Moreover, the two names mentioned by you were faceless people with fictitious names. A real person won´t put the other real person in bad situation unless one is psychopath, coward or has no empathy.

For me, open forum means going to the naturist beaches. Those who have spent some time on naturist beaches and nudist resorts, it is a common experience, naked people are the most respectful towards the others. I mean, on a naturist lake to sit topless is also ok but only to take shoes off is quite vulgar.

With this in my mind, I prefer to respond to clean people with no masks.

From my experience on SN I have paid a price for being open about my identity. First with the idiot calling himself Sufi, and second with that twat calling herself Fresch. They both did shitty things to me because I revealed my identity, although no big deal.

Fresch made a big deal of why she did not reveal her identity and then abused the fact that someone else did. A very confused woman, if you ask me.

Shantam concludes with another question, “Is this the state of freedom from self?”
This is a very limited perspective to operate from. No matter how enlightened one happens to be, you, in one form or another, have to live in this crazy mixed up world. SN is an open forum. If someone wishes to hide their identity so what? It is no big reflection on their inner state, just a manifestation of having the freedom to choose in a very real way. It is also nobody else’s business.

It’s the same old, same old, and the big questions are the same as they were 2000 years ago and will remain the big questions for a long time to come.

Another instance of you picking on some utterly inconsequential non-issue and trying to make it ‘important’. Almost certainly another ploy to try to deflect others’ scathing criticism – as well as a means to neatly avoid the realities of your own life.

Transparently mediocre foolishness as usual, Shantam.

I have this simple question to 75% of sannyasnews bloggers: why this hesitation to reveal your facial identity?

This hesitation is one of the symptoms how Sannyas spirit has fallen into a ditch. There is neither self-pride and nor self-esteem left.

Is this the state of freedom from self?
If yes…
Congratulations.

I only write from my own experience.

I am projecting. From the known to the erm…known.

I also have (t )issues.

Is that why you so often fail to answer ‘difficult’ posts, which have put you in a corner? And why you’re often so lazy concerning facts? And why you fail to take the trouble to follow arguments closely enough so that your responses become thoroughly inadequate?

If so, I suggest you renounce your so-called “sacred” in favour of a far more rational, ‘scientific’ rigour, whereby there’d be at least a chance your hypocritical delusions might be effectively punctured (although I wouldn’t be holding my breath re that particular outcome).

For this I have simple criterion, writers’ willingness to share their photo, which nowadays is one of the simplest possible things.

I take the spirit of communication in a very sacred way.