2010.06.24 19:00 - Short and Sweet

The Guardian for this meeting was Calvino Rabeni. The comments are by Calvino Rabeni.

Calvino Rabeni: And Paradise makes three :)
Paradise Tennant: hiya sorry I am late :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles how are you cal :)
Calvino Rabeni: hehehe
Calvino Rabeni: and you ?
Paradise Tennant: very well thanks :) worked late ..just got in ;)
Calvino Rabeni: Switching gears then ...
Paradise Tennant: smiles yes :)
Paradise Tennant: nods ..hungry ..am boiling water for perogies !
Bleu Oleander: hi!
Calvino Rabeni: Leaving work behind
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya bleu .. nice to see you :)
Paradise Tennant: nice kimono !
Bleu Oleander: ty!
Bleu Oleander: comfy :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles always good to be comfy :)
Bleu Oleander: how are you both tonight?
Bleu Oleander: hey did you feel the quake?
Paradise Tennant: smile sure did everything on my desk wobbled we thought it was a bomb at first :)
Calvino Rabeni: Where / when was that?
Paradise Tennant: we have the g20 going on here :)
Bleu Oleander: wow
Paradise Tennant: 5.5 earthquake in toronto yesterday afternoon :)
Bleu Oleander: don't think I want to experience that
Paradise Tennant: nods
Paradise Tennant: you don't get a lot of warning :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Paradise Tennant: time to maybe crawl under you desk that is about it
Calvino Rabeni: Oddly, I think I felt it on the West Coast
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Calvino Rabeni: silly as that sounds
Paradise Tennant: well it reached a long way
Paradise Tennant: from toronto to montreal to ottawa was the heavy zone but also in new york state
Calvino Rabeni: which is rather bizarre, it is more than 2000 miles
Calvino Rabeni: I'm probably confabulating
Paradise Tennant: pila last night thought it interesting it occurred coincident with the commencement of the g20 meetings a sign :)
Paradise Tennant: loves the word confabulating :)
Paradise Tennant: is it really a word ?
Calvino Rabeni: Yes, it wraps up a lot of drama into a fun-to-say package
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Calvino Rabeni: Or maybe it's pure coincidence, but I did feel like "is this an earthquake happening" very recently
Paradise Tennant: i was very sorry to miss the session on monday where everyone talked about their work read the log .such a great session
Calvino Rabeni: What were some highlights ?
Bleu Oleander: yes, it was a great session
Paradise Tennant: well cal could be .. there are lots of tremors that people often do not notice
Bleu Oleander: time is not an easy subject
Paradise Tennant: could check one of the earth quake sites would give you the occurrences
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: but great that everyone took it on
Calvino Rabeni: There's a segment on attention, open awareness, and physics on the program Speaking of Faith
Bleu Oleander: a new segment?
Calvino Rabeni: And exploring the interiors and exteriors of things
Paradise Tennant: is it on the web ?
Calvino Rabeni: yes, it just came out
Paradise Tennant: or tv?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Calvino Rabeni: http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/2010/holding-life-consciously/
Bleu Oleander: oh the new one
Bleu Oleander: haven't listened yet
Bleu Oleander: good?
Calvino Rabeni: I haven't gotten far yet
Bleu Oleander: hey steve
Paradise Tennant: hiya steve :)
Calvino Rabeni: Here it says "Bell sound meditation - our weekend exercise - try this 10-minute bell sound meditation and then share your experience with us."
stevenaia Michinaga: hiya
Calvino Rabeni: That is uncannily familiar in some way :)
Calvino Rabeni: HI Stevenaia
Bleu Oleander: hi druth
Paradise Tennant: looks like a great website going to save it to favourites
druth Vlodovic: hi :)
Bleu Oleander: some good segments
Paradise Tennant: hiya druth ... good to see you ;)
stevenaia Michinaga: will the fountain eventually rezz and get me wet?
Bleu Oleander: :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles at steve ..
stevenaia Michinaga: there's a pillow under this fountain
Bleu Oleander: never tried that before hehe
Calvino Rabeni: http://blog.speakingoffaith.org/post/724957186/bell-sound-meditation-shubha-bala-associate
Calvino Rabeni: It asks for a report on experiences during the bell :)
Bleu Oleander: really?
Bleu Oleander: they must be coming to PaB
Calvino Rabeni: :) Indeed
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: well shall we report on experiences during the bell :)
Calvino Rabeni: Yes
Bleu Oleander: sure
Paradise Tennant: smiles would you like to start bleu or shall we wait till the next round :)
Paradise Tennant: hiya jerome welcome
Paradise Tennant: have you been to pab before :)
Jerome Ronzales: yes
Jerome Ronzales: thx
Jerome Ronzales: hi druth
Bleu Oleander: let's do it for the next round
Paradise Tennant: smiles
druth Vlodovic: hello jerome
Jerome Ronzales: cya later, back to Nuba
druth Vlodovic: I couldn't think of a greater contrast
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: what is nuba ?
druth Vlodovic: philosophy sim, lots of arguing
Paradise Tennant: ahh kk :)
Paradise Tennant: we were talking of time there for a bit before we meandered
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: smiles during the pause .. i followed my breath.. then on the exhalations felt the connections of the thousands of people who are very near me.. some from very far away .. it felt like being part of a shimmering web :)
Bleu Oleander: nice!
Bleu Oleander: similar metaphor to the "infinity net" paintings I used in my photos
Paradise Tennant: smiles yes we are on a theme a oneness :)
stevenaia Michinaga: long day, caught a 90 second nap
stevenaia Michinaga: letting go will do that
Bleu Oleander: that can be very restorative
Paradise Tennant: lol smiles a very big smile at steve
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, an old yoga habit
Calvino Rabeni: I let go of body tension, then immediately forgot totally about PaB and everything
Calvino Rabeni: rather refreshing, I agree
Paradise Tennant: nods :) lovely to let go :)
Calvino Rabeni: and felt a little surprised when I heard the sound after that
Paradise Tennant: smiles silence lovely too . wraps around you .. quiets you .. you can feel stillness :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Paradise Tennant: like diving into .. the sea ..into layers :)
Bleu Oleander: nice to see everyone ... have a great evening .... bfn :)
druth Vlodovic: steve has fallen asleep again :)
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: :)))))
Paradise Tennant: nudges steve
druth Vlodovic: bye Bleu
stevenaia Michinaga: I hear that
stevenaia Michinaga: night all
stevenaia Michinaga: gtsy
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: careful steve .... always dangerous to fall asleep around Paradise

Editor's Note:  For an explanation of that remark, see this.

Paradise Tennant: nite nite steve ..bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: hehe :)
druth Vlodovic: 'night
Bleu Oleander: nite all
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: anyone have anything they wanted to talk about before we wind down :)
Calvino Rabeni: Actually, I would like to take that meditation feeling from this session and go on an evening nature walk as continuance
Calvino Rabeni: So, thanks for the start :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Calvino Rabeni: Have a great evening !
Calvino Rabeni: Bye for now :)
Paradise Tennant: enjoy the commune with nature ..
Paradise Tennant: take care cal and thanks again
Calvino Rabeni: :))
druth Vlodovic: inspiration, :-)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Calvino Rabeni: Yes
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: nice quiet nite here with a big moon .. may do the same if the dog will wake up :)
Paradise Tennant: thanks for coming druth
Paradise Tennant: lovely to see you :)
druth Vlodovic: ty for being here
Paradise Tennant: smiles take care cu soon !
druth Vlodovic: :)