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RETURN TO THE ZONE . . .

Been a few years. Other places, other commitments, but always writing, now more than ever. Inspired by The Artist's way by Julia Cameron, I've been doing Morning Pages for the past 42 weeks, every morning at 4am for a couple hours. I'm now in the tenth notebook. Amazing. "The ultimate reason is misunderstood, miscalculated and the disturbed ones lose their heads in the mele of media eating itself.The conversion to Quantum is unknown to most Facebook followers and all the non-social communicators. The reality of a truthful, fast analysis is a frightening concept." 😎 >>>iggy

Inside the magic circle

We've talked a lot lately about what compromises a Virtual World. One of the ways is total immersion in a computer created world either as a social type of environment or as a multi-user war or strategy game. Some of the most popular are the online creations, some having hundreds of thousands of members.   If you don't think this virtual world stuff is serious, take a look at this CBS Evening News article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/07/31/eveningnews/main1852600.shtml These folks are beyond simple games or entertainment. They're spending real money on property and things that only exist in their chosen virtual world.   Here's a list of most of the worlds by category . There is something for everyone. Or you can get set up and make your own from scratch. http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml     Here's a few you can look at real fast. They all are very welcoming and filled with information for newcomers. http://www.v...

Are you in a Virtual World?

A virtual world has all the elements of the world we live in. The only difference is that the world is created by one person or a small group of people for the purpose of achieving a goal; sometimes not for the good of man and sometimes for improving access to a special world that does not recognize time and distance.   In the myriad of electronic, digital virtual worlds, travel is unlimited, locations are infinite, both real world-reproductions and fantasy venues. Virtual worlds are filled with virtual people and other entities. Rules, laws, activities, behaviors are infinite as well. Becoming someone else is fun. When a person is in a virtual world it can be a personal choice, for fun or entertainment, or it becomes an addiction, or more seriously, a refuge. This attraction to virtual worlds can be use by unscrupulous people to cause damage to humans on many different levels. There are virtual events and living situations that have degrees of belief that parallel those in the com...