2011.09.06 19:00 - Being as Turtle

The Guardian for this meeting was Eos Amaterasu. The comments are by Eos Amaterasu.

oO0Oo Resident: Hi Turtle, have you been to Play as Being before?
TurtleBeing Resident: no
TurtleBeing Resident: I haven't
oO0Oo Resident: Ah, well welcome. Let me send you an IM with a notecard with info. :)
TurtleBeing Resident: thank you
oO0Oo Resident: Also I need to ask you if we can include your avie's name and comments in a transcript of the discussion on our wiki? Is that OK?
TurtleBeing Resident: sure

--BELL--

oO0Oo Resident: We meet four times a day. People drop in. 1 AM, 7 AM, 1 PM, and 7 PM SecondLifeTime
Frenchie Riverstone: hi :)
Frenchie Riverstone: is meeting here now, no?
Eos Amaterasu: hi turtlebeing, Frenchie, O-being
TurtleBeing Resident: Hi
TurtleBeing Resident: this sounds very interesting...
TurtleBeing Resident: fascinating actually
TurtleBeing Resident: may I stay and listen?
Eos Amaterasu: Of course!
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Eos, Frenchie. Glad you find it interesting Turtle. :) ::likes "Beautiful Mind tag"::
Eos Amaterasu: Sam has introduced you to Play as Being?
TurtleBeing Resident: sent me a notecard
Eos Amaterasu wonders if it's turtlebeings all the way down
oO0Oo Resident: and Turtle is OK with being recorded as well
TurtleBeing Resident: ??
TurtleBeing Resident: yes
oO0Oo Resident: [turtlebeings all the way down] What does that mean?
Eos Amaterasu: just a riff off of the story of the world being on top of a turtle, which is on top of a turtle, which is on top of a turtle.... it's turtles all the way down :-)
TurtleBeing Resident: I've been to many meditation sites in sl and never find anyone there...surpirsed to find people here..xo
TurtleBeing Resident: yes
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Eliza
TurtleBeing Resident: I know the story
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Eos, Frenchie, oO0Oo, and Turtle (nice to meet you Turtle)
TurtleBeing Resident: I am simply someone who feels a connection to the earth and would like to achieve the wisdom of the turtle
TurtleBeing Resident: lol
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
oO0Oo Resident: :)
TurtleBeing Resident: thank you.nice to see you too Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: wonderful children's book "Old Turtle"
TurtleBeing Resident: don't know it
TurtleBeing Resident: will have to look
Eliza Madrigal: beautiful water colors, lovely message
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Roger
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Roger
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
Eos Amaterasu: can you suggest more about the wisdom of the turtle?
Roger Ormenthal: Hi. My av is out of control. Hope he's not walking over everyone.
Eos Amaterasu: so far so good :-)
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Roger. May I introduce Turtle to you if not already aquinted.
Roger Ormenthal: OK
TurtleBeing Resident: HI
Eos Amaterasu: During these sessions we do a 90 second "pause" every 15 minutes.... "be like a turtle" could be one suggestion for how to be in such a pause
oO0Oo Resident gets that gappy feeling
Eos Amaterasu: turtles probably do much longer pauses :-)
TurtleBeing Resident: yes, it is one of my challenges...to slow down..to stay in the moment
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi everyone :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Sharon :)
TurtleBeing Resident: hi
Eos Amaterasu: Hi SophiaSharon!
oO0Oo Resident: SSL •☆.•*´¨`*••♥
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles widely
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
SophiaSharon Larnia giggles
oO0Oo Resident giggles
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :D
Eos Amaterasu: (sounds like a baby crying/laughing)
oO0Oo Resident: yay
oO0Oo Resident: born again
Eos Amaterasu: there are little whispers and laughs around the turtle
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eos Amaterasu: theme is being as turtle, Sophia
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh! pokes her head out its shell
oO0Oo Resident: she does?
--BELL--
Eos Amaterasu bows
oO0Oo Resident bows
SophiaSharon Larnia: turtles move very very slow
SophiaSharon Larnia: maybe their time is different ;)
Eos Amaterasu: un per tur ba ble
SophiaSharon Larnia: \./
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Eos Amaterasu: soft bellies, I think
Eos Amaterasu: feel the earth
TurtleBeing Resident: I work alone my time is different
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
oO0Oo Resident wonders
oO0Oo Resident: :)
Eos Amaterasu: I was wondering what the turtle ate, and how it felt the ground
Eos Amaterasu: there's lots of being all around the turtlebeing
TurtleBeing Resident: and tutles represent a quiet strenght to me
Eliza Madrigal: mmm
oO0Oo Resident: strong and soft together
SophiaSharon Larnia: thinks of terrapin station
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
TurtleBeing Resident: and know which is called for
TurtleBeing Resident: or how to bring them together
TurtleBeing Resident: the strong and soft
Eliza Madrigal: :::brightens:::::
TurtleBeing Resident: it's alright to be slow
Frenchie Riverstone: sry i crash :(
TurtleBeing Resident: you know
SophiaSharon Larnia: wb Frenchie
TurtleBeing Resident: welcome back
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh yes i agree Turtle :)
oO0Oo Resident: broad stable base.. sensitive organs of perception, able to come inward, or extend out. Resilient... methodical... patient
TurtleBeing Resident: wow...lots to gain by following the turtle path it would seem
TurtleBeing Resident: it chose me as a teacher
Eos Amaterasu: didn't the northwest indians have turtle iconography?
TurtleBeing Resident: yes...the earth is also known as Turtle Island
TurtleBeing Resident: in some native cultures
Eos Amaterasu: ah, the earth _is_ a turtle!
TurtleBeing Resident: yes!
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
oO0Oo Resident: Lets take care of her
TurtleBeing Resident: Mother is a turtle
TurtleBeing Resident: I am a Turtle Being...lol
TurtleBeing Resident: learning
oO0Oo Resident: :)
TurtleBeing Resident: slowly
TurtleBeing Resident: lol

--BELL--

--Long Silence--

Frenchie Riverstone: is meeting now, no?
Eos Amaterasu: Yes
Eliza Madrigal: :) yes I guess sometimes we fall silent spontaneously
Frenchie Riverstone: we talk?
oO0Oo Resident: yes.. meeting the moments as they come
Eos Amaterasu: maybe we were taking it at the pace of turtle being
SophiaSharon Larnia ponders the difference, if any, of intentional vs spontaneous silence
Eliza Madrigal: :)
oO0Oo Resident: Is anything on your mind Frenchie? That you would like to discuss?
Frenchie Riverstone: no
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
oO0Oo Resident: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I have to admit, guilty, that I was googling turtle iconography, interesting
oO0Oo Resident: lol... me too
Eliza Madrigal grins
SophiaSharon Larnia: :D
Eos Amaterasu looks forward to SophiaSharon's totem pole
Eliza Madrigal: hah
SophiaSharon Larnia: hah
Eliza Madrigal: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: +a
Frenchie Riverstone: ppl where i stay make me turtle soup
Frenchie Riverstone: it's good!!!
Eliza Madrigal: yes here in key west as well
Eos Amaterasu: (turtlebeing is gone)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :( maybe crashed
oO0Oo Resident offers self to turtle being in the form of succulant algae and sun basking rocks and logs
Eos Amaterasu: there is something to relating strongly with animal spirits - ours not the sole spirit
Eliza Madrigal: loving this idea... turtle practice... slow walking, feeling, tasting time...
Eos Amaterasu: tasting time
SophiaSharon Larnia: oddly, feeling as a turtle, my time is natural, its everything else that feels rushed :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eos Amaterasu: taste time coming up

--BELL--

Frenchie Riverstone: i leave now...goodnight :)
Eliza Madrigal: (bye frenchie, see you again)
oO0Oo Resident: bye
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Frienchie :)
Eliza Madrigal: perhaps a foretaste of what silent day will be like a bit :)
oO0Oo Resident: wb turtle
Eliza Madrigal: Welcome back Turtle :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: wb Turtle
Eos Amaterasu: wb, tbeing
Eos Amaterasu: silent day, eliza?
Eliza Madrigal: yes September 21st...
TurtleBeing Resident: crashed
TurtleBeing Resident: crashed
Eliza Madrigal: we'll be silent during sessions, outside of a host IMing visitors, etc...
oO0Oo Resident: perhaps spontaneous silence will arrive within intentional silence
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eos Amaterasu: how to be silent with ourselves
Eliza Madrigal: aye
oO0Oo Resident: alone together
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Eliza Madrigal wonders if turtles snuggle or clack shells, ha
Eliza Madrigal: maybe a sign that I'm past bed time :)
TurtleBeing Resident: lol
TurtleBeing Resident: both
Eliza Madrigal: :))
SophiaSharon Larnia: Eliza, or maybe bump noses
SophiaSharon Larnia: haha
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
TurtleBeing Resident: friendlier than that sometimes
Eliza Madrigal: shell sharing
SophiaSharon Larnia: I was reading some stuff here :)
Eliza Madrigal: haha
TurtleBeing Resident: too crowded
TurtleBeing Resident: big lag for me
oO0Oo Resident: no turtle left behind
Eliza Madrigal: aw :))
TurtleBeing Resident: but just as an observation...the response to my name often seems to make people think Iam small and fragile and slow of course...and small
TurtleBeing Resident: it's been interesting
Eos Amaterasu: the body of the whole earth is turtle
oO0Oo Resident smiles
oO0Oo Resident: "reading some stuff" SSL?
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh just turtle trivia
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: nothing I want to interupt with
Eliza Madrigal: my first connotations with your name were age/wisdom... and then a turtle we have in florida which is named an 'aligator snapping turtle'
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh
Eliza Madrigal: many different sorts...
Eos Amaterasu: gad!
Eliza Madrigal: they're great
Eliza Madrigal: but I'd be curious too Sharon if you want to share
Eos Amaterasu: (Sharon is researching for her totem pole :-)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ive already closed the page hahah
Eliza Madrigal: :))
SophiaSharon Larnia: +s
SophiaSharon Larnia: yea theres a lot of animals going now
Eliza Madrigal: maybe you should make one in RL Eos :-)
Eos Amaterasu: (my neighbor said he would :-)
Eliza Madrigal: neighborhood project, yes, hehehe

--BELL--

SophiaSharon Larnia: im off to bed, nice to see you :))
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye for now
Eos Amaterasu: Bye SSL
oO0Oo Resident: Bye SSL
Eliza Madrigal: Nite Sharon, sweet dreams
SophiaSharon Larnia: you too!!
Eliza Madrigal: Eos :)
Eos Amaterasu: me too...bye and thanks, all!
Eliza Madrigal waves
oO0Oo Resident: Night Eos
Eos Amaterasu: night samuo
Eliza Madrigal: stability... that seems a turtle quality too...
Eliza Madrigal: (was considering where turtle would be on totel pole, perhaps holding others steady)
Eliza Madrigal: *totem
TurtleBeing Resident: thank you
TurtleBeing Resident: this was nice
Eliza Madrigal: :) lovely to meet you, thank you
oO0Oo Resident smiles
Eliza Madrigal: yes it was
Eliza Madrigal: Have a pleasant night :)
oO0Oo Resident: Rest well Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: :) Thanks will do
TurtleBeing Resident: thank you same here Iwill be back
TurtleBeing Resident: if that is ok
oO0Oo Resident: welcome here any time Turtle
TurtleBeing Resident: thank you
stevenaia Michinaga: hiya
TurtleBeing Resident: bye
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Stevenaia
oO0Oo Resident: Take care turtle, and thanks