Hiya:

  There are some things I have been wondering about, I need some feedback and I'd appreciate it if you all would take a moment to answer my queries. Respond here or email me, as you prefer.

First, I'm wondering what lesson everyone is at.. I'd like to get a feel for where each of you are at, in the course.

I'm also thinking of putting up a chatroom.. and I'm wondering if that would be a popular idea? Perhaps having a weekly chat meeting for everyone? I have put up chatrooms in other places and found they did not get much use..

Occasionally I make small updates to the course, and I have been thinking of how to get that news out to you all. Should I have an "updates" page, or would you prefer me to send out email announcements of changes?

 I'm glad you are all here with me, and always glad to hear feedback about how the course could be even better!

   Blessings..

: Greetings Mystress (have a good Thanksgiveing I know you may not celebrate at the same time)

I am on Opposite Gender People. There are some major changes to be made, and I am happy to say it is happening.....I go back and re-read, ponder and try to drill the things that are important for me into my mind so that I can remember to give them a try when I need them. When I remember and use them they work. When I become ungrounded with situations at home I do the "witness state" then ground and things are so much less troubleing...thank you.

The chat room sounds wonderful, if we could get a time that is good for all? I haven't enjoyed the fun chat rooms, you know the ones i mean...? But I would love to be on yours.

Mystress what ever would be best for you is great for me. Oh by the way, the family is doing good. Three of our boys are ADD, the three oldest but they are learning to deal with it as they get older. I too am ADD.

Since I made the beautiful bubble (pink) around our home the boys,  Jeff and I are not so excitable? There is a peace......I gave it to Goddess and she is helping us. Its square, I have seen it many  times at first so wonderful....thank you.

I hope this helps,  love Glenda p.s.I am looking for a job.  
:  Hiya:

:    There are some things I have been wondering about, I need some feedback and I'd appreciate it if you all would take a moment to answer my queries. Respond here or email me, as you prefer.

:  First, I'm wondering what lesson everyone is at.. I'd like to get a feel for where each of you are at, in the course.

: I'm also thinking of putting up a chatroom.. and I'm wondering if that would be a popular idea? Perhaps having a weekly chat meeting for everyone? I have put up chatrooms in other places and found they did not get much use..

: Occasionally I make small updates to the course, and I have been thinking of how to get that news out to you all. Should I have an "updates" page, or would you prefer me to send out email announcements of changes?

:   I'm glad you are all here with me, and always glad to hear feedback about how the course could be even better!

:     Blessings..

:  

:  First, I'm wondering what lesson everyone is at.. I'd like to get a feel for where each of you are at, in the course.

I'm on the Holy Trinity lesson. I've been moving at a snail's pace, and as I indicated in my "surrender" post, inertia has been a big problem for me. One thing that helped me was surrendering my "inertia" and going to the planetarium, which was enormously uplifting. I wasn't doing the tasks I was beating myself up for not doing, but at least I was out of the apartment and actively doing something that energized my spirit. It seems that I can get over the inertia if I just surrender it and let Goddess direct me to go someplace I might not have taken the time for or thought of. (Wish she wanted me to go to Tahiti.)

Then I went out of town. Part of my problem is that I let myself get out of balance, when my routine gets disrupted, then it takes a while to get back in gear. At these moments I experience depression and inertia. Anyway, I'm just creeping back to the course.

Another problem I have, is when I let something slip, I always think I have to start over at the beginning. This time I've decided to just keep going from the point at which I got bogged down. And when I finish the course I can start all over again if I want. But I'll never get thru if I don't keep going. I had to surrender that "begin again" compulsion too.

: I'm also thinking of putting up a chatroom.. and I'm wondering if that would be a popular idea? Perhaps having a weekly chat meeting for everyone? I have put up chatrooms in other places and found they did not get much use..

Chatroom formats are interesting to me, in that one must express one's thoughts quickly and succinctly. As you can see, I'm kind of a wordy person, but I do type very fast. It would be interesting to try one. We'll never know if it wd be a good idea or not unless we see how this particular group energizes a chatroom. I work Tu., Wed, Thurs nights till midnight on the East Coast. It wd be great if we cd time it where all cd participate.

: Occasionally I make small updates to the course, and I have been thinking of how to get that news out to you all. Should I have an "updates" page, or would you prefer me to send out email announcements of changes?

Personally, I wd prefer an "updates" page, with the name of the lesson followed by the text of the update and/or the new link(s)(hyperlinked from the "update" page as well as the page with the update).

This would make it simple to follow yr updates, and to keep track of the updates I haven't seen. I get so many emails that sometimes email annoucements never get followed, if I don't have time to follow it the moment I read it. If I get a different email each time you update, I'll probably lose track of what's going on. If it's all on one page, and the new updates get added to the page while the old ones stay for a month or so, that would be great. I could update my knowledge from the update page.

But that's just the way I do things. Others might find emails more convenient.

:   I'm glad you are all here with me, and always glad to hear feedback about how the course could be even better!

Thank you Mystress. I'm glad to be here too.

One thing that wd be nice for me is if there were a Table of Contents page, and I could go there and click on the lesson I'm currently on. I usually have to start at the first lesson and click thru to the lesson where I want to be. If you don't want to reveal the names of the lessons before people reach there, maybe the TOC cd be by lesson number. OR, maybe I should just keep better track of the html page name so I can type it in.

I really like the course. The information is very interesting, and yr approach, insights and ways of conceptualizing are very interesting to me. There are several "old" concepts I've been unable to give credence to for a while, but yr reconceptualizations have made them more approachable for me. Thank you for being you.

Barg

Hi Mystress,
I am on Earth and Sky energy.  Everything has
been so dark lately.  Not that I am not familiar
with the darkness, but the quality is different.
More total, not so much like a vacuum, spacious
and empty. Way more visions and lucid dreams than usual.   The course is bringing up a lot of unconscious issues. No wonder I have a lot of resistance to it.

A chat room would be great, tho I keep unusual
hours, and I would prefer an " updates page" that
I can refer to.
Hello to everyone.
Love,
Coriel

: : Greetings Mystress (have a good Thanksgiveing I know you may not celebrate at the same time)

  Canadian Thanksgiving was last month.. but Gratitude brings daily blessings..

: I am on Opposite Gender People. There are some major changes to be made, and I am happy to say it is happening.....I go back and re-read, ponder and try to drill the things that are important for me into my mind so that I can remember to give them a try when I need them. When I remember and use them they work. >>>>

They do. Thankyou for the validation.

:When I become ungrounded with situations at home I do the "witness state" then ground and things are so much less troubleing...thank you.>>>>

  That is wonderful, Glenda, that is exactly how it is supposed to work. The more you use the tools the easier it is to remember to use them, and the smoother life gets.

It is like learning to walk.. you may fall down a hundred times but the outcome is never in doubt. It is witin us to learn it, just as you learned to walk and speak.

: The chat room sounds wonderful, if we could get a time that is good for all? I haven't enjoyed the fun chat rooms, you know the ones i mean...? But I would love to be on yours.

 Well, that is the trouble.. this mystery school is truly international.

: Mystress what ever would be best for you is great for me. Oh by the way, the family is doing good. Three of our boys are ADD, the three oldest but they are learning to deal with it as they get older. I too am ADD.>>>

 So am I.. a daydreamer.. but there are gifts in it. That creative visualization ability makes me a healer and a Witch. The power of imagination.

There are some links on ADD on the links page of www.domin8rex.com that I think you might find useful. ADD is a gift, once you stop negatively judging yourself because your brain doesn't work like other folks. It is vast creativity and passion.

 For me it is a kind of navigation system.. following my bliss. If something is not important to me, then I'm not likely to have attention for it. I'll get distracted towards a higher priority. If something is important, Goddess provides a hyperfocus attention span that is beyond the abilities of "normal" folks.

: Since I made the beautiful bubble (pink) around our home the boys,  Jeff and I are not so excitable? There is a peace......I gave it to Goddess and she is helping us. Its square, I have seen it many  times at first so wonderful....thank you.

Beautiful.
 Thankyou for responding. Blessings!

: Hi Mystress,
: I am on Earth and Sky energy.  Everything has
: been so dark lately.  Not that I am not familiar
: with the darkness, but the quality is different.
: More total, not so much like a vacuum, spacious
: and empty. Way more visions and lucid dreams than usual.   The course is bringing up a lot of unconscious issues. No wonder I have a lot of resistance to it.>>>>>>

 I'm very interested in this.. you and Carla both mention that you are finding yourselves having to deal with resistance to the course itself, as well as the normal ego resistance to K. itself.. or is one being projected onto the other?
Can you tell me more about this?

: A chat room would be great, tho I keep unusual
: hours, and I would prefer an " updates page" that I can refer to.
 For the time being I have created an egroups list for members only, to send out updates and provide a temprary chatroom. An updates page is upcoming.

: Hello to everyone.
: Love,
: Coriel
  Love to you, Coriel!

| First, I'm wondering what lesson everyone is at.. I'd like to get a feel for where each of you are at, in the course.

The thirty year old man who really is a thirteen year old boy is reading lesson three... on the sacredness of sexuality!

After reading my comments about "surrender", you'll understand why I suggested that, for contrast with the other documents, you add the link to the article: "Instruction and Advice for the Young Bride" (http://www.photo.net/zoo/dating). Somehow that article reminded me many feelings I've had about sexuality. That's where I am coming from... and not going back to.

How come that I am only at lesson 3?

First of all, I have been reading a lot, a lot, a lot for so many years, especially about spirituality, but like the other Zen guy said: "reading about spirituality is like scratching an itchy foot with your boots on." The idea is that actually putting into practice what one is reading will get one much further than reading ever more on the same topic.

So, when you mentioned that the first 20 lessons are mainly background information, that was a big put-off for me. Outside of this course, I am still reading a lot, but here, I wanted to make sure that I started with some practices. I am now at the thirty almost third day of doing the grounding visualization. I expect that I have already read more than once most of the information presented within those 20 lessons. So instead of rushing through them hoping to find beyond the 20th lesson something new that would satisfy my intellectual ego, I paced myself by taking the time to investigate all the links provided in lesson one and two, giving me more time to practice grounding so that I am ready for other practices later on.

As far as the grounding meditation is concerned, I can say that I have made 8 attempts every day. I am not saying that each time I actually succeeded in actually getting grounded. Sometimes, tired, I try to rush it. Other times, because I couldn't get my Monkey Mind to shut up, sitting 20 minutes was no help and, tired of having been caught for the last 20 minutes within my mind's chatter, I had to speed the process and do the whole meditation within one minute, lest my mind distracts me again.

So the quantity is there, but I wouldn't guaranty the quality. Actually, I mention that only for information as I am not worried. When the 45th day come, I know I'll get what I deserve and  need to have. If necessary, I'll try to go deeper within the practice by continuing to do it 8 times a day. For now, full of faith, I am doing my best.

In any case, I have already gained a certain sense of self discipline.

|I'm also thinking of putting up a chatroom.. and I'm wondering if that would be a popular idea?

I certainly wouldn't mind another chat with you, like the one last spring :-D!

|Perhaps having a weekly chat meeting for everyone?

I'd be happy to join you all, if I can. Midday here, is midnight in New-York! So, I'll have to see at what time, local time, it is.  

|I have put up chatrooms in other places and found they did not get much use..

I sometimes popped in your homestead chat room, but there was never any one. Maybe by making appointment on the k-list, people would book the time to go there.

| Occasionally I make small updates to the course, and I have been thinking of how to get that news out to you all. Should I have an "updates" page, or would you prefer me to send out email announcements of changes?

Either way is fine with me.

| I'm glad you are all here with me, and always glad to hear feedback about how the course could be even better!

My feedback so far: we are the ones to be glad to be here with you. :-)

Thank you for all your blessings.

Augustin.

 
: One thing that wd be nice for me is if there were a Table of Contents page, and I could go there and click on the lesson I'm currently on.

  There is a list of the lessons on the preview page of the preview, but it is not linked.

I do not provide a TOC because it would make it too easy for members to skip ahead. In the course intro, I suggest that you make a "FST" folder in your web browser's bookmarks or favorites folder and add each lesson as you take it. So, you will have your own table of contents in your browser.

: I really like the course. The information is very interesting, and yr approach, insights and ways of conceptualizing are very interesting to me. There are several "old" concepts I've been unable to give credence to for a while, but yr reconceptualizations have made them more approachable for me. Thank you for being you.

: Barg

  I'm glad you are finding value in my approach. It is true, much of what I teach is old ideas in new packaging. That seems to be my talent. Putting the ancient wisdom that is in my bones, into pop-culture language that the average westerner can follow easily.

 Not to be cynical, but the TV generations think differently than the ones who came before.

My Mother used to sigh and wonder that I was so different from her. I finally found a metaphor to explain to her the width of the generation gap.

I had her imagine herself in elementary school.. one room schoolhouse on the Prairie, get there on horseback, wood stove keeping it warm. Then I told her to imagine being kept home from school one day, to watch men landing on the moon, on TV.

She got it. I was different because I had grown up in a very different world from the one she had known as a child.

The ancient wisdom remains the same, the Universe does not change. The eyes we see it thru tho, are shaped by very different cultural metaphors.

  Thankyou for your feedback. Blessings!

: After reading my comments about "surrender", you'll understand why I suggested that, for contrast with the other documents, you add the link to the article: "Instruction and Advice for the Young Bride" (http://www.photo.net/zoo/dating). Somehow that article reminded me many feelings I've had about sexuality. That's where I am coming from... and not going back to.

It's an interesting little piece of propaganda..

: So, when you mentioned that the first 20 lessons are mainly background information, that was a big put-off for me.

Background is one way of putting it. Another would be "foundation". Do it at the pace you feel, but you may be discovering that section holds more gifts for you than you expect.

: So the quantity is there, but I wouldn't guaranty the quality. Actually, I mention that only for information as I am not worried.
: In any case, I have already gained a certain sense of self discipline.>>>

  Good. That is perfect. Do the best you can, and don't worry if you fall down sometimes. It's all part of the process. Keeping the agreement with yourself to do it, creates dividends. Whether you take a minute or 10 minutes is not important. What is important is that you get in the habit of living your life from a grounded state.

: I'd be happy to join you all, if I can. Midday here, is midnight in New-York! So, I'll have to see at what time, local time, it is.  

Yes, scheduling may be a problem, but I would like to try to find a time when as many of us can get together as possible.

What time is good for you?

: My feedback so far: we are the ones to be glad to be here with you. :-)

: Thank you for all your blessings.

: Augustin.

  Yer a charmer, Augustin.. I'm glad you joined!

:    There is a list of the lessons on the preview page of the preview, but it is not linked.

:  I do not provide a TOC because it would make it too easy for members to skip ahead. In the course intro, I suggest that you make a "FST" folder in your web browser's bookmarks or favorites folder and add each lesson as you take it. So, you will have your own table of contents in your browser.

Now how can someone with my inertia manage to do that on AOL??? (I can never remember what symbols stand for grins, frowns, etc., so I don't use them, but of course there'd be a grin after that question.)

Actually, in a week or so, I'll have a DSL line, then I'm going to ditch AOL.

Barg

: : I'd be happy to join you all, if I can. Midday here, is midnight in New-York! So, I'll have to see at what time, local time, it is.  

: Yes, scheduling may be a problem, but I would like to try to find a time when as many of us can get together as possible.

: What time is good for you?

Most of the time, I'm free in the morning (GMT+8) so that would be the afternoon or the evening of the previous day for people in the Americas.

Should a chat be scheduled, I'd appreciate if the time is given in GMT or UT (Universal Time). I don't understand the accronymes for all the time zones in the USA.

:    Yer a charmer, Augustin..

:-D
That's what my mother use to tell me!

Love,

Augustin.