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

Eos Amaterasu: Hi Pema
Pema Pera: hi Eos!
Pema Pera: I really enjoyed reading your comments, in the "99" about parallels between Christian notions and what we are doing here
Pema Pera: and similar for other traditions, from hinduism, taoism, sufism to buddhism, etc
Eos Amaterasu: Oh, yes... inspired by listening to Beethoven's Missa Solemnis, the "Benedictus" section
Pema Pera: :-)
Pema Pera: it would be fun to collect a list of quotes with rough parallels to playing as Being
Eos Amaterasu: in a way that's secular inspiration (the music) joining with other inspirations
Pema Pera: wouldn't have to be exact, of course
Pema Pera: yes, music can be very powerful that way
Eos Amaterasu: Also would be somewhat relative to how people take those quotes
Pema Pera: well, yes . . . . always possible to misunderstand :)
Pema Pera: we could provide some FAQs
Pema Pera: Hi Multi!
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Multi
Multiverse1 Resident: hi eos
Eos Amaterasu: in a way that's a commentary or approach to APAPB
Pema Pera: what is?
Eos Amaterasu: "blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord"
Eos Amaterasu: blessed is he comes playing as Being
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Pema Pera: :-)
Pema Pera: and yes, *very* easy to misunderstand
Multiverse1 Resident: what does this tyme period bring us here and now?
Eos Amaterasu: I mean that both seriously and humorously
Pema Pera: yes, I figured :)
Multiverse1 Resident: the lord you say!
Pema Pera: as long as it's not a tribal lord, it can be okay :)
Multiverse1 Resident: who's lord, might I ask?
Eos Amaterasu: but also a Xtian understanding of that could be through that understanding of "not I, but Christ lives in me"
Multiverse1 Resident: hmmm
Pema Pera wondering about that old Chinese sage Xtian . . .
Eos Amaterasu: so that it's no longer the ego you, but perhaps a higher purpose, or the wu wei of Being
Multiverse1 Resident: wasn'y that the holiday that just commenced
Eos Amaterasu: I guess I was inspired by the holiday
Pema Pera: it's closest to Atman, in Hinduism, perhaps
Eos Amaterasu: and its musical / christian themes (starting with attending a performance of the Messiah)
Multiverse1 Resident: a persistant myth
Eos Amaterasu: the incarnate Christ could be seen as nirmanakaya
Pema Pera: what do you think about the real world, Multi, could that also be a persistant myth?
Eos Amaterasu: with God as dharmakaya
Eos Amaterasu: and the Holy Spirit nirmanakaya sambhogakaya
Pema Pera: definite parallels, yes
Pema Pera: sambhogakaya you mean
Pema Pera: ?
Multiverse1 Resident: yes, we make our belief systems
Eos Amaterasu: whups, yes
Pema Pera: out of all sense impressions we construct a convenient world, for our needs
Multiverse1 Resident: create and build and ....
Eos Amaterasu: but is there a sort of anthropic principle to how we make our belief systems?
Multiverse1 Resident: change them as we see fit
Eos Amaterasu: my wife gave me a button that says, "the universe is a figment of its own imagination"
Multiverse1 Resident: humanism is the creator then?
Pema Pera: you mean evolutionary, Eos?
Pema Pera: as a filter?
Multiverse1 Resident: anthropological
Pema Pera: I like that button, Eos!
Eos Amaterasu: or, we see things a certain way, because that's how we're "built"
Eos Amaterasu: (that how the universe sees us)
Multiverse1 Resident: The bee would be the creator of it's realm, would it not?
Eos Amaterasu: co-creator at least
Eos Amaterasu: co-creating a niche
Multiverse1 Resident: The universe has eyes now then?
Multiverse1 Resident: one sense of our 5
Eos Amaterasu: the universe has awares in multiple modalities, perhaps
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Para
Multiverse1 Resident: yes, me have to nod to that
Pema Pera: hi Paradise!
Eos Amaterasu: intense red modality, Paradise!
Multiverse1 Resident: ah paradise is with us!
Paradise Tennant: hiya pema eos multi happy holiday
Pema Pera sees intense orange :-)
Multiverse1 Resident: happy holyday
Pema Pera: must be my Dutch upbringing
Multiverse1 Resident: tulips
Multiverse1 Resident: 2 lls

--BELL--

Multiverse1 Resident: I should probably grow hair here. maybe, I guess.
Eos Amaterasu: the multiverse speaks... and grows hair
Pema Pera: but black holes have no hair
Multiverse1 Resident: If there are black holes, are there white holes?
Pema Pera: there could be
Pema Pera: but we don't know of any
Multiverse1 Resident: or spumes
Pema Pera: we know of many black holes
Multiverse1 Resident: we do not really know what a black hole trully is.
Paradise Tennant: wonders if they are breeding or if we are just better at observing
Eos Amaterasu: a hole in none
Pema Pera: :-)
Multiverse1 Resident: step inside one , next chance I get!

Pema Pera: Paradise, I really enjoyed reading the theme session about Berlin!
Pema Pera: Sorry I wasn't there to hear it
Paradise Tennant: yes I was sorry I missed .. :)
Paradise Tennant: too
Pema Pera: I don't think I got an announcement
Pema Pera: except while it had already started
Paradise Tennant: same here did see the email
Eos Amaterasu: yes, I think it happened somewhat spontaneously
Paradise Tennant: smiles we had a lovely time
Paradise Tennant: real life is so refreshing :)
Eos Amaterasu: I got an email as it had already started
Pema Pera: yes, that was palpable!
Multiverse1 Resident: spontanaity
Paradise Tennant: managed to cram a lot in in a very short time
Eos Amaterasu: you made a long trip, Paradise!
Paradise Tennant: I did
Paradise Tennant: a very long trip
Multiverse1 Resident: did you swim/
Pema Pera: I hope to get another chance to meet again in Europe
Paradise Tennant: but I have never been there
Pema Pera: in Berlin you mean?
Pema Pera: or Germany?
Paradise Tennant: yes like the european locations there are so many places I have not seen in europe
Paradise Tennant: both
Multiverse1 Resident: ah in sl
Multiverse1 Resident: what took place in Berlin?
Pema Pera: what was the most fun and/or surprising aspect of the whole meeting, if I may ask?
Paradise Tennant: we had a meet up
Pema Pera: (or two :-)
Eos Amaterasu: a half dozen or so avatars?
Paradise Tennant: smiles wow being together
Multiverse1 Resident: oh, with boxy?
Paradise Tennant: talking just like this
Paradise Tennant: exploring the city we went sliding down man made hills on big rubber tires
Paradise Tennant: ate curry worst .. drank mulled wine
Pema Pera: :-)
Multiverse1 Resident: curry worst?
Multiverse1 Resident: a sausage?
Eos Amaterasu: würst?
Paradise Tennant: sausage with a curry sauce
Multiverse1 Resident: hmm, have not tried that one
Paradise Tennant: had dinner out . .also sat around one of the suites and just talked and snacked
Eos Amaterasu: paused?
Paradise Tennant: toured around the xmas markets
Multiverse1 Resident: relected
Multiverse1 Resident: reflected
Paradise Tennant: saw interesting art .. walked the city .. walked its gardens
Paradise Tennant: mostly the best part was being together :)
Multiverse1 Resident: presense
Multiverse1 Resident: shadows
Paradise Tennant: yes tangible in the flesh prescence
Multiverse1 Resident: light on paradise
Paradise Tennant: we meditated :)
Paradise Tennant: talked about the experience after
Eos Amaterasu: appreciate presence through meetup
Paradise Tennant: i bought some candles because it helps me focus
Paradise Tennant: one of my favourite parts of a trip is grocery shopping love going to a strange country and just walking through the grocery stores everything is the same but different :)
Pema Pera: :-)
Multiverse1 Resident: focus
Eos Amaterasu thinks of almond cookies
Paradise Tennant: it is interesting how .. well you really know .. each other ..
Paradise Tennant: smiles at eos
Multiverse1 Resident: yes, in france, no fresh veggies
Pema Pera thinks of marzipan
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Paradise Tennant: and how that knowing .. is not limited by the physical :)
Pema Pera: yes, every retreat brings that surprising non-surprise of how well we all know each other already
Paradise Tennant: in a way as wols says this is a meeting of souls
Eos Amaterasu: so you met people in RL for the first time, Para?
Eos Amaterasu: like Boxy, ...
Pema Pera: no, in Malta you were there too, right?
Pema Pera: and in Princeton before that
Multiverse1 Resident: an excursion then
Paradise Tennant: yes :) met boxy for the first time met a couple of other sl friends for the first time
Eos Amaterasu: I mean people not met before, like Boxy I think
Paradise Tennant: wol and bertrum I had met before
Eos Amaterasu: and Yaku
Paradise Tennant: mic I had met before and yaku
Paradise Tennant: mic's wife is lovely :)
Paradise Tennant: just all round fun
Pema Pera: sorry, lunch is calling, have to get going
Paradise Tennant: take care pema :)
Eos Amaterasu: bye pema
Paradise Tennant: enjoy your lunch
Pema Pera: nice seeing you again!
Multiverse1 Resident: eat well
Eos Amaterasu: enjoy food!
Pema Pera: thanks!

--BELL--

Multiverse1 Resident: Multi, wants to eat the fish roaming in front of his face, Not! Too tough.
Paradise Tennant: really everyone there was interesting and wonderful company :)
Multiverse1 Resident: a memory for a lifetyme
Eos Amaterasu: great to see that the strange attractor bring people together in SL attracts in RL as well
Paradise Tennant: yes amazing how fast it fades though
Eos Amaterasu: ah!
Eos Amaterasu: that's it!
Multiverse1 Resident: always present
Eos Amaterasu: touch and go
Paradise Tennant: smiles hiya stev :))
Multiverse1 Resident: but distance created through more current imput.
Eos Amaterasu: hi stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Multiverse1 Resident: Hiya Stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Para, Multi
Eos Amaterasu: Para is tellling us about berlin meetuip
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: listens
Paradise Tennant: smiles eos yes the memories do not fade they just become crowded over :)
Paradise Tennant: likes the berlin flower shops
Eos Amaterasu: special moments have their truth
Multiverse1 Resident: The flowers of oranges
Paradise Tennant: we walked into an antique and art sale pokes around .. the previewing
Paradise Tennant: they have wonderful gummy bears in berlin
Paradise Tennant: brought home 3 bags :)
Eos Amaterasu: mmm
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Paradise Tennant: like just walking around neigbourhoods do not have to do tourist site .. like just to absorb the feel of a city
Eos Amaterasu: mirror neurons firing like crazy
Multiverse1 Resident: natual waunderment
Eos Amaterasu: (re gummy bears, but also re city)
Paradise Tennant: we went to one of the museums .. sat in bedouin tent drank mint tea and ate curry on big carpet cushions
Eos Amaterasu: wow
Multiverse1 Resident: kool
stevenaia Michinaga: in town?
Paradise Tennant: they had a craft fair there bought a vintage sari :)
Paradise Tennant: just really poked around wonderful to be with people who speak the language
Multiverse1 Resident: how long was your stay para?
Paradise Tennant: boxy had a great ap on his phone helped up navigate
Paradise Tennant: 6 days
Multiverse1 Resident: nice
Paradise Tennant: *us
Multiverse1 Resident: tyme to absorb and do a multiplicity of things
Paradise Tennant: went to a spanish restaurant one night and one of friends sang a couple of songs with the spanish guitarists there was just amazingly good food :)
Multiverse1 Resident: curry wurst, hmm
Paradise Tennant: boxy and I went on bus tour one morning in the rain
Multiverse1 Resident: now spanish food in Berlin. It's closer than America!
Paradise Tennant: and the acquarium :) was so cool :) nose to nose with incredible sea life
Multiverse1 Resident: nose to nose
Multiverse1 Resident: better than my fish here
Eos Amaterasu: sounds like a legendary time :-)
Multiverse1 Resident: good word, eos
Paradise Tennant: yes quick but full :) to the brim with memorable :)
Multiverse1 Resident: a space reserved in para forever

Eos Amaterasu: when and where is the next one?
Paradise Tennant: not sure ?
Paradise Tennant: hmm boxy is talking of venice next year :)
Multiverse1 Resident: He seems to know Europe
Paradise Tennant: smiles I do not think he has been there before . it is one of wol's favourite places and I must admit . I really like the city too :)
Paradise Tennant: but for european travel you need at least 10 days to two weeks
Multiverse1 Resident: The cities of civilization
Paradise Tennant: find the first week you just getting adjusted
Paradise Tennant: to the time difference
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Multiverse1 Resident: lag
Paradise Tennant: end up coming home very tired usually . never really sleep the same
Multiverse1 Resident: tyme zones
Multiverse1 Resident: flight
Multiverse1 Resident: travel

--BELL--

Multiverse1 Resident: how was the weather para?
Paradise Tennant: rainy
Paradise Tennant: mild
Paradise Tennant: kind of grey
Multiverse1 Resident: all 6 days?
Paradise Tennant: not rain all the time but grey all the time
Paradise Tennant: nice to go somewhere .. and know someone who lives there makes a huge difference
Eos Amaterasu: ah yes, I was in Berlin a couple of times that time of year
Multiverse1 Resident: tyme of year or week perhaps
Multiverse1 Resident: the weather was inconsequential then
Paradise Tennant: one of my friends cooked us dinner in her home .. just nice all round
Paradise Tennant: yes weather does not matter nearly so much as the company :)
Multiverse1 Resident: yes warmth I can tell
Eos Amaterasu: we are warmed by the strange attractor we nourish
Multiverse1 Resident: yes our food
Paradise Tennant: hmm somehow you find .. those you can relate to .. communicate with ..
Multiverse1 Resident: many types of food
Multiverse1 Resident: attractors
Eos Amaterasu: the unspoken yet felt unsaid?
Paradise Tennant: what it always shows me is that .. underneath a wide divergence of exteriors we are all the same
Paradise Tennant: like one beating heart :)
Eos Amaterasu: "wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world"
Multiverse1 Resident: This one is for the "listener " Stevenaia.
Multiverse1 Resident: He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know." Lao Tzu
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Eos Amaterasu: that is the transmission beyond words
Eos Amaterasu: which seemed to be present in Berlin?
Multiverse1 Resident: present
Eos Amaterasu: presencing
Paradise Tennant: hmm somehow sitting in a room together being silent speaks volumes :)
Paradise Tennant: you notice .. the intangible ..
Paradise Tennant: the interconnected
Multiverse1 Resident: body language?
Paradise Tennant: the sound of breathing ..
Paradise Tennant: the quiet rustles
Multiverse1 Resident: sl breathes deep
Paradise Tennant: there is a circle of being :)
Paradise Tennant: smiles
Eos Amaterasu: brightness rests in the aire
Multiverse1 Resident: boxy would say a square
Multiverse1 Resident: I would say a prism
Paradise Tennant: yes we are together .. being together . as individuals and as a whole
Paradise Tennant: really enjoyed meeting so many wonderful people in such a short time and coming to know that I was connected to them .. understood them .. was a friend to them :)
Multiverse1 Resident: am me, you are you, and we are we.
stevenaia Michinaga: connections here run deep
Multiverse1 Resident: the rivers of tyme
Paradise Tennant: should not leave out the dog setia had a lovely dog lila :) who charmed everyone
Multiverse1 Resident: the glue of the household
Paradise Tennant: yaku's girlfriend evelyn had one of the most beautiful smiles I have seen in long long time .. she just lit up when she smiled :)
Multiverse1 Resident: a resonance
Eos Amaterasu: billions of cells lighting up, I bet
Multiverse1 Resident: a flower
Eos Amaterasu: mirror neurons emergent
Multiverse1 Resident: reflections

--BELL--

Eos Amaterasu: time to depart to sleep - night all!
Paradise Tennant: smiles sweet dreams . eos :))
Multiverse1 Resident: night eos
stevenaia Michinaga: night Eos, I should follow, long day
Paradise Tennant: smiles ok nite nite stev thank you
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Paradise Tennant: nite nite multi think I will scoot too .
stevenaia Michinaga: you too
Paradise Tennant: still need to shovel :)
Multiverse1 Resident: and I, thanx para, for an enlightening encounter
stevenaia Michinaga: shovel?
stevenaia Michinaga: you ahve snow?
Paradise Tennant: lol
Multiverse1 Resident: night stevie
Paradise Tennant: smiles in my winter garden :)
stevenaia Michinaga: awww, smiles
Paradise Tennant: be well everyone