#7 Thomas Lao

This is one of the most incredible stories of fleeing a communist country I've ever heard. Please enjoy listening to Thomas Lao's story and learning from him! There's a link to his LinkedIn if you want to connect with him. 

NOTES

• Covid-19 predictions
• Personal Protective Equipment
• Thomas Business - 99 Universal - https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-kiang-lao-2185226/
• Mastering Q&A
• How he got his PhD - Poor Hungry and Driven
• This is the beginning of a graphic story...
• Communism and Cambodia in mid-70's
• Critical Thinking vs. Feelings 
• Critical Race Theory 
• Education issues
• What is life? Why did I have to suffer? 
• ~MInute 32 begins the story of Thomas getting out of Cambodia
• Fear of Hunger
• Two movies that do a good job depicting life during the 1970's in Cambodia: 
  • Angelina Jolie movie is close to real - First They Killed My Father
  • The Killing Fields
• Highway 4 - Small Row Boat - Commercial Fisherman
• Thailand camp
• Illiterate in USA. Found food and freedom. 
• Increase gratitude and appreciation. 
  • Suffering is universal
  • cause of suffering stems from desires of wants
  • there's a cause and end, knowledge. 
• Leaning to be at peace
• Law of Nature - Karma. Say and do good things. Be a profession that does no harm. Incongruence with peace is bad. 
• Law of Causality - Charity work. 5% to charity. Medical Missions. Build monasteries - a place to seek God. 
• We do things to satisfy ourselves
• Does your path give you peace?
• Simple, yet difficult: 5 virtures
  • no killing
  • no stealing
  • sexual misconduct
  • no lying
  • abstain from wine/intoxication
• Be mindful as possible, the heart of an angel 
• Bali: a sense of shame with a moral calm
• Reasons people come to us:
  • Take payment for past wrongdoing. satisfied and then move on.
  • For the greater good. Build/create together.