PRISONER EXPRESS

Enduring conditions, economic hard times, forced race assimilating, proverbial inequality, territorial exploitation, legacies of injustice are only a few ingredients that prevent many humans from visiting the Grand Canyon, Niagara Falls, Smithsonian Institute, the Great Pyramids, taking a pleasure cruise, etc

Maneuver to cause someone to fall is an explicit definition of trip; travel from one place to another is a more generally understood definition; defining trip as a hallucinatory experience induced by a psychedelic drug is a state of emergency we find ourselves facing this present day and age. There is one fact we all know, i.e. our final trip is of a divine nature that no one can escape.

I have personally experienced all three of the above definitions of trip. My most favorite trip was the 'one year tour of duty in southeast Asia' (Republic of Vietnam). The devastation and human suffering is something my mind will never allow me to forget. Over thirty years later we are still tripping as if there is no necessity to maintain a stable, efficient economic base for all ethnic groups.

To intentionally agonize the progressive thinking of another individual; and for whatever reasons invading their homelands resulting in massive deaths of women and children is cruel, dishonest representation of leadership.

We as Americans customarily plan a vacation once a year intended to give us a chance to unwind and get away from the stressful side of life. Many of us can't afford a vacation. Trip can mean many different things to many people. I suppose it depends on many factors. A co-writer in this program in a past essay stated "a strong economy doesn't determine a great nation. Prosperity of the people does."

I always wonder about the places I've never been and never will visit. It's not so much as wanting to go everywhere, see everything, especially knowing everything. More or less we all shoulder trip on life positively, propagating harmony, tranquility, love, peace and joy in the lives of all mankind. The word 'trip' today is most widely used to express individual acts of emotion, ambiguous and erroneous decisions of elected officials, etc.

I really hope one day the oneness of creation starts returning to modern day civilization. Wouldn't that be a trip, when there is no more budget deficit, public assistance, subsidize housing and food programs, nuclear proliferation, a correct gun control law enacted and properly enforced, a worldwide school system universally organized to educate everyone about each other's culture, a yearly summit at government expense to promote spiritual unity, and most of all, to eliminate poverty. Then maybe everyone will be tripping on the same level of consciousness