Spiritwalk WebSite Log: 1998

Spiritwalk

Website Log 1998

A Chronology of Additions and Changes to the Spiritwalk Web-site made in 1998

March April May June July August September October November December

1998 Posting Activity

December 1998


December 28, 1998 New materials and links added to the Buddhism and Buddha Pages.
(Still under construction)



December 25, 1998 Our long awaited 2,000th visitor arrived.
(since we installed the counter on February 19th
and including a glich that lost us over 100 on the counter.: Merry Christmas, Spiritwalkers Everywhere!

AND...Spiritwalk also received its first recognition...
The Divinity in Action Award. Check it out on the New Awards Page!

December 22, 1998 Contemplate along with us the wisdom of the
One Minute Meditations of Anthony de Mello new every day
[courtesy of Scott Reeves.]


December 15, 1998 Roger's 14 year old daughter, Kristina Ebsen, provides a humor break
in her twisted version of the Night Before Christmas,
A Visit from Ken Starr


December 13, 1998 New Page: Read all about the Spiritwalk Thought for Today.
This page describes the process of how the Spiritwalk Thought is chosen: and how people are using it for their own spiritual development.; Materials added to the Meister Eckhart Spiritwalk Teachers Page

December 11, 1998 Materials added to the Anthony deMello Spiritwalk Teachers Page



December 6, 1998 New additions to the Spiritwalk Bookstore by Pema Chodron,
The Dalai Lama and Thich Nhat Hanh.

New material in Roger's Notes

December 1, 1998 Spiritwalk Joins the Quotation Ring of websites with quotation pages.
See the Thought for Today page to connect.


November 1998

November 30, 1998 New in the Spiritwalk Teachers Section:
Added Paramahansa Yogananda and Meister Eckhart pages.: Visitor counter breaks 1800 since Feb 19, 1998; word of mouth, with no major search engine help


November 26, 1998 New in the Spiritwalk Newsletter:
Added a new page Thanksgiving including excerpts of a dialogue
between Bill Moyers and Onondaga Chief, Oren Lyons.
Check it out and HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING

November 25, 1998 Announcing a new Spiritwalk Outing: A Talk by Pema Chodron,
based upon her book, When Things Fall Apart : Heart Advice
for Difficult Times; Ojai, California; December 6, 1998.
Call Spiritwalk 818-999-2922 for details to join the outing,
or contact the host~Ojai Valley Dharma Center @ 805-646-2102
New in the Spiritwalk Newsletter
Sharon Janis, author of NEVER TO RETURN: A Modern Quest for Eternal Truth, Shares with us Chapter 10, "Magical Meeting," in which she
describes her meeting Swami Muktananda and the marvelous moments
that ensued from that encounter. This is an amazing read, a real
"Believe it or not" kind of experience that some most would not have the courage to take public. Be sure to check out Sharon's Never to Return
website at http://members.aol.com/kumuda/slj.html

New Books added to The Spiritwalk Bookstore

November 22, 1998 Added Tibetan Buddhism page, not much here yet, but check it out.

Additions made to The Dalai Lama page

November 15, 1998 New books added to Spiritwalk Books
November 13, 1998 As you are probably aware, Spiritwalk is hosted by GeoCities.
They have a new search engine utilizing Inktomi search technology.
Check out Spiritwalk in depth: Access The Geocities Search Engine at
http://www.oocities.org/search/. Just TYPE IN SPIRITWALK and a word
to indicate any topic in which you are interested. This will provide you
access to all current as well as archived web pages.
` This is a GREAT Feature. Happy searching.:                                 Located an excellent site which was added to Spiritwalk Links,
                                  Spiritual Links section: Vision in Mind and Religion
                                  located at www.oocities.org/Athens/Acropolis/3976/B1.html;                                   This site has excellent readings in World Religions, Philosophy
                                  Jungian Psychology, and Spiritual Exploration.
                                  Do check this out when you have some time.

November 9, 1998 New materials added to the Ram Dass [Teachers] Page

November 8, 1998 New on the Buddhist Links page:
Essentials of Buddhism .
A very clean, concise presentation of the essentials of Buddhism: Buddhism 101
A crash course in the basics of Buddhism


New postings on the Spiritwalk bulletin board:
An appeal for information about Baba Ram Dass
Some advice/direction from Carlos White Eagle on Mother Earth Changes: We would love to hear from others on these topics

November 2, 1998 A spiritual WebSite worth visiting Spiritual Endeavors added to the
Spiritwalk Links page under General Spirituality.
Similar to Spiritwalk but much bigger and broader in scope.


November 1, 1998 A New Utility, "Site Announcer", has been added. [TELL-A-FRIEND]
Now, visitors can e-mail an announcement telling a friend about Spiritwalk.

                                 And better yet a SPIRITWALK SEARCH Browser

                                   to help you find your way around spiritwalk.

                                   This browser actually sort of works.

October 1998

October 30, 1998 An interest item having to do with the Vonnegut MIT Commencement speech
"Wear Sunscreen" hoax . Here's the whole interesting story, the original article and and is worthy of a quick look.

October 7, 1998 In Writings section, "Credo" By Anitra L. Freeman
Anitra's webpage "Dances With Dragons" http://members.xoom.com/Anitra/
added to spiriritwalk Friends Community Links page

October 5, 1998 Revamped Library, Information Resource, and Networking pages

Added Portal to The Spiritwalk WebRing

Created Spiritwalk WebRing Member Links Page

Revamped Spiritwalk Friends Community Links Page

New WebSite Added to the Spiritwalk WebRing and Friends Links
General Observations on a Variety of Philosophical Subjects
www.oocities.org/athens/aegean/5556/

New Spiritwalk LinkExchange Friend
A Writer's Choice Literary Journal
http://members.spree.com/writer/
Reworked Spiritwalk Links Page

October 4, 1998 Added Rumi page to Teachers section with quotations

Added Ralph Waldo Emerson page with extensive quotations section

September 1998

September 21, 1998 Significant additions to The Native American Traditions page

September 20, 1998 Spiritwalk joins in the Noosphere web of nearly 1,000 sites
dedicated to the expansion human spiritual consciousness.
http://www.sun-angel.com/noosphere/noosphere_frames.html
Added to Spiritwalk Information Page: The Spiritwalk Encyclopedia
Writings by Carlos White Eagle added to the Newsletter

September 13, 1998 New area under development: Spiritwalk Information Resource.
A central place for accessing the informational areas of Spiritwalk.: This currently incorporates Quotations, Teachers and Traditions areas.
Check it out NOW, check back often.
September 12, 1998 Inaugurating Roger's Notes: Basically a place for informal communications about what's up with me and Spiritwalk. Some of these things will also be put elsewhere, but this is where I will think out loud, journal style,
if anyone is interested.
September 7, 1998 Spiritwalk File List: Still in progress, this annotated list of the files
of the Spiritwalk WebSite will eventually provide
another way to navigate your way through Spiritwalk.

Spiritwalk Quotations Page: A guide to quotations at Spiritwalk

Spiritwalk Quote Links: Links to WebSites with or about quotations

Spiritwalk Teachers: A organizational page for Links to information
about teachers valued by Spiritwalk

Spiritwalk Copyright Information

Spiritwalk Bibliography: A couple new additions to Spiritwalk Essentials
which will eventually list the Top 100 Spiritual Books
according to Spiritwalk as edited by Roger Ebsen

New Spiritwalk Forum Question regarding your favorite Spiritual Books

September 5, 1998 Reworked and updated links in the Spiritwalk WebLog

September 1, 1998 New Calendar for September in the Newsletter

August 1998

August 31, 1998 Roger's Ramblings: Reflections on Seeing Baba Ram Dass
who was honored at the Association of Transpersonal Psychology: conference Saturday, August 29. Here's what happened from my vantage.

August 23, 1998 Spiritwalk Network ~ gathers all the ways Spiritwalk forms a nexus
with its community and with the internet into one index.
                                      Check this out to see how you can be a part of Spiritwalk. .
                                      One purpose here is to bring the Spiritwalk Forum forward and to
                                      aquaint visitors with the possibilities for involvement at Spiritwalk.
                                      Also, this brings the Spiritwalk WebRing public. The Bulletin Board
                                      creates the opportunity to make your own announcements
                                      and to invite others to contact you and to visit your website.
                                      Please check out this Networking area, get involved and share the energy.

A few new books were added to Spiritwalk Books as we continue to
reorganize the file structure there.

August 21, 1998 Announcing: Our friend, Swami Beyondananda,
has openend his web site and you can visit it now at
www.beyondananda.com and have fun!!!

August 20, 1998 If Ever You Wonder: A poem by a new friend, glh, in the newsletter writings

August 10, 1998 Some New Links added to the Spiritwalk Links page...including a must see...
The Spirit of NOW, Peter Russell's innovative, colorful site with a
generous sampling of his very original, very intelligent, creative work.
Prepare to spend some time and don't miss this one.
www.peterussell.com

You can also check out his essay on "How to be a Wizard" here at Spiritwalk.

August 5, 1998 Spiritwalk Books: Meditation category added; Reworking Spiritwalk Books

August 2, 1998 Now! in the Newsletter the way it IS...a meditation by Rob Campbell

August 1, 1998 August 1998 Calendar

NEW Spiritwalk Books, etc. recommendations for August 1998
featuring books by Joan Borysenko and Books on Meditation
Check out the Modern Library List of The 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
Also see the Readers List.

July 1998


July 26, 1998 Completed construction of Spiritwalk Quotes: A categorized compilation
of the Spiritwalk Thoughts for Today and other source materials.

NEW! feature...Spiritwalk Bulletin Board is available for your postings.

Revised and updated the Spiritwalk Web-Site Guide.