2010.07.12 07:00 - Rain on the Roof

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

Eden Haiku: Good morning Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: hi Eden, Yaku
Eden Haiku: What an extarordinary outfit!
Eden Haiku: Did you create it Bleu?
Bleu Oleander: ty, just made it
Eden Haiku: Wow, it is all fluffly with some bleu shades at the ends. Yummy!!!
Bleu Oleander: it's fun to create these looks
Eden Haiku: Fun to see you wear them too ;)) It brings lightness and play :))
mike Melendez: hi yakzza
Eden Haiku: HI Mike. You are welcome to sit with us if you like.
mike Melendez: hi eden
Bleu Oleander: hi mike
mike Melendez: hi
Eden Haiku: Is it your fisrt tiem here Mike?
Eden Haiku: *First time?
mike Melendez: yes
mike Melendez: where are you from eden
Eden Haiku: We are recording our sessions on a Web site, would you agree to be recorded?
Eden Haiku: I live in Montreal Mike.
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey mike,bleu
mike Melendez: yes yakuzza
Bleu Oleander: hi Yaku
Eden Haiku: I realize I do not have the new PaB note card, would you have one Bleu or Yaku?
Bleu Oleander: sure
Bleu Oleander: I gave mike one
Eden Haiku: Thanks Yaku and Bleu. Mike, I passed on the info about our group on notecards.
Eden Haiku: Oh sorry, you are well-informed now Mike :))
Eden Haiku: We are a meditation group and we meet here 4 times a day.
mike Melendez: ohh good
Eden Haiku: I mean there is always a meeting 4 times a day, with different people attending, accodring to their free times and time zones :)).
mike Melendez: h??mm
mike Melendez: time free
Eden Haiku: ;)
mike Melendez: good
mike Melendez: :)
--BELL--
mike Melendez: I feel peaceful :)
mike Melendez: and cool
Eden Haiku: ;)
Bleu Oleander: There are some introductory ideas on the website. But basically we stop for 9 seconds, just pause, and drop our associations and identifications that we carry with us most of the time, our baggage if you like, so that we can get a chance to see what we are behind that.
Bleu Oleander: we get together a few times a day to chat about the nature of reality, and everything else, and we have a wiki http://wiki.playasbeing.org/
Eden Haiku: There is a bell every 15 minutes, and for 90 seconds, we try to be silent and become aware of our surroundings.
Eden Haiku: We sometimes speak during the pauses though :))
Bleu Oleander: try not to ..... but ......
Eden Haiku: Sometimes, we get talkative. Not this morning, obviously :)
Eden Haiku: I'm very sad about learning that our friend Zen is in hospital.
Bleu Oleander: yes, I saw that .... sent him a note
Bleu Oleander: you'll have to watch his property for him :)
Eden Haiku: He has been coming here at the Play as Being pavilion for many months, so we got to know him. I hope he recovers soon :) I have been missing him..
Bleu Oleander: we should send him a photo
Eden Haiku: Yes, I will watch his garden and gallery Bleu.
Eden Haiku: A photo Bleu?
Bleu Oleander: of us here
Eden Haiku: Yes, great idea. Sending him our best wishes.
Bleu Oleander: yes
mike Melendez: I will offline
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bruce
mike Melendez: see u later
Bruce Mowbray: G'day, Yaku, Mike, Eden,Bleu.
Bleu Oleander: bye mike
Bruce Mowbray: bye, Mike.
Eden Haiku: See u later Mike.
Bleu Oleander: hi B&B :)
mike Melendez: hi bruce and goodbye bruce :D
Eden Haiku: Good morning BRuce :)
Bruce Mowbray: ;-)
Eden Haiku: Took a picture of us in the pavilion this mrning for our frtiend Zen who is in hospital in Ireland. Did you have a chance to meet him Bruce?
Bleu Oleander: we should go to his garden and take a photo there for him
Eden Haiku: Ah, that would be nice. Maybe after the session?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eden Haiku: Bleu, I would like to hear more about the new Being puzzled project. It seems it will be photographs after all?
Bruce Mowbray: Yes --- I have met Zen. I also read the emails about his illness. Good of you to think of sending him the photo.
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: yes, Eden ..... i'll be sending out a notice towards the end of July for a mid august installation date
Eden Haiku: Yes, Bleu came up with this neat idea. It would be nice to know she would take the photo herself . She is the best photograph!
Eden Haiku: ;)
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Bleu Oleander: ty Eden :)
Eden Haiku: I can write a special Get well haiku maybe :))
Bleu Oleander: that would be lovely Eden
Eden Haiku: And we could tell him we spoke during the bell :)) He would smile...
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eden Haiku: How are Blub and you doing this morning Bruce?
Bruce Mowbray: Excellent, thanks.
Bruce Mowbray: Been re-reading Pema's first chapter.
Bruce Mowbray: woke up to rain on the roof about 4 a.m. -- practiced Being as Play for about an hour with the rain coming down.
Bruce Mowbray: Wonderful.
Eden Haiku: Ah, yes. Any new insights? Do you still need help in posting your report?
Bruce Mowbray: I still need to email Piet/Pema about that.
Eden Haiku: Maybe I can help you with that. I think Pema has a lot on his hands now...
Eden Haiku: Maybe we can even do that now as we are all part of the Time Group.
Bruce Mowbray: Insights? I'm finding that I want to "stay" in Being -- and not "come back" (identify with) the having stuff.
Bleu Oleander: did you get a sign on name and password for the PaB wiki?
Bruce Mowbray: cool. That would be good -- although I have not finished my report yet.
Eden Haiku: It is quite easy to log on the wiki. No need to be a guardian for that.
Bruce Mowbray: nope.
Bleu Oleander: I think you have to sign in to edit the wiki
Bruce Mowbray: I cannot find a registration form on which I would sign on - log-on.
Eden Haiku: Ah, let me look.
Bruce Mowbray: register, I mean.
Bleu Oleander: I think Storm would be able to give you that
Bleu Oleander: isn't that right Eden?
Bruce Mowbray: I've been thinking that I would just email my report to Pema and let him take it from there.
Eden Haiku: Yes, you can do that Bruce, for sure.
Bruce Mowbray: OK. Simpler for everyone (except Pema!) that way.
Eden Haiku: But if you log in. Just write your firts name, find a password and you are logged in.
Bleu Oleander: I think Storm needs to give you a password, no?
Bruce Mowbray: Mmmm.. Since there is no registration form for the wiki - I will need someone else to register me and give me a password. . .
Eden Haiku: Just tested it and it did not work. But I remember it used to be easy to log in.
Bleu Oleander: send an email to Storm
Eden Haiku: We did not need that before but maybe it is different now, with the new wiki.
Bleu Oleander: he can set you up
Bleu Oleander: he did that for me
Eden Haiku: Yes, good idea Bleu.
Bruce Mowbray: OK. Then I will need to get Storm's email address from someone.
Bruce Mowbray: Better, perhaps, just to do it through Pema.
Bleu Oleander: Storm Nordwind .... just IM him
Bleu Oleander: he's on often
Bruce Mowbray: cool. Thanks.
Bruce Mowbray: although easier said than done - since it is not possible for me to join the group (where I might find Storm - to IM him). . . On cannot "Join" the PaB group - - apparently only guardians are members.
Eden Haiku: I took a 9 seconds break in the pool yesterda. Doing the starfish.
Bruce Mowbray: I would need to wait until Storm makes an appearance -- and then IM him if I can see him.
Eden Haiku: No you can find him in search BRuce.
Bleu Oleander: no, you can just send him an IM and he will get it when he logs on
Bleu Oleander: search for him under "people"
Bleu Oleander: and you'll get his profile
Bleu Oleander: send him IM
Bruce Mowbray: search for Storm Nordwind -- I will try.
Bleu Oleander: it will be held for him until he logs in
--BELL--
Bleu Oleander: ask him about joining PaB
Bleu Oleander: it's a short process to become a member
Bruce Mowbray: Found him - "the old dodderer who is as stupid as a yak". . .
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Eden Haiku: Must be him ;)
Bleu Oleander: that's him
Eden Haiku: Yes, that's our Storm :) Had not read his profile in a while :))
Bruce Mowbray: I've just IMd Storm.
Eden Haiku: When Bruce is finished sending his IM, maybe we can go to Zen's garden and Bleu could take a nice picture to send Zen?
Bleu Oleander: yes let's do that
Eden Haiku: Ah, good. I'm sure you will be settled soon Bruce ;)
Bruce Mowbray: Just finsihed with it. I will need a TP to the garden.
Eden Haiku: Will TP you.
Bleu Oleander: can you come too Yaku?
Yakuzza Lethecus: tp ?