Madhu

Then it is possible that a taste of sannyas was present even when a friend of Parmartha said: “Osho? Fuck, no!”.

Thanks for showing your way of understanding re the poem I did send.

Just few questions to you, please:
Will you be totally unknown – identity-wise – and as sub-editors, as it has been before?
And if – are you, MODs, ´more affiliated´ (as Jitendra ) with Sannyas and/or with Sannyasnews (like the late founders of Sannyasnews)?

And – as Jitendra (from UK?) is in USA just now for holidays, as you said, what is the result of his deals with the investor who bought the website (and all our data too?). Is that a secret?

Am I too curious in your eyes?

I´m asking because what I felt was a mess in the running of Sannyas News for quite a while may not at all be what others – like you (?) – feel a ´mess´.
And for me, the mess mainly was that less and less humans with Sannyasnames posting into the Chat on topics related to one another in a human way.

What do you (sub-editors/MODs) feel and think about such an issue?

Sincerely, and looking forward to your response.

Madhu

MOD:
Madhu, we feel you’re imagining and creating problems that don’t exist.
E.g. Jitendra has had nothing whatsoever to do with whoever purchased the sannyasnews.com and doesn’t even know who that was or might be (and neither does anyone else). And your data is safe, don’t worry about that.

As for running the site and the Chat, Parmartha established clear guidelines for these which will continue to be followed.

The main issue is who will be the new editor.

“It is nonsense
says reason
It is what it is
says love

It is calamity
says calculation
It’s nothing but pain
says fear
It is hopeless
says insight

It is what it is
says love

It is ludicrous
says pride
It is foolish
says caution
It is impossible
says experience

It is what it is
says love.”

Erich Fried

Love to share that poem with you all, and especially in gratefulness with Clive
(aka Jitendra), Chris Esmond and all other Intimates and Unknowables with or without name.

With Love,

Madhu

MOD:
Yes, Madhu. It seems the SN site is fixed and for this we owe a huge debt of gratitude to Jitendra (Clive) who took on the considerable task (the site was in a mess) and has gone out of his way to see the job through, even while on holiday in the US, losing sleep in the process due to liaising with the web host trouble shooters in the UK. He took responsibility for it all, despite minimal affiliation with SN or Sannyas, simply because it happened to arrive on his plate, as it were. There’s something great about such a choice, not to mention his determination to complete a complex, often frustrating repair job. So, a big thank you to Jitendra!

MOD:
Not sure yet re where to send new articles – sorry, Lokesh.

Jitendra’s away, supposedly on holiday – but he’s still working very hard indeed to restore the SN site to full working order. Frankly, he deserves huge appreciation for this, especially given he’s actually not that interested in SN or even in Sannyas. But we’ll have to wait a bit longer for normal service to resume.

Parmartha, Pari and Dharmen were instinctively drawn to and valued the ‘grass roots’ experience and perspective, a ‘democratic’ spirit, and, a couple of months or so before he died, I recall Parmartha agreeing with my description of SN as “an alternative view of Sannyas.”

Any other sites I know of appear to be run by Catholic sannyasins, meaning they maintain a non-questioning, toe-the-party-line stance that comes across as stagnant. I find them similar to Christian fundamentalists, they believe without questioning what it is they believe in. There are a few commenters on SN who are a bit like that also, which adds a little salt and pepper to the debates we hold here, which is perfectly all right. What would life be without contrasts?

One night I will sit down and write an article that will probably succeed in stirring the pot a little.

Parmartha will be missed, because he did a great job of moderating in a moderate way and was open to people expressing conflicting views. Now it’s up to us lot to keep the flag of freedom of speech flying.

Hope you manage to tidy up mess so the Sannyas community can again have a discussion board.

Wish you all the luck & energy for this task.

MOD:
Thanks, Kavita, we will sort out the administration and finance in a couple of weeks when Jitendra is back in the UK from a holiday and (cross fingers) we’ve got the software updated.