The Guardian for this meeting was Santoshima Resident. The comments are by Santoshima Resident.

Santoshima Resident: greetings ~ [ I arrived half hour late to an empty pavilion ]

--BELL--

Korel Laloix: Heya.
Santoshima: hi!
Korel Laloix: Busy session?.. smiles
Santoshima: not too bad :)
Santoshima: was just going to offer a quote for the wiki
Korel Laloix: Oh do tell... smiles
Santoshima: here it is:

Santoshima: " When positive or joyous feelings and attitudes pass through each organ and circulate throughout our whole system, our physical and chemical energies are transformed and balanced." — Tarthang Tulku

Santoshima: i only just arrived ... shabby record of being on time to my own session so far
Korel Laloix: Sounds like a good one.
Santoshima: good quote?
Korel Laloix: That is why I have been shy to sign up.
Korel Laloix: I think so.. thought provoking.
Santoshima: i really like it when the circle is empty
Santoshima: no bums in the seats
Santoshima: perhaps, people were anticipating "boredom"
Santoshima: { to link to our topic for the week }
Santoshima: or perhaps they have gone elsewhere to fulfill the need for that
Santoshima: { boredom, that is }   :)
Korel Laloix smiles
Korel Laloix: TO me I get irritated when I let myself get bored... makes no sense.
Santoshima: i have rarely experienced boredom, or what i think boredom might be
Korel Laloix: But I thought this week was Conections?
Santoshima: double topic
Korel Laloix: Connections to boredom?
Santoshima: flip sides of the coin
Santoshima: perhaps?
Santoshima: dunno the reasoning
Santoshima: perhaps a placating measure to those who offered suggested topics
Korel Laloix: Both are not boring topics.
Santoshima: agreed
Korel Laloix: Sounds good to me.
Korel Laloix: What to do with connections you don't want.
Korel Laloix: How to make the ones you want.
Korel Laloix: And how not to be bored while you sort it all out.
Santoshima: thinking of what, korel? something specific?
Santoshima:  i type slow ... you may have already answered in the lines above
Korel Laloix: I think so.
Korel Laloix: Bored is the state of mind where you think you have nothing to do.
Korel Laloix: I this being bored is a form a lazyness.
Santoshima: "to do"
Santoshima: "doing"
Santoshima: done that
Korel Laloix: A refusal to use ones imagination.
Santoshima: done in by boredom
Santoshima: boredom as diversion from being present
Santoshima: a technique as tried and true as any
Santoshima: seems to take a lot of effort to be bored
Korel Laloix: But I do think being bored can be theriputic sometimes.
Santoshima: perhaps an effort to depress one's overall system, slow down
Santoshima: how might that be, korel?
Korel Laloix: Just a time where you re-baseline some things.
Santoshima: what's that? "re-baseline-ing"
Santoshima: i can guess, but what do you mean?
Korel Laloix: When you manage to claw your way out of being bored, things feel a bit more stimulating to me.
Korel Laloix: Getting a better feel for a normal level of activity, instead of our hyper paced lives.
Santoshima: i see
Santoshima: sounds like a shift toward "balance"

Santoshima: i want to correct myself: the themes are for two different weeks
Korel Laloix: Perhpase.
Santoshima: this week: Connection
Santoshima: next week, we are Bored

Korel Laloix: Balance is a tricky word.
Santoshima Resident: that's better
Santoshima Resident: tricky in what way?
Korel Laloix: On the whole, balance is good as it evens out our lives ... but it can be seductive ... we perform our best when we are mildly stressed.

--BELL--

Korel Laloix: So maybe instead of the world balance ... perhpase "tuned"?
Santoshima: { seems to me all words are tricky }
Korel Laloix: Depends on how good you are in teh language.
Korel Laloix: Just sure I can get accross my meaning sometimes.
Santoshima: you get your meaning across very well!
Korel Laloix: Sometiems I don't though.
Korel Laloix: But I dont know how to recover so I just let it slide.
Santoshima: same for me
Korel Laloix: I have learned so much about language here.
Korel Laloix: But still some tings just do not work well for me.
Santoshima: oh
Santoshima: did you just say something that I missed?
Korel Laloix: Not sure.
Santoshima: sorry, if that is so ... i often need to read things several times before catching
Korel Laloix: I know the feeling.
Korel Laloix: Not knowing a language can reduce your connections..
Santoshima: true
Santoshima: having reduced sense input can as well
Korel Laloix: AGreed.
Santoshima: emotional injury, physical injury ditto
Santoshima: so many areas can distance
Korel Laloix: That is good and bad though.
Korel Laloix: Some people you need to maintain a helathy distance from.
Santoshima: sure,
Korel Laloix: brb .. work
Santoshima: ok, ty
Korel Laloix: Back in a bit ... sorry.
Santoshima: np
Korel Laloix: Ciao
Santoshima: ciao bella
Santoshima: thank you ~

Santoshima: *
Santoshima: Connection /  question:
Santoshima: Can you feel the earth speak
Santoshima: through your feet?
Santoshima: what's she saying?
Santoshima: right now
Santoshima: *

Santoshima: hello Aph
Santoshima: Ciao
Santoshima: hello Verder

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: not quite here yet
Santoshima: i apologize for mispelling your name, Vorder. please excuse my lousy typing ~
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Vorder
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Korel
Wol Euler: evening all
Santoshima: good evening, WOl :)
Vorder Forder: hello all
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Wol
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Wol Euler: greetings from Venice
Aphrodite Macbain: ditto

Santoshima: { Korel is doing a work-thing ... and has parked herself on the lawn for the duration }
Wol Euler: it's a lovely evening here, warm air, mild breeze through the open window

Wol Euler: ty
Santoshima: greetings!
Santoshima: sounds very lovely
Aphrodite Macbain: almost full moon over s Mark's square
Wol Euler nods.
Santoshima: ah
Wol Euler: we were just down there looking at the square by night, the illumination is marvellous
Santoshima: the Ducal palace?
Wol Euler: makes it like a huge indoor room with walls and a ceiling of stars
Aphrodite Macbain: got a bunch of bad photos
Santoshima: excellent
Wol Euler: wait and see :)
Santoshima: looking forward to that
Aphrodite Macbain: yes the ducal palace too - the doges palace
Santoshima: oh yeah
Wol Euler: (to aph don't prejudge the photos)
Vorder Forder: oh I have to give rl a little time
Aphrodite Macbain: self protection
Santoshima: bye Vorder, take care
Wol Euler: bye vorder, take care
Aphrodite Macbain: self protection
Aphrodite Macbain: bye vorder
Aphrodite Macbain: how's Vancouver san\/
Aphrodite Macbain: ?
Santoshima: * vancouver ... stars, sun
Santoshima: still here
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: glad to hear that
Wol Euler: Aph is loading her photos onto the laptop now (looking for the chipcard slot :)
Santoshima: wow, will you send a few?
Wol Euler: I'll try to override her reluctance and send you some, yes :)
Santoshima: great!
Santoshima: ty
Wol Euler: yw
Santoshima:  sweet to see you both while on your retreat :)
Wol Euler smiles.
Wol Euler: it's great to be here, both "here"s
Santoshima:  {quite amazing, really}
Wol Euler: yeah, living in the future and the past :)
Santoshima: yeah, time travel
Wol Euler: mmhmm
Wol Euler: and lag is the symbol and price of that
Santoshima: hmm
Wol Euler: (Aph just laughed about my "mmhmm" because I really do say (hum) that in RL too)
Santoshima: :)***

Santoshima: be well ~ both of you / needing to go, but will watch for sign of Venice through the wire / inspired evening, and sweet dreams
Wol Euler: bye san, take care, sweet dreams

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: bye bye
Aphrodite Macbain: keep in tough
Aphrodite Macbain: touch
Wol Euler: goodnight aph!
Aphrodite Macbain: be calmbuee
Wol Euler: see you tomorrow
Aphrodite Macbain: ok
Aphrodite Macbain: a domani
Wol Euler: ciao bella

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