2014.07.04 19:00 - Saturday

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

I was joined by BreccanX Resident tonight.  He has visited a number of times since I met him around the Sim one day and invited him back.

stevenaia Michinaga: hello
stevenaia Michinaga: I've been away, I hope I didn't miss you
BreccanX Resident: you here every night?
stevenaia Michinaga: just wednesdays and Saturdays
BreccanX Resident: and fridays ?
BreccanX Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: Friday my friend Luci is here
BreccanX Resident: she is?
stevenaia Michinaga: when she can :)
BreccanX Resident: is this one of your sessions?
stevenaia Michinaga: we try to keep a schedule and post it on the wiki, yes
stevenaia Michinaga: just here to post the log if there is interesting conversation
BreccanX Resident: :)
stevenaia Michinaga: we used to do it 4x a day, but now it;s less frequent
BreccanX Resident: why is that?
stevenaia Michinaga: 5 years of conversations and diminishing active participants

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stevenaia Michinaga: come sit
stevenaia Michinaga: I would normally be here at 7:00, but the fireworks kept me for a bit
BreccanX Resident: oh right almost forgot
BreccanX Resident: happy 4th :)
stevenaia Michinaga: thanks
stevenaia Michinaga: have you had a chance to look at the wiki?
BreccanX Resident: yeah
BreccanX Resident: interesting
BreccanX Resident: a lot to read!
stevenaia Michinaga: it can be, yes
stevenaia Michinaga: for a while there were people in the group who would summerize the discussion on a weekly basis, it would lead you to some of the more intersting conversation
BreccanX Resident: they gone now?
stevenaia Michinaga: I will get you the link
BreccanX Resident: so are there others still in the group?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, we meet as a group every other week, sundays at 8:00, I think thoses session are posted too
BreccanX Resident: sundays I try to stay off the computer
BreccanX Resident: so what else do you like to do in sl?
stevenaia Michinaga: we all can;t attend, but some do, they are ment to discuss more structural issues of the group
stevenaia Michinaga: https://wiki.playasbeing.org/About_PlayAsBeing/Chat_Log_Excerpts
BreccanX Resident: wow you've been in sl a long time
BreccanX Resident: still find it interesting?
stevenaia Michinaga: here is one link but not the one I was looking for
stevenaia Michinaga: I go to concerts here and attend other discussion groups when I can
BreccanX Resident: what kind of concerts?
stevenaia Michinaga: there is a Greatful Dead group and a Pink Floyd group, sometimes recoded concerts, other time there are profermers doinf covers
stevenaia Michinaga: *recorded
stevenaia Michinaga: you can join them by clicking on the groups in my profile
BreccanX Resident: just now looking
stevenaia Michinaga: also Happy Clam Island, they do "Trance" music, not my usual taste but I go with friends
BreccanX Resident: seems hard to find active groups
BreccanX Resident: many aren't still active
stevenaia Michinaga: many of mine are incative
stevenaia Michinaga: inactive
stevenaia Michinaga: others have regular discussion
BreccanX Resident: any good ones?
stevenaia Michinaga: you can also do a search in SL to find groups using key words
stevenaia Michinaga: depends on your interests
BreccanX Resident: yeah I've tried that

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BreccanX Resident: pretty empty most places
stevenaia Michinaga: there are regular Dao diJing and iChing discussions if that's your interest
BreccanX Resident: don't know much about that
stevenaia Michinaga: there is a philosophy group that has presentations now and then
BreccanX Resident: what group is that?
stevenaia Michinaga: looking, i can't find it
BreccanX Resident: seems pretty quiet here
BreccanX Resident: are some nights more popular?
stevenaia Michinaga: strange. I know I get their notices but I think I may be notified directly, not by a group notice
BreccanX Resident: that's ok i'll do a search
stevenaia Michinaga: good questions, I used to be on more, now I'm usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays, they can be pretty quiet
BreccanX Resident: i'd be interested in philosophy discussion
stevenaia Michinaga: join the group I just added and you should get notices of discussions from time to time
stevenaia Michinaga: Rhi's Circle of Philosophical Friends
BreccanX Resident: thanks
stevenaia Michinaga: and "The Roadside Philosopher"
stevenaia Michinaga: I suspect there used to be more active groups that just fizzled out with time. Every group has it cycle, some last longer than others. I think this group continures because many of us have meet in RL
BreccanX Resident: really?
BreccanX Resident: you all live close by?
stevenaia Michinaga: no, there have been retreats all over europe and the US and canada
BreccanX Resident: wow that's cool
stevenaia Michinaga: https://wiki.playasbeing.org/Retreats
BreccanX Resident: you go to all of them?
stevenaia Michinaga: no, just some on the east coast
stevenaia Michinaga: one or two have been to most

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stevenaia Michinaga: I have met people from Germany, Canada and around the country
stevenaia Michinaga: we remain in contact through the group
BreccanX Resident: this group?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, and there is a google group for members
stevenaia Michinaga: there are sometimes very heated discussion amongst member of our group from time to time
BreccanX Resident: heated? about what?
stevenaia Michinaga: philosophy, most recently, phenomenology, something I am just beginining to learn about
BreccanX Resident: don't know much about that either
stevenaia Michinaga: but I think that's the point, you learn more from listening than talking, I never knew many of what I mentioned tonight before I was on Second Life
BreccanX Resident: yeah i'm trying to listen more :)
stevenaia Michinaga: luckilly Wikipedia exists so I can look this stuff up and see if there is anything interesting to follow up on
BreccanX Resident: well I gotta take off
BreccanX Resident: nice talkin with you
stevenaia Michinaga: ok, thanks for stopping by