NTRODUCTION Wahey, welcome to the TAMBAYAN NG MGA KABATAAN! As implied by the name, this guild is for anyone interested in happy-based topics. We're very much a scholarly kind of guild - most of all, we're geared towards essays, debates, experiments, courses, ideas, theses, and pretty much anything that could be summed up as "research". the captain bianca encouraged, of course, but we're more interested in circulating research within the guild in order that someone will stumble over it and enjoy
ULES Follow Gaia's Terms of Service. It goes without saying, but just in case, I'll restate it right here. As well as our own guild rules, you also have to follow Gaia's. Be polite and courteous to other members. We're all here to learn, and the guild's basic premise to share knowledge. As such, you're entitled to your own opinion, but not if it's there just to be offensive. Offer constructive criticism, show some civility, and help other folk along as they're learning. Personal vendettas, ego-bashing trips, insults, anti-member rallys and factions have no place in this guild. Share opinions with others, don't enforce them on others. There's rarely a right-or-wrong answer when it comes to the occult. The truth is, everyone thinks they've clocked exactly how X, Y or Z works, but remember, that might just work for them, and not others. As such, don't approach discussions looking to tell people exactly how something works - show people evidence and let them decide for themselves, the same way you did. If you're teaching, remember to state that it is just your opinion you're teaching, based on your evidence (or faith). If you're looking to learn, then do so - by all means, challenge views, but also remember that all anyone's looking to do is provide you with some extra knowledge, not convert you to their way of thinking. We're not a roleplaying guild; we're dedicated to the actual pursuit of occult happiness. ' Keep your posts as legible as possible. Grammar, syntax, spelling and punctuation are good. Chatspeak is not; you're in no rush to finish posts, so take the time to reread what you've written, maybe even copy-paste it into Word and spellcheck it. By and large, people will take your grammar as a measure of how intelligent you are - unfairly so, perhaps. Nonetheless, if you make sure that your orthography's all up to par, you're that much more likely to have your post not casually handwaved aside. If possible/relevant, post links to your sources or other references. You are free to share anything you want ^^ Don't jump into a conversation just so you can whip out a snide remark at someone for something they said in order to a) show them up, and b) prove them wrong. We're here to learn, not show off how much more we know than someone. If you find flaw in someone's argument, don't immediately try to make it into some huge affair with comparisons to nazism, fluffy/moonbeamishness, Christianity and the like. Just say "I disagree", and say why. That's all you really can say. Remember folks, there's never one set way to do anything in magick and psionics, and if you'll permit me to use a phrase that I don't mean strictly literally - the world works differently for everyone. I'll get on that in a second. More or less, all I'm saying is we shouldn't say s**t just to make ourselves seem more adept than others. None of this "that's stupid", or "obviously you're not good enough at psionics to know about it", or "you're all blind morons!" and such. A little snide remark now and again, sure; every sentence containing some loaded phrase pertaining to another person's idiocy, no, cheers.
Just because you think something isn't worthwhile does not mean it is not worthwhile. dont be bad to others.. we are one family ^^ .... .... .... .... .... 