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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4721593 - 09/27/05 06:24 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

:thumbup:

Very well said.

I agree, let's split the forums and then we can all work on our responsibility for ourselves.  (or not :grin:)

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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Veritas]
    #4721635 - 09/27/05 06:30 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

What I really wanna know is: Can I post my upcoming traditional holiday cookie/banana nut bread photos on the Fluffy Forum without censure?


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4721785 - 09/27/05 06:53 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

banana nut bread you say?

is your recipe of the standard variety or of the "grandma's magic" variety?


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4721876 - 09/27/05 07:13 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

Swami,

I totally agree with your "prediction". I wouldn't have imagined it otherwise.

I haven't been in a spiritual type forum where debate and the challenging of beliefs did not take place. It could just be because,it did and does happen when I am at them.

My first message board was Doreen Virtues crystal children's board. It was an unmoderated happy land until I pushed people to look at things and themselves and to go further. Some cheered me on and some resented my intrusion and wanted me to leave. I left them to their fuzzies and started my own board and many followed me over to sink our teeth into some tough meat.

Debates went to vicious levels there some times. We were cozy in our zone working on stuff and someone new, a bhudavista "oooh" came along and criticized us for being in electrical signatures and said we had to be in our magnetic signatures and stuff about evil pleaidian curses and needing to ascend into the sirian genetic code and blah blah blah and the shit started flying.

Same shit, the only difference is THIS and it's what I see as being what people are wanting the split for, or at least ME.

We all believed in things like electrical and magnetic signatures. We all believed in celestial beings from the pleiades and sirius.

We debated the piss out of those topics and everyone walked away worn out yet, learning more or questioning and exploring more on their own time about things that were already truths in some form to us.

Had someone come in right after Bhudavista, and said, "there is no such thing as electrical and magnetic signatures or pleadians and sirians, prove it, your all delusional fear filled flakes and freaks", No one would've gotten to deeper truths of things that were already true to them or would have grown in those areas of their understanding.

Point being I will take from your chakra example. It was awesome swami. People who already work with their chakra system and acknowledge it exists, will debate and discuss what they know about it with an intent to get to deeper truths of truths they already have.

What currently happens in S&P is that, someone will come along at the start of a chakra thread, say they don't exists, prove it, you guys think you are special or something because you have chakras blah blah. People will pull out and stay away because they don't want to defend the position of chakras being real or not or be ridiculed.

They may be willing to defend their belief in 3 over 13 though. The thread will die and chakras won't be discussed or debated and those who know them as their subjective truths won't get to grow in understanding them better, why they are there and how they work through debate or discussion.

The thread instead typically turns into a debate or discussion about if they even exists or not-thats the problem to me that keeps many of us from growing further.

Maybe some people want a forum split so they can be unchallenged, but I doubt that. Some times we just want to share stuff, pass it along, but mostly we do want to discuss, compare and even debate our personal notes with others to get more clarity on stuff that is truth to us, maybe not science fact, but personal truth non the less.

What we do want is a forum where we can discuss our personal truths that we loosely agree with and would  like to hammer out details with each other.

We can't do that very effectively or grow in our own truths and understandings of the meta-physical, transcendental, non- material reality we experience if we have to prove such things even exist or be ridiculed every time they come up.

We don't want to have to defend and fight over if the eternal soul is real or the truth. It is to us. We would like to debate and discuss it's function and purpose and how it works in conjunction with the physical realities. Most of us can handle challenging discussion and debate or we never would've made it a week past posting in S&P if we couldn't.

When I personally talk about the negativity in S&P, I'm not so much referring to the ridicule or dissension itself. That certainly takes place in spirituality forums where growth is taking place.

I am STILL not understanding why there is no forum for people who experience a reality beyond what the 5 physical senses, modern scientific tools, or facts, say is real.

Where can we talk about the truth of that reality to us and it is just as real to many of us as is the physical.

We make baby steps in S&P because most of our time is spent defending that reality to those who say it doesn't exist with out proof or we just don't talk because we don't want to get into it.

We don't care or mind that others don't believe. We do want to discuss and debate with those who already do. Simple as that.

We do, however, carry on such discussions in PM and IM's.

Now why do we have to go off into PMs and IMs to have a decent eye opening discussion that progresses into deeper understandings of truths we already hold?

We should have a forum where we can openly do that, that others can learn and grow with and from too.

Why do say gomp, white Russian and I who believe in frequency encoded language have to prove it to anyone else first to start a discussion on it? Others may find it interesting or be curious and just want to read and learn. Others may be able to jump in and add to it or ask more questions who already understand the basics to spurn our mutual growth in understanding it.

But noooooooo, we just hang out in IM instead and S&P stays stagnant with the same old safe topics.

For as long as reductionism type philosophy is mixed with spirituality, the growth for many wanting to explore the non tangible realities with others will be slow and frustrating.

Thats what I want a split for.

Spirituality says it all right there. Spirit is non physical and encompasses the non physical aspect of many a human experience.

It would be nice to have a forum that allows for the respect that at least the existence of the meta reality itself is not in question. Some of us are beyond that, have proven it to ourselves and want to explore further with others.

In the philosophy forum, they can debate it all they want to. In a spirituality forum, it is usually a given and discussion jumps off from that premise.

S&P is stuck on the ground. Every time someone attempts to jump off from that premise, they get shot down because they can't prove it or are called delusional or afraid or something.

Yes, there are forums out there that jump off that premise and some get but hurt when you challenge them and so you feel discouraged to push the group to save feelings. At least I did and left them to be.

I gave up on mine twice because I didn't like being obligated to it.

There are others that are cool, one I went back to as I am done with S&P as it is. The one thing I like better about S&P is that it exposes me to more explorers, more information and mostly it's fast. Other forums don't have as many members and they move slow.  I liked it here that I could post an idea and get 10 replies in 20 minutes, instead of 2 over 3 days like at other forums.

If a split happens, I will probably be interested to post in the spirituality forum of the two. I can have debate about everyday stuff with the people in my life off the computer and do. I come to Internet to find others that are not everyday common consensus reality thinkers. I've met some gems in S&P and am thankful to have relationships off the forum with new found friends from here anyway.

Sucks that are coolest discussions never happened on the public forum.

And yes, the forum will also probably be, pretty supportive, caring and sharing oriented, encouraging and full of love and light and sticky sweet fluffy stuff and maybe no more then the pub or the mental and physical health forum is. This is a community after all. That stuff is normal in healthy thriving families and communities.

For sure, like you say swami, it will still have debate and people will still get but-hurt. The mods will be there to keep it in check like always.

Just my two cents and considering I have averaged 10 posts a day for over the last year there, I hope they mean something to someone in charge listening.


In peace and respect to the common good and growth of the shroomery and its members!

:heart:

P.S. I like to challenge people, not to reduce themselves but to expand themselves. I like to push people, not into the mud, but into the stratospheres of consciousness and the heart. I like eye openning, not eye closing discussion myself.

edit-typo


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: gettinjiggywithit]
    #4721942 - 09/27/05 07:26 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

^^^ Best post of the entire thread :heart:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: gettinjiggywithit]
    #4722378 - 09/27/05 08:55 PM (18 years, 6 months ago)

Good points... thanks for bring some NEW points to light and breaking the through the stagnance. :wink:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Rose]
    #4723747 - 09/28/05 01:57 AM (18 years, 6 months ago)

hmmm....

i say we just toss the forum all together, or perhaps merge it with otd.

:thumbup:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: wrestler_az]
    #4723910 - 09/28/05 02:36 AM (18 years, 6 months ago)

I am 100% for the split


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4724061 - 09/28/05 05:03 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

im against the spilt. i think people posting in a discussion forum should expect their ideas to be discussed and sometimes critically. my guess is some people are sad/mad because they realize what they believe isnt plausible. when i read s&p (which i do daily) i check the first post. sometimes im amazed and i think, this sounds good, could it be true? should i belive this? then i read on and somebody argues against it, coherently, somtimes disproves it. now i can make and imformed decision on what i want to believe. with the level of kookery in s&p sometimes, skeptics are needed to level things out.

now lets say i believe in budhism, so i come into s&p posting about some budhist concept. people have the right to critically pick apart what ive said. or they can agree with it. if i want to not be questioned, i should probably be posting on a budhist forum where will all sing my praises and agree.

couldnt i just go into this new s&p forum and post that spaghetti monsterim is the absolute truth (http://www.venganza.org/index.htm). i could tell everyone that there is 100% no doubt a flying spaghetti monster created this earth and no one could question me??? gay.


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: KingOftheThing]
    #4724417 - 09/28/05 08:47 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

All hail the Noodled One! May we see the Great Awakening of Pastafarianism in our time!

Ramen!


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Silversoul]
    #4724597 - 09/28/05 09:40 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

:lolz0rz:

My feelings are 50/50 on the split.  :grin:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4724604 - 09/28/05 09:43 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

As your attorney, I advise you to take a stance.

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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: TheHateCamel]
    #4724617 - 09/28/05 09:47 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

There is a vote going on in Congress to legalize bi-sexuality. So far the vote could go either way. :rofl2:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4724620 - 09/28/05 09:49 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

:rofl:  You're a sick individual


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4724630 - 09/28/05 09:57 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

John Olver thinks differently!  :shocked:

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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: TheHateCamel]
    #4724634 - 09/28/05 09:58 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

Lost me with the reference. Guess I am culturally-challenged.  :frown:


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: KingOftheThing]
    #4724648 - 09/28/05 10:02 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

i think people posting in a discussion forum should expect their ideas to be discussed and sometimes critically.

When I debunk a charlatan such as the 'contacter of the dead' Van Praagh, I should be:

A. Silent on the issue.

B. Put on the mod's hit list for driving off the fluffernaut who started the thread.

C. Given a public service medal.


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Swami]
    #4725017 - 09/28/05 11:32 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

Depends which mod is reading your posts at the time. Some of them will applaud you, others will delete your post and ban you because people complained that you shot down their Flying Spaghetti Monsterism post in favor of evolution by actually using observations and evidence.

Spiritual beliefs are fragile things, and many will shatter when exposed to the slightest breeze of science. But I don't believe splitting the forums is going to do any good, anymore than splitting PA&L into the libertarian forum and socialist forum would be.


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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: daimyo]
    #4725131 - 09/28/05 11:55 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)



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Re: Split S&P? Admins, please weigh in. [Re: Ravus]
    #4725136 - 09/28/05 11:56 AM (18 years, 5 months ago)

Many here say I am the 'bad guy' for exposing this (and other frauds). I just don't see it, even if my exposure is not done in pastel tones with Zamfir playing in the background.

Many years ago, I saved a neighbor's toddler from a vicious charging dog. I jerked the kid off the ground so violently that he starting crying. He was afraid of me from then on and not the dog.

Oh jeez. James Van Pragh sees dead people too.
April 15, 2002

With great power comes great responsibility. As well as tons of money making opportunities.

Posted by Jody at April 15, 2002 09:20 AM

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I think James has a wonderfl gift and helps many who are grieving.To be able to have words with your departed loved one is very comforting.
God bless you James!

Posted by: Katicia at February 22, 2003 09:16 PM

I am the type of person that wont and cant believe in spirits until I see one or have a conversation with a spirit myself because I believe If cotacting the dead is possible then we all have the gift we just have to know how to use it. I still am sceptical but after watching James my outlook is slowly changing.

Posted by: Scott at March 28, 2003 12:46 PM

Van Pragh disgusts me. To exploit people's grief is an abomination. I've seen him working on people. He isn't even that good. He justs tells them stupid stuff like how they died or goes on and on about some stupid article of clothing or jewelry. He doesn't even tell them anything they don't already know. Of course the dead are at peace. He wouldn't be very successful if he told someone that their son was burning in hell.

Posted by: David McGee at June 30, 2003 07:56 PM

refering to David McGee's post - i think it is unfair to say something like that and the comments like that usually come from people who don't believe in this type of thing. If he wasn't that good why would so many people want to go and see him and watch the television programmes, he must have watched it to realise he was rubbish. SO SHUT YA MOUTH DAVID MCGEE

Posted by: l.baxter at July 12, 2003 05:07 AM

I Watch james and think he is a gifted person. also is he ever gowing to come to england to do some showes hear,

Posted by: Kathy Clarke at July 17, 2003 09:13 AM

I am very sad that Mr. Van Pragh's television show was cancelled. My son died 2 years ago and I wanted to contact a medium to see if Jeff could come from the other side to talk to me. He died suddenly at 26 from an intracerebral hemorrhage. I was unable to say good bye to him. I truely believe that he helps others heal. He totally described the other side in a way that helped me accept my son's death.

Posted by: Carol Johnson at September 16, 2003 09:44 PM

I am very sad that Mr. Van Pragh's television show was cancelled. My son died 2 years ago and I wanted to contact a medium to see if Jeff could come from the other side to talk to me. He died suddenly at 26 from an intracerebral hemorrhage. I was unable to say good bye to him. I truely believe that he helps others heal. He totally described the other side in a way that helped me accept my son's death.

Posted by: Carol Johnson at September 16, 2003 09:44 PM


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