*Bows gracefully* I humbly make your acquaintance to all of you. We live in a time where so much of the nuance of life and this world is overlooked. You have to look behind the curtain, between the lines, and at the context and driving idea to truly understand. Some who glimpse such things go mad; others become sages or even gods. Oh my how presumptuous of me. Let me introduce myself a little before we go further. I have to admit I am a huge geek and identify with the "gothic" culture. I hate labels because I am who I am and that is a complex enigma of contradictions and ideas. I am a dreamer. But I enjoy anything I get to use my mind and imagination for so I am a huge roleplaying game fan. Anything from Gurps to Vampire to D&D and that ilk, like I said I'm a geek. I also love SCA style events and love the victorian and rennisance era. I also enjoy going to clubs with people every now and again (Hive, Shadowplay, ect). I love the outdoors and camping and traveling. I also find it important for a person to take time to be alone and look inside oneself. If one never takes the time to know oneself then how can you ever be true to yourself?
I have a natural affinity for old world spirituality as I like to call it. It's best described as a collection of beliefs (or knowledge) and disciplines that evolved along with and, I believe, were present when cognitive thought arose. I believe in a universal energy that connects all things and that we are from this energy and return to it. I also believe that these beliefs and knowledge was around before language began and that language, in this sense, has become a cage which we have tried to trap the universe in. Religions are a corruption of spirituality. They have self imposed false laws and rules. Laws that serve only a few and not the majority. I say such ugly clothes of a bigoted age should be cast off like the old rags they are. Laws and rules are only needed by those who can not regulate themselves and who do not take the time to know themselves and see themselves in others. When you know yourself and you can see that what you do to another you do to yourself, I should say self regulation would be natural. I will leave you with this, "reality" as most of you know it is only the surface of very deep water, all you need to do to see more of it is have the will, the belief, and to take a deep breath because it's a long way down.
