Gaia: What Is Enlightenment? - Introduce Yourself

Re: I'm New Here

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 19:45:15 GMT

Hey, WW II veteran you must be someone oldern' me, which there aren't too many of !!

How about a link to your group? I have a few things to say about where rights come from, and how one could be enlightened while living under an oppressive government.

If you don't want everything you learned to go with you, then dig in! Start carrying around a digital recorder, and talk talk talk. Get interviewed and record it. Make videos of your wisdom. Write, write, write. Post all over Gaia.

I am glad to hear your life is so very good! Wishing you much more of that!

Blessings, OM Bastet

Re: I'm New Here

http://inlink2009.gaia.com — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:43:00 GMT

The all-time favorite Gaia discussion group is "What is Enlightenment?" This Group is for people who wish to engage in meaningful spiritual inquiry about the topic of enlightenment. What is enlightenment? What does it mean to be enlightened, and what comes next? What has your experience been with developing your own awareness, with those who claim to be enlightened, or those that promise enlightenment?

The above questions go with my new discussion group I’ve named "The Right to Peaceful Coexistence." What is enlightenment about? The moment I opened my new group, just a few days ago, the question was asked: "Where do our rights come from and why are we entitled to them?" That’s a very good question. Why is might makes right not right? I answered the best I could. The questioner must have been satisfied. He hasn’t been back.

How can one be enlightened if he is forced to live under an oppressive government, if he doesn’t have the right to peaceful coexistence? I'm a World War II veteran. Thousands of us are dying every day. My time to go will come soon enough. Everything I've learned will go with me.

My experience with developing my own awareness comes from within, however, not always. After I ended in a snake pit, I started looking within. When everything should have gone wrong, everything started going right. And now, if life could be any better, I don’t know how.

Re: I'm New Here

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:07:50 GMT

Not only that, it duplicates My Activity list, but with full texts of your own group posts. It's the most valuable function on Gaia, to me.

OM

Re: I'm New Here

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:06:09 GMT

Yes, Tony, "My activity" is a godsend to get back to what I've done that I want to track. I suspect even more relevant for you is to discover the standard way we track responses to what we have posted. Under Settings under Group Discussions, at the top is a separate item called something like "Posts to Threads I have posted to." That aggregates on a daily basis every post made to every thread you posted to, in every group you have posted in, at any time in the past.

Also if you visit a group you've posted to, you can aggregate your own posts there easily if you always sign your posts with your name or some phrase that's always the same and unique to you. Do a Search This Group for your name or phrase, and presto!

Blessings,
OM

Re: I'm New Here

http://singerseeker.gaia.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 13:01:23 GMT

That's great, Tony. Please feel free to ask any of us for help if you're having trouble navigating groups.

What I find easiest, since I belong in so many groups is just to click on the overall Discussions link and see what responses there have been in all the groups since my last post. It works if you have time to drop in twice a day, at least, and don't mind scrolling through a couple of hundred beginnings of responses :)

Cheers,

Nicole

Re: I'm New Here

http://starpeople.gaia.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:07:20 GMT

Rev OM

I've just rethought all this, and I realise if I click on my activity feed it will point to all my pevious activity, this seems to solve many of my frustrations

Tony

Re: I'm New Here

http://starpeople.gaia.com — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 07:31:46 GMT

Rev OM

i am very appreciative of your help, support and advice

Re: challenges.
It's a rabbit hole and not logical.

I find I constantly have to click through groups and then categories within groups to try and see what responses there are. It's easy to miss things, and I don't wish to offend anyone. It takes 15 seconds + to go from one screen to the next, when you try and backtrack, it's a lot of clicking and waiting. There are so many layers here, it is a much more powerful platform than the standard ning social network software, and I can see why it's all required but it is frustrating.

Yes there are notifications for some things but as far as I can see, there are no notifications for anything that I comment. I could grab all the feeds and put them into igoogle or another interface. But that's a fraction time consuming itself. But that would probably resolve it, I'm not quite sure.

I trying to think it through so I can agregate whatever I want in a simple fashion. If I pulled in every feed from every comment, post and discussion, it could be a bit clunky.

Thinking thinking out loud.

Tony

Re: I'm New Here

http://ADLIAC.gaia.com — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:01:13 GMT

Welcome! I wrote you a letter, but think I'll also post some of it here in case any other Newbies run across it and could benefit.

As far as getting around here, the How Tos and FAQs Group is primary, and there is an entire orientation program if you dig deeply enough into Gaia Networking Group's New to Gaia room.

Basically, explore all the columns on the left side of the site screens, (Gaia, Me, etc.) and all the items within each column, and presto you will be oriented. Oh, and a few links upper right of all screens.

I am very curious about what specific challenges you find in getting around Gaia's website.

Blessings, Rev. O.M. Bastet

I'm New Here

http://starpeople.gaia.com — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 11:08:29 GMT

I'm new here and I thought I'd just drop in and say hello. I'm just trying to find my way around, not sure how everything works. If you want to see where my head is at, I started a new blog last week, I usually do guitar stuff but after years of Dharma I thought it was time to do Dharma

It's call The Star People, it's about Dharma and Inner Space

The Star People address is at The Star People

That's me below, hopefully this all works.

Any hints are great.

Tony

Experience Enlightenment.

http://sanmugan2006.gaia.com — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:19:45 GMT

I feel that it is an experience concerned with the person concerned. It could not be expressed in words. It is like the taste of a fruit of which no one can explain it. Any one like to have the taste has to eat it and find. In another way , It is like swimming. You may try to learn about swimming in books but you will have to get into the water and swim by yourself.

You Are Loved...beyond your wildest dreams

http://one-luv.gaia.com — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 20:36:06 GMT

~blessings~

just felt compelled to pop in and say howdy ;)

so who am I?

well, actually, try this one on,

who am I not?

really, I can't describe to you who I Am, cuz that description is as meaningless as the illusions the past and the future...

what I can tell you is that I Am You, and You are Me, and together We Are Unity...

So, I guess you could call me Unity, but then you also have to call yourself that cuz there's really no distinction between you and me other than what we allow ourselves to perceive, and even then, its only a perception, it doesn't make it real...

so,

~luv be to you~

I'm New! Just Created an Enlightening Radio Network!

http://healthandharmonyradio.gaia.com — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:30:53 GMT

I'm extremely excited to be here and to have found Gaia!

I relaunched a national radio I had 4 months ago called "Health & Harmony" and most recently launched a radio network call ed"Health & Harmony Radio Network (A Better You. A Better Planet) two weeks ago.

With the new energy coming down and as we move forward into the aquarian age and the new "dimension", I'm excited to discuss what is happening in every one's world!

Please stop by my profile and add as a friend! If you are moved to check out the radio network, go to www.blogtalkradio.com/healthandharmonynetwork

Love, Laughter and Light to All!
Mary

Re: New Member

http://sisterandrea.gaia.com — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 03:51:10 GMT

Thank you Dennis. It's nice to talk with people who are into consciousness. I'm looking forward to it.

Re: New Member

http://oosta.gaia.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:50:29 GMT

Welcome, Sister. Another voice is always wecome, and always appreciated. I hope we may have several good conversations as we wander through the digital trees of this virtual forrest.

Blessings and Peace.

New Member

http://sisterandrea.gaia.com — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 02:33:26 GMT

Greetings all,

I met a few people from this group when I lived in California and am happy to join. I am a sister with the Center of Light in Colorado (www.CentersofLight.org). I'm glad that this group encourages a true commitment to a spiritual teacher. For myself, that has been key to spiritual transformation.

I would love to meet and talk with like minded people.

Blessings,
Sr Andrea

Crystal Bowls as a powerful tool

http://thejzone.gaia.com — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 16:27:48 GMT

Greetings !!!

My name is Jay and I am a sound healer. I have been touring the western United States for several years with my singing crystal bowls, tibetan bowls, sound infused aromatherapy mists, morphing healing lights, Dolphin Spirit and Angel Choirs. I am assisting people with their awakenings.

I am preparing to embark upon a world tour and have included my video info-mercial for your viewing pleasure. If you are moved by this, please forward it to friends. I am also looking for venues, throughout the USA, to do performances, homes for private performances and other places to give private sound healing sessions.

My video link
MyVideo Info-Mercial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJtkL9bn9KE

I send my love your way
JAY

Re: ~Hello~

http://friendsofabc.gaia.com — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 03:05:10 GMT

Hello and welcome, feel free to float around and experience as much as you can. This is a great place as long as you let it be. Listen, learn, interact, and contribute, I find that you end up stumbling upon wonderful things and wonderful things stumble upon you. Just get out there and experience it, even if you have little knoweldge or understanding about what is going on just speak up and give your opinion or questions, most of the time help is quick and friendly.

Kyle

Re: ~Hello~

http://omhome.gaia.com — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 18:21:08 GMT

Hi, Bill! Hi everyone! It's nice to be here :) I got bold and started a thread at the watercooler, where folks can post their enlightening experiences, as they have them and want to write about it. It's called "Documenting the Process." In there, I wrote about becoming more and more aware as I slide in and out of dreamstates; time slowing down, more awareness of the process. Anyone else experience that?

Please share on that thread ~ I am quite curious!

namaste,
ananda

Re: ~Hello~

http://telesterion.gaia.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:17:56 GMT

Hello ananda. Welcome and all that - ;-}

~Hello~

http://omhome.gaia.com — Sun, 15 Jun 2008 19:09:41 GMT

This particular manifestation has been a member of this site for several weeks, but only popped in, today. My apologies, everyone.

In the view of this particular manifestation, Enlightenment is what/who we all are, underneath, above, below, in perfection. Like a rainbow, we each exhibit separate qualities of the One, and while indivisible, the particulars of each are noted by the hue evoked through the Eye.

This particular manifestation looks forward to getting to know us all :)

3~ namaste 3~
AnandaClaire