2009.09.09 19:00 - Play as Me

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

Paradise Tennant: kk blessings to you hon :)
Bellily Millar: oh my!
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: hiya steve :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
stevenaia Michinaga: how are you
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Sophia
Paradise Tennant: very well thanks munching a stir fry ..thinking about making some tea and you ...
Paradise Tennant: hiya sophia :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Stevenaia, Hi Paradise
stevenaia Michinaga: seem to be having a very good month so far
stevenaia Michinaga: but for me there is only good and very good
Paradise Tennant: nice :)
stevenaia Michinaga: or deluded and more deluded :)
Paradise Tennant: well there that too :))
stevenaia Michinaga: the important thing is ... it's contagious
stevenaia Michinaga: contagious
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Paradise Tennant: :))
stevenaia Michinaga: Interesting lately watching the dynamics of the group getting together to buy the lands
Paradise Tennant: hm have not followed all the emails
Paradise Tennant: but it seems complicated
SophiaSharon Larnia: it sounds wonderful for them, although complicated too :)
stevenaia Michinaga: more like a meeting in Im only in emails, yes, does sound complicated
stevenaia Michinaga: but in the end, after all that it seemed to come down to 10.00 per month (I think)
SophiaSharon Larnia: wow!
SophiaSharon Larnia: thats not too bad
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: yep no worries there
stevenaia Michinaga: but since I;m on the free plan, 120 a year for virtual real estate seems expensive, cheap? hard to know
SophiaSharon Larnia: yeah :)
Paradise Tennant: well nice to have a spot to meet and chat ..definitely need some kind of area ..how big I guess is the dynamic
stevenaia Michinaga: but if it gets up to a place where we can have a SL retreat, I suppose I would contribute, but would rather go to Malta
SophiaSharon Larnia: too expensive for me right now
Paradise Tennant: actually malta sounds like fun ..seriously thinking of planing to go
stevenaia Michinaga: perhaps virtual Malta?
SophiaSharon Larnia: laughs, that I can afford ;p
Paradise Tennant: sigh ..always the case .. when you have the time ..funds are low and when you have funds ..time is low
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: one of life's ironies
SophiaSharon Larnia: I heard they don't even stamp your passport anymore
stevenaia Michinaga: then why are there so many pages in it
SophiaSharon Larnia: grins
Paradise Tennant: :)) hmm so far ..mine always gets stamped ...interesting to watch the Americans go through the custom .. in cuba and they just smile at them .. no stamps ..!!!!
Paradise Tennant: another of life's ironies
Paradise Tennant: always find it disappointing just when my passport starts to get interesting it expires and you have to start all over
Paradise Tennant: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes, part of the pleasure is to have a stamp :)
Paradise Tennant: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: they didn;t stamp it on my way into Canada this summer
Paradise Tennant: hmm never had mine stamped going into the us either in fact never use to have to show it
SophiaSharon Larnia: Maybe Pema had to get more pages on his passport, before
Paradise Tennant: sounds like it !
SophiaSharon Larnia: you didn't have to show your passport Paradise?
Paradise Tennant: not going into the us
stevenaia Michinaga: sometimes they actually believe you
SophiaSharon Larnia: hmm
Paradise Tennant: sometimes would ask to see id but often as not they just wave you through pre 9/11
Paradise Tennant: use to sail across the lake and call into customs ..they would never answer ..
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Paradise Tennant: no security is tight everywhere
stevenaia Michinaga: I suspect SlL could have passports between lands someday
SophiaSharon Larnia: that's tags, in some areas
Paradise Tennant: we love our groups ..our us and thems :)))
stevenaia Michinaga: us and thems?
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes Paradise, the 'me'
Paradise Tennant: ;) yes human nature and definitely ego nature to create identities .. as groups .. which form cliques ..
Paradise Tennant: us is just a bigger me
stevenaia Michinaga: a group "Me"
Paradise Tennant: which is made all the more distinct by the thems .. the non uses
stevenaia Michinaga: Play as Me?
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Paradise Tennant: that is catchy
Paradise Tennant: and so so so true
stevenaia Michinaga: been thinking about variations of Play
SophiaSharon Larnia: listens
stevenaia Michinaga: relevant titles of my chat log, Play as Eating, when food sent me into an internal meditative introspection
stevenaia Michinaga: *recent
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh i read that, sensory :))
Paradise Tennant: lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: i love it when something grabs you like that, would like that to happen more often
Paradise Tennant: sometimes it is a balance thing between cognition and our senses
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s interesting when the 9 seconds arise naturally, rather than when directed
Paradise Tennant: hiya rowan .. gtsy :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Rowan
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Rowan
Rowan Masala: Hi Paradise, SS :)
Rowan Masala: Hi Steven
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes Paradise, good point :)
Paradise Tennant: speaking of food .. balancing my very healthy kale and mushroom stir fry .with whipped cream lemon mouse cake .. yum :)
Rowan Masala: lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: drools
Rowan Masala: I like your idea of balance
stevenaia Michinaga: looking for balance there
Rowan Masala: well, there's the sweet-savory balance
Rowan Masala: and the wanna-should balance
stevenaia Michinaga: thought it as the heathy and the artery clogging cream, suppose that;s balance
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: :))
Paradise Tennant: actually balance would be a good topic
Paradise Tennant: what it offers
Paradise Tennant: on so many levels
Paradise Tennant: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Ive been practicing calm abiding meditation to achieve balance/stability, mostly.
stevenaia Michinaga: I do some of that with Tai Chi, all about shifting balance
Paradise Tennant: hmm had a great chat with pila about that
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, he has been doing it for quite a while
Paradise Tennant: how tai is a physical discipline which balances the external forces of life with the internal forces of the body
stevenaia Michinaga: I am a beginner just learning about it and Chi
Paradise Tennant: :) me too
stevenaia Michinaga: the energy
Rowan Masala: but you seem to be very comfortable doing it
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Paradise Tennant: the calm abiding meditation is a great practice sophia .. how do you find it :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: it is lovely... it does work to calm me so I can think more clearly, it's hard to hold onto when I become very busy
stevenaia Michinaga: it; like the 9 seconds, or the 90 seconds, you can do it just about anywhere to take a break, I do in my office, in my back yard, in my dining room, but my cat gets involved then
Rowan Masala: lol
SophiaSharon Larnia: but the memory is staying with me, more and more
Paradise Tennant: cats are great meditators
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to "move" the cat to play with my feet
SophiaSharon Larnia: or sleepers :))
stevenaia Michinaga: trys it now see if the cat wakes up.......
SophiaSharon Larnia: when i meditate, my cats invariably sit next to me, one of each side
SophiaSharon Larnia: its like they know or something ;p
Paradise Tennant: I bet they sense it
Paradise Tennant: I use to do a walking meditation .. and my dog could always tell ..he would come barreling up to me and jump on me .. as though to say ..hey you pay attention this is my time !
SophiaSharon Larnia: grins
SophiaSharon Larnia: Ive been doing walking meditation too, but it turns into a power walk
Paradise Tennant: :)) yes on many many many levels :)
stevenaia Michinaga: thought Tai Chi was walking meditation
SophiaSharon Larnia: i go for a walk ... and pay attention to the moment, by moment
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: i always focus on my breath ..
SophiaSharon Larnia: many moments in one complete step
Paradise Tennant: lovely
stevenaia Michinaga: breathing is something I am only slowly integrating onto my practice
Paradise Tennant: for me it is how i make it work .. so direct .. so easy
SophiaSharon Larnia: me too, for me its become something my body odes on its own, when i focus on my breath, it changes the rate, etc and i become occupied with that
SophiaSharon Larnia: sorry typos
stevenaia Michinaga: I will fix when editing :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: thanks!
Rowan Masala: he's the king of typos
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe and spell checking
Paradise Tennant: someone said last night that typos are sl 's body language I think it was wol quote originally
Rowan Masala grins
Rowan Masala: I wish I had more contact with Wol. I always hear such good things...
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh yes, that is a great observation, I think I agree with Wol
SophiaSharon Larnia: usually when I am emotionally invested in what I am trying to say, I make more mistakes
stevenaia Michinaga: I met her last month in NJ when she was here
SophiaSharon Larnia: or I am very tired
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Karesa
Rowan Masala: hi Karesa
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Karesa
Rowan Masala: cat making weird noise - brb
Karesa Maradona: Hello
Paradise Tennant: hiya karesa :)) welcome
stevenaia Michinaga: have you been to this group before?
Karesa Maradona: 1st time... I'm here to see Paradise really. I don't mean to intrude on your discussion
Paradise Tennant: no worries ..
stevenaia Michinaga: we records our dialog, is it ok if we include your comments
stevenaia Michinaga: record
SophiaSharon Larnia: no intrusion, welcome, the more the merrier, as they say
Paradise Tennant: karesa is one of the first people I met in sl :)
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stevenaia Michinaga: have a seat and join us
SophiaSharon Larnia: wow, nice :)
stevenaia Michinaga: what Sophia?
SophiaSharon Larnia: Paradise, you have been here a long time :))
stevenaia Michinaga: oh continuing the conversation from 90 seconds ago
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Paradise Tennant: lol yes I read about sl in the newspaper one lazy sunday .. and joined that afternoon
Paradise Tennant: liked the music and the falling very well :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I hears a story about it in NPR and did the same
SophiaSharon Larnia: ha! so did I, about awful it was, I of course has to see
SophiaSharon Larnia: had*
Rowan Masala: I heard about it at a conference
Paradise Tennant: i landed on the most beautiful elven island .. totally stunning .. and always deserted .. :)) almost enchanted ..
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Rowan Masala: I came in looking for libraries. Very unimpressive. Took me a while to find interesting things
Paradise Tennant: sl has its truly amazing points .. the creativity here .. is astounding ..
Rowan Masala: oh yes
Paradise Tennant: yes takes a while to find .. what appeals to you .. often .. there is a lot that is less than appealing :)
Rowan Masala nods
SophiaSharon Larnia: I need to go, take care everyone :))
Rowan Masala: bye SS
Paradise Tennant: good nite sophia
stevenaia Michinaga: bye SS
SophiaSharon Larnia: waves
Paradise Tennant: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for joining us
Rowan Masala: I need to head out too
stevenaia Michinaga: it is getting last
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks for joining us Karesa, come again
Paradise Tennant: nite rowan .. :) gtsy :) how is the ankle :)
Karesa Maradona: thanks.. enjoyed listening in a little
Rowan Masala: ankle?
Paradise Tennant: hmm sorry I am confused
stevenaia Michinaga: night
Paradise Tennant: nite nite
Paradise Tennant: steve
Rowan Masala: night all
Karesa Maradona: good night
Karesa Maradona: I have to go get ready for bed, Par... seems my kitty knows, too. She just decided to sit right in front of the monitor
Paradise Tennant: kk nite nite karesa :))
Karesa Maradona: Nice to see you ... hope I catch you again soon, Par