25-27 - Observing

What struck me this time was that I was very much an observer.  Instead of being at most of these meetings..I read them later.  Most twice...once right after they occured, and once as I created this post. Yet I felt myself being there with my fellow adventurers...right there on that boat..., sitting, listening to them explore concepts and ideas.

2009.03.25 07:00 Morning Yawns and Quotes

Fefonz Quan: "Militant Agnostic. I don't know, and you don't either!"
Fefonz Quan: hehe
Adelene Dawner: ^.^
Fefonz Quan: militant buddhist: You suffer, and its YOUR fault!
Adelene Dawner: *snerk* ^.^
Fefonz Quan: militant jewish: my god is stronger than your god :)
Adelene Dawner: :)

2009.03.25 1300 Communication, time and language

SophiaSharon Larnia: I have been interested in the dimentional aspect of the concept of time

Mickorod Renard: yes,,time is facinating,,and the dimensional aspect of it

SophiaSharon Larnia: if everything happens at once, then what is now

Scathach Rhiadra: 'right here, right now'

Wol Euler: perception, an appearance, in effect a choice we make in how we tell stories

Mickorod Renard: yes,,I have a belief that all time is now,,but there must be some division between what has been and what is etc

SophiaSharon Larnia: in 3D

SophiaSharon Larnia: in our bodies

Wol Euler: but also here :) these discussions happen in time, in the now

2009.03.25 19:00 Obsession

http://playasbeing.wik.is/Chat_Logs/2009/03/2009.03.25_19%3a00_-_Obsession

SophiaSharon, Threedee, Stevenaia

SophiaSharon Larnia: i am too mystical i hope the 9 sec every 15 min help ground me
stevenaia Michinaga: mystical?
SophiaSharon Larnia: and make this easier to put in words perhaps
SophiaSharon Larnia: how can i explain? 'feeling' information and an inability to express it words I'm sorry
Threedee Shepherd: that makes sense. All information starts with the body/brain and only later becomes words.
SophiaSharon Larnia: I think you are right
SophiaSharon Larnia: it's like an extrasesory way to pick up info, but that is not a good way to explain it, as this is not 'extra' anything, it is our misunderstanding of it that makes it seems mysterious

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Threedee Shepherd: I think it is important to recognize the word "Play" in PlayAsBeing. for me it means exploring ideas without necessarily accepting or denying them--playing with them, instead, to experience where that goes

2009.03.26 01:00 - Energies

2009.03.26 07:00 - Inhale .......exhale

Pema Pera: . . . . and I am not defending the Christian notion of sin or not-sin either
Pema Pera: but I like the twist that Geo gave to it
Pema Pera: and yes, that comes much closer to karma
Adams Rubble: Yes, that is another way to look at it
Pema Pera: and I do think that has very practical consequences:
Caledonia Heron: dealing with Sunday only christian
Pema Pera: instead of breast beating you can just debug your life

2009.03.26 13:00 - Dialogue Fefonz-Pema #4: Being, and all that

Pema Pera: [13:06] Pema Pera: I could also say "let's focus on Being" but then the question is "how?"
[13:06] Pema Pera: given that Being goes beyond words and concepts and all dichotomies
Pema Pera: And "letting Being see" seems like a concrete something you can try to explore
Pema Pera: and in my own experience, and that of several others, it seems to be quite effective
Pema Pera: at least to the point of helping to open up further for something like "Being" to begin to make more sense.

2009.03.26 19:00 - Like the Ripples on Water

Pila Mulligan: in the end, my take on the 9 second practice is that it is more of a yoga than a meditation
Pila Mulligan: a physical exercise mroe than a contemplation

The second topic of interest here is the idea of a PaB retreat center...There is a long and interesting discussion of it in this log.  If anyone in PaB is interested in living full time or part time at a retreat center please let Corvi (Corvuscorva Nightfire), Steven (Stevenaia Michiniga), or Pila Mulligan know.  

2009.03.27 01:00 - Types of meditation & Hypocrisy

Fael Illyar: I've come to the conclusion that the things about ourselves, which we are not aware of, tend to be things we'd react to in a wrong way and we instinctively know this and therefore don't know them.

 2009.03.27 07:00 - Three Kinds of Divine Love

http://playasbeing.wik.is/Chat_Logs/2009/03/2009.03.27_07%3a00_-_Three_Kinds_of_Divine_Love

sophia Placebo: there are 3 kinds of divine love : 1- love out of fear of punshment that is the love of slaves ,2- love out of greed in heavens and that is merchants love 3- love god cuz he deserve it and that is the freemen love

2009.03.27 13:00 - Jazz in the subway, snow on Fuji

    Eliza Madrigal: I'm getting more and more from the practice
    Pema Pera: in what way, Eliza?
    Eliza Madrigal: I'm finding that it is becoming part of my rhythm...enjoy it
    Eliza Madrigal: And I find it surprising that I can "feel" so full..or empty as the case may be...in those "little" moments
    Pema Pera: yes, empty and complete . . .
    Eliza Madrigal: (always qualifying with quotes, aren't I?) Because difficult to articulate of course...