Regarding Swamiji's question about new wonders on the website

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Regarding Swamiji's question about new wonders on the website:

 

Dearest Swamiji ~ all the additions and changes to the website you

mention sound wonderful. Just for comparison, I will add that I am

attending an online music school, where we have seminars and classes

in the e-auditorium, as well as submit and listen to Mp3s of our

songs. For the participation, to talk and listen, in the

e-auditorium, all that was required was an inexpensive set of

headphones with a voice mic. This really does add to the immediacy of

the experience.

 

I would come to the Devi Mandir at least once a week, perhaps twice

for a sat sangh or a class (maybe once for a class and once for a sat

sangha ... that would be so wonderful). Tuning in to a live broadcast

via wecam (which my hubby just told me is not that expensive), and

being able to see as well as ask questions in a live forum would be

an incredible expansion of an online group experience.

 

It is also true, that, whenever a class or a sat sangh or forum is

scheduled, some would be able to attend and others would not. There

is no one day or time that will work for everyone, so being able to

listen and/or view transcripts from online classes would be a great

gift.

 

Other suggestions ... okay, the new aspects of the online

participation would add, I am assuming, to the existing classes that

are already on the website. (At least I hope you aren't planning to

get rid of those; I am just getting started.) I may be making a wrong

assumption when I think that these live classes, sat sanghas, forums,

would be led/presented by you and/or Shree Maa. (That in itself would

be such a blessing, I can't even describe it in words. It has been too

long since I have seen the two of you ... your last tour, Issaqua,

WA.) It might be nice also to have a time, once a week, or even once

a month, where the members of the digest could just gather together

for a live chat. We have so much to share, and writing is very labor

intensive. Such a chat would probably need a moderator though, as

otherwise we'd all be stepping on each other's toes in the excitement

of actually "talking" to each other.

 

Another idea would be a time to gather online and via webcam, perhaps

sing together. I'm not sure this would work, but if it did, it'd be

wonderful. Or perhaps this could be part of the sat sangh. The main

obstacle here would be having access to the lyrics so we can

participate.

 

It has been an amazing adventure to experience the expansion and

evolution of your website "home," and I know that expanding in any of

these new ways would be a continuation of this adventure. Thank you,

Swamiji, and to Shree Maa also, for caring so much about us ~ Linda