a. Adams Rubble

1. Oftentimes, the direction of an interview may cause misrepresentations. What did the interviewer get wrong or miss about you in the first interview?

Nothing really but at the time of the interview, I was exploring my Christian roots. Since then I have put my efforts into learning more about Buddhism. Looking back I am very interested in the effort I made and the dividends that it paid.

2. What has changed in your relationship with the Play-as-Being community or how has Play-as-Being changed for you?

 At the beginning I was attending at least once a day and often multiple sessions a day. Like most of us, I am less active now. There are many fewer sessions in which we approach exploring Being. Much of my practice is in the real world now.

3. What have you learned from Play-as-Being? and/or What have you learned from individuals in Play-as-Being?

Possibly the most important thing I learned was the meaning of the word Sangha. Much of my learning was during the exchange of ideas with a good number of individuals assisting each other in our explorations, debating what could be meant by "Being", and sharing the results of are assigned experiments such as YSBS, APABP, etc.

There was so much I did not know when I arrived at Play as Being in June 2008. I could make a list of things.

It has to start with Pema who was so quick to size us up and tailor his teachings to each of us. Pema taught me that there is a faster route to becoming one with Being. His nine second meditation approach was a way to remain mindful during the day if one could maintain that practice. Pema taught us to look through Being's eyes. He taught us that all spiritual traditions have value. As an example Pema showed us that a person could remain kind, loving and generous no matter what his or her status.

 Stim also had a big influence. Other than ways to deal with anger, the observation that I remember best is the illustration for living in the present. In every moment we can grab positive or negative energy and take that with us to the next moment. Once negative energy gets a hold it is hard to get rid of it but at any moment we can switch to positive.

A Tibetan Buddhist introduced me to Guanyin as a yidam. Another showed me how to meditate for longer than 9 seconds. A Theravada Buddhist taught me  breathing meditations as well as other Theravada practices. A Franciscan Lay Monk introduced me to God as Love and sin being separated from Love. Sin creates negative effects. A practitioner of Daosim suggested "ancestor seeing"; the application of including ALL the ancestors see helped me see that some of the things I had been taught and believed were screwy. Odd to add this to the list I guess, but a PaB colleague introduced me to Alice Walkers, _Color Purple_ which helped me to understand how oppressors suffered along with those oppressed; if we become blind to our behavior habits it is difficult to change them.

4. Please list and/or describe any events you organized or participated in during the last two years. This question is one way to record these events for the Chronicles. (Photographs welcome).

I have not been that active the past two years; I gave up my Sunday morning guardian spot. My main contribution then has been an attendee to sessions when I can. I do have some interests outside of PaB that often intersect.

5. What has kept you as an active member of the Play-as-Being community?

Ha! I wrote this question but would like to skip it. I am still here in this virtual world and Play as Being is still here too. I do not feel I've completed bm coursework for my "Nine Seconds" degree yet.