The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways joined by Bruce, stevenaia and Santoshima.

Riddle Sideways: It started with a Bumper Sticker

Riddle Sideways: Will ask to Visualize Whirled Peas
Riddle Sideways: It might be a silly way to approach a very serious subject
Riddle Sideways: but, why not try a different approach.
Riddle Sideways: 
                      --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: 
Riddle Sideways: Nothing against our stringed friends
Riddle Sideways: In the cycles of Whirled Peas
Riddle Sideways: 
Bruce Mowbray: 's current display-name is "Bruce".
Bruce Mowbray: Namaste, Riddle.
Riddle Sideways: Hi Bruce, was not looking
Bruce Mowbray: np.
Riddle Sideways: was finding images of Whirled Peas
Bruce Mowbray: I dropped in from above (flying).
Riddle Sideways: A subject near and dear
Riddle Sideways: 
Bruce Mowbray: Pleeeeze, Mommy!!! Don't make me eat WHIRRLED PEAS!!!!"
Riddle Sideways: you are what you eat, dear

Bruce Mowbray: I've just come from a meditation session at the Garden of Peace...
Bruce Mowbray: (not the garden of peas....)
Bruce Mowbray: and my centering thought was am "epiphany" from one of J.D. Salinger's short stories.... "TEDDY"
Riddle Sideways: ah, growing Peace in their Garden
Bruce Mowbray: yes!
Bruce Mowbray: I will find the quote.... Just a sec, please.
Riddle Sideways: /waits peas fully
Bruce Mowbray: Here it is:

[07:00] Bruce Mowbray: A few centering thoughts ---- I first learned the meaning of "epiphany" fifty years ago in college when I read the short story "TEDDY" by J.D. Salinger
[07:01] Bruce Mowbray: Five decades later, it still seems one of the best examples of "epiphany" for me. . . The words come from a ten year old boy - about his younger sister....
[07:01] Bruce Mowbray: (Namaste Crash.) [07:01] Bruce Mowbray: “I was six when I saw that everything was God, and my hair stood up, and all, Teddy said. It was on a Sunday, I remember. My sister was a tiny child then, and she was drinking her milk, and all of a sudden I saw that she was God and the milk was God. I mean, all she was doing was pouring God into God, if you know what I mean.” ― J.D. Salinger 

Bruce Mowbray: Namaste, steve!
Riddle Sideways: hi and very nice kimona Stev
stevenaia Michinaga: thank you
stevenaia Michinaga: greetings
stevenaia Michinaga: I needed a work break for a play break :)
Riddle Sideways: good

Riddle Sideways: In one of the earliest PaB definitions
Riddle Sideways: It was put forth to just simply Be
Riddle Sideways: as if all the history, knowledge and sci were already
Riddle Sideways: where you wanted
Riddle Sideways: you stand upon giants
Riddle Sideways: now live
Riddle Sideways: so, let's do that same
Riddle Sideways: thing with World Peace
                      --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: Many have sat in a corner and wished for World Peace
stevenaia Michinaga: if only people would understand the simplicity of peace
Riddle Sideways: Many have said World Peace would exist IF those 'Others' would come to my way
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, Peace by example
Riddle Sideways: Yes
Riddle Sideways: that works
Riddle Sideways: just came from http://www.aikipeaceweek.org/en
Riddle Sideways: last week
Riddle Sideways: for some years http://peacecampinitiative.org/index.htm has been happening
Riddle Sideways: from this http://www.aiki-extensions.org/projects.asp organization
Riddle Sideways: put "individuals" in a dojo together and they stop being Palastinian or Israeli

Riddle Sideways: they are people doing Peace studies together
Bruce Mowbray: I see than many dogos were involved. . . Was there also a central meeting place?
Riddle Sideways: not really.
Riddle Sideways: should there have been?
Riddle Sideways: should the U.N. be involved
Bruce Mowbray: Hmmm. I see a list of places, dates, and countries....
Riddle Sideways: which government would be the lead in Peace
Bruce Mowbray: This is an excellent week for your Aikido peace gathering -- since the UN also opens this week.
Riddle Sideways: which news organization would stop horror reporting to talk of peace
Bruce Mowbray: "If it bleeds, it leads."
Riddle Sideways: no, it would be us 3 being peas full together
Bruce Mowbray loves "peas-full" (even though my typist hates peas.)
Riddle Sideways: ah, now there is the heart of it
Bruce Mowbray: :)
Riddle Sideways: IF you are offered a spoonful of World Peace
Riddle Sideways: would you eat it?
stevenaia Michinaga: hmm, the camp is less than 2 1/2 hours from em
Bruce Mowbray: "We are what we eat, then?"
Santoshima Resident: 's current display-name is "San".
Bruce Mowbray: Namaste, san!
stevenaia Michinaga: waves to San
Riddle Sideways: of course dear, have some more whirled peas
Riddle Sideways: Hi San
Santoshima Resident: heloo
Riddle Sideways: You are living in a Peas full world, so Be it
Santoshima Resident: peas?
Riddle Sideways: Special session on Whirled Peas
Riddle Sideways: Visualize it
Bruce Mowbray: :)
Santoshima Resident: is that like mushy peas?
Riddle Sideways: more like World Peace
Bruce Mowbray: It's not easy being green. . .
Riddle Sideways: yes
                      --BELL--
Riddle Sideways: There is a core peaceful place we all know inside
Riddle Sideways: don't need that Avi on the soapbox to yell at you
Riddle Sideways: to harmonize with those energies and the rest
Riddle Sideways: comes
stevenaia Michinaga: hard to be anything but peaceful sitting quietly and talking :)
Riddle Sideways: is harder when the day become harried, bustling and the news report beat upon their drums
Bruce Mowbray: “Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible.” ― Thich Nhat Hanh
Bruce Mowbray: (from our Quaker Meeting's website.)
Riddle Sideways: there is a touch another that can always happen
Bruce Mowbray: [My typist is watching Obama speaking live at the United Nations....]
Riddle Sideways: show by example
Riddle Sideways: be at peace
Riddle Sideways: from earlier: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-d7K59tpXJq...s400/bs213.gif
Bruce Mowbray: :))))
stevenaia Michinaga: I must go, SL is putting to much lag on my computer, see you all soon
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, steve.
Santoshima Resident: bye stevie
Santoshima Resident: i better go too ~ so long
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, san-ji.
Santoshima Resident: peace + <3 you two
Riddle Sideways: by all
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Riddle!