Forum Developments

Honing more of this forum's intent:

The rules are out! Chanting does not have the best of appeal as it is with regard to those that love to argue and debate. So I figured why even bother listing negative points but rather just focus on what helps. Hence I let go of all that effort I put into the rules and simply replaced with About Us.

I can't emphasize enough just how slow this forum development is going to be.  I myself live live with a number of mental instabilities. My insights are somewhat limited and for all the intent to help others; I have to apply a lot of effort in my daily activities to get from one day to the next. Adding to that I am often found to be changing my mind from one moment to moment.  

Thankfully I am still here and this forum continues to take shape; ever so slowly.  Meditation has helped me immensely to sticking with things that matter and letting go of addictive behaviors.  I feel confident now that I have found an appropriate name for this forum.  The focus being on mental illness.  I have been an active member of a number of mental health forums for well over 10 years and during that time I have been deeply and personally applying many self help methods and philosophies. Meditation and Nonsecular Spirituality has been a large part of that.  How much of the latter will be involved in the development of this forum is something I wish to include; but mindfully so.

I intent to avoid the highly marketed and clinical mindfulness route that's commercially tainted in a way that sees people prescribed a quick fix and ultimately leading the majority to coming back.  Remaining 100% commercial free and open sourced with discouragements to personal gains that focus on self will go a long way to avoiding just that.  
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So there we have quickly reviewed a little more of this forums intent. I think today I will keep taking my time and reflect more on this post and see if there's more to be said re the About Us.  


How I intend this forum to work?

I have a few thoughts on this ... I will flesh this out a little later and post in this here update section.  On that note, this updates section will be used extensively in a journal like manner for me to flesh out forum development.  I think I may even use the journal section and become the first active member in doing so.  

On that note, I do not carry an admin hat and have removed all forms of the atypical forum reward system (stars and likes) as the intention is that each and every member is on the same playing field. I beleive those forum features are best left to social media. Yet more revealed to this forums intention.

Other notes include ... the reintroduction of the Chat Box below which can be found in this forums footer.  That topic in itself will make for another thread.  

This concludes today's update.

Until next post ... take care, be well and grow. 

Hi D, very glad you made it and even happier that you find the readability of this forum to your liking.  It's entirely up to you but I took the liberty of making up some forum avatars that you can choose between.  I know you like frogs so found one that I know you liked and made an avatar with that.  

You can choose a forum avatar by clicking on > profile > edit profile >use a forum avatar pick one:

...........atm you can choose from one of the four I have uploaded into the forum:

Your new avatar Looks really nice Dahila.