2023.02.28 07:00 - seeing Mountains

The Guardian for this meeting was Riddle Sideways. The comments are by Riddle Sideways.

Riddle Sideways: Good Morning Adams ㋡
Adams Rubble: Good morning Riddle :)
Adams Rubble: You have snow?
Riddle Sideways: it snowed one morning here, but did not stick.
Adams Rubble: we had a wee bit last night
Riddle Sideways: all the hills have snow though
Adams Rubble: had to shovel on the north side of the house--very wet and heavy but not much
Riddle Sideways: amazing to look up/out and see the snow capped hills
Riddle Sideways: they are not even mountains
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, Exercise

Adams Rubble: I think the definitions differ from NJ
Adams Rubble: of hills and mountains
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Riddle Sideways: yes. Don't think your mountains are as high
Adams Rubble: they are older and have been filed down
Adams Rubble: much of NJ is sinking rather than rising
Riddle Sideways: it snowed to below 1,000 feet, so one can see the places that are above that
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: our hils are about 30' high :)
Riddle Sideways: ha
Riddle Sideways: this house is about 400' up
Adams Rubble: our house is 60' above sea level

Riddle Sideways: many roads closed and still getting rain
Riddle Sideways: our storms are headed across the country
Adams Rubble: yes, saw midwest was getting whacked
Riddle Sideways: well Big Sur road closes every year
Adams Rubble: you have some crazy weather out there
Riddle Sideways: would think if you lived in Michigan you'd know much about winter
Adams Rubble: or Minnesota
Riddle Sideways: saw enough of snow during the visit to Colorado this year
Adams Rubble: Lots of snow there

Riddle Sideways: was going to ask if you had seen Bleu's new exhibit, but an email with photo just came in
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: nice photo
Riddle Sideways: in the shapes

Riddle Sideways: Bleu's avatar/outift is amazing too. the portraits / studies don't quite do it justice
Riddle Sideways: there are molecules or planets showing inside
Riddle Sideways: the body
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Riddle Sideways: reminds one of the Great Body exercises
Riddle Sideways: breaking down the external and internal walls
Riddle Sideways: at least blurring them
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: need to revisit that giant Body rezzer and make one more with transparent skin

Riddle Sideways: now realizing that have been doing that exercise more lately in meditations
Adams Rubble: :)
Adams Rubble: nice
Riddle Sideways: that combined with your exercise (well introduced by you) of breath the world in, breath out Love
Riddle Sideways: or something like that
Adams Rubble: tongen
Riddle Sideways: yes

Riddle Sideways: but it has morphed for me
Riddle Sideways: or as needed ㋡
Adams Rubble: we do what we need to do
Adams Rubble: to find our way

Riddle Sideways: so many paths up the mountain
Adams Rubble: or down the mountain :)

Riddle Sideways: singing "First there is a Mountain, then there is no mountain, then there is"
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Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: Donovan did not invent that lyric, just paraphrased the translation
Riddle Sideways: from Qingyuan Weixin
Adams Rubble: can't having you say bad things about Donovan
Riddle Sideways: through D.T. Suzuki
Adams Rubble: :)
Riddle Sideways: nope
Adams Rubble: what was the translation?
Riddle Sideways: interesting to research or fact-check on this Internet thing
Riddle Sideways: except can't find the actual quote/reference
Adams Rubble: first there is a quote and there was no quote :)
Adams Rubble giggles

Riddle Sideways: first one just sees things. Then with long deep study you don't see them
Riddle Sideways: then with more study you do

Adams Rubble: the senses are not the end all
Adams Rubble: they can be fooled
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Riddle Sideways: this fool is doing that all the time
Adams Rubble: tis human for the senses to be fooled
Riddle Sideways: Oft remarked that all we have are our senses
Riddle Sideways: and what we make of them
Riddle Sideways: this whole world simulation inside the brain
Riddle Sideways: made from the senses
Adams Rubble: there is a world beyond our senses
Adams Rubble: once in a while we get glimpses if we are notice
Riddle Sideways: yes.

Adams Rubble: there is not a mountain and then there is
Riddle Sideways: one example lately is the staring at infrared images from Webb telescope
Riddle Sideways: what is it to sense infrared
Riddle Sideways: what would the world be

Riddle Sideways: there is Not a mountain until we turn this little molehilll into a mountain of troubles ㋡
Adams Rubble: that's a metaphor or a different color :)
Riddle Sideways: yep

Riddle Sideways: and another is: "Lord, we don't need another mountain. There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb ...
Riddle Sideways: "What the World needs Now. Is Love, sweet love"
Adams Rubble: well, yes, that seems to be central
Adams Rubble: but interesting to contemplate what we are missing with the limitations of our senses
Riddle Sideways: Burt Bacharach

Adams Rubble: also that our mind interprets them not always the same way
Riddle Sideways: ha, If only 'They' saw things 'My' way
Riddle Sideways: that was a very early beel
Adams Rubble: there is so much "seeing what we want to see" goin' on
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Riddle Sideways: much to much

Adams Rubble: ISWYS exercise
Adams Rubble: I see what you see
Riddle Sideways: that is a Hard exercise
Riddle Sideways: but will try
Adams Rubble: you betcha
Adams Rubble: you can see Russia from your house
Riddle Sideways: signed up for a course that might be about that
Riddle Sideways: "I can see clearly now, the clouds are gone"
Adams Rubble listens

Riddle Sideways: well, don't know much about it yet. Daughter said try this
Riddle Sideways: so, first intro class is today.
Riddle Sideways: sounds like it might be a Listen to Others course
Riddle Sideways: personally need that. Self study is not getting there ㋡
Adams Rubble: sometimes people just say things unskillfully but mean well
Riddle Sideways: and sometimes the other way round
Riddle Sideways: points at current news
Adams Rubble: well
Riddle Sideways: but, let's not go there
Riddle Sideways: "Same as it Always Was"

Riddle Sideways: was having issues this morning picking the correct cushion to sit at
Riddle Sideways: hard to recall this cushion
Riddle Sideways: However, really liking how the world looks from here

Adams Rubble: I must go. phone call
Adams Rubble: have a wonderful week
Riddle Sideways: take care
Riddle Sideways: by All
Adams Rubble: you too. bye :)