2008.08.24 01:00 - Downside of being reborn as a tree

Moon was the guardian on call for this session and the comments are his.

Entering early this morning at the Pab pavilion let me see that  vertigo was already there.

Vertigo Ethaniel: namaste moon
Vertigo Ethaniel: fell asleep for a second there

Gaya came too point 1:00 :)

Moon Fargis: good morning gaya :)
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
Gaya Ethaniel is still rezzing...
Vertigo Ethaniel: hi gaya
Vertigo Ethaniel: good to see you again
Gaya Ethaniel: Same here <smile>
Gaya Ethaniel: How have you been?
Vertigo Ethaniel: ok :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel thanks Vertigo
Gaya Ethaniel: How are you Moon?
Moon Fargis: hehe just wanted to type the same question :) .. well i got my tea...and some cake... things could be worse :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Vertigo Ethaniel: mmm thunderstorm outside
Vertigo Ethaniel: rain makes me smile
Vertigo Ethaniel: brb
Moon Fargis: hmm
Gaya Ethaniel: k
Moon Fargis: intresting
Gaya Ethaniel: How so?
Moon Fargis: hmm some days ago the moon shined throught the tree infront of my window at me while meditation.. such things make me smile..
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel wonders why Moon has chosen his SL name
Moon Fargis: hehe
Moon Fargis: hmm
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel is getting some milk brb
Moon Fargis: maybe becasue of my moonface :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Moonface?
Moon Fargis: hehe
Vertigo Ethaniel: lovely lovely
Vertigo Ethaniel: usually id go have a walk around in the rain, but its a bit too pouring down for that
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel: Where are you based at in RL Vertigo?
Gaya Ethaniel: US?
Gaya Ethaniel suddenly remembers a photograph of Arizona desert in thunderstorm...
Gaya Ethaniel: Moon, what's moonface?
 Moon Fargis: hmmm let me see if therees a proper english translation
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Vertigo Ethaniel: i live in new zealand, gaya
Moon Fargis: "podgy face"
Gaya Ethaniel: Wow... I envy you Vertigo!
Vertigo Ethaniel: wettest place in the southern hemisphere
Moon Fargis: but we german call it mondgesicht
Moon Fargis: "moonface" hehe
Moon Fargis: ah no i think its becasue the moon always played a great role in my life
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel: Yes Moon?
Vertigo Ethaniel: everyone has their token element :)
Vertigo Ethaniel: mine is storms
Vertigo Ethaniel: yours is the moon
 Moon Fargis: yes seems so :)
Vertigo Ethaniel: whats yours, gaya?
Gaya Ethaniel: hm... a good question Vertigo. I'm not sure. How did you find yours?
Vertigo Ethaniel: i just had a connection to thunderstorms since i was a kid...
Vertigo Ethaniel: maybe it was good memories
Gaya Ethaniel: And Moon?
Moon Fargis: same here... but also conneced with bad memories
Gaya Ethaniel: To be honest... I haven't got a clue...
 Vertigo Ethaniel: i think you probably do, just that it isnt coming to mind :)
Vertigo Ethaniel: theres no rush of course
Gaya Ethaniel: Well... nature in general
Gaya Ethaniel wrote a poem about Moon and won a prize at school
Moon Fargis: yaay !
Gaya Ethaniel: Everything in nature thou... nothing in particular
Gaya Ethaniel laughs
Vertigo Ethaniel: yes i think im very similar gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: Care to say more?
Vertigo Ethaniel: i feel close to trees in particular
Vertigo Ethaniel: when im standing in a forest, i feel surrounded by old souls
Gaya Ethaniel: ah...
Vertigo Ethaniel: theres wisdom there that we may never know
Gaya Ethaniel nods
Gaya Ethaniel: I get that with certain tress... not all
Moon Fargis: yes, i be at the opinion that threes are another large being where we could reborn to
Gaya Ethaniel: Deeper connection with certain species of trees*
Gaya Ethaniel: Perhaps yes Moon
Vertigo Ethaniel: i would be happy to live for a thousand years as a great tree
Gaya Ethaniel: Yew perhaps <smile>
Moon Fargis: well i would miss my daily cup of tea as tree :)
Gaya Ethaniel laughs
Moon Fargis: but so...it seems the tree is also the best example to explain the buddhism theories so far
Gaya Ethaniel listens
Moon Fargis: hmm didnt i told my visualisation of the dharma in form as a tree?
Gaya Ethaniel: nope
Gaya Ethaniel: Mountain of stones only so far
Moon Fargis: oh
Moon Fargis: darn i really have to make a notecard i can copy and paste hehe ok ...lets imagine a short time.. we being.. all being are a leaf on a tree, the tree would be the placeholder for the whole universe
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Moon Fargis: from this sight of view, as a leaf on a tree you can explain mostly everything with it...karma,death,rebirth, enlightment
Gaya Ethaniel sees Vertigo stepping out to meet the rain
Vertigo Ethaniel: hehe
Moon Fargis: ah i see
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel listens
Moon Fargis: hmm so you as a leaf on a tree... grows, depending on the karma you produce... good karma let you grow, bad karma let some of your leaf parts getting brown and die,
Moon Fargis: as death comes the tree takes you back and transform your size into new enery to create another leaf, depending how much energy he can get from you (becasue your karma made you grow large or let most of you die) e will create a new leaf from it, a small one with less potential when you colleced manny bad karma or a large one with higher potential when you collected good karma.... this would describe the death and rebirth in buddhism,
Moon Fargis: but then it happens a leaf get enlighted.. it starts to know that it is a leaf..and see the connections between the karma stuff and death and rebirth and that it is connected throught the tree witl all other leafs, so it starts with meditation and try to produce no karma.. this would lead that the leaf grows to a little branch of the tree wich will carry new leafs again...this would be the nirvana in buddhism

I wondered how often i will type in that description by hand until i finally decide to create a notecard.

Gaya Ethaniel: ah
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Moon Fargis: well..and so on :)
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel thinks Moon's notecard idea is good
Vertigo Ethaniel: im not really talking much because im trying to sort out some network issues on our home network
Vertigo Ethaniel: so sorry :)
Moon Fargis: just created one so i get this basic description saved at least :)
Gaya Ethaniel: np Vertigo <smile>

 *Some silence*

Gaya Ethaniel enjoys companionable silence that occurs at times here
Moon Fargis slurps his tea
Vertigo Ethaniel laughs
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Vertigo Ethaniel: you are korean gaya?
Gaya Ethaniel nods 'yes'
Gaya Ethaniel: But I live in UK Vertigo
Vertigo Ethaniel: ahh i see
Vertigo Ethaniel: not so far away really... :)
Vertigo Ethaniel is joking
Gaya Ethaniel: Yep if I drill a hole beneath my house to reach NZ
Moon Fargis: hmmm
Moon Fargis: my cat is looking at me to cuddle with her
Moon Fargis: i cant regret a cats wish darn

*Gone for cuddling the cat :)*

Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Gaya Ethaniel: regret a cats wish darn?
Gaya Ethaniel: What are you drinking Moon? You sure it's just tea?
Vertigo Ethaniel: special tea :P
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Moon Fargis: i mean "i cant regrets a cat's wish" dunno where this darn came from ahh i know..the rest of a sentence i wanted to write but deleted just the half hehe
Gaya Ethaniel smiles
Vertigo Ethaniel: :)
Moon Fargis: like, darn, my client hanged up.? but it was just stalled
Vertigo Ethaniel: i must go too.. nice (sorta) talking to you both :P
Moon Fargis: hehe
Moon Fargis: ok see you soon vertigo :)
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
Gaya Ethaniel: Good night Vertigo
Vertigo Ethaniel: namaste :)
Gaya Ethaniel: Thank you Moon also. Good day.
Gaya Ethaniel: _/!\_
Moon Fargis: see you soon:)
Moon Fargis: _/!\_