10-16-2010, 12:56 AM
I agree that these kinds of attacks are easy to spot, once you know what to look for.
For me, an implied algorithm with about half a dozen "is this positive?" questions is happier, faster, and less draining than an explicit algorithm with 30+ "is this negative?" questions. Of course different people will find different evaluation techniques suitable for each person's own background and temperament.
I didn't mean to suggest that your big checklist isn't very valuable. Of course it is. I only meant to suggest a companion and/or alternative approach to evaluation. Sorry if that came across as in any way dismissive of the value of your checklist.
This forum is an excellent haven. About 95% of the time I enjoy it greatly, and find that my interactions here help me experience a more loving, thoughtful, wise, balanced, harmonious perspective that carries over to everyday life. I acknowledge that much or all of the last 5% might be my own limitations or unhealed conditioned responses, rather than anything negative outside of my own mind.
There have been discussions here about whether this forum might attract negative-path STS types who would try to subvert it. My own feeling, and I think several others agree, is that this forum is so strongly oriented towards the positive path of service. Thus it would have little to interest a negative entity. The members and moderation team usually work hard at trying to keep this a very positive forum.
With today's Internet, the Ra material is so widespread now, along with other positive channeled messages, that subverting this little-known forum would not gain much of a prize for enormous effort if it could even be done. Because of his efforts towards publicity, I think David Wilcock's work and forum would actually be a juicier target for potential STS subversion. His work is much more focused on his own personality and ideas about how evidence fits together, compared to the LLR focus on the channeled content rather than the personalities of the channelers.
Also, Wilcock is far easier to find through his Coast-to-Coast appearances, so subverting his message would more likely mislead more newcomers to the Law of One. He's already acknowledged a personal issue with defensiveness when certain types of challenges are made to the material he offers. (With respect and love, and seeing something of myself in there too, I find David's edginess about some of those attacks remind me of Marty's outraged response to being called a yellow coward in each of the Back to the Future movies.) Because of those risks, and his role as a very public gateway introducing many to the Law of One, I think it's worthwhile to uphold his work in prayer along with this site.
Furthermore, now that you have given us a pretty extensive checklist of ways to spot disinformation, any disinfo attempt would not last long here without challenge and exposure.
For me, an implied algorithm with about half a dozen "is this positive?" questions is happier, faster, and less draining than an explicit algorithm with 30+ "is this negative?" questions. Of course different people will find different evaluation techniques suitable for each person's own background and temperament.
I didn't mean to suggest that your big checklist isn't very valuable. Of course it is. I only meant to suggest a companion and/or alternative approach to evaluation. Sorry if that came across as in any way dismissive of the value of your checklist.
This forum is an excellent haven. About 95% of the time I enjoy it greatly, and find that my interactions here help me experience a more loving, thoughtful, wise, balanced, harmonious perspective that carries over to everyday life. I acknowledge that much or all of the last 5% might be my own limitations or unhealed conditioned responses, rather than anything negative outside of my own mind.
There have been discussions here about whether this forum might attract negative-path STS types who would try to subvert it. My own feeling, and I think several others agree, is that this forum is so strongly oriented towards the positive path of service. Thus it would have little to interest a negative entity. The members and moderation team usually work hard at trying to keep this a very positive forum.
With today's Internet, the Ra material is so widespread now, along with other positive channeled messages, that subverting this little-known forum would not gain much of a prize for enormous effort if it could even be done. Because of his efforts towards publicity, I think David Wilcock's work and forum would actually be a juicier target for potential STS subversion. His work is much more focused on his own personality and ideas about how evidence fits together, compared to the LLR focus on the channeled content rather than the personalities of the channelers.
Also, Wilcock is far easier to find through his Coast-to-Coast appearances, so subverting his message would more likely mislead more newcomers to the Law of One. He's already acknowledged a personal issue with defensiveness when certain types of challenges are made to the material he offers. (With respect and love, and seeing something of myself in there too, I find David's edginess about some of those attacks remind me of Marty's outraged response to being called a yellow coward in each of the Back to the Future movies.) Because of those risks, and his role as a very public gateway introducing many to the Law of One, I think it's worthwhile to uphold his work in prayer along with this site.
Furthermore, now that you have given us a pretty extensive checklist of ways to spot disinformation, any disinfo attempt would not last long here without challenge and exposure.