Site Philosophy, Strategy
& Modus Operandi

I determined that from then on, I should adopt a more wide-awake attitude to life. I should question everything that was not immediately obvious to me. I should place less trust in 'recognised authority' and rely to a greater extent on my own innate ability to recognise contradictions or inconsistencies in what I was told. I should seek descriptions, resolutions and explanations that accorded with my own experience. This led me to be much more outgoing in my search for experience than I might otherwise have been and consequently enabled me to learn much more from the experience of others whose accounts stood up to examination in the light of my own experience and whom I therefore felt I could trust.

My personal interests include science, philosophy, mysticism, literature, business, politics, education, and computer applications — not necessarily in that order. These interests, while giving rise intermittently to periods of frustration, have ultimately afforded me much enjoyment and satisfaction. It occurred to me that perhaps the best way in which I could spend whatever remains of this life would be to share some of my enjoyment with other people who may be searching for more fulfilment in their own lives. And I could think of no more exciting or enjoyable method of doing this than by soliciting the co-operation of willing workers in building a site on the Internet as a contribution to holistic education.

In closed communities in which it is important to maintain good interpersonal relations, there is usually a rule (whether written or not) that forbids discussion of politics, religion and sex because they are subjects about which people may hold deeply felt but discordant views. Forthright expression of conflicting views is liable to give rise to heated arguments and lead to inter-personal antagonisms which militate against mutual co-operation for the common weal. In the somewhat moderated context of individuals interacting with an unemotional computer as an intermediary, stringent constraints on subject range are less necessary. We may thus be able to engage in rational consideration of 'sensitive' subjects in an endeavour to gain a deeper insight into their nature and discover why they arouse such passions. Therefore, no topics are barred from this site. However, all contributions will be edited to ensure ordinary civility and respect for opinions which differ from one's own.

I am personally dismayed at the extent to which decisions on matters of public policy are now made by politicians apparently solely on short-term materialistic, financial, or Party electoral grounds oblivious of the more fundamental values which are deeply embedded in Natural Law — which includes human psychology. I wish to draw attention to these fundamental values and attempt to show why pursuing them diligently brings material, financial and spiritual benefits not merely to politicians but especially to the people the politicians purport to serve.