2011.02.14 07:00 - Dancing in the River of Being

The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. The comments are by Eden Haiku. Attending were, by order of appearance, Sunshine, Bleu, Yakuzza, Eliza, druth, Bertram, Zen, Lugh and a visitor.

Prone to lag

Sunshine Vayandar: hi Eden ;)

Eden Haiku: Sunshine!!!! Hi!!!
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Sunshine Vayandar: uh so much lag again
Eden Haiku: How are you today?
Sunshine Vayandar: let me investigate one moment
Eden Haiku: We indeed are prone to lag :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm yes but also my connection is not so fast
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm looking angelic today
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: oh, I see . I heard the other day that Japan is about 90 times faster than we are here.
Sunshine Vayandar: omg
Sunshine Vayandar: that would be so nice
Eden Haiku: That would be tremendous!
Sunshine Vayandar: just imagine
Sunshine Vayandar: mmmmm ;)
Eden Haiku: Angelic yes, without my wings :)
Sunshine Vayandar: in case u need wings
Sunshine Vayandar: though u look prefect
Sunshine Vayandar: perfect ;)
Eden Haiku: Oh thanks, I do have a few pairs. Feeling only human, so human though.
Eden Haiku: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;) hmm when I saw you I thought of angels hmm
Sunshine Vayandar: human angel ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: there is a song with that title
Sunshine Vayandar: by my favourite band here
Sunshine Vayandar: in SA
Eden Haiku: in RL, I'm bundled up. I was too hot in my office yesterday night and turned the heat off. And now, wow, it's cold.
Sunshine Vayandar: here it is very hot
Eden Haiku: Send me some :)

Sunshine Vayandar: hi Bleu ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Yaku ;)
Bleu Oleander: hi everyone!
Eden Haiku: Hello Bleu, hello Yaku!
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey everyone
Sunshine Vayandar: how is the week so far ;)
Bleu Oleander: hi Eliza
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Eliza ;))
Eden Haiku: Week looks very much like Monday morning for me :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Sun! Hi Bleu! Hi Ya! Hi Eden!
Eliza Madrigal: (still rezzing)
Sunshine Vayandar: so it is not like a tuesday morning
Yakuzza Lethecus: The weekend was great but the week started a bit sad.
Eden Haiku: Good morning Eliza.

--BELL--

We look very quiet at the beginning of the session

Sweet sting of attachment

Sunshine Vayandar: ;(
Eden Haiku: Sad Yaku?
Eliza Madrigal: sad, Ya?
Yakuzza Lethecus: well not that sad
Yakuzza Lethecus: just said goodbye to someone special whom i will probably not see until next month
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm
Bleu Oleander: oh :(
Yakuzza Lethecus: nothing really sad, the weekend was really nice :)
Sunshine Vayandar: it's never easy to say goodbyes
Eden Haiku: Oh, sad in a good way then...
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: Longing to see the person again?
Eliza Madrigal: sweet sting of attachment
Yakuzza Lethecus: yes :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Bleu Oleander: on Valentines :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eden Haiku: whispering:
Eden Haiku: "Today is Eliza second year with PaB!"

Eliza Madrigal: really great outfit btw Bleu :)

Bleu in her outstanding Eshi outfit

Sunshine Vayandar: second year?
Eliza Madrigal: and Eden and Sun emanating love vibes...
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: Yes, Eliza walked in here on February 14th 2009!
Bleu Oleander: oh thanks Eliza ... Eshi :)
Sunshine Vayandar: wow really
Eliza Madrigal: Yes :D Two years ago today I happened upon PaB
Bleu Oleander: two years for me too [missed that Bleu, sorry]
Sunshine Vayandar: 2009
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: She is an elder, a young wise woman of our tribe :)
Sunshine Vayandar: *:• •:*.-:¦:- -:¦:-.•:*¨¨*:• YAYYY *:• •:*¨¨*:•.-:¦:- -:¦:-.¨¨*:•
Sunshine Vayandar: yes she is an elder ;)
Eliza Madrigal: thanks, yes I feel quite wonderful about it... 2 years seems a blip
Eliza Madrigal: For you as well Bleu?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Sunshine Vayandar: we are in the presence of tribe elders ;)
Eliza Madrigal: I was hardly a meditator then either... just thought it was a good idea to pay attention to breath, etc
Eden Haiku: Still is isn't it?
Eden Haiku: Hopefully...:)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: yes :)
Sunshine Vayandar: SL is really a unique environment to learn in

Another level of clarity emerging in a dream

Eliza celebrating her 2nd PaB anniversary on Valentine day

Eden Haiku: Would you have a word of wisdom for us this morning dearest Eliza? What has been the highlight of these two years at the fountain of Youth?
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Eliza Madrigal: Hm.... ::::digs through wisdom box:::::
Eden Haiku: peeking into Eliza's box
Eliza Madrigal: Highlights are of course Friend Treasures
Sunshine Vayandar settles down to listen
Eden Haiku: looking at Bleu's outstanding Eshi outfit
Bleu Oleander: :))
Eliza Madrigal: I'm honest to Goodness *astounded* to have happened upon heart friends
Eliza Madrigal: we meet in a different sort of place
Eliza Madrigal: aside from the created one here
Eliza Madrigal: and learn to see in new ways
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: but anyway... not so eloquent this morning, just happy :)
Eden Haiku: How nice to see in new ways...
Eliza Madrigal: Last year at the 1st anniversary I had a dream... a special one ....
Eden Haiku: Oh!
Eliza Madrigal: Night before last I had another....
Sunshine Vayandar: really ;)
Eden Haiku: Were they connected?
Eliza Madrigal: I think very much so....
Eden Haiku: all ears:::
Eliza Madrigal: I'm trying to figure out how to describe... hm...
Eliza Madrigal: and to do so in a concise way :D
Eden Haiku: take your time
Eden Haiku: I'n warming up with coffee
Eliza Madrigal: hehe, thanks
Eliza Madrigal: OK- Last year'd dream I was looking into a pool
Sunshine Vayandar: brb making coffee too
Eliza Madrigal: and lots of stories and dream images were floating up and I was sorting through them... until it became clearer.. and a sort of thick, clear, droplet floated up....
Eden Haiku: I'm still here, coffee is being brought to my desk by Valentine himself :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eliza Madrigal: OOOO :::stomps down jealousy:::::
Eden Haiku: droplet?
Sunshine Vayandar: l(
Sunshine Vayandar: ops ;)
Eliza Madrigal: yes… it was like a clear clear smooth stone
Eliza Madrigal: glass sort of but more silvery, if that makes sense
Eden Haiku: mercury?
Eliza Madrigal: and I wondered at it... everything felt very lucid.... then I read (which some say you can't do in dreams)
Eliza Madrigal: "sacred news"
Eden Haiku: Wow!
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Druth! Happy Valentines Day
Eden Haiku: I do read in dreams, it happens :)
Bleu Oleander: hi druth
Eden Haiku: Hi druth
Eliza Madrigal: :)))
druth Vlodovic: happy valentines :)

--BELL--

"May confusion dawn as wisdom"

Eliza Madrigal: So... to me it was very clear that another level of clarity was emerging
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Druth ;)
Eliza Madrigal: and so it was personal, but it seemed relevant that it was on my pab anniversary too...
Eden Haiku: Was this the recent dream or the first one?
Bleu Oleander: lovely Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: That was last years
Eliza Madrigal: Night before last I dreamt that I gave birth to a baby.... lots of confusion about what to name her....
Eliza Madrigal: and I decided Sophia :) (wisdom)
Eden Haiku: Ah! and did it felt like more clarity during this last year?
Bertram Jacobus: good morning america ! hello europe ! (and africa) ! ... :-)
Eden Haiku: Hello Bertram!
Bleu Oleander: hi Bert
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Germany ;)
Eden Haiku: Sophia :) Lovely child!
Eliza Madrigal: Hiya Bert :)
Eliza Madrigal: And this felt significant because I've been thinking of these 'four lines of gampopa'
Eliza Madrigal: the last line is "May confusion dawn as wisdom"
Eden Haiku: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) So, that's it, thanks for letting me share
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Bertram Jacobus: wow - gampopa ! :-)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: It is so beautiful to hear dreams, I love that. Thank you for sharing Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: thanks... these are pab dreams to me... they frame the way I view practice here to an extent, I think
Eliza Madrigal: and time
Sunshine Vayandar: it is very beautiful - to hear Eliza's dreams ;)
Eliza Madrigal: I love to hear dreams from others, too, but I think people hesitate sometimes because we feel we are sharing home movies, hehe

"The freudian confabulation"

Eden Haiku: I'm reading a book by a French controversial philosopher who is, how can I say that?
Eden Haiku: home movies hehe I dreamt about monkeys and cats last night :)
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Eden Haiku: Michel Onfray he is called 

[adding a link: http://bit.ly/gX7fzX ]

Bleu Oleander: ah, how is his book?
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, did he have discussions with um...
Bertram Jacobus: i mostly don't remember my dreams, sry ...
Eden Haiku: he is helping, so to stay, Sigmund Freud to step down from his throne
Sunshine Vayandar: I don't remember my dream - stayed up late to attend last retreat meeting and then fell into bed
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: It is so utterly funny to see him dismantle the statue.
Eliza Madrigal: how so?
Eden Haiku: Discussions no, he is contemporary.
Eliza Madrigal: ah... okay... there was another book recently popular... two french philosophers at different angles ... one infamous misanthrope
Eden Haiku: Well it seems (but just half way thru the book) that Freud created his whole theory mainly from his own autobiography
Eden Haiku: Not so scientific as he claimed
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Eliza Madrigal: he shot the arrow then painted the target
Eden Haiku: Well said !
druth Vlodovic: zen archery :)
Bleu Oleander: :)
Bertram Jacobus: lol
Eliza Madrigal: we discussed that "skill" here last week some time...
Eliza Madrigal: seems fitting :D
Eden Haiku: I never worshipped Freud but I have friends who did.
Eliza Madrigal: I find him a flawed figure with amazing blindspots
Eliza Madrigal: who has brilliant spots too
Eden Haiku: I always had a feeling he was talking about himself...
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eliza Madrigal: especially seemingly little empathy for women
druth Vlodovic: he had the courage to make the attempt
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Bertram Jacobus: hi zen ! :-)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zen :)
druth Vlodovic: and to reveal darker things about people
Bertram Jacobus: oops - disappeared
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Zen :)
Eden Haiku: But he is a good writer :) His book about the Gradiva, so many things he wrote were brilliant.
Bertram Jacobus: opps here again - hi zen ! *g*
Eden Haiku: Hi Zen, how are you?
Eliza Madrigal: yes I have to be honest that my impressions are very indirect
Eliza Madrigal: what others have gleaned from him more so than reading him directly
Bleu Oleander: hi Zen
Eliza Madrigal prefers Jung generally so knows Freud more as relation to jung
Zen Arado: Hi All
Zen Arado: ok ty
Eden Haiku: Yes, and the essay shows how much Freud worked to create this myth about him. While hiding his darker secrets himself
Eden Haiku: I do not mean to rant here, sorry...
Eliza Madrigal: like Houdini... who made sure that people wrote about him posthumously, learned this week, so that he was bigger image wise than during life
Eden Haiku: We should start doing that maybe ?
Eden Haiku: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: :) haha...
Bleu Oleander: haha!
Eliza Madrigal: I'll write about you all
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: A next Art of Being project? Our obituaries? giggling
Eliza Madrigal: !
Zen Arado: why worry what people say about you when you are dead?
Bleu Oleander: hmmmm

--BELL--

All magic tricks

Zen Arado: or even when you are alive
Sunshine Vayandar: ;) Zen
Eliza Madrigal: well many do.... leaders/presidents especially spend their time looking for 'legacy'
Eliza Madrigal: but it is all magic tricks
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: magic tricks :)
Eliza Madrigal: wanting to leave an illusion of indelible impression
Zen Arado: a way of finding immortality?
Eliza Madrigal: (now look who is ranting) sits on hands
druth Vlodovic: many people seek proof of their existence and worth through others
Zen Arado: Woody Allen said something about that
Eliza Madrigal: mmm, nods Druth
Eliza Madrigal: What did he say Zen?
Zen Arado: he he
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Zen Arado: that he wanted immortality through living longer not through his work
Eliza Madrigal: hah
Bertram Jacobus: :-) ...
Eden Haiku: hehe
Zen Arado: sounded funny when he said it :(
Bertram Jacobus: sounds VERY allanish ! :-)
Bleu Oleander: immortality as long as he didn't have to die first
Eden Haiku: Imagining Woody at 200 something... a tiny...
Eliza Madrigal: Ah :))
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: That's more like it. Yes Bleu :)

Being creeping back in

Eliza Madrigal: we do have inspiration to create in a way larger than ourselves though... think it seems a natural instinct to connect with 'all' of (larger?) ourself?
Eden Haiku: Being?
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eden Haiku: Being creeping back in ?
Eliza Madrigal: hehe yes
Eden Haiku: giggles
Eliza Madrigal: sneaky Being
Eden Haiku: Being is a drum beat
Eden Haiku: Being is overwhelming
Eden Haiku: Being is being heard
Zen Arado: we are immortal through being
Eliza Madrigal: yes, Being Heard :) Nice
Eden Haiku: we are being Being from the Big Bang
Bleu Oleander: Being R Us
Eden Haiku: Bang Bang
Zen Arado: Big Bang Being
Zen Arado: has a nice ring
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: Sounds like a famous store? Do they sell wings and luths in there?
Zen Arado: :)
Eliza Madrigal laughs

Tribal intelligence

Eliza Madrigal: have been thinking much about tribal intelligence... how our sessions can be such wonderful expressions of that different way of relating...
Zen Arado: or a sex shop maybe?
Zen Arado: sorry
Eden Haiku: Lugh is coming disguised as Being!
Eden Haiku: naughty naughty Zen....
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Lugh ;)
Zen Arado: Hi Lugh
Lugh Fehr: helloww hellow :)
Eden Haiku: Hello Yellow!
Bleu Oleander: hi Lugh
Eliza Madrigal: well it must be the wings that made him think of that...
Zen Arado: Hello mellow yellow
Zen Arado: quite rightly
Eden Haiku: You seem to be wearing a mixture of all your last outfits Lugh :)
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Bertram Jacobus: hii lugh :-)
Lugh Fehr: yes :) hehhe
Bleu Oleander: wild about saffron
Zen Arado: gives away age Bleu :(
Eden Haiku: funky Lugh :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) yes but whose
Bleu Oleander: to anyone who will take it :)
Zen Arado: anyone who knows that song :)
Lugh Fehr: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Bertram Jacobus: mellow yellow ?! i have it in my ear now ! ... :-)
Bleu Oleander: probably will have it all day now
Zen Arado: it probably means something I don't know about
druth Vlodovic: I keep getting the butter commercial :(
Sunshine Vayandar: I thought of Bob Marley ...Mellow mood has got me darlinnnn...
Lugh Fehr: hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: ( not suprisingly ;)

Mellow yellowing into SL retreat

Eliza Madrigal: Curious to hear about retreat... Sun and Zen, you both participated?
Lugh Fehr: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCCjv2OiTxE
Zen Arado: :)
Zen Arado: Sun?
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: I am really not so good with words
Zen Arado: Sun's incident
Eliza Madrigal begs to differ :)
Zen Arado: tell them Sun
Sunshine Vayandar: I seem to be walking on clouds today
Zen Arado: me too
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, but please don't share more than feels comfortable... so important post retreat
Eden Haiku: begs to differ too Sun :) You are good with words!
Sunshine Vayandar: Africa has a new color somehow
Eliza Madrigal: Hmmm
Zen Arado: yes only if you want to Sun
Sunshine Vayandar: it was definitely an experience I didn't expect

--BELL--

Sunshine Vayandar: yes I am happy to share
Sunshine Vayandar: SL is very unique as it is - and many times it feels like a dream.
Sunshine Vayandar: I was wondering how it will be when we get together and talk a lot lol - when people talk too much - there is trouble ;p
Sunshine Vayandar: And there was no trouble at all ;)
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: It was kind of just flowing on
Eden Haiku: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: there was much depth, respect and caring
Eden Haiku: How many were attending the SL retreat?
Eliza Madrigal: oooh, how Nice
Sunshine Vayandar: behind the words
Zen Arado: 10
Sunshine Vayandar: 10 of us
Eliza Madrigal: wow
Eden Haiku: 10 flowing together, very nice!
Eliza Madrigal: remarkable
Sunshine Vayandar: yes I teach a lot and not easy to be on the same wavelength with all students in the room
Zen Arado: I enjoyed the morning sessions best because there were only 4 or 5 of us
Zen Arado: it was more intimate somehow
Sunshine Vayandar: yes it was great when we were just a few
Eliza Madrigal: I see... yes ten is a lot, though it sounds as though that was still harmonious
Sunshine Vayandar: made me think about retreats with only 2 people at a time hmm
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Sunshine Vayandar: I think I saw people do that somewhere
Sunshine Vayandar: in a monastery I think
Eliza Madrigal: and even solitary retreats... would like to do that soon
Sunshine Vayandar: yes ;)
Zen Arado: good idea
Sunshine Vayandar: I have an amazing RL friend - she lives in California - I grew up with her in hungary
Sunshine Vayandar: she sometimes disappears in the woods
Sunshine Vayandar: for a week or so ;)
Eden Haiku: !
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Sunshine Vayandar: and eats almost nothing
Lugh Fehr: hehe nice!
Eliza Madrigal: the woods can call and its time to go I guess
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: the wild woman calling
Sunshine Vayandar: yes ;)
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: wild lotus
Eliza Madrigal: did it feel the group was 'one'?
Zen Arado: I thought so
Sunshine Vayandar: I had that feeling yes
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: How nice :)
Sunshine Vayandar: there was a oneness about it
Sunshine Vayandar: I feel that here also ;)
Eden Haiku: :)
Bertram Jacobus: very nice ...
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe may be I sound too excited lol

Being playing drums

Eliza Madrigal: I felt we were a little in sync with retreaters when we found ourselves playing and discussing drumming during the guardian session...
Sunshine Vayandar: well it's Valentines ;D
Bertram Jacobus: and here more then elsewhere i would say, yes ...
Zen Arado: only thing - it takes such a long time to get around the group for sharing
Eliza Madrigal: I didn't know until then that you all had drums up there :D
Eliza Madrigal: :) Bert
Eden Haiku: yes, we did feel united by virtual drums!
Eliza Madrigal: yes :) Being playing drums
Sunshine Vayandar: yes there is nothing like sharing through music
Eden Haiku: yep!
Zen Arado: the drumbeat of existence
Eden Haiku: Being being heard :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: I grew up with music so it feels natural
Eden Haiku: Hearing the drumming of my old father's shovel in the stairways as we talk...
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: We had quite a bit of snow yesterday night
Eliza Madrigal: must be beautiful
Zen Arado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51O2ymTtsR8
Eden Haiku: It rained over it so my guess is that it will be slippery...
Eden Haiku: Someone is snowing, snow from South Africa hehe ?
Bleu Oleander: gtg ... have a lovely day everyone :)
Sunshine Vayandar: african snow
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Bleu, Happy Valentines Day :)
Eden Haiku: have a great day Bleu!
Zen Arado: bye Bleu
Bleu Oleander: bye all
Sunshine Vayandar: take care Blue ;) have a great week
Eden Haiku: Happy Valentine to you all!

--BELL--

Music, poetry and dancing flowering

Lugh Fehr: wow big! drum
Eliza Madrigal: perhaps we have talked so much around here, working with ground, that music and poetry and dancing is flowering :)
Zen Arado: I had a record called 'Drums of Passion'
Zen Arado: Nigerian drum music
Zen Arado: Olatunji
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm nice
Sunshine Vayandar: ah ok ;)
Lugh Fehr: :)
Zen Arado: yes very intricate rhythms
Eden Haiku: Working with ground, like preparing the garden yes :) What a beautiful metaphor Eliza.
Bertram Jacobus: i love this kind of drum styles very much ... : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JsPvigSTeD0
Eliza Madrigal: ty Eden.. backing up and seeing the whole picture it does seem so
Sunshine Vayandar: here is some beats
Eliza Madrigal: hehe, thanks!
Bertram Jacobus: ty sun ! :-)
druth Vlodovic: ty
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Lugh Fehr: ty :)
Eden Haiku: feeling like dancing
Sunshine Vayandar: did u get the script also?
Eliza Madrigal: ooo love that 3b one
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: AH, Eden! Gorgeous
Sunshine Vayandar: yes she is
Eden Haiku: Drums?
Sunshine Vayandar: I can't rez here otherwise I could loop it
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: Thank you for the drum sets Sunshine!
Eden Haiku: There was this African singer on local tv yesterday: Tiken Jah Fakoly [adding a YouTube link: http://bit.ly/el9opm]

Sunshine Vayandar: from Senegal?
Eliza Madrigal: pretty twirls...
Eden Haiku: Looked like a beautiful old lion. From Ivory Coast
Eden Haiku: Sings in French
Sunshine Vayandar: oh kk ;)
Eliza Madrigal: mmm
Sunshine Vayandar: must be nice ;)
Eden Haiku: Very conscious about Africa
Sunshine Vayandar: like many singers here are
Eden Haiku: Boys won't dance?

Sunshine, Eliza, and I were are already on our feet, wildly dancing to the African drumbeats Sunshine provided

Clockwise:Lugh (yellow hair), Sunshine, Yakuzza (sitting) Eden and Eliza

Sunshine Vayandar: singing elders
Eden Haiku: druth?
Eliza Madrigal: would love to hear french poetry in an african rhythm... and vice versa....
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: Bert is dancing :)
Eliza Madrigal raises eyebrow at Zen
druth Vlodovic: g2g, have fun guys :)
Bertram Jacobus: eeehm - yes ;-)
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Druth :)) Nice to see you
Zen Arado: bye Druth
Sunshine Vayandar: take care Druth
Eden Haiku: by druth
Eliza Madrigal: y Lugh tambien?
Lugh Fehr: byebye dru
Eden Haiku: Ok will try that Eliza.
Lugh Fehr: sorry ?
Eden Haiku: Reading my French poem on African drums
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: bailar?
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, nice Eden!
Eliza Madrigal: oh did I hear eden's voice...?
Bertram Jacobus: niice ... :-)
Eden Haiku: No couldn't sorry, I disconnected headset before and now it doesn't work...
Eden Haiku: Would have to relog...so another time maybe?
Eden Haiku: Zen is dancing!
Sunshine Vayandar: YAY

Tempted to comply to Eliza's kind request to read my last poem in this festive atmosphere, I decided to relog with headset on (after all, my work- in-progress is in French with some arabic thrown in, and with the drumbeats in the background, I thought nobody would notice it's still under construction). I read the poem on voice as soon as I came back, noticing the drumbeats had been replaced by some didgeridoo. I did read at a very fast pace, carried away by the didgeridoo and some African drumbeats in the background. The strangest poetry reading I ever gave :) When I  finally noticed Zen kneeling and blowing into a didgeridoo, it was unfortunately too  late to take a snapshot of him :(

Eden Haiku: Ok I will come right back!
Eliza Madrigal: :D
Eliza Madrigal: ooohhh...
Eliza Madrigal: you're so full of tricks sun
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe well I dance in shows
Sunshine Vayandar: type / 99 stop if u wanna stop dancing with me
Sunshine Vayandar: lol
Bertram Jacobus: very nice zen
Eliza Madrigal: neato
Bertram Jacobus: am i too loud ?

--BELL--

Sunshine Vayandar: yes it is - I wish it was looping a bit better
Sunshine Vayandar: wow
Sunshine Vayandar: amazing Eden
Eliza Madrigal: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
Sunshine Vayandar: *:• •:*.-:¦:- -:¦:-.•:*¨¨*:• YAYYY *:• •:*¨¨*:•.-:¦:- -:¦:-.¨¨*:•
Sunshine Vayandar is in awe
Sunshine Vayandar: *:• •:*.-:¦:- -:¦:-.•:*¨¨*:• YAYYY *:• •:*¨¨*:•.-:¦:- -:¦:-.¨¨*:•
Sunshine Vayandar: Allahu Akbarrrr
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: :::swoons::::: feeling seized with intensity.... Oh, Eden!
Sunshine Vayandar: salaaaam salaaam
Zen Arado: Salaam
Sunshine Vayandar: wow amazing Eden
Eden Haiku: Sorry for the echo :)
Zen Arado: aleeeeecum
Eliza Madrigal: Goodness
Zen Arado: **********Applause!!**********
Sunshine Vayandar: oh it sounded perfect
Zen Arado: **********Applause!!**********
Eden Haiku: Asalam Alaykoum :)
Eden Haiku: Bowing deeply
Eliza Madrigal: **********Applause!!**********
Sunshine Vayandar: walaikumussalaam
Bertram Jacobus: ***** APPPPPPPLLLLAAAUUUSSSSeeee***********
Eliza Madrigal: **********Applause!!**********
Eliza Madrigal: the echo worked ...was taken up into your conveyance
Eden Haiku: Thanks for the didgeridoo beat
Eliza Madrigal: as the background didgeridoo….
Sunshine Vayandar: it fits perfectly ;)
Eden Haiku: Should read while dancing in RL too :)
Eliza Madrigal: amazing
Eliza Madrigal: haha.... hm...
Eliza Madrigal: if you are in good shape I guess, hehe
Zen Arado: didgeridoo and French poetry
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Zen Arado: :)
Eden Haiku: Oh I didn't realized it was Zen playing! Thanks Zen!
Eliza Madrigal: "Only in SL" but soon "everywhere"
Bertram Jacobus: this was nice ! ;-)
Eden Haiku: Very eclectic: all poles united!
Sunshine Vayandar: imagine this in RL wow that would be nice
Zen Arado: a new trend :)
Eliza Madrigal: Indeed !!
Eliza Madrigal: here is where we find out 'why not'
Eliza Madrigal: oooooooooo
Eden Haiku: Happy Pab Valentine Eliza!!!

Sunshine Vayandar: hmm some people left ;(

Eliza Madrigal: ::::beams back::::::
Sunshine Vayandar: I hope they are ok
Eliza Madrigal: ah, Lugh did...
Eliza Madrigal: I'm sure they are OK
Sunshine Vayandar: and Druth
Eliza Madrigal: yes... but it is also past session
Eliza Madrigal: some rarely linger
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Bertram Jacobus: ;o)
Sunshine Vayandar: celebrating Eliza ;)
Eden Haiku: That,'s the vavuezza  Bert is it? [I meant vuvuzela but obviously didn't know how to spell the word. Is that why  the thunderous God of typos ejected me from SL a few seconds later?]
Bertram Jacobus: yess eden ! ... ;-)
Eliza Madrigal: ::::blushes::::
Eden Haiku: It's hard to have fun and take pictures at the same time ;)
Bertram Jacobus: who plays this music now here ? :-)
Eliza Madrigal: wow lovely fireworks
Eden Haiku: Sorry my mic was still open...
Sunshine Vayandar: it's good when celebrating someone
Sunshine Vayandar: bit too much may be
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: ty Berty ;)
Eliza Madrigal: hahahah

Time to River Dance

Bertram, Sunshine and Yakuzza river dancing 

Yakuzza Lethecus: ~Time to River Dance ~
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Yakuzza Lethecus: i feel like michael flatley :P
Sunshine Vayandar: u really have to practice a lot to do this in RL
Eliza Madrigal: we're fantastic
Sunshine Vayandar: yes we are ;)
Eliza Madrigal: looks particularly good with bunny slippers
Eliza Madrigal: Oops lost Eden
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Zen Arado: nice footwork
Sunshine Vayandar: ;) yes a lot of detail
Sunshine Vayandar: left right left right
Sunshine Vayandar: or was it right left
Eliza Madrigal: Being Energetic
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Bertram Jacobus: lol. but one is for sure : this is much more fun with a few ! with some, with a crowd ! ... :-)
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Bertram Jacobus: yaay yaku
Sunshine Vayandar: shh trying to focus
Sunshine Vayandar: left left
Eliza Madrigal: hahaha

--BELL--

Yakuzza Lethecus: hi bert :)
Zen Arado: if you start to think you can't do it :)
Bertram Jacobus: :-)
Eliza Madrigal: when we talked about doing dancing meditations and different sorts of pauses, didn't realize it would be so exhausting...
Eliza Madrigal: hahah
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Sunshine Vayandar: oh ok no thinking
Sunshine Vayandar: lol
Eliza Madrigal hopes all is okay with Eden
Sunshine Vayandar: but for sure there is no time to think
Sunshine Vayandar: 0 thoughts per second
Zen Arado: solo section
Sunshine Vayandar: she is back
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: wb eden
Zen Arado: wb Eden
Eliza Madrigal: WB Eden!
Sunshine Vayandar: wb Eden ;)
Bertram Jacobus: welcome backkk eden
Eliza Madrigal: now we seem a little like we're marching
Sunshine Vayandar: my friend called african dance riruals - the african yoga
Eliza Madrigal: Nice!
Eliza Madrigal: Same one who gets lost in the woods?
Eliza Madrigal: intentionally? :)
Sunshine Vayandar: no
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Eden Haiku: Hey !
Zen Arado: you missed my solo !
Eden Haiku: Zen is doing some Irish dance, how nice!!!
Eden Haiku: Riverdancing Zen :)))
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Bertram Jacobus: no zen : i adored it ! ;-)
Eden Haiku: And Eliza is carrying a billboard :))
Eliza Madrigal: am I? [she was!]
Eden Haiku: Wow! Yaku!!!
Eliza Madrigal: haha...
Zen Arado: with sexy underwear :)[Zen was telling the truth!]
Eliza Madrigal: someone gave me a shape... people keep doing that
Eliza Madrigal: guess I was boring
Zen Arado: he he
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Sunshine Vayandar: this is my forest friend : http://i424.photobucket.com/albums/p...tarhandsup.jpg
Sunshine Vayandar: she is a singer
Eden Haiku: Lovely bert! Thank you
Sunshine Vayandar: bit easier with these padded slippers
Eliza Madrigal: ah.... celebrating
Zen Arado: nice woman
Eden Haiku: We need soundtrack for this log!
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Zen Arado: lovely hair
Eliza Madrigal: hehe
Eliza Madrigal: and yes, some people just exude 'Alive'
Zen Arado: ha ha yes need sound recording too for these sessions
Eden Haiku: With your rabbit shoes it looks really sharp Sunshine!
Sunshine Vayandar: yes PaB is getting a new rhythm
Eliza Madrigal: this is a new sophistication

Dancing in the river of being

Eden Haiku: Being river dancing!

Sunshine Vayandar: yes the shoes complete it ;p
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Guys... This is **Visitor** :)
Eden Haiku: Honouring Eliza 2nd Pab anniversary!!!
Zen Arado: ***we dance in the river of being***
Sunshine Vayandar: hi **Visitor** ;))
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, love your dress **Visitor**
Eliza Madrigal: mmmmmm
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Eliza Madrigal: ***dancing in the river of being.... nice Zen***
Zen Arado: Hi **Visitor**

Eden Haiku: River dancing in the river of Being in rabbit slippers!
Bertram Jacobus: hi **visitor** ! riverdance with us ! ;-)
**Visitor**: the particles have killed me
Bertram Jacobus: awww -
Sunshine Vayandar: ops can't see u
Eliza Madrigal: oooo
Eden Haiku: Hello **Vsitor**! Been here before?
Eliza Madrigal: the fireworks
Yakuzza Lethecus: ~ Time to River Dance ~
Eden Haiku: This is a meditation place
Sunshine Vayandar: ok I see you ;)
Eden Haiku: But you catch us in a moment of celebration
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, yes we do need to make sure you don't mind being recorded **Visitor**
**Visitor**: I can't see a ting. I'm completely frozen, and hoping this is getting through
Eden Haiku: You are welcome to join us
Eliza Madrigal: yes we read you
Bertram Jacobus: yes. i agree eden - "dynamic meditation" right now ? ;o)
Eliza Madrigal: :D
Eliza Madrigal: like in New Orleans....
Eliza Madrigal: lots of activity, all included
Eden Haiku: Yes Bert. Osho is with us :)
Bertram Jacobus: hehe ;-)
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe I was just talking about Osho
Eliza Madrigal: layers of intelligence at work
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: Snap Sun!
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eden Haiku: **Visitor** is it your first time here?
Eliza Madrigal: brb phone
Eden Haiku: Gave you a notecard.
Zen Arado: I have to go
Zen Arado: bye all
Sunshine Vayandar: take care Zen ;))
**Visitor**: augghh, wall of ims
Eden Haiku: I would need your permission (if you will) to record your lines.
Sunshine Vayandar: ty for the didj ;)
Eden Haiku: Bye Zen, have a great day my valentine :))
Eden Haiku: Thank you yes for the did!
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye zen
Bertram Jacobus: this was a really nice ... it was nice lol - cu all - bfn ! ;-)
Eden Haiku: Eliza and Bert are enlightened beings. That is why they levitate as you see :)))
Bertram Jacobus: hehe - and now i will even dematerialize myself ! *wave* ... :o)
Yakuzza Lethecus: machs gut bert
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Bertram Jacobus: dito yaku ! :-)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi, sorry...
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Bet
Eden Haiku: Bye Bert translucent Being!
Eliza Madrigal: Eden thanks for all the energy you conduct your sessions with... always a joy
Sunshine Vayandar: Eden that was amazing - I hope we can do it again
Sunshine Vayandar: ty for reciting for us

--BELL--

Being likes to play

Eliza Madrigal: :) yes thank you SO much
Eden Haiku: You are very welcome :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Eden Haiku: It was so much fun!
Yakuzza Lethecus: thx, everyone!
Eliza Madrigal: yes lots
Sunshine Vayandar: today I got to practice french and arabic too
Eliza Madrigal: almost enough to forget have much to do.... hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: so nice when I hear french ;)
Eden Haiku: Thank you for the drums and all the props Sun and Eliza!
Eliza Madrigal: and Eden's French is particularly lovely...
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: yes
Eden Haiku: I felt a pinch of guilt when I realized I was reading poetry ON the bell...but just couldn't stop then!
Sunshine Vayandar: but are you sure it's ok to get so nutty here?
Eliza Madrigal: haha, no, that's a good purpose for the pause
Eliza Madrigal: haha, yes it is fine Sun :) good to have lots of different kinds of sessions
Eden Haiku: Oh yes Sun, it is!
Sunshine Vayandar: yes true
Eden Haiku: Being likes to play!
Eliza Madrigal: and we didn't get nutty until almost the end of the 'actual' session too
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ok just making sure hmm ;)
Eden Haiku: Yes official session is the first half hour really
Eliza Madrigal: :) 'inclusive awareness'
Sunshine Vayandar: I love to do this but don't want to force it on those that like to be quiet
Eliza Madrigal nods
Sunshine Vayandar: this is great about being me hehe I like being african or tibetan
Sunshine Vayandar: jumpy or quiet
Eliza Madrigal: yes I wouldn't enjoy it if it were every session... only when it seems to naturally overflow
Eliza Madrigal: YES
Eden Haiku: Our friend here would like to know why we record our sessions. So I'm going to switch to IM with **visitor** to explain as well as I can.
Eden Haiku: So please continue , I will be right here.
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, we can talk openly too about that if you like Eden...
Sunshine Vayandar: kk
Eden Haiku: Yes I offered but our friend declined ;)
Eliza Madrigal: I'll have to get going soon... think I'll check the island later too... have you been going Sun?
Sunshine Vayandar: island?
Eliza Madrigal: Paradise
Sunshine Vayandar: ah yes I was there
Eden Haiku: Island?
Eliza Madrigal: I think I gave you a lm Eden... let me give another just in case
Sunshine Vayandar: i sent her all the LMs from Paradise
Eliza Madrigal: ah, okay
Sunshine Vayandar: may be she likes
Eliza Madrigal: its a lovely environment to wander in
Eliza Madrigal: has yoga pose balls and a tree of souls
Sunshine Vayandar: congrats on 2 years Eliza
Sunshine Vayandar: I am fortunate to be part of today with you all
Eliza Madrigal: Thank you again :) PaB is a worthy romance
Eliza Madrigal: we are fortunate you are drawn here :)
Sunshine Vayandar: have a great day - I need to cover some school books hmm
Sunshine Vayandar has a big smile
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Sun
Sunshine Vayandar: ty Eden again I still can't believe - it was great
Eliza Madrigal: and yes it is quite late by now
Sunshine Vayandar: celebration hug
Eliza Madrigal: :)) Thank you
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)) hugss to all byebyee for now
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: lovely to spend this morning and celebrate. Very special for me. Thanks so much Eden
Eliza Madrigal: **Visitor** this is the group I'm at quite often... we're here at 1,7,1,7... generally.... nice that you could come and peek
Eden Haiku: have a wonderful day filed with LOVE dearest Eliza :))))
Eden Haiku: Did I miss Sunshine?
Eliza Madrigal: Eden is a dear friend and wonderful host
Eliza Madrigal: ah, she had to go... said thank you...
Eden Haiku: Waving to Sunshine through the log! See, that's one of the reasons we record our sessions, so we can wave to our friends!
Eliza Madrigal: ((((Eden))))) :D YES
Eliza Madrigal waving bye for now
Eden Haiku: ((((ELiza))))