A final farewell to the Misty Project Avalon from one who has severed his head

[Earthlink]

Walk lightly Brother, wherever you go. I do not expect you to carry any load that helps me keep my sorry arse in dry diapers, (a metaphor) though I will appreciate you when you do so. All I can offer in return, is the same : )

[Dennis Leahy]

Posted by araucaria (here)
Bright Garlick, it’s a sad day if you and your friend Dude are driven off the forum. If you have moderator support, then you are not breaking the rules to the point of earning a ban, certainly no more than the members you mention. Has this incident been formally reported for moderation by the moderator team as a whole? If not, it should be.

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Yes, the moderators have tried interceding, and all parties have been contacted. I have personally asked Bright not to leave, and in fact to stay and help define forum protocol for members interacting with contactees.

Very interesting that you mentioned Buddha's "marketplace" metaphor, araucaria, as this was central to my message. An ET contactee/experiencer who wants to share the story of their experience (or ongoing dialog, if that is the case) has a number of options of how to present the material: in a video (with comments turned off), or in a blog (with comments turned off) would provide a media platform with no interruption, but also no interaction. Sharing on a forum is the other end of the spectrum - forums are all about interaction. Thus, sharing on a forum is akin to the 9th and final stage of Buddhist development - returning to the marketplace. Avalon is a "filtered" marketplace. Differences of opinion are encouraged, but with respect. For forum members that "do not resonate with" or do not believe the material (or don't believe it is of ET origin, or believe that if of ET origin then the ET entity has a nefarious agenda), there is a balancing act between forum members remaining silent, or expressing their disbelief, or pointing out specifics in the supposed ET message that may be harmful. I don't think Project Avalon has a clear guideline to both offer contactees a safe space to tell their story and yet allow interaction from members that feel the need to speak-up about their concerns. Again, I have asked Bright not to leave, but rather to stay and help us to formulate a policy that balances all factors.

[Mark]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)
I don't think Project Avalon has a clear guideline to both offer contactees a safe space to tell their story and yet allow interaction from members that feel the need to speak-up about their concerns. Again, I have asked Bright not to leave, but rather to stay and help us to formulate a policy that balances all factors.

This is oh so very important. So much could be alleviated if there were some clear forum policy in regards to this particular issue, as years of cyclic dramas can attest to. I hope Bright accepts this offer and that such a policy will clarify as a result.

[donk]

Posted by Rahkyt (here)

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)
I don't think Project Avalon has a clear guideline to both offer contactees a safe space to tell their story and yet allow interaction from members that feel the need to speak-up about their concerns. Again, I have asked Bright not to leave, but rather to stay and help us to formulate a policy that balances all factors.

This is oh so very important. So much could be alleviated if there were some clear forum policy in regards to this particular issue, as years of cyclic dramas can attest to. I hope Bright accepts this offer and that such a policy will clarify as a result.

I think the policy is pretty clear, it's just that (as in real life) when we say one thing and do another, it's tough to reconcile.

I believe the only thing we have to fear is (emotional attachment to) fear itself. Only when we truly understand this, then (when we can learn to stop lying to ourselves) will we be able to grow.

I see it happening on individual level (here & all around me)...it (truth) is projecting itself onto the collective.

"If you will it Dude, it is no dream" -Walter S. Happy trails BG!

[marielle]

I don't often post, but I did want to wish you well. Whenever I endeavor to help in any way, I always remind myself that no good deed goes unpunished It helps reduce my attachment to any particular outcome of my efforts.

[onawah]

This may offer some insight: https://projectavalon.net/forum4/show...l=1#post947674

[Earthlink]

Hey any mods here, I have a request, a very simple one, that I believe will help immensely with continuity and serenity.

It's like this: me posting a thread here can be compared to me taking out a big canvas and beginning to draw a picture of some sort. It could be a very simple picture when it's done, or, it could end up being quite an elaborate picture.

Fair enough, however, because I have no control over who else can also paint onto this very same canvas at the same time ... do you see where I'm going with this?

"Purple is a great colour, there should be purple in this picture!"

"I hate purple with these colours, get that **** off my painting!"

"No, you just need to look at it differently, purple looks great here!"

Anyway, I would like the ability to edit my own posts, and this means the ability for me to delete other colours (comments) that have been added to my artwork (post). Without this ability, all pictures begin to look the same here.

just my thoughts, peace

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by Earthlink (here)
Anyway, I would like the ability to edit my own posts

You have the ability to edit your own posts (click on "Edit Post", below your post, near the right side).

You can guide the threads you start by either being clear to others what you want that thread to focus on, or if that gets out of hand, asking the moderators for assistance.

[Earthlink]

moooooooooooooooo

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Earthlink (here)
I would like the ability to edit my own posts

Earthlink, check here: "How to edit your post" - Post #32

<3

UPDATE: Yipes! It took longer than I thought to create post. Didn't see the above exchange. PLEASE DELETE.

[Rich]

maybe she means the OP can delete posts from other people

[Star Tsar]

I didn't get to read original thread would have loved to have been able to read what Dude has to say...
All the best Bright whatever you decide.

[pyrangello]

I submit to you BG that the Avalon family is just like any other family .There are those who we gravitate to and those who we just choose to not pay attention to. In my 52 years on this earth there is one conclusion that often comes to mind periodically. That is everyone has a gift no matter how small or large and when you recognize that persons gift all it does is make you smile as you yourself have been enlightened by allowing the recognition to take place within. One of my friends told me years ago "Laugh and the world laughs with you , cry enough and your crying alone eventually". Think about that and how it is applied in our own personal lives,especially mine. Then there is the phrase " The more you know is when the light goes off on how much you really don't know. That in itself can be so frustrating as part of yourself can be so brilliant and vibrant and then the ying and yang effect happens. Life , this so called reality, living each day , it all can ground you so very fast or lift you up higher. It's just where does your perception exist at on a daily basis?

This is one big family here on Avalon , there are those who get your goat if you let them , make you laugh if you let them , and will give you a hug if you let them. It's the chemistry that all families have and I accept that. I move down the road when not interested and embrace when I want to learn more. BG just as you spoke of ignorance and what buddah said, jesus said , for me that comment actually hit home with me as it is a perspective I had never recognized before. Thanks for sharing that ! BG If your travels take you in other directions for now you are always welcomed back and many prayers for your good health too!

One thing in closing about the Avalon family and the input we all share from around the world as ONE. This is one of the coolest forums of a meetings of the mind put together in this lifetime for me. I do learn and continue to learn so much from so many. And from all of the past Avalon members who have left as well. Its been a rocket ship for me of learning like no other as everyone has their own timelines of coming and going with no regrets ! Just keep smiling one day at a time

[gripreaper]

That is one of the most “from the heart and core” posts I have ever read here at Avalon, and I felt no anger laced through its words or energy at all. I do understand how the fire energy can spike and become discordant, because my own nemesis in this lifetime is my lack of fire and the karma around other lifetimes where my fire energy was overtly out of balance and dominant in my life. I wish I could somehow relieve you of some of that fire energy Garlik, as from the other end of the spectrum; living without it has its own set of challenges. I face those challenges every day.

Leaving the marketplace, at least the online element, has its challenges as well. You are delving into subjects which are difficult for most people to “grok” as you yourself have stated, and with your large amount of fire energy you carry, how could it be any different? The outside world is going to mirror that for you regardless, and in my opinion, you have done quite well considering the manifestation of tumors in your physicality to constantly remind you of the inner work you are doing.

Avalon and the online marketplace, as you have stated, does not have the eye contact, the body language, or the nuances that one would engender if these types of discussions were occurring around a table at a restaurant with a few friends. You are correct, people say things they would never say in person, and I find this both important and disheartening. The online venue has done more in the last 15 years to awaken and inform mankind than anything in the last several thousand years. The truth has gone from covert to overt is such a short time, everyone is having to face their demons at the same time out in the open marketplace, and this makes it a messy proposition.

You are correct; we are like a bunch of infants in a sandbox slinging kitty litter while some insist that those little nuggets are Almond Rocha and are munching away on them while the rest of us look on in disgust and insist those at cat droppings. Once they are covered with sand it is hard to tell, but once you have pointed it out, one must let those who choose to munch on cat droppings believing that they are Almond Rocha, the freedom and right to do so. That is where to apply grace and allow sovereignty on this free will planet we call earth.

I know that metaphor may not quite work, and that is also a shortcoming of the online venue, words can be misconstrued in a language which has so many meanings and innuendo’s, we must really learn to feel the energy behind the post, as that is the only way to get beyond the text and move into the realm of energy and feeling behind it. That is where all of us are honing our skills of intuition and discernment all at the same time in this messy sandbox we call the internet.

I do feel that one day I may outgrow this place as well. I can’t believe how hard I’ve taken Dawn leaving, as I really felt she found something very profound in clearing her energy field of any vows and covenants and beliefs which were holding back her fire energy. Having a Kundalini awakening is not a thing to add fear and create an archetype around, but can be a doorway into the greater I AM.

If you choose to sit within your greater I AM and not go shopping in the marketplace, then I honor that in you and wish you all the best. I may join you in the astral one day when I myself choose to open up to the totality of my I AM. Until then, happy trails.

[Earthlink]

Posted by EmEx (here)
maybe she means the OP can delete posts from other people

correct, I'm not looking to edit my own post, I already know how to do this, and nor do I seek to be able to edit other people's posts onto my thread, I'm looking for the ability to DELETE other peoples posts to my thread, so as to maintain what I, the artist in question, see as a viable picture to paint. everyone else has the ability to start their own thread, and should one feel strongly enough about presenting a counter point (a colour, as used in my metaphor) to the picture I paint in my own thread, they have access to the same palette as me and can start their own thread with the colours they choose to use.

I'm chiming in on what Dennis Leahy mentioned above, and am trying to help formulate a policy that balances all factors.

... and I stand by what I said above here, without the ability to choose all of your own colours in your own paintings, all paintings here will tend to look the same.

[scanner]

From your very first video on YT to you last post on PA , I'm with you my brother .

[Agape]

Posted by Dennis Leahy (here)

Posted by araucaria (here)
Bright Garlick, it’s a sad day if you and your friend Dude are driven off the forum. If you have moderator support, then you are not breaking the rules to the point of earning a ban, certainly no more than the members you mention. Has this incident been formally reported for moderation by the moderator team as a whole? If not, it should be.

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Yes, the moderators have tried interceding, and all parties have been contacted. I have personally asked Bright not to leave, and in fact to stay and help define forum protocol for members interacting with contactees.

Very interesting that you mentioned Buddha's "marketplace" metaphor, araucaria, as this was central to my message. An ET contactee/experiencer who wants to share the story of their experience (or ongoing dialog, if that is the case) has a number of options of how to present the material: in a video (with comments turned off), or in a blog (with comments turned off) would provide a media platform with no interruption, but also no interaction. Sharing on a forum is the other end of the spectrum - forums are all about interaction. Thus, sharing on a forum is akin to the 9th and final stage of Buddhist development - returning to the marketplace. Avalon is a "filtered" marketplace. Differences of opinion are encouraged, but with respect. For forum members that "do not resonate with" or do not believe the material (or don't believe it is of ET origin, or believe that if of ET origin then the ET entity has a nefarious agenda), there is a balancing act between forum members remaining silent, or expressing their disbelief, or pointing out specifics in the supposed ET message that may be harmful. I don't think Project Avalon has a clear guideline to both offer contactees a safe space to tell their story and yet allow interaction from members that feel the need to speak-up about their concerns. Again, I have asked Bright not to leave, but rather to stay and help us to formulate a policy that balances all factors.

Hello Dennis . Thanks for your beautiful posting above ... but allow me to also add that every such 'exposure' has its limits .

I've been through much of it myself ... and if we are at Buddhist philosophy .. the term that matched it well for me was being on 'path of non return' ..

our very human life span is too short to fit in many other lives . More sincerely do we live it's being spent fast like candle burning from both ends .

In fact , we're not meant to do so much ..


Protocols for ET contactees on public forum ? Very difficult to keep to , from many peoples side .

There should be researchers and therapists , and scientists , working with us on serious note , the same goes for spiritual /religious circles .
It's no 'honey' to be ridiculed , doubted , ignored , accused of whatever 'pathy , bullied , and expected to 'adjust to collective' ..
when you have many special experiences at the same time .

I mean , for me .. it was probably something i only tried once ..


I believe that Bright is also trying to reconcile with the option that he may not be with us long enough .. and from my perspective, I'd also allow him to say bye as many times he wishes .

It's a serious matter .. I lost my mum only recently and realised how important saying byes may be ... but moreso , how important is it to get ready .


I do not mean to sound mournful . But that's how our efforts here simply become part of other peoples chains of thoughts, chains and trails binding them together ...

the question remains , should we use our lego pieces to fix other peoples broken chains ..of thoughts...they only believe need to be fixed ..
so that at the end they lock themselves in those chains ..

[Wakanpyro]

Humans, speaking in a general fashion of which I normally don't like to, tend to want things white or black. One side or another. They want if you say goodbye for that to be it. If you don't, they say you weren't truthful because you didn't leave or came back.
I understand the need to let go for a while, even if that while is forever. Realize this, I think it's good. For a while. Heal and be well. Rest and revitalize. If the day comes in the future where you feel drawn and start looking. The day when you want to return then realize through the time you have healed and rested you will have grown. You will no longer be the person you are now. If you are, you haven't grown, just remained a shell for it's within yourself you find your true self. So, with that said, if you so desire, return. No longer as the one who left, but as new, refreshed, healed, energized person who you have become.
Just a thought.....................until then, blessings to you and know that even you can be the breathe of air breathed from the wing of a butterfly.
Blessings young one...............

[RunningDeer]

Posted by Anakie (here)
Bright, it is the first time I have seen your name. I will not know where to find you. Godspeed.

Until Bright Garlick is unsubscribed you can send an email (not a PM) here.

Also: Bright Garlick YouTube & WordPress

RunningDeer <3

[Tyy1907]

It's not easy sticking your neck out and putting out posts that one holds close to the heart. I respect everyone who does. I may not agree but thats ok. The world doesn't need anymore peoples judgements than it already has. High vibrations to all!