This wind sailing would change the course of the revolution. The
revolution must be able to go downwind and upwind, and that takes an
experienced sailor like you, and you don't want to be part of the
revolution. Anyway here's the kayaker in me:
I've got kayaks and canoes and have the stabilizer for the canoe that
can be adapted to a sail. I think we will do it sometime. I also have
the solution for sailing upwind --and this may serve as a metaphor for
the revolution-- wich is an electric trolling motor.
We also go to islands and stay there. It's another world.
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>
>
> >The reason we see the world this way is because we are at the bottom
> >of the food chain, and every idiot out there puts stress on us. The
> >stupid drivers on the cell phone threaten us and so the motorboats.
> >Ending the law of the jungle on the road and sea would be particularly
> >beneficial to us. I've seen several motorcycle accidents lately that
> >make me hesitate as much as bicycling.
>
> Well, being at the bottom of the food chain is a matter of some choice
> for me. I never bought into the crap my parents and the nuns fed me.
> Bummed around the country on a MC for ~15 years working odd jobs. Did
> settle a few times and had a 26 foot cruising sail boat for 15 years.
> I'm more sedentary now - and found a woman who's great for me and
> doesn't try to change me.
>
> Had I bought into the whole concept of the classic, consumer oriented,
> "american dream," I'm sure I would be pretty well off by now. I
> caught on to the hypocrisy of it all (government religion consumption
> waste etc.) much earlier than most is all.
>
> I've no doubt you are no less able to "make it," in hypocritical
> society. You also made some choices along the way. It is easy enough
> and comfortable enough to be a "safe and secure" mindless drone.
>
> Most people don't get the concept that "possessions," possess them.
> They work to preserve what they own and worry about losing it. Always
> living at the cusp of bankruptcy just in order to have what they were
> told they should want, or wealthy and don't see how immoral they have
> become.
> --
I have no "possessions" but lots of gadgets like bicycles and kayaks,
which is not exactly like Gandhi, but it's good for a monkey that
loves toys. I think we can indulge in certain pleasures --like
sailboats or kayaks-- while staying away from the filthy ways --like
SUVs and motorboats.
The Tibetan Monkey way is the middle way.
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VERY DEEP:
"The middle way is between the right and the left path," says the wise
Tibetan Monkey
>I have no "possessions" but lots of gadgets like bicycles and kayaks,
agree
but you have NO possessions? Not a bed to sleep on?
Tables, chairs? Please explain
I have all I need to live. My mattress though is on the floor...
Japanese style. ;)
No big wasteful house, no SUV, no motorboat, no desire to have them.
I don't interpret though John Lennon's song as having no tables or
chairs.
Imagine there's no Heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
"If you die young you'll never reach wisdom," I say.
We can't live like we do, we can't live like Gandhi did, for all
wisdom. My model of the jungle, allows for different species to live
in different ways, so long as there's a minimum safety net, like
healthcare, roof and food. Then the rest is for the individual to
reach. What you fancy, shoes? Hey, go for it! It won't be completely
sustainable, but it will be absolutely worth living and very much in
line with human nature.
How many kayaks you got? Don't you wish for a newer motorcycle? How
about the sailboat that you had? A lot of labor went into it, and yet
it's entirely sustainable!
Yes, we can go sailing with my middle way. ;)
You must grow your own pot too as you sure are on something.
I've been poor and I've been rich. Being in between seems about right.
rk wrote:
"Commandante, Your new series of posts have me confused again. Maybe
you should not assume the reader knows a lot. Just what or who is the
Tibetan Monkey? If you don’t have a house, where are you living? And
what does this have to do with Miami?"
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Well, I do live in an apartment, not a big house. And this apartment
is located in Miami, and the Tibetan Monkey is teaching a frugal way
to live.
I know it sounds crazy to preach frugality in Miami, so I post these
teaching for the world and send you a copy. It’s not really important
other than in Miami I’m forced to drive everywhere and that’s not very
clean. It’s not filthy like an SUV, but I still could do better with a
bicycle.
But really, all you got to do is ignore my posts.
Banana peels, brother, for austerity and safety. I won't smoke again
until it is totally legal.
>No big wasteful house, no SUV, no motorboat, no desire to have them.
you live in an RV?
Apartment. I just wished to live in a house boat with my kayaks. I say
like Hemingway, "The sea is the ultimate freedom."
I'd give my bikes I guess, but one.
>Apartment. I just wished to live in a house boat with my kayaks. I say
>like Hemingway, "The sea is the ultimate freedom."
>
>I'd give my bikes I guess, but one.
I am a big bicycle rider as well....and like you
invest my money in camping equip and bikes and
adventure equip RATHER than 55" HDTV's.
I have little in terms of traditional "stuff" but am
happier than my friends who work 100 hr work weeks to
keep their SUV and big boats
I have considered an RV to live in...and could do it
space wise
I was tempted into such a TV but went the way of a 17" laptop that
lets me see Netflix without the status symbol. I can pretty much enjoy
the "big screen" by placing it real close to my eyes and I can choose
my own reality.
>I was tempted into such a TV but went the way of a 17" laptop that
>lets me see Netflix without the status symbol. I can pretty much enjoy
>the "big screen" by placing it real close to my eyes and I can choose
>my own reality.
Agree
Have thought abt the BIG laptop as a TV but maybe an
all in one PC might be better yet as a "TV"?