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DEBATE boy, meaningful DEBATE -- not plain insult !!
that is the purpose of us being here .....
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First off, nobody knows the purpose of their experiences. If you did, you wouldn't need to have the experience, because the resulting wisdom would already be apparent.
Next, YOU may be here to debate and that may be what YOU get out of this experience, but that doesn't mean that that is what I'm getting out of it or for that matter putting into this forum.
I have thought more than a few times that I should stop participating in this community because some of the responses I read are so trivial and petty. I think people responding to the dissappointment of the 14th by fabricating stories about hoaxes, marketing and deception are more dissappointing than anything else that has come out of this event. At the same time, the fact the so many people respond in that way is quite indicative of the level of discourse and of thought surrounding the 'alternative information' movement to begin with. Our community is inhibitted by BAD HABITS. Some of these bad habits include projection, blame assignment, not taking responsibility for our own emotions or realizing the fact that our anger and dissappointment is a direct result of our expectation, which each of us is SOLELY responsible for.
So why I do stay at it? Why do I keep comin back? I don't know. Like I said, nobody knows the purpose of a particular experience because every experience, as well as every being, is utterly connected to every other experience. So, in order for me to know the 'why' behind my continued engagement of this forum I would have to know all of the 'whys' for all of my experiences, which are all directly involved in my decision making, even the experiences that will happen in the future.
Rather than trying to answer 'why' I'm here, I spend my time thinking about 'what' impact I would like to have on this community and in 'what' way I would like this experience to influence my own life.
Even more significantly, 'what' impact will I ALLOW this experience to have on my life?
People are still processing Blossom Goodchild's impact on our lives. I'm asking you, I'm really begging you,
DON'T TRY TO EXPLAIN THIS THROUGH THE MECHANISM OF YOUR VALUES AND BELIEFS. THAT WILL NOT WORK. THAT PROCESS IS NO LONGER RELEVANT. THE ONLY PROCESS THAT WILL MEAN ANYTHING ANYMORE INVOLVES YOUR CAPACITY TO STAND FACE TO FACE WITH YOUR OWN EMOTIONS AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEM. CAN YOU CLEARLY IDENTIFY THE SOURCE OF YOUR FEELINGS? CAN YOU SEE
YOURSELF STANDING AT THE ROOT OF YOUR EXPERIENCES?
The only barrier keeping any one of us from doing this work is fear. So as you continue to respond to these circumstances, we should all be asking ourselves,
"Am I doing this from a place of Love or from a place of fear?"
Honestly, I often find myself acting and thinking through a cloud of fear. I'm improving in my recognition of that habit and subsequently my focus is shifting to a motivating factor of Love.
I love this place, most if not all of the people I meet here. I recognize that the ones I don't feel connected to are in NO WAY flawed. The barrier is within myself, so I guess staying on here is an opportunity for me to work on that. I hope we are all able to change each other and that we will all ALLOW that change to occur.
Great Love,
John