04-24-2021, 08:33 PM
(04-24-2021, 07:25 PM)Sacred Fool Wrote: To cut to the chase, old friend, you're advocating working around LLR to "organize on our own terms" some amorphous experimental social construct, yet you are having to declare this on LLR's forum site to find anyone who might be interested in the concept. So, there's a catch-22 in play here.
I'm not declaring anything, and I'm not trying to find anyone. I'm making myself available as somebody who has tread this ground.
(04-24-2021, 07:25 PM)Sacred Fool Wrote: And, kind of to your point, there has developed a group of people around LLR as channeling session attendees, readers, correspondents, event attendees, volunteers of many sorts and forum users, and proportionally speaking, damn near none of them come anywhere near these forums. So, what about that?
What about it, indeed. I would agree with the assessments you've made before, acknowledging both the massive potential here as well as recognizing the desires that have revealed themselves in what we see. If an organization or individual wants to influence the individuals around him, even in a virtual space, I am convinced that the only chance to do so is by setting an example. That goes for LLR in their policies and actions here, those you correctly identify in their orbit who stay away, and everybody else as well.
(04-24-2021, 07:25 PM)Sacred Fool Wrote: I'm not sure, but for my taste, I'd like to see LLR enterprises rise to a different level of engagement with those who support it. I think that what's available could be distilled to something more resonant and generous of spirit, given many hearts aiming in the same direction. But I could could be entirely wrong about that.
I think you're 100% on the money! When the direct path forward is blocked for whatever reason -- in this case, LLR not caring to do what you ask -- what is one to do? I'll offer my answer: go around, blaze a trail for others, and let your example be your argument.
At the end of the day, SteppingFeet is right: it is on us, the membership here, to make this place what is only now in potentiation. Whether or not that statement is an abdication of LLR's green-ray mission is besides the point because it is not our abdication to make or refrain from. I implore everybody: discover your true desire, purify it, and prosecute it. You have the tools, whether LLR clears the way for their use or not.