'Awakened conscience', DOing, and achieving CRITICAL MASS

[Ennio]

Thank you Ennio. I was just at the theater watching the latest Hunger Games movie and pretty much everything you posted to start this thread was running through my head. The truth brigade effort on Twitter is having an effect on me, I would say. I read through, or at least scan well enough to get the gist, many articles that are on SOTT to decide what to tweet. I had set up an account a while back. I had two followers and less than 10 tweets when I "activated." I have now around 230 followers and over 1000 tweets. Most of which have conscience activating articles attached to them. (If anybody would read them.) I know from the stats that Twitter sends that there aren't that many link visits. But if nothing else, it helps me. It gives me an outlet to express what I SEE, and that's a BIG help. And it's stirring my insides. But yes, I temper. I try different things. It's a learning process like anything. I borrow from others what I see them doing with hashtags, comments, etc. I'm a thought criminal. Guilty as charged. "Liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born." "Blood, water, pain... then joy."

Let's hope so

What you wrote is pretty much what I was trying to describe, but what you wrote sounds more like it came from a soldier who's 'in the field of action', which is kind of what we are. Tweeting "conscience activating articles" sounds like a good way to describe it too.

Reminds me a bit of another recent Session excerpt from the C's from August 23rd 2014

(KJN) We're beginning to aim things for the group. [???] We're looking at the spectrum of positives and negatives, as in electricity, as in societies, and the whole cosmic thing. We're wondering if you have some advice for our group in order to be able to move our set point, our middle point to a more positive aspect that will counterbalance something in the world. Or should be look at this through a different type of lens?

A: Butterfly wings of sharing information and, most importantly, perspectives.

Q: (L) I think it's not enough to share just factual information. I think you have to share what you feel about it: how it affects you, your emotions, etc. You see something happening, and your perspective is “this is what is happening and this is what I feel”. Probably one of the best and most efficient ways to do that is when you write commentary on SOTT articles. You're sharing the information and you're giving your perspective. And doing it on Facebook, doing it on Twitter, and so on. Doing it whenever you can as long as it doesn't put you in danger or create some problem in your life. I've noticed that just our little mini-campaign has been emboldening other people to come out and say things. I've noticed people have been sharing SOTT links on Twitter who never knew of SOTT before. I've noticed people coming out and saying positive things and seeing through the BS. I've gotten engaged with a few people there. I also got banned by five pro-Ukraine fascists!

(Andromeda) Good job.

(L) But I decided that instead of doing my hit-and-run and telling people that they're delusional idiots, I would instead do my hit-and-run posting of links with information and what I think about it. I was just venting my spleen a little bit. These people were so freaking stupid, I had to tell them! Wasn't my fault!

[laughter]

(L) Sharing a perspective... When a lot of people start doing it, and other people notice it and see that there were ten other people saying the same thing that day, they start to think, "Gee, there must be a lot of people thinking that!" Ya know? Maybe they can allow themselves to think that, too. I think that's important. Okay, I hit the barrier.

What I get from this is that we want share how we feel about things in a strong but articulate and informed way. And even let loose somewhat where it would support what you're sharing, on-line. We are real people with real feelings about what we see after all. And so much of what we are seeing is deeply upsetting! But it should also be reiterated that when we're discussing something in-person it would be helpful to be more measured and careful. Going to war with someone over this or that truth can be an energy waster and more often than not be counterproductive, as many here can attest to.

 

[Drea]

Thanks for starting this thread Ennio, it is something that has been on my mind too. No man is an island and that is good to keep in mind for those days when we get caught up thinking about how overwhelming it all is.

Thank you Ennio. I was just at the theater watching the latest Hunger Games movie and pretty much everything you posted to start this thread was running through my head. The truth brigade effort on Twitter is having an effect on me, I would say. I read through, or at least scan well enough to get the gist, many articles that are on SOTT to decide what to tweet. I had set up an account a while back. I had two followers and less than 10 tweets when I "activated." I have now around 230 followers and over 1000 tweets. Most of which have conscience activating articles attached to them. (If anybody would read them.) I know from the stats that Twitter sends that there aren't that many link visits. But if nothing else, it helps me. It gives me an outlet to express what I SEE, and that's a BIG help. And it's stirring my insides. But yes, I temper. I try different things. It's a learning process like anything. I borrow from others what I see them doing with hashtags, comments, etc. I'm a thought criminal. Guilty as charged. "Liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born." "Blood, water, pain... then joy."

Let's hope so

Well put. When I created my Twitter account I just thought of it as an experiment but it has been a great emotional self help tool. Not only are we trying to reach out to other people but it helps just to see other members posting articles and comments too. Its the feeling of comradery to see everyone working toward a goal. Sure there is disappointment as it seems our reach is rather small but I think learning to have faith is where I'm particularly struggling right now. This discussion is that pat on the back I needed and a reminder to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

 

[obyvatel]

Thanks for starting this thread Ennio.

[quote author=Ennio]
What I get from this is that we want share how we feel about things in a strong but articulate and informed way. And even let loose somewhat where it would support what you're sharing, on-line. We are real people with real feelings about what we see after all. And so much of what we are seeing is deeply upsetting!
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Different people have different reactions when being exposed to the horrors of the world for the first time. Something that I have observed is that uncomfortable emotions are aroused as a result of sharing some material. This is energy which people do not often know what to do with. If the messenger comes across as over the top emotional about the issue, it provides the receiver with a convenient opportunity to turn on the messenger labeling him/her/it as being biased and use that as an excuse to ignore the message. The bolded part in the above quote - coming across as informed and articulate more than emotional - may help in reducing this chance of generating an immediate reaction in the receiver thus burning up the energy quickly and wastefully.

The extreme other side - hitting others with a wall of text and information that makes their eyes glaze over - is not useful as well. There needs to be some feeling that the reader can resonate with - but perhaps that needs to be somewhat subtle and understated to increase the chances of having the desired effect. To have a deeper effect, it may help to have some legitimate gaps which the reader can fill in by themselves from what is stated without having everything handed to them in a platter or being forced down their throat.

Twitter as a media which is perhaps more suited to more emotional one-liners to catch attention while other media may be more suited for the other style.

[quote author=Ennio]
But it should also be reiterated that when we're discussing something in-person it would be helpful to be more measured and careful. Going to war with someone over this or that truth can be an energy waster and more often than not be counterproductive, as many here can attest to.
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Yes. What I have seen is that interpersonal influence usually works slowly and is based more on how we come across to others over a period of time rather than the wisdom of our immediate words. In other words, "being the change we want to see in the world" gives more weight to what we say and share.

Sharing information with others is somewhat like seeding the soil. We throw seeds around not knowing which seeds will sprout and grow. It is only human to feel disappointed when we spend effort doing something and not see results that we hope for. We acknowledge this and vent among friends if required - then go on. John Bennett had this to say about Gurdjieff's "conscious labor and intentional suffering " which I think may be pertinent to this discussion.

[quote author=JG Bennett in Talks on Beelzebub's Tales]
It can be put as plainly as this: whenever we see something that must be done it means that we become conscious. Seeing what is necessary and seeing what is necessary as necessary is the first condition of conscious labor. It is only when we do what has to be done simply because it has to be done that work can liberate us from our own egoism . If we work for a reward, this reward is bound to be connected with the satisfaction of something in us and almost certainly this something will include our own egoism, our self-love.
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Gurdjieff always presents the idea of conscious labor as connected with service to the future, as the sower sows the seed in hope but is unconcerned with who will reap the harvest. In Beelzebub’s Tales all those who reach objective reason through conscious labor and intentional suffering are people who serve the future of mankind. This connection with the future is intrinsic to what conscious labor is ; it is not just a matter of emphasis, taking for granted ordinary ideas of service in the present situation.

Conscious labor is preparing a better future. The sower is followed by the reaper who, in his turn, is preparing the future. The grain is not to be consumed in the harvest field; it is to be stored and converted into flour and later made into bread. At every step the fruits of action are to be enjoyed in the future. Why must this be so? It is because the future is the realm of creation; it is open to be created while the present is closing up, perishing, coming to an end . The closer we come to the present moment of time the more this perishing is inevitable. Every significant thing that has come into this world has taken time to give its fruit and for the greatest things, hundreds even thousands of years, have been required.

The serving of the future is a very special action and a way of liberation from the falsity and blindness that Gurdjieff described as “consequences of the organ Kundabuffer.” From Kundabuffer comes grasping, demanding for ourselves, avoiding reality, deceiving ourselves and others, and all those things that are only possible so long as we live a false, pretending life. If one sets oneself to serve the future the pretending must give way, but what is there to give support?

Here we come to intentional suffering. Without this, conscious labor will run into dryness and become empty.
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[Anthony]

Thanks for starting this thread Ennio, it is something that has been on my mind too. No man is an island and that is good to keep in mind for those days when we get caught up thinking about how overwhelming it all is.

Thank you Ennio. I was just at the theater watching the latest Hunger Games movie and pretty much everything you posted to start this thread was running through my head. The truth brigade effort on Twitter is having an effect on me, I would say. I read through, or at least scan well enough to get the gist, many articles that are on SOTT to decide what to tweet. I had set up an account a while back. I had two followers and less than 10 tweets when I "activated." I have now around 230 followers and over 1000 tweets. Most of which have conscience activating articles attached to them. (If anybody would read them.) I know from the stats that Twitter sends that there aren't that many link visits. But if nothing else, it helps me. It gives me an outlet to express what I SEE, and that's a BIG help. And it's stirring my insides. But yes, I temper. I try different things. It's a learning process like anything. I borrow from others what I see them doing with hashtags, comments, etc. I'm a thought criminal. Guilty as charged. "Liberation from ignorance is as painful as being born." "Blood, water, pain... then joy."

Let's hope so

Well put. When I created my Twitter account I just thought of it as an experiment but it has been a great emotional self help tool. Not only are we trying to reach out to other people but it helps just to see other members posting articles and comments too. Its the feeling of comradery to see everyone working toward a goal. Sure there is disappointment as it seems our reach is rather small but I think learning to have faith is where I'm particularly struggling right now. This discussion is that pat on the back I needed and a reminder to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Indeed, it like an alarm clock that puts me back in line when the aim slips from my mind, it extremely
useful to see other forum members doing the Work.

 

[SeekinTruth]

It seems that just continuing to take one step after the other is the way to go. As the C's have said about how tricky it is for us to keep anticipation at bay. We just keep planting seeds and some will take and some won't. Regardless we should keep planting seeds - and making adjustments to our approach as needed. Doing things that need to be done without anticipating the rewards, just doing for doing's sake, can really increase our output little by little, I think.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

It seems that just continuing to take one step after the other is the way to go. As the C's have said about how tricky it is for us to keep anticipation at bay. We just keep planting seeds and some will take and some won't. Regardless we should keep planting seeds - and making adjustments to our approach as needed. Doing things that need to be done without anticipating the rewards, just doing for doing's sake, can really increase our output little by little, I think.

Exactly. When approaching to something too seriously, then there blockades occur; it should be fun and experimental: "I will share something, it's interesting how other will react."

 

[luc]

Thanks Ennio for starting this very interesting thread.

Yes. What I have seen is that interpersonal influence usually works slowly and is based more on how we come across to others over a period of time rather than the wisdom of our immediate words. In other words, "being the change we want to see in the world" gives more weight to what we say and share.

I was about to note something similar: Apart from directly speaking truth to people (which is also very important given the right circumstances), I think our actions often speak louder than our words. I mean, if people perceive you as a decent, giving and reliable human being who goes out of his way to make others feel comfortable and taken seriously, then your word will have so much more weight - at least, this has been my experience. Oftentimes, then, you don't even need to "convince" others by providing facts or holding monologues, a mere half sentence about this or that may suffice to make people curious and eventually start researching something themselves. I was surprised for example that three of our (not so close) aquaintances already started some form of paleo diet inspired by us, without us "preaching" to them at all.

Of course, "being a decent human" being is really, really hard and it's not even always clear what that means. In fact, when I found the Work, I was so screwed up that I had to learn the very basics of "normal" human interactions. I think I'm still not there, and at least to me, even such basics involve major fights with those nasty "little I's".

One book that is recommended here that I read recently really inspired me in this regard: "How to win friends and influence people" by Dale Carnegie. I think the author provides some very simple but effective tools to become a better person in everyday life, especially when read with Work concepts in mind.

 

[Richs]

We each have our own talents, so it would be great to utilize them.

I agree with what you have shared Keit, and thanks to all who have contributed to this topic. I have found that one of my better talents, which seems to be innate, is humor. I often use this humorous approach to get an idea across in a totally non-threatening of someone's world view way. For example, if crews are out constructing a roadway, I might mention that "looks like they are using up funds now while the money is still worth something!" This quite often gets a laugh, but, the idea is still planted that our economy is headed for a cliff with no brakes working on the car.
Everyone may not have this talent for humor as I seem to have, but there will probably be some talent you have which can help to spread the word.

 

[syldan]

I agree with Richard S, that humour is a great means to plant seeds in the minds of people in our surroundings! And it is after having experienced many different approaches that i have started 'as much as possible' using the funny approach to scary and even unfathomable traits of our reality. This is becoming more and more useful as i can see, and sense, people around me becoming wound ever tighter around their skewed belief systems.

If we think of it, humour has always been used to wake people up. Here in Québec, there is a long history of comics provoking the public into thinking outside the box. This is also true for other countries i have lived in, and cultures that i have been lucky enough to penetrate.

At this time, as we can see and feel things heating up, so to say, humour may very well be our best ally! On the one hand, it keeps us from getting too worked up about the state of the world, and on the other it is a means of easing the tension that is bound to occur when we speak truth to those who have buill walls around themselves in order not to see it.

Moreover, by using humour, it is then possible to create a sense of accepting the fatality of the possible outcomes, that statistics and hard facts cannot begin to transmit to those who prefer not seeing whats under their nose. After all, if this person is sharing with me something so incredible with an air of nonchalance, maybe this person knows something i dont? Thus, provoking their curiosity in finding out for themselves what it's all about.

(fwiw)

 

[theos]

I agree with Richard S, that humour is a great means to plant seeds in the minds of people in our surroundings! And it is after having experienced many different approaches that i have started 'as much as possible' using the funny approach to scary and even unfathomable traits of our reality. This is becoming more and more useful as i can see, and sense, people around me becoming wound ever tighter around their skewed belief systems.

If we think of it, humour has always been used to wake people up. Here in Québec, there is a long history of comics provoking the public into thinking outside the box. This is also true for other countries i have lived in, and cultures that i have been lucky enough to penetrate.

At this time, as we can see and feel things heating up, so to say, humour may very well be our best ally! On the one hand, it keeps us from getting too worked up about the state of the world, and on the other it is a means of easing the tension that is bound to occur when we speak truth to those who have buill walls around themselves in order not to see it.

Moreover, by using humour, it is then possible to create a sense of accepting the fatality of the possible outcomes, that statistics and hard facts cannot begin to transmit to those who prefer not seeing whats under their nose. After all, if this person is sharing with me something so incredible with an air of nonchalance, maybe this person knows something i dont? Thus, provoking their curiosity in finding out for themselves what it's all about.

(fwiw)

I agree with what you have shared Keit, and thanks to all who have contributed to this topic. I have found that one of my better talents, which seems to be innate, is humor. I often use this humorous approach to get an idea across in a totally non-threatening of someone's world view way. For example, if crews are out constructing a roadway, I might mention that "looks like they are using up funds now while the money is still worth something!" This quite often gets a laugh, but, the idea is still planted that our economy is headed for a cliff with no brakes working on the car.
Everyone may not have this talent for humor as I seem to have, but there will probably be some talent you have which can help to spread the word.

Agreed. Humor sprinkled with a bit of snarky sarcasm and some righteous (but not crazy) anger can be very effective when appropriate. I've noticed that Perceval, among others, is very good at this.

Some people just can't grok cold, hard facts but most people get humor. It's sometimes hard to gauge the effects, as you don't always get an immediate response, but it sure makes posting comments and tweeting fun. :)

 

[CNS]

I agree with Richard S, that humour is a great means to plant seeds in the minds of people in our surroundings! And it is after having experienced many different approaches that i have started 'as much as possible' using the funny approach to scary and even unfathomable traits of our reality. This is becoming more and more useful as i can see, and sense, people around me becoming wound ever tighter around their skewed belief systems.

If we think of it, humour has always been used to wake people up. Here in Québec, there is a long history of comics provoking the public into thinking outside the box. This is also true for other countries i have lived in, and cultures that i have been lucky enough to penetrate.

At this time, as we can see and feel things heating up, so to say, humour may very well be our best ally! On the one hand, it keeps us from getting too worked up about the state of the world, and on the other it is a means of easing the tension that is bound to occur when we speak truth to those who have buill walls around themselves in order not to see it.

Moreover, by using humour, it is then possible to create a sense of accepting the fatality of the possible outcomes, that statistics and hard facts cannot begin to transmit to those who prefer not seeing whats under their nose. After all, if this person is sharing with me something so incredible with an air of nonchalance, maybe this person knows something i dont? Thus, provoking their curiosity in finding out for themselves what it's all about.

(fwiw)

I agree with what you have shared Keit, and thanks to all who have contributed to this topic. I have found that one of my better talents, which seems to be innate, is humor. I often use this humorous approach to get an idea across in a totally non-threatening of someone's world view way. For example, if crews are out constructing a roadway, I might mention that "looks like they are using up funds now while the money is still worth something!" This quite often gets a laugh, but, the idea is still planted that our economy is headed for a cliff with no brakes working on the car.
Everyone may not have this talent for humor as I seem to have, but there will probably be some talent you have which can help to spread the word.

Agreed. Humor sprinkled with a bit of snarky sarcasm and some righteous (but not crazy) anger can be very effective when appropriate. I've noticed that Perceval, among others, is very good at this.

Some people just can't grok cold, hard facts but most people get humor. It's sometimes hard to gauge the effects, as you don't always get an immediate response, but it sure makes posting comments and tweeting fun. :)

You're right, Odyssey, I too think Perceval does a good job with this...it seems strategic. I think humor is a wonderful part of literary license, but I would say that it's best used in moderation. OSIT. I have found that some folks use humor almost as a crutch, laughing off everything in a cynical nature, therefore giving them credence to not DO anything.

Thank you, Ennio, for starting this thread. It has inspired me to actually open a Facebook account. :)
I suppose I hadn't to this point out of self-importance, like it was beneath me to be on a public social network or something to that effect, even though I am on this forum, but of course Cass is different. I am looking forward to looking stupid, making mistakes, and stumbling as I go. After all, that's how we learn right?

Anyway...here goes nothing

 

[lainey]

I agree with Richard S, that humour is a great means to plant seeds in the minds of people in our surroundings! And it is after having experienced many different approaches that i have started 'as much as possible' using the funny approach to scary and even unfathomable traits of our reality. This is becoming more and more useful as i can see, and sense, people around me becoming wound ever tighter around their skewed belief systems.

If we think of it, humour has always been used to wake people up. Here in Québec, there is a long history of comics provoking the public into thinking outside the box. This is also true for other countries i have lived in, and cultures that i have been lucky enough to penetrate.

At this time, as we can see and feel things heating up, so to say, humour may very well be our best ally! On the one hand, it keeps us from getting too worked up about the state of the world, and on the other it is a means of easing the tension that is bound to occur when we speak truth to those who have buill walls around themselves in order not to see it.

Moreover, by using humour, it is then possible to create a sense of accepting the fatality of the possible outcomes, that statistics and hard facts cannot begin to transmit to those who prefer not seeing whats under their nose. After all, if this person is sharing with me something so incredible with an air of nonchalance, maybe this person knows something i dont? Thus, provoking their curiosity in finding out for themselves what it's all about.

(fwiw)

I agree with what you have shared Keit, and thanks to all who have contributed to this topic. I have found that one of my better talents, which seems to be innate, is humor. I often use this humorous approach to get an idea across in a totally non-threatening of someone's world view way. For example, if crews are out constructing a roadway, I might mention that "looks like they are using up funds now while the money is still worth something!" This quite often gets a laugh, but, the idea is still planted that our economy is headed for a cliff with no brakes working on the car.
Everyone may not have this talent for humor as I seem to have, but there will probably be some talent you have which can help to spread the word.

Agreed. Humor sprinkled with a bit of snarky sarcasm and some righteous (but not crazy) anger can be very effective when appropriate. I've noticed that Perceval, among others, is very good at this.

Some people just can't grok cold, hard facts but most people get humor. It's sometimes hard to gauge the effects, as you don't always get an immediate response, but it sure makes posting comments and tweeting fun. :)

You're right, Odyssey, I too think Perceval does a good job with this...it seems strategic. I think humor is a wonderful part of literary license, but I would say that it's best used in moderation. OSIT. I have found that some folks use humor almost as a crutch, laughing off everything in a cynical nature, therefore giving them credence to not DO anything.

Thank you, Ennio, for starting this thread. It has inspired me to actually open a Facebook account. :)
I suppose I hadn't to this point out of self-importance, like it was beneath me to be on a public social network or something to that effect, even though I am on this forum, but of course Cass is different. I am looking forward to looking stupid, making mistakes, and stumbling as I go. After all, that's how we learn right?

Anyway...here goes nothing

Well done on the facebook account! It's a great place to share articles and opinions.
I find I fall somewhere in between, like you said humor can be used as a crutch, I used it and still do as a defence mechanism so it is one of those little I's that pop up from time to time. But I agree, humor is the way to go if you use it in the right way in an appropriate situation.
This is a great thread and I'm following it with interest.
I'll try and chime in with my feelings as best I can but most of you guys have said it really well already.

 

[Oxajil]

Thank you, Ennio, for starting this thread. It has inspired me to actually open a Facebook account. :)
I suppose I hadn't to this point out of self-importance, like it was beneath me to be on a public social network or something to that effect, even though I am on this forum, but of course Cass is different. I am looking forward to looking stupid, making mistakes, and stumbling as I go. After all, that's how we learn right?

Anyway...here goes nothing

There's a bunch of us on facebook that you can send friend requests to, so you won't be alone and it helps to have social proof when we share things. I think that social media can be used very well to reach others, I've had some people following me on twitter and retweeting my tweets who I don't know, so there seems to be an effect. IRL, some of my relatives have begun eating Paleo (not strictly but close to it), and others pay more attention to what they eat: Less fast food, more meat, etc. I agree with obyvatel that sometimes setting the right example can be helpful to others, instead of forcing things onto them. Using humor helps too, as others have said!

I think that if we could all spend some time every day or at least frequently to keep sharing, tweeting, and posting here, we may achieve a lot more than we think we would. A bunch of helping hands can only do so much, but imagine a whole army of helping hands! One single share, post, tweet, can be a life-changer to someone else. If that one person didn't post a link on a random website that eventually brought me here, many years ago, I'm not sure if I would be here today!

And I hope that forum readers who haven't signed up yet will find the courage to do so :) If the psychopaths ruling this world want to ''divide and conquer'' us, then what better way to spread the truth by doing it together?

 

[Ennio]

A number of really good suggestions and points made so far about raising the level of activity and DOing. Something that often helps me, in day-to-day sort of a way, is to think about those things that I absolutely want to accomplish, even if it as seemingly small a thing as tweeting. Then, at the end of the day, I sort of review what I got done, what was left undone, and what I definitely want to do the next day (and this includes the basic obyvatel-type house-holding things and preparation things that should not be left by the wayside). It may help to even acknowledge yourself, towards the close of a given day - that you put the time and energy towards something that (as we know) adds up to so much more than the sum of our individual efforts. You can be happy about this by all means - because these actions, in the greater scheme of things, will likely be some of the most important and constructive things you will have done over many lifetimes, probably.

Another aspect of this, along the lines of non-anticipation and just being open to this process, is that at some point some creative ideas, inspirations, or just needs you may see may occur to you that you would not have imagined previously. It can be as simple as sharing an insight to a post made to the forum, or as complex as starting or giving of yourself towards an already-going project that may help move things along even further. You just don't know how something you choose to help with may be just thing to carry us forward, or lighten the load for someone else (like Laura). This goes back to what obyvatel and SeekinTruth said about 'seeding the soil'. And also what Oxajil just wrote:

I think that if we could all spend some time every day or at least frequently to keep sharing, tweeting, and posting here, we may achieve a lot more than we think we would. A bunch of helping hands can only do so much, but imagine a whole army of helping hands! One single share, post, tweet, can be a life-changer to someone else. If that one person didn't post a link on a random website that eventually brought me here, many years ago, I'm not sure if I would be here today!

This last bit is very inspiring to me considering two things: the first is that a single link coupled with Oxajil's searching has brought new awareness and the impetus for a person to join us here. And the second is that this former new person who joined us here has been able to help us so much by becoming an ambassador and giving of herself to various important things being worked on.

Drea wrote:

When I created my Twitter account I just thought of it as an experiment but it has been a great emotional self help tool. Not only are we trying to reach out to other people but it helps just to see other members posting articles and comments too. Its the feeling of comradery to see everyone working toward a goal. Sure there is disappointment as it seems our reach is rather small but I think learning to have faith is where I'm particularly struggling right now. This discussion is that pat on the back I needed and a reminder to keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Long before there was the SOTT.net page there was Laura's 'Aurora Journal' page. A few paragraphs about what she was seeing in the world that was updated in between all the writing and research she was doing. At the time, she had little to no help with it from what I understand. And before this Forum was created there were two or three small yahoo group discussion boards, where ALL the topics were discussed - not the many of the hundreds of topics that are well organized and accessible to the world at large to see and to benefit from. We could have only been here, today, if Laura and Ark and a small group of members had shown their faith and worked from that point forward (and even long before) to bring us to the point we are at now. But there is still so far to go, and not too long to go before the turmoil ramps up further. And this is where our faith and efforts, here and now, and the process of awakening our conscience - even as we sometimes struggle, is what's going to help get us over a very big and crucial hump. So big hugs to ya Drea, Know you are not alone in this struggle, and keep on keeping on!

 

[HiThere]

Excellent thread, much to mull over! :)