Intergalactic Summit

I don't mean to derail the topic at hand so much; this sort of reflection between Caldari is what helps us all to understand the Caldari mindset. I did want to respond to this somewhat.

I suppose it's a bit different being an Amarrian as we're not necessarily a people defined by race or boundaries. "Home" to me was a broad floodplain halfway around the planet from the island where our original predecessors accepted the mandate of God. It's not the same to all other Amarrians, indeed, not all who share my faith came from the same planet. There is a bit of Udorian in me, some Ni-kunni, some recent Matari mixed into the largely Amarrian stock, so the concept of "home" in a spiritual sense doesn't mean anything.

I say that because the Amarrian people don't reference back to a historical location, but a very clear present connection. The faith is a living thing, and somewhat hard to describe to people who have not felt it before. It's a strange sensation, to feel it sort of pull you not in any general direction, but somehow outward the way a lens can collapse a view into a smaller space. It's a feeling that, no matter where I am, connects me to everyone else that shares it. You can almost feel all the rest of the faith's parish, the way you can't always see your leg but you know that it is there.

I suppose that's one reason I enjoy travel so much; home isn't a place I leave. Home is a place I take with me, and a place I make every time someone joins us in the faith. It's a vast house built of faithful souls, a place you can take a sort of refuge in when life seems difficult. Out there, somewhere, you can feel everyone else comforting you, understanding your dilemmas and providing you warmth.

It has a word in Amarrian, but I don't think there is a direct translation into any other language. It is the feeling of one-ness, of togetherness, of being a part of something that doesn't follow the boundaries of physics the way time and space do. It's a strange feeling of never actually having gone anywhere because you never actually leave anything behind, it turns distance and hardship into illusions you can suddenly see through, like a mirage on those sands you mentioned.

I often call it the Golden House since it translates better through one of my old stories and I don't want to lose any of my potential converts by tossing some of our more arcane Amarrian at them. It really isn't something that exists in any other culture. There is something similar sometimes, but not quite the same. The feeling where you can reach out and seem to feel every member of your faith, and through them all can almost feel the warmth of the divine, beckoning from beyond the cold, opening to a place beyond sensation.

That's home, and I'm never far away from it.

That's a very interesting explanation Father. Now imagine someone took that from you - what would you not do to get it back? And the people who took it? What would you NOT do, in your striving against them?

I was born in Saisio not Luminaire.

I was born in the tropics where no cold wind blows.

To be quite honest I could not care less about the fate of Caldari Prime.

But my kirjuun do. So I stand with them.

We found, I believe, that the question has no answer. Or it's still in debate, at least.

The short answer is yes, but there's a long way to go yet.

lots of voices from all corners of the galaxy have gone silent.

Ojabuun, that is classic you. Do you want inter-corporate bad feeling? Because that is how you get inter-corporate bad feeling.

I wouldn't worry about it. Most everyone I know that could be counted as enemies have simply expanded their block lists and moved on. I'm sure the fan club will carry on. Most of the rest of the cluster wont give a damn.

Where some would consider being named a Liberal an insult and pejorative; most Gallente appear to self-identify as subscribing to its principles.

Was that an answer? Or simply a prejudicial statement?