2009.05.03 19:00 - Not much happening here

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

7:00 PM SLT

stevenaia Michinaga: hi Pila
Pila Mulligan: hi Steve...

... for the next hour Pila and I chatted about a variety of subjects from food and cooking  to museums in NYC  to architecture until the end when a new face arrived...

8:00 PM SLT

Paradise Tennant: sorry .. am I intruding
Pila Mulligan: yep, see you next time -- happy reading
Pila Mulligan: hi Paradise
stevenaia Michinaga: hello, we were just finishing up
stevenaia Michinaga: were you here for the meeting?
Pila Mulligan: have you been here before, Paradise?
stevenaia Michinaga: here
Paradise Tennant: no
Paradise Tennant: just exploring
Pila Mulligan: I see you are in Teak's group
Pila Mulligan: he's the most expereinced Zen perosn I've seen in SL
Paradise Tennant: yes
Pila Mulligan: here's anotecard about this place
stevenaia Michinaga: we meet here 4 times a day
Paradise Tennant: thank you
stevenaia Michinaga: I gave her 2, Pila
Pila Mulligan: :) Paradise is well informed :)
Paradise Tennant: :))
Paradise Tennant: busy reading :))
Pila Mulligan: lots of Buddhists here, too
stevenaia Michinaga: we record our conversations, and post them on our Wiki, is it ok to include you?
Paradise Tennant: ahh cool
Paradise Tennant: interesting :)
Pila Mulligan: but the discussions are wide-ranging
Pila Mulligan: almost any topic
Pila Mulligan: the chat logs are posted -- http://playasbeing.wik.is/
stevenaia Michinaga: we've ee meeting as a group for over a year now
Pila Mulligan: and then there are also theme workshops at the nearby Kira Cafe
Paradise Tennant: :))
Paradise Tennant: like the micromeditation idea
Pila Mulligan: you are welcome any time
Pila Mulligan: if you do not midn havingn your comments recorded .. if you do you can ask that your comments be deleted form the log
Paradise Tennant: thank you very much :)
stevenaia Michinaga: or remove your name
Pila Mulligan: this is the underlying organization -- http://kira.org/
Pila Mulligan: started by a university professor interested in going beyond science
Paradise Tennant: very cool
Pila Mulligan: it is fun
Pila Mulligan: my favortie scheduled event is a dream workshop on Tuesdays at 2:00 SLT at Kira
Paradise Tennant: :)) i believe you i bet you have some very interesting dialogues
Paradise Tennant: hmm
Pila Mulligan: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: they range from good science to good food
Pila Mulligan:

"In RL Maxine Walden is a physician and a psychoanalyst, studying the psyche for nearly 4 decades. She has been training students in the field for over 20 years, both within the university setting and among several psychoanalytic institutes in North American and Britain. At the heart of her interest as a psychoanalyst is the Unconscious, that vast area out of awareness which may be considered an ‘inner cosmos’ so influential in all areas of life and from which our dreams and our dreads arise."

Paradise Tennant: both important
Pila Mulligan: http://www.kira.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=106&Itemid=136
Pila Mulligan: the dreamworkshop leader
Paradise Tennant: wow
Pila Mulligan: some very brainy folks around here, and then ordinary schmoes (myself)
stevenaia Michinaga: I was impressed when I met Maxine in RL, very approachable
Paradise Tennant: :)) there is no ordinary
Paradise Tennant: nice!
Pila Mulligan: cool, extraordinary schmoe :)
Paradise Tennant: :)) better
Pila Mulligan: [now we shuush for 90 seconds]
Paradise Tennant: :)
Pila Mulligan: there -- helps keep a balance on busy days
Paradise Tennant: so in rl you program your watch?
Paradise Tennant: I meditate in snipet throughout the day .. waiting in line.
Pila Mulligan: I don't have a watch -- Steve?
Paradise Tennant: in elevators ..
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: perfect
Pila Mulligan: yep, any time you can grab a quiet interval is nice
stevenaia Michinaga: the moment come when they do
Pila Mulligan: some folks do watch the clock though
stevenaia Michinaga: whatever works
Pila Mulligan: Steve, Teak is a fellow on SL from Switzerland I believe with more than 50 years of Zen practice
Pila Mulligan: unusual even in RL
Paradise Tennant: yes he is retired now ..
stevenaia Michinaga: nice that he has the interest in SL
stevenaia Michinaga: retired from what?
Pila Mulligan: yes it is
Pila Mulligan: was he a professor?
Pila Mulligan: I forget
Paradise Tennant: hmm do not know I know he lives with his wife who is a nurse near .. blinking rapidly
Pila Mulligan: only met him once
Pila Mulligan: :)
Paradise Tennant: very nice guy
Pila Mulligan: yes
Pila Mulligan: good teacher too
Paradise Tennant: yes very much so
Pila Mulligan: there are some here like Maxine approaching his level of experience
Pila Mulligan:

Stim "became one of the first students of Tibetan Buddhist philosophy and practice in the West, earning an advanced degree from his original Tibetan teacher. He has studied Eastern contemplative traditions intensively for thirty-nine years with many Tibetan, Chinese and Korean masters, and has also served on the faculty of the Institute for World Religions and the Berkeley Buddhist Monastery since the mid-1990’s."

Pila Mulligan: he has an ethics workshop on Thrusday at 2:00 SLT at Kira's
Pila Mulligan: also very interesting
Paradise Tennant: wow
stevenaia Michinaga: another person I enjoyed meeting in RL, nice living close to where Pema, the founder here, works
Pila Mulligan: the founder, Pema, is a "Professor of Astrophysics and Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton, NJ, where he has been on the faculty since 1985."
Paradise Tennant: cool
Paradise Tennant: I am in toronto .. so not so very far :)
Pila Mulligan: an astrophysicist with a lot of Buddhist experience and leanings
Pila Mulligan: there was a real life retreat there last year
Paradise Tennant: :)) physics and buddhism .. are marching along the same past at the quantum level
Paradise Tennant: wow
Pila Mulligan: in Princeton, for people form this group
stevenaia Michinaga: a very interesting weekend
Paradise Tennant: i bet
Pila Mulligan: yes, quantum Buddhism, nice idea
stevenaia Michinaga: a prelude to this summers week long retreat
Pila Mulligan: in California this year
Paradise Tennant: nice!
stevenaia Michinaga: getting late for me, I will try to make it wednesday at 1:00 for the PaB RL discussion, will you be there Pila?
Pila Mulligan: I hope so
Pila Mulligan: see you then Steve
stevenaia Michinaga: nice meeting you paradise
Paradise Tennant: a pleasure meeting you thank you for the info :))
Paradise Tennant: appreciate it
Pila Mulligan: Paradise, is it okay for your name and comments to be in the log for the web?
Paradise Tennant: sure
Pila Mulligan: thanks
Paradise Tennant: is there a group to join ? sorry have not read through all the note cards
Pila Mulligan: I think there is a group
Pila Mulligan: but it is not necessary to join to attend events
Paradise Tennant: :)) kk
stevenaia Michinaga: no, just be here 7:00 to 1:00 a.mm or p.m. SLT and someone will be here
Pila Mulligan: maybe a whole bunch of folks, maybe only a few
Pila Mulligan: sometimes chatty, sometimes quiet
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, night all
Paradise Tennant: good night steve
Pila Mulligan: you and steve would be in the same time zone then
Pila Mulligan: I am in Hawai`i, where it is now only 5:30 pm
Paradise Tennant: :))
Pila Mulligan: Pema, the founder, is temproarily in Japan now, where it is midday
Paradise Tennant: sigh
Paradise Tennant: lovely
Pila Mulligan: Sl plays havoc with time
Paradise Tennant: it does
Paradise Tennant: I am not inworld much .. because of work ..but I do find that time seems to contract here lol
Paradise Tennant: speaking of which .. I should scoot.. it is getting late.
Paradise Tennant: but I will be back
Pila Mulligan: yes, it is easily consuumed
Pila Mulligan: nice to meet you Paradise
Paradise Tennant: you will try for the dream session
Pila Mulligan: hope to see you again
Pila Mulligan: cool
Paradise Tennant: my pleasure Pila
Pila Mulligan: aloha
Pila Mulligan: thanks
Paradise Tennant: aloha :)))