Hello everyone!
  Just wanted to say hi. I haven't been very active lately, but I felt like sticking my head in and seeing what was up. Hope everything is going well for all of you!

Keith

: Hello everyone!
:    Just wanted to say hi. I haven't been very active lately, but I felt like sticking my head in and seeing what was up. Hope everything is going well for all of you!

hiya Keith,

i also just popped in after not being active here in awhile... although Mystress's teachings are a very active part of my life...

so, Keith, what's been up in your life lately? anything new going on?

(if anyone else feels like answering this one, about what's new with them, please feel free... the Tea Room is looking kind of bare since Mystress archived the old posts...)

warmly,

percyval

Hi,

  Just a quick hello to ya Keith and Percyval-Glad you are peeking in here!  It's always fun to hear how others are getting along with FST.  I was chugging along quite slowly for awhile, but all the sudden I've picked up some steam.  I've completed the Additional Forms of Grounding Lesson, and I'm learning away!

  I know how DeviRam feels when she confronts the mystery of the Divine Beloved, or when somone else writes with questions about the Heart Voice.  It seems that I learn in layers, so it takes some time (and experience :-)  ) for it to sink in...but I don't usually mind..fun to watch it unfold.

  I think I am also just realizing what a year it's been...for so many people (maybe everyone?)- It's a feeling lately for me like I am emerging from this heavy fog, and I'm just getting now how strange it's all been.  Anyone else have this feeling?
            Blue skies,  Shara

hello Shara,

:    Just a quick hello to ya Keith and Percyval-Glad you are peeking in here!  It's always fun to hear how others are getting along with FST.

thanks... i am happy to hear from you also...

: I was chugging along quite slowly for awhile, but all the sudden I've picked up some steam.  I've completed the Additional Forms of Grounding Lesson, and I'm learning away!

it is great that this online course format (as opposed to a 3d class) really leaves room for everyone to go at their own pace... i think that like you, most of us tend to go in spurts of activity and then a period of digestion... it seems to work out well this way, because we are not all on the same cycle...

:    I know how DeviRam feels when she confronts the mystery of the Divine Beloved, or when somone else writes with questions about the Heart Voice.  It seems that I learn in layers, so it takes some time (and experience :-)  ) for it to sink in...but I don't usually mind..fun to watch it unfold.

:    I think I am also just realizing what a year it's been...for so many people (maybe everyone?)- It's a feeling lately for me like I am emerging from this heavy fog, and I'm just getting now how strange it's all been.  Anyone else have this feeling?

well, it has been a momentous year for me... resolved some deep-seated stuff from my early childhood that had a major effect on my sexuality and how i relate with others... i still have no idea how things will all shake out, but like you say, it's "fun to watch it unfold."

although, for me it doesn't feel like i'd been in a heavy fog... i really was thoroughly enjoying where i was remaining for many years before this change, and it felt clear at the time... but i am very happy to feel a new lightness... and i'm feeling much more free from feelings of need that were sometimes difficult to fill...

warmly,

percyval

Percyval,

  Good to hear from you and how you have been doing.  It's one of my current challenges to go back to places from long ago and find out where I disconnected from the "source."  Interesting to find that there are lots of little (and perhaps some larger) pieces that have gotten lost along the way.  I would love to hear how it all "shakes out" with you!

  Goddess tends to send me into a mind-numbing fog when I get attached to some idea about myself.  I do so like forming these ideas about who I am...sigh...slowly, it's dawning on me how very much there is to surrender.There's this little bridge where -on the other side I can see that just emptying(surrendering) these ideas and opinions will get me to my destination.  But the razzle-dazzle on this side still has it's attraction. Sheesh.  Strange place to be!

  Thanks for your caring and sensitive posts,
                               Shara