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January 23, 2013
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::: Droplets of crystalline time
::: Breathing in and out
It feels like this is an example of the sojourn available within the envelope of self-care that I am seeking.Grateful for this project and our quiet mutual support.
I spend a lot of time in another virtual world other than Second life, that of "Microsoft Flight". This is a "freemium" flight simulator which, in contrast to other older simulators, emphasizes stunning graphics rather than air-nerdiness. Like Second Life, it's multiplayer, and I do a lot of flying with a veteran instructor from the US Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs. However, these screenshots are taken when I'm flying alone. The titles are descriptive. They're all taken around dawn, two in Alaska, two in Hawaii. Come join me! :-)
Normal service will now be resumed... ;-)
P.S. To see these, or any other pictures on the wiki, at full size, DON'T click on the picture itself! Instead, click on the filename/title below it or in the file list. edited 16:16, 23 Jan 2013
I experimented a bit with moving my vision with my breath, either up in the inbreath and down on the outbreath (regular) or the other way round (crossed). It made me very sleepy, which shouldn't have been a surprise, as I know moving my eyes left-right periodically has the same effect.
I also experimented with just cutting through both making up stories and waiting. Just drop it the moment I notice it's there. When I notice they're there, I've seen enough of them, I don't need to look at them any further. No fuss, just drop them. And back to the breath and the posture, that is what I was doing after all. Feels good, will try some more.
disturbingly difficult not to let my mind wander during cat petting
Quiet time with trees and stars : No time today - as soon as things got quiet - I got busy with preparations for the building class trip in SL - which brought lots of joy of a different kind ;)
South Africa - a moment of ponder, thanks and musings :
::summery winter
::wintery summer
::wondering how snow feels
Cat petting meditation sounds pretty fine to me. Noisy monkeys tonight. Tried to just open all the doors and windows and let them run through the house and out into the garden again, watching them but making no attempt to stop them or to hold them back.
Storm, that looks like fun. I have happy memories of the Flight Simulator from Win3 days. I've been spending a lot of time in a world called "Azeroth" this week, perhaps I'll post some photos of that. edited 01:15, 24 Jan 2013
Flight Simulator has come along way, I remember flying into Miggs Field in Chicago and under the Golden Gate bridg edited 02:53, 24 Jan 2013
But another surprise: we started having a discussion about parts of it. And our various notions of gods, and of buddhas, and of what my teacher has told me on the subject. As a result I had to bring to mind existing teachings I've already transcribed and test my understanding of them.
Yet another surprise: During a quiet time when I was flying to and landing an airplane at a remote Alaskan coastal airport, the veteran instructor mentioned above came online, and amazingly we ended up talking about spiritual and philosophical topics. He has a personal take which, though unusual and idiosyncratic, is I suspect far from unique, and is not a million miles away from Buddhist ideas. We agreed on so much. Again this got me to think of teachings already transcribed, but also to observe different ways of reacting to ideas.
And when a Pentecostal Christian joined in on the conversation with a dream he seemed begging to have interpreted, I could observe just how much and how many people are controlled by fear, and in so many subtle ways that they don't even realize is fear.
Argghh - I have so much to do!
Note to Steve and Wol: Microsoft Flight is a free download from https://microsoftflight.com/en-US/home/ You get Big Island in Hawaii for geography, scenery, airports and buildings, and you get three aircraft: the amphibian, a biplane and (separately) a red tail Mustang warbird, all for free. Those are tasters. You can pay incrementally and separately later (or not) for the rest of the Hawaiian Islands, the whole of Alaska, the cargo plane, the homebuilt, two STOL highwings, and a bunch of other warbirds. I went for two months with just the free stuff, and paid halfprice for the rest during a Steam special offer. The free stuff is great, but paid stuff is amazing. Of the photos attached, the amphibian is free and the two observatory pics are taken on free download areas. The other two aircraft and the first two scenes are part of paid DLC.