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The nature of the journey

The religious journey is the pursuit of truth,

back to our source of being,

the original meaning,

 that elusive end
 to which we never arrive,

yet by which
 our paths are so greatly illuminated.

The greatest wonder of it all

is that
 we never left the source
 to get back to it.
It is us and we are it,

 and yet
 we have deceived ourselves most artfully
RE (Back) + LOGOS (Original source or meaning) + ION (The act, or state, of) = religion
BE HERE NOW

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CYBERIA defined: -noun

The computer and Internet world and its virtual reality, the "global village" of electronic communication;
also called "cyberworld" or "cyberspace. 
Etymology: a pun on Siberia.  Usage: computing
--Websters New Millennium Dictionary of English,
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All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed.
Second, it is violently opposed.
Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.
-- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 - 1860)

If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him!₁
Let no human being replace your own mind.

-- 1. Sheldon Kopp's book title on the pilgrimage of psychotherapy clients,
 second line, M H Pathfinder

BE HERE NOW

Reason...Compassion...Peace

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Open Source software is derived through the cooperative efforts of software developers, programmers and users.  Thousands of distributions of the LINUX operating system, based on UNIX open source code, have been developed and made available for public use, often free via download from a Linux distribution site, such as www.distrowatch.com, or available on CD for a nominal small fee for the media and shipping.   These operating system distributions are often packed with open source software, such as OpenOffice, Mozilla's Firefox browser and Thunderbird email client program, plus a wide variety of multimedia, office, Internet and communications software and utilities.

Many open source software programs are "cross-platform", which means versions are available to use in free LINUX operating systems or in Windows and/or Mac operating systems.  Such is the case with Mozilla's programs and OpenOffice.

Microsoft, in response to the popularity and success of the free software movement, is currently making available an inexpensive, stripped-down version of its Windows operating system for developing countries of Europe, Asia and Africa. However, most of the commercial applications and programs used in Windows are by for-profit companies, and the cost of them is usually out of the reach of many work class peopl across the globe.

The accessibility to computers and the Internet for all is a key goal in moving toward a democratic global community.  We must continue to guard against attempts of global corporate entities to control or limit the free access to these means of global communication.  As in any democratic society with a capitalistic economy, capitalist corporate profiteering needs to be checked and balanced through the people's laws and restrictions to ensure their rights and freedoms are not unduly infringed by the ties between big money and big government.

In order to maximize the utility of computers and internet access for all, open source operating systems and software is available, often for free or for a modest donation to the producing organization.  If motivated by humanistic goals, or when checked and balanced by public regulation toward supporting humanistic needs and goals, corporations can be vital tools in our lives.  When the profit motive is without a humanistic direction or human governance, a corporate technocracy can severely, and often violently, impinge upon human societies, in its lust for the proliferation of profits through the exploitation of any an all resources, human and other.

The cooperative partnerships of open source software developers, cooperative broadband Internet access providers and inexpensive computer manufacturers are means by which human societies everywhere can be composed of informed and involved citizens.  It is an informed citizenry, informed through an open exchange and sharing of information, and involved through our many intrinsically linked global social networks, that best serves humanity.

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