The Guardian for this meeting was Xirana Oximoxi. The comments are by Xirana Oximoxi.

Xirana Oximoxi: hello Catrina!
Catrinamonblue Resident: morning
Xirana Oximoxi: have you been here before and know about the record?
Catrinamonblue Resident: yes thank you :)
Xirana Oximoxi: ok:) sorry..I was not sure if we have met before! nice to meet you! :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: nice to meet you too :) we may or may not have met yet, there are so many people around here :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: I can't keep track of who i've met or not met :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yes! I know the ones I met oft...but not everyone
Xirana Oximoxi: would you like to talk about a special topic...any subject?....the subject for this week I see it is 'Filling up'
Catrinamonblue Resident: I'm up for any topic you might like :)
Xirana Oximoxi: well.... I am not English speaker...and I must recognise that I don't get the exact meaning of this topic...if it has one 'exact' meaning:)
Xirana Oximoxi: maybe it means....a kind of 'turning page' in life...
Catrinamonblue Resident: I think they were talking about dropping and that after you drop you fill? My though was like breathe out breathe in
Xirana Oximoxi: yes.... waves of life....
Catrinamonblue Resident: yes :)
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
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Xirana Oximoxi: I was thinking about the 'drop' matter.... do you feel the need to drop things in your life?... and if so, how do you know the best way to fill up the emptyness?
Xirana Oximoxi: to drop...can be understood the same way as 'turning page?
Catrinamonblue Resident: I'm new to the concept of dropping. So it's hard to answer :)
Xirana Oximoxi: probably there are not only one answer....
Xirana Oximoxi: do you like to practice meditation?
Catrinamonblue Resident: I have been trying but my mind is a busy thing darting around
Catrinamonblue Resident: It doesn't like to be still,
Xirana Oximoxi: mine too....maybe people that practices it is more able to 'drop' thoughts and to keep mind more still....
Catrinamonblue Resident: I think I'm afraid to let my mind be still
Catrinamonblue Resident: then I would have to look at myself
Xirana Oximoxi: but loooking at oneself can be good...if you get the way to do it quietly...
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Zon...
Catrinamonblue Resident: hello Zon
Zon Kwan: heya
Xirana Oximoxi: we are talking about 'dropping' and filling up'
Zon Kwan: hm what does that mean ?
Xirana Oximoxi: trying to get the meaning of it:)
Xirana Oximoxi: it's the topic of this week....
Zon Kwan: okie
Xirana Oximoxi: maybe it can be understood as a way to 'stop' , to calm for a while..
Xirana Oximoxi: I send a notecard to you
Zon Kwan: yhx :)
Xirana Oximoxi: yw:)
Zon Kwan: yes..similar thoughts
Xirana Oximoxi: your comment makes me think that sometimes we are the most 'hard' judges of ourselves.... Catrina :)...
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Zon Kwan: rl calls, waves
Catrinamonblue Resident: being still... means facing the past too... sometimes the past haunts you..... keeping busy keeps it at bay.......
Xirana Oximoxi: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye Zon
Catrinamonblue Resident: bye Zon
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... I usually try to see the present and the future... but, sure, some things of the past are part of us or follow us
Xirana Oximoxi: have also shaped us in some ways
Catrinamonblue Resident: yes it shapes us
Xirana Oximoxi: hello Zen!
Catrinamonblue Resident: Hello Zen
Zen Arado: Hi Xirana, Cat :)
Xirana Oximoxi: do you think it is possible to 'start' again....from 0 ?
Zen Arado: ty Xiri
Zen Arado: just removng my Kindle from charging
Xirana Oximoxi: sometimes I hear some people do... rarely....leaving job and everything to change life absolutly
Zen Arado: like going to live in a new country?
Xirana Oximoxi: I have a kindle too .. a brand new tool for me... now I need time to read:))
Catrinamonblue Resident: I think you can try but the past will always be something with you, maybe if you make peace with the past you can leave it all behind and start over
Xirana Oximoxi: yes...that can be a way of doing it
Zen Arado: agree Cat
Zen Arado: we drag the past around with us instead of letting go of it
Xirana Oximoxi: me too.... but I suppose if it is related to persons it may not be easy...
Zen Arado: so silly cos we can't do anything about it now
Xirana Oximoxi: yes Zen... but we create links.... sometimes not easy to forget
Xirana Oximoxi: or to 'drop'
Xirana Oximoxi: to cut, maybe a better verb
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Zen Arado: maybe if we think that it is harder
Zen Arado: should be comma after 'that'
Zen Arado: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: :) ty! :)
Zen Arado: funny I am thinking too much about the past lately because I have to write stories
Catrinamonblue Resident: my past is haunting me too :)
Zen Arado: sorry i talked through bell
Xirana Oximoxi: oh! and that implies looking into the past?
Xirana Oximoxi: np:)
Zen Arado: hmm yes for me
Xirana Oximoxi: are we going to have a session about 'Zen's stories'?? :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Xirana Oximoxi: I mean a 'reading' session:)
Zen Arado: I'm hopeless at creating new stories
Xirana Oximoxi: in what sense?
Zen Arado: I can't think of anything
Xirana Oximoxi: aha... I understand:)) the panic of the writer in front of a white page:))
Zen Arado: yeh
Xirana Oximoxi: also of a painter
Zen Arado: true
Xirana Oximoxi: well... maybe looking for a subject and exploring can bring ideas...
Xirana Oximoxi: like in a conversation too...
Zen Arado: I have learned too many things that have to be in a story now
Xirana Oximoxi: hehe
Zen Arado: makes it more difficult
Xirana Oximoxi: then forget half of it....:)
Zen Arado: some writers just start writing and it develops
Zen Arado: but what if it doesn't?
Zen Arado: then I have to use the past
Xirana Oximoxi: yes:) ... and if it does not... hmmmm (thinking...)...not easy then
Catrinamonblue Resident: set it aside and meditate :)
Zen Arado: yes Cat
Zen Arado: but what if you have an assignment due in a week or two?
Xirana Oximoxi: all writers use their life in some way....experiences, readings....
Zen Arado: my RL is pretty boring atm
Xirana Oximoxi: Zen is doing a 'Writing course' Cat :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: trade you then mine is NOT boring
Zen Arado: not gathering many experiences
Zen Arado: I'll have to write about SL
Xirana Oximoxi: well.... here there are a lot of things happening too:)
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Zen Arado: yes
Zen Arado: had a deja vu moment there
Xirana Oximoxi: where?
Xirana Oximoxi: here?
Zen Arado: just now
Zen Arado: yes
Xirana Oximoxi: ahhh :)
Zen Arado: SL deja vu

Xirana Oximoxi: Sun is giving a talk today...in 5 minutes....
Zen Arado: I know
Catrinamonblue Resident: ?
Zen Arado: but Sakura is a closed group
Catrinamonblue Resident: ok
Zen Arado: it's a kind of focus group
Zen Arado: so everyone has to give presentations and participate
Zen Arado: but different people get invited
Zen Arado: just not too many at one time
Xirana Oximoxi: yes... but she told me I can go...she will explain about her experience in the Cafe she had created in Africa...Ubuntu... and how to experience it in SL too
Zen Arado: sure
Zen Arado: better go now then
Catrinamonblue Resident: ok bye then
Zen Arado: byee Catrina
Xirana Oximoxi: yes, would you like to come Cat?
Catrinamonblue Resident: no it's ok
Xirana Oximoxi: I ask Sun if there is any problem
Catrinamonblue Resident: have some rl stuff to take care of
Zen Arado: you would need to ask Eliza
Catrinamonblue Resident: thanks though
Zen Arado: she runs it
Xirana Oximoxi: ok:) take care then:) and see you soon
Catrinamonblue Resident: bye
--BELL--
Xirana Oximoxi: bye bye