Originally Posted by deb003
I will explain why I might not be showing up too much on Avalon.
Well, before that, just to add, if there were no subscriptions anymore, you will get Avalon as busy as any forum can be. Do I want that. Yes & No?
I wish there was no subscription as it would allow people with allot to offer to this forum the opportunity to pass by and share their stories and their truths.
On the other hand, it would also welcome allot of dysfunction and abuse, but then again, it might be more balanced..The Mods will definitely start to work OT over & over again if it would go back to a free based forum.
Okay, aside from my wishfull thinking...
To me, when i look at Avalon, or read it, the feelings I get is one of calmness, peace, a calm vibration. To some, this vibration might seem "boring" because they are used to the quick addictive jolt of an energetic hit that Shocking news or doom or dramatic discussions offer.
You can see these types of discussions on others forums as well as just about any other news site you go to. MSM or alternative. Even the blogs out there give a very shocking factor to the reader, to catch his or her attention.
I think the swine flu news that has been happening has taken allot of readers up that ladder of an energetic information hit. Everywhere you go, there has been hit after hit or swine flu, etc.
Maybe people don't see as much "excitement" on Avalon as they see at other places, but again, this might be because the calming, peacefull vibration that Avalon offers is just not so sensational to attract the masses.
For me, I have been addicted to News, to DOOM & GLOOM news, to dramatic world happenings, to mysterious news and research and I have found that I can become an information junkie at any point of the day.
When I come to Avalon, this just doesn't happen. I don't get an addictive hit from information. Like I said, I just feel peace.
Could it be that people are confusing this peaceful Avalon for "boring" Avalon and it's just not as exciting anymore..... as it was at the beginning when there were more people and more information???
I know for myself, I have to watch it, and I am guilty myself of sometimes opening up this forum and simply hitting the logout button very quickly due to the lack of high quick jolt of a news or info "hit".
This is something I am working on through meditation. The desire for fulfillment through information and interaction. To me, you can get addicted to this just like being addicted to anything else.
I don't know if anyone will actually read what I'm writing here, me going in different directions, but I do think that the lack of interaction here might be due to the fact that all is well and this forum is not about sensationalism nor pessimism.
I don't know. I love it here and I always will and if it disappears, I will feel sad, but I'm sure I will get over it and move on.
Love to all.
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