2011.09.12 19:00 - dropping

The Guardian for this meeting was Lia Rikugun. The comments are by Lia Rikugun.

Lia Rikugun: hey sophiasharon
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Lia!
Lia Rikugun: great to see you
SophiaSharon Larnia: nice to see you too
Lia Rikugun: this is my new slot no?
Lia Rikugun: so many things going on, so it gets confusing
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes, I was logged in Sl was here :))
SophiaSharon Larnia: how are you adjusting to the time change??
SophiaSharon Larnia: and the environment :)
Lia Rikugun: oh I have been here for 3 weeks now
Lia Rikugun: but yes still adjusting
Lia Rikugun: :) somehow i am slow
Lia Rikugun: how are you doing?
SophiaSharon Larnia: great, working a lot
Lia Rikugun: oh wowo
Lia Rikugun: sorry i am late, I had to install the new version of the SL viewer
Lia Rikugun: so working a lot is good?
SophiaSharon Larnia: no problem at all, and I did the same thing myself yesteday
SophiaSharon Larnia: it was at first!
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Lia Rikugun: I guess I am in america now, I should leave my european thoughts behind :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: aww
SophiaSharon Larnia: can you say more about what the difference between are, as you see them?
Lia Rikugun: oh i think europeans work to live
Lia Rikugun: americans live to work
Lia Rikugun: :)
Lia Rikugun: haha, thats an expression I once heard
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh my motto is definately work to live
SophiaSharon Larnia: haha
Lia Rikugun: So I will find out if thats true or not
SophiaSharon Larnia: i bet theres a lot of other changes too
SophiaSharon Larnia: I've never been to anywhere in Europe. I'm very curious to see
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Corvi :)
Lia Rikugun: oh you should definitely try to go
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes
Lia Rikugun: if you have the chance
Lia Rikugun: hello corvi
Lia Rikugun: would you like to do a meditation together?
SophiaSharon Larnia: Corvi. you were rezzing and now a cloud
SophiaSharon Larnia: oops there you are
Corvuscorva Nightfire: sure! oh good..I re baked.
SophiaSharon Larnia: sure Lia :)
Lia Rikugun: drop what you have to see what you are
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Susan
Lia Rikugun: hi susan
iwandertoo Resident: hi everyone
Lia Rikugun: the break is coming up
Lia Rikugun: "drop what you have to see what you are"
--BELL--
Lia Rikugun: is our sentence for the break
Lia Rikugun: right now I found it very difficult to drop my body
Lia Rikugun: :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: heh
Corvuscorva Nightfire: nods.
Lia Rikugun: and my thoughts
Lia Rikugun: it seems that its working for just 1 seconds
Lia Rikugun: and then thoughts are back ;)
SophiaSharon Larnia: i did not to pab over the summer, but this has come back up for me the last couple of weeks
SophiaSharon Larnia: go to**
SophiaSharon Larnia: 'drop what you have', and to drop eveythingstill means the story to me
Lia Rikugun: which story do you mean?
SophiaSharon Larnia: the story of 'me', my life and everything i ever learned
Lia Rikugun: oh yes
Lia Rikugun: usually this is something I struggle with
SophiaSharon Larnia: so for me it's primarily mind
Lia Rikugun: just now i didnt get that far
SophiaSharon Larnia smiles
Lia Rikugun: so somehow it starts with material things
Lia Rikugun: like my car, my apartment, my clothes, my hair
Lia Rikugun: my body
Lia Rikugun: drop all of that
Lia Rikugun: whats left?
Lia Rikugun: thoughts
Lia Rikugun: the sensation of a self
Lia Rikugun: images in the mind
Lia Rikugun: how to drop all that?
SophiaSharon Larnia: i dont live in my body very much, my meditation has been to get more into it :)
Lia Rikugun: somehow right now I am thinking that it seems that these are only filters thrpough which you live life
Lia Rikugun: get rid of those filters
Lia Rikugun: oh ok
Lia Rikugun: yes i understand
Lia Rikugun: like expanding yourself into the whole of your body and beyond?
SophiaSharon Larnia: the body seems to be linked more with the being in the present
SophiaSharon Larnia: for me, I wanted to know if this is really true
Lia Rikugun: yes just experimenting
SophiaSharon Larnia: so you description of your experience is really enlightening for me :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: your*
Lia Rikugun: oh great

here my computer shut itself off and I couldnt log onto SL anymore :(

SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: hiya
iwandertoo Resident: hi stevenaia
SophiaSharon Larnia: where are you?
Corvuscorva Nightfire: heya!
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh there, all the dots on my mini map are gone, so strange!
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi corvi, SSL, Susan, Lia
stevenaia Michinaga: ok, not Lia (left)
SophiaSharon Larnia: before Lia crashed, Steve, we were doing drop what you have to see what you are during the pause
stevenaia Michinaga: hmm, can't make the fountain lower
stevenaia Michinaga: I am in a very noisy surroundings but I will try
SophiaSharon Larnia: ha!
stevenaia Michinaga: lag
stevenaia Michinaga: mine may be more than 90 seconds
SophiaSharon Larnia: :D
--BELL--
milakel Resident: hi :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Mila
SophiaSharon Larnia: i was about to say that ive had the most success in a noisy environment, but maybe i was trying to escape from it
Corvuscorva Nightfire: hi Mila!
SophiaSharon Larnia: steve
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Mila
stevenaia Michinaga: yes?
iwandertoo Resident: hi Mila
milakel Resident: neko girl, noisy environment? :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: umm, Mila? You have a bag on your hear
SophiaSharon Larnia: head
milakel Resident: yep
stevenaia Michinaga: when all else drops, ther eis much happyness remaining
SophiaSharon Larnia: bad hair day?
milakel Resident: heh
milakel Resident: i like the emicons
SophiaSharon Larnia: yay Steve :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nothing else seems to stick
milakel Resident: i think happyness doesn't remain much
SophiaSharon Larnia clicks on Mila's bag
milakel Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: not so much dropping but more like turn on the teflon
milakel Resident: i don't think it works like that, sharon
SophiaSharon Larnia: teflon Steve?
milakel Resident: ok, enough with the bag already :)
milakel Resident: *takes it off*
SophiaSharon Larnia sits on hands
stevenaia Michinaga: non-stick allows for dropping things off you
SophiaSharon Larnia: right
milakel Resident: heh, non-stick :)
milakel Resident: soap first sticks in order to drop :)
stevenaia Michinaga: will not be dropping soap
milakel Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: what did you find remains (what your are?)
SophiaSharon Larnia: I think I could answer that a different way each day
stevenaia Michinaga: *you
milakel Resident: i've found a tricky bug in a spreadsheet library today and found peace :)
milakel Resident: but now the bug is gone and i miss it... kind of
SophiaSharon Larnia: miss the hunt for it?
milakel Resident: i think so
milakel Resident: yet there are always bugs around :)
milakel Resident: but tricky ones are exciting :)
stevenaia Michinaga: peskie little things
SophiaSharon Larnia: Lia must be having trouble getting back
milakel Resident: ah, yes. she had the other day
milakel Resident: poor girl
milakel Resident: corvi, tell us about some of your recent theories :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: laughs
Corvuscorva Nightfire: which one?
SophiaSharon Larnia: listens :)
milakel Resident: anyone, first in your head :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: snorts.
stevenaia Michinaga: readies my pen and notepad
Corvuscorva Nightfire: kittens bite because their teeth hurt
milakel Resident: heh
Corvuscorva Nightfire nods
SophiaSharon Larnia: aww, i think thats true
Corvuscorva Nightfire: is it?
milakel Resident: ah, a plausible theory :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: heehee
--BELL--
SophiaSharon Larnia: goodnight all, gtg
SophiaSharon Larnia: havce fun
stevenaia Michinaga: night SSL
SophiaSharon Larnia: have*
iwandertoo Resident: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: gnight!
Corvuscorva Nightfire: hi Santo
stevenaia Michinaga: hi San
iwandertoo Resident: hi santoshima
Santoshima Resident: hi susan
Santoshima Resident: hello corvi, stevie, mila (away)
Santoshima Resident: sorry to be late,
stevenaia Michinaga: late?
Santoshima Resident: arriving lately at the end of meetings
stevenaia Michinaga: not sure late matters here
Santoshima Resident: yes, you
Santoshima Resident: are right
stevenaia Michinaga: although we were waiting for YOU
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Santoshima Resident: haha :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: grins.
iwandertoo Resident: avatars have pensive faces while still
Santoshima Resident: quite
iwandertoo Resident: or is this just a coincidence
Corvuscorva Nightfire: do they?
iwandertoo Resident: yours is, Corvi
iwandertoo Resident: as is Stevenaia's
Santoshima Resident: hmm
iwandertoo Resident: i cant see Santoshima's
Corvuscorva Nightfire: looks pensively at her own face.
iwandertoo Resident: maybe more amused, santoshima
Santoshima Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: not so pensive now
iwandertoo Resident: i take it back
iwandertoo Resident: perhaps just my perception
Santoshima Resident: oh, good!
Santoshima Resident: paperbag head
iwandertoo Resident thinks of changing name to pensiveone
Corvuscorva Nightfire: hiding the twinkle in my eye behind the glasses
iwandertoo Resident: :)
Santoshima Resident: {did youknow that packaging is still on the grass over & ahead of you, stevenaia?
--BELL--
Santoshima Resident: hi aph
iwandertoo Resident: hi aphrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi San, Hello Setevenaia, Corvu
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Aphrodite Macbain: Susan!
iwandertoo Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I don;t see you, just your name
Corvuscorva Nightfire: Heya, Aph.
Aphrodite Macbain: Can you see me now?
stevenaia Michinaga: no
stevenaia Michinaga: maybe the lag
Aphrodite Macbain: Maybe the bag!
stevenaia Michinaga: oh, yu moved, yes I see you now
Aphrodite Macbain: !?
Aphrodite Macbain: Niv hiar San
stevenaia Michinaga: ?
Aphrodite Macbain: Nic hair
Aphrodite Macbain: NIce
Aphrodite Macbain: sugh
Aphrodite Macbain: sigh
Santoshima Resident: yes, in the nic of time ...
Aphrodite Macbain: gins
Aphrodite Macbain: grins
stevenaia Michinaga: laeviing susan?
stevenaia Michinaga: leaving
Aphrodite Macbain: Hmm. Maybe I should sit quietly for a while
iwandertoo Resident: nope
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
iwandertoo Resident: i love animations
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye! Susan
stevenaia Michinaga: practicing your moves?
iwandertoo Resident: i just like them
iwandertoo Resident: make me laugh
iwandertoo Resident: skipping cartwheels
Santoshima Resident: missed it ... was looking at sleeping mila
Aphrodite Macbain: Yahoo!
Aphrodite Macbain: Yahoo!
Aphrodite Macbain: That's better
Santoshima Resident: stevenaia, how is the 99 day challenge going?
Aphrodite Macbain: How are you corvu? Haven't seen you for a while
Santoshima Resident: are you posting a daily report?
Santoshima Resident: oops ... overlap of the questions
stevenaia Michinaga: wonderfully, amazing how a bit of motivation can make space in your life for something you wanted to do but never did
Santoshima Resident: that's great
stevenaia Michinaga: on a daily basis
Santoshima Resident: yes
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm finding it wonderful too. A great motivator
stevenaia Michinaga: I think we all need a bit of Wol in our life
Santoshima Resident: ah, was this his idea?
Corvuscorva Nightfire: smiles.
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
Aphrodite Macbain: I've spent more time journalling and drawing than I have in ages
Santoshima Resident: that's so wonderful
Aphrodite Macbain: It's a great motivator
stevenaia Michinaga: nice, never kept a tai Chi Journal, or any other joutrnal
stevenaia Michinaga: opps, forgot to write tonight
Santoshima Resident: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm interestd in your tai chi steve
Aphrodite Macbain: you use it as a form of contemplation
stevenaia Michinaga: it is one
Aphrodite Macbain: Hve you been doing it for a while?
stevenaia Michinaga: over 2 1/2 years
Aphrodite Macbain: Do you do it on your own or with a group?
Aphrodite Macbain: I find it's hard for me to remember if I do it on my own
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s one of those things I always wnated to try, but it seemed to have waited for me until I was ready... the the teacher appeared
Santoshima Resident: susan, bye!
Aphrodite Macbain: yes, they do, don't they?
Aphrodite Macbain: when you're ready
stevenaia Michinaga: if all the excercized I have tries, palatties, yoga, this was what I was drawn too
Aphrodite Macbain: yes, it's very beautiful to do
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to fit in w/ PaB
stevenaia Michinaga: and my other interests
stevenaia Michinaga: recent intersts...which all began here
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: really? :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: a lot begins here...
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: a pol of resources
stevenaia Michinaga: pool
stevenaia Michinaga: so many ideas to emplore
stevenaia Michinaga: explore
stevenaia Michinaga: oops
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Santoshima Resident: hey, bye mila ~
Aphrodite Macbain: I rather like "implore" steve
Aphrodite Macbain: emplore
stevenaia Michinaga: :
stevenaia Michinaga: 0]
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Corvuscorva Nightfire: heehee
Aphrodite Macbain: :>]
Santoshima Resident: don't know what these little symbols mean ... they seem cheering
stevenaia Michinaga: I call them typos
Santoshima Resident: oh
Aphrodite Macbain: Sort of low tech emoticons
Santoshima Resident: ah
Santoshima Resident: better than
Aphrodite Macbain: I rather like : /
Aphrodite Macbain: sort of non-commital
Santoshima Resident: is that like the paper mask?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
Santoshima Resident: eyes+mouth?
Aphrodite Macbain: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: hehe
Aphrodite Macbain: funy how so much can be expressed with so few lines
stevenaia Michinaga: only sideways
Aphrodite Macbain: :\?
Aphrodite Macbain: Ys,seve- that one
Aphrodite Macbain: steve
stevenaia Michinaga: :/
Aphrodite Macbain: can't do it verically
Aphrodite Macbain: What's it like with red hair San?
Corvuscorva Nightfire: I love that hair
Santoshima Resident: uh, good ...
Santoshima Resident: ty
Aphrodite Macbain: Very perky!
Santoshima Resident: there are many hair in inventory at the moment
Aphrodite Macbain: in yours?
Corvuscorva Nightfire: heehee
Santoshima Resident: uh, yes
Aphrodite Macbain: It's amazing how your appearance can be so dramatically changed with a nw hairdo
Corvuscorva Nightfire: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: I;ve lost by blue hair somewhere in my inventory
Aphrodite Macbain: Wha t do you think Stevenaia?
Aphrodite Macbain: Blue hair?
stevenaia Michinaga: it matched my dress
Santoshima Resident: blue alert ... code blue ... may it be found ...
stevenaia Michinaga: I will ask Sylectra, she helped me buy it
Santoshima Resident: searchline "blue"?
stevenaia Michinaga: hundreds of blue in my inventory
Santoshima Resident: hm
Aphrodite Macbain: Hmmm Interesting. and I ahve none
stevenaia Michinaga: blue beer?
Aphrodite Macbain: mmm yum. blueberries?
Santoshima Resident: seems a beer ad just popped into this chat!
stevenaia Michinaga: lots of blue eyes
--BELL--
Aphrodite Macbain: I have committed to making a drawing a day so I will return to that before I get too sleepy
stevenaia Michinaga: I need to complete my log entry for today
Santoshima Resident: bye, so long
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye! everyone
Corvuscorva Nightfire: goodnight then...I think I need to go before I fall asleep
stevenaia Michinaga: before I forget or go to sleep
stevenaia Michinaga: night Corvi, San
Santoshima Resident: good night
Santoshima Resident: night stevie