Jeremy Weiland
06-09-2003, 12:23 PM
Asc2k: Guidelines for Participation
Asc2k is a group of individuals who communicate via
email on topics related to the work of David Wilcock.
We are all here because we are interested in his work
and how it relates to other information, personal
experiences, etc. Group dynamics are prone to
extremes, and these guidelines seek to define the
common ground upon which we can have meaningful and
informative discussions about topics concerning
Wilcock's work.
1. Participants are asked to keep their posts on
topic. Possible topics include Mr. Wilcock's written
work, personal experiences and thoughts related to
that work, material upon which Mr. Wilcock has based
his research (Ra / The Law of One, Seth, etc. - see
the list of recommended reading materials in the
"Files" section), and new scientific / empirical data
related to Mr. Wilcock's research. This is not an
exhaustive list of proper topics, but it does give one
a general idea about what is considered "on topic".
Our intention is that members are here to discuss this
material and will have read at least a certain amount
of the ascension2000.com website. Many basic
philosophical questions and concerns can be answered
by reading the Law of One Study Guide posted at
http://ascension2000.com/Ra-studyguide.htm. This study
guide is a distilled document of all major points
raised in the Law of One series, and is highly
recommended as a prerequisite for list participation.
2. Your presence in this group comprises a tacit
acceptance of our core values and beliefs as set forth
in Mr. Wilcock's work and the Law of One series from
L/L Research Company. While skepticism and critical
thinking are always useful in the pursuit of
knowledge, we cannot have meaningful discussions if we
must constantly defend our fundamentals against those
who choose to disagree. If an individual cannot
approach the material with an open mind and respectful
demeanor, they will make others uncomfortable, and in
turn may receive uncomfortable responses. Such
skeptics will be unsubscribed from the group if their
criticism hurts the community spirit of the group.
3. Similarly, the New Age, ET, Metaphysical, and
Alternative Physics communities are diverse, popular,
and numerous. In order to have worthwhile discussion
that is beneficial to those who are interested in the
material, we must restrict our focus to topics that
relate to our core mission. Members who selfishly use
the list's common resources without regard for its
members' shared interests may be unsubscribed. This
includes those who insist on promoting / showcasing
themselves, their own websites, philosophies,
products, services or other unrelated teachings.
4. We feel that the Law of One represents a complete
body of spiritual teaching, which becomes increasingly
useful the more that it is studied and applied. This
group is optimally designed for those who have made a
free-will decision to study the teaching and harmonize
their own attitudes and behaviors with it, instead of
endlessly searching for more "new" teaching to read.
Be aware that Mr. Wilcock and his associates receive
large volumes of email each day, and when a person
"discovers" a new source of channeling they often
email us and ask for our opinion. The recommended
reading list is a direct result of this broad spectrum
of feedback, and the vast majority of "popular"
channeling is not included, and thereby considered
off-topic. Such material is best discussed on other
message boards devoted to the study and integration of
those particular teachings. The question of one's
personal journey in integrating the Law of One
teachings is of extreme interest and importance for
this group, thus leading to practically limitless
areas for personal sharing and participation in a
"safe" atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
5. Spamming is strictly forbidden, and members who
abuse the trust of the list by spamming will be
immediately banned, and their Internet Service
Provider contacted regarding the nature of the abuse.
Using email addresses acquired on the list to spam
members privately is also forbidden. Be aware that any
discussion of a product or service for sale, or of a
website designed to sell products or services, is
forbidden, even if you do not directly profit from
such a discussion. If you feel that a particular
product / service is uniquely related to Mr. Wilcock's
work and worthy of discussion, please email a
moderator privately before making any statements to
the group.
6. Discussions that involve drugs and other
intoxicating substances, pornography, foul language,
racial / sexual / national intolerance, hate speech,
politically subversive acts or planning, will
obviously not be tolerated.
7. "Dead text" wastes bandwidth as well as disk space
and reading time. Also, those who subscribe to the
digest version are adversely affected by excessively
and unnecessarily long posts. When replying to a post,
please remove all the previous text that is not
essential to the reply. This does slightly slow down
the speed with which you may respond to a post, as it
requires you to manually select this older text,
either by dragging the mouse over the text while
holding down the left-click button or by moving the
arrow keys on the keyboard over the text while holding
down the "shift" key, followed by hitting the "Delete"
or "Backspace" key thereafter in either case. Every
time you respond to a post, your dead-text cleanup job
should include all the advertising material at the end
of the post which is automatically added by Yahoo each
time that a post is made. The moderation team may edit
or reject posts that violate this guideline. It only
takes a few extra seconds but it makes a world of
difference in the quality of our presentation.
8. Personal conversations should be conducted
privately. Although the majority of our members are
"lurkers" who do not regularly post, do remember that
your posts are going out to hundreds of people who may
not find private jokes or topics beneficial. Try to
keep posts on topic at all times.
9. When sharing outside material with the list, please
do it in the form of links with summary paragraphs.
Posting long passages (i.e. more than 2 short
paragraphs) of outside text, regardless of relevance,
is prohibited. We do ask that you either summarize the
content of the link in a paragraph of your own words
and / or with a single-paragraph excerpt from the text
itself. "Naked" links, i.e. links without summary
text, should be avoided, as most members do not have
the time to blindly research such links. If you are
posting scientific material that you feel may be
uniquely useful to Mr. Wilcock for his research
efforts, it is all the more important that you make
him aware of what the link contains, or else he will
likely never inspect it.
10. Membership is subject to approval by the
moderation team. Candidate members who wish to
subscribe to the list via a free email service
(Yahoo!, Hotmail, etc.) must submit additional
information to verify their identity; specifically,
their full name, address and telephone number. If the
provided phone number is not in service, the
application will not be processed. This information
will only be used for verification of identity and
will not be released to any other party for any
reason. This way, we prevent the list from being
exploited for commercial or other purposes not related
to our guidelines.
11. Individual posts may be subject to approval by the
moderation team. Posts may be rejected without
explanation.
12. These guidelines are intended to help members
participate on the list with the least possible degree
of difficulties. They do not limit the authority of
the moderator in any way. This list is private and
participation constitutes tacit acceptance of that
authority, including the authority to accept and
reject applicants and their posts. While this may seem
arbitrary, it is necessary to preserve the character
and usefulness of the list so that all may enjoy it.
13. Feel free to contact the moderators with questions
and concerns.
__________________________________
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Asc2k is a group of individuals who communicate via
email on topics related to the work of David Wilcock.
We are all here because we are interested in his work
and how it relates to other information, personal
experiences, etc. Group dynamics are prone to
extremes, and these guidelines seek to define the
common ground upon which we can have meaningful and
informative discussions about topics concerning
Wilcock's work.
1. Participants are asked to keep their posts on
topic. Possible topics include Mr. Wilcock's written
work, personal experiences and thoughts related to
that work, material upon which Mr. Wilcock has based
his research (Ra / The Law of One, Seth, etc. - see
the list of recommended reading materials in the
"Files" section), and new scientific / empirical data
related to Mr. Wilcock's research. This is not an
exhaustive list of proper topics, but it does give one
a general idea about what is considered "on topic".
Our intention is that members are here to discuss this
material and will have read at least a certain amount
of the ascension2000.com website. Many basic
philosophical questions and concerns can be answered
by reading the Law of One Study Guide posted at
http://ascension2000.com/Ra-studyguide.htm. This study
guide is a distilled document of all major points
raised in the Law of One series, and is highly
recommended as a prerequisite for list participation.
2. Your presence in this group comprises a tacit
acceptance of our core values and beliefs as set forth
in Mr. Wilcock's work and the Law of One series from
L/L Research Company. While skepticism and critical
thinking are always useful in the pursuit of
knowledge, we cannot have meaningful discussions if we
must constantly defend our fundamentals against those
who choose to disagree. If an individual cannot
approach the material with an open mind and respectful
demeanor, they will make others uncomfortable, and in
turn may receive uncomfortable responses. Such
skeptics will be unsubscribed from the group if their
criticism hurts the community spirit of the group.
3. Similarly, the New Age, ET, Metaphysical, and
Alternative Physics communities are diverse, popular,
and numerous. In order to have worthwhile discussion
that is beneficial to those who are interested in the
material, we must restrict our focus to topics that
relate to our core mission. Members who selfishly use
the list's common resources without regard for its
members' shared interests may be unsubscribed. This
includes those who insist on promoting / showcasing
themselves, their own websites, philosophies,
products, services or other unrelated teachings.
4. We feel that the Law of One represents a complete
body of spiritual teaching, which becomes increasingly
useful the more that it is studied and applied. This
group is optimally designed for those who have made a
free-will decision to study the teaching and harmonize
their own attitudes and behaviors with it, instead of
endlessly searching for more "new" teaching to read.
Be aware that Mr. Wilcock and his associates receive
large volumes of email each day, and when a person
"discovers" a new source of channeling they often
email us and ask for our opinion. The recommended
reading list is a direct result of this broad spectrum
of feedback, and the vast majority of "popular"
channeling is not included, and thereby considered
off-topic. Such material is best discussed on other
message boards devoted to the study and integration of
those particular teachings. The question of one's
personal journey in integrating the Law of One
teachings is of extreme interest and importance for
this group, thus leading to practically limitless
areas for personal sharing and participation in a
"safe" atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.
5. Spamming is strictly forbidden, and members who
abuse the trust of the list by spamming will be
immediately banned, and their Internet Service
Provider contacted regarding the nature of the abuse.
Using email addresses acquired on the list to spam
members privately is also forbidden. Be aware that any
discussion of a product or service for sale, or of a
website designed to sell products or services, is
forbidden, even if you do not directly profit from
such a discussion. If you feel that a particular
product / service is uniquely related to Mr. Wilcock's
work and worthy of discussion, please email a
moderator privately before making any statements to
the group.
6. Discussions that involve drugs and other
intoxicating substances, pornography, foul language,
racial / sexual / national intolerance, hate speech,
politically subversive acts or planning, will
obviously not be tolerated.
7. "Dead text" wastes bandwidth as well as disk space
and reading time. Also, those who subscribe to the
digest version are adversely affected by excessively
and unnecessarily long posts. When replying to a post,
please remove all the previous text that is not
essential to the reply. This does slightly slow down
the speed with which you may respond to a post, as it
requires you to manually select this older text,
either by dragging the mouse over the text while
holding down the left-click button or by moving the
arrow keys on the keyboard over the text while holding
down the "shift" key, followed by hitting the "Delete"
or "Backspace" key thereafter in either case. Every
time you respond to a post, your dead-text cleanup job
should include all the advertising material at the end
of the post which is automatically added by Yahoo each
time that a post is made. The moderation team may edit
or reject posts that violate this guideline. It only
takes a few extra seconds but it makes a world of
difference in the quality of our presentation.
8. Personal conversations should be conducted
privately. Although the majority of our members are
"lurkers" who do not regularly post, do remember that
your posts are going out to hundreds of people who may
not find private jokes or topics beneficial. Try to
keep posts on topic at all times.
9. When sharing outside material with the list, please
do it in the form of links with summary paragraphs.
Posting long passages (i.e. more than 2 short
paragraphs) of outside text, regardless of relevance,
is prohibited. We do ask that you either summarize the
content of the link in a paragraph of your own words
and / or with a single-paragraph excerpt from the text
itself. "Naked" links, i.e. links without summary
text, should be avoided, as most members do not have
the time to blindly research such links. If you are
posting scientific material that you feel may be
uniquely useful to Mr. Wilcock for his research
efforts, it is all the more important that you make
him aware of what the link contains, or else he will
likely never inspect it.
10. Membership is subject to approval by the
moderation team. Candidate members who wish to
subscribe to the list via a free email service
(Yahoo!, Hotmail, etc.) must submit additional
information to verify their identity; specifically,
their full name, address and telephone number. If the
provided phone number is not in service, the
application will not be processed. This information
will only be used for verification of identity and
will not be released to any other party for any
reason. This way, we prevent the list from being
exploited for commercial or other purposes not related
to our guidelines.
11. Individual posts may be subject to approval by the
moderation team. Posts may be rejected without
explanation.
12. These guidelines are intended to help members
participate on the list with the least possible degree
of difficulties. They do not limit the authority of
the moderator in any way. This list is private and
participation constitutes tacit acceptance of that
authority, including the authority to accept and
reject applicants and their posts. While this may seem
arbitrary, it is necessary to preserve the character
and usefulness of the list so that all may enjoy it.
13. Feel free to contact the moderators with questions
and concerns.
__________________________________
Do you Yahoo!?
Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).
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