Musings On A Thursday Afternoon

[Toriach]

Hello is alright.

Here's the thing. In many ways I am new to the world of Integrality. But I'm not. Because I invented it. Yep. Really. Well okay not exactly. But all on my own I came to a realization one fine day that surely no one practice, discipline, book, teacher etc could have the whole entirety of truth all to themselves. Surely the 'Verse must be much much grander than that. Then one day I found A Brief History Of Everything by Ken Wilber (and boy aren't you all going to hate it when I write up my article on how Ken Wilber is the best spokesbeing Integral has right now full of flaws and failings though he may be.) and I was excited by the idea that other people had the same notion. However I have a problem. Well honestly I think it's a strength but I was trying to be, well not humble. Because I'm not. But I do try to be honest about my good and bad points. Any way. Whenever I get into something that seems to have someone that the something revolves around, I start to look for flaws. I start to look for the man behind the curtain. To know the fullness of the center. Good, bad, ugly, beautiful. And in searching I found this. Which frankly is more to my liking. I'm not much of a joiner, but I'm really not into joining things to be told how. To come together and share? Great. To sit and be told how to? Not so much. But here is kind of dead. Or asleep. And most of this nextwave stuff is a bit horribly off putting to many. And it's off putting to some because they aren't ready for it yet. Which is good. I mean people who aren't ready to be here, shouldn't be. It's frustrating to them and to us. But what about people who are ready? But maybe they are unsure. So how to be more active, and inviting. It's not easy. And I know that some people here will have made the classic mistake. They'll think, "But it's quiet here. Not a bunch of flame wars and hating. So what's so off putting?" But here's the thing. Whatever is not inviting is disinviting. Now I know it's silly. But it's true. If people don't feel actively welcomed and welcome they will begin to feel unwelcome.

So how to make people feel welcome? Well of course first of all there is the usual way. The old fashioned welcome wagon and such. Frankly I feel it's a little off putting that this fine place doesn't seem to have any kind of a getting to know you, intro thread (which I intend to correct by starting one). But also I think that there is an assumption that anyone who comes here, comes already knowing what Integral is all about. And I'm willing to bet that some people, maybe not many but some are going to stumble here from other paths. So maybe a little more info, or at least a wikipedia link wouldn't hurt. But also I think a good strategy would be to get people excited about the idea that Integral encompasses EVERYTHING. There is no idea, discipline, belief, theory etc. that does not feed the Integral machine. So how to get people in here? How to get them to stay? Well I've offered a few off the cuff thoughts. And that's all they are. And that's just as relates to this one place, this one expression of Integral. I'll have more thoughts later. Threat or promise? You decide. ;-)

Peace
And
Long
Life

Toriach