Since given and generous, foremostly non own interests or trade dependig "public, accessable places disappear very fast, Atma thought to share the info for possible inspiration and giving into maintain a place by generosity for people seeking higher beyond common material world and happiness.
Atma once short visiting - quick banned for making critic that it is used already in commercial ways - thinks it's always worthy to carry on generosity if able to give, not harming others, not oneself (by breaking precepts for it), when ever possibility.
Here his letter:
Hello Members
As of October 1st, 2020 the site will be closing down. We will not have a back up so save what you wish and contact other members you might want contact with.
We have come to that crossroads with the site Spiritual Forums. We have had a long run, with many ups and downs. The passing of Matt saw the site go down and we brought it back up again. What has happened is that with the change in how we use technology we are too large for the smaller formats. While there is an option for “phones ext” it is not going to work for us cost wise and site size wise. To change the site volume would mean changing what Matt put forth to us all and I can not do that.
We have looked at all the options out there, and the membership and the levels of activity and its time to bring things to an end while we can say we were a success. I am giving members here 2 months to get things off the site you wish, and to make sure you get contact information from member’s you might want contacts with. I will have no access to anything once we close.
I am sharing my personal E Mail Address here if you need to reach me. IF any of you wish a reading (as I did the Year Readings” for many of you, I will be open to accept those again personally. I know a lot of you from a long time ago now on the site. So, if you wish to keep in touch, I will honor that.
I will also for a time monitor the Spiritual Forums Contact Us E Mail.
Its been a pleasure to run the site, to have you all around me and the volunteer SF Team I have had with me.
Lynn
justmejustlynn@hotmail.com
Mr. Lynn,
since "open" non commercial places for exchange for people in more then common worldly issues are going to disappear, it would be good if finding a good and trustful heir to carry on goodness or required total voluntary generosity for it from benefiters or faithful.
Regardless the wish, Atma thinks that it would be no large problem to integrate it on given server, also not very large issue to bring it likewise in a more modern end easy to use format. Of course not sure yet if inspiration will arise.
Good in such case would be anyway that old Admin/moderator team would share further time for maintaining a good enviroment voluntary inspired. Of course all just a thought and open to individual Upanissaya.
His for information a link to good householders announcement as well:
https://forum.sangham.net/index.php?topic=9944.msg23304#msg23304
May in all cases good householders good undertakings, and that of his near and dear, always show quick and traceable fruits so that trust in different in results of intentions increases to a full and highest happiness may be found as quick as possible.
metta & mudita
Samana Johann
(One may feel welcome to visit sangham.net)