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A Gorean Epiphany….
Tal Goreans,
There I was riding along on the ole’ John Deere and it occurred to me…
There has been this internal struggle that I have been fighting with the past month. I have been desperately trying to allow within my mind, everyone to have their own vision of Gor. To establish for themselves within the context of what Gor as it is written within the books, those books that we claim to care so much about. While I can understand why someone like Stephan doesn’t trouble himself with the definitions of Gor are as it would it would define him, it did however troubled my deeply when the proposed Goreans would want to discard Gorean customs, practices and identifying premises. Sure there are those that would get us imprisoned within this society, but hell I don’t mean those anyway. I also understand that there would be acceptable trade offs, as in what would translate well enough between what is Gorean and what we can get away with here in our own cultures. Now while I am certain that there are more than just Leonidas out there that concur with myself, none have had either the courage or at least the passion to defend that which is our intended Gor (Home Stone)!!!
You see while riding that tractor and contemplating within the peaceful sounds of the mechanical beast, it occurred to me why this debate of proposed freedom with limitless scope, undistinguished with any boundaries, unguided by any defined customs was taking place. It set within the dimly lit recesses of my mind why anyone claiming to be any one certain thing would ever argue against any and perhaps all its established premises. It fell into two simple words.
I stopped that tractor and looked straight up and hollered, “YOU HAVE GOT TO BE SHIITIN” ME, HOW DAMN SIMPLE COULD IT BE!!!!” It was like the light came on, it was in the end so simple, and there was only this as an answer, just two words. I laughed to myself, and decided I am writing you all one last time on this, latest don’t you dare define to me what my Gor is, debate. So if it seems in the future when you bring this up I am ignoring you, I don’t give a shit, bookmark this page, this thread, carry on until the end of time about your proposed freedoms, those illusions of absolute freedom, they will be simply talk, nothing is free, come live within the depths of my at times terrifying memories and those my sons will have of their own soon enough, and then TELL me about freedom, its cost, some of you know, and those that do will have no argument with my words.
Talk all you want about your philosophies and logic, I find them helpful as well, I love discussing them, but it is within the heart of each man to push away these castration knives, it is within the books and the hearts of noble men that we will define the context of our Gor, something drew us there, it is within the hearts of MASTERS that the Gor (Home Stone) will either survive and flourish, or be crumbled, and vanquished within idle rhetoric and proposed amendments of dilution and infinite meanings.
These two words finally explained it all to me, they took away the confusions that I believe Jahna spoke of some time back, while she tries to define Gor within a society that is nothing but contrary to a Gorean existence (or perhaps beneath the surface it isn’t so far gone). While some try endlessly to affiliate Gorean philosophy with the other great philosophies of those great minds of our past, while we have those that insist that Gor is our last great hope, they in turn wipe away some, not all, but some of its defining points, perhaps not Earth shattering topics, but Gorean points non the less. We can either establish strong and noble customs and honorable examples to pass on to future generations or, by blurring the lines, confusing the definition, that some struggle to erase to allow themselves room to avoid two of the most distinguishing hallmarks within the Gorean definition…………..Responsibility and Accountability……………………………..
If they don’t have to adhere to any base premise or customary static definitions (which there are some, maybe there doesn’t have to be many, but they do exist) of what it is that sets us apart as Goreans these proclaimed protectors of freedoms don’t actually have to maintain any standard, be it high or middle of the pack. There will be unlimited room for apathy or substandard within the Gorean foundation. With these absolute freedoms there is nothing that holds someone accountable to the premises that constitute a man to be Gorean. Gor most certainly must be about something like Nietzsche’s Masters Morality, but if nothing defines it’s identity then no one can be held to a standard. That noble and superior being will never discover his unbound Gorean limits; he will have fallen from a Gorean path that defines his intended direction to simply an endless trail of anyone’s infinity.
Unless that man wish like Stephan to just locate within his person, any man, just so long as it is the one man that he thinks he might be, and then, that is a fair enough conclusion. What brings Stephan to greatness is he works to discover his path and he knew not to call it Gorean, but an undetermined destiny. That in itself is more noble and honest than a man that claims to be something and then attempts to redefine a predefined existence to lend some false sense of credibility to his own lost in the night existence. But take note it is the directive of the Gorean existence with Gorean men that allow him seemingly the best course in his quest. I tell you men, be not afraid of the spiritual dark within you, search your soul, light the fire of the man that you are from within, if the light burns within the colors of Gor, you will have no need to deny its prescribed boundaries, no matter their limits or lack of therein.
Remember when you sit discuss our way or simply sit and think about it, some will be eager to point out that the novels are simply fiction and incomprehensible here on Earth, and while I am inclined to agree there might are those customs or practices that are disallowed in our present society, things in some small ways that do define what it is to be Gorean. There is a defining feature for fiction and reality as well.
I have been accused lately of trying to define for you what Gor is, that couldn’t be further from the truth, only your heart and the books can define that, If I attempted to do it you would turn your back on me and laugh. The remarkable thing is when reality hits and our insecurities are conquered, our personal vanities relinquished, most all Goreans come to the same conclusions of what it is to be Gorean.
When some find it important to tell you that you as a Gorean live a fantasy life and dwell within the pages of a fictional novel, proclaim that which is most obviously an overlooked issue on their behalf. We live as Goreans and strive to achieve that noble and stalwart example of the superior being, just as nature demand we do, so in the end only one thing either defines Gor as fiction or reality, and that my friends is, credibility.
Thanks for taking time to read and hopefully you have done so with an open heart and mind you will discover that these proclamations of a Gorean are helpful to your understanding of Gor and on a personal note, understanding me. If what I have said is too hard for you to live up to, than don’t be surprised when your attempts to be heard to the contrary of Gorean existence fall upon deaf ears. Establish your own credibility, seek your validation within another heart; as for me, I have mine.
Be well Goreans,
Bull
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