Here's a new idea for the Orlando Metaphysics Meetup Group: Let's see what happens if we just have standing, weekly meetings. There's no reason why I should need to be there every week. This simplifies things greatly.

There are more than 365 members! So just imagine what great diversity has shown up to our meetings already. Bring your unique gift to the group and share it. Give people a chance to get to know you a bit. There have been some lasting friendships that have come out of this group already. People meeting people of like mind. That's what it's all about. That, and this journey that is called "schoolhouse Earth."

I asked Fred to share this last meeting and it was, in my opinion, excellent. Great info, and Fred has been around the brahmavidya path (from India) for more than 30 years. So it was cool to hear him share... Others as well. There's always something cool that comes from these meetings. Always stuff to get you thinking... always stuff to EXPAND your awareness and spark your imagination... Washte. Lakota for 'it is good.'

So here's the deal. We're all adults, and so you guys will have to take some level of responsibility to...

> Either vote on topics for the day - anyone can suggest topics to be voted on... OR you agree that your just going to have an open discussion on whatever.

> You guys must make sure to pass around the donation bowl for the Center. They have numerous mortgages as they provide shelter for homeless people. What greater work can there be! So I love supporting this place by having the group there. But it only works if we all take the responsibility to make sure the donation bowl gets passed around. We're each there for two or three hours. A single yoga class costs at least $8 for one hour. So please be conscious of our responsibility to be good stewards of the homeless through our giving to Trish and her wonderful Center.

> That brings up the next point. I usually like the group to go wherever it seems to be going on a given day unless we had a specific topic planned and that's why people are there. But my point is actually to say that we're in Trish's place, and it should go without saying that if she feels the need to step in and ask someone to take a breath, or anything else - she's the boss. We're in her place and it is a gift.

> It seems to me that if people RSVP their intent to go, then anyone else considering going can see if there are going to definitely be people there or not. If no one is RSVP'd then that might change someone's decision to come. Now it should be obvious that the earlier in the week people RSVP, the more other people will sign up. It's your group, and it's way cool to meet so many very cool personalities. Try it - you'll like it. :)

Are you holistic? metaphysical? Spiritual? Liberal? Creative? A free thinker? A Blue Ray or Indigo? Have you ever had an Out of Body? Lucid dream? Shamanic journey? Swam with the dolphins? Spoken with your Spirit guides? Seen a ghost or heard a departed one? We're all cool people and there's lots of great stuff to explore. So I invite you guys to go for it, and let's see where it goes. Sounds like a great experiment to me!

So right now I'm thinking I'll just post this same note for every week, and I may or may not be there. People can still suggest topics to me which I could post to all the members, but a better idea - I believe there's a way for me to turn on an emailing option where anyone in our group can email anyone else in the group. I'd like to give that a try. You may have a setting in your Meetup profile where you can either allow or disallow others from emailing you, other than the group's Organizer - me. I'm just guessing. But it would be a way for anyone to propose a topic for the coming week or two weeks out. If I get a few complaints that it's being abused by people trying to sell stuff, then I'm going to turn it off. So don't use the group email to sell please.

Peace and blessings on our journey together and on each his own,
Cole