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Anyone ever been to Papua New Guinea?
Cloud
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Might be heading that way, might not. Have read up on it, but was wondering if anyone has personal experience to share?
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the idea is if we are all created equal as the US constitution states, shouldn't everyone be guaranteed food, a place to live, and basic medical care, as well as things we also have already for free such as police, fire, and education etc. The beauty of the plan is that its not socialism, that only gives free stuff to the poor, but "lyndonism" as I call it in the novel were the free services are available to everyone,
but the rich and upper middle class won't use so much of it because they want more expensive nicer food, lodging and medical care,(making the plan affordable) but even a rich person if they are incredibly thrifty, like many millionaires are, can take advantage of the free stuff and put the money they save into their business, and as a big concession to the right wing, the elimination eventually of income taxes and their replacement by a goods tax or VAT principally on items that the people and elected official decide are bad for people, the country or the environment.
The taxes to pay for all this would be on things like cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, even salt maybe, gas guzzlers, possibly luxuries like cable movie channels, expensive designer clothes and cosmetics, things bad for the environment like plastics, pollutants etc.
my revolutionary philosophy is introduced in the form of a totally ficticious trade war with china related to violins, my job, which is still not that hard to understand if you know nothing about violins. i think its well researched and quite funny, at least to me, like i said on the other thread i was a bit more christian and less buddhist when i wrote this than i am now, but the basic premise is, if the buddha or jesus was the president of the united states, how would he run the government, if that interests you check it out, if you have comments you can post them on the blog or PM me, sorry to go off topic on your thread, cloud, sincerely lyndon john
heres the link http://trickleupeconomictheory.blogspot.com/
i'm from australia, my mother was born in tonga, and my cousins uncles and aunts lived in new guinea, and india, raised seventh day adventist most of my family were missionaries or ministers in the church, you can imagine what it may have been like to come home and tell my parents i was a buddhist, but eventually they came around and gave me permission, and attended the ceremony were i became a therevada monk, albeit briefly, for only three weeks!
when i call myself former monk john, the emphasis is on former. thanks cloud, i really appreciated your positive comments on my good buddhist is a good christian thread.
I don't even mind that it would be Christian missionary work, though I don't have any particular Christian beliefs. My friend knows this too. Brings a smile to my face.
I'd love to do something "Buddhist", like becoming a monk or something, but there's a lot of steps involved that I'm just not sure about at this point. In the USA it's rather complicated, usually requires so much time doing this, so much time doing that, self-sufficiency for so much time, and then finally ordination... and I don't live close enough to any monasteries to be able to start anything and still be doing what I'm doing. It'd have to be a "done deal" that I could just get in and go, leaving this life behind.
i really don't think anyone should feel bad about not being enlightened, and never think, i won't be happy until im enlightened, the dalai lama says he's not enlightened, and that's good enough for me.... however the other day in a meditative state, i heard a voice say, "you will reach enlightenment(someday), and pass on to the next realm"(at death) this made me feel really good. i very rarely here voices speak to me in the mind but three years ago i almost passed out from smoking pot and heard the same clear voice, i call it the tao, say "quit smoking pot" it wasn't easy, but i stopped immediately and never looked back, these voices can be spot on.
I think just living in accordance with the Noble Eightfold Path (and precepts etc.) is enough, one needn't struggle or strive toward enlightenment as some goal. That striving actually works against you. If it comes, it comes. If not, you're still living a good life of non-harm!
Thank you for all your help and suggestions @John.
this has been great, cloud, imagine people looking at the number of posts in this thread and saying,"whats going on in Papua new guinea!!!"