2009.05.16 01:00 - Saturday Morning Chill-out

The Guardian for this meeting was Scathach Rhiadra. The comments are by Scathach Rhiadra.

Udge and I had a nice relaxing chat this morning, covering the possibility of a noon sitting at the Zen Retreat, weekend rituals, news of the Phenomenology workshop, countdown to the PaB retreat......

We finished the session with a mini-meditation, just watching the breath for the last 10 minutes or so.....

Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Udge
Udge Watanabe: good morning scath
Scathach Rhiadra: how are you today?
Udge Watanabe: quite well, thanks! and yourself?
Scathach Rhiadra: good, had a good night's sleep
Udge Watanabe smiles
Udge Watanabe: makes quite a difference, doesn't it?
Scathach Rhiadra nods:)
Scathach Rhiadra: oh, I watched a great utube video someone recommended, it was really good!
Scathach Rhiadra: called validation
Udge Watanabe smiles. Yes, I loved that too! Such a warm film
Scathach Rhiadra: yes nice ending
Scathach Rhiadra: anything particular you want to discuss?
Udge Watanabe: I've been going back to my roots in SL a little, during my early days I did a lot of exploring in Zen areas, sitting alone in some lovely temples
Udge Watanabe: I suppose that overlapped with the RL morning meditation I was doing then
Udge Watanabe: phone
Udge Watanabe: back,sorry
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Udge Watanabe: so, yes, I was going to say that I have started toing that again. I've been sitting at the Zen Retreat and Kannonji
Udge Watanabe: (for certain values of "I" :)
Scathach Rhiadra: ah I go there a lot, both places
Udge Watanabe: I prefer Zen Retreat, somehow, the open air is nicer than that cabin
Scathach Rhiadra: yes it is
Scathach Rhiadra: and do you go for the meditation sessions?
Udge Watanabe: only at kannonji, I can't make ZR's times.
Scathach Rhiadra nods
Udge Watanabe: neither can you probaly :)
Udge Watanabe: Solo suggested that I could start a 1pm session at ZR
Scathach Rhiadra: no, only for Americans:)
Scathach Rhiadra: that would be a good idea:)
Udge Watanabe: or maybe a noon quarter-hour
Udge Watanabe: so as not to conflict whith PaB
Udge Watanabe: my SL is nearly as fully timetabled as my RL
Scathach Rhiadra nods enthusiastically:)
Scathach Rhiadra: noon sounds good
Scathach Rhiadra: I imagine there are quite a few Europeans who would appreciate a noon session
Udge Watanabe: oh yeah.
Udge Watanabe: ok, thanks for the encouragement. I'll look into it.
Scathach Rhiadra: no pressure:)
Udge Watanabe: (started one of my many weekend rituals during that pause, opened windows and lit incense)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Scathach Rhiadra: I made coffee, only day I drink it
Udge Watanabe smiles
Udge Watanabe: I think it's good to make a difference for the weekend, marking a point in the passing of time
Udge Watanabe: (insofar as time "passes" ... but let's not go there)
Scathach Rhiadra grins
Scathach Rhiadra: oh the pheno workshop is probably going to move to a themed PaB session, so Pema can attend
Udge Watanabe: ah, interesting. I wonder whose? tarmel maybe, since she is moderatrix?
Scathach Rhiadra: no, her timeslot conflicts with an Astronomy event, they are looking for a session, has to be 7am or 7 pm
Udge Watanabe: I selfishly hope Adams doesn't volunteer her slot :)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Scathach Rhiadra: well it will most Europeans cannot attend
Udge Watanabe: that's a point, it must be a 7am session for Gilles.
Udge Watanabe: wouldnt be much fun without him
Scathach Rhiadra: no, for Pema, Gilles doesn't usually go to pheno:)
Udge Watanabe: oh, I've misunderstood that all these months. I thought Pheno was their weekly wrestling in mud?
Scathach Rhiadra: no it developed into a workshop exploring phen in our lives
Scathach Rhiadra: pheno*
Scathach Rhiadra: Gilles started his own seminar
Udge Watanabe: aaaaaah.
Scathach Rhiadra: so it is 100 days to the retreat, or is it 99 now
Udge Watanabe: or 98? when wasthe announcement? this week has all melded into one day
Udge Watanabe: it's quite frightening how fast time flies, the year is already 40% over
Scathach Rhiadra: yes, I was just thinking it is almost June!
Udge Watanabe: exctly.
Udge Watanabe: there are things from November on my to-do list still.
Scathach Rhiadra: haha
Udge Watanabe grins ruefully
Udge Watanabe: did you have anything you wanted to talk about, Scath? I seem to have monopolized the morning
Scathach Rhiadra: no, it has been a nice chilled session:)
Udge Watanabe smiles and chills
Scathach Rhiadra: good way to start the weekend:)
Udge Watanabe: yes :)
Udge Watanabe: shall we sit and breathe until the bell?

so we sit and breathe for the last 10 miutes, a very nice way to start the day......

Scathach Rhiadra: yes:)
Udge Watanabe: :)
Udge Watanabe shakes out his shoulders and back, and folds his hands
Udge Watanabe stretches and smiles. Thank you, Scath, this was a fine start to the weekend
Scathach Rhiadra: yes thank you too:)
Udge Watanabe: bye for now, enjoy the day.
Scathach Rhiadra: you too, see you later, namasté
Udge Watanabe: namaste