Below you will find information on how our Chatroom Classes "work", and how to communicate during the class.

TIME

Our goal is to begin on time and end on time. If you can, it's helpful to arrive five minutes before class begins. If you are late, please wait until the facilitator calls on you before sending your thoughts into the room. If you are more than 15 minutes late, you will not be able to participate in the class.

PROTOCOL FOR COMMUNICATION

So that everyone does not talk at once, we use the following protocol:

• Type an ! to make a COMMENT or a ? to ask a QUESTION. Wait until the facilitator acknowledges you before making your statement or asking your question.
• Type an (e) to let us know when you've reached the END of your sharing/or question.

GROUP SUPPORT

If you have not participated in an chatroom class or chat before, you may notice that things move rather slowly. It takes time for people to type out their thoughts and send them into a chat room. We encourage you be patient, and to maintain a supportive focus for each other.

CONFIDENTIALITY

The sharing that takes place in the PTS class is confidential. When we share, what we release is given up into the Light under the protection of Spirit. We view each person's sharing as sacred and ask that class participants keep confidential the processes and whatever each person shares during the class time. The workshop material is copyrighted.

We ask that you not log or make a transcript of the workshop. The class takes place in present time. What is shared is released under the protection of the Spirit into the Light and dissolved there. In addition, as stated above, what people share is confidential.

SUPPLIES

A lit candle, a clock or timer, and a journal. Meditation music playing softly in the background is optional.

Being by yourself in a room is not a requirement. As long as you can keep focused on the class and are not in a position where others will be looking over your shoulder reading the information that comes across your computer screen, you'll be fine. The value you get out of these classes has a direct relationship with the focus that you put into them, so that's just something to keep in mind as you set up your environment.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR DOING THE ONE-ON-ONE PROCESS

A one-on-one process is an exercise whereby one person asks a specific set of questions, holds a loving consciousness, and DOES NOT comment on the other person's answers. The second person answers the questions.

Participants will be assigned partners and a private chat room to go to. The facilitator will place the questions on the screen in the Main Classroom. You will get to the private chat room by double clicking on your partners name.

One you get to your assigned room, decide with your partner who is going to ANSWER the questions first (Partner B) and who is going to ASK the questions first (Partner A). Partner B, takes a moment to silently ask in the Light for herself and her partner. and then signals Partner A to begin asking the questions by typing "ready". When she is finished answering each question, she will type "next" to let her partner know that she is ready for the next question. Her partner will ask the questions by copying the questions from the Main Classroom into the private chat room, typing each question word for word and sending it into the private chatroom. Partner A's job is to hold in the loving for Partner B. Partner A does not comment on Partner B's responses. However, once Partner B has answered all the question, Partner A may say "Thank you for sharing" and/or make supportive comments.

Each partner will answer one round of the questions and then both partners will return to the main Classroom.

MOVING BETWEEN THE MAIN CLASSROOM AND YOUR PRIVATE CHAT ROOM

In Windows, along the bottom of your screen you will see a grey strip with many icons on it. If you do not see this strip immediately, try dragging your mouse down to the bottom of the screen to make it pop up. This is the taskbar, and (typically) in the middle of it you will see a few different rectangles, one of which is indented.

The indented rectangle is the active window. It is in the foreground. To make a new window active (foregrounded) click a different rectangle. This is one way to move between windows when you can't see them (e.g. when one window is in front of another). You can use this technique when copying the questions from the Main Classroom to your private chat room for the one-to-one process.

Hopefully, this information will enable you to do the one-on-one process with ease and grace. Of course, the facilitator will assist you during the class whenever you need help.