barelynangel
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Hi all, i think many times people forget that this is a forum for those who don't know to learn -- sure. BUT its also a forum where people who live Gorean can come discuss well living Gorean. It seems many times people have this presumption that this forum is a forum that is dedicated to teaching because they misunderstand the concept of "people who want to learn." People can learn about Gorean from this forum, all they have to do is read. There is to me a misconception of persumption that the topic implies that Goreans are "required" or "should be expectec to have to" teach what Gorean is. This forum is mainly about "This is a forum for those who identify as Goreans and for others who wish to learn about it." The latter part is not an indication of the former HAVING TO teach or heck, even WANTING to teach Gorean to others who don't know what it is. We get many people who come over here as concepts and expectations that people here are sitting around twiddling their thumbs to BE teachers of Gorean, but if you look at the interesting discussions between Goreans -- most are here to DISCUSS Gorean with regard to LIVING Gorean with well Goreans. So yes, the concept of read the books is exactly what Goreans who come here to discuss have done and they have formulated their own understanding of how it applies to them and then the come here to discuss their interpretation with others. If you read the books you will see much of what happens is a journey into self to understand the philosophies that guide the rights and wrongs and they whys and hows, no one can teach Gorean to someone, a person can only learn Gorean by understanding within themselves and deciding to live by those understandings as a whole. Perhaps newbies shouldn't read the latter part of the topic description as people in this forum are just waiting to teach you and instead see this forum more as a resource wherein the information of what people who identify as Gorean and who live it have already offered the answers and newbies or people who want to learn need to do the work to achieve that instead of plopping their behinds down and act like Goreans should want to TEACH them what Gorean is, instead of people who want to learn Gorean taking the steps to well learn from the vast amount of information this forum holds. HINT, when you read the books, the discussions tend to start making sense because you can apply your knowledge to what is being said. You may not agree with some but you agree with others and well hell, you've learned something in that agreement because you are fine tuning your interpretation of what you know. There will be times when you read something in the discussions when you are like damn that's what i was missing, and there will be times you don't believe what a person is saying really gets it. But if you notice there IS discussions of Goreans and though people keep trying, there is no absolute consensus where a dry erase board of BEING Gorean can or ever wll exist. So yes, READ THE BOOKS, and then once you have an understanding of what you have read, come discuss -- not be validated but discuss what you have learned. And many times, you will be surprised at the discussions from people who are also informed by their reading of the books and living their interpretation and knowledge of live that ensues and that is where people learn about Gorean from the discussions and having read the source material, not from expecting to be taught as if its the alphabet in first grade. This forum is for people who want to learn yes -- that doesn't translate to come here to be taught, the resources of this forum have the information in the discussions and archives for people who want to learn. This forum is a vast vault of resources for those who want to learn about Gorean. Even people who have known Gorean forever tend to learn something in discussions -- maybe its people don't get what they do and never will or someone mentions something they may have forgotten about or what not, etc. All in all, there is no teacher of Gorean other than the source material. The rest is simply discussion of the source material and applying said concepts and philosophy to ones life. Newbies should see this forum as a resource, not a classroom. angel
< Message edited by barelynangel -- 8/31/2008 10:51:50 AM >
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