Merle, Actually the way it works out is that Edgar does most of the sifting and sorting (reviewing and approving or deleting). I think that's because of the time zone difference. I'm the one who eventually goes in and changes the membership to allow un-moderated, immediate posting. That is after I'm sure the new member is not a pyscho-killer, militant Mulsim or fundamentalist Christian.
...Bill! --- In [email protected], Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > > >  ah ha..big job for you bill...sifting and sorting? merle > > >  > Merle, > > We both are moderators... > > New member's posts have to be sent to moderators to be approved which causes > a delay but that approval period doesn't last very long. I've not had to > approve any posts in the last week or so. > > The delays are most likely just because people post responses from different > time zones on the other side of reality. > > When I post something it usually appears in my inbox almost immediately... > > Edgar > > > > > On Sep 8, 2012, at 12:59 AM, Merle Lester wrote: > >  > > > > > > > > > > bill you are the moderator or edgar?..merle > > > >Everyone, > > > >I just wanted everyone to know that we have many members on this form from > >all over the world. I live in Thailand. Merle lives in Australia and > >Anthony lives in Singapore (I think). Most of you do live in the USA. > > > >The good part about all this is we get a GREAT cross-section of topics and > >discussions. The bad part is some of the replies are delayed as Bill > >complains about below. > > > >I don't know anyway to fix this. We'll just have to learn to live with it. > > > >...Bill! > > > >--- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: > >> > >> Merle: > >> > >> I'm not sure why you areàasking that.àOne ofàmy biggest > >> problemsàwith this > >> email groupàis the time delayàbetween posts and responses.à> >> > >> My original question was :àà"is madness a precursor to > >> enlightenment?" > >> > >> To which Bill! responded :àThat depends on how you define 'madness'. > >> > >> So I needed the time to research the original scenerios that prompted my > >> question. Rereading the sections of the bookà" Be Love Now" > >> thatàtold tales of > >> these Hindu saints took me some time.àThe behavior seemed so bizarre > >> that I > >> felt if similar scenes were acted out here in the United States these > >> people > >> would have been heavily medicated.àEpilepsy, Anorexia, > >> Psychosis/Schizophrenia, > >> Pica... . These peopleàare revered as realized beings, of having done > >> what we > >> are speaking about, albeit, not in a Zen fashion. The author goes on to > >> say that > >> "Indians put up with such behavior within the context of divine madness, > >> the > >> unpredictable nature of someone beyond body consciousness.". > >> > >> > >> > >> àBill > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Find what makes your heart singââ¬Â¦and do it! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@> > >> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > >> Sent: Fri, September 7, 2012 6:01:18 PM > >> Subject: Re: [Zen] Re: Be Love Now > >> > >> à> >> > >> > >> àand killing people for a cause is not madness...????? merle > >> à> >> Madness:à> >> > >> Anandamayi Ma - would be found rolling around on the floor of her kitchen > >> while > >> the food she was preparing burned. For a long time she only ate 9 grains > >> of rice > >> a day. > >> > >> Ramana Maharshi - became so oblivious of his body theàhe didn't wash, > >> his hair > >> grew matted, his finger nails curled over and he only ate if someone put > >> food in > >> his hands.à> >> > >> Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa - became obsessed with the Godess Kali > >> andàwould not > >> eat or sleep.àHe had a vision that took over his normalàwaking > >> consciousness. > >> Uncertain whether he was living in a hallucination.àHe felt burning > >> sensations > >> all over his body and his health began to fail. > >> > >> > >> Bhagawan Nityananda - was seen following a cow and as the cow defecated he > >> would > >> catchàthe poopàand eat it. > >> > >> I'm just saying that these behaviors would get you locked up or > >> hospitalizedàhere in the States.à> >> > >> àBill > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Find what makes your heart singââ¬Â¦and do it! > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Bill! <BillSmart@> > >> To: [email protected] > >> Sent: Wed, September 5, 2012 10:16:42 PM > >> Subject: [Zen] Re: Be Love Now > >> > >> à> >> Bill, > >> > >> That depends on how you define 'madness'. > >> > >> Severing your attachment to logic/reason/rationality is a precursor to > >> experiencing Buddha Nature, and I think it is also a requirement. > >> > >> ...and that's what I've been saying for the past 30 or so posts! > >> > >> ...Bill! > >> > >> --- In [email protected], William Rintala <brintala@> wrote: > >> > > >> > I've read, all that I have been able to find, everything written by Ram > >> > Dass > >> > (born, Richard Alpert), from "Be Here Now" through "The Only > >> > DanceÃâàThere Is" > >> >to > >> > > >> > his most recent book "Be Love Now".ÃâàHis workÃâà"Be Here > >> > Now", 40 years > >> >ago,Ãâàwas > >> > > >> > my starting pointÃâàon the journey that has lead me to this > >> > forum.ÃâàHis new > >> >book > >> > > >> > rehashes a lot of stuff that was in his earlier works. What's new > >> > isÃâàthe last > >> > >> > section where he presents the lives of several Hindu Saints. In each > >> > case the > >> > SaintÃâàdisplayed behavior that I think would get most of us > >> > locked up in a > >> >padded > >> > > >> > cell or admitted to an ICU and put on heavy doses of > >> > medications.ÃâàIt seems, > >> > however, that this crisis was essential for the Saint to > >> > becomeÃâàfully > >> >realized.Ãâà> >> > > >> > In reading about them I am remindedÃâàof the story > >> > ofÃâàEckhart Tolle's biography > >> > > >> > where "ÃâàFor the best part of two years in the early 1980s a man > >> > in his mid-30s > >> > > >> > would sit on a park bench in Russell Square, central London, and in a > >> > state of > >> > >> > deep bliss watch the world go by."ÃâàDescriptions sound almost as > >> > if he had had > >> >a > >> > > >> > schizophrenic break.Ãâà> >> > > >> > > >> > My question to the Forum is "is madness a precursor to enlightenment?" > >> > > >> > Bill not Bill! > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Find what makes your heart singâââ¬Ã¦and do it! > >> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! 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