What Burning Man Teaches You About Blockchain, Crypto, and an Abundance Mindset (Part 2)

For part 1 of this story on Mastering an Abundance Mindset at Burning click here.

How the Gift Economy Leads to Prosperity

Gifts are a CELEBRATION of the exchange of LOVE. Much the same way that organisms in nature’s eco-systems work in mutually beneficial relationships.

Many people call this a sacred economy. The sacred exchange of energy where you are already 100% WHOLE and 100% ONE with everyone else. Why wouldn’t you give to yourself?

The act of giving transforms you. It’s not about how much you give, it’s about how fun you make the transaction.

Enter the Sammich Mobile at Burning Man. It’s a glowing vehicle in the shape of a sandwich, and they also serve them. But if you want a Sammich, be ready to sing a song, tell a dad joke or share a secret. Afterwards, your HUNGER disappears and your SOUL feels NOURISHED in this exchange of energy.

You are 100% seen and heard. You are 100% the creator of your reality. And guess what? There’s more than just the Sammich Mobile at Burning Man. There is an entire Black Rock City available to play with others in infinitely unique ways. You are 100% surrendered to GIVE only in ways you desire. Because there is an entire village full of people who want to help in infinitely curious ways.

You do you. And you allow others to be themselves. Which means there is no shame or guilt of how much you have, no resentment or jealousy about what anybody else has. Simply a field of human potential excited and eager to give back to itself. This is where Dr. Bronner’s would yell, “All-One!”

This is the abundance mindset. Prosperity is a state of mind, accomplished in less than 24 hours at Burning Man. And what does this abundance mindset, achieved while eating a Sammich in the desert, have to do with crypto and blockchain?

Blockchain and Crypto Are More than You Might Realize

Blockchain is a way to VALUE social exchanges… that’s what ledgers do.

You may think of MONEY being the value, but the value is actually the transactions, the number of those transactions, and the social connectivity of it all.

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has the ability to value more CONNECTIONS than our traditional centralized systems because it is peer-to-peer. The more diversity in those transactions, the more resilient the system is. It mimics nature. And what makes nature so abundant and prosperous is the biodiversity in her ecosystems.

It may seem unsettling getting to know new systems of exchange in the blockchain. You may feel like you can TRUST a bank more than you can trust anything in DeFi. Afterall, they’ve been around longer. But ultimately, blockchain and cryptocurrency systems may have the ability to create more wealth for everyone, regardless of their circumstance.

DeFi is a decentralized system that gives the power to each individual to create value simply by transacting. For example, when you use the Brave browser, you earn crypto from the ads that you see versus the browser earning money for the ads you see. You own your data. But there’s so much more.

Let’s examine the Sammich Mobile from Burning Man for a moment to see what’s possible. Let’s say there was a Sammich crypto token. When you provide a utility — like a joke, a story or a secret — you receive a Sammich token. That is the smart contract between the person cooking the food and the person who is hungry. There are no exceptions. It is immutable.

But here’s the deal, the Sammich Mobile isn’t always serving. They are strategically looking for a fun crowd and will drive for hours before serving. And this is the perfect venue to introduce the concept of liquidity pools… coming tomorrow in the final part 3 of this article on mastering the Abundance Mindset.