2010.01.17 07:00 - Goodbye for Now

The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

Wol Euler: hello adams
Adams Rubble: Hi Wol :)
Adams Rubble: Nice to see you :)
Adams Rubble: Hello Agatha
Wol Euler: likewise
Wol Euler: hello agatha
Agatha Macbeth: Hi both
Agatha Macbeth: Nice to meet your other half Adams :)
Adams Rubble: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Very cute
Adams Rubble: This is my last session as GOC
Agatha Macbeth: Awww
Agatha Macbeth: How come?
Wol Euler nods sadly
Wol Euler: a momentous occasion
Adams Rubble: Well, it is like the end of a run
Wol Euler: hello eliza
Agatha Macbeth: A fun run?
Adams Rubble: It is time to move in different directions
Adams Rubble: yes, it was a very fun run
Eliza Madrigal: Hi :)
Agatha Macbeth: You're not leaving PaB?
Adams Rubble: Good morning Eliza :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Eliza :)
Wol Euler: hello eden
Adams Rubble: no, but may be taking a break...who knows
Adams Rubble: Hello Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Hi!
Eliza Madrigal: Wow, Wol! Quite an appearance :)
Agatha Macbeth: Sorry to hear that :(
Wol Euler sniffles and wipes away a tear.
Wol Euler: ty, eliza
Agatha Macbeth: Bonjour Edie
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Eden :)
Eden Haiku: Macbeth, how are you?
Eliza Madrigal is in denial
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Quite, well...very good atm
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Agatha Macbeth: In fact
Agatha Macbeth: to be honest
Agatha Macbeth: quite wonderful :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, wow
Adams Rubble: :)
Eden Haiku: You were talking about Adams taking a break, maybe?
Wol Euler: nice to hear that, agatha
Adams Rubble: yes Eden
Eliza Madrigal: Sometimes it is good to clear everything out of the house, so to speak.. evaluate where the furniture has been, etc
Eden Haiku: I enjoy so much your Chronicles Adams...
Agatha Macbeth: Is this a sudden desicion Adams?
Adams Rubble: no, it has been evolving slowly
Eden Haiku: But I understand how much work it must be.
Agatha Macbeth: All the work on the Sacred Art Museum must have worn you out...
Eliza Madrigal: lovely work, though :)
Adams Rubble: well, the other Adams did all that work :)
Agatha Macbeth: For sure!
Wol Euler: :)
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Adams Rubble: The workshop is still on
Adams Rubble: It will be meeting later today
Eliza Madrigal: It can be even more difficult to make decisions, when one feels the work they are doing is worthwhile... harder to trim
Wol Euler: today, in fact :)
Adams Rubble: in the museum at 11:00 am SLT
Agatha Macbeth: Right
Adams Rubble: Looking at the Creation of Adam
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: or Adamses (hehe)

I was doing a bit of a teasing here. The Creation of Adam painting includes Eve and also Christ as the second Adam.

Agatha Macbeth: I just noticed you have gone red again Edie
Agatha Macbeth: Well, pink
Eden Haiku: You are such a nicknamer Agatha... and yes, rosa claro it is called...
Agatha Macbeth: Very nice
Eden Haiku: blushing
Agatha Macbeth: You're not on Sparkle today then?
Agatha Macbeth: Stormy!
Adams Rubble: Good morning Storm
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Storm!
Storm Nordwind: Good morning all :)
Eden Haiku: Oh no! not on Sparkle Agatha,
Agatha Macbeth: Afternoon here Storm :)
Eden Haiku: Good morning Storm
Agatha Macbeth: I guessed that Eden, cos we can see you :)
Storm Nordwind: Not here Agatha. Not in the pavilion :)
Agatha Macbeth: Well, you know what I mean ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Actually I'm set to Sunset
Eden Haiku: I'M curious Adam, is the workshop about the creation of Adamses, the avatars?
Agatha Macbeth: Sunrise
Agatha Macbeth: I meant
Adams Rubble: hehe, no Eden
Agatha Macbeth: (Wol's in the kitchen)
Eliza Madrigal: Would be a good workshop too...hehe
Adams Rubble: I am being a little coy. the painting is a rich one
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Adams Rubble: Much more than a jump start to the Adam :)
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Adams Rubble: Storm, this is my last session as GOC and I am pleased you are here for it
Adams Rubble: thank you for coming
Wol Euler: ((back, sorry, phone))
Storm Nordwind: Seems appropriate somehow :)
Agatha Macbeth: Indeed
Adams Rubble: yes Storm :)
Eden Haiku: Transmission of some sort...
Adams Rubble: I will be starting afresh
Eden Haiku: Good luck in your new adventures Adams.
Wol Euler: indeed
Agatha Macbeth: Hear hear :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes, I'll chime in on that too :)
Adams Rubble: Thank you :)
Agatha Macbeth: Have you not been in PaB from the beginning?
Adams Rubble: not quite, I came after 2 months
Agatha Macbeth: Ah
Agatha Macbeth: Close enough :)
Eliza Madrigal nods
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Adams Rubble: My forst session was one of Storm's

Little did I know that my typo here was causing a bit of confusion but I meant first and not worst.

Eden Haiku: I'm sure...
Storm Nordwind smiles
Eden Haiku: What happened?
Adams Rubble: Well I came back :)
Wol Euler: :)
Eden Haiku: oh oh...
Adams Rubble: then had a marvelous adventure
Adams Rubble: a great sailing trip
Agatha Macbeth: Ooh
Adams Rubble: I have reached some kind of plateau
Adams Rubble: and I am looking to start over again
Adams Rubble: at the end of course (hehe)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eden Haiku: I thought you meant your 'worst' session and I see that 'forst' meant first. Ah typos...;-)
Adams Rubble: whoops
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Storm Nordwind chuckles
Eliza Madrigal would like to know the worst session, too
Eliza Madrigal: haha
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: wouldn't you
Adams Rubble: hehe
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: Yes :)
Eden Haiku: And the best ;-)
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: 'SL body language?'
Eliza Madrigal definitely wants to know the best, too
Storm Nordwind: The PaB that can be described is not the true PaB

I get to bring up the dogs agaon

Adams Rubble: One of the most memorable was the dog session
Eliza Madrigal giggles @ Storm
Adams Rubble: It was with Stim and Bertrum
Adams Rubble: It was about anger
Adams Rubble: Up until that time I was driven to madness by a neighbors Jack Russell terrier who waited for me to go into the yard
Adams Rubble: and woudl bark
Wol Euler: :)
Adams Rubble: correction for anyone to go into the yard
Adams Rubble: this dog has wonderful stamina
Adams Rubble: it can bark for four hours straight
Adams Rubble: it was the firts thing I hgeard when i woke up
Adams Rubble: the last thing IO heard before going to sleep
Wol Euler: O.O
Adams Rubble: Stim and Bertrum broought up much worse scenarios
Adams Rubble: where compassion was used to look at the shortcomings of the person doing the tormenting
Adams Rubble: they asks for examples of things that made us angry
Adams Rubble: and I sheepishly mentioned the dog
Adams Rubble: which paled in comparison to the things they had talked about
Adams Rubble: anyway, they taught me to look compassionately at the ignorance of the owner
Adams Rubble: after that whenever I heard the dog bark it was barking com-pash-un
Wol Euler: heheheh
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Adams Rubble: It has never botheerd me since
Agatha Macbeth: :)
Eden Haiku: Com-pash-un...;-)
Wol Euler: lovely
Storm Nordwind: Wonderful!
Adams Rubble: Practical PaB
Agatha Macbeth: Sweet
Eliza Madrigal: And you still live near to this dog?
Adams Rubble: yes, but there is another Jack Russell terrier there now too and I have not yet learned to apply it the the second one (giggles)

The second one has a different owner

Wol Euler: heheheheh
Adams Rubble: maybe today
Eliza Madrigal: hahha
Eliza Madrigal: yes maybe today. Why not
Agatha Macbeth: Doggone!
Eden Haiku: When I read that log, Adams, I was also bothered sometimes by my father's dog (he lives downstairs). It helped me to have compassion for my father's anger and for mine. Never bothered me after that either.
Adams Rubble: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Rubble: In another session Storm taught us a neat walking meditation
Adams Rubble: called Faru
Adams Rubble: in which one breathes out light in front of oneself
Adams Rubble: and then picks it up behind with the inhale
Adams Rubble: In my case it made me accutely aware of my surroundings
Adams Rubble: I guess I most liked learnign tools in PaB
Adams Rubble: This isn't a plot to make me reconsider is it?
Wol Euler: :)
Eliza Madrigal giggles innocently
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Agatha Macbeth: :)

A visitor dropped in here and then left

Eden Haiku: Maybe you will just drop by once in a while Adams?
Agatha Macbeth: I hope so
Wol Euler: :)
Adams Rubble: Thank you eden, I am sure I will
Eden Haiku: It will be nice to hear from you!
--BELL--

During the 90 seconds I decide to share some thoughts about PaB and Pema arrives as I begin

Adams Rubble: Maybe this is a good spot to say some things
Adams Rubble: I care very much about Play as being and the people involved
Adams Rubble: In my case I have have become too attached to it
Adams Rubble: Maybe I am not sure of what is important and what is not because I am too close to it
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Pem :)
Adams Rubble: hello pema :)
Wol Euler: hello pema
Pema Pera: hi everybody!
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Pema :)
Adams Rubble: I am a bit embarassed, you came just as i was beginning to bare my soul (so tpo speak) Pema
Adams Rubble: :)
Eliza Madrigal: I'll give Pema a note of the lines before this one, Adams
Eden Haiku: Pema, Adams as been sharing her feelings about PaB.
Wol Euler smiles encouragingly, and gives your hand a squeeze.
Adams Rubble: thanks Eliza
Agatha Macbeth: Awww
Pema Pera: just a quick cameo appearance before I'm going to sleep -- just wanted to come in and thanks Adams again for all the help and support of the last one and a half years!
Storm Nordwind: hear hear
Adams Rubble: thank you for coming Pema
Wol Euler applauds.
Eden Haiku: (enthusiastic applause)
Adams Rubble: well I have gotten far more out of this than I have given
Adams Rubble: and I have not given up everything :)
Adams Rubble: An important part of this to me has been the love shared between us
Adams Rubble: I am not sure how much of that may be an attachment
Adams Rubble: but I think it has helped keep us together when we tended toward splitting apart
Eden Haiku: Will you still be my neighbour in the village Adams?
Adams Rubble: it made us less judgmental
Eden Haiku: So maybe we can have tea together sometimes?
Adams Rubble: more compassionate (hehe)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Rubble: thank you eden, that would be nice
Eden Haiku: ;-)
Adams Rubble: I think it is important that we stop and think carefully sometimes about the words we use
Adams Rubble: and how they are affecting others
Adams Rubble: that the goals do not make us insenstiive to the affect on people
Agatha Macbeth: Very true :)
Eliza Madrigal: It is nice to fill in the questions/doubts with trust in good will and affection, too.. sometimes difficult
Eliza Madrigal: SL can sometimes seem the most limited tool, sometimes limitless!
Adams Rubble: PaB and SL go well together :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Pema Pera: your help has been essential for the growth of PaB, Adams, with the Chronicles Project being one of the highlights, but just only one part of all that you have done for us -- and indeed, for yourself; we are all in that boat together, in a happily mingled and entangled way helping ourselves and others
Agatha Macbeth: Yep
Adams Rubble has learned much about boating
Adams Rubble: hehe
Pema Pera: :-)
Adams Rubble: yes, Pema, all togther
Wol Euler: :)
Pema Pera remembers Adams learning and teaching about buses as well . . . .
Adams Rubble: hehe
Agatha Macbeth: Buses?
Adams Rubble: long story Agatha
Agatha Macbeth: Quick precis?
Adams Rubble: many forms of transportation from the end
Adams Rubble: routes everywhere
Eliza Madrigal: :)
--BELL--
Agatha Macbeth: The ones round by me are always late or never turn up :(
Pema Pera: meanwhile, I'll go get some sleep, it's 1 am here in Kyoto: good seeing you all, and see y'all soon again, Adams & All !
Eliza Madrigal: I'm so glad to have been able to be here for this session, Adams
Adams Rubble: good night Pema :)
Storm Nordwind: Bye Pema
Wol Euler: 'night pema, sleep well
Agatha Macbeth: Sayonara Pem
Eliza Madrigal: Night, Pema :)
Adams Rubble: thank you all for coming :)
Riddle Sideways: hello and good night
Wol Euler: :)
Adams Rubble: hi Riddle :)
Wol Euler: hello riddle
Storm Nordwind: And shall we adjourn to the village hall?
Agatha Macbeth: Hi Riddle
Adams Rubble: bye all, I must go so the other Adams can work on the workshop
Riddle Sideways: yes
Wol Euler: Adams, thank you for being here with us for hte last year and a half. It's been a great ride.
Eliza Madrigal: ((((Adams)))) Thanks for everything...
Adams Rubble: I still be here Wol :)
Agatha Macbeth: Bye for now Adams :)
Wol Euler: good :)
Adams Rubble: and Eliza
Wol Euler: bye for now
Eden Haiku: Bye
Adams Rubble: bye :)
Storm Nordwind: The ride may not be over. Perhaps more like changing horses :)
Wol Euler: :)
Agatha Macbeth: Hope to see you again Soon Adams
Wol Euler: transferring between busses
Adams Rubble: hehe
Adams Rubble: thanks all
Agatha Macbeth: That too
Eden Haiku: See you some time Adams. Take care ;-)))
Adams Rubble: horses into the bus
Agatha Macbeth: Bye all
Storm Nordwind waves
Adams Rubble: bye bye