2011.09.20 19:00 - Silenting

The Guardian for this meeting was Eos Amaterasu. The comments are by Eos Amaterasu. This session overlapped (depending on time zone) the beginning of September 21st, a silent day at PaB in acknowledgement of day of peace.

Eos Amaterasu: Speaking of silence...

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oO0Oo Resident: _/<3\_
FcSeeker Resident: _/<3\_
Eos Amaterasu bows
FcSeeker Resident: _/<3\_ steve
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Fc, Eos, San, Samúð
FcSeeker Resident: _/<3\_ san
oO0Oo Resident: _/<3\_
Eos Amaterasu bows
FcSeeker Resident: (learned that just from O ) <3
Santoshima Resident: namaskar
stevenaia Michinaga: nice candles, Fc

FcSeeker Resident: thank you :)
FcSeeker Resident: there is a cute story...imo...concerning those dark tealight candle holders...
stevenaia Michinaga: listens
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Paradise
FcSeeker Resident: _/<3\_ Paradise
Eos Amaterasu bows
Santoshima Resident: hi paradise
FcSeeker Resident: that was for a while ago when I saw them in the package in the shop
FcSeeker Resident: and I had seeked such item onto one can set the teapot to keep the tea to stay warm
Paradise Tennant: smiles and waves all round hiya san stev eos fc 0 ;)
FcSeeker Resident: so I didn't see the item itself and read only this 'tealight' :)
FcSeeker Resident: thinking you may guess what I thought those to be
FcSeeker Resident: when I got home, I tried to set the teapot still on but couldn't get it to stay
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles
FcSeeker Resident: then I thought that might they not be such items I thought them to be
FcSeeker Resident: then I soon got to know what the 'tealight' means :)
oO0Oo Resident smiles
Santoshima Resident: :)
FcSeeker Resident: but they are like ordered to the place where they are always :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles I am often struck at how often you can see an image and then it dissolves and is not what you thought .. particularly find it so in big cities at night with the play of light
FcSeeker Resident: <3<3<3
oO0Oo Resident: ty Fc
Eos Amaterasu: shall we do a silent pause, upcoming, in preview of "tomorrow's" silent day?
oO0Oo Resident: _/\_
Paradise Tennant: nods pls
FcSeeker Resident: many times I have bought something 'wrong' by accedent, but always that has showed out to be the right bying...
FcSeeker Resident: nods

--BELL--

FcSeeker Resident: <3
Santoshima Resident: good night ~ palms together, three bows to you all
stevenaia Michinaga: silnce as a special warms to it, atleast here it does
Eos Amaterasu bows
FcSeeker Resident: namaste san
stevenaia Michinaga: night San
Paradise Tennant: nite nite san sweet dreams :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles at stev .. indeed it does :)
Paradise Tennant: a sense of home .. community
oO0Oo Resident: night
Paradise Tennant: there is such a nice stillness to silence .. always find it makes a place .. have more resonance ... at least you get a better sense of a place .. in the quiet :)
Eos Amaterasu: hmm
Eos Amaterasu: silenting and listening

--BELL--

FcSeeker Resident: I have always thought that such person is the good friend with whom one can spend time also in silence
Paradise Tennant: smiles at fc that is so true
FcSeeker Resident: but I know more of such people who feels not good for it
oO0Oo Resident: agreed
Paradise Tennant: smiles getting sleepy think I will "quietly " say thank you and good night :) sweet dreams my friends :)
oO0Oo Resident: sweet dreams Para
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: hello susan
iwandertoo Resident: hey there
Eos Amaterasu bows to iwandertoo
stevenaia Michinaga: we are warming up to a silent Wednesday
iwandertoo Resident: hi eos, sam
oO0Oo Resident: _/\_
iwandertoo Resident: i see
Eos Amaterasu: whispering of silence
Eos Amaterasu: silent Wednesday is already wrapping around the world

--BELL--

iwandertoo Resident: waves, best to everyone
Eos Amaterasu: ~~
oO0Oo Resident: _/\_
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Mysfit
stevenaia Michinaga: come sit
Mysfit LittleBoots: Hey, how's it going?
oO0Oo Resident: /_Howdy\_
Mysfit LittleBoots: Are we supposed to hear anything?
Eos Amaterasu: hi Mysfit
Eos Amaterasu: only the sounds of silence
stevenaia Michinaga: .hello darkness my old friend
Mysfit LittleBoots: Gotcha.
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Aph
Eos Amaterasu: have been here before, to Play as Being, Mysfit?
Aphrodite Macbain: My name is Aph, not darkness
Mysfit LittleBoots: Can't say that I have. What's it about?
Eos Amaterasu: we basically play with how we experience reality and ourselves
Eos Amaterasu: I'll give you a notecard
Mysfit LittleBoots: Okay. Thank you!
Mysfit LittleBoots: I'm not sure I follow, but I'll read along
Eos Amaterasu: we record the conversations here (text), and post them to our wiki at http://wiki.playasbeing.org. Is that all right with you?
Eos Amaterasu: during the sessions here (which happen 4 times per day), we have a 90 second silent pause every 15 minutes
Mysfit LittleBoots: That's fine, I ws actually looking for a place that involved something with metaphysics
Eos Amaterasu: and today we are anticipating the start tomorrow of a special silent day associated with September 21
Mysfit LittleBoots: What's with September 21?
Mysfit LittleBoots: (forgive my ignorance, I honestly don't know / can't remember)
Eos Amaterasu: fall equinox
Eos Amaterasu: also for some "peace day"
Mysfit LittleBoots: Cool.
Eos Amaterasu: maybe the way to peace starts with silence shared (perhaps?)
Mysfit LittleBoots: ...so are we supposed to be discussing our life experiences so far right now?
Mysfit LittleBoots: Or should I just shut my yap?
Eos Amaterasu: there's a 90 second pause coming up at the top of the hour
Mysfit LittleBoots: got it
Eos Amaterasu: we could discuss the experience of that ....

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: we still have an hour here until tomorrow, so feel free
oO0Oo Resident: attention enlivens the silent ocean of intelligence :)
Aphrodite Macbain: !
Mysfit LittleBoots: Hmm?
Aphrodite Macbain: watching the waves go by
Eos Amaterasu: It's after midnight here (so now the 21st), so I will depart, but feel free to wrap around and in silence however it plays :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Eos Amaterasu bows
stevenaia Michinaga: bye Eos
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye! eos
Eos Amaterasu: bye all
Mysfit LittleBoots: lates
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks
Aphrodite Macbain: CU tomorrow!
oO0Oo Resident: I also must depart... :))))
stevenaia Michinaga: night Samud
Aphrodite Macbain: By Sam and thank you
Aphrodite Macbain: for everything you've done and the inspiration
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, dissappeared
stevenaia Michinaga: what are you creating APh?
Aphrodite Macbain: a sign that explains about what will be happening tomorrow
Aphrodite Macbain: I thought I'd install them now since I'm not sure whether I will be awake at 7AM
stevenaia Michinaga: nods
stevenaia Michinaga: or 1:am
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Right!!
Aphrodite Macbain: What do you think?
Aphrodite Macbain: Too much?
stevenaia Michinaga: looking
Aphrodite Macbain: No one here but us chickens
stevenaia Michinaga: just the two? and the one under the poem?
Aphrodite Macbain: Yes. Do you think we need another placed somewhere else?

--BELL--

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