While I recall how Sri Arvind generously allowed others to take from his earnings without complaint, I am still an ordinary person grappling with fairness and limited resources. Should I accept this extra burden in trust of Sri MA’s grace, or is it appropriate to address the shared financial arrangement directly?
In collective life, we have to learn to share. It is a very good training for the ego. True, some will use less, some will use more, but then that is how life is, not mathematics but a yagya.
Ideally, of course, someone richer should spontaneously give more regardless of consumption. But then students are all to be treated at par since each is preparing for the exams. Hence, the arrangement of equal money regardless of consumption is fine.
But yes, if you find it difficult and it is heavy on your pocket, then you can propose sharing food expenses proportionately, while common expenses such as flat rent are shared equally.
Affectionately,
Alok da
