03-05-2010, 09:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 03-06-2010, 12:07 PM by Steppingfeet.)
Dear friends,
When I was first alerted to this thread’s existence, I felt a certain apprehension while reading Biu_Tze’s initial post that sparked this discussion. The issues Biu’s raises are ripe for mishandling, hurt feelings, heated arguments, and moderator headaches. Though I have such faith in the capacity of this group to work together in harmony in a spirit of mutual trust, I was honestly concerned about this particular thread going sour.
Having just concluded reading this thread, I stand in admiration and awe that each of you can be so open and honest on such difficult subject matter without losing sight of the Creator. In lesser hands, this thread may have been a mess. In your hands, I come away from this thread feeling enriched by the distilled synthesis of your own experience and enlightened by the beautiful gems each of you have mined from places far below a surface which many entities never penetrate.
Please note that by “lesser” I do not mean to separate or to classify people according to worthiness, I only attempt to qualify why I feel that what is happening here is exceptional. Thank you Biu_Tze, Lavazza, Monica, Peregrinus, Pablisimo, Fairyfarmgirl, and others for this fantastic thread! Thank you for your courage and your compassion, your sensitivity and wisdom. If I kept a journal of quotes, I would have written down numerous excerpts from each of your posts.
Pablisimo, you summed up my experience of this thread better than I could have in the following two paragraphs, each made in a separate post:
I so embrace the consciously merging with you fellow seekers in resplendent, joyful oneness. As it is, you blow my mind with a keyboard! To know oneness with you would be a never-ending joy.
Yours, GLB
PS: Thank you, ML, for pointing this thread out to me. : )
When I was first alerted to this thread’s existence, I felt a certain apprehension while reading Biu_Tze’s initial post that sparked this discussion. The issues Biu’s raises are ripe for mishandling, hurt feelings, heated arguments, and moderator headaches. Though I have such faith in the capacity of this group to work together in harmony in a spirit of mutual trust, I was honestly concerned about this particular thread going sour.
Having just concluded reading this thread, I stand in admiration and awe that each of you can be so open and honest on such difficult subject matter without losing sight of the Creator. In lesser hands, this thread may have been a mess. In your hands, I come away from this thread feeling enriched by the distilled synthesis of your own experience and enlightened by the beautiful gems each of you have mined from places far below a surface which many entities never penetrate.
Please note that by “lesser” I do not mean to separate or to classify people according to worthiness, I only attempt to qualify why I feel that what is happening here is exceptional. Thank you Biu_Tze, Lavazza, Monica, Peregrinus, Pablisimo, Fairyfarmgirl, and others for this fantastic thread! Thank you for your courage and your compassion, your sensitivity and wisdom. If I kept a journal of quotes, I would have written down numerous excerpts from each of your posts.
Pablisimo, you summed up my experience of this thread better than I could have in the following two paragraphs, each made in a separate post:
Quote:Isn't it amazing how these forums force us to look at any number of complicated issues from multiple angles, perspectives, and dimensions? It's like we don't allow ourselves, collectively, to be shallow or one dimensional about ANY issue that comes along, no matter how taboo. Well, we wanted to understand what Oneness really means, didn't we? What better way than to hear our other-selves speak from an infinite number of paths? I mean, look at Biu Tze's fearless, heartfelt, and troubled first post that brought us all into public contemplation of pornography and related addiction. And Lavazza's very personal chronicle of addiction and technology that enhanced our contemplation further, or Monica's incredibly insightful post on sexual energy exchange and pornography that I would wager jarred most of the male readers. Not to mention all the shorter comments and thoughts from all our brethren, heck even my own musings. Surely this must be a preview of the learnings that social memory complexes experience!!! We are living in the baby stages of 4d consciousness right now, I think.
Quote:This led me to contemplate these incredible forums and reflect on how difficult it must have been for Biu & Lavazzo to share their stories and how each subsequent post just added to the overall Gestalt picture that was forming of the topic. I began to feel Oneness and kinship with all of these great souls sharing their Light and perspectives. It forced me to think about things that are not deeply personally relevant, but yet view it from a variety of angles and perspectives. We can learn so much more when we see it through so many eyes. I was overwhelmed with the idea that this must be a tiny glimpse into how a social memory complex grows in the early stages of harmonization. I guess I felt like I was communing with my people, if that makes sense.
I so embrace the consciously merging with you fellow seekers in resplendent, joyful oneness. As it is, you blow my mind with a keyboard! To know oneness with you would be a never-ending joy.
Yours, GLB
PS: Thank you, ML, for pointing this thread out to me. : )
Explanation by the tongue makes most things clear, but love unexplained is clearer. - Rumi