You may remember chapter 20 where I had the theory that beggars are actually gratitude traders. The question remained what people do with gratitude bought from a beggar - obviously it's unlikely that the beggar will ever pay back what people did for him. But when we consider the Karma model and the fact that many people believe in some variant of this model, everything becomes much clearer:
Beggars are actually karma sellers.
This works as follows: Whenever some human (or dolphin or tree) is in need, he(it) receives or generates Karma. He can't use it for himself, but someone else can harvest the karma by satisfying the need of the first creature. In other words, the first person sells karma against favours. In the case of beggars, this is often money:
Note that there is actually no such thing as karma, the whole trade happens in humans' imagination. Millions of people make a living from karma trade. More than that: There are actually karma resellers, people who collect money for other people in need:
An actual example are people collecting money for Haïti. There are two kinds of karma resellers: Professional resellers (who take their share of the money) and benevolent resellers (who take their share of the karma).
It seems that this is an important business. There are worldwide Karma trade companies, for example the Red Cross, Greenpeace, Amnesty International... I will do some research on this.
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