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- From: julian@julian.org (Julian Palmer)
- Newsgroups: news.answers,alt.answers,alt.life.itself
- Subject: [alt.life.itself] Here are the answers
- Followup-To: alt.life.itself
- Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 16:19:32 +1000
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- Summary: The Frequently Asked Questions for the alt.life.itself newsgroup
- Archive-name: alt-life-itself/faq
- Posting-Frequency: sometimes
- Last-modified: 2nd of November, 1996.
- Version: 1.0
- URL: http://www.julian.org/ali/faq.html
- Copyright: (c) 1996 Julian Palmer
- Maintainer: Julian Palmer <julian@julian.org>
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- The alt.life.itself FAQ
-
- 1. What is the topic of this group?
-
- There is no real topic per se. This group was created for the discussion
- of this life free of anything at all. This means being free of any systems
- such as religion and philosophy, and explaining ones experience and
- "knowledge" in ones own words.
- The idea of this group is to leave behind belief, thought and any
- "secondhand" knowledge and to communicate the real and raw experience of
- this life. This involves the transcending of terminology, systems,
- tradition so as to see things as they are. Direct communion or
- communication with "reality" has been called mysticism in the past, but
- something more real and everyday is required.
-
- 2. What is appropriate material to post to this group?
-
- Any thing at all; thoughts, essays, problems, experiences, extracts of
- writing, favourite web sites, movies, transcripts of IRC/email etc. There
- is no boundaries constraining the exact content of your posts.
-
- 3. What is not encouraged on this group?
-
- Usenet is a reflection of those who use it. There is no all that much that
- can be done to stop people playing the "predator" games in an unmoderated
- group. The predator games can even be _used_ to further understand your
- own life tactics and those of others.
-
- 4. Who created this group and why?
-
- I (Julian Palmer) created the groups because I felt there was a need for a
- group that wasn't specifically defined in its approach to life.
- There is the group hierarchy alt.consciousness, but the word consciousness
- has certain connotations and limitations.
-
- 5. What kind of worldview is promoted in this group?
-
- There is no real worldview that needs to be promoted, no proselytising
- that needs to be done.
- This group was not created around my book "In Life Itself", yet this book
- will give anyone an idea of my "philosophy" if you like, and it was from
- this "philosophy" that I created this group.
-
- 6. What kinds of religions, philosophies or systems is the idea of this
- group sympathetic to?
-
- This group should be neither for or against any specific philosophy or
- religion or approach to life. That is the point of the group idea. It is
- fine for people to refer to any teachings of a philosophy or religion or
- system or television program or movie or book or whatever, but these
- probably shouldn't be focuses.
- My personal opinion is that the work of Krishnamurti, Robert Monroe,
- Carlos Castaneda, Adi Da (Da Free John), Jane Roberts/Seth and my own
- writing best outline free and active approaches to life.
-
- 9. You keep on referring to this group or this group idea, what does this mean?
-
- Well the group is a forum, but it is also a kind of structure, with an
- identity of sorts. And basically this identity will become as the people
- make it.
- So the group or group idea is my original plan or outline for what goes on
- within the groups, but the people who read and post to the group will make
- it whatever they are.
-
- 10. I identify myself as a snake handler, can I post to the group?
-
- Yes, but no actually snake handling is allowed on the group!
-
- 11. What about make money fast spammers, x posting megalomaniacs, abusive
- personalities, clueless newbies, faddish flamers, netiquette breachers,
- superficial whingers etc?
-
- What about them?
-
- 12. How do you deal with them?
-
- They can deal with themselves.
-
- 13. So what should I do?
-
- Really look at your big toe.
-
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