2013.02.27 19:00 - faith is a promise to try

The Guardian for this meeting was stevenaia Michinaga. The comments are by stevenaia Michinaga.

Catrinamonblue Resident, Eliza Madrigal, Bleu Oleander, Aphrodite Macbain, Santoshima Resident and Hana Furlough joined me this evening.

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: Greetings Cat, How are you feeling?
Catrinamonblue Resident: tired tonight but doing ok
stevenaia Michinaga: I know the feeling, been a long week here too
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Eliza
Catrinamonblue Resident: hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hey :)
Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
stevenaia Michinaga: new look?
Catrinamonblue Resident: just zooming in to see :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: looking good :)
Eliza Madrigal: been playing with age :)
Bleu Oleander: hiya :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bleu :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: Hi Bleu
stevenaia Michinaga: smiles, the special things you can do in SL
stevenaia Michinaga: hi Bleu
Eliza Madrigal: only thing is I forgot to save all the looks I played with in Sun's session today :) ah well
Bleu Oleander: aww
Bleu Oleander: can make them again :)
Eliza Madrigal nods - thankfully nothing too difficult :)
stevenaia Michinaga: perhaps we should all go the PaB aniversary as 5 year olds
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eliza Madrigal grins
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Aph :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: Hi Aph :)
Aphrodite Macbain: nice to see you all.
Bleu Oleander: hi Aph
stevenaia Michinaga: brb, my cat got into something
Aphrodite Macbain: what have I missed?
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: what did it get into?
Bleu Oleander: Eliza that is quite a change for you
Eliza Madrigal: what do you think?
Bleu Oleander: doesn't look like you haha!
Eliza Madrigal giggles
Aphrodite Macbain: she seems to look different every day!
Bleu Oleander: nice though
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Bleu Oleander: just not u
Aphrodite Macbain: a shifting identity
Bleu Oleander: I should talk haha!
Eliza Madrigal: thanks, nods.... I can never tell at first
Aphrodite Macbain: shifty
Eliza Madrigal: yeah!
Bleu Oleander: hehe
Catrinamonblue Resident: I think we are all shifting identities
Catrinamonblue Resident: all the time
Aphrodite Macbain: San has given me all these LMs to find new ways of reinventing myself. It's exhausting
Aphrodite Macbain: I was never good at shopping
Eliza Madrigal: Oh? what sorts?
Aphrodite Macbain: plaes to buy almost anything...
Bleu Oleander: perhaps we should go on a shopping trip?
Eliza Madrigal: be careful out there (she says in motherly tone)
Aphrodite Macbain: he he
Aphrodite Macbain: you will give us each $10 and allows you to spend it wisely
Aphrodite Macbain: us

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: sorry, skunk/cat issue I need to attend to, sorry (not you Cat)
Bleu Oleander: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: :('
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: tomato juice?
Eliza Madrigal: le screeeech
Catrinamonblue Resident: hope its not to bad, been there and done that before :)
Eliza Madrigal: has anyone pondered our topic?
Aphrodite Macbain: love?
Eliza Madrigal: mhm
Aphrodite Macbain: yes- a couple of times - yesterday for instance
Aphrodite Macbain: at Eos' session
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Eliza Madrigal: must catch up reading
Aphrodite Macbain: we decided there are many kinds of love
Bleu Oleander: Zen posted a beautiful poem this morning
Eliza Madrigal: practical decision
Bleu Oleander: by Billy Collins
Aphrodite Macbain: only one of them being erotic/romantic love
Bleu Oleander: so I bought one of his books and have been enjoying it all day
Aphrodite Macbain: can you find a good quote?
Eliza Madrigal: nice... I'd never heard of him before Zen's reading
Bleu Oleander: i'll see if he posted it yet
Bleu Oleander: he did
Bleu Oleander: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2013/02/2013.02.27_07%3a00_-_Griefers_and_Love_Poems
Bleu Oleander: towards the bottom
Eliza Madrigal clicks
Aphrodite Macbain: (born William James Collins) is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003
Bleu Oleander: somehow I had missed him also
Bleu Oleander: became a fan today :)
Eliza Madrigal: ah yes... wonderful images
Catrinamonblue Resident: lovely
Bleu Oleander: yes I thought so
Eliza Madrigal: heart propped up on a tripod...
Eliza Madrigal: :) that about says it all
Bleu Oleander: wonderful imagery
Bleu Oleander: the link to the TED talk is great too
Aphrodite Macbain: wonderful poem. Being in love with the world
Aphrodite Macbain: and all things in it
Aphrodite Macbain: a heart open
Aphrodite Macbain: and ready to love
Eliza Madrigal: there seems the love that is us and all around us... like a birthright
Eliza Madrigal: and then maybe relating that love with another is not so much a guarantee but worthy endeavor
Eliza Madrigal shrugs
Bleu Oleander: yes
Bleu Oleander: (u look more like u now Eliza)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Catrinamonblue Resident: there are no guarantees about anything in life or love it's all in faith
Catrinamonblue Resident: faith is a promise to try

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal: Hello Hana and friend :))
Bleu Oleander: hi Hana and friend
Hana Furlough: hi all!
Catrinamonblue Resident: Hi Hanna
Eliza Madrigal: I think of faith as seeing in the dark - leaning into hidden capacities
Bleu Oleander: hidden capacities ... nice
Catrinamonblue Resident: just so :) and better put than I could
Hana Furlough: yes
Eliza Madrigal: in that sense tangled with intuition?
Catrinamonblue Resident: intuition needs faith to act?
Aphrodite Macbain: or plain bullheadedness
Hana Furlough: : )
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Aphrodite Macbain: footnotes might help
Aphrodite Macbain: I'm being silly. sorry!
Catrinamonblue Resident: silly is good :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I am being called away
Eliza Madrigal: bye Aph, happy shopping
Catrinamonblue Resident: Bye Aph
Aphrodite Macbain: thanks- not tonight!!
Aphrodite Macbain: cu tomorrow
Bleu Oleander: bye Aph :)
Hana Furlough: bye aph!
stevenaia Michinaga: back,
Eliza Madrigal: all okay?
Catrinamonblue Resident: how is the skunky cat :)
stevenaia Michinaga: since this happened before once we have a un-skunk spray we found :)
Eliza Madrigal: that works?
stevenaia Michinaga: I'll let you know
Eliza Madrigal grins
stevenaia Michinaga: spray on (everything) work in, let dry, do it again
Hana Furlough: that is the worst
Bleu Oleander: doesn't sound like much fun
stevenaia Michinaga: the things we do for our furry friends
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal: and feathery
Bleu Oleander: :)
Hana Furlough: : )
stevenaia Michinaga: haven't had a bird in decades
Eliza Madrigal: and scaly?
Eliza Madrigal: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: brb
Eliza Madrigal: sometimes I make little notes of things in sessions and keep them... here is a page on love:
Eliza Madrigal: https://wiki.playasbeing.org/Guardian_Pages/Guardians'_Contributions/Eliza/Love_Notes_and_Manners
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Bleu Oleander: nice Eliza
Hana Furlough: : )
Eliza Madrigal: I get lazy about doing it, which is a good thing, but I love going back over those snippets
Bleu Oleander: yes, like highlighting a good book
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) yes! if the wiki were paper the pages would be falling out
Bleu Oleander: hehe
Catrinamonblue Resident: nods
Bleu Oleander: I like the kindle for that
Bleu Oleander: can pull up all the highlights at once
Bleu Oleander: read them like your wiki page
Eliza Madrigal: good feature
Eliza Madrigal: tempting :)

--BELL--

Catrinamonblue Resident: faith and intuition, actions in love?
Eliza Madrigal: not sure, can you unpack a little?
Catrinamonblue Resident: not sure thinking out loud :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: faith to me is a promise to try
Catrinamonblue Resident: love is an energy that sorounds everything
Catrinamonblue Resident: intuition is the hint of a direction
Eliza Madrigal: hearing you more clearly I think, ty
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: shouldn't talk before thinking maybe :)
Eliza Madrigal: no, nothing at all missing in what you said
Eliza Madrigal: just curious to compare further
Bleu Oleander: always nice to hear your thoughts Cat
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Eliza Madrigal: when I think of faith I do think of sort of activating intuition
Eliza Madrigal: or sometimes not... if there is something missing intuitioin wise there is hesitation
Bleu Oleander: seems a leap of faith to follow one's intuition
stevenaia Michinaga: back
Bleu Oleander: wb:)
Hana Furlough: wb, steve
Bleu Oleander: stinky?
stevenaia Michinaga: seems to be working, but hard to change the air
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: so, a promise can be a leap
Catrinamonblue Resident: yes
Bleu Oleander: making or accepting a promise?
Eliza Madrigal: hm :)
Eliza Madrigal: this may lead naturally into next week's "freedom" topic quite well :)
Bleu Oleander: ah yes
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
Eliza Madrigal: there was a session a long time ago in which Stim said "the way we are bound is the way we are free" ... and that's stuck with me
Bleu Oleander: hmm nice to think about that for a minute
Catrinamonblue Resident: in a book I like to read "The Blue Castle" there is a line that goes like freedom is the choice of which prison we are in
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
Hana Furlough: yes
Hana Furlough: very nice
Eliza Madrigal: choose your illusion?
Catrinamonblue Resident: yes
Catrinamonblue Resident: Hi San
Bleu Oleander: hi San
Eliza Madrigal: Hi San :)
Santoshima Resident: evening everyone
Eliza Madrigal: can still mean different things at different times or levels I guess... as when someone breaks "the law" for a higher good
Hana Furlough: Hi San
stevenaia Michinaga: Hi san, Hana
Eliza Madrigal: I need to go ...zzzz
Eliza Madrigal: <3
Bleu Oleander: nite Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: good to see you all
Eliza Madrigal: sweet dreams
Catrinamonblue Resident: Bye Eliza sweet dreams
stevenaia Michinaga: night eliza
Eliza Madrigal: (and a nice day to you Hana) :)
Santoshima Resident: bye eliza,

--BELL--

stevenaia Michinaga: sorry I missed tonight, thanks for joining me through my cats misery
Catrinamonblue Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: time to continue cleaning
Hana Furlough: nice to see you all!
Catrinamonblue Resident: NIght Steve :)
Hana Furlough: good luck with the clean-up s
Hana Furlough: i'm out too
Hana Furlough: bye for now!
Bleu Oleander: nite all
Bleu Oleander: take care
Santoshima Resident: what happened?
Santoshima Resident: night all
Catrinamonblue Resident: Going to ga as well, night all
Catrinamonblue Resident: opps guess everyone left :)
Catrinamonblue Resident: night San :)