The Direction of Blending Zen…Ideas?

This blog is a great start, but I know that even a blog has limits to what purposes it can serve, though admittedly, it’s not like we’re pushing it to it’s limits just yet. In my mind however, I envision this site becoming much more than a blog. A resource for learning and understanding on various topics of spirituality.

For those who came along through Lotus Liberation, here’s a small history, even though I’ve mentioned it in previous posts at the beginning. I created the site as a place for me to talk about my process of blending some of the Zen/Buddhist philosophies into my life. Though I have left Mormonism, I’m not quite ready to abandon Christianity as a whole. My goal was to find a happy medium and learn how to blend the two together. There seem to be many people who find great success in it, so I wanted a place for me, as well as others to talk about the process, how we apply certain concepts into our lives.

I met up with Sattva and she had the suggestion to open it up to more people, to let others create posts and have it be more of a community based concept. This was perfect, as that’s ultimately what I did want to see happen. After she started the LL blog, I thought I might as well approach her about merging the two and getting it kicked off (she’s more of a go getter than I am), and so here we are.

With that said, I could really use all of your ideas on the direction to take this site…even if it’s just to not mess with a good thing. Any comments are welcome. Here were a few of the ideas that I had already.

Community Forums – For open discussion

Resources – I know there are a million sites out there that have information on Buddhism, etc, explaining the basics, but it couldn’t hurt to have some of the basics here with links for in depth information. This can even be Yoga resources, etc. No limits other than it being related to our topics in some way.

Downloads – This could really be part of the resources section, but I know there are a ton of PDF’s I’ve downloaded of various articles and other items I’ve found helpful or inspiring. This could be a place to share those (staying within copyright laws), or maybe to be a mirror for content from other sites, like some of the talks from AudioDharma, etc. Lots of thoughts.

What would you like to see here? How can we make it more useful to us and others?