2009.11.02 13:00 - Change of season and Darkness

Mick and Gaya filled in for Stim.

Storm Nordwind: People meet here at 1/7/1/7 am/p/ SLT every day
Mickorod Renard: Hiya
Eden Haiku: Thanks.
Storm Nordwind: Hi Mick. Are you goc today?
Eden Haiku: Do they use voice chat?
Mickorod Renard: no, but will take the roll if needed
Storm Nordwind: All text Eden
Mickorod Renard: would u like a notecard Eden?
Eden Haiku: Ok, thank you Storm, Thanks for the welcome;-)
Storm Nordwind: And we publish the chat logs on our wiki - so please only stay and say if you don't mind seeing your name there!
Storm Nordwind: http://playasbeing.wik.is/
Eden Haiku: My avatar's name right?
Storm Nordwind: Yes
Storm Nordwind: Only that
Storm Nordwind: And anything you avatar says, unless you would like it removed from the log
Mickorod Renard: I have passed Eden a note card
Eden Haiku: No problem ;-) I find this very interesting. I will check the wiki as I wait,
Storm Nordwind: Thank you Mick. Please excuse me for a while, I have lots to attend to!
Storm Nordwind: See you later guys!
Mickorod Renard: np
Eden Haiku: Thank you Mickorod.
Mickorod Renard: take a seat Eden ,,if u wish?
Eden Haiku: Yes, thank you.,
Mickorod Renard: are you new to SL or just PaB?
Eden Haiku: I am about 4 weeks old SL" What does Pab mean?
Mickorod Renard: play as being
Eden Haiku: Play as Being, yes...
Mickorod Renard: exactly what that means is what wwe try and discover
Mickorod Renard: he he
Eden Haiku: I like that!
Mickorod Renard: also we try and include time out, from our usual thought processing to some seconds of meditation
Mickorod Renard: and with the hope we can adopt the practice in real life
--BELL--
Mickorod Renard: as you see the fountain spurting, well it will turn into mist, at which time we stop chat and be silent
Mickorod Renard: just for a few seconds
Mickorod Renard: Hi Gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Eden and Mick :)
Mickorod Renard: how are you?
Gaya Ethaniel: Good good thanks yourself?
Mickorod Renard: yes, fine thanks
Eden Haiku: Hi Gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: Can I lower the fountain?
Mickorod Renard: please do
Gaya Ethaniel: ty :)
Mickorod Renard: Eden is checking out the wiki I believe
Gaya Ethaniel: ah :) I'm checking out her profile.
Mickorod Renard: he he
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Eden Haiku: Not yet Micko, I'm too nervous about missing the mist ;-)))
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello SophiaSharon :)
Mickorod Renard: well, we often miss it
Gaya Ethaniel nods.
Mickorod Renard: Hi Sophia
Eden Haiku: Hi Sophia
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Gaya, Mickorod and Eden :)
Mickorod Renard: when the mist arrives, just try and focus away, and maybe at where u are in rl
Mickorod Renard: Hi Zen
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Zen :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I seem to be having bad chat lag today :)
Zen Arado: Hello all :)
Mickorod Renard: mine seems ok
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Zen
Gaya Ethaniel: aaww :( that happens to me too sometimes at 1 pm.
SophiaSharon Larnia: ;p
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Scath :)
Mickorod Renard: Hi Scath
Zen Arado: Hi Scath
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Qt :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Scathach and Qt
Eden Haiku: Bonjour Zen
Qt Core: Hi all
Mickorod Renard: Hi Qt
Gaya Ethaniel: :D
Zen Arado: Bonjour Eden
Mickorod Renard: Eden is new, if anyone has a good way of explaining what we do here feel free
Zen Arado: beats me :)
Eden Haiku: Yes;-))
Mickorod Renard: he he
SophiaSharon Larnia: You got the notecard Eden?
Qt Core: the what we do here: feel free is good enough ;-)
Eden Haiku: I like it already...
Mickorod Renard: yes, gave one
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Mickorod Renard: and storm gave some info too
Eden Haiku: Yes Mick gave it to me. I'M reading it,
Eden Haiku: Yes, Storm guided me here, I was walking on the lawn...
Gaya Ethaniel: ah :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: how nice Eden :)
Mickorod Renard: I tell u what, now the autumn leaves are falling, I am finding it hard not to feel darker
Gaya Ethaniel: You mean the day getting shorter?
SophiaSharon Larnia: ironically I feel the opposite Mick isnt that strange
Mickorod Renard: that contributes, but I think autumn is a human thing as well as tree's etc
Gaya Ethaniel nods.
Mickorod Renard: odd Sophia
Eden Haiku: Do we know when the mist comes out? Is it random from now on?
SophiaSharon Larnia: every 15 minutes Eden, for 90 seconds
Scathach Rhiadra: brb
Mickorod Renard: I love the seasons and the re birth
Gaya Ethaniel: But don't worry about it Eden :)
Mickorod Renard: out with old in with new
Zen Arado: not much change in seasons in some countries
Mickorod Renard: but I feel the darkness and cold coming
SophiaSharon Larnia: change in season has it own delights, like hay rides and apple cider
Zen Arado: Australia for instance
Eden Haiku: I'M inviting a friend, is that Ok?
Gaya Ethaniel: I like being cosy at home during winter ... :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: please Eden :) very much so
Mickorod Renard: yes, I love snow, and crispy frost
Gaya Ethaniel: or the invigorating cold ...
Mickorod Renard: Hi Porto
Gaya Ethaniel: brb
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes gaya I love that too, change in season to a new year
Zen Arado: Hi Porto
porto Magic: hello
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Porto
Mickorod Renard: gave u a card porto
porto Magic: hello all
Qt Core: Hi Porto
Zen Arado: darkness can be strangely comforting
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Bertam
Mickorod Renard: just a quick word, we post the chat on a public wiki
Zen Arado: Hi Bertram
Mickorod Renard: Hi Bert
Qt Core: hi bertram
Bertram Jacobus: hello everybody - don't feel interrupted please (!) ... :-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Mickorod Renard: Who is guardian ?
SophiaSharon Larnia: I think this is Stim's spot
Mickorod Renard: ahh
Gaya Ethaniel: back
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Bertram and porto :)
--BELL--
Bertram Jacobus: wb gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: ty Bertram :)
Mickorod Renard: porto let me know if there is anything u say that you want removing off the chat
Gaya Ethaniel: There is an interesting exhibition in London re: darkness.
Gaya Ethaniel: I will go as soon as I get a chance :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: in rl or sl? laughs
Mickorod Renard: what's it about Gaya?
Eden Haiku: The moment is over when the bell rings, right?
Bertram Jacobus: yes eden
Gaya Ethaniel: It's a huge container of some sort and completely dark - only open one side as entrance.
Gaya Ethaniel: More you go in, darker it gets ...
Eden Haiku: I had this impulse of lifting my two palms to the screen when the mist started...
Mickorod Renard: I feel there is a difference between getting dark in evening to getting dark from eclipse
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles at Eden....
Gaya Ethaniel: http://www.tate.org.uk/modern/exhibi...a/default.shtm
Mickorod Renard: thanks gaya
Gaya Ethaniel: yw :)
Zen Arado: ty
Zen Arado: interesting
Eden Haiku: Is it like experiencing what a blind person feels this darkness thing in London Gaya?
Gaya Ethaniel: It took me years to adjust to being in UK which is further away from equator than Korea ...
Gaya Ethaniel: I think one can adjust to pretty much anything ... we are much more flexible than we think.
Gaya Ethaniel: I don't know yet, I'm looking forward to visiting the gallery. Some people gets disturbed by it I heard.
Qt Core: here in bilan there is a total dark bar managed by blind people
Mickorod Renard: Miroslaw Balka's box of darkness is disturbing in its historical echoes but beautiful as well. The Times Miroslaw Balka's black hole at Tate Modern is terrifying, awe-inspiring and thought-provoking. It embraces you with a velvet chill. The Guardian
Qt Core: where they make you feel what is being blind
SophiaSharon Larnia: wow Qt
Gaya Ethaniel: Mum!
Qt Core: (never been there)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Wol
Zen Arado: teaches trust?
Mickorod Renard: Hiya Woll
Wol Euler: hello everyone, sorry I'm late
Zen Arado: is that good?
Zen Arado: Hi Wol
Qt Core: bilan=Milan
Gaya Ethaniel looks at Wol for some fabulous tan ...
Scathach Rhiadra: hello Wol:0
Bertram Jacobus: hello wol ! late ? no problem ! ;o)
Gaya Ethaniel: We are talking about darkness Wol.
Gaya Ethaniel: season changing and so on
Eden Haiku: Kali yuga...
Gaya Ethaniel: Let me make a nc ... one moment.
Wol Euler: ty
Zen Arado: suppose we all put a lot of trust in technology around us
Zen Arado: I trust cars will stop at traffic lights when I cross
Zen Arado: too much trust maybe
Eden Haiku: I trust people. Then, sometimes, I change my mind;-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: it does seem that way Eden, i wonder if it is really kali yuga
Eden Haiku: Good question Sophia...who knows?
SophiaSharon Larnia: brb phone
Eden Haiku: Play as being on cell phones...
Zen Arado: my zen name is way of trust
Zen Arado: Doshin
Zen Arado: not sure in what :)
Bertram Jacobus: nice ... :-)
Zen Arado: the process probably
Eden Haiku: November 2nd in Catholic church, is the Day of the Dead.
Zen Arado: pray for dead
Zen Arado: in purgatory?
Eden Haiku: My mother went back to darkness a year and a half ago. I lighted a candle for her today.
Qt Core: even in hell or heaven, you don't know where they ebded ;-)
Qt Core: ended
Mickorod Renard: or where we will
Eden Haiku: Darkness as the fold we are born from and return to.
Wol Euler: perhaps she was reborn already, that baby in the blue stroller that you walked past on Thursday
SophiaSharon Larnia: (yes pab even on cell phone :p)
Eden Haiku: That is true, I know. Could be.
Bertram Jacobus: re sophia s ;-)
Bertram Jacobus: but ... wasn't it friday ?
SophiaSharon Larnia: ive been thinking about that alot Wol, looking at everyone around me, wondering....
Mickorod Renard: Its more likely death will be a happier place if we have a positive spirit when we go
Wol Euler smiles and nods
--BELL--
Qt Core: sunday the saints and monday the deads
Zen Arado: dark, dark , dark, we all go into the dark.....
Gaya Ethaniel: heh :)
Eden Haiku: This time my hands joined in prayer in front of my screen, Mudras...automatic mudras, wow!
SophiaSharon Larnia: is the dark the unknown?
SophiaSharon Larnia: and not literal dark
Gaya Ethaniel: You do some sort of meditation regularly in RL Eden?
Mickorod Renard: u only find that out when u switch the light on
Eden Haiku: I like darkness, it is a safe haven.
Wol Euler: actually, most people who survive near-death experiences talk about "bright light" rather than darkness...
Scathach Rhiadra nods
Zen Arado: yes
Eden Haiku: I used too, but not anymore no...
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ok
Wol Euler: darkness is possibly our fear and uncertainty than their experience.
Wol Euler: *rather than
Scathach Rhiadra: I have always thought of what we come from and go to as luminous
SophiaSharon Larnia: switching a light on reveals things that are hard to look at
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Aidan :)
Mickorod Renard: hi aiden
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Aidan and Cynthia
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Cynthia :)
Eden Haiku: Hi guys!
Mickorod Renard: hi Cynthia
Wol Euler: hello cynthia, aidan
Zen Arado: Hi Aiden, Cynthia
Wol Euler: you were both here last week, I think?
Aidan Spiritor: Hello
Cynthia Macbeth: hey
Scathach Rhiadra: Hello aidan, cynthia
Bertram Jacobus: hy aidan and cynthia ... :-)
Mickorod Renard: passes towel to cynthia
Aidan Spiritor: :-))
Cynthia Macbeth takes towel
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles
Gaya Ethaniel: Born today Cynthia - welcome to SL.
Wol Euler: oh yes, congratulations.
Eden Haiku: Welcome to SL Cynthia. It is nice to have a newborn with us today...
Mickorod Renard: just given Cynth a card
Gaya Ethaniel: ty Mick :)
Mickorod Renard: I like light
Bertram Jacobus: may be we come and go from and to nowhere ...
Gaya Ethaniel: Why do you think that Scath?
Mickorod Renard: but as with autumn, maybe its like a flower opening and closing
Scathach Rhiadra: just do:))
Scathach Rhiadra: luminosity = knowing, cognisance
Gaya Ethaniel nods ... darkness always feel like narrowing down to me.
SophiaSharon Larnia: and the opposite? forgetting
Gaya Ethaniel: But season changes are about cycles I think.
Wol Euler: the cartoon light bulb-above-your-head of understanding or invention
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe
Scathach Rhiadra: some say we do our forgetting in life, forget what we really are
Aidan Spiritor: which is what?
Cynthia Macbeth: what i this
SophiaSharon Larnia: grins
Cynthia Macbeth: what is this
Scathach Rhiadra: much greater than the 'selves' we limit our selves to
Aidan Spiritor: hmmm.....not so clear
Eden Haiku: We meditate for a few seconds very 15 minutes and then we talk Cynthia,
Bertram Jacobus: hoi yaku :-)
Gaya Ethaniel: Hello Yakuzza :)
Wol Euler: hello yakuzza
Mickorod Renard: Hi Yaku
Cynthia Macbeth: I see
Scathach Rhiadra: Hello Yakuzza
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey everyone
SophiaSharon Larnia: Hi Yakuzza
Qt Core: Hi yakuzza
Zen Arado: Hi Yak
Eden Haiku: When the fountain becomes like mist, we just stop writing and meditate.
Eden Haiku: For 90 seconds.
Zen Arado: On a bare branch a rook roosts, Autumn dusk
Zen Arado: (haiku)
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Eden Haiku: Beautiful haiku zen...
Bertram Jacobus: love haikus ...
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Bertram Jacobus: many of them
Wol Euler: :)
Zen Arado: rooks suggest death and loneliness
SophiaSharon Larnia: as does bare branch and autumn
Bertram Jacobus: they are like levitating often ... so nice ...
Mickorod Renard: rooks are very clever, as birds go, I wonder whether with intelligence some buren is carried?
--BELL--
Mickorod Renard: naturally I will have to let you answer that..I wouldn't know
SophiaSharon Larnia: was thinking about Qt description of the blind bar, with that pause :) Feeling the way through mist... feeling concern of direction dropping away.
Mickorod Renard: burden*
Gaya Ethaniel: :)
Bertram Jacobus: i think, such a blind bar may be very relaxin ...
Gaya Ethaniel nods ... once you accept it I guess ...
Zen Arado: typing animation won't stop for me :)
Zen Arado: ah has now
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Gaya Ethaniel: yes sometimes you have to type something to stop that.
Eden Haiku: Do you know you can disable that typing animation Zen?
Gaya Ethaniel: how strange ... no lag at all today.
Qt Core: its name is cafenoir
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Bertram Jacobus: sry. have to leave. ty all and have a good time
Gaya Ethaniel: Good night Bertram :)
Eden Haiku: Bye Bertram!
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Bertram :)
Scathach Rhiadra: bye bertram
Zen Arado: Byr Bertram
Aidan Spiritor: bye
Qt Core: bye bertram
Wol Euler: bye bert
Mickorod Renard: bye bert
Zen Arado: no Eden?
Gaya Ethaniel: Advanced [Ctl+Atl+D] then Debug Setting - type playtypinganim then choose 'False'
SophiaSharon Larnia: hmm i just did it in preferences
Scathach Rhiadra: or it is in the preferences menu now
Zen Arado: ok
Gaya Ethaniel: oh it is now yes under 'Text Chat'
Zen Arado: i have emerald though
SophiaSharon Larnia: its there Zen under text chat
Aidan Spiritor: Nice meeting you all--have to get dinner now...bye..
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Aiden
Mickorod Renard: bye Aiden
Gaya Ethaniel: Good night Aidan :)
Scathach Rhiadra: bye Aidan
Zen Arado: ok Sophia
Zen Arado: ty
Wol Euler: bye aidan
Zen Arado: bye Aiden
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye everyone who's leaving
porto Magic: bye
Zen Arado: Bye Porto
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Porto
SophiaSharon Larnia: whoops :)
Mickorod Renard: its funny to imagine all of us in rl sitting at our pc's and laptops
Gaya Ethaniel: Why?
Wol Euler nods
Mickorod Renard: well, we are so far apart, yet so close
Mickorod Renard: and in such different scenarios
porto Magic: nice to meet you all, rl life calls,,,
Qt Core: starting to wonder how many in light and how many in dark with only minitor light
Wol Euler: bye porto, take care
Mickorod Renard: bye Porto
Scathach Rhiadra: bye Porto
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye porto
Qt Core: bye Porto
Eden Haiku: Bye Porto!
Gaya Ethaniel nods. SL offers that ... anonymity & openness ...
Gaya Ethaniel: Bye porto :)
porto Magic: bye all
Mickorod Renard: distant company
SophiaSharon Larnia: like little windows at the same time Mick
Mickorod Renard: yes
Scathach Rhiadra: nice image:)
SophiaSharon Larnia thinks of a wall of TV screen, all playing different shows, for some reason :)
Gaya Ethaniel: :D that fits!
SophiaSharon Larnia: the visual picture is a bit of overload, actually!
Eden Haiku: Yes, different scenarios.,, Same script in SL.
Gaya Ethaniel: One sees what one sees ...
Scathach Rhiadra: little windows of light in the darkness around the world
Zen Arado: wonder how far apart we are?
Gaya Ethaniel: Hence different shows ...
SophiaSharon Larnia: well, im 5 meters from you Zen ;p
Gaya Ethaniel: ? Zen
Zen Arado: :)
Wol Euler: :)
Scathach Rhiadra: :)
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Eden Haiku: We are with you Zen.
Zen Arado: distance from America and some part of Europe I guess?
Gaya Ethaniel: ah ... :)
Mickorod Renard: I am just over the water
Wol Euler: you are all closer to me than my neighbour downstairs who is asleep
Eden Haiku: I'm in North America. Montreal. And you Zen?
Zen Arado: physical distance I mean
SophiaSharon Larnia: ah interesting Wol
Scathach Rhiadra nods at Wol:)
Zen Arado: N.Ireland
Wol Euler: southern Germany
Mickorod Renard: uk
Qt Core: it
Gaya Ethaniel nods @ Wol
Gaya Ethaniel: UK
SophiaSharon Larnia: pennsylvania
Scathach Rhiadra: ah, I am only 100 miles away from you Zen:)
--BELL--
Zen Arado: yes I know Scath
Gaya Ethaniel: Good night :)
Zen Arado: bye
Scathach Rhiadra: good night Gaya:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: (night Gaya! waves)
Yakuzza Lethecus: night gaya
Scathach Rhiadra: good night all, Namaste
Yakuzza Lethecus: night everyone
Wol Euler: 'night scath, sleep well
Eden Haiku: Bye Scath!
Zen Arado: Good night Scath :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: Bye Scath!
Qt Core: night all
SophiaSharon Larnia: well, time for me to play as making dinner :) Nice to see everyone and to meet you Eden
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye all :))
Zen Arado: bye Sophia
Eden Haiku: Nice meeting you Sophia!
Eden Haiku: This time I used the meditation time to go back to real life duties. Unpacking boxes...
Wol Euler: :)
Eden Haiku: It was nice meditation too...;-)
Eden Haiku: So you are all Europeans...
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Zen Arado: I'm not sure about meditation in SL
Wol Euler: why, zen?
Eden Haiku: Well I,m not sure about meditation in RL either, so...
Zen Arado: lot of distractions
Zen Arado: but plenty of distractions in RL too...
Wol Euler: more than in RL?
Eden Haiku: I see what you mean Zen
Mickorod Renard: I must leave now..nice to see you all
Zen Arado: Ok bye Mick
Eden Haiku: Nice to see you Mickorod.
Wol Euler: bye mick, sleep well
Zen Arado: I better go too
Mickorod Renard: bye,,u sleep well too
Zen Arado: bye
Wol Euler: bye zen.
Eden Haiku: I'M going to go back to RL also...Bye guys!
Wol Euler: I guess that's it, then :)
Wol Euler: bye eden, nice meeting you.
Eden Haiku: Bye Wol.