Perenial Philosophy, Threads, and such... (Score 1)

Language is one nice key to religion. Spells involve "spelling". When I read about "root" in the Great Learning of Confucious. I sometimes hear more than what was perhaps originally intended. One thing is very clear, that the Great Learning involves self inspection, environmental definition, and the discussion of learning with others, which is pleasurable.

I spent a lot of money on TSR books and game sets. But I never was able to find or get a group of people together to play. So I just read the books. I later found out that I wanted to be a great character in real life, so I read Occult materials. You name it.

In the later part of 1986, I moved into the Punk Rock monastery. Or that is what I would call it. Then At the Age of 17, in 1987, I became a Philosophy major. I found that Eastern Philosophy materials where much more to my taste and liking than where the Occult materials.

One friend has said that I change religion like some change underwhere. That's an interesting observation.

Gnu/Linux, and the open source movement grabbed me about a year ago. I just read a news paper article about this company called "Red Hat". Since then my whole perception of computers has changed dramatically. Through solving problems with Linux I have made my Windows machine work better.

Do it yourself is good, but in reality you are not doing it yourself. Maybe you are taking the less beaten path. The Buddha advised on travelling only with those who were also interested in enlightenment. If one could not find such person/s, then it was best to travel alone.