I definitely get your point, Metaphor. My thought upon reading your post was that many of the regular (long time) contributors in here, might be better off "leaving the nest" as you put it, while maybe the Noble Dreams forum can be an excellent opportunity for people who never got the opportunity to take part in this community, to get their 'shot' at creating a new one (tho it depends on certain variables).
It's already been touched upon in another post I saw in NR, forgot where I read it or who posted it, but this guy wrote that he was slightly uncomfortable in contributing (posting here), due to his perspective or feeling that he had "less valuable" input than many of the other regular contributors. A sort of variation of a "lack of self confidence" or that ones knowledge does not hold up, compared to many of the "high flying" members of this forum. I'm aware that this got a lot to do with personal perspective, but I must admit I've had some of the same feelings myself. It's not that my input is less valuable... It's more about not having a 100% overview over whats been discussed before, and really not feeling 100% part of the group in a manner -- not aware of the M.O. of posting here, sort of. Almost like I'm afraid of starting to talk about something which would be akin to having a propagandized speech for capitalism in Soviet Moscow, or something... Of course, most of us have moved faaaar past the typical "whats politically correct" mentality, but unfortunately I percieved *hints* of the same, limiting attitudes that's behind the justification of P.C. thinking in here - it's a little hard to describe, and this aspect of NR is NOT very noticeable really. It's not a HUGE concern for me, but I'm just pointing out I've gotten "hints" of that feeling during my time here.
I haven't really contributed with my (free flowing) spiritual thoughts and theories in this forum, as much as commenting others' posts and threads. The reason of course being much the same as the one i described (as well as not being able to express parts of my thoughts 100% in english, or at least with clear cut language).
This is not to put down Noble Realms, I value both it, and several of the regular posters quite highly. The purpose of posting this is just to point out that both newcomers, as well as several others who never really shared their thoughts freely here (at all times), will have a new chance to do so with this ND forum. It's also a chance to build a new 'version' of this community, so comparing it *directly* to NR probably isn't right, even despite it copying a lot of the NR look, etc.
IOW, it's a "homage" to NR that will still be its own creation, in time, I think. All this only valid if the ND forum achieves a minimum level of activity though. I'll be sure to check it out and also become a member after NR goes, but haven't done so yet.
