2020.10.29 07:00 - Hey Man, wanna drop some antacids

The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Rubble. The comments are by Adams Rubble.

We had a conversation about an exercise to help one to forgive ourselves but Riddle's comment was too clever not to be the title.

Adams Rubble: Hello Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: so good to see you (deep dark voice, like the movie)
Adams Rubble: :)
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: happy (almost close, or closest sessions come) Halloween
Adams Rubble: It is coming like a frieght train
Adams Rubble: barreling down
Adams Rubble: fright train
Riddle Sideways: hard to think of
Riddle Sideways: since entire year has been scary
Adams Rubble: filled with witches, goblins and skeletons
Riddle Sideways: yes
Adams Rubble: and the most scary of all
Adams Rubble: POTUS
Adams Rubble: yikes!
Riddle Sideways: Yep
Adams Rubble: hide your daughters
Riddle Sideways: go in your homes and lock the doors
Adams Rubble: vote by mail
Adams Rubble: but post office says it is too late
Adams Rubble: so hopefully you have a county drop bix
Adams Rubble: if not, see Riddle next Tuesday
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: is like "Outer Limits" intro. Has taken control of your TV. and your radio and you News cycles
Adams Rubble: the POTUS who won't go away
Adams Rubble: making up new outrageous lies every day
Riddle Sideways: or the nice Republicians will harvest it for you
Adams Rubble: harvesting right wing judges
Adams Rubble: oooooooo\
Adams Rubble: so scary
Riddle Sideways: So Scary
Riddle Sideways: the Scariest
Adams Rubble: these Halloween tales are scaring me
Riddle Sideways: has never been a more scary president
Adams Rubble: we did not see Andrew Jackson
Riddle Sideways: It was a dark and dreary night last November 3rd
Riddle Sideways: nice hats
Riddle Sideways: wonder if any kids will be out trick or treating
Riddle Sideways: wearing masks on masks on masks
Adams Rubble: our borough is allowing it
Adams Rubble: has lots of acttivities on Main Street for kids

Opening one's Heart

Adams Rubble: Have you read Thupten Jimpa's The Fearless heart?
Riddle Sideways: not heard of what is happening around here
Riddle Sideways: saw the questions, but not any answers
Riddle Sideways: no, not read
Adams Rubble: there are exercises to open up your heart
Adams Rubble: last night had an exsercise for one's self
Adams Rubble: to think of something you did that you are ashamed of
Adams Rubble: to think of how you might have been justified in doing it
Adams Rubble: to forgive oneself
Adams Rubble: in other words, to let it go
Adams Rubble: so that you do not react the very same way next time
Adams Rubble: there obviously is more to it than that
Adams Rubble: good to analyze what it was that made one react like that
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: get things out into the open
Riddle Sideways: a simple exercise
Riddle Sideways: that is hard to do
Riddle Sideways: then repeat
Riddle Sideways: great exersize
Adams Rubble: yes, and it was hard to do
Adams Rubble: I guess with practice I nmight get better
Riddle Sideways: kinda hard to pick and still on just one thing
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: I took my most recent outrage
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: not very bad in itself but I was embarrassed
Adams Rubble: at my behavior
Adams Rubble: a moment of passing rage immediately regretted
Adams Rubble: had been carrying it arround for a few days
Adams Rubble: what is wrong with me? How could I act that way? etc
Riddle Sideways: how we were justified in doing that
Riddle Sideways: *might be
Adams Rubble: maybe justified is a srong way to put it
Adams Rubble: but what made us react the way we did
Adams Rubble: frustrating behavior by someone else
Adams Rubble: I was reminded of the Buddhist exercise of thinking the other person was your mother in a previous life
Riddle Sideways: nice hand stands
Riddle Sideways: wow, how do you do that
Riddle Sideways: ㋡
Adams Rubble: practice practice practice. hehe
Adams Rubble: also have an organized inventory
Riddle Sideways: hahahaha, when you started typing, you did a no-handed head stand
Riddle Sideways: but, back to compassion
Adams Rubble: don;t try that at home
Adams Rubble: yes, compassion
Riddle Sideways: it reached a limit, being compassionate with some people
Riddle Sideways: trying to fit my mom into The Donald
Adams Rubble laughs
Adams Rubble: god help you
Adams Rubble: but it is easy to see his suffering
Riddle Sideways: So Easy to see
Adams Rubble: and his great ignorance
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: no understanding of compassion
Adams Rubble: hates himself
Adams Rubble: like all humans has the capacity for redemption but probably will not happen
Adams Rubble: unfortunateoly for us he wields power over us
Riddle Sideways: thinking back, never talked politics with Mom
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: she was too busy loving you
Adams Rubble: btw, it is National Cat Day
Riddle Sideways: Wha!!!! they did not remind/tell
Riddle Sideways: wait, isn't everyday Cat Day
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: they think so
Adams Rubble: I yelled "What the hell is wrong with you?" at one of them this morning
Adams Rubble: before I knew it was cat day
Riddle Sideways: forgive yourself
Adams Rubble: will need to do some exercises for that one
Riddle Sideways: was talking last night about what the next president would have to do to unite all the people
Riddle Sideways: compassion would have been a great word
Adams Rubble: yes
Riddle Sideways: was thinking about how All The People need to roll out sleeves and get to work
Adams Rubble: put on masks
Riddle Sideways: not sit back to that old Normal
Adams Rubble: socially distance
Riddle Sideways: really don't think that Joe can do it on his own
Adams Rubble: so far to go
Riddle Sideways: needs diverse voices all around
Adams Rubble: so much to undo
Riddle Sideways: so many dire conditions that needs many many hands
Adams Rubble: first the elction must be won
Riddle Sideways: after election the sitting back must not happen
Riddle Sideways: even if the wrong team gets elected (defined as not mine) the harder work still must be done
Riddle Sideways: the exercises still need to be done
Riddle Sideways: daily
--BELL--
Riddle Sideways: thinking of being the country/world
Riddle Sideways: and have been in a car crash
Riddle Sideways: entire body hurts all over
Riddle Sideways: I am the World
Riddle Sideways: and hurt
Riddle Sideways: some loving kindness to the bad spots
Riddle Sideways: heal
Adams Rubble: there are many people who are helping
Riddle Sideways: yes,
Riddle Sideways: need that exercise done on forgiving not having done enough
Riddle Sideways: sometimes hear self saying "It is the LEAST I can do"
Riddle Sideways: and wonder about that
Riddle Sideways: why do the Least
Riddle Sideways: get in there and do a bit more
Adams Rubble: it is hard when there is so much that needs to be done. I am not doing more than I am doing
Adams Rubble: we watched the movie Trial of the Chicago 7 last night
Riddle Sideways: BTW - it is also "National Oatmeal Day" ㋡
Adams Rubble: hehe
Riddle Sideways: oh, need to watch that too
Adams Rubble: yes, it is a must view
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: the beginning is very powerful
Adams Rubble: listening to LBJ
Adams Rubble: helps puts this election into better perspective
Riddle Sideways: It was the Worst of Times
Adams Rubble: but we were young and loiving our best of times :)
Riddle Sideways: There was an election way back in which Nixon did not end the Viet Nam war the year before. Waited until just before election to end it, so he got credit
Adams Rubble: he was at the height of his power and setting up for his fall

Staying calm until our national exercise is over

Adams Rubble: Thank you for coming today. Stay safe next Tuesday
Riddle Sideways: need to try hard
Adams Rubble: yes it is hard to go out
Adams Rubble: and be around people
Riddle Sideways: until get through to next Wednesday
Riddle Sideways: Scary
Adams Rubble: the results may be spread out for weeks
Adams Rubble: we will have to try to stay calm
Riddle Sideways: and a dictator might not leave
Adams Rubble: I think that is the least of the problems :)
Adams Rubble: they'll carrry him out
Riddle Sideways: fav book has "Don't Panic" on the cover
Riddle Sideways: stay calm
Riddle Sideways: and get off my lawn
Riddle Sideways: whoops
Adams Rubble: keep taking antacids
Riddle Sideways: Hey Man, wanna drop some antacids
Adams Rubble giggles
Adams Rubble: far out
Riddle Sideways: also giggling
Riddle Sideways: Stay safe, stay well, stay calm, stay worhing on the exercises
Adams Rubble: thank you. and you take very good care and stay safe
Adams Rubble: bye for now
Riddle Sideways: by All
--BELL--
Adams Rubble: whoosh, I'm flying off