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WELCOMES YOU TO CONSIDER JOINING
THE NEXT STEP
IN THE EVOLUTION OF THIS BLOG
Hello, my name is George Bryant Cronk (nickname G.)
and I welcome you to consider joining me and the FGOTT
community with the next phase in the evolution of this
popular blog known by its followers as FINDING GOD ON
THE TRAIN - NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT - Quest For
A Positive, Personal Spirituality accessible here on
Typepad at
http://www.FindingGodOnTheTrain.com
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This is the original Finding God On The Trian - Notes On
Enlightenment site, as many who have been followers
for years - are well aware, which has for the past ten
years published 1200 plus FGOTT (Finding God On
The Train) Blog Posts, Affirmative Thoughts, Meditation
Guidance, Poems, and Prayers, along with numerous
book chapter drafts and edits.
This productive ten years of blog posting period has
been accomplished without charge, and I am proud
to say, without blog advertisements or other non-related
endorsements. The site has been open access, requiring
no registration, or subscription. I produced the content
without regard to who was benefiting from participating.
Frankly, except for an occasional comment, I am now
addressing a totally anonymous blog audience.
Creatively, for me, I want to begin again, to not only
build from the existing foundation but more so, to push
the envelope and become fresh and vibrant spiritually
once more. When I started this blog as a result of a
suggestion from Ann, my wife, I had no idea what
I would present as content on this blog, but I allowed
it to come and an entire offering of Affirmative Thoughts,
Meditation Guidance, Prayers, Affirmations, Poems,
unique blog posts and entire book chapters arrived
to fill the void. Here now, I want to go on and seek
thenext offering, the next vehicle for communication,
the new message.
I also want to be able to share the longer works that
are nearing completion and publication with my
dedicated readers. For example, I have a book of the
poetry from Finding God On The Traintitled Steeples-
being readied for sharing, but I no longer feel secure
just sending out pre-published content into the internet
void, and would prefer to know who myreaders will be
in advance. Likewise, I believe the open access forum
of this current blog makes current readers, who would
contribute and comment with a more secure audience,
less likely to do so.
As you might expect there are also some more mundane
reasons for the change. As the blog’s audience has
expanded, the email and posting infrastructure have
bogged down with the sheer volume. And as I investigate
better working and more up-to-date email and posting
systems, I realize the expense of offering a quality blog
communication program is substantial. I now understand
that these early solutions, like FeedBurner, although
serving their initial purpose, were not intended to sustain
constant expansion. So, before making a significant
investment maintaining the status quo, I have wondered
whether those who have been receiving my automated
blog posts and emails on a daily basis over the past
decade are still interested and engaged.
After much prayer and meditation, I believe it is time
for this blog to grow-up and flourish, to see if its current,
along with its potential audience, might find an increased
spiritual benefit and value from a more in-depth and
comprehensive blog offering; not only augmenting and
expanding on the traditional daily posts but promoting
an interactive environment: offering both collective/group
and individual/one on one opportunities to explore, grow,
pray, meditate, learn, and enhance an individual's quest
for a positive spirituality.
I now imagine the Finding God On The Train blog acting
as a spiritual hub, a virtual community of quest minded
seekers connected with an interactive spiritual experience.
The message of Finding God On The Trian has always
been to encourage a personal connection, communication,
and relationship with God; thus establishing an
individualized approach to spirituality that fits the
seeker's need.
Likewise, this connection does not, necessarily, require
a priest, pastor, shaman, prophet, or messenger as a
go-between, or any director of the seeker's action.
This said I envision taking on a more active role
participating in this interaction, as a fellow seeker
and someone with a framework to offer for these
personal quests.
So, it is now time for the Finding God On The Train
blog to evolve, with a part of this evolution being
the adaptation of our current TypePad infrastructure,
fostering our growth and expansion for the next
decade while supporting our move to a more
comprehensive "Member Supported Site" funded
by a monthly membership subscription.
Given the substantial amount of content on this,
the original Finding God On The Trian - Notes On
Enlightenment blog site, I wanted to maintain
the current site, designing this offering to enable
current followers of this original site to continue
with open access to all posts, as well as to continue
receiving emails of newer posts from their respective
blog feed services without joining the newly created
Member supported site.
So as I maintain the current site, I wanted
to add a newer, up to date Typepad based
Member Site going forward, both as a companion
to the original site and a next step, I have created
an additional account here on TypePad, a sort
of connected sister site with a similar feel and look,
with easy access to all of the content of the past
decade, serving as a FGOTT MEMBER SUPPORTED
BLOG for those who wish to remain active, receive
all current blog posts and move into the future
with this blog's message.
This blog is titled NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT -
THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN MEMBER SITE -
THE QUEST EVOLVES and is a private, membership-
based subscription site. More details on this in a moment.
This new blog is located at
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http://www.notesonenlightenment-fgottmembersite.com
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Both this original FGOTT blog, along with the newly
created membership blog site, are now sponsored and
managed by G DOT PUBLISHING VENTURES LLC,
the New Thought publishing company I recently
founded to promote the inspired message of Finding
God On The Trian - Notes On Enlightenment.
For more information about G DOT PUBLISHING
VENTURES, please feel free to email us at
[email protected]
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THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN MEMBER SUPPORT SUBSCRIPTION
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After months of designing multiple subscription options,
I decided to offer an All-Inclusive Monthly Member
Support Subscription for a fixed price of $10.00 per
month as of 8.1.2018.
THE ALL-INCLUSIVE SUPPORT PLAN
AS OF 8.1.2018
DIRECT ACCESS TO THE BLOG
FOR A PAYPAL SUPPORT SUBSCRIPTION
OF $10.00 PER MONTH.
THIS ALL- INCLUSIVE PLAN PROVIDES PRIVATE,
PASSWORD PROTECTED ACCESS TO THE
NEWLY FOUNDED - NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT -
THE FGOTT MEMBER SITE- THE QUEST EVOLVES
BLOG AND THIS BLOG'S DAILY CONTENT AS IT
IS PUBLISHED. ALL BLOG POSTS AS PUBLISHED
VIA THE EMAIL MEMBER SERVICE FOR FGOTT.
ACCESS TO SOCIAL MEDIA BLOG FEEDS.
- Full password protected FGOTT member blog
site access to the newly created NOTES ON
ENLIGHTENMENT - THE FGOTT MEMBER
SITE - THE QUEST EVOLVES on Typepad.
- Daily Notes On Enlightenment Blog Posts,
365 posts yearly, featuring standard FGOTT
formatted posts such as Affirmative Thoughts
For The Day, New Thought Notes For The Day,
along with featured FGOTT poems, prayers,
affirmations, along with book chapter drafts,
book reviews, interviews, guest member
blog posts, and related spiritual content.
- Includes access to the Finding God On
The TrainFacebook, Twitter, or related social
media blog feeds. These media feeds are created,
through HootSuite, providing direct links to the
original blog posts. Interested members will
needto declare their preference, and be sure
to friend or like the corresponding FGOTT
media site.
- Subscribers will have a unique pre-publication
opportunity. A "First Read" offer for all existing
and upcoming Finding God On The Train
books, podcasts, audio productions, and
other related media. These offerings will first
be presented and made available in draft form
as either a blog post or blog page, allowing for
incremental review as the work is in process
of being written.
- Up-coming 2018 first read offers will include :
THE FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN STORY -
NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT -
Quest For A Positive, Personal Spirituality -
BOOKS ONE AND TWO OF THE SERIES
STEEPLES - THE SPIRITUAL POETRY
OF THE NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT -
FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN BLOG
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THE MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTION PROCESS
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I have spent several months investigating external
sites that appeared to have all the bells and whistles
for managing a blog based membership and
subscription service but, frankly, frustrated me
because of their complexity.
Actually, I really wanted to do this here on TypePad,
and although the team at Typepad is not focused
on offering this kind of service, they have worked
with me to find the pieces I needed to make this
transition to a private, member-based site doable
here on Typepad.
So now, we are able to use this original Finding
God On The Train - Notes On Enlightenmentblog site;
as the gateway for blog-based membership registration,
subscription processing, along with the assignment
and communication of sign-on and passwords for
member access - it soon becomes apparent that
the use of the original FGOTT blog site just makes
perfect sense, thus eliminating levels of unneeded
complexity created by unrelated external sites.
And, for those who are new to the FGOTT content,
what better place would there be than the original
FGOTT blog site itself for accessing if membership
would be of personal value.
http://www.FindingGodOnTheTrain.com
In fact, if you are reading this, you are on the
newly created member blog site referenced above,
which we are enabling free access for an extended
period so those interested in joining can experience
the actual site.
The registration process can be managed by clicking
on the following pages that are listed on the left-hand
sidebar under the PAGE TAB - titled - FGOTT MEMBER
REGISTRATION on this site and/or on the original Finding
God On The Train blog site just linked above.
CLICK ON THE PAGE LISTED ON THE SIDEBAR
TITLED NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT - FINDING
GOD ON THE TRAIN MEMBER REGISTRATION
AND PREFERENCES.
THIS PAGE CONTAINS A LINKTO OUR SECURE
REGISTRATION FORM THAT WAS CREATED
USING GOOGLE FORMS AND ALLOWS YOU
TO SUBMIT YOUR REGISTRATION DIRECTLY.
This information requested includes your current
email address, your first name only, or a preferred
contact name. Ensuring a basic level of security
and privacy for FGOTT members, we have decided
not to request your last name or local address.
We will use your current email to set up your
access to the member site. When you complete
the form and submit, you will receive an email copy
copy of your original submission.
NEXT, CLICK ON THE PAGE ON THE
SIDEBAR TITLED
THE PAYPAL PROCESSING OF YOUR MONTHLY NOTES
ON ENLIGHTENMENT - FINDING GOD ON THE TRAIN
MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT SUBSCRIPTION.
THIS LINK WILL TAKE YOU A PAGE THAT
WILL GUIDE YOU THROUGH THE PAYPAL
PROCESSING OF YOUR MONTHLY
SUBSCRIPTION SUPPORT PAYMENT - FOR
FIRST MONTH AND GOING FORWARD.
As a private, member-only blog, each supporter will
gain full membe access to the new Typepad member site
by registering, completing all required contact information,
having their email verified, and arranging payment for
their monthly support subscription through PayPal.
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WHEN WE RECEIVE YOUR REGISTRATION
SUBMISSION AND SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT,
YOU WILL RECEIVE A WELCOME EMAIL
NOTIFICATION OF YOUR SUCCESSFUL
REGISTRATION, ALONG WITH THE
CONFIRMATION OF YOUR PAYPAL
SUBSCRIPTION PAYMENT, FROM OUR
NEW EMAIL SERVICE - CONSTANT CONTACT.
YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE LOGIN DETAILS
FOR SIGNING INTO THE NOTES ON ENLIGHTENMENT -
THE FGOTT MEMBER SITE AND ANY OTHER
PARTICULARS REGARDiNG MEMBERSHIP.
THIS EMAIL WILL CONFIRM A FGOTT
GENERATED USERNAME AND PASSWORD
FOR ACCESS TO THE NEW BLOG. ALONG
WITH THE EMAIL, YOU ESTABLISHED
DURING REGISTRATION, WHICH WILL
BE USED TO ACCESS MEMBERSHIP LEVEL
RELATED CONTENT WHEN NEEDED.
A link will be provided to the new blog site
along with instructions for your first sign-on
and a tutorial for getting the most from the blog.
AFTER YOUR FIRST SUCCESSFUL SIGN ON,
YOU WILL RECEIVE AN EMAIL WITH GUIDANCE
ON MAXIMIZING YOUR FGOTT EXPERIENCE.
For me, Finding God On The Train - Notes On
Enlightenment has been a wonderful spiritual
adventure. I am so grateful to have been able
to enter into your life and travel this path with you.
(Always know that the original Finding God On
The Train - Notes On Enlightenment blog, with
its decade of posts will always remain open
for public access and review, available for free
whoever wishes to visit at
www.FindingGodOnTheTrain.com.)
I will do my best to make the next ten years
as worthwhile as the past ten years.
I thank you for joining this adventure with me
and the emerging Notes On Enlightenment -
Finding God On The Train community.
WITH LOVE, G.
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