[A person] cannot come to it through any organization, through any creed, through any dogma, priest or ritual, not through any philosophical knowledge or psychological technique. [They have] to find it through the mirror of relationship, through the understanding of the contents of [their] own mind, through observation and not through intellectual analysis or introspective dissection.

maddeningly unpredictable

Borrowing stuff from local businesses and residents creates trust; nailing and painting together creates community. If you have the luxury of buying, you create neither of these.