2011.03.11 07:00 - Leap in Viewpoint

The Guardian for this meeting was Lucinda Lavender. The comments are by Lucinda Lavender.

druth Vlodovic: cya
Bleu Oleander: bye druth
Eliza Madrigal: Bye Druth :)
Eliza Madrigal: Luci, I hope you feel okay when everone rushes away? It is an odd moment....
Eliza Madrigal: a lot like the 'drop' between the voice and text sessions on Fridays
Sunshine Vayandar: hmm yes
Bleu Oleander: :)
Lucinda Lavender: ah...yes I feel fine.
Sunshine Vayandar: feels a bit sad
Eliza Madrigal: its funny.... a lot to see in the boundary
Lucinda Lavender: I understand since everyone is on their scedules etc
Bleu Oleander: like the end of a party
Eliza Madrigal: or to feel I guess... I was okay with it to, but still odd :)
Lucinda Lavender: I a bit yes
Eliza Madrigal: *too (when I held this session)
Lucinda Lavender: a big wind blows them out:)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: I was surprised to see Pema here at all today... imagine there might be lots of phone calls to make to Japan
Lucinda Lavender: yes!
Sunshine Vayandar: Pema used to live there?
Lucinda Lavender: I just woke to the new and do not even know when it happened...
Eliza Madrigal: he lives there half the year, and his wife Kiremimi is Japanese...
Sunshine Vayandar: oh ok wow ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: I just imagined me living in japan half a year
Eliza Madrigal: Luci! Me too... so strange to sleep through something like that ... be totally unaware
Sunshine Vayandar: then africa another half
Sunshine Vayandar: and india another hehe
Eliza Madrigal smiles Sun... we'll figure it out... giggles
Sunshine Vayandar: this was really interesting - I never attended this session before
Yakuzza Lethecus: i wonder how to show compassion, i asked a couple of japanese contacts before but in how far are thoughts and words really helpful
Yakuzza Lethecus: even if they are honestly meant in that way
Sunshine Vayandar: I need to read the wiki before I come next time
Yakuzza Lethecus: in how far does compassion incluede action
Eliza Madrigal: Oh Sun.... get started now then, giggles....
Bleu Oleander: yes Sun and submit a report :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Eliza Madrigal: Well, compassion 'is' active, in a sense....
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
Lucinda Lavender: good question Yaku
Eliza Madrigal: if it isn't it isn't compassion, but that may not 'look' like what one expects...?
Eliza Madrigal: compassion can be a 'kire' or work of art that startles someone so much they never get it out of their mind....
Lucinda Lavender: how do you pronounce kire?
Eliza Madrigal: the image of one person standing in front of a tank... for instance
Eliza Madrigal: I think it is an Irish sounding word?
Eliza Madrigal: K 'eye' r?
Eliza Madrigal: like fire?
Eliza Madrigal: maybe wrong... hehe....
Lucinda Lavender: is it Japanese?
Yakuzza Lethecus: being speechless watching the live ticker about cooling systems of power plants, IMing contacts in japan how they are, nothing constructive possible just a schocking moment
Lucinda Lavender: I think it makes me quieter to know what is going on...and to feel more love.
Eliza Madrigal: I was looking for the definition and say kire described as a 'leap in viewpoint'
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Zen :)
Bleu Oleander: hi Zen
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Zen:)
Eliza Madrigal: (but no pronunciation on that page)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey zen :)
Zen Arado: Hi y'all
Lucinda Lavender: thanks Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: say = *see
Lucinda Lavender: leap in viewpoint...interesting
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Zen ;)
Eliza Madrigal: as is 'getting quieter'... slowing down...
Lucinda Lavender: yes...
Lucinda Lavender: considering seriously...
Eliza Madrigal: make more room to really care ....
Lucinda Lavender: we teach the children in our school to handle earthquake and we a somewhat prepared
Lucinda Lavender: we have a ritual we do:)
Lucinda Lavender: sit on a red blanket and eat marshmallows in front of a battery driven light and sing camping songs as we call it camping at school
--BELL--
Eliza Madrigal: :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi everyone! <3
Bleu Oleander: nice to c everyone .... take care :)
Lucinda Lavender: nice to see you Bleu...
Sunshine Vayandar: byebyee Bleu ;)
Bleu Oleander: hi/bye Sharon
Eliza Madrigal: bye Bleu :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Sharon :)
Lucinda Lavender: I like the ballon
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Sharon ;)
Lucinda Lavender: balloon
Yakuzza Lethecus: hi ssl
Lucinda Lavender: I hope to hear more about your work at the guardian meeting
Bleu Oleander: bye :)
Lucinda Lavender: ifHi Sophia Sharon
SophiaSharon Larnia: :))
Zen Arado: bye Bley, hi Sharon :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: hello bertrum
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Bertrum
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Bert ;)
Bertrum Resident: Hi everyone
Eliza Madrigal: Luci, does the ritual help the children to feel calmer? When I worked in schools in Miami we didn't have earthquake prep, however we had 'lockdowns'....
Lucinda Lavender: ah yes:)
Eliza Madrigal: such a strange thing to exude 'normalness' in those moments
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bert, RoOomi
Lucinda Lavender: yes...we sing Home on the Range:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Ro0omi
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Rooomi ;)
Eliza Madrigal: hmm....
Lucinda Lavender: Hi Roo0omi
Zen Arado: Hi Bert, Roomi
Lucinda Lavender: the main learning is that the loud fire bell can go off and we don't have to be terrified of that
Zen Arado: 'where never us heard a discouraging word'
Zen Arado: is*
Zen Arado: would be nice
Lucinda Lavender: we first practice that for fire and then we come inside and practise eaarthquake response
Eliza Madrigal: :) Zen
Lucinda Lavender: in a room with no windows
Lucinda Lavender: safest
Lucinda Lavender: my guitar is there and the extra food and supplies
SophiaSharon Larnia: smiles at Luci
Lucinda Lavender: we have special jobs for each teacher
Eliza Madrigal: maybe the most compassionate thing we can do, most of the time, is be fully present right where we are, and do our 'best' ?
Sunshine Vayandar: I think so Eliza
Lucinda Lavender: yes
Zen Arado: not so easy tho
Eliza Madrigal: my meme used to say 'a place for everything and everything in its place'... but that is difficult to reconcile with these images...
Lucinda Lavender: a lot of movement there...
Eliza Madrigal waves to obs :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi observerm'
Sunshine Vayandar: hi obs ;)
observerm Resident: hello
Lucinda Lavender: hi Bertrum, observerm
Lucinda Lavender: did not see you:)
Bertrum Resident: Hi
Eliza Madrigal: slowing down ... being present together, right where we are....
SophiaSharon Larnia: i like your typing anim Zen, reminds me of someone making bread or pie crust :)
--BELL--
Yakuzza Lethecus: hey boxy
Alfred Kelberry: meep!
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Boxy :))
Lucinda Lavender: hi boxy:)
Alfred Kelberry: hi :)
Zen Arado: ty Sharon
Sunshine Vayandar: It's interesting how often we are present "somewhere else" and tend to not notice whatever is happing in front of us. Once one sees the imagines from Japan - one tends to disappear from "here" and is "there".
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Boxy
Sunshine Vayandar: meep!
Zen Arado: wuff wuff
Alfred Kelberry: my condolences to those who lost their closed ones in japan :(
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes Sun :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes, Sunshine....
SophiaSharon Larnia: is thinking of Pila too
Eliza Madrigal: yes had hoped to hear Pila check in....
Lucinda Lavender: oh yes!
SophiaSharon Larnia: thankfully my sister moved back to pa from Cali a few weeks ago
Lucinda Lavender: has the Tzunami travelled there yet?
Zen Arado: I suppose if you live in an earthquake region you are gonna get earthquakes but it is always still a shock when it happens
Eliza Madrigal: before this the volcano down mountain from him was errupting intensely a few days ago as well (Pila)
SophiaSharon Larnia: i heard there's a chance Luci
SophiaSharon Larnia: oh wow Eliza, I wonder if they're related somehow
Yakuzza Lethecus: according to new channels there wasn´t much damage on haweii fortunatly
Lucinda Lavender: wow...well hope to hear more soon
Yakuzza Lethecus: news
Eliza Madrigal: good news Yaku, because supposedly that is the first real 'test'?
Zen Arado: is Calif at other end of that plate?
SophiaSharon Larnia: its on the coast of the usa, tot he east of Japan
Eliza Madrigal: Sun, when you noticed being 'there' rather than here, did you find it possible to bring 'there' here, then?
Lucinda Lavender: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: not sure what you mean hmm
Zen Arado: there is here nowadays
Alfred Kelberry: metaeliza :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hehe
SophiaSharon Larnia: :D
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Lucinda Lavender: ones view perhaps snaps back...
Sunshine Vayandar: it's like thoughts about japan keep coming and its hard to focus on other things
Yakuzza Lethecus: what i´ve been following was the news on the nuklear power plant without cooling system
Zen Arado: yeh me too
Eliza Madrigal: seems that when we notice that we split our attention we might question that a bit... and practices like tonglen or meta come into play....
Zen Arado: that could be catastrophic
SophiaSharon Larnia: orthe here recedes as the there comes closer into view
Alfred Kelberry: yaku, they'll cool it manually
SophiaSharon Larnia: and becomes here :)
Zen Arado: not if they lose ancillary power
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
SophiaSharon Larnia: by blowing on it Boxy, how do they do that?
Lucinda Lavender: in 2L it feels like we are practising joinging with others at a distance in a more real way that passively viewing...
Zen Arado: wonder what type of reactor?
Lucinda Lavender: joining...than
Alfred Kelberry: sophia, don't know the technical details
Eliza Madrigal nods Luci
SophiaSharon Larnia: :)
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Lucinda Lavender: we are listening to many cultures and their awarenesses
Lucinda Lavender: is that a word?
Zen Arado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1vbUJbUCnI
Alfred Kelberry: one number that i heard was 10k people missing...
Eliza Madrigal: ?!!
Alfred Kelberry: not confirmed
Eliza Madrigal: we might dedicate our pauses ... small gesture.... but what there 'is to do'
Alfred Kelberry: i think we could donate
Eliza Madrigal: yes I'm sure that will come as well...
Zen Arado: earthquake risk not often mentioned re nuke plants
Lucinda Lavender: what time did it happen I wonder...
Eliza Madrigal: 2 in the afternoon , 'there'
Lucinda Lavender: yes to the idea eliza of dedication and donation
Zen Arado: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42025882...-asia-pacific/
Alfred Kelberry: i'd think that living in such seismic area, any contruction, especially as prominent as a nuclear plant, has an earthquake considered
Eliza Madrigal: yes.... risk is factored but no such thing as being totally fortified
Eliza Madrigal: I'll have to leave after the pause... thank you everyone
Zen Arado: bye Eliza
--BELL--
Bertrum Resident: bye Eliza
Alfred Kelberry: stay eliza :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye eliza
Sunshine Vayandar: byebyeee Eliza ;)
Yakuzza Lethecus smiles at boxy :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: bye Eliza :)
Alfred Kelberry: :)
Eliza Madrigal grins at Boxy and waves to Druth
druth Vlodovic: hi and bye eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: but has to go, honestly....
Zen Arado: Hi Druth :)
Alfred Kelberry: be safe eliza :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: wb druth
druth Vlodovic: hi all
Eliza Madrigal: Namaste'
Alfred Kelberry: druth :)
Sunshine Vayandar: hi Druth ;)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hi Druth
Lucinda Lavender: bye Eliza:)
Zen Arado: she's gone boxy :(
Lucinda Lavender: hi Druth:)
Alfred Kelberry: she's still in our minds, so she's here :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Sunshine Vayandar: the there is here
Zen Arado: there but here :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: vs there ?
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Lucinda Lavender: Luci is watching the news..so hard not to feel I should watch as I will leave for work after next pause:)
SophiaSharon Larnia: so thats how you keep everything 'here' keep it all in the front of your mind :)
Zen Arado isn't all there :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: hehe
Lucinda Lavender: I guess following 2 threads:)
Zen Arado: always too many threads
Lucinda Lavender: I will also afterwards listen to dreams of others...some people usually get a heads up on this sort of thing
SophiaSharon Larnia: yes, find it easier to just rest in it and let what thread needs to vbe apparent, be so. Right or wrong :)
Zen Arado: think I follow the wrong threads
Alfred Kelberry: 10 km in land :/
Zen Arado: the ones that are more fun
SophiaSharon Larnia: whoops have to go work calls. Have fun everyone <3
Sunshine Vayandar: take care Sharon ;)
Alfred Kelberry: shopia :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: take care ssl
Zen Arado: bye Sharon :)
SophiaSharon Larnia: ~waves~
Lucinda Lavender: bye SsL:)
druth Vlodovic: have fun sophia
Bertrum Resident: byw Sophia
Alfred Kelberry: panda-san just told me that all kira japan members are safe :)
Lucinda Lavender: :)
Sunshine Vayandar: ;))
Zen Arado: good
Bertrum Resident: :)
Lucinda Lavender: relief to hear it!
Bertrum Resident: bye everyone
druth Vlodovic: bye bertrum,
Zen Arado: bye Bert
Lucinda Lavender: By Bertrum:)
--BELL--
Zen Arado: bye all
druth Vlodovic: cya all
Yakuzza Lethecus: bye druth and zen
Sunshine Vayandar: byebyeee all take careee
Lucinda Lavender: Yes.. take car all:)
Alfred Kelberry: meep!
Lucinda Lavender: meep!
Yakuzza Lethecus: a dam broke as well in the fukushima area close the the power plant
Alfred Kelberry: luci the pretty dress :)
Alfred Kelberry: gah, yaku
Lucinda Lavender: thanks:)
Yakuzza Lethecus: are you going to the science circle session at 9 am ?
Alfred Kelberry: um...
Alfred Kelberry: i guess
Alfred Kelberry: what is it?
Yakuzza Lethecus: [07:18] Nymf Hathaway: Today *Friday 9 AM SLT* Alfa Roux of the Science Circle, will start his BioInformatics & Genetics class. "What exactly is BioInformatics?" Send me an IM if you like to sign up! Our classes are free!
Alfred Kelberry: ah, it's a new class starting
Alfred Kelberry: i generally avoid anything with the prefix "bio" :)
Alfred Kelberry: never liked biology
Yakuzza Lethecus: well, we are biology :)
Yakuzza Lethecus: we are information
Yakuzza Lethecus: anyway, propably see you then
Yakuzza Lethecus: have dinner now
Alfred Kelberry: i'm open to new experiences though :)
Alfred Kelberry: i'd like to visit
Alfred Kelberry: ok, bon num num
--BELL--
Lugh Fehr: hey boxy :)