Detachements and action without action
Patanjali
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Bharat bhai,
Apko Namaskar.
You must be the change you want to see in the world. - Mahatma Gandhi
Through this newspaper, ant the other two previous (Indymedia and the Fish Speakers) I tried to expres my thoughts, my opinion related to this eWorld and not only (The RL was allways present too).
Now, with the change of eMedia, I have to wrotte in the country in wich I’m citizen. Wich is good, because I like very much eIndia, the kind people from here … the spices of eLife.
However, I generally wrotte in romanian, my native language, expresing issues concerning the folks with whom I live every day. More than that, english is a foreign language for me (and you could easyly notice that). So is italian too (and at the time they, also, noticed that).
Still, I try to wrotte in this foreign languages because, in my opinion, to communicate, to expres ideas and debate them is, by far, the moust interesting and important side of this eWorld, of this eLife.
Also because I find out there are wonderful mens around (and wonderful womens - Mná na h-Éireann)
So, this is an argument and an explanation for this article, for you, my friends, to better understand what I meant, what my limits are and how I’m related to the game limitation.
Questions
In those two years since I’m playing eR I have seen a lot of human behaviour, some strange, some of extraordinary beauty.
Some people came here to folow a dream, of their own, some come just for fun, other are interested in an social or economic simulator, others are here to avenge the RL history and to fight against “bad” neighbours.
But, nomatter the reason they came here for, they all have to face the same “human nature” who is acting here too.
People tend to stugle for a better position, for better resources, for power.
Do they do that for the ancestral purpouse of leading ? Do the man’s do that for the pleasure of “hunting” ? and if so, what about the womens ?
Also, there are a lot of “flames” around us. People tend to cross over the borders of normality here, because is just a game, just a virtual enviroment, so no real harm is donne. Is it so ?
When people aim to hurt the feelings of the others, do they do no harm ?
Further, when one of your own kind (eNation) steal the public goods, mocking others or have a bad behaviour, what should we do ? Ignore him ? Let him go ?
Strangely, but I have noticed that people from developing country (RL) are much more sensitive to those issues.
I’m not saying they do not do the same mistakes, but that they are more concerned, debating the issues and putting questions.
Also, the “game mechanics” are limiting the ways we could express ourselves ingame so, the natural reaction, people tend to do that on the chat chanels.
Still, in those two years I did not noticed big models to folow in RL too.
Not only persons, but not sistems.
Sure, it is (and very near to us) the Dioist – Theocratic model but, hey, is quite old for the human kind (I tend to suspect that this was the first of all).
The majority of other states (especially those involved in the major alliances – EDEN – PHOENI
😵are military based, developing a sort of oligarchy, economic and military oligarchy, for the sustaining of wich the entire society have to work, to let themselves to be exploited.
So, is there no dream lefted around ?
No hoppe for a better eWorld ?
Et cum facta esset hora, discubuit, et apostoli cum eo. – Vulgata – Luca, 22
Could we, or at least some of us, detache from this Karma – action cycle, and just watch and moderate the society, the behaviours ?
Could we develop some kind of values, moral, laws after all, that we impose (not by force, but by example) to the leaders of our community ?
I’m putting these questions nowadays in eIndia, because we are at the eddge of the chaos and, that for, it is a propper moment to put this fundamental questions, to rediscover ourselves, our aims.
I do stop here for allowing me the pleasure of your comments.
Best whishes, to all of you !
Comments
first : )
What do you understand by "a better eWorld"?This game has he's roots in RL agression.The eWorld "shines" when the nation's are at war.The foundation of this game is based on human violence.
So,from the point of view of a ecitizan,a better eWorld is a eWorld full of (e)violence
Some women are hunters too...or maybe there's the need of women to have the beauty that you spoke about....
V 😃
A good old friend of Mine, Naga, told me sometime:
India was a developing country in the time of my grand father, so it was also in the time of my father and still is now.
Also, in Romania we have sacrificial generations in the last 60 years, one after another.
Why should we follow the RL models here to ?
@linkra, so, no hoppe lefted ? The violence is everything we could do here ?
Remember, what our mind is set to think (even here, in a virtuality) we will do as act/fact, even in RL.
So the sages told us (Vivekanand included).
So, the citizens of this eCountry are invited to awake, to watch the others around them, to have opinion and to manifest cohesion. Is that to hard to do ?
I'm not thinking at some sort of Elders Council, but a sort of public citizens expresion of opinions.
The World is like we are ! Remember.
My solution for a tentative of influencing "leaders" to determine them to move entire community toward moral values, prosperity and Haven is FASTING...
Not perfect or ideal proposal, even not decent one in like western society...
But it is a way to, at least, self suggestion and strengthening... in theory
Fasting in communicational virtuality as eR is, could seem as abstinence of emotions and wards, relational ascetism...
I know... You'll say - "Bad & Inefficient solution"...
And I will agree with you...
Let me think better…
Norman Asante
Hey, I am finding strange that, among all, the one who asks the questions about ethics, moral issues and greedy human behavior chains breaking is the one that acted the most to reach those targets in the game (well, I do not know everybody to be honest, but I know some...).
Asking is a huge step forward.
Geting answers is a shore too far to reach over the swampy sea we swim now here.
But again, the questions are usualy more important, being the ladder to change.
I will, with arrogance, try an answer, though: Yes, we could develop an ethic system (laws, if you preffer). Al we need is a new Gandhi, or Ataturk, or King here. My question: who is fool enough to sacrifice himself being the one? Because for sure, the one will be killed by the crowds.
Anyone ready to e-die for an idea?
"In my secret life, i cheat and i lie, in my secret life...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1GsWEFlvhs
No servus maestre Shai. I was bound to come and spoil this here discussion. So here is my take on the matter.
There is something to be said about the eWorld. It's been built on wars and nationalistic conflicts and as you know all the peaceful societies ended up in flames. You all of people should remember that both India and Moldova suffered the same fate. Remember how both projects started as society hubs and ended caught up between the interests of different people.
The utopic society can't be achieved, not even in a online community, for two main reasons:
1) Human nature. As much as we are social animals we are flawed and end up hurting one or another of those close to us
2) Mechanics and the need for action. The man needs something to keep him busy. We got out of the caves because we wanted to explore, we went to the new world because we wanted to find a faster root to india, we went to the moon in a 'balls' measuring contest.
There's a third reason for an ethical society being unreachable. Every man has his own system of values. Try to change even slightly that and the chances of violent outbursts are increased...
And then again an ethical eSociety would prove boring for most of the current players. This is an idea for the times of old when the old dino's roamed the eWorld since they were bound by a minimalistic ethics that derived from the offline interactions they had.
@alter dio
Some say that when you don't have anything to live for, you should find something to die for. Start your search for heroes there..