The Wise Tibetan Monkey shares his wisdom

[ComandanteBanana]

Crucifixion vs. Throwing Shit?

(The Wise Tibetan Monkey shares his wisdom)

When you think about all that Jesus went through as well as all those
innocent people who were tortured by the Holy Inquisition, you realize
that's not nice, to say the least.

Isn't it one more thing that we have to learn from the monkeys that
they simply throw shit at whoever they don't like? First, of course,
try your best arguments. :coolsmile:


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"Never tease the monkey"

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[ComandanteBanana]

(I'm sure someone will look for my wisdom among so different opinions. Well, maybe not, but I write in bold letters in reply to two different guys)

On Jan 30, 2:22 pm, default <defa...@defaulter.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:04:57 -0800 (PST), TheTibetanMonkey
>
> <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> The problem is, the "middle way" is still not tenable for
> sustainability.
>
> There's huge numbers of people that are far below the middle -
> compared to what you are calling the middle. If they are to enjoy the
> same standard of living that you do (your middle) - you have to
> relinquish your toys. Implicit in the concept of the developing
> nations achieving parity with the developed nations, is the idea that
> we will lose more than they can ever hope to gain.
>
> The Abrahamic religions will never understand that. They can't, its
> written into "their charter." go forth and multiply
>
> The incredible stupidity of religion;
> 24 And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature
> after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth
> after his kind: and it was so.
> 25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle
> after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after
> his kind: and God saw that it was good.
>
> The clincher:
> 26 And God said, Let us make man in our image, 1 Cor. 11.7
> after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the
> sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all
> the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
>
> So you see - the planet and every thing on it is for man's amusement
> and to be used and discarded as man see's fit. God says so.
>
> All a matter of balance. The earth is finite; human greed,
> stupidity, short sightedness, and ambition are not. Live well and die
> young.
>
> --

"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. ;)

I quote here this wise reply...

On Jan 30, 12:25 pm, m...@privacy.net wrote:
> TheTibetanMonkey
> showing-the-path-of-enlightenment-in-the-jungle
>
> <nolionnoprob...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >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 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

[rk]

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?

[ComandanteBanana]

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?

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.

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 30, 2:00 pm, thea <thea.n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> We were at the zoo years ago in San Francisco. My father had us stand away
> from the monkey cages because he had been watching some young boys tease
> them. Up walked a lady in a beautiful pink fur coat - and she and her
> escort went close to the monkey cage.
> That old monkey had his hand at his hind end - and threw his ..... all over
> the lady. She screamed bloody murder and how she was going to sue everyone
> around -- well, of course, the management quickly let her know that they
> would take care of her coat.
>
> My father was smart -- we stayed away from the monkey cages after that,
> whenever we went to the zoo.
>

Monkeys in cages are a bad idea. They grow rebellious and start throwing shit.

Look at me, I could be riding a bike in this beautiful day, but such is life in the jungle. :cheese:

[rk]

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.

OK, I see your context now. I bike whenever I can, too. Will certainly not be ignoring your posts. Are you using the SUV as a metaphor for all bad drivers, or just for large cars and trucks?

[ComandanteBanana]

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.

OK, I see your context now. I bike whenever I can, too. Will certainly not be ignoring your posts. Are you using the SUV as a metaphor for all bad drivers, or just for large cars and trucks?

Oh I see. I use the SUV as a metaphor for conspicuous waste and a real danger to others on the road. It's simply crazy, and often it's driven in a reckless way. If they required a truck license for it, at least we would have fewer SUVs and fewer reckless drivers.

Anyway, the issue is that at least we cyclists have our own space and let the rest be.

[Gus]

But really, all you got to do is ignore my posts.

I don't want to ignore you, but it's so much easier to understand what you're saying when you talk more normally, like this:

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.

Amen, brother. =)

[ComandanteBanana]

But really, all you got to do is ignore my posts.

I don't want to ignore you, but it's so much easier to understand what you're saying when you talk more normally, like this:

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.

Amen, brother. =)

Oh yes, but then it wouldn't look like the Tibetan Monkey talking. He must speak in parables and in a language hard to understand. ;)

Still the message is there.

[ComandanteBanana]

Perhaps this post clarifies who's this Tibetan Monkey:

The Pope vs. the Dalai Lama vs. the Tibetan Monkey

Well, I'm just an observer of the jungle, where the big players play
their strategic games. But I see it and clear: The Dalai Lama beats
the Pope hands down in wisdom. They only thing he's missing is the
Wisdom of the Jungle, and I will make sure he knows about me. Hey, if
you have any influence with him you may go ahead and save me the
trouble... Tell him, "YOU MUST REMOVE THE JUNGLE BEFORE YOU CAN BE
HAPPY!" And I know he has a team of Tibetan monks working on the
computer, so it's NOT like you need a donkey to reach him.

Anyway, last night I was watching this documentary called "10
Questions for the Dalai Lama," and he shared a lot of his wisdom. Very
good wisdom indeed. For example, he said, "Where Science contradicts
Religion, Science wins."

http://www.thedalailamamovie.com/

The Pope? Many sheep seem to be happy with him, but unless he can
deliver something in the other world, he got no path out of the
jungle.


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The Wise Tibetan Monkey says:
"When you don't find a path in the jungle, you are lost in the
jungle!"

http://webspawner.com/users/BANANAREVOLUTION

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 31, 10:45 am, default <defa...@defaulter.net> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 11:42:42 -0800 (PST), TheTibetanMonkey
>
> <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >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!
>
> Two yaks - both cheap and recycled milk jugs. My mc is '81 vintage
> and I don't want a newer one. Sailboats aren't much work.
>
> With my first bike I could pay for a tank of gas, with a quarter and
> get change.
>
> Now if everyone on the planet has a sailboat kayak and motorcycle is
> it "sustainable?"
>
> "Sustainable" is a very tricky concept when talking about the
> environment and population. You still don't get the idea that people
> don't want sustainability?
>
> Like the concept of growth - The US needs to add some 1.5 million jobs
> annually to maintain the status quo and satisfy the growth in
> population. China and India, don't bear thinking about.
>
> The population of the planet doubles every ~47 years, between 40 to 50
> years depending on where you live (that's only a 1-3% increase).
> Demand for drinkable water doubles in ~20 -30 years world wide.
>
> Arable land decreases as populations increase. - Some long dead Roman
> commander made the observation - "Where Rome goes, desert follows."
>
> Wisdom is not a factor of age. Look at GW Bush's appointees. Old
> wise Cheney Rumsfeld Rove and sycophants like Kissinger? They seem
> all that wise to you? The wise old ayatollahs? The wise popes?
>
> The few people that do achieve wisdom, were well along in their teens.
>
> --

I agree mostly with the last part, but those are corrupt individuals as well as those who resist change because they are afraid of it. I'm all against a gerontocracy, and we live under one with all those clueless senior citizens who vote, but still many people are looking for a path of enlightenment which comes at a later age. It's like sex, some people never get it, some people get better. Never heard of Tantra in my youth. ;)

Now for the question of sustainability, doesn't Holland with a very high population of density and a combination of EDUCATED people, and BICYCLES offer a hope for the world? Isn't America because it's big, the land of SUVs and anything SUPERSIZED?

Well, I admire people like you who are so frugal and use older kayaks or bikes, but I like my fleet to tell this to the world:

"Hey, you may be king at your wasteful game, but I'm king of frugality."

I hate those stupid monkeys who go around with a junkie Huffy riding sidewalks. They make us look stupid and low life. We must educate them to have at least a good bike and be proud of what they do, not be a survivor of the jungle. And, of course, we must absolutely ban riding on sidewalks. I think we must be proud of who we are, "Hey, we are VIP monkeys!"

I have two canoes, one comfortable and compact, the other one large for having guests, one serious British kayak, and one sit-on-top double for the beach. The rest I'm selling.

You know, let's talk about this issue:

:exclaim: I THINK WE CAN SAVE A GOOD 33% OF ENERGY WITHOUT EVEN DOING DRAMATIC LIFESTYLE CHANGES.

Just doing simple things like going to the supermarket on a bike. That's off the top of my head, but I'm seeing all the waste out there that could be stopped.

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 31, 12:52 pm, m...@privacy.net wrote:

> TheTibetanMonkey <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >I THINK WE CAN SAVE A GOOD 33% OF ENERGY WITHOUT EVEN DOING DRAMATIC
> >LIFESTYLE CHANGES.

> As an engineer..... I agree!

> But have little hope

Don't you worry about it. Change is coming soon, one way or another.
The sheep will be awaken out of their complacency. ;)

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 31, 12:27 pm, T. Keating <tkuse...@ktcnslt.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:33:58 -0800 (PST), TheTibetanMonkey
>
> <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >I hate those stupid monkeys who go around with a junkie Huffy riding
> >sidewalks. They make us look stupid and low life. We must educate them
> >to have at least a good bike and be proud of what they do, not be a
> >survivor of the jungle. And, of course, we must absolutely ban riding
> >on sidewalks. I think we must be proud of who we are, "Hey, we are VIP
> >monkeys!"
>
> I see you haven't had an encounter with a drunk driver or an
> untrained, unlicensed, uninsured illegal alien in a SUV. Darwin will
> reserve a special award just for you.
>
> I ride on sidewalks, LEGALLY, but only when they are empty and there
> is too much and/or high speed/risky(drunks) vehicle traffic on the
> adjacent road.
>
> Mountain (all terrain) bikes with suspension systems make riding on
> uneven sidewalks a breeze.

I'm very much aware of the dangers in the jungle (I even call it a "jungle"), but that single step would make the roads more friendly to us. Of course, I wouldn't trust the PREDATORS, so I will make sure that:

a) The bike takes the lane like a vehicle

b) The car leaves the lane 50' before and after the bike

c) Enforce such regulations the way the school zones are enforced

d) Cars speeding on the right lane pay double amount for the ticket

e) The car is at fault in an accident with a bike unless proven otherwise, like Holland

f) NO CELL PHONES!


WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE
http://webspawner.com/users/donquijote

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 31, 1:13 pm, "I M @ good guy" <I...@good.guy> wrote:

> >Just doing simple things like going to the supermarket on a bike.
> >That's off the top of my head, but I'm seeing all the waste out there
> >that could be stopped.

> You are asking a lot, Monkey, the supermarket
> is 7 miles up the most dangerous road in America,
> no sidewalks, traffic goes 70 MPH on a 4 lane road
> with no center media, and no side media in some
> places, and a bridge and an overpass with no
> room for a bicycle lane or sidewalk.

> My bones are over 81 years old (82 in China),
> and I am very sensitive to pain.

> How about if I just buy 3 times as much each
> trip, and only go to the supermarket in my gas
> guzzler one-third as often?-

OK, good old wise monkeys like you are excused. ;)

But I'm still craving to do 7 miles to a supermarket or somewhere --
for practical purposes. :coolsmirk:

[ComandanteBanana]

Gus, feel free to stop me if you want, but I must let it out at the local level. Otherwise I'd be talking about Miami behind its back.

On Jan 31, 3:16 pm, m...@privacy.net wrote:
> TheTibetanMonkey <comandante.ban...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> >Don't you worry about it. Change is coming soon, one way or another.
> >The sheep will be awaken out of their complacency. ;)
>
> Oh I agree
>
> Just a shame that so MANY people have their head in
> sand and don't understand the awesome power of
> exponent growth rates....and how fast things can get to
> the point of "no going back"

The point is that our alpha-male leaders are predatory and the sheep follow them to the cliff. I was watching the other this documentary about Goebbels and in 1943 --when they were being beaten-- the Germans were in this congress where they chanted, "The Fuhrer leads, we follow." There was no Black Sheep around to tell them Hitler was the problem.

But now we don't know who to blame, if the Pope, the sheep, communism or capitalism... or all of the above.

[ComandanteBanana]

On Jan 31, 2:12 pm, T. Keating <tkuse...@ktcnslt.com> wrote:

> >f) NO CELL PHONES!
>
> All the rules/laws in the world isn't going to make it safer for
> bicycles on public streets if you have a large segment of population
> who ignores, forgot, or never learned those rules. Illegal Aliens,
> Unlicensed, Uninsured, Age'd, DUI drivers, the list goes on and on.
>
> Exactly what are going to get out of them?
> You'll be lucky if they even slow down after running you over?
>
> I'll stick to the sidewalks if the roadway traffic appears to be
> risky. Distance and height is a friend. (P.S. Riding on sidewalks
> is legal in my area.)-

Hey, "a man gotta do what a man I gotta do." Do whatever it takes to survive in the jungle. But SHAME ON THE SYSTEM, SHAME ON THE RECKLESS DRIVERS, SHAME ON SUVs, SHAME ON THE INDIFFERENT AUTHORITIES, ILLEGAL AND LEGAL ALIENS (who no speke english), SHAME ON THE CHRISTIAN FAITH THAT WE CLAIM, AND SHAME ON THE BANANA REPUBLIC WE LIVE IN.

Now let me go and enjoy some cool air. ;)

[jasmin]

:question:

[ComandanteBanana]

:question:

:exclaim:

[ComandanteBanana]

(This is NOT a full blown attack on the Sheep, just some teasing to move them into action and liberate the monkey from the cage. Monkeys in cages are no good.)

I finally get it: If GW is not man-made, then God is punishing us with it

It's not very easy to follow the "logic" of these Christians who are quick to deny Global Warming as if it was a plot by Satan himself to confuse their simple minds... Anyway, I just realized that if man is not to blame for GW, then they can keep happily driving their SUVs, and --and here's the thing-- God is to blame for GW, which is to say he's punishing us for something.

What is that "something" I don't know, but it may come later when I dedicate my wisdom to these mundane yet important issues.

Peace, Love & Banana! ;-)


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"Give a bike and peanuts to a monkey and he'll be happy"

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[sungal]

I'm thinking of entering Ginger in a beauty pageant. They're really more about other things than beauty these days...For the talent portion I'd like her to dance with your monkey as her partner. If he wants to share his advice with the judges when it's time for scoring then that's fine too.