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[Guest guest]

I remeber when I've a been a brand new devotee, after a couple

of months in ISKCON I started to annoy visitors: "Haribol,

Prabhu! I said, HARIBOL! Don't hold your spoon like this. Don't

sit like this. You dropped prasadam on the floor, eat it

immediately! Don't, don't...." And the worse thing was that not

only me who was doing this. It was so cultivated in ISKCON, so

everybody was doing this with everyone. I don't know how I

survived in that time, maybe only by the grace of the Lord.

[Guest guest]

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> So while these discussions have their place, maybe a related conference

> would help? The trouble might be that we all end up on that conference,

> and this one stagnates.

 

 

These, strictly unrelated types of discussions simply occur now

and then, spontaneously, in every forum. I don't think that every

aspect of our communicating (and living, in general) has to be

always strictly categorized, neither I think it really can be.

Just like, in our temple, the "more advanced" section of devotees

who became upset and disturbed by the exchange of unrelated topics

among devotees during the prasadam (one is supposed to only glorify

prasadam, and similar) introduced the reading PL during prasadam. One

devotee would loudly read from the book, and thus nobody could speak

*anything* anymore (it would be an offense). So everybody would come,

sit, eat, get up, go back to his office and computer. It lasted for

a while (till the reader got married and stop coming to prasadam

room).

 

Some dose of common sense and litle flexibility might be more

practical than creating another "related" conferences for some

particular and not strictly related topics that flashes over this

forum. Now you would have to create conference for "Kosovo",

another one for "gentlemen&ladies" topic, another one for

"Jayadvaita's editing", another one for "Lord' Holy Names",

and so on.

 

 

Anyway, I have the feeling all the time that I am talking here

too much and unrelated (like just now). I am aware that it might

be disturbing to some, though not everybody will complain openly.

So, I often come to conclusion that in the wider audience like

this one, one should talk only if necessary. And that more relaxed

exchange or discussion (or talk) one should have in more private

forums where one knows other participants, with those one feels

friendly and confident with.

 

 

 

ys mnd

 

 

ys mnd