2009.04.02 07:00 - Aloha Gecko

stevenaia Michinaga: Hi Caledonia, I'm kind am here multi tasking, nice to see you
Caledonia Heron: hi Stevenaia :)
Caledonia Heron: nice to see you also
stevenaia Michinaga: quite the parties last week
Caledonia Heron: :) yes, a lot of build-up :)
Caledonia Heron: I came by yesterday at 7 and there were a lot of people
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, I think I was here (my guardian slot)
Caledonia Heron: 7am - I bet you are 7pm?
stevenaia Michinaga: or do you mean am
Caledonia Heron: yes :)
stevenaia Michinaga: yes

Caledonia Heron: did many people come by?
stevenaia Michinaga: I will be posting many pictures on the wiki, at least a full inner ring
stevenaia Michinaga: I need better video export from SL :)
Caledonia Heron: :)
Caledonia Heron: so a lot of people came?
stevenaia Michinaga: yes, and lots of fireworks, party hats , sprinklers, and drinking
stevenaia Michinaga: Absynthe
Caledonia Heron: :)
Caledonia Heron: any discussion?
Caledonia Heron: hey Adams :)
stevenaia Michinaga: light discussion, and lots of falling down
Adams Rubble: Hi. Just have time to say hello. I received an email on the way
Adams Rubble: hehe
stevenaia Michinaga: /stop
stevenaia Michinaga: stop
stevenaia Michinaga: did I do that?
Caledonia Heron: oh, ok Adams

Caledonia Heron: I was asking Stevenaia about his goc slot yesterday
Caledonia Heron: the one in the morning was kind of strange imo
Caledonia Heron: a Lot of people but no talking
Caledonia Heron: I should have guessed people were in IM or multi-tasking
Adams Rubble: Yes, the 19:00 lots of lights
Adams Rubble: I wasn't in IM yesterday morning. Just didn;t know what to say
Caledonia Heron: oh good ... to me that is better
stevenaia Michinaga: the log is up but the pics will be loaded shortly
Adams Rubble: I was feeling everyone
Caledonia Heron: I wasn't sure what to say either
Caledonia Heron: ok, so just kind of being together I guess
Adams Rubble: I have more pics on my other computer Steve that I could add if you need any. I will look tonight and see if I have anything you don't
Adams Rubble: yes Cal
Adams Rubble: excuse me a sec

stevenaia Michinaga: sure, email them to me when you have a chance, many from me and Pila
Caledonia Heron: that's great about the pics Stevenaia, you are good about that :)
stevenaia Michinaga: I must be off, RL arrives, see you soon
Caledonia Heron: bye :)
Adams Rubble: Sorry I am not much fun this morning
Caledonia Heron: it's ok I understand
Caledonia Heron: here comes a plane... to the right
Adams Rubble: We just migrated 120,000 images to a new software and we have been trying to get the mapping right. They just sent me another version to check
Adams Rubble: a plane?
Caledonia Heron: the plane disappeared
Caledonia Heron: that is a lot of images .... you will be checking the versions a few times :)
Adams Rubble: No it looks like a go this time
Caledonia Heron: ah, excellent!
Adams Rubble: but now I have a doctor's appt. to go to
Caledonia Heron: ok, we'll see each other another time :)
Adams Rubble: bye for now :)
Caledonia Heron: bye :)
Caledonia Heron: nice tail :)

Eliza Madrigal: Hi Caledonia :)
Caledonia Heron: hi Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: Everyone must be partied out :)
Caledonia Heron: yes, maybe so :)
Eliza Madrigal: heheh
Caledonia Heron: I was about to leave :)
Caledonia Heron: have a seat
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Don't let me keep you though!
Caledonia Heron: it's ok, I scheduled this time to be here :)
Caledonia Heron: how are you?
Eliza Madrigal: Oh :) I'm well. Very.
Eliza Madrigal: You?
Caledonia Heron: good! thanks :)
Eliza Madrigal: I'm feeling unusually bold lately...sharing things normally wouldn't...had brought a note this morning if there was no other topic...
Caledonia Heron: would you care to share it?
Caledonia Heron: ah, thank you :)
Eliza Madrigal: Love your picture , btw :)
Caledonia Heron: :)
Caledonia Heron: reading note.... sec
Caledonia Heron: great story!

Eliza Madrigal: :) It seems to have more relevance lately...so much talk of switching to an appreciative view :) Thanks :)
Caledonia Heron: the way the gecko went from annoying, to celebrity annoyer, to accepted singer and then disappearance is a great take on perspective :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes...funny little experience, and then right after that...for PaB to open up for me....
Caledonia Heron: :) sometimes the universe lines up
Eliza Madrigal: :) Yes, sometimes.
Caledonia Heron: one thing that tapped me as I was reading the note was the sounds in the experience ... some of the interesting instances I can remember about perspective are bound and perhaps stimulated by sound .... I have heard others say that also
Eliza Madrigal: That is something I haven't thought too much about, but then after this, I began to hear music in more and more "ordinary" things
Eliza Madrigal: I'd love to hear more about others' experiences though
Caledonia Heron: yes, I can imagine
Caledonia Heron: (imagine you can hear music in things, not wanting to hear stuff :)
Eliza Madrigal: hehe :)
Caledonia Heron: several unexplainable instances for me related to sound; water, waves, wind, music .... the things in all our daily lives
Eliza Madrigal: MM Water , yes.

Eliza Madrigal: The appreciative view opens up worlds within worlds within worlds
Caledonia Heron: yes, I can see that ... a kind of nesting ... my experience is more kind of flat ... that it's all the same thing ... there is no differentiation, kind of just open space
Caledonia Heron: where it all happens or exists
Eliza Madrigal: Hmmm...flat. I'm picturing what I think you mean.
Caledonia Heron: not flat like a desert (almost typed dessert :) but flat like there are no heirarchies, it all exists together, one thing
Eliza Madrigal: Ah, yes!! That I see.
Eliza Madrigal: One thing doesn't matter more than another...saying hello and goodbye the same, in a sense
Caledonia Heron: aloha :)
Eliza Madrigal: :) Shalom
Caledonia Heron: lol

Eliza Madrigal: It helps one to be a tad "nicer" also...to listen more deeply...I was so annoyed in a teaching the other day..with this girl making comments...
Eliza Madrigal: but then I tuned in better...because the speaker thought her comments were funny and not intrusive...
Eliza Madrigal: realized that he loved her....
Eliza Madrigal: So I haerd from that angle and then she didn't annoy me anymore either :)
Caledonia Heron: wow
Caledonia Heron: yeah, you know I think this relates to what I think of as being willing to give up a position, whatever it is you are thinking is so about a situation, and it frees you up to multiple perspectives ... like the gecko :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes...she was my gecko that day. :)
Caledonia Heron: lol, I think my gecko for the day arrived in my morning email :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh no....something you have to have a wider perspective on?
Eliza Madrigal: Or just make peace with being annoyed at?lol
Caledonia Heron: well, something I don't have to do but I would really like the situation to resolve well and I have so much mental chatter about this, I am releasing that chatter to see it as an independent phenomena, someone in the world without my chatter and expectation so I can be with that person freely
Caledonia Heron: does that make any sense?
Caledonia Heron: I am allowing myself to not have a story or expectation
Eliza Madrigal: Ahhhh. Sometimes those feelings can take a while to untangle. You'd *like* to allow...
Caledonia Heron: yes dearly
Caledonia Heron: it is hard to let go enough to open perspective
Eliza Madrigal: Oh :( Yes, I do understand that....
Caledonia Heron: so, I will be open, honest, myself, expect nothing, let it create itself
Eliza Madrigal: That's lovely. Let is create itself.
Caledonia Heron: give some room to breathe :)
Eliza Madrigal: And in the meantime....Breathe :)
Caledonia Heron: lol
Caledonia Heron: are we synched up or what?
Eliza Madrigal: heheh

Caledonia Heron: we humans are such a ticklish lot
Eliza Madrigal: :) Sensitive
Caledonia Heron: to a fault sometimes .... enough with the feelings already :)
Caledonia Heron: jk :)
Eliza Madrigal: No kidding! hahe
Eliza Madrigal: After the bell....(it will be nice to sit a moment with you and think about that) I'll have to be off...dd leaving for NY tomorrow and I've shopping :)
Caledonia Heron: fun in NY! :)
Caledonia Heron: yes, good idea, we'll leave after the chime
Eliza Madrigal: I so would like to go with her...sigh:) She is 16 tho...first trip away :)
Caledonia Heron: oh gosh, big step ..... harder for you than her maybe :) I like the idea of having a notecard ... to help tell the experience
Caledonia Heron: maybe I will try that, so I can directly relate the experiences I have more clearly
Caledonia Heron: may I include the text of the note in the transcript?
Eliza Madrigal: :) In evening meditations at the zen retreat, Isen or Martie give out notes...usually book exerpts...so that's where the idea came from this morning :)
Eliza Madrigal: Sure :)
Caledonia Heron: for sure, a good method

Caledonia Heron: I'm so glad you came this morning .... I am better for it
Caledonia Heron: your are lovely to share, I'm glad you found pab :)
Eliza Madrigal: Thanks so much. This was really pleasant time and nice company :)
Caledonia Heron: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Thank you!!
Eliza Madrigal: Bye for now
Caledonia Heron: bye, see you soon :)