No, not really.
I haven't been in contact with Bill Ryan anymore since that email exchange — there hasn't been any reason to, for either one of us.
I
am however backing away from using monikers for either him or his forum that could be construed as derogatory. As I said earlier, the sombrero thing wasn't really intended to be derogatory, even though I will admit that I've used it as such in the past.
Bill Ryan is who he is, and while I may not agree with the way he runs his forum, with his Scientology-based belief system and with how he has been conducting himself in certain matters that I'm not going to get into now, the man does have qualities — which I've already expounded elsewhere. He is putting out the impression that he too is trying to make an effort at making the world a better place, and I've decided that I'm going to be holding him to that.
And so perhaps one day, Bill Ryan himself, his
Project Avalon forum and his community of forum members may find themselves as allies to us here at
The One Truth, and at our sister forum
Eye-Rise. Ultimately, we all want to know the truths that have been kept from us, and we all want to create a better world, for ourselves as well as for those who come after us. And peace is a much more desirable foundation to build such a future upon than war and resentment.
I am still seeing this vision before my eyes as I had in that dream in May last year:
The One Truth as this ultramodern/futuristic campus with beautiful ponds and water channels in a somewhat semi-suburban setting, and
Project Avalon as this well-maintained medieval castle on the edge of a forest, surrounded by a moat with a firm wooden bridge, and with an illuminated path leading to it from within the forest. And in between these two campuses, there was a landscape that I can only describe as very Shire-like, with people roaming about, talking to one another, or simply doing other things, like studying plants or reading. It was all very peaceful and agreeable, and everyone was enjoying the warm spring evening.
Who we are as individuals is less important to the world or to humanity and its destiny than what we do in the time we've been allotted. Nobody's perfect, and we don't have to agree on everything. But we can at least try to get along. We're all neighbors on the internet. And one day, one of the neighbors might have run out of sugar for their coffee or tea, and might ring another neighbor's doorbell to ask if they can spare a handful of sugar cubes until the grocery shops open the next day.
I think you know what I'm saying.