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done http://thedaobums.com/forum/453-josama/

14 reports... the new team had a crash course in "Reports". I can't recall that many reports in such a short time. Welcome to TDB

You'll have to wait some more... just back from two weeks of vacation to the final puzzle pieces filled in on the issue. Members know about 60%; Mods about 85%; Admins 100% of the issues... and there hopefully, obvious reasons for that. And I will decide what parts I can share without giving away all the puzzle pieces. Each sock puppet gets harder and harder to verify because they likely learn where they went wrong. This one took me about 2 years of tracking to finally find enough evidence. I had the benefit of when I first started the venerable BKA was tech and did a history dump of issues to me which I am forever grateful. I also read all the past threads (public, hidden, and in staff areas) to see all the sides. As well, I will once in a while talk with the past admins (including Sean) as needed. This was done a few times over even the last few months. Mo Pai threads may of lost productive discussion around 2012. There is a past thread in 2011 of a member begging the moderating staff to "Pit" a Mo Pai thread as always the same arguments... here we are 5 years later with the same 'discussion' points It is one thing for members to present the "us vs them" but as staff it is important to not make these kinds of distinctions. Everyone is a member and the only groups I see are based on posting behavior. Yes, certain topics seem to attract certain posting behavior but we would do better to treat everyone as a member. If only one member has remained active, what does that have to do with behind the scenes. He has redirected his interests a few times to 'turning the light' and even Buddhist topics. I would guess that is why he remains posting. These seem like strange questions, particularly from staff. And better in PM but there is no answer to except to treat members as members. Brian came on as a Tech but was not really used completely in that capacity. And he was honest at the start about whether some would view his staff position as biased on some issues. So we had agreements he could stay out of decisions, etc. When the Mo Pai stuff arose, I decided it was better he took the break from staff so no bias accusations arose. He was told all this. And I told him I'd like to see him back in tech stuff if the need arose but that would be his to decide on if it ever occurred. And Zero is the one who has mentioned a few times in the last six months that a staff rotation seemed useful... the Mo Pai stuff showed that it was time to get everyone a break as the "we vs them" feelings seemed to be everywhere, including staff. The current staff has likewise told me of their willingness to do what. So I work with that. And I want to see how we can make the Owner's Permissions more widely used so that self-moderation becomes the norm and staff moderation as less... Here is to a New Year's Resolution attempt

Moved to the abyss... which I think you are aware of They contain information which includes the reasons for the recent banning as well as many references to member's names.

Done. This is your new name and login.

Doubt sits in nothingness... as does certainty... Their duality simply awaits to arise. Each is simply a reaction, an impulse, a check-and-balance. when they manifest, you can simply know you are experiencing the manifest world. When either/both stop arising within you... then it becomes much more interesting

I know.... really 'off-topic'... but this seems to beg the question... Isn't the point of the topic really ... No fear of the Feminine or actually... we truly need to ... Fear the Feminine Too many great nuisances

Strangely enough, the greatest argument to having a Women's private area was that the Men must have one too... I remember being called biased, sexist, and discriminating to suggesting we didn't need a Men's area I don't mind hearing of others feel some areas should be removed then staff can discuss it.

This can likely be a bit heavy for male appreciation and consumption but the thread is spot on in many ways. In short, I take it as male inferiority complex playing out; males dominating others because what they might feel on a feminine level is that they are the counter-part to the dominatrix energy source. The softer energy is immensely stronger, even if in the physical flesh they are able to be subjugated. Men will at some point, ultimately fear this... unless they are able to be dominated by it in the way as such they realize that the sun only means to nourish and the rain to replenish.

I already regret posting in this thread... For the good of who, would you 'happily treat them' ... as them want to be called ? Their sake or your sake or both? To call yourself as to 'happily treat THEM' is ridiculous on some level. The idea of "posing" means to be disingenuous... or a prankster in a way... That is interesting to note... Dishonest to what? Definitions? Logic? your intellectual framework which requires certain definitions be adhered to... by force of definitions? Whose reality is inescapable? You'res seems so tightly bound it seeks to castrate anything not within it's logical definitions. All of your logic is initiation by force. You just haven't realized it yet. You use force of your concepts to get your way and explain your way... You stuck in explain Karl's observation of the world around Karl within a rigid set of definitions of so-called reality... This is just Karl's reality being posted.... forced on us.. which I think from my reading that most get and accept as your reality. I'm not really trying to be so hard on you and my logic is far inferior to yours... for the simple reason that logic is useless at times like this. JMO.

I took a look at you and IMO there is a kind of counter-productive construction in your 3rd chakra which is emotional based/created. While this can be removed, I'm pretty sure even I could do it, the source of it is the bigger issue. Feel free to talk by PM if you prefer.

I think the OP is talking more about the Qigong approach whereby sound vibrations are used to breakup stagnation or other stuff. What you raise, which I don't disagree with, is a more fundamental approach: Consider how we are not really separated and thus we can find (listen for) that space which we share. Doing so also dissolves issues.

How does she do walking backwards? Maybe another motor skill for her to develop.

Update: At this point the full rotation has occurred. Soaring Crane and Chang are plugged back into the Matrix I am going to be on and off for about two weeks. who is a past admin has mainly assisted me with back-end stuff. He will be co-Admin during these two weeks (although his group is tinkerer). He will help cover any issues which arise and can assist staff in decisions as needed.

Yes, I got a message that the guy is taking it off and on for a few days to tweak the page... it should come back enabled.

Apparently the owner/author/translator can take the link down for edits and open it up again... It should open again at some point. Added; I see it now.

thanks... I'll try to figure it out.

I view the 'connects all us' as how it is possible. When our space overlaps or is shared it is because our sense of space has merged. This is a very subtle level of 'merge' but I include it as it is a moment of no separation. I accept that others might not call this even a subtle merge.

If you were to merge with someone, then you can just focus on your own arm... and not create the separation which doesn't exist anyways. When merged, you can feel where there issue is too. At least some can. When I studied Medical Qigong, it was done as a focus onto/into the other person. Is there really any difference? I find at times one or the other is more effective but that is just me. If there is truly no separation between everything then why not? Can there be an aspect of my own true nature but there is no aspect of another's true nature? And how are those natures really different? (This is generally rhetorical but likely we just see it differently)

That depends on the method. That depends on the method. I'm just surprised at the hang up on a word, particularly if someone has never done it.

I'm not sure I follow... why is connecting with a deity ok but another person not? Given the 'not-twoness' of everything? Have you ever done healing? I find those that do healing, or even magic or psychic folks all do this on some level. It is all quite natural on some level... unless it is not.

Mixing or merging.... if it is something one is not capable of rising above, or has some negative reaction of, they will post it as worse or to be avoided.... for others, it is just a non-issue. I'm thinking you can mix... or have more than a few drinks a month... I think your just being polite

Ok... now I'm struggling to understand what the struggle is as you do yidam. But if my questioning is simply asking more than you want to discuss, just let me know. You call yidam as not really merging. Yet there is not 'not-twoness' .... and one "become lost in the deity or something like that - you realise that you and it are not different". But you object to using the term "merge" for what you describe.... possibly 'merge' is a better description. have you tried this with another person in a way that the two-ness doesn't exist and there is just one space? Maybe the word "merge" is the issue.. but the fact is, people easily check, visit, get inside another.... merge is just another level of saying the same. At least, that is my opinion.

Generally, sounds purge; Sounds will create a vibration and each sound-vibration can connect to a chakra. Colors tonify. The combination balances.

~~~ ADMIN MESSAGE ~~~ I agree with 3Bob... this has been a good thread and at 17 pages it is veering on some likely personal issues. Let's get back to topic.