2013.02.22 19:00 - Fighting Tao, and Dreams

The Guardian for this meeting was Aphrodite Macbain. The comments are by Aphrodite Macbain.

Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya druth!
druth Vlodovic: hi aph
--BELL--
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi 'naia
Aphrodite Macbain: druth is afk
stevenaia Michinaga: I found something I wanted to share that relates to this week's theme
stevenaia Michinaga: nods

Fighting Tao Style
stevenaia Michinaga: http://imos-journal.net/?p=6408
Aphrodite Macbain: great
stevenaia Michinaga: not a quick read, but worth it
Aphrodite Macbain: what is it about?
stevenaia Michinaga: glad I got it on the log, my Tai Chi teacher shared it
stevenaia Michinaga: Others :)
Aphrodite Macbain: h. and how does it define "others"?
stevenaia Michinaga: a taoist appoach to others
Aphrodite Macbain: listens...
Aphrodite Macbain: I would imagine that others and us are considered the same...
stevenaia Michinaga: best to read it, it is a long article, disucusses wu wei as it relates to others
stevenaia Michinaga: among other tao aspects of relating to others

Aphrodite Macbain: oh. wu wei as in "get out of the way of self and others?
stevenaia Michinaga: not exactly :)
Aphrodite Macbain: ok I'll read it as well as all our readers!
stevenaia Michinaga: how to overcome a situation through not doing
stevenaia Michinaga: hi lucinda
Aphrodite Macbain: The tai chi you do is Taoist tai chi?
Lucinda Lavender: Hi All!
stevenaia Michinaga: I think that is the only kind
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Cinda
Lucinda Lavender: Hi
stevenaia Michinaga: you look radiant
Aphrodite Macbain: I also thought tai chi was chinese and that Taoism was Japanese.
Lucinda Lavender: thanks..the fire dress
Aphrodite Macbain: cinda's golden dress!
stevenaia Michinaga: no, both are chinese

Aphrodite Macbain is away right now and has not broken her neck
Aphrodite Macbain: druth is afk cinda
stevenaia Michinaga: you look away, Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: that happens whenever I say afk
stevenaia Michinaga: lol
stevenaia Michinaga: afk
stevenaia Michinaga: is see :)
Aphrodite Macbain: lol
Aphrodite Macbain: and a bell rings!
Aphrodite Macbain: come and join us cinda
Aphrodite Macbain: sit next to druth and I'll take a picture
Lucinda Lavender: was having trouble getting a cushion to work:)
Aphrodite Macbain: maybe next to stevenaia
Aphrodite Macbain: perfect
Lucinda Lavender: having a slow connection
Aphrodite Macbain: say cheese!
Lucinda Lavender: Jarlsberg
Aphrodite Macbain: your lips are all blurry!
Aphrodite Macbain: who had an excellent day today?

Dreams
stevenaia Michinaga: I've been having interesting dreams lately
Aphrodite Macbain: oh? do tell.
stevenaia Michinaga: travel dreams
Aphrodite Macbain: nice ones or the ones where you are about to miss a plane?
Lucinda Lavender: curious to hear:)
stevenaia Michinaga: thinking, there was a few, one involved getting a cab that was driven by a friend who move to Brookly, but who I saw in RL ust the other day . She was driving the cab to take me to the airport, it was very close but we made it
Aphrodite Macbain: me too. Mine are all about being late or getting lost
stevenaia Michinaga: there were others but I forgot
Aphrodite Macbain: interesting . were you in NYC?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
stevenaia Michinaga: a dark part of the city
stevenaia Michinaga: (few lights)
Aphrodite Macbain: scary?
stevenaia Michinaga: lower manhattan I suspect
Aphrodite Macbain: the best part
Lucinda Lavender: interesting to have a friend drive the cab!
stevenaia Michinaga: no
Lucinda Lavender: sort of suggests a new role
stevenaia Michinaga: just thinking I would not find a cab, then one arrived with my friend driving
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- it's like those horror movies you see
Lucinda Lavender: for the friend..guide
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: where the cab driver turns round and is your worst enemy
Aphrodite Macbain: but this time it was a friend
--BELL--
Lucinda Lavender: guide...seems lovely
stevenaia Michinaga: yes
Lucinda Lavender: luci wonders the color of the cab...
stevenaia Michinaga: Freinds have always been my guides
Lucinda Lavender: sorry to Bell...
Lucinda Lavender: nods:) lovely
Lucinda Lavender: interesting...just thinking now...one of my first cab rides with with you in NYC
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles, we were jsut there this weekend
stevenaia Michinaga: this past weekend
stevenaia Michinaga: went to the same phto museum
Lucinda Lavender: such an exciting way to travel when it is the first in a long time
Lucinda Lavender: ah...i thought perhaps so
stevenaia Michinaga: well considering you couldn;t walk far
Lucinda Lavender: dream after that trip?
stevenaia Michinaga: don't remember
Lucinda Lavender: and were there special photos that might have figured into the dream
stevenaia Michinaga: no, the photos weren;t part of the dream
Lucinda Lavender: a sense of the cab itself?
Lucinda Lavender: color or type?
stevenaia Michinaga: no, nothing special
Lucinda Lavender: ah...friends as guides
stevenaia Michinaga: something happened before I got into the cab, but aI forget
stevenaia Michinaga: such are dreams.. if you don't write them down fast enough
Aphrodite Macbain: nods

Lucinda Lavender: when a surprise happens in the dream it seems important
Aphrodite Macbain: you need to pick it up and follow it asap
Lucinda Lavender: clarity of mind enough to notice...
Aphrodite Macbain: my travel dreams are often anxiety dreams about getting lost or being late
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, was much better when I would write them in my journel
Aphrodite Macbain: often getting lost
Aphrodite Macbain: looking for home
stevenaia Michinaga: bettter than falling dreams
Aphrodite Macbain: I usually wake up befoe I land
Lucinda Lavender: perhaps saying to the dream itself...i am just where i should be...or curiousity will lead the way
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, so do I
Aphrodite Macbain: flying dreams are my faves
Aphrodite Macbain: I can go anywhere, fky over huge buildings
Lucinda Lavender: wow really!
Aphrodite Macbain: follow mounthain paths,
stevenaia Michinaga: nice
Lucinda Lavender: amazing
Aphrodite Macbain: fly to the top corner of the ceiling
Aphrodite Macbain: deliberately
Aphrodite Macbain: I think "I am going to go there". and I do!
Lucinda Lavender: perhaps the ability to fly inspires some need for anxiety to slow everything back down as well
Aphrodite Macbain: not so much now
Lucinda Lavender: a balancing force
stevenaia Michinaga: are these lucid dreams, or do you jsut watch?
Aphrodite Macbain: I dreamed I flew around the ceiling of the NAtional Gallery in Ottawa!! Moshe Safti - very high
Aphrodite Macbain: a great feeling
Lucinda Lavender: lucid then
Aphrodite Macbain: and when I left Banff, I started to fly in he mountains
Lucinda Lavender: such empowerment...
Aphrodite Macbain: It is as though I was inspired
Lucinda Lavender: self propelled
Lucinda Lavender: the mind taking flight
Lucinda Lavender: free
Aphrodite Macbain: my fave was when I was picked up by someone and flown around the universe and then was deposited-very gently- back on earth
Lucinda Lavender: Aph! amazing
stevenaia Michinaga: wow
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. I wondered about that a lot.
Lucinda Lavender: a guide
Aphrodite Macbain: it was the gentleness wwwith which I was laid back down that moved me the most
Aphrodite Macbain: only happened once

ReDreaming
Lucinda Lavender: one might try going back into that dream...
Lucinda Lavender: pondering in meditation..
Lucinda Lavender: and seeing where it leads
Aphrodite Macbain: could dyou? It was at least 15 years ago
Lucinda Lavender: all you need do is lie down...
Lucinda Lavender: close eyes...and request that your travel be made for good will...asking also for protection
Aphrodite Macbain: whom am I asking?
Lucinda Lavender: just let what ever images present themselves
Lucinda Lavender: the universe...to my mind
Aphrodite Macbain: ok thanks Luci - I'll try it!
stevenaia Michinaga: report back :)

(yes,do,we're waiting....)    :)
--BELL--
Lucinda Lavender: look at it as play
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: sits silently and thinks
Lucinda Lavender: perhaps create a tea party to come back to
stevenaia Michinaga: would be nice to join you there
Lucinda Lavender: in imagination:)
Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
Lucinda Lavender: a nation of play
Aphrodite Macbain: I think it was a a time when I felt very lost and confused
Aphrodite Macbain: time
Aphrodite Macbain: and I received this gentle, very loving reassurance
Lucinda Lavender: aw..so lovely
Aphrodite Macbain: Did anyone ver read Shirley MacLain's book, Dont fall off the Mountain ?
stevenaia Michinaga: no
Lucinda Lavender: hmmm no
Aphrodite Macbain: she talks a bout a similar experience
Aphrodite Macbain: in a dream
Aphrodite Macbain: where she flew up into the universe and was connected to earth my a silver thread
Lucinda Lavender: wow
Aphrodite Macbain: so she felt safe to explore

Lucinda Lavender: a leash of sorts
Lucinda Lavender: or tether
Aphrodite Macbain: like a child, attached to but not controlled by her parents
Lucinda Lavender: was just making them at school with my kids
Lucinda Lavender: for dinosaurs
Aphrodite Macbain: teathers?
Lucinda Lavender: i just resist sticking the dino in glue
Lucinda Lavender: leashes/tethers
Aphrodite Macbain: leashes?
Lucinda Lavender: yes
Lucinda Lavender: they made houses for their dinos today
Aphrodite Macbain: you would need a strong leash to hold a dinosaur
stevenaia Michinaga: like holding hands, I like that
Lucinda Lavender: tiny plastic kind
Lucinda Lavender: yes!
Aphrodite Macbain: yes steve
Lucinda Lavender: no need to disconnect or be frozen in glue
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Lucinda Lavender: just a little help
Aphrodite Macbain: a warm hand attached to the end of each arm
Lucinda Lavender: at least they won't get lost on the way home
Aphrodite Macbain: or they will get lost together
Lucinda Lavender: which might be fun
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- like floating in outser space
Lucinda Lavender: well i must go friends:)
stevenaia Michinaga: night luci
Aphrodite Macbain: thans for coming
Lucinda Lavender: night all:)
Aphrodite Macbain: waves at Luci
Lucinda Lavender: yes...and thanks for sharing the images
Aphrodite Macbain: thanks for listening
Lucinda Lavender: did druth need help with posting this?
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Lucinda Lavender: i could do if she wants
Aphrodite Macbain: I'll do it for her
Aphrodite Macbain: problems at home
Lucinda Lavender: ok...we had the idea that every other week i would
Lucinda Lavender: next week i will be here:)
Aphrodite Macbain: no worries
Lucinda Lavender: ok
Aphrodite Macbain: kk I'll tell her
Lucinda Lavender: bye for now
Aphrodite Macbain: waves
Lucinda Lavender: waves too
stevenaia Michinaga: bye
Aphrodite Macbain: trying to find my wave animation...
Aphrodite Macbain: sigh
stevenaia Michinaga: nds, I gave up on finding anything in my inventory
Aphrodite Macbain: there it is F11
Aphrodite Macbain: nope
Aphrodite Macbain: F12
Aphrodite Macbain: OK I think I will leave and let druth know what is happening
stevenaia Michinaga: not on my keyboard
Aphrodite Macbain: no - I created them to use in the play I was in
stevenaia Michinaga: it's getting late, I ahve an early meeting
Aphrodite Macbain: on Saturday? :-(
stevenaia Michinaga: night Aph, see you monday
Aphrodite Macbain: see you Monday at 6
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, new client potential
stevenaia Michinaga: they work weeks
Aphrodite Macbain: good. ru coming to the meeting on Sunday?
stevenaia Michinaga: could be fun
stevenaia Michinaga: I ahve a brunch on sunday
Aphrodite Macbain: kk
Aphrodite Macbain: busy you!
stevenaia Michinaga: busy weekend, two dinners, actually having dinner with head of the religion dept of local university, teaches taoism
stevenaia Michinaga: and drinks scotch, shold be a good evening
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
druth Vlodovic: bk, g2g
druth Vlodovic: sorry for missing the session :-/
stevenaia Michinaga: buy druth
druth Vlodovic: have fun all :)
Aphrodite Macbain: dont spend any money though
Aphrodite Macbain: byee
stevenaia Michinaga: night Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: nite steve
stevenaia Michinaga: happy to join you
Aphrodite Macbain: I appreciated it