Most forums have the problem of people who just come to the forum to read. The problem with this is if everyone did this there would be nothing left to read. What keeps a forum alive is fresh daily posts. So, one benefit of posting is you keep the forum active.

Another benefit I have experienced is learning what I am really thinking. Until I started putting my thoughts down in black and white on the forum I wasn't clear about where I was on my journey. I also noticed that the more I posted the more I grew spiritually. It's another way of letting go.

Another benefit is you get over any reluctance to share, especially on a friendly forum like this. Why should your beliefs be a secret? Why be concerned what anyone else thinks about your beliefs? Why hang on to your beliefs for dear life?

It's a matter of keeping life circulating.

What are your thoughts on the benefits of posting?

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What... you mean .. like .. the words would all be read off the pages???




sorry

sorry


sorrysorrysorrysorrysorry


I promise to try very hard to not do it again.


Peace, Love, & Light

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Patanjali - Sutra 4:17

Posting on the forum has a major benefit to the one posting. Perhaps the poster benefits more than those who read his/her posts.

To post a rational and well worded discussion of points you are trying to make or ideas you are defending, you must organise your thoughts.

Posting forces us to think and rethink what we believe. It makes us double check the logic of what we are writing. Seeing our own ideas in writing may even make us understand a point or even see an error in our own logic. Then we have to organise the information in an orderly manner. In doing this we train our own brains to think more orderly and rationally.

This not only can make a better post, but it is an EXERCISE. Yes, like using muscles and joints improves strength and body mobility, it is exercise. This type of rhetorical exercise has been shown in many studies to improve cognitive efficiency, knowledge, and ability to critically analyse ideas. More important is that this form of exercise may delay or prevent the onset of senile dementias such as Alzheimer's Disease.

Your brain cells are like your muscles. Use them or lose them. This forum is the gymnasium of the brain. Coach Lightkeeper is the bloke with the whistle hanging by a string from his neck. Congratulations LK.

Amergin

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I think its very important to share your thoughts

I nearly posted speak your mind but that can be opinionated in a harsh way

Sharing thoughts is less aggressive and is more of a "have you thought about something this way" type offering


Well sometimes ................... hehe


Whats nice here is while we all may not agree with each other there is an air of non judgement - One day the world will see the sense in this

Thank you, pinski and vice versa.

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I do agree that posting is important but there are tons of people here who are better educated than I, and there are lots of times that I need to read something, walk away and think about it. Then by the time I get my head wrapped around a concept, and have formed an opinion about it, well...what I was thinking has been said, so I say nothing, to keep from being repetative.

But, when I find something interesting, or my brain does some weird connection, I post it and see what you all are thinking about something. It is how we all learn.

I may not post much, but when I have something to say, you all know about it.

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Religion is a smile on a dog."

I think the point that is evolving here is that what matters most is writing out you own thoughts on things. It doesn't matter if someone else has said it or said it in a different way. We can get more clarity and growth by writing it down and taking a look at it. If someone else gets something from it then that's an added benefit.

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I guess I agree with Kelly. I feel so repetitive some times..and then there are times I feel I say something I'm proud of (ego steps in) and then no one responds...very disheartening...especially when I can click to another page and read something it would take me three days to comprehend and it gets all kinds of responses. A matter of letting go, I know, but it doesn't do much for wanting to post...but i do know it is important for the growth and continuity of the forum so that is why I keep trying..because when it boils down to it, I love this forum... ..and I agree that expressing your thoughts on here can be a growing experience...

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I fall into the "read more than I post" category. Most of the time I refrain from joining in a thread either because it doesn't resonate with me, or because my answer would amount to "Yeah, me too" without any added value.

But I come by to take a look almost every day, and if something (such as this thread!) calls out for a response, I'll pony up my two cents' worth.

There have been many times whereas I read someone's post and disagreed with them only to realize later that they were right all along. I think the minute we feel that we have "the answers", we no longer are being challenged to dig deeper and look for alternatives, and then we stagnate.

Also, the advantage of posting on sites like these is that we can sometimes air ideas that we may not be as willing to talk about with someone face-to-face. And sometimes people that we may be in daily contact with may not want to discuss things like religion, but here we can.

And I've mentioned it before and I'll mention it again, namely that this site is like a breath of fresh air because people here are largely friendly and tolerant, which is not as true with some of the other sites I've been involved with over the years.

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