David

Advanced Tip How to add quote blocks from posts that are on a different page. This is a continuation of the post directly above, so make sure you understand how that works, first.

blah blah blah [work in progress… this may take me some time to write].

Quick summary: Click the post #ID number and create a new tab for it; Highlight the desired…[Read more]

I now use this topic area for temporarily editing posts until they’re acceptable to be published. In fact THIS post that you’re reading is a work in progress.

The following tip will be too much trouble for some… maybe I’m the only poster here who needs to use it consistently… like practically every time I write any post! Here’s my new…[Read more]

To wit:

The potentially confusing thing about Groups

TLDR: The first thing to notice when you click a link that takes you to a group page is: Are you now on the group’s Home page, or the group’s Forum page? Home is for updates, Forum is for posts in topics.

I’ll illustrate each page.

1) The Group’s Home page only shows updates, which you can add to. …[Read more]

edited in one more paragraph to the tip. whoops! 🙂

The “time out” seems to start the countdown from when you login rather than from when you last posted something. It does not seem to matter if you are actively posting each day, once a week or even if you are active at the time the countdown ends.

The countdown should be resetting itself each time activity is detected – i.e. after a post is…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
I think you raise a good point: this “Great Spirit” is amoral…

And as such, is unworthy of much respect or regard.

it would seem to imply you are saying that there is “agency” involved in the process. There is not.

I’m not meaning to imply that at all…but I think you know that. I’m standing by my word…perhaps I’ll just avoid bringing it up around a group of atheists next time unless I’m ready to defend. 😆😎

“Nothing exists except atoms and empty space…[Read more]

@JodyLee Our vibrating mass of molecules that we call our bodies, our subconscious and conscious minds, the variety of frequencies we experience….that’s spiritual, the essence of living to me. On a small scale.

The first part – Our vibrating mass of molecules that we call our bodies….that’s spiritual…

If you were to say that when you came to u…[Read more]

Simon Paynton wrote:
I’ve learned (thanks to @JodyLee‘s discussion) that what spirituality means to people is very personal; or rather, the way it is expressed is very personal.  This reflects the fact that everyone lives their lives in their own way.

I agree, and endeavor to keep learning the depth of this very uniquely-human evol…[Read more]