Divide them and You will Rule

Power does not come from the people who are united

Their power stays with them

Power comes from the people when they are divided

As divided power is weak – to be controlled by

Someone who finds the opportunity

Opportunity does not always come

Opportunity must be created

Divide the people to rule the people – one group rules the other

Opportunity divides

Inequality divides

Conflict divides

The ruled will be eager to be ruled

The followers will be eager to follow

The believers will be eager to believe

They will keep themselves kept

They will trap themselves trapped

They will tie themselves tied

They will lie to themselves lied

People are divided when

They do not follow the rules of unity

They break rules and expect others do too

They blackmail themselves blackmailed

They trust by means of betrayal

They loyal by means of antisocial

They rule but they do not

Ex-CBS Reporter: Spineless Media Bosses Eroding Our First Amendment

http://youtu.be/HfkZ7mGgbl4?t=25m21s 

Media freedom is necessary. Cutting ABC budget might not mean cutting budget on free media. A recent development on media reports Aussie anti-terror 'gagging' bill: 'Shambolic,' reminds 'black comedy' should not include other issues but only on terrorism exclusively. Then it's acceptable for the moment. However, this Australian rules can't affect global media. Australian domestic activities on terrorism will not be covered by Australian media, then world media will not have much information although there will be other means.

Restricting media is not controlling media. Controlling a particular issue (domestic terrorism) is not controlling entire media. Media freedom in all other issues should be maintained. A healthy nation is a well-informed nation, with no misleading media controlled by a particular organization.

Terror, Refugees & Asylum - A Challenge for Europe | Journal Interview

China and the New World Order

"Noam Chomsky": Why you can not have a Capitalist Democracy!

"Noam Chomsky": Why you can not have a Capitalist Democracy!



Free Trade is only good for money makers. Ordinary working people's lives are not part of it - unless social welfare system is improving as required for mass unemployment. Skilled workers are needed for various industries. Once they are unemployed for a long time, the country they live in will have a problem in industrial future. By pursuing cheap labour, a country will get rid of its own skilled labour it needs for various kinds of employment. By reducing the number of job types, workforce will have more competition in fewer available professions, stress, and waste (in effort and in budget).



Government incomes come from working people. Government's responsibility is to create jobs as it tax them. Government should consider self-sufficient system as much as trading globally.



Protecting workforce doesn't mean to keep them in the same jobs that are not productive any longer. But it means governments must create opportunities that are productive and easy for the workforce to adapt. If there aren't jobs that pay, or paying efficiently, governments should support the people who are working. Exporting these jobs to another country doesn't only make working people unemployed, it also costs the country's income by imports and lose skilled labour now solely relying on social welfare.



Australian social welfare system is very good. If it has the services that keep new graduates training for their desired professions and the unemployed skilled labours to keep working to maintain their skills, it will be even better while they keep searching for jobs that don't exist. In this situation, one possible opportunity for them is volunteering, they can be placed in  various kinds of volunteer jobs in other countries if they want to go.

One Hour Compilation of how Islam is Ruining Europe and America

http://youtu.be/qZ-QX8LuKHA?t=14m26s

 

Brave German Woman' Rebukes Islam's Lie

My Hometown Fanatics: Stacey Dooley Investigates 

Belgium: The "Sharia4Belgium” terror trial | Focus on Europe

http://youtu.be/r20ewjsPedo?t=1m29s - They should live all their lives only where the superior values exist. It would be good for them because they won't have to fight anyone. They won't have to prove how better values they have either. Everyone should report to authority and authority should take care of the situation "once and forever". 

Australian Building Styles and Culture Research -NGO

Having European influences is a nice thing as Australian heritage. Australia has European heritages because most Australians have the European backgrounds. Australian cultural heritages are special to Australian people and good to preserve. Nobody want to build like these things anymore but they have history to tell. Every building has a story to tell but national heritages have special stories worth to learn from and taken into a new phase. They are there and should be around for as long as a country exists. It must have resources to maintain them even if they are in expensive locations good for redevelopment ideal for economic application. Even if nobody visits these sites, they should exist because they have histories. A country should keep producing such special buildings as its culture. However, it's not enough only to have special buildings.

It would be wonderful if there is an non governmental organization focusing on building styles in Australia and its primary work is the research and design development on architecture and building types for Australian culture and Australian conditions because every people and every country should have unique culture, style, ideology and identity formed with culture, style and ideology that the entire nation can identify itself with. There are real advantages in having such identity.

A country can choose to have own cultural styles and ideology. Some countries deliberately gave up their identities. Some countries have been forced to compromise and accept foreign identity.

Some countries reestablished their identity after they lost it to certain ideological influence and avoided from being controlled by a foreign authority. Some countries avoided losing their identity by manipulating or creating the counterfeit version of the outside influence which was too powerful to defy. Why did they do that?

There are real advantages in having own identity. It is about the maturity of a country. It displays the cultural development, rich ideology and the real strength of its people. Identity employs the people so it's economically necessary. Identity moves the people with cultural activities. Identity gives the strength to the unity of a people so they can last long as they have the ideology and chauvinism to defend themselves. Identity represents a people who they actually are. It is cultural identity. It is more meaningful than I can ever think of.

Uniqueness has made some cultures to be respected, to come and learn from and to be pursued and followed. It is good for the people who have them in terms of acceptance and economy. Identity can unify a people of different groups. It is not impossible to make a different group to follow another group's identity. However, if only a common identity is there for them, they could be more united.

Instead of borrowing styles from all over the world, it will be great if the people are interested in having their own unique designs, architecture and building types. It is a bad habit only to borrow and not developing own because copying doesn't make self esteem but the opposite. The whole world but some have little to show off their cultures. Yet, it's still a time when copying is rampant.

Australia is a very special country in science and knowledge. It can have its own unique designs not found elsewhere. Naturally such distinction in culture is a gradual process. Moving the whole country is not simple and easy. But there is easier one to start with. It is home design which the Australians can gradually adapt. This is by no means making a point that existing designs and styles are inferior.

Not driven by economy and commercial interest, a non profit organization can exist to be developing new building designs just right for Australia with Australian features if the governments and the industry are helping, especially ABCB. This can produce some Australian designs. It can also produce architects and building designers specializing in such designs. Not just adapting BCA but also developing designs can be beneficial in long term.

To employ young designers and students of architecture for work experience and further training in environmental and cultural education, solely about Australia with its regional context, this organization will become very supportive and a very important employer. If it employs, with award level wages, many new designers will find something to do, have experience and earn. It's possible to employ a hundred or more graduates both from TAFE and university. If all states and territories support this organization in their own areas, they can give jobs to new designers. These designers will one day produce very fine cultural artifacts. Instead of becoming unemployed and live of newstart income, the federal government can employ these youths with the same amount of support. It is possible to attract some of the best students and (retired) professionals.

Multiculturalism is good. However, it shows the lack of commonness or the identity which represents all. The identity that is justified to represent all should not bias.

Gender in Buddhism

Buddhist view is -

When a person dies, he/she can become someone else with opposite sex. A male can become female, and a female can become a male. Although one is a male now, one could be a female in past life; the same to a male - he could be a female in the past life.

A woman may wish to become a man for whatever reason. For example, some women dislike the burdens of womanhood and want to become male. If they have appropriate deeds for support, they can become male afterlife. Men too can want to become women next life with appropriate support of kamma.

Some women became men but they still have the tendency to feel like women. Some men became women and they feel so uncomfortable about their womanhood. They feel misfit. Here a male who was a woman (several past lives) could act like a woman. For the same reason, a woman would act like a man. These people could be stuck in their old mindset.

Some women might have been women in many past lives, so might many men. In general, some women never became men in the past infinity of existence. Womanhood is not necessarily easier than manhood but for a man, womanhood is humiliating.  Men can become women due to their sexual misconducts.

Sexual misconducts are generally adultery, sexual relationship with a minor (a kid age under 10), sexual relationship with a young person without the permission of his/her guardians (such as parents, grandparents, uncle, aunt, sister, brother, teacher, etc.).

Sexual misconduct (Kamesu micchacara) can cause a man (or woman) to be born in boiling copper molten hell, after that to be born as hermaphrodite, to be born as male but castrated, to be born as a woman who doesn't want to be woman, etc. This person can also be born in several different life forms either as god, human or different animals but with above physical and mental defects. 

Only the bodhisattas (who are to become Buddhas or Paccekabuddhas) cannot be born female. Once they a man is recognized as a bodhisatta by a Buddha, his gender is determined that he will not want or do anything to become a woman. This is the kamma vipaka of bodhisattas.

It's all about kamma vipaka (cause and effect or causality).

Gender is not a problem in Buddhism. A being may wish to be either male or female anytime he she can change the mind. Some people are either or neither. Some people seem just confused that they can’t decide to be male or female. Culture is a very big impact to cause confusion. Ideally, we should be straight – in spite of confusion and indecision. We don’t have the right to say who should be what. People may want whatever they want.

Gays, lesbians, transsexual and true hermaphrodites are free in their own rights. But I cannot say anything about the cultures in Buddhist countries. Culture is just the agreements of the people which have existed all along for generations – that means it’s hard to change in a short time.

The best is not to criticize others. We Buddhists are to mind our own business (mindful of passing phenomena – insight meditation) to free ourselves from the recurring life i.e. sufferings. Freedom (nibbana) is the best bliss. Buddhists who practice Dhamma toward freedom shouldn’t see gender, shouldn’t see species, and shouldn’t hold any concepts of any kind so that they will only see the reality the Dhamma.

More on Paccekabuddha: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/mn/mn.116.piya.html

Hermaphrodite: http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/jamieleecurtis/a/jamieleecurtis.htm  

Religion and What I Found

["According to the Biblical view of all of this, God is simply not all-forgiving. So also, even though Eve certainly ate first, Adam is actually given more blame because Eve was deceived but Adam made a willful and knowing choice to join in her sin."] -A Christian view - I think that's remarkable against male(?). 

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Why_is_humanity_punished_for_Eve's_sin_6000_years_ago_although_God_is_All-Forgiving

[Jewish Tradition

the serpent convinced Eve to eat the fruit on the 17th day of the 2nd month in the 8th year after Adam's creation. It also states that they were removed from the Garden on the new moon of the fourth month of that year... ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve  

I wonder how Adam and Eve were supposed to make new generation without eating that fruit.

Quote: [How plain! All the races of mankind are descended from Adam and Eve. In the book of Genesis, we read," Adam named his wife Eve, because she would become the MOTHER OF ALL THE LIVING" (Gen.3:20). All the humankind are descended from these two people, Adam and Eve! Blacks, whites, Orientals, browns, and every kind of human being in existence today came from the bodies of these two individuals! That includes the tall Watusis, the Zulus, the Masai, the Hottentots, the pygmies, the Aborigines of Australia, the Bushmen of Borneo, the Eskimos of Alaska and Siberia, as well as every other race of mankind!] http://www.triumphpro.com/race-question.htm  

Here about Virgin Mary

quote: [The Immaculate Conception is a dogma of the Catholic Church maintaining that from the moment when she was conceived the Blessed Virgin Mary was kept free of original sin and was filled with the sanctifying grace normally conferred during baptism ]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception  

Then why didn't God forgive Adam and Eve? Because they had to make baby that way???

[These original humans were not subhuman or Neanderthal creatures... Original sin is a theological term that goes back to the fall of man. ... man was created in God's image, righteous and free...freely able to choose God or turn away from Him. By eating the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, he did the one thing he was asked not to do. Breaking God's one commandment to him was sin. At that point he was driven from the Garden of Eden and cut off from the tree of life (see Genesis 3:2-24).

From that moment on, the spirit of man was damaged. It is as if man is now born with a moral handicap. He is lame in the most important part of his being--his spirit.] https://www.cbn.com/spirituallife/200questions/article_3.aspx  

Adam was free "freely able to choose God or turn away from Him" - as first man! Then why didn't God forgive him and her?

1. God didn't want them to eat fruit

2. God gave them freewill

How do the two lines go together?

And what about the Neanderthals? Where did they come from as not in the Bible?

[‘See, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever’— therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken. [Genesis 3]] http://bible.oremus.org/?ql=141841622  

Then what was Apple all about? Now Adam could eat it at will? Ah! Tree of knowledge is not the tree of life. Adam didn't die!!! But his generations did.  (And Eden was not on the ground.)

[According to traditional Jewish belief Adam and Eve are buried in the Cave of Machpelah, in Hebron.]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_and_Eve

Let’s Meet At Alice Springs

The future reality is quite predictable and inevitable. Only countries with realistic preparations will be able to keep their desired destinations. The economy and modern lifestyles that are heavily relying on energy efficiency and affordability will demand more energy for sustainable productivity. Design, technology and good planning will help the leaders with clear vision of the future reality to be able to use their full capabilities. Population planning and infrastructure planning will make everything different. Australia can be different because of its great potentials. They are unique to Australia as opportunities. Domestic structures and domestic production and consumption might become more important during the low time of international economy.  

Sustainable population growth is a solution for economy. Should Australia invite more immigrants who want to stay as Australian citizens or foreign citizens or just visiting and doing business from here? Australia could provide residential and business venues that are not any lesser quality than anywhere in China and the Middle East.

Empty buildings in modern ghost towns aside, success stories should be looked into. Australia can take similar achievements. That depends on how fast Australian businesses can change from producing the products for export to producing the products needed domestically in a short period whenever international economy is down. But that’s not possible unless there are a huge number of visitors coming in for all reasons, especially for shopping for the products they can’t online and elsewhere. Although that’s the solution, how can Australia do to bring them in?

The vast land mass of Australia is both for now and future because of its desirable characters:

Yes, Australia can. It has a good selling point – transparent politics. A recent good economic management must be an example for foreigners not to overlook Australia in the future whence this is one of Australia’s strengths.

Yes, the stability of the natural environment, social environment and political environment are quite above average for desirability for settlement, for visiting, for educating the young and for doing business. The point is Australian population will (and must) grow gradually. It has to cope with such growth and dealing with aging population. Australia needs population growth that is not for environmental disaster.

Yes, Australia can say this is a safe haven for good people.

 The value of Australian currency is also not too high at the moment – it should be. Once Australia stops exporting the natural resources, other than coal, that are now on demand, Australian economy will become only to base on the smart brains. Exports of Australian products to the world will be based on arts, engineering and designs that come from human resources. The current high value in currency is good for now although being “over-valued” is not. The economic nature is – it needs stability in everything – including currency. When Australia has to focus more on visitors, it must have its currency value that is welcoming the visitors.

But that cannot happen without the right planning: in building future towns and in the kind and quality of architecture. They are also vital to make Australia a secure place, both in economic sustainability and in environmental sustainability, in the future.

Future security of energy can come from Australian solar sector. The right planning must include energy security and affordability. Renewable energy can also be very affordable if the costs in infrastructure are low. Energy exists where sunlight exists, and wind too, in the Australian desert. It’s the place geographically and geologically stable, and inviting from the future.

The true challenge for developing into the desert is salinity – not the heat. But the dryness of the desert can be a favour to such developments.

Affordability will come from living inside energy field – i.e. the desert. Australia is a dry place but it can afford to have sufficient water. Although draught is a challenge for Australia, it’s not as bad as floods that usually cause most expensive destructions in Australia. If Australia can harvest all flood water it gets annually without depriving its natural environment, its need for water is not a problem anymore. That will need lots of dams and underground dams. But dams too must not become environmental disaster. As there might be no underground rivers in the desert, these underground dams are for storing the excesses of flood water. Long reservoirs that are built under the roads, just to reduce the costs from building infrastructures separately, will have good capacity for water supply. Australia could even afford to have farmlands that don’t irrigate the river water (too much).

When developing into the desert, underground reservoirs will be where to store these excessive amounts of water. Roads, railways, powerlines, water pipelines, telecommunication lines, and other services can incorporate together in one single structure. That means it’s the best to build them in straight line. They are to come from all major cities and they can meet somewhere in the middle of the desert. High rise and low buildings can be built along them with the right pace and space with greenhouse parks and other civilian infrastructures.

Wherever a traveller wants to go, just go and will be there without any mistake – only to need to make sure this way or that way. As all in straight line, construction and maintenance costs will be cheap – that means running cost will be cheap and affordable. Everything can become high speed.  To keep these advantages, there should be no branching roads etc. but only a single line from everyone major city.

Australia wants to see environmentally friendly electric cars, right? And also they must become driverless, right? As long as the computer in the car can cope, the passengers will always be safe, right? Also they must have the right speed and roads should have no traffic jam, right? The future should also be free of noisy jets, flying over our heads day and night – although we will need them for overseas, right? These are the reasons why straight line must be applied in everything. Just as much as we need straight people, we should have straight cities too.

Let the forest lands for the trees. We need them as much as we need the wildlife for national dignity, food security, water and energy. And free from major flood too. In the desert, Australia, rich with natural resources, can have solar harvesters and cities under their shades, with a-kilometre-wide roads and world’s fastest electric trains that attract the tourists who would like to have fun rides.  Those who want to live in the bush may live. Those who will need to live in modern buildings will move to these new areas whilst the population will be gradually growing. Also solar technology will become its best quality. Existing cities will dwindle in population but wealthy people may still enjoy the deep forest areas even as their private lands.

Is rebuilding Australia possible? If not, why not? If it doesn’t happen in a hundred year, it could happen in three hundred years. Australia started without a city.

As everything in straight line, everything will be seen. This is where Australian architects and designers have to put their best practices. It must be for Australians only environment because it’s for the making of Australia to have a new look. To be preserving Australianness with its roots and backgrounds, Australia must come up with a solution to achieve another unique ability for making Australian culture that includes all types of Australians and half Australians. Repeating a basic design, growing up upon it, and branching out from it, will bring up Australianness in culture. A group of leading designers and architect might come up with an agreeable foundation in Australian design to start as a seed of future Australianness in culture.

My dream is about high-rise buildings and residential buildings put together along the single line highways. Future constructions are my hope. I would like to see lots of construction. The high-rise buildings can be closer to the roads for the workers to work there and they should be kilometres apart where residential buildings locate between two skyscrapers. Those skyscrapers will have education sector, health sector, business sector, etc. The residential buildings will be placed at a distance from the main roads for good comfort.

Here energy is abundance and pollution free. Wherever geologically stable, geothermal sector can thrive too. And there will be more benefits. I just can’t think of any failure except if there was WWIII but it would be better than having major cities in blocks as we live now. Here, all city areas will be clean and free from vandalism as will be always seen. But white collar crimes would be the only things for Australia to have to fear. 

Australia will also have (enough) robots in the workforce. But all humans should be workers too that they can support reasonable lifestyles – sharing is everything, both for peace and dignity. Robots can work in the heat of the sun where it’s too much for humans. Where humans can work, robots must not become ideal tools. And that restriction is for cool Australia with its dignified population. Australia could become an important country globally. Many migrants from hi-tech countries would be attracted into Australia to call it their (second) home as affordability will be what Australia could constantly offer. Australia can be for both Australians and foreigners.

Here the quality of the right educations will become more important than ever. I hope Australian governments will invest more in the right educations and support and equip its future workforce with ever besting effort. I believe Australia will be ready for the future if not yet.

Herein, I think the business sector has been supporting the educational sector in two ways already: selecting and supporting the right students and supporting institutions for particular courses and teachers teaching these courses. In Australia, collectively or privately, I think, the way supporting and investing for the desired education is important. Investing in the future productivity guarantees stability growth. Investing morally will guarantee a good future. The brightest students from all levels of education should be able to achieve as much as they are capable of. It must not be the lack of money and the lack of facility that prevent them from achieving. Nurturing the students, who have the potentials which are definitely what the business sectors want, can ascertain to get the needed number of skilled workers. The institutions that are responsible for such skilled workers should definitely get support too so that they won’t have any shortages. The teachers who are responsible for nurturing future workforces should also get what they need and deserve. Focusing on all three – students, institutions and teachers, is necessary. I believe that investing in those who have potentials, not waiting until they show up with their achievements, is what business sector should do. This should become a normal cultural activity so these students should achieve what they have aimed to do in their lives. The participation of the parents and relatives, the government, the institutions and business should be the form of supporting the students. Investing in own children is of course natural, cultural and necessary. However, that only guarantees who will become rich later but not how the national economy should take shape to compare with the economies and skilled labours of other countries. This direct involvement is, I think, better than blindly relying on annual results of students. Instead on working on unrewarding jobs and wasting time, all students who are capable of achieving should be focusing on achieving.

AH! I forgot to consider the protesters (like myself sometimes). A single road means traffic disaster if the protesters go on the highway as it seems that’s the only place to do the blockades. I don’t know I have any solution for that at all. But it might be 300 years away from now.

The need of a cool leadership isn’t dubious. A good planning is a must. It must be to wrap the right ideas, technologies and designs together. The future is tomorrow and it’s not far away. Facing the reality needs courageous decision makers with clear visions – not the risk-takers. Australia must produce a mass of visionaries through its high standard education systems. It’s all for the better future for the human environment and natural environment Australia can’t risk losing.

Disclaimer:

With a sincere belief, I am dreaming and will keep doing so. Now all I see is the bright side of such an idea that has been developing. I write as much as I know. Although my writing seems crossing the academic highway, I don’t intend to make it get the other side that I don’t know anything about. Instead of in-depth discussion, I only intend to express my view and how I see. 

Hum In My Ears

Hum Experience

The sound is like nonstop bell ringing. The sound is not of metal but glass, very sharp and its tones are so close. At night, it is stronger because of silence. So whenever it is quiet, it rings louder. If concentrate on it, it gets louder. Sometimes tones change and become a different frequency. This change is very clear. Sometimes the ears are blocked by the tones sometimes the ear is open and frequency change. That’s what I remember for now.

The Start

It started when I was still very young, about 15 in Burma. I read a meditation article and it said the ringing can appear when the concentration becomes stronger. And soon I noticed it happened to me. It never left me ever since.

Emotion

First I didn’t feel bad about it. However, sometimes later it became something serious and made me stressed. I felt like being imprisoned. It was still bearable. It lasted until I accepted it and not resisting anymore. I became to accept it because I had no choice but to calm my mind and control it not to feel too bad. Now understand the two conditions of mind and I try not to let go of my mind to the wrong side.  

Physical Symptom

I always feel my ears are blocked. I have to pick the ear web very often. When I was young, my ears were not oily. I saw my friend ear oily and I thought it might be good and it became to happen to me. I was told to pick the ear web when I was young. I did it often and even hurt my ears. Water got into the ears often. It seems the shape of the ears is not water proof. Actually I wash my head everyday and this could be the case causing water to get in. I think my hair and ears are naturally oily.

Its Effect in My Life

Often I lose concentration when I am listening to something because I am hearing the hum and what I’m listening to appear unclear. People sometimes asked me to learn to listen because I appeared not listening. Yes, I was not listening properly because I couldn’t hear properly. It’s more disturbing when answering the phone. But I can still hear though as the hum is only distracting. As I don’t listen much, I became to speak more and think more. And now I usually write my ideas down.

As Meditation Object

I sometimes listen to the hum. The more attention I pay to it, the louder it becomes. And it is also enjoyable. I think it’s good to listen to it and use it for a good reason. 

As I can't stop hearing it, now I'm hearing it in my left ear. When the environment is quiet, I can hear hum in both ears. Expensive experience.  

Refugee and Migrant Help Program Needed

Starting a new life from ground zero is not easy. It’s a mammoth task to be done with nothing in hand to start with. It’s like a super hero in action in a mission impossible. Most of the refugees came into Australia generally brought nothing with them more than a bag of clothes and maybe a few books. They might brought a load of hope with them too, especially those who were informed to do so. Someone would take care of them as a start but everything could go wrong after that. There they have ended up in various conditions, evidently, in undesirable states – especially with Centrelink.

The main problem is the lack of information that those refugees were not well informed about how to continue in Australian life. The newcomers with a big expectation can misinterpret the situation and fail to foresee their future. If there is nothing to start with, then they will have nothing – especially the ones who are single and have no relatives or family.

I think many migrants don’t get enough support to understand how to start life in Australia. Can be worse than that if the communities they belong to are insignificant to absorb them and give them jobs or necessary trainings and continuing in-kind supports. Even if there is certain support group to help them, both social workers and the migrants might not get through each others’ ideas, due to misinformation and misunderstanding – for being short of experience and expertise about the unsuccessful lives. Small communities cannot have the social workers of their own with all information and resources to deal with all those in need.

Maybe there was information but it’s not possible that words on the leaflets alone would change their delusion in a short time – like washing the wounds with holy water. English for Second Language programs are not the Australian information for Second Life that reveals all veiled realities of life in Australia.

Certainly most migrants get onto the right paths all by themselves or by the information etc available to them within their community. Education levels, contacts, aids, personal contribution such as social skill and trade skill, and age for being young enough to start education here are some of the factors for individual migrants to make their lives easier sooner. However, many refugees came from refugee camps where they lived a deprived lifestyle away from education and normal working life; and the best of their time might have been wasted just there.

It’s almost impossible for some individuals to find their own way. Consider all factors affecting a migrant: language, accommodation, social skill, family support (if they came in with a whole or some family members), Australian culture, expectation of educational institutes, expectation of employers, etc – that’s a list of a few points.

If these migrants have to compete in job market, it’s just not a fair go I guess. Unless they are absorbed into their community, they will not make it. Certainly not every one of them will be employed by their respective communities. Most of them don’t even know what kinds of job and education are available for them. It’s also almost impossible for some to know what they can do at all. As long as the necessary guidance is not available, everyone will guess in vain in struggling life that doesn’t give them a chance (or education) to stop and think for a while. 

Instead of relying on volunteers, the federal governments better have an official program that has systematic approaches. Volunteers are good but they might not possess all professional levels with necessary expertises. And they must also have the capacity such as manpower, the right venue, and sufficient resources. They can’t have necessary condition to deal with both governmental organizations and the individuals who need help – for example, the way Centrelink does.

I think the current conditions do not allow all communities to get equal funding and grants and a good share of helps. The federal government should take care of the matter, by establishing an organization to deal with all migrants, with the same capacity for everyone. Maybe Centrelink has a special branch for refugees and migrants; then it needs to do just that.

I know there are good counsellors everywhere; but with my limited information, I think they are for the purposes other than dealing with refugee and migrants with special capacity.

Obviously the main setback for the migrants is not having the right settlement – i.e. housing, education, skills to get a job.  The volunteer social organizations can never have all the capacity unless the federal government has its own organization with systematic approach and research (or study) – the more systematic the better.

In my view, it will be good if the federal government make compulsory to the new migrants to have a course in trade or training, for educational levels they have.

ESL is a great program. But it doesn’t give all information to start a life in Australia. Also that 510 hours training is too short. Sure there are other English programs for migrants yet there must be a support group that keeps informing them these are programs for them. And they should know whatever other things they can do. I don’t know if there is such a support program available out there. Every migrant should be kept contacted for such information and career counselling. Not everyone will fit in the same box though. But at least, they get information and someone to ask to and consult with. But I guess it won’t be too costly or more expensive than not doing enough for them. I believe all newcomers should be informed and guided for a long time.

It can be group activity that encourages the migrants and refugees to attain the required training for skill and language or find out what they want to do and can do. It can be the counsellors meeting individuals with special conditions. I know no government can guarantee everyone to get a job. But the governments can give them skills, support for becoming ready to work and incentive for settling just anywhere in Australia if there is a job, if they want to do it. If they have skills, they will do it as the reason for choosing a skill is just to use it. Or if they have different ideas, other than whatever available from the government, they should be considered for these ideas too.

I believe the migrants should be given information about trades or skills good for a start and they should also be located to the places for their chosen jobs. Many migrants could be very upset if they’re given the information about impossible tasks. By given skills, generally labour or process works, and if that’s the possibility to go for a better career later, apprenticeship for example, most migrants will be satisfied. It’s not right in forcing them queue for the government support and searching for a niche they don’t know, for years. Labour works or process works, there is a demand for physical condition, psychological condition and general skills. 

Also the information must be precise and down to earth approach but must not be for fantasy that only portrays the good side of reality of the subject. For example, most artists have reliable job for living and they fund themselves to do their art. There is too much delusion among refugees who never dreamed of living in a great country like Australia but they must not forget everyone has to work to have a good life and money to do what they want. Dream bubbles should not be created and busted later. Unless they have the necessary information, skills and education, they can have the wrong path and expectation.

However, I don’t believe everyone can have the same capacity for doing labour works, certain level of intellectual work, due to health, age and strength; no matter how they look, some can be physically weak. Some can even have psychological problem. Also there should be an official program that encourages the migrants to keep developing their skills, their expectation and the courage to face reality.

I believe there should be an authority specialising in the necessary skills and experience about the refugees and migrants. And this authority will have the capacity to inform, to give the guidance and to train the migrants with required skills which are not needed by general Australians. Taking the migrants and refugees into Australia is great and a very generous humanitarian effort. Yet, efficient effort is required for long term good. Instead of sending migrants to Centrelink, education is a better choice to make them productive sooner than later. Being productive, lives of the newcomers will be good too. That means the government will get its investments back and sooner although probably not 100 per cent back.

In summary, there should be:

·         Information support – booklets, magazine, website where refugees and migrants are allowed to write or post opinion

·         Compulsory training for a trade or education that can lead to a working life

·         Support for relocation for jobs or study

·         Ongoing contact and consultation by the authority responsible for migrants and refugee welfare.

As systematic approach, the phases I can imagine of are:

1.      Getting education – migrants are given general and through information about trades etc and allowed to choose; e.g. computing, accounting, drafting, sale, food processing, assembly jobs, cabinet making, upholstery. This is about choosing job types realistically. Information should be only within the scope of real employment – not any other scenario.

2.      Getting into trainings and becoming qualified and getting the job within qualified field.

3.      Being able to stick with the job. The government should help them if relocation is necessary.

4.      The participation and integration into the general society, not just into the selected community. This phase should lead everyone toward citizenship depending on their involvement. However, it must not be the end if the participation and integration are poor. There should be ongoing training and opportunity. Even after citizenship is achieved, there should be compulsory involvement in certain social education for becoming better citizens by building up information and understanding about geographical, social and political conditions of current and future Australia. This is about automatic citizenship whether it is to be paid by the migrants, unless there is another reason.

5.      Higher education and career path – just current existing system. Some people will like to study either for better opportunity, or changing career, or just for any other reason.

I think phase 2 and phase 5 are similar. When the study ends, there should be general support toward a career they qualified for. Certainly not everyone will need all these phases. Some will stay with phase 4 for life. Yet all migrants should be contacted for as long as they want to be after the compulsory phases are over. Some of them will need continuity of support.

Certainly the government will be the sole funding source for such system. However, those with a permanent job for a year can pay for their involvement with some concession. These activities can be TAFE level educations.

If the federal government setting up such approach, there will be:  more jobs for those in teaching careers, hope, confidence and reasonable life conditions for newcomers, and the benefit for the general public.

I believe most migrants who come here do want to develop their opportunity and improve their lives. I believe it’s not right to keep them isolated, confused, idle and lost. Before they develop fear and hesitation, they can be placed in various training programs suitable for them by letting them know paths, choice and future possibility of shifting toward what they want to do with the regular income they have. Instead of such a happy way of earning, making them queue for government handout is rather a short-sighted approach. Although unemployment is inevitable and workers from all sectors can expect that, it will be good for the migrants and refugees to have a trade skill and confidence. And whenever there is a demand, they can be employed – systematically. To achieve such systematic goal setting, they need leadership as they cannot do it all by themselves. I believe such a kick start and systematic support, life will be easier.

If the government cannot do much, then let it be. However, 

Giving efficient support to every migrant, depends on individual needs, I believe it will be win-win investment. Now the government spends a lot too but I think not systematic enough and causing lose-lose investment for both sides. I think it’s just not right to live in speculation and failure. The commitment of the federal government should not be short coming. Especially guidance for finding a path in life and Australian skills and ideas are absolutely necessary. I believe it will be very good if the federal government take the responsibility. By giving the right paths, they will be able to walk on the right paths.

Additionally I think it’s appropriate to mention about some current issues that are concerned to the Centrelink and its clients. At the moment there aren’t too many jobs advertised. That assures not everyone who lives on the dole can find enough jobs to fill into the fortnight form. But they will fill the form somehow, just doing a task required for the payment. They might send resumes everywhere although they’re not qualified for or have no idea what these jobs are about. That will lead to causing extra burden to the consultants who only want genuine job-seekers. Also that can cause reputation problem for the job-seekers. This problem is not only for those who lack qualifications but for students who’ve just finished their study and looking for job sincerely.

If they fear of such reputation problem, they will not send their resumes although they have to fill the fortnight form, and they will fill in the form just to get the regular income. Qualification actually doesn’t guarantee a job or a suitable position for the qualification. I don’t know how many students are out there applying for a same position they found on job searching sites. If there is a job per a hundred students, 99 will not get it. As there aren’t enough jobs advertised for entry level or for students, those who were not chosen by a particular employer certainly have to wait for their turn. As there aren’t enough jobs from a particular sector (e.g. architecture), those students have to fill their forms with the jobs that ask the levels they don’t qualify at all. If that is what the system is all about, and if that’s the only condition the system can support, I think the consultants (and employers) shouldn’t complain; but if they have to do just that for the burden they are facing, then they should complain against the system but not what those students (and job seekers) do.

I think we rather applaud those job seekers for doing the impossible tasks. When job seekers did get a job, they do smile though!

I’m trying to see the wider picture. There are reasons why job seekers do not get jobs. Lacking skill for existing jobs is one particular reason. It’s not possible to solve all problems but skill, motivation and self-confidence. Skill, motivation and self-confidence are interconnected and support one another. And I believe it’s the main problem of unemployment. To tackle this problem, programs that tackle skill shortage are necessary. There are plenty of training packages available from various organizations but these organizations might not locate within affordable distances for New Start allowances. Also making guesses individually cannot make any job seeker wiser although they can get experiences which are usually not good for motivation but pressure from an apathetic system. 

It’s not easy even if possible for everyone to possess a skill set required for a particular job. It’s not possible for any institution to teach students for all skills they will need in real life. But as parts of a sympathetic system, the organizations can now give different skill sets to different job seekers – even if it’s a program like “work-for-the-dole”. It has to be not about wasting the time of everyone in the system but to get the positive outcomes.

In reality, the system is clearly irresponsive to ever changing circumstances. As though the system regards all job seekers are qualified for all types of job or any job that shows up on job searching sites and at the same time, it doesn’t see anyone qualified for serious jobs either. In reality, there are different levels of skill lacking. To make sure, the system can test all job seekers and determine their skill levels and let them apply for the jobs they are qualified for and also give an opportunity to those who need particular skills and improve their chance of employment, perhaps in any type of works suitable for them. Then the system will become responsive. If the government employs more individuals for Centrelink, or give a little more responsibility to existing staffs, it can be good too.

Centrelink should now see the job seekers from the employers’ points of view. When a job seeker applies for a job, Centrelink can check how the job seekers are qualified for that job. Then it won’t be bad as long as the job seekers are applying for real jobs as often as possible – now it’s about quality but not quantity anymore. Job seekers cannot (rather not) apply for the jobs they don’t qualify for, whether it’s a physical or skill job. Then Centrelink can advise, direct and train all job seekers for real jobs. I think a little incentive to those who lack skills and experience might make a difference.

Everyone has to take a risk courageously or randomly in choosing a career. There they will give everything they have to gain the skills for the chosen career both physically and psychologically. They prepare themselves for a skill set. Some might be able to do better than others. Some might be able to prepare themselves for any condition that will come in the future – meaning they might be able to prepare for both physical and intellectual works. There everyone has to develop a lifestyle suitable for the chosen career. If a career is to perform more physically than intellectually, those people will be more physical and physically tough. And if a career is to have a lifestyle in office, the people who have taken that path cannot be physically fit but they must perform as required among the best of their kinds. 

Four things differentiate us are: nature, nurture, opportunity and investment. Nature and nurture are a well-known idea. Opportunity is also a clear idea that everyone should get an equal opportunity if the society cherishes equality, democracy and integration. The more one gets, the more one has, whether wealth or poverty, education or ignorance – that’s natural. A society needs everyone in good shape. Equality and moderation can give that good shape – like a beautiful lady. Australia is the land of values: integrity, integration, equal opportunity, and ruled with justice for everyone. Some conditions can upset these values whether by mistake or by political requirements. Investment is important. The right investment on nurture and opportunity is important. If all necessities are invested rightly, the outcomes will be as expected.  Just as every worker should get the minimum wage, the minimum investment for them can be set to allow those who have the nature for education and income.

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Future of Burma as Multicultural Society In Light of Buddhism and Global Enlightenment

No! I'm not against the religious freedom! 

Freedom of faith is actually everything in this very world. Humans are the being of faith and it's impossible to separate us from what we believe in. Whether a belief to last or not, whether it's realistic to have such a faith, whether it's a religious ideology or something against religions, we humans cannot exist without having something as a belief. This is not conditional but a universal truth for all living beings small or large. It's a universal truth because perception is made of memories, such as images, voices, words, thoughts and ideas. All beings are with perception to perceive information from their immediate surroundings with the five sensory organs and also from their ideas of the past and future with their mind. Whether a belief is a small one such as a cat has claws, or a big one like a religion, the basic is the same. Hence, no living organism can exist without a belief. 

A belief can be anything. It can be fantasy. A cat has claws but the cat itself is merely a form of a living thing. The core reality is hidden within the cat. But we are usually with the appearance. And here I have made a statement of my belief. I know there is no restriction upon this kind of random beliefs but religious restriction is what we generally consider with the freedom of faith. 

It's impossible to restrict people from their thoughts, whatever might be, but the visible part is what restricted for reasons as in political oppression, religious discrimination, racial discrimination and cultural discrimination. There can be other reasons too such as freedom thought and freedom of speech – i.e. oppression on intellectual expression and the practice of conscience. In brief, that is the practice which is restricted in practice – either by the law or without law. Different people have different views. It's possible that everyone has a different opinion on anything they know. Different levels of prejudgement, disagreement, discrimination and expectation are inevitable; however, the obvious level is what is considered as lack of respect, oppressive and anti-freedom in which different opinions and practices are forced to conform to the accepted ways with violent means and/or nonviolent discriminations. It’s not about a letter to the editor, resume, news, a paper should be able to write in any style or format; conformity is in everything too.

Iranian female soccer team has been seeking recognition from the world about their headscarfs. It’s a difficult issue for sure from both sides: the players in the team and the world body of soccer. The female players are trying to change the rule of soccer for women. At the same time, they’re not able to appear outside without their headscarfs. Both sides are not wrong to keep their identity. But soccer is now global. So I hope the soccer body would manage to make it global identity bringing all tother into the peaceful common ground as special events of sport and expression of prosperity. One day, I hope the world soccer games could be played in Iran too.

As being in Australia, I would be hypocrite if I oppose Burma accepting other religious groups. I’m here practising my way of faith without any supervision of any authority. Australia is a multicultural although its parliamentary debate generally starts with a religious tradition these days. Burma is naturally multicultural. It’s never been intolerant against different faiths although different individuals have different response to different faiths and beliefs. Burma never fought religious war in any religious name although partial religious wars did happen in defence of Buddhism which were actually racial wars among different ethnics. I wonder the future multicultural Burma wouldn’t be any different at all although the Buddhists are the majority – but made of the minorities whose cultural identities have been oppressed in racial ground. Buddhism is not more important than other rights they have lost because the ways they practised Buddhism have been oppressed too. Christianity, Hindu, Islam and other religions of different ethnics of Burma should be seen in the same condition. The main thing is making the country to exist in prosperity. Everything else is up to individuals whatever they want to do with their freedoms in harmony with all others. There will be no prosperity if there is oppression on freedom of faith, freedom of speech and freedom of thought. If Buddhism is practised correctly, there are no such oppressions. Buddhism comes from India via Sri Lanka to Burma. Buddhism is for all but oppression. Actually Buddhism is used for ego-expression of ethnicity – i.e. racial discrimination. Buddhism was never spread with violence because Buddhism is not aligned with violence. If Buddhism is used for ego-expression, it’s only a way to make it become pseudo-Buddhism that you can find in many a place. The Buddha said do everything good, avoid all evil action. Nobody can identify themselves as Buddhist if doing everything bad and evil. Being a Buddhist is not an identity – not acceptable identity. Buddhism is not for identity. A pseudo-Buddhist is not an actual Buddhist. Buddhism doesn’t belong to any group, nor is for any identity. The way of the Aryans, the Noble Eightfold Path, is for achieving the freedom from identity.

Of course I remember a protest during the colonial era against the officials who entered the religious places such as pagodas. We do want respect so we do need to show respect. This kind of respect is deserved by everyone, every group in the world. It’s not hard to understand. Well, let’s see what will be in the future in Burma. Rather expect all good and just do for that. The polite world has been promoting tolerance, peace and prosperity. We all should have a share in such promotion – of course for our own sake!

Of course I only like seeing the good images of the world! I’m more than aware of the ugly images as the society I come from is much of the parts of such images. It’s a worst country, a poorest country, exporting bad news, a burden of neighbouring countries, hosting the longest civil war... If Buddhism can survive in a country like this, it can survive anywhere else too although it has yet to take a good foothold elsewhere outside the traditional, historical region. I wonder how the people of Burma managed to succumb to their nightmare, actually a nightmare of the world which was not remembered by world when it was waken. As Burma needs the world for cultural development and economic opportunity, it must adapt world standards in both practice and ideology, and it will be a way of expressing a Buddhist attitude and group think. 

Burma is a society with many problems - conservatism in cultural issues will be the main problem as it is today. A decade ago, the long haired singers were banned (wtf!) as though short-haired style was Burman style! No, Burmans didn't have short hair, it was Mon and Thai people who cut their hair short. And they wanted soldier-short I guess! Being too conservative is too egocentric. Certainly women have been subject for ridicule. They are not allowed to wear whatever they want. Men were generally the trouble makers in this and women themselves were so horny to hurt each others. Maybe it is genetic problem that we are so sensitive and extreme in jealousy. Perhaps it's our education that shaped us to behave the way we do. Nature and nurture give each other a hand in enslaving our society. Do I need to say more? 

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Aryan: 

"honourable, respectable, noble"

♠ Aryan disciple and The Uposatha Observance

♠ a brief history of (the word) Aryan  

♠ a blog: 

Sabbe dhamma anatta (Dhammapada 279)–”All phenomena are not-self.”  Dhamma here covers both mundane and supramundane phenomena, meaning nothing–not evennibbana–can be considered as Self or soul.  If you don’t believe me, take a three-month course of vipassana meditation and you’ll know this directly–no need to read about it.) 

From THE DEBATE OF KING MILINDHA pdf

In the Mahàparinibbàna Sutta the Buddha predicted that the city of Pàñaliputta, which was founded shortly before his death, would become a great city, “ânanda, among the towns and cities that are centres of congregation and commerce of people of the Aryan race, this new town will become the greatest city, called Pàñaliputta, a place where goods are unpacked, sold and distributed, but it will be in danger from flood, fire and internal dissension”.8 The Magadha Kingdom, of which Pàñaliputta (modern Patna) was the capital, gradually became the most powerful in all India.

Sakharov Prize 

for Freedom of Thought

freedom of thought, conscience and religion

LOL

In ancient time, there was a special place near palace from which the king could be informed by anyone protesting for/against something by shouting. The place was marked with a post and known in Burmese as Hit-Taine - Shouting Post and was located close enough to be heard from.

Some Fact?  White propaganda   

fREEDOM OF tHOUGHT

Just Don't Think beyond what you see - SOMETIMES!

God and Patience

according to the bible,

God didn't teach Adam how to apologize after Adam ignorantly ate the fruit of "knowledge".

his plan was obvious. he tricked Adam by allowing the snake into Eden and let them meet.

that's why he kicked Adam and Eve together out of Eden and let them suffer death as human ancestors. they are two who were the first victims of God - by murder. Every time a human dies naturally, God is responsible for murder.

God forced them to breed and make human generations. Forced them to eat animals by killing them. we all know all animals fear of death and always run away from the predators. but God let them get killed by man, and man to get killed by them and by other mans too.

By death, God test whether mans have faith in him. if he found no faith, according to his inconsistent laws, he sent mans to hell eternally. animals do not have to go to hell. that proves he treats mans worse than animals.

but there is no obvious information about heaven. what do people do in heavens? nobody knows or have clear answers. what do people do eternally in haven?

(According to Islam, men have purpose - God will give them many a virgin up to 70(?). I don't know about women and what they'll do in heaven.)

So what I find is -
God planned everything in advance.
God designed above scenario.

Therefore, patience is irrelevant.