here on practical implementation of increasing personal feedom.
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I'm so wildly and radically encouraged right now that the state has already dissolved in my mind. It's not even a factor anymore, and we've already won.
We live in anarchy now, and the only thing holding back regeneration is a few people that haven't come out of the system quite yet.
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Absolutely brother I feel much the same way. The system only has the power we give to it. In my mind it is already a joke and obsolete as well. If we aren't fighting to end the slavery of governments on this Earth we are willingly co-creating a prison planet hell. I hope that teaching and helping others with the skills to survive and thrive outside the system will push the goalposts in the optimal direction.
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My soul is longing for that kind of liberty, and I really think it's coming soon. On a more massive scale. Foraging and living in a van like that is awesome. They can literally be fixed up as nice as a high level home, and if your home is paid off and your food is provided by nature, what are you working for? If there's something out there in the world that can make you happier, why aren't you doing it?
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Absolutely brother you get it.
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Hell yeah! Trying to get to Bagby hotsprings for a soak and some chill time.
$30 forest pass... Plus gas... But it's a full year pass...
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That's awesome, so the $30 pass keeps the LEO'S off your back and ability to camp in the forest lands?
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Yep for 12 months. If you don't display it ticket city. But you can camp in one spot for 2 weeks and then you have to move to a new spot. Which isn't bad!
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Cool, hot springs sounds amazing. Some beautiful land out on the west coast.
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My pessimistic side says that if RV living becomes too popular, the government will make it extremely difficult to live that way. If a small percentage of the population lives that way, it's not much of a problem, but if it becomes too popular and a significant portion of the population starts to do it, the government loses it's ability to control those people, and take money from them in the normal taxation methods. Of course, a lot of places are already becoming more restrictive about living in a camper, because so many people are doing it now.
The nomad life has, in the recent past, been mostly done by retired people who are no longer being taxed anyway, but that seems to be changing now, especially with a lot of working poor people who can no longer afford rent where they've been living.
My main concern with the nomad life with a camper would be feeding myself. Without a place to grow food, you're stuck with either buying it or living off the land, and that's really not very easy for most people.
Great points @amberyooper, I do think it takes a bit of both. Have a permanent home base with some land with the ability to stay mobile and start over somewhere new if needed. I don't think its outside the bounds for people even with zero means. A great example of that is Rob Greenfield. He entered into an agreement to farm, and live on someones land with no money. Nothing is impossible it just takes creativity.
As soon as I can find a more reliable vehicle to pull my tin tent over long distances, I'll be half way to the ability to live the gypsy life, at least part of the year. Just gotta save up enough money for it...
You're always welcome on my land and should have several camping/camper spots in a few months.
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I will certainly keep that in mind for when I'm finally able to start travelling!
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nateon steemit i never knew that was disenthrall
sounds like a great book makin stuff
im already almost completely off the system and you should look up this disentthrall guy
i think he mostly knows what he is talking about and is on the samepage as a lot of us here
have a great day bud