2010.11.04 19:00 - Fountain Side Chat

The Guardian for this meeting was Paradise Tennant. The comments are by Paradise, Storm, Freud and Stevenaia.

Paradise Tennant: smiles hello storm gtsy :)
Storm Nordwind: Hi there!
Storm Nordwind: I was just covering as there was no one here on the hour. Sadly I'm not intending to stay. :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles ok
Paradise Tennant: no worries
Paradise Tennant: i will meditate to the crickets :)
Storm Nordwind: Sorry about that. Log not yet claimed
Paradise Tennant: ok
Storm Nordwind: Be well! :)
Storm Nordwind: Namaste
Paradise Tennant: be well namaste :)
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: hello freud :)
Freud Jungsten: osiyo
Freud Jungsten: Not a big crowd today.
Paradise Tennant: no
Paradise Tennant: have you been to playasbeing often ?
Freud Jungsten: I have.
Freud Jungsten: Several times in fact now.
Paradise Tennant: smiles :)
Freud Jungsten: Some good chat some days.
Paradise Tennant: is there anything in particular you would like to explore :) or talk about :)
Freud Jungsten: Not today.
Freud Jungsten: you?
Paradise Tennant: hiya aphrodite
Paradise Tennant: hmm
Paradise Tennant: yes always :)
Freud Jungsten: brb]
Paradise Tennant: ok
Freud Jungsten: Oh... got to get to that RL thing for a bit
Freud Jungsten: Good to meet you though.
Paradise Tennant: smiles ok nice to see you again :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
Paradise Tennant: hya stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: heard everyone was leaving
stevenaia Michinaga: so I thought I'd keep you company
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: ohhh thanks :)
stevenaia Michinaga: how are you?
Paradise Tennant: always better with company
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
Paradise Tennant: very well thanks
Paradise Tennant: what shall we talk about :)
Paradise Tennant: taoism
Paradise Tennant: iching
Paradise Tennant: emptiness
stevenaia Michinaga: happy to
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: which?
stevenaia Michinaga: I know so little about so much
Paradise Tennant: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: you seem to be using iChing more than I
stevenaia Michinaga: I find it interesting that these things become more..., well interesting at this time in my life
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: well go in phases
Paradise Tennant: lately more
Paradise Tennant: sometimes not so much
stevenaia Michinaga: seems I ahve reached an age where reflection is more part od now
stevenaia Michinaga: *of
Paradise Tennant: was intrigued how sometimes it really captures the point
Paradise Tennant: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: even if it;s jsut finding time to ask a question to reflect on
Paradise Tennant: reflection is .. always a way to peace ..
stevenaia Michinaga: reflection requires patience
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: the reward of patience is patience :)
Paradise Tennant: thomas beckett I believe
stevenaia Michinaga: hmm, nice
stevenaia Michinaga: no wiki page on that :) but plenty of references
Paradise Tennant: been reading introduction to emptiness by guy newland it is an explanation of thsong khanpa's treatise on the stages of the path..
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: smiles kind of enlightenment for dummies version :)
stevenaia Michinaga: sounds interesting
Paradise Tennant: yes it is :)
stevenaia Michinaga: introduction to emptiness
Paradise Tennant: smiles lol
stevenaia Michinaga: expects to open a book of blank pages
Paradise Tennant: ahh but there are all these little printed words that have not intrinsic .. independent existence :)
Paradise Tennant: *no
stevenaia Michinaga: does talk of emptyness lead you closer to it?
Paradise Tennant: hmmm
Paradise Tennant: such a tricky thing to get your mind around
Paradise Tennant: to convince yourself of
Paradise Tennant: puts it on two levels yes things exist
Paradise Tennant: in a conventional sense
stevenaia Michinaga: I often compare these concepts to finding love, until you "fing " it it is almost inexplicable to someone who hasn;t
Paradise Tennant: but we are perceiving their conventional existence through a filter of senses that misses their real nature
stevenaia Michinaga: "find"
Paradise Tennant: smiles that is a brillant metaphor :)
stevenaia Michinaga: you need an "ah ha" moment for it to be understood, of maybe more like "struck by lighting" when it comes to love
stevenaia Michinaga: cone someone construct a path of learning to attain "emptyness"
stevenaia Michinaga: *can
Paradise Tennant: yes
Paradise Tennant: short answer
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Paradise Tennant: is it one you want to walk .. hmmm longer answer
stevenaia Michinaga: that is brilliance
Paradise Tennant: putting out your foot :)
Paradise Tennant: stepping down
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: we are so fickle ..
stevenaia Michinaga: thank goodness
Paradise Tennant: i am feeding the dog peanut butter he knows I have cheese ...
Paradise Tennant: he love peanut butter but is holding out the cheese after of course first licking the peanut butter to claim it :)
Paradise Tennant: we want everything
stevenaia Michinaga: you holding out ( and wondering when one would have peanutbutter and cheese)
stevenaia Michinaga: *why
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: well originally the peanut butter was for him and the cheese was to go with my malbec :)
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles, your dog has good taste
Paradise Tennant: smiles is thankful he has not acquired a taste for malbec :)
stevenaia Michinaga: do you go to the movies often?
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: not so much but love to
stevenaia Michinaga: friend suggested " Mao's Last Dance" to see with them, debating whether to accept
Paradise Tennant: hmm have not heard whether or not it is good
stevenaia Michinaga: there are two comments
stevenaia Michinaga: I saw this movie today. It was absolutely remarkable
stevenaia Michinaga: and
Paradise Tennant: trying to rent the unmistaken child and would dearly love to see inception
stevenaia Michinaga: This comment was left by a user who has been blocked by our staff.
stevenaia Michinaga: inception, I would think, is a movie theater movie
stevenaia Michinaga: if it;s still plaing somewhere
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s long, suspencefull and you won;t wnat to get up
Paradise Tennant: did you like it
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to have everything, even one of my favorites actress playing an architect
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: Ellen Page
Paradise Tennant: smiles she is good :)
stevenaia Michinaga: http://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi613680665/
Paradise Tennant: my browser opens very slowly
stevenaia Michinaga: so did mine
stevenaia Michinaga: luckilly it's a sort interview
stevenaia Michinaga: *short
Paradise Tennant: thank you
Paradise Tennant: listening to it
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
Paradise Tennant: smiles have you been practising your tai chi this week :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I wnet to my class tonight, realizing eveything I was taught last week was simply gone (the next move) then in a second she refreshed my memory, it;s the unfortunate part of learning Tai CHi from her, there are no study aids, jsut your own memory... or lack thereof
stevenaia Michinaga: sometiems it takes weeks to even attempt tp remember the next move comepletely
stevenaia Michinaga: years to master
Paradise Tennant: smiles yes
stevenaia Michinaga: patience training goes along with this
Paradise Tennant: lol sorry
stevenaia Michinaga: thoguht you were uncomfortable
--BELL--
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: blondie just jumped up :)
Paradise Tennant: on her own almost
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe
stevenaia Michinaga: so now you float
stevenaia Michinaga: enlighten blond
stevenaia Michinaga: or at least lightened
Paradise Tennant: lol
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: sadly yes :)
Paradise Tennant: but with work maybe more than the hair colour will lighten :)
stevenaia Michinaga: worth waiting for
Paradise Tennant: very odd on my screen I am sitting about a foot and a bit above the cushion
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: I noticed, hence the lightened (weight) comment
Paradise Tennant: i am levitating
Paradise Tennant: lol oh now I understand
Paradise Tennant: often do not look at the screen :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles well at least my legs are not sticking through my torso always find that disconcerting
Paradise Tennant: smiles at you shall we call it a night .. amazing how fast an hour goes :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nods, I have some reading to do, let me know how your book turns out (emptyness)
Paradise Tennant: smiles ok .. likely will read it more than once
Paradise Tennant: patience ..
Paradise Tennant: discipline
Paradise Tennant: smiles
stevenaia Michinaga: good idea
Paradise Tennant: namaste my friend :)
Paradise Tennant: be well :)
stevenaia Michinaga: night my friend