#16 Harumphty Dumpty | 2012-05-09 10:31
@ Genseric: as for the other thing, I was so amused (okay, entertained) by Coniglio's comparing us to Jonestown that I probably did respond to that in a more positive tone than was appropriate. To me it was amusing hyperbole. To Coniglio, I fear it may not be hyperbole.
But the point is, we shouldn't even be caught up in all that mess. There's plenty of opportunity for entertainment on the working thread. And the threads to Bob's posts, I can see now are not integrating into the main F-O-C-U-S as they should.
I recommend again, as just a starter, that it be made a point of honor that no one post on any thread here unless they've posted, spoken, or otherwise spread the Mantra somewhere and reported it in the last 24 hours. Maybe make that enforceable, if necessary and it doesn't load too much work on to BoardAd.
I'm not self-disciplined, and it's obvious that some others here are not either, and I'm inclining to the view that a much stricter regime needs to be imposed that focuses on F-O-C-U-S.
Bob writes a post every day which is more than he would prefer to do, and he should at least allow himself the freedom to write whatever he wishes. Because of who [Bob] is, there will be things in almost all of his posts that relate to Mantra thinking. Let's make it a second point of honor to always try to extract those things in our comments to his posts, and write about those things, and encourage each other to remember to do that. F-O-C-U-S.
Let's make that our second point of honor!
So I recommend two points of honor:
1. no one posts anything anywhere here unless they have at least taken the short moment required to drop a mini-mantra somewhere, like youtube, during the past 24 hours. A too-small requirement, since a slew of posts elsewhere as well would be desirable, but a beginning
2. Anyone who wants to comment on one of Bob's daily posts reads his post through twice, carefully, looking for mantra thinking in it until he finds it, and then writes about THAT.
"I don't see any Mantra thinking in this comment" is certainly an excellent comment, since it's the beginning of being taught something. My own first post would probably be, "Can someone explain to me in two short sentences what Mantra thinking is."
Look guys, please don't just let my post sit here uncommented on. The site needs some changing, and Genseric is right that that change needs to be toward FOCUS.
It seems clear the admin is very much on that idea too, and has the oomph and the caring to help carry it out.
So let's figure out how to do it. I offer my two ideas. Disagree or agree?