Heart to Heart

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life." The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"



Hello everyone. Today is finally the day I feel I'm done here. (Perhaps now this system will finally allow me to change my username? Will try again today). Anyway, this is probably my last word as zorba, and all I'd like to say today is, we are humans, my friends. Knights and Ladies. Even Kings and Queens. Some of us may even have a heart of a hero, or a saint, or a relentless will of iron that never quits or compromises. Yet, humans we still are, likely to err, or at least misunderstand each other, especially in this space where we rely on only few poor words to communicate what our words, tone of voice, facial expressions and body language, all together may still fail to communicate. As for me personally, by now I'm used to being misunderstood. Not to imply that I don't make mistakes; I do. However, it's not about me today; it's about you and about this place.

In short, humans we are; many mistakes we may have made before but today we can't afford to make again if we are to sail with this baby forum in peace. We can't nurse a grudge against anyone, for example, whether from the past or the present. We can't be wronged and hold it in silence for any considerations. We can't be mistreated and not ask right away for clarification. We can't play politics, or have secret agendas, or team up with anyone against anyone else. We can't help but wipe the slate clean, every single morning, and set the record straight.

So, and I'm talking only as a member here, let this be our policy right from the beginning. If any of you guys have a word to say, against anyone whosoever, please be clear, direct and honest. Please come out and speak up. If you think it's improper to say your word here, do it in private. If it's still improper to say it even in private, then forget it. Dismiss it immediately from your mind. "Banish" the very thought/demon altogether even from your unconscious, because otherwise, no matter how smart you think you are, it'll manifest sooner or later in your and our reality.




What are we here for guys? What are we "selling" here really? What's our "product" on this forum? First and foremost, we produce an "experience." People come here or go to any other website to "experience" something. So our first product is this experience, and we're both the producers and consumers of it. Why, then, accept a poor experience? Why even a "good" one? Why not a premium, excellent, even the best experience ever, of the highest quality humanly possible? Can we be "professional humans" who do know how to create this experience? Yes you're goddamn right we can. I know most of you very well and I believe, firmly, that yes we can. So yes, we're going to "rediscover the lost art of conversation," we're going to create a unique and exceptional experience here, and we're going to enjoy our time on this cafe as never before on the web.

The second product/service we provide here, still as premium and exceptional, is all those high-quality posts, articles and materials, most of which we keep "locked" for this reason. They are our "reference" here, for us and for all those like us seeking the truth everywhere. And we just started; this "reference" or "archive" will hopefully cover all related topics and present together in one place the best answers we could ever reach in our journey.

The third product/service we can find here, I believe, is the help that any of our members or even guests may ask for. All answers, revisions, critiques, advices and suggestions that we all here provide belong to this category—and all are still up to standard, needless to say. If you want to be wealthy, just for example, and are willing to be, truly willing to be, we promise you that you'll do it here. We may even someday, depending on our members, create another, private club for those true masters who could fully control their mind and thus manifest drastic, even extraordinary changes in their reality. The "Power" you have within, we do believe, is in one word so tremendous you can't even understand it—literally. But if you are desperate or tired or fed up, or just unclear what you really want, you probably won't even join us in the first place.


Obviously, this is what we all naturally and effortlessly do and "produce" on a daily basis. We can even discover or create and add more products/services here to this short list, all still without any sense of obligation, duty, responsibility, or extra labor. The point is, "Where there is no vision, the people perish," said the Holy Book. So let this be our vision. We're enjoying our time and still doing a great job as well, creating value in our life and even leaving behind a rich legacy for all those coming after us—a legacy that will also bless our souls and shine in our life wherever we go. So let this be our vision and let it be quite clear for all of us, hopefully we'll really have no time then, or tolerance, for past grudges, present grievances, or future maneuvers.

A new journey. A new life. A new dream. Thanks to all of you and have a great day.

who will Zorba be after the change?

Lotus, hence the avatar, as I said before to Rodan. I'm not supposed to reveal my new identity by the way, or why the change in the first place? However, I just found that people almost instantly recognize me anyway.

The funny thing is, the system here refuses the change. I just tried again, and succeeded, but then I couldn't login either as Zorba or as Lotus. The system considers it "suspicious activity" from my side, deals with it as a matter of "security," gives me security codes to type and then finally still directs me to the highest level of administration, on the Server, to solve it manually. Holy crap I have no time for this. lol

awwww does it think you're being naughty Zorbs! tut tut

aye!

i like you as Zorba anyways

cryptic keywords: the Sincerest Form of Flattery

This post has a serious function: to redirect readers to the original post in this thread, where the legendary Zorba talks about the forum's goals. I found it enlightening reading... so I hope he doesn't mind me bumping the thread.

Zorba wrote:

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?" "Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life." The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"

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Monologue upon reading this thread:

*giggle*

Like a true fangirl, I'm slowly reading through Zorba's old threads (old Zorba's threads? )...

I'm not supposed to reveal my new identity by the way, or why the change in the first place? However, I just found that people almost instantly recognize me anyway.  

It would be difficult to cloak so much wisdom. (also, no one else possesses your signature style...   ...or formatting...   )




The image of a naughty Zorba  - aye, it cracked me up as much as the little girl. Speaking of which...I'm currently laughing like a schoolgirl. Madeline!



Of course, with the wedding dress - white is the colour associated with purity/chastity...   though we still must beg the question why the groom isn't in all white, always...    ....or...    *delicate cough* ...yes...no...no.

*clears throat*

And now I think I've met my posting limit for the day.