Is it possible to live ones life without any possessions? How?

Question

And no, priests have the clothes on their backs. I mean no possessions at whatsoever.

Answer 1

You mean out of possession of ego???

Then you will me enlightened.

Answer 2

It would take a nudist on a desert island to meet your criterion.

Answer 3

Sure.  kind of a simple question.  Don't wear clothes, go to soup kitchens.  Easy wouldn't be that hard.

Answer 4

Maybe a hermit out in the woods. I just don't know if it's possible since you include clothing they are wearing. How about a nudist hermit who is anti-materialistic?

Answer 5

That would be awesome ..no attachments no expenses i think it is possible since the poor in india have very lilttle,yet they appear so much happier than some of us who have all and yet........the yogis denounce evrything and live without clothes or shoes in the himalayas.......lifts you up to a higher level

Answer 6

Ask the man in the Woods.

Answer 7

no, plain and simple

Theses are not adam and eve days before the apple

Answer 8

Has man done it before?  Ask yourself that.  We have done it before and I bet we could do it again if we had to.  Think Adam and Eve.  At any given point you would have to possess something at any given time to survive, or you would starve.

Answer 9

yes, as long as your essential need are met, i believe you could, however most people walk away from their homes with possessions, unless you were to leave everything behind, or lost everything in a disaster, you would still have possessions, just not as materialisic as the next person.  and if you were just starting out you would still have possessions, maybe from others, maybe new.  unless you chose a life where no personal possession were needed or wanted, everyone has possessions, even if it is just your toothbrush.  it is yours and you bought it, it is a possession, although a needed one!♥

Answer 10

Since even our mind can be 'possessed', no... one cannot live without any possessions.

Answer 11

It's possible.  We were taught how to live this way.

Answer 12

Practically it may not be possible,  even for those who have renounced the world...the sanyasis,  yogis,  ascetics...even they have some basic things of their own...

Answer 13

Supposedly Buddha did it for a time.

It is possible, but I'd say way, WAY too difficult for most, if not all, people.

Answer 14

Well... I suppose if you rented everything, including your clothing, you could... I mean, if it's rented, it's not really yours...  but I guess, you'd have to have money to rent...   soooo, maybe if you just borrowed everything...

Answer 15

the local flop house.

Answer 16

by being an animal

Answer 17

John Lennon seemed to think we could.   But I can not see that happening.   Animals seem to do ok though.

Answer 18

are you even thinking of what youre asking?beggars also has possesions....people you see in the streets too...

Answer 19

didnt Gandi just wear a cloth?