@BKKSomchai I remember being so confused by these "menus" when I first came here 20 years ago. I actually thought they were selling all the stuff in the room 🤣
Because you must quiet the mind to observe the present.
The mind is a desire machine. Always "want." You cannot "appreciate" if you also "want" because "want" means "not this." You cannot want "this," only "something else."
If you can shush the "want," you can have nostalgia for "now."
If you have nostalgia for the past, you are still stuck in "want something else."
This is going to sound insane...but its already been said more than once.
Maybe the reason so many illegals never apply for citizenship after years of living here is simple.
Their situation works better while they remain illegal.
They get work opportunities that Americans are locked out of. They receive benefits paid for by sanctuary states. They take cash for the jobs they do. And they can return home whenever it suits them.
Citizenship would bring taxes, rules, and permanent commitment. Illegal status keeps the door open both ways. They know they have jobs because they are not citizens and so do the folks that employ them.
High-trust countries assume people want to join the system. Low-trust operators treat the system as a temporary resource to extract from.
That incentive structure explains a lot more than we are usually allowed to say.
Please hit the 🔔!
@ZeeCaptainRon Long run. Jelly. Just moved to Thailand (can't afforfd America any more and my kids are 1/2 thai). Living on Koh Chang. Rainy season is on us but shopping for a boat in the mean time. Lovely tropical seas here for 6 month and horrible storms for 6 mo.
@ZeeCaptainRon That's the way. Sitting waiting for a lost fish to bite is for chumps. If I don't see a bite on fresh bait the second it drops I'm out. Trolling is only worth doing if you have time and fuel to waste or someowhere to go slowly.
Y ni si quiera hablemos de la mafia de indios en los procesos de seleccion para entrar al mercado laboral o al entrenamiento medico.
Los gringos, al ser ignorantes culturales, pensaron que al estar en USA se les iba a quitar lo clasista y se iban a portar como occidentales.