2011.03.03 07:00 - Hallelujah Springtime

The Guardian for this meeting was Storm Nordwind. The comments are by Storm Nordwind.

Storm Nordwind puts in place the cozy ring of eight cushions
Storm Nordwind: Hello Arch :)
Storm Nordwind: Hello Koya M.
Archmage Atlantis: hiya Storm
Archmage Atlantis: Mr Tech
Storm Nordwind: Good day to you Yaku

Arch reports inworld problems.

Archmage Atlantis: There is a gap in the tech support here at this point in time
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey you both
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Yaku
Storm Nordwind: How do you mean Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: When I sit on the other side of the meeting hall some do not see me
Archmage Atlantis: ppl can
Storm Nordwind: You mean here?
Archmage Atlantis: 't always appear here
Storm Nordwind: Oh you mean in the Village Hall?
Yakuzza Lethecus: might be related to the sim border ?
Archmage Atlantis: Yes the Village Hall
Storm Nordwind: That is possibly the case.
Archmage Atlantis: The group has grown
Storm Nordwind: There is space in the hall for more than 70 people

Evolving diversity.

Archmage Atlantis: It is becoming more diverse......and more disperesed
Storm Nordwind: Like life in general I expect.
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, I knew you would understand
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Archmage Atlantis: brb
Storm Nordwind admires Yaku's smart attire meanwhile

Spring time in Yakuzza-land (video below near end of session)

Yakuzza Lethecus: Hmm, it´s the most beautiful day of the year until so far.
Archmage Atlantis: k, back
Archmage Atlantis: And yes, it is spring here
Storm Nordwind: You mean sunny Yaku, or rainy, or warm?
Archmage Atlantis: Beautiful is not always one way
Archmage Atlantis: And not quantifiable
Storm Nordwind nods to Arch
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: It´s sunny, the air feels good, i am in a good mood as well and there is a little fog over the forests.
Archmage Atlantis: (violates bell) sounds beautiful Yake :)
Storm Nordwind: How apposite that the fog should envelop us at that moment!
Archmage Atlantis: Perhaps that is what guardians guard.......the beauty of just being
Storm Nordwind: If they guard it, they are happily not keeping it just to themselves!
Archmage Atlantis: agree

"Why am I here? What is meaningful?"

Yakuzza Lethecus: Well i often wonder about my mind when i am here, just being feels lazy i always just want to do something preferable useful in some sense.
Yakuzza Lethecus: I even try to rationalize pab as a group that helps to enhance the integrity of the emotions that i carry with me.
Storm Nordwind: That's understandable :)
Archmage Atlantis: You come often Yaku.........just the being here is meaningful
Yakuzza Lethecus: In some sense i even believe it´s true, still often during the sessions it feels like ,,why the heck am i here".
Storm Nordwind: And you come often, as Arch says, and that brings meaning for others too.
Archmage Atlantis: agree
Storm Nordwind: Yaku, everyone can ask that question about the whole of life - and perhaps it's good they do!
Archmage Atlantis: somehow, for me, at this time late in life, there is only feeding my companions, understanding the life in the swamps that surround me, being here for those who have become family by being in my life.........and knowing that I honor that
Storm Nordwind: What more could one ask for?
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: _/l\_
Archmage Atlantis: Close as I can do without something to copy
Archmage Atlantis: ack.....cat o kb and here comes the sun on headphones
Storm Nordwind smiles
Archmage Atlantis: yaku we are here for you
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s hard to bring into words what i am thinking about, it´s about not wanting too much attention for myself, giving a picture of myself while not wanting to be framed in some way, being around and not disrupt sharing through being present, sitting and appreciating silence, changing my perceptions and anticipations each day
Yakuzza Lethecus: the aspect with the attention is tricky usually i complain about myself, but that´s what i am thinking and in a groupl like this you get attention then, which feels nice but i felt i learned to most from others discussing their experiences mostly
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: it´s interesting to read about the subject that you have to love yourself to honestly give away love and appreciation, usually i don´t know how to ,,give away compassionate thoughts in a way that they are constructively compassionate", like when i complain about myself then i of course think of ppl whom are even off much worse then i am since compared to others i have no right to complain about my life at all, like you have a disablitly arch
Yakuzza Lethecus: or when i encounter ppl who have or had cancer here in sl
Yakuzza Lethecus: or are economicly worse of

Arch's reply - in song.

Archmage Atlantis: Yaku, we are here for you.
Archmage Atlantis: I am hearing a song in my headphones
Archmage Atlantis: One that was to be given to someone who questions
Archmage Atlantis: As that is who we are, the ones who question
Archmage Atlantis: Tree of knowledge and all that
Archmage Atlantis: Hallelujah Lyrics
Artist(Band):Jeff Buckley

Well I heard there was a secret chord
That David played, and it pleased the Lord
But you don't really care for music, do ya?
Well it goes like this
The fourth, the fifth
The minor fall and the major lift
The baffled king composing Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well Your faith was strong but you needed proof
You saw her bathing on the roof
Her beauty and the moonlight overthrew you
she tied you to her kitchen chair
And she broke your throne and she cut your hair
And from your lips she drew the Hallelujah
Hallelujah


Well baby I've been here before
I've seen this room and I've walked this floor
I used to live alone before I knew ya
I've seen your flag on the marble arch
Love is not a victory march
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah

Well there was a time when you let me know
What's really going on below
But now you never show that to me do you?
And remember when I moved in you?
And the holy dove was moving too
And every breath we drew
Archmage Atlantis: was Hallelujah
Hallelujah
 
Well maybe there's a God above
But all I've ever learned from love
Was how to shoot somebody who'd OUT DREW YA
And it's not a cry that you hear at night
It's not somebody who's seen in the light
It's a cold and it's a broken Hallelujah
Hallelujah

At the this point the PaB listener griped "Oh no! Archmage Atlantis's last sentence was too long, 47 letters were lost."

Archmage Atlantis: some other has to fill the last 47 letters

That would be me then! :)

Storm Nordwind notices a double first (1) Never heard the song before, (2) Never seen listener overflow before ;-)
Archmage Atlantis: It was written by Leonard Cohen
Archmage Atlantis: KD lang and Jeff buckly both do good interpretations
Storm Nordwind: I was a fan of Cohen in the 60s.
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Archmage Atlantis: :) is all i have left
Storm Nordwind: And I saw him play in England, but then ... we drifted apart... :)
Archmage Atlantis: Yep, Cat Stevens became a Muslim........
Storm Nordwind: We were all searching openly at that time
Archmage Atlantis: John Lennon became an antheist
Archmage Atlantis: Time has re-opened
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: http://www.flickr.com/photos/yakuzza_lethecus/5494122265/
Archmage Atlantis: Blessings and Namaste
Storm Nordwind: Bye!
Yakuzza Lethecus: take care arch
Storm Nordwind: Very beautiful indeed Yaku. Thank you!
Yakuzza Lethecus: my hand could be more stady :P
Storm Nordwind: I should post pictures of the Rocky Mountains sometime
Yakuzza Lethecus: you posted some pictures about the retreat you attended in the mountains last year
Yakuzza Lethecus: not sure if you meant that one
Storm Nordwind: Ah yes... I did
Yakuzza Lethecus: with the tibetan temple and alike ?
Storm Nordwind nods
Storm Nordwind: Actually not Tibetan. Bhutanese.
Storm Nordwind: A larger version of the temple on my guardian plot
Storm Nordwind: But the mountains are in plain view every day
Storm Nordwind: They are a constant backdrop to my life now
Storm Nordwind: Tomorrow we will go for a short drive for lunch at a mountain restaurant - a Nepali place
Storm Nordwind: It's a very different life here than in Europe, in so many ways
Storm Nordwind: You can even drive to the top of a mountain that 4300m high!
Yakuzza Lethecus: i will have dinner, thx got to go ;(
Storm Nordwind: OK. Lovely to see you , as ever :)