Forum Transparency

[Tenet Nosce]

Is this because there is so much going on behind the scenes, as you say, with members having discussions via PMs and private chats?

I don't have a problem with that. If that is how people want to communicate that is their choice, but it doesn't do the board any favors.

I wasn't really coming at it from that angle. But now that you mention it- yes speaking for myself some of the most interesting/productive discussions I have had lately have been through PMs. Sometimes I know that if I say X, Y, or Z in a thread that somebody (could be anybody) will take it the wrong way, and then a whole side-discussion will ensue and derail the thread.

But let's face it, it is as natural as peeing in the toilet. If they do it in the PMs here and lose that option, they're just gonna be emailing each other with the same sort of gossip and judging.

Well you are right. That's why it's really not a practical suggestion. But I would challenge the notion that it is "natural" for people to do this. People are taught to do this- and it has become so common that we take it as "natural" to gossip and trash-talk other people. The question is- if we were no longer able to do this behind closed doors... would we still being do it?

Again- given what we are told about the level of transparency in 4D... well then let's put two and two together and see the writing on the wall insofar as why we are not yet 4D beings. It's OK for us to be where we're at... but then let's dispense with all the angst and frustration about why we haven't been harvested or "ascended" to 4D.

It should be clear why we are still here. We are still interested in playing our little 3D games of "hide n seek" with each other. We don't want to be in a totally transparent environment... which is exactly what 4D is.