"Spiritual Correctness"

[Steppingfeet]

...those who put actual effort into upholding a community centered around transparent honesty, humility, acceptance and love. 

To be a part of a community is a give and take.

If you want to criticize, you’ve got to be willing to accept criticism, and if you want acceptance in spite of all your flaws, you’ve got to be willing to work very hard at accepting the flaws of others. This environment is the result of constant group effort...

I just excerpted a few pieces from your wonderful post which emphasizes that a) the online community is created and re-created and sustained  by the input of everyone who participates, and b) it requires effort, hard work, and the ability especially to look into the mirror and see ones own projections and shadows.

Though there have been fluctuations, ups and downs, and energies that tested the heart of the community, I never fail to be impressed and blown away with participating members' abilities to bring the discord and disharmony into the heart, and work toward resolution.

Each member who chips in on that effort helps to foster a culture here that becomes self-perpetuating. It sets standards, it invites more of the same, and, while not immune from negative energies, a culture helps to protect against derailing, defocusing, and disharmonious energies.

And thank God for those members who help keep that culture balanced by and centered in the heart. The moderators definitely have a role to play, but they can only do so much. The bulk of the work lies in the hands of each who contributes to the forums.

My personal fear has been that the collaborative, positive, loving Bring4th culture would lose its center and stray from the open heart. That however has not been realized. 7.5 years on and this community continues to, in the main, keep love on track. Thanks to all who roll up the sleeves.