Forums: Are they Self-validation and psychotherapy?

[Kulapops]

Hi All,

Racking my brain for useful input at the moment.

Welcome to all the new members, maybe you can shed some light on an age old problem for me.

With all the fervour of late , I am still fascinated why we get so excited about a subject (any subject that takes our fancy), a blank box and a blinking cursor?

What purpose do forums fulfil, and why are they so addictive? I've been logging on here for two years now, and I could try and sound suave and sophisticated and nod sagely and say yes...'I've seen things come, and I've seen 'em go here at Avalon...'

But the truth is, I can't figure out why two years later I'm just as hooked into what I think about the world and what everybody else does.

If I'm not smiling or groaning, or raising my eyebrows about someone else's opinion, I'm opening up my gob to add my own.

So what are forums for, really? Sharing information? I could go to a library. There's a whole internet full of info at my fingertips.

Is it for direction and leadership amongst a peer group?

Hmm... I'm not going to profess to answer this one, I think it's along the lines of self-validation, but I could be wrong - I'm no psychotherapist !

Where else would we get self-validation in our lives?

Hmmm.. would be interested for any thoughts on this one, especially for those new to forums in general.

Best wishes, and good luck !

K

[Adaiahsshadow]

The best answer I could come up with is not a quest for information, but more a quest for original information. A search to push what you personally have conceived is possible. A list of possible new ideas and thought patterns that had never occured to us before. It's also an oppurtunity to see the individual behind the new idea. Rather than be exposed to an unbodied thought. It allows you to, see the persons background, motivation, overall view, rather than just a surface idea. It allows you to see the world through a new set of eyes and in turn adjust your view according to the new information.

[modwiz]

Posted by Kulapops (here)
Hi All,

Racking my brain for useful input at the moment.

Welcome to all the new members, maybe you can shed some light on an age old problem for me.



With all the fervour of late , I am still fascinated why we get so excited about a subject (any subject that takes our fancy), a blank box and a blinking cursor?

What purpose do forums fulfil, and why are they so addictive? I've been logging on here for two years now, and I could try and sound suave and sophisticated and nod sagely and say yes...'I've seen things come, and I've seen 'em go here at Avalon...'

But the truth is, I can't figure out why two years later I'm just as hooked into what I think about the world and what everybody else does.

If I'm not smiling or groaning, or raising my eyebrows about someone else's opinion, I'm opening up my gob to add my own.

So what are forums for, really? Sharing information? I could go to a library. There's a whole internet full of info at my fingertips.

Is it for direction and leadership amongst a peer group?

Hmm... I'm not going to profess to answer this one, I think it's along the lines of self-validation, but I could be wrong - I'm no psychotherapist !

Where else would we get self-validation in our lives?

Hmmm.. would be interested for any thoughts on this one, especially for those new to forums in general.

Best wishes, and good luck !

K

We hunger for community and meaning. Discussing the meaning of life is important.

Resolution and problem solving of the small but personally important organic issues that arise provide meaning and validation in a world where money, what toy and which TV you watched are the order of the day.

Libraries aren't communities and speech is discouraged.

Forums are the progenitors of the villages and small towns of intentional communities that will be the future.

I will hold that dream.

[ViralSpiral]

I dont think its as much self-validation as validation itself.....
Basic human need, n'est pas?


Cyber hug from a small, yet swelling village

[galactica]

a possibility of moving beyond Tribalism ...

[witchy1]

Hi Kula, lots of reasons IMHO,

Its a safe place to discuss all those things that you just cant discuss with others - like who really wants to tell there Mum and Dad, brothers and sisters about reptoids........ Not me! - but when they reveal themselves then I can say - pfffftt - old news, knew about it ages ago. ( But I need to discuss it in the interim and get others points of view on it along with many other subjects)

There are not many places where one can gather as a truely global community with common goals along with personal and collective objectives.

Nowhere else will you find a group of kindred spirits kind souls and inquisitive minds. (Even the UN struggles with the concept)

I learn so much each time I log on, if not from someone here, then through a link or two where my journey twists and turns trying to make sense of not only this world but other ones as well. I dont think I would find this information in the library, nor would I be able to gain others perspectives on the matter.

Always there is someone here with wisdom and knowledge happy to assist in others learnings.

There are many other reason, but on top of the list must be that it just makes you feel good to be here. Its the right place to be. Not all forums are created equal. This one is entirely unique

[ace]

Posted by Kulapops (here)
Hi All,

Racking my brain for useful input at the moment.

Welcome to all the new members, maybe you can shed some light on an age old problem for me.

With all the fervour of late , I am still fascinated why we get so excited about a subject (any subject that takes our fancy), a blank box and a blinking cursor?

What purpose do forums fulfil, and why are they so addictive? I've been logging on here for two years now, and I could try and sound suave and sophisticated and nod sagely and say yes...'I've seen things come, and I've seen 'em go here at Avalon...'

But the truth is, I can't figure out why two years later I'm just as hooked into what I think about the world and what everybody else does.

If I'm not smiling or groaning, or raising my eyebrows about someone else's opinion, I'm opening up my gob to add my own.

So what are forums for, really? Sharing information? I could go to a library. There's a whole internet full of info at my fingertips.

Is it for direction and leadership amongst a peer group?

Hmm... I'm not going to profess to answer this one, I think it's along the lines of self-validation, but I could be wrong - I'm no psychotherapist !

Where else would we get self-validation in our lives?

Hmmm.. would be interested for any thoughts on this one, especially for those new to forums in general.

Best wishes, and good luck !

K

Thank you for the welcome.

The racking of your brain has worked, you have me thinking.
I see beyond the blank box and the blinking cursor. it is my being that resonates with your words, and vice verse.

In that moment we are one, while maintaining our unique individuality.
I might read 500 words you say. just one might be enough to change the course of my thinking.

I find my people here. (birds of a feather, we flock together.

maybe if i put my arm around you and remind you of the other world, we would laugh together

Who shot Phil Mitchell? is your TV bigger than mine, Liverpool have just paid 35 million for Torres, David beckems new tattoo
lady gaga, buy a new phone chuck it away, buy another, face book, twitter 945 just got up,, 1130 off to the pub 1345 watching the telly
1830 looking forward to Eastenders, blar blar blar........

were in the right place. your in the right place.

I am probable talking to myself here, but thank you for reminding me.
This addiction will do me more good than all my old addictions i left behind.

I could'nt put the libary any better than what Modwiz has.

Kind regards

Ace

[vibrations]

I've just see us all as a unique beings, sharing some similar points of view. I came here coz of the fact that I think in very similar way as Bill express his points of view. So I think it is worth sharing. Beside that, a valiuble information can be find here. And I do not want to judge enyone. We all have fears and doubds, so how can I talk about someon knowing absulutely nothing about him. Let's share and try to groww.

[joamarks]

ill think they are addictive because its the first time in history you can share and expand your occult universe to a 24/7 timespan with a big group of people.

in other words: forums contribute to making obscure little worlds of ours real

[vibrations]

Posted by joamarks (here)
ill think they are addictive because its the first time in history you can share and expand your occult universe to a 24/7 timespan with a big group of people.

in other words: forums contribute to making obscure little worlds of ours real

I like thi very much. Simple and nice.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by ace (here)
This addiction will do me more good than all my old addictions i left behind.

Ace

this.... and ditto

[rhythm]

Seeking the truth is very addictive
im greatfull for that

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLQD90Las5c

when you have the truth in your heart ... you can stop scrolling
if you want.... or maby you will carry on
cos it wont matter eny more

[ViralSpiral]

The words in the video below are not important, the rest is

Free psychotherapy thanks to the world wide web.......

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

edit: seriously, cannot phathom this You-tube linkage thingie out... maybe a kind mod can assist

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

[rhythm]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
The words in the video below are not important, the rest is

Free psychotherapy thanks to the world wide web.......

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

edit: seriously, cannot phathom this You-tube linkage thingie out... maybe a kind mod can assist

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

ITs Blank ...nothing there

********

Edit by Bill

To insert video, first click on the little INSERT VIDEO icon. Then a little window appears, and you paste the YouTube URL in there.

[ViralSpiral]

Posted by rhythm (here)
ITs Blank ...nothing there

of course. I see (or dont) that too......
this: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI


can u perhaps help an elderly fairy with the internetz?

[truthseekerdan]

Posted by ViralSpiral (here)
The words in the video below are not important, the rest is

Free psychotherapy thanks to the world wide web.......

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

edit: seriously, cannot phathom this You-tube linkage thingie out... maybe a kind mod can assist

https://youtube.com/watch?v=1UuaOye9VyI

Fixed

[Lord Sidious]

For me, it is a way for me to share what I think I know with others and for me to partake of them.
Hopefully, we can all compare notes and come to our own individual realisations of who and what we are.
Once we figure that out, then we will sweep this paradigm into the rubbish bin of history where it should be.

[Kulapops]

Dear all,

Many thanks for your fascinating and varied posts... food for thought there definitely.

So what do we have? I like the ideas of sharing, community, validation, peerage (not the Lords but stuff you can't talk about with Mum and Dad.. or colleagues for that matter)

I'm sure many here have had that feeling, 'I don't fit in to the real world, so where do I fit in?'

Does Avalon provide a home for the 'others' ? Those who didn't go for promotion, want to see a better world, can't work out why the world outside looks flat, when you feel it should be solid?

I got a jolt when I started reading 'truthout.org' ten years ago - after 9/11 the concept that there was information and articles that just weren't shown by the media.

But ten years on I do wonder about the validity of anything I read. Oh.. I know there is real stuff out there, alright, and some that is weirder than truth. Look at synchronicity for example ! That's true , isn't it?

There are many great souls here at Avalon, but I recommend trying to meet some of them if you can. Hell, I may even dig up a community thread - that's the reason I came here in the first place. Community is something we lack in the real world.

Ace said something about energy connections, and that is true for Avalon... it connects energetically, links souls across the ether. Mostly in thought and agrement, or through disagreement. But that is an energetic interaction, because you never meet the other.. only your emotions interact... and what are emotions?

So I question my emotional need to be right, or to find out stuff I didn't know, and why this stuff. Heck, I don't know how to change my carburettor either, but am I looking that up? Am I discussing that on the forum?

So that makes Avalon special, why these particular topics? All jokes about messianism are actually not that far of the mark. People want spiritual answers to their lives. I think that is one reason why they come to a place like this. Myself included. I think though it is so individually tailored, that the only one who can answer those questions is yourself. Myself.

Meanwhile, it's fun to read what others have to say, and watch the path they are taking, while procrastinating on one's own spiritual development. ;0)

Maybe that's why I can't get away lol.

[ace]

There are many great souls here at Avalon, but I recommend trying to meet some of them if you can. Hell, I may even dig up a community thread - that's the reason I came here in the first place. Community is something we lack in the real world.

Good old face to face talk, any one ever in paris, the coffee's on me...

Kind Regards
Ace

[Ross]

Hi Kula,

Nice to see you!

Well, Im here to help the forum and members, to try to facillitate a smooth running, low noise community. Not always easy. Even with the introduction of the Charles info, the site is still reasonably smooth, The membership quality on a whole is very good.

The team and the friends I have made since being here is wonderful and most appreciated. This is what keeps me here mostly. Im kinda de-sensitised to the info, The truth? what on earth is that? Nothing raises my eyebrows anymore...tho Im very happy we now have a astronomy/cosmology sub forum.

Again, nice to see you pop in

Ross