The undeniable truth of Darkness and STS

[Monica]

Now, you've admitted that Shin'Ar has accused various members of being STS.

Great post, Austin! But I'm wondering whether you might have missed Shin'Ar's post in which he explained his different definition of STS? He didn't intend it in the way Law of One students use the term. Please see the last few posts, if you missed them.

Shin'Ar has openly admitted to "trapping" them into revealing themselves and then attempts to discredit those people

I can't speak to any efforts to discredit anyone - I have no idea about that - but when I saw his 'trapping' I thought about when my son was little and I sneaked some veggies into his food without him knowing it. I wanted him to taste it first, before he knew what was in it, because if he knew it had veggies in it, he would decide he didn't like it before he even tried it.

That is how I perceived Shin'Ar's posting of the Brown Notes without saying who the author was. Sort of like those veggies. He seemed to want to see if people would have their minds already made up before they even read it.

Not optimal, surely, but I wouldn't call it malicious.

I agree that much of the dissonance experienced in the wake of Shin'Ar's contributions may be attributed to miscommunication and misunderstanding, but I am ready to provide, with direct quotes from Shin'Ar's posts, clear reason for why I discerned this behavior to be what it is.

So I ask, please don't write off what happened and sweep it under the rug. Let us understand what happened and learn from it, free of judgement, and understand how it affects the community as a place of light.

I missed all that so really can't comment. To clarify: I'm not proposing that anything be swept under the rug. By all means, those who feel there is more to clear up should certainly work to clear it up. I'm just leaving this discussion because I wasn't involved in any of this, and I just popped in to try to clear up what I saw as some gross misunderstandings.

Monica, I agree that Shin'Ar is not the first to exhibit these behaviors...we're probably all guilty of similar behavior at some point in the past. I don't feel that means we should ignore what has been brought to light. I think it may serve as a great reflection for the community as a whole to learn from.

Agreed! It will serve as a great reflection if everyone looks in the mirror and not just at Shin'Ar.

Can we all hug?