Poor In Spirit

I was researching copyright laws today for a possible upcoming project. I like to know the rules thoroughly and then exploit loopholes. Anyway, it occured to me that ownership is a bit of a funny concept. I mean, you get born with no possesions and then from there on out everything you acquire is either given to you, or taken by you. When you start to speak (or think) of a thing as 'rightfully yours' it's more of a defining and comforting thought than a strictly true fact. There's only so much stuff in the world, (energy, resources - perhaps even ideas?) so it's like a cosmic marbles tournament - what one gains, someone else loses. There is nothing new under the sun. In that light, should we really be so possesive? Isn't the 'stuff' really just passing through our hands on the way to a new 'owner'? Realise that I'm not suggesting a communistic alternative. Communism has never worked because no one has bothered to try it. It assumes that we can be unselfish people who put the whole before the individual. But we're not like that, and never will be. Sorry. Capitalism (though based on selfishness and possesive ownership) seems to be the best way of running things in this twisted world. If anyone else knows a better alternative please let me know, I'd love to hear it. I suppose what I'm advocating is a change of outlook or even (should I be bold enough to wish for so much) of heart. Because the problem has never been how many things we have, but how tightly we hang on to them. Why did Jesus tell the rich young ruler to give all he had to the poor - because being rich is a fault or sin? No. Jesus knew the man was attached to his possesions and needed to give them up before he could broaden his heart and gain more important things. "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven."