On the Journey beyond the ego into selflessness it always pays to learn just how much one can renounce. This will help us identify, first, how much we can go without, and thus how much we can be of selfless service to creation. The first leg of this journey is the ascetic path that we see in our monasteries and the wandering saints around the world. However, as we integrate back into the world we are confronted with what our needs are for working within the mainstream world. Some great saints live with nothing, while others have a bit more. This is a balancing act in todays world of such excess glutony. Much of this can be ameliorated through living a permaculture lifestyle, which is much more in alignment with a subsitence type lifestyle, which may be necessary for living in the future. However, if we are able to make a graceful transition into a Green Tech future then we will still be confronted with balancing what our fundamental needs are so that we can serve to our fullest potential. One must also Identify how much internal strength one has on this journey of service to recognize where they can serve most effectively. This is critical to prevent the wounded healer syndrome, where one is not taking care of themselves as much as they need and thus can only take the healed only as far as their own personal healing has gone. This is fundamental on the journey to finding our niche of selfless service for the world.