[This manifesto is written by
Pejman Habibi.
Your comments are welcome.]
Cyberend is a cultural strictly non-political cyber-community
welcoming people of all walks of life, races and beliefs who are in
search of and ready to join in building a community based on logic,
fairness, and self-improvement as a way of making a better world.
Our way of thinking is based on the "ideas" or "guidelines" - not rules -
laid out below:
1. We live in a relative world.
We live in a relative world. Would
it be that difficult, then, to concede that our answers to our
world's questions tend to be relative ones, too? It sounds much more
sensible (and much nicer on the ear as well) when we say "That's what
I think" rather than "That's what it is." Why not say "I don't
understand this yet," rather than try to make up a
straightforward answer and imprison ourselves within it?
2. We do not believe. We think.
We do not believe. We think.
3. What is, is.
What is, is. It seems to us that no real achievement would be possible unless we
first learned to
face the truth, as objectively as is humanly possible, no matter how
contrary to our beliefs or our way of thinking that may be.
4. Judge from without.
We think objective judgment would be possible only if we first learned to step
outside ourselves and look at ourselves, those around us, and those
far away from us from without rather than from within. Balanced
judgment is not possible unless all sides are considered in the same
light. Break free then! Step out!
5. You are what you do.
To us goodness is not a state, rather it's a process. Having defined
goodness (or badness for that matter) as such, it follows that your
goodness or badness, rather than being an imaginary state or quality
to be possessed, exists first and foremost in the way you act. Put
simply, this would mean that if you do good things you are good, and
if you do bad things... but you would never want do that, now would
you?
6. Equal rights
and opportunities
People may not be equal in their
abilities, but it seems to us that the only way to
have a fair, balanced and viable community which is both fun to live
in and worth
living in is for everybody to be given "equal rights and
opportunities". Let the more able ones win their places through
fair competition in a fair world.
7. Life is worth living.
We feel that life is worth living. We take joy in living and cherish
the opportunity to learn, to experiment, to try to grow and realise
our potentials, to become better people. Life is our opportunity to be
the best we can be. Let's not waste it, then. Let's work, make new
things, have fun .... and generally make this world a better one to
live in. A
better world, however, cannot exist without better people. So, let's
strive to improve ourselves. Let's try to become more able,
responsible, understanding, honest and tolerant people. The way we see
it, the road to happiness is through multi-facet self-improvement.
8. This manifesto ...
This manifesto, like anything else in this world of ours, is relative,
it is just a reflection of our present understanding of the world
around us. So, break any of the "rules" if you feel you should. But
first make sure you have something better to replace it with!
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