2011.01.02 07:00 - The Planet is an Aquarium

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

Adams Rubble: Hello Arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: ello, Adams

Hope

Adams Rubble: How are you this morning?
Archmage Atlantis: Hopeful
Archmage Atlantis: and you?
Adams Rubble: I am well, thank you
Adams Rubble: I have been thinking about that word, hope
Archmage Atlantis: ?
Adams Rubble: It is one of the three things mentioned by Paul in I Corinthians 13
Adams Rubble: Faith, hope and love
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: I have been wondering why hope
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, hope, faith and charity, as I remember
Adams Rubble: Hello Eliza :)
Archmage Atlantis: and the greatest of these is hope
Eliza Madrigal: Hello Adams and Arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: but perhaps that was a different movie script
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, Eliza
Adams Rubble: no the greatest is love :)
Archmage Atlantis: Ah, love
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Archmage Atlantis: an often misused word
Adams Rubble: would you care to say more about your hopefulness :)
Adams Rubble: Hello Yakuzza :)
Archmage Atlantis: Not right now, Adams. still I appreciate the question
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey everyone
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Yaku :)
Adams Rubble: It would seem that the beginning of any spiritual quest would include hope
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Eliza Madrigal: maybe if hope is that thing that shows up when you one might have lost their sense of being able to figure things out one's self...
Eliza Madrigal: -you
Adams Rubble: the opposite of despair
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: 'hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul'
Eliza Madrigal: :) Emily
Adams Rubble: :)
Archmage Atlantis: That made my parrokeets comment
Eliza Madrigal chirps back
Archmage Atlantis: They seem to have gotten louder
Archmage Atlantis: Good thing the windows are closed and I can't hear the wildlife in the woods
Eliza Madrigal: why a good thing Arch? What would they be saying?
Adams Rubble thinks it is a good thing the windows are closed here to keep the cold out
Archmage Atlantis: We are all connected, we are each our own self. yet we are one
Adams Rubble: yes Arch :)

Expressing Oneself

Eliza Madrigal: My daughter and I had a long talk yesterday, about what it means to be fully expressive of oneself while also considering others... the balances and sensitivities...
Eliza Madrigal: what is kind
Eliza Madrigal: I'm not sure we came to a sure conclusion but we laughed pretty hard while trying to figure it all out :)
Adams Rubble: If expressing oneself includes airhorns....
Adams Rubble: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Archmage Atlantis: The trying is the important part, the conclusion is not so much relevant
Eliza Madrigal: she went through a few days of thinking that sometimes it does mean airhorns...
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: brb
Archmage Atlantis: sub brb
Eliza Madrigal: and I questioned myself, asking if I was passing along a 'don't bother anyone' hang-up or teaching her consideration... who knows :)
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: back
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: wb
Adams Rubble: young people sometimes may confuse seeking atttention and expressing onseself
Adams Rubble: thus the airhorn :)
Adams Rubble: maybe older people too :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes, but it isn't so different from my own wrestlings as an ahem, older person.... concerning 'authenticity' in one's life and with others
Eliza Madrigal: YES :)
Adams Rubble: wrestling with ME
Eliza Madrigal: she talked a lot about the masks we wear and asked me a question that stopped me in my tracks about peeling back mask after mask and realizing that sometimes we can't tell a difference between them... nodding... "me"

Baby Fish Surviving

Archmage Atlantis: I have a baby fish in my aquarium.........I can't imagine how he survived.......he or she showed up this week
Eliza Madrigal: was born this week Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: Doubt it
Eliza Madrigal: hehe just showed up out of the blue in an aquarium?
Archmage Atlantis: Probably 2 or 3 weeks ago
Eliza Madrigal: Ah :)
Archmage Atlantis: Just now got big and brave enuf for me to see
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Yakuzza Lethecus: :)
Adams Rubble is hopeful for Arch's baby fish
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: hope he finds love
Adams Rubble: or swims faster than the rest :)
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Yakuzza Lethecus: or watch the others swimming faster
Adams Rubble: Hello Bruce :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey bruce
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bruce :)
Archmage Atlantis: I wonder, do fish love?, do androids dream of electronic sheep?
Eliza Madrigal: perhaps he's swimming in it and doesn't know... he's looking everywhere....

The Planet is an Aquarium

Yakuzza Lethecus: the aquarium as a world of it´s own
Eliza Madrigal resists singing Pink Floyd songs...
Archmage Atlantis: This planet is an aquarium, at least in my mind
Archmage Atlantis: (or minds)
Bruce Mowbray nods a greeting to Arch, Adams, Eliza, and Yaku - and listens.
Adams Rubble: The planet is not limitless just like an aquarium
Adams Rubble: we will swim in whatever we put into it
Eliza Madrigal: aquarium mind
Yakuzza Lethecus: minds can be a small aquarium or expand through the whole universe
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Rubble liking the quarium metaphors
Adams Rubble: aquarium
Eliza Madrigal now resists singing age of aquarius....
Yakuzza Lethecus: fearful and unhealty thoughts might make our aquarium mind pretty small
Archmage Atlantis: The expansion, that is an expression of hope
Eliza Madrigal: :)

Snowballs, Marshmallows, Bears and Alligators

Eliza Madrigal: somehow I think of hope like a snowball one pick up and works with... builds things out of...
Eliza Madrigal: but lets go in its time
Eliza Madrigal: *picks
Eliza Madrigal: the outline of forms
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe, in my mind the snowball became as snowball fight of hope :)
Eliza Madrigal: cute, ya
Adams Rubble: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: but i see a snowballfight as something positive
Yakuzza Lethecus: and fun to do, sharing hope for fun
Eliza Madrigal: energetic....
Bruce Mowbray: like a pillow fight -- or a marshmallow fight.
Yakuzza Lethecus: right :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: pillow fight is more secure tho :)
Archmage Atlantis: Ok, opened the windows to see if there is any outside comment......but if the black bear or the panther eat my koi, well, let's just say the fight will be on
Eliza Madrigal: if we're too careful not to disturb one another maybe nobody wakes up....
Eliza Madrigal: so maybe not airhorns but snowballs or pillows in order.... hahha
Eliza Madrigal: or marshmallows, but those are sticky and someone would have to clean up
Adams Rubble: yum
Eliza Madrigal: have you seen a black bear near home Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: Sure, there is one who walks through the back yard regularly
Eliza Madrigal: wow
Archmage Atlantis: Better him than the aligators
Adams Rubble: :)
Eliza Madrigal: CHOMP
Eliza Madrigal: we do feed marshmallows to alligators for some reason...
Eliza Madrigal: all the kids' field trips
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: the alligator dentosts will be busy
Adams Rubble: dentists
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Yakuzza Lethecus: hehe :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: that´s why
Yakuzza Lethecus: giving em all bad teeth
Archmage Atlantis: Alligators are no longer endangered, and to stay,, we humans need to keep them afraid of us
Eliza Madrigal: ...feeding hope to alligators... hm....
Archmage Atlantis: Otherwise they start to eat pets and children
Archmage Atlantis: and old people
Archmage Atlantis: nature is a balance
Eliza Madrigal: I don't think alligators are afraid of us Arch... maybe of crocodiles....
Bruce Mowbray thinks -- What a way to go!
Eliza Madrigal: !!
Adams Rubble thinks eating old people is going too far
Eliza Madrigal: but pets are okay?
Adams Rubble giggles
Archmage Atlantis: Some socio-political groups find eating both ok

Chit Chat until Guardian Time

Adams Rubble: Hello Barcalona :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey barca :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hello Barcelona
Eliza Madrigal: (brb)
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Barca
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Barca!
Barcalona Rhapsody: Hi all
Barcalona Rhapsody: happy new year all
Yakuzza Lethecus: happy new year to you as well barca
Archmage Atlantis: ty
Bruce Mowbray: Nice sweather, Barca. A Christmas present, perhaps?
Adams Rubble: Happy New year
Yakuzza Lethecus wonders if he should still wear the pab shirt
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok i just took it from City-person in SL
Barcalona Rhapsody: or so ?
Archmage Atlantis: Odd comment......why not wear it Yaku?
Barcalona Rhapsody: i could shoose from student- or designer or city or zo
Bruce Mowbray thinks - It probably would not matter, Zaku, because all I've seen of you so far this session is a rather diffuse snowball. . .
Yakuzza Lethecus: 2010 :)
Bruce Mowbray: but perhaps others are able to see you more solid than I'm able to.
Archmage Atlantis: History has meaning
Yakuzza Lethecus: talking about new year again
Barcalona Rhapsody: no i see yaku as an white egg
Eliza Madrigal: I see Yaku clearly
Adams Rubble: I see Yaku just fine
Barcalona Rhapsody: or a cloud ?
Barcalona Rhapsody: yaku as a service
Adams Rubble: Hello Zen :)
Eliza Madrigal: must have been a window of time arrival in which Yaku appears clearly
Adams Rubble: Hello Alfred :)
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: hi zen and boxy
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey zen and boxy
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Alf and Zen :)
Alfred Kelberry: it's good to see you pablings :)
Archmage Atlantis: There are so many element that go into this virtual reality,
Archmage Atlantis: computer chips
Bruce Mowbray: Oh good -- Glad to hear others see Yaku -- He's a cloud for me, No -- He JUST NOW changed. . . Ahhhh! Wearing the PaB shirt. . .
Barcalona Rhapsody: more than 5 elements ?
Zen Arado: Hi all :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: yaku becomes grey now
Archmage Atlantis: lan cards
Eliza Madrigal: whenever someone uses that word I hear 'take me to your leader' in my mind...
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, Zen.
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: internet connections
Archmage Atlantis: (my foggy brain)
Alfred Kelberry: oh, eliza... are you bald? :)
Alfred Kelberry: and sinful?! :)
Eliza Madrigal: well, not bald... I'll leave sinful for others to judge :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: i miss blub
Alfred Kelberry: it says sinful, so must be it :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: when i see zen´s shirt i think about these old ,,take me to ur dealer" posters :P
Eliza Madrigal: my shirt does? hehe... didn't see that under the hair
Barcalona Rhapsody: ah there he is again
Barcalona Rhapsody: just like an Atos origin Fish
Barcalona Rhapsody: mm
Barcalona Rhapsody: I feel shy now
Alfred Kelberry: funny, i see no hair :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: never had a fish so close
Barcalona Rhapsody: mmmm
Barcalona Rhapsody: he is nice
Alfred Kelberry: i think blub's got bigger
Archmage Atlantis: Blub is a good guy
Barcalona Rhapsody: thanx Bruce, but will u take blub back again ?
Bruce Mowbray: He's a curious fish. . .
Barcalona Rhapsody: i feel a little wet here
Eliza Madrigal: 'we see things not as they are but as we are'
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok
Archmage Atlantis: Agree Eliza
Alfred Kelberry: oh, here's your blond hair, eliza :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: maybe he is not dry enough
Barcalona Rhapsody: but i liked it
Alfred Kelberry: pink floyd dude :)
Zen Arado: reality is sunective
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok, wish u were here
Eliza Madrigal: :)))
Zen Arado: subjective*
Barcalona Rhapsody: we dont need no education
Archmage Atlantis: Alfred, how out of character.......Pink Floyd
Eliza Madrigal thinks it is funny people bring up a song I didn't sing earlier...
Archmage Atlantis: Not boxy at all
Eliza Madrigal: guess it was meant to be
Barcalona Rhapsody: roger waters
Eliza Madrigal: sung :)
Zen Arado: going to improve typing - new year resolution
Alfred Kelberry: i think zen and his glasses are pretty fitting, arch :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: one small candle
Zen Arado: shine on you crazy diamonds
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: comfortably numb
Alfred Kelberry: i prefer today's resolution instead of new year or monday ones :)
Alfred Kelberry: barca is a fan :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: sure
Archmage Atlantis: Ha, I have rl hot coffee
Barcalona Rhapsody: gonna see roger waters in Arnhem in april 2011
Alfred Kelberry: i know just a couple of pink floyd songs
Barcalona Rhapsody: with the wall
Barcalona Rhapsody: concert
Alfred Kelberry: well, it's not *that* rogers anymore
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok
Barcalona Rhapsody: i will se
Barcalona Rhapsody: see
Barcalona Rhapsody: see
Eliza Madrigal: Nice, Barc.... let me count back to the PF concert I went to... hm... 24 or so years ago?
Barcalona Rhapsody: and hear
Eliza Madrigal: ACK
Alfred Kelberry: eliza! :)
Zen Arado: dark sarcasm in the classroom
Alfred Kelberry: nice little facts from eliza's life :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: never to ald for rock concerts of roger waters
Archmage Atlantis: You know, I like new artists interpretation of older songs better than the recordings of the originals
Eliza Madrigal: suddenly gripped by the alligator of age
Barcalona Rhapsody: old
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok
Eliza Madrigal: There have been BEAUTIFUL renditions of Wish You Were Here...
Zen Arado: leave the kids alone
Barcalona Rhapsody: i go with friends
Bruce Mowbray loves to watch others in their marshmallow fights with memories.
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Alfred Kelberry: arch, interesting. i actually like mark kozelek's rendition of ac/dc songs better, too :)
Barcalona Rhapsody: ah
Barcalona Rhapsody: Bruce
Barcalona Rhapsody: marsh mellow fights are bacxk again
Barcalona Rhapsody: back
Bruce Mowbray: /me, unfortunately, turns too many of his marshmallow memories into bricks - - (in the Wall?)
Archmage Atlantis: denying pink floyd, then mentioning ac/dc......the evidence is building
Zen Arado: we're ust bricks in the pab wall
Barcalona Rhapsody: ok
Eliza Madrigal: yes have to let them fly free when they arise, bruce :) not easy for some of us
Barcalona Rhapsody: i see professionals here
Alfred Kelberry: arch, what evidence?
Archmage Atlantis: And now, plausible deniablity as a defense
Zen Arado: flying pigs?
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Barcalona Rhapsody: flower animations
Barcalona Rhapsody: oh
Eliza Madrigal: see you guys in a bit :)
Alfred Kelberry: oh noooes, eliza is leaving
Barcalona Rhapsody: bye el
Zen Arado: wow Eliza
Archmage Atlantis: Here comes the sun, and I say it's alright
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye everyone who´s not at the next session
Alfred Kelberry: zen, agreed :)
Eliza Madrigal waves bye and thanks
Barcalona Rhapsody: bye
Adams Rubble: bye everyone :)
Zen Arado: guardian time