Guest guest Posted May 21, 2002 Report Share Posted May 21, 2002 Dear Paulie: I would like to thank you very much for your post. Nora has long deserved this kind of recognition; she too often gets flak from various naysayers and "negative-vibe-mongers," and your kind words are a much-needed reminder that her admirers far outnumber any detractors. When I first asked Nora to co-moderate the Shakti Sadhana Group, it was because I was immediately struck by that quality you call "grace," and by the purity of her devotion. I personally tend to err toward a kind of wonky theological hairsplitting, which, without that living devotion, becomes at worst a bore, and at best a high form of intellectual amusement -- the talk may be "about religion," but it is not religion. Nora is very much the animating Shakti of our Group; certainly, in our interactions as Moderators, she has more than once "cleared away the Maya" when I've become mired in the molasses swamp of inter-Group politics, and has provided the inspirational jolt to move me from inertia to action, when I need a reminder of what ultimately brings all of us here together. She is also very smart and very tough -- both of which qualities are often called upon. Our Moderation of the Group is most explicitly democratic and trust based. The club owner is officially , an administrative ID to which both of us have full access. At any time, I could go in change the password, remove Nora's moderator status, and delete her from the Group. She could just as easily do the same to me. Our decision to arrange the Group moderation this way was intentional: We had both learned firsthand the damage that can be done when a co-administrator ceases to be a friend, and instead uses their status to essentially hold the Group hostage. That very situation led to the unnecessary, premature destruction of the Shakti Sadhana Club. And so we decided at the outset that TRUST, MUTUAL RESPECT and COMPLETE DEFERENCE TO DEVI (as opposed to one's own self-interest) must be the foundation of this, the Club's successor forum. In the past year, I have often been moved to thank Goddess again and again for Her wise guidance in bringing Nora and I together for this most worthwhile endeavor. During the most recent problem, when all our members began to disappear due to the idle mischief-making of some unfortunate soul with too much time to kill, Nora once again proved her exquisite grace under pressure. As it happened, I was wrapping up business to leave on a two-week holiday (I'm remote now; that's why I'm not much around the Group), and I was next to useless in addressing the day-to-day demands of the crisis. And so I was truly not exaggerating when I entitled this message "Jai Nora!" I doubt she'll be pleased, or even amused, but it is an honest sentiment. Thanks Nora, from us all. DB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 22, 2002 Report Share Posted May 22, 2002 - hi db . thanks for this post! this was long overdue.... yes, nora has worked very hard to build this group in more ways than one. 1) first, she was the one who reserved a place for the 'shakti sadhna' group in setting way back in september of 2001. 2) not only that, she effected a succesful transfer of all the files, photos and posts from the old 'shakti sadhna ' club into this new group gradually - making sure nothing got lost in the transition. 3) thirdly, she had always extended to me unconditional support for which i am always grateful. infact, between the two of you, you helped me recover my 'lost identity! But as she has always mentioneed time and again, 'adi ma, excessive praise makes me uncomfortable' -so , i refrained from prasing her too much. but in our heart of hearts, we all do appreciate her contributions very much..... She has been a pillar of strength to all of us here day after day even when you were off line in the months of february-march 2002. Yes, nora can be tough ! that is a great asset in a woman specially in a man's world. i like her perseverance as well. sure, there are bound to be differences in a big group like this... i have seen in big groups even people arguing about trivial things! A moderator's job is a 'hard' one and sometimes one cannot please all! so, we should not even attempt to do that! but the 'hacking' incident really sent a 'shiver' down my spine and i was really worried about how a person can do such a heinous' act and start deleting members at random!!! thank god. the whole group was not 'deleted' - but guess what! as eve so beautifully pointed out we can 'rebuild' the group again in no time as we have a group of loyal family mebers who simply love Shakti !!! Btw, i really liked the repost of dreamy's post on' misery' by swami vivekandanda very much, i enjoyed reading every word of it. it could not have been more timely!!! most of our misery does stem from the fact that we have too much expectations - we want a 'pat' on the back or we get 'attached' to the results of our actions. But as my beloved guruji used to say our critics are our best friends. sometimes they make us see 'things' from another persspective abd we learn something new!! after all, we do not want 'sychphants' , do we? Our beloved member ompremji can express himself fluently in the english language and not only that he can state 'truths' in a way that are not 'hurtful' but unfortunately i do not have such communication skills and sometimes I can be misinterpreted... anyway, let us move on.... in devi's temple, there is no room for 'remorse' or 'regrets ' only 'rejoicing' ! jai maa! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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