The Guardian for this meeting was Eos Amaterasu. The comments are by Eos Amaterasu.

Eos Amaterasu: Hi Zaldaan

--BELL--

Eos Amaterasu: back
Eos Amaterasu: Hi susan
iwandertoo Resident: waves :)
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Aphrodite
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Eos
Aphrodite Macbain waves at iwandertoo
iwandertoo Resident: waves
iwandertoo Resident: brb...coffee
Aphrodite Macbain: a scary time on the east coast I see
Eos Amaterasu: earthquake, + oncoming hurricane
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. I guess you're too far away to feel any effects Eos
Eos Amaterasu is tracking the course of the storm with great interest....
Aphrodite Macbain is still wondering when the "big one" will hit Vancovuer
Eos Amaterasu: if it tacks just a few degrees east, it will hit ns
Aphrodite Macbain: oh. and miss the US?
Eos Amaterasu: (hurricane, i meant, not earthquake)
Aphrodite Macbain: right
Eos Amaterasu: (although New Brunswick was affected by the earthquake)
Aphrodite Macbain: the earthquake has already happened there
Aphrodite Macbain: really. anyone hurt?
Eos Amaterasu: not that i know of
iwandertoo Resident: (back)
Aphrodite Macbain: little reminders that we don't have everything under control
Aphrodite Macbain: wb
Eos Amaterasu: plus unprecedented tornados in Canada
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Archmange
Eos Amaterasu: more heat : more energy
Aphrodite Macbain: really where Eos?
Eos Amaterasu: Ontario
Aphrodite Macbain thinks about all her family in Ontario
Eos Amaterasu: 330 km/hr
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Aph, Eos, Susan, Zaldaan :)
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Arch
Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya Arch. We're talking about weather disasters
Eos Amaterasu: all around us
Archmage Atlantis: Popular topic, the weather...especially today :)
Eos Amaterasu: plus financial system collapse
Aphrodite Macbain: yes, ww were talking about it at the 1pm session
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Eos Amaterasu kisses ass goodbye
Aphrodite Macbain: things are improving financially
Aphrodite Macbain: ass?
Archmage Atlantis: I didn't realize you had a donkey, Eos :)
Aphrodite Macbain: assets?
Aphrodite Macbain: want to see Eos doing that
Eos Amaterasu: me and St Francis, Aph :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: He he
Aphrodite Macbain: Hi Frenchy
Eos Amaterasu: plus in Canada we lost a national party leader whose death has unleashed many people's inspiration and best intention
Archmage Atlantis: Although, technically, an ass is a hybrid of a horse and a donkey......could be a metaphor for the hybrid disasters of the current realm :)
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. the response has been amazing.

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: He wrote a wonderful goodby letter to the country
Eos Amaterasu: an opening through which the light gets out
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Frenchie Riverstone: hi :)
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Frenchie, we were just in a 90-second gap
Archmage Atlantis: Hello Frenchie :)
Aphrodite Macbain: a droplet
Eos Amaterasu: Have you been here to Play as Being before?
Frenchie Riverstone: yes :)
Aphrodite Macbain: I've met you bfore I think
Frenchie Riverstone: :)
Eos Amaterasu: ok, so you know we record the conversatoin here, onto wiki.playasbeing.org
Eos Amaterasu: ?
Frenchie Riverstone: yes
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Frenchie Riverstone: waves to Arch :)
Eos Amaterasu: I guess in a disaster the "current stuff" drops...
Eos Amaterasu: leaving both necessity and openness
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. survival mode
Aphrodite Macbain: I gather one nice thing tha happens is that people talk to each other more
Aphrodite Macbain: compare notes, share necessities
Eos Amaterasu: perhaps like a biathlon: intense activity with moments of complete calm within that
Aphrodite Macbain: like a hurricane
Aphrodite Macbain: I live in a co-op and we have collected information on each of the memebers so we know who has skills and who has needs
Aphrodite Macbain: dorctors, nurses, carpenters
Aphrodite Macbain: people who need drugs, who have pets etc
Archmage Atlantis: Looking back over the multiple hurricances, accidents and other intense moments I've experienced.....I would agree that a disaster can bring out the better elements in many
Aphrodite Macbain: we keep water and food in the basemenmt
Aphrodite Macbain: yes Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: It can also bring out the more damaging elements....like looting, etc
Archmage Atlantis: The picture is never simple
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. the more desperate or amoral among us
Aphrodite Macbain: I think the best defense is to be prepared
Aphrodite Macbain: to know whatr to do, where to go, who to call

Archmage Atlantis: One of the more amazing things about growing old is learning what the cliches really meant
Aphrodite Macbain: they say you shouldn't try and phone anyone in the city and tie up the local lines
Archmage Atlantis: Not what I heard as a young person :)
Aphrodite Macbain: but call outside the area
Aphrodite Macbain: where you are more likely to get through and leave a message
Aphrodite Macbain: what cliches are you referering to Arch?
Frenchie Riverstone: some in disaster can not make call out
Aphrodite Macbain: no, true
Frenchie Riverstone: how can those in disaster get messages?
Aphrodite Macbain: the important thing is not to try making a local call
Archmage Atlantis: For example, Aph, cliches about what brings out the best in humans
Archmage Atlantis: or the worst
Aphrodite Macbain: ah
Aphrodite Macbain: there is often an element of truth in cliches-event that is a cliche!
Aphrodite Macbain: even
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Frenchie Riverstone: Arch, is "what does not kill us makes us stronger" such a cliche?
Eos Amaterasu: clichés elicit immediate agreement, which stops questioning, and dulls
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, Frenchie
Aphrodite Macbain: The best thing I'm told is to plan what you are going to do ahead of time

Archmage Atlantis: Sometimes what does not kill us gives us PTSD or other psychological problems

Aphrodite Macbain: with your family. Designate a family member to be the recipient of information. Then everyone will call that person. Preferably someone outside the earthquake area
Frenchie Riverstone: yes Arch
Archmage Atlantis: And sometimes, we find strengt

--BELL--

Archmage Atlantis: *strenght
Aphrodite Macbain: sorry. I just wanted to get that across!!
Archmage Atlantis: Very practical comments, Aph *g*
Aphrodite Macbain: Something I was told a few years ago. made sense to me

Eos Amaterasu: important thing is to keep up with what's happening, which may also be outside the plan
Eos Amaterasu: but the plan gives you resources
Aphrodite Macbain: Frenchie, are you a francophone?
Archmage Atlantis: Nods to Eos
Frenchie Riverstone: i have cell phone, yes
Aphrodite Macbain: yes Eos. Keep a battery radio near by
Archmage Atlantis: chuckle
Eos Amaterasu has several
Eos Amaterasu: should check them
Aphrodite Macbain: yes. Keep the batteries out of the radio
Eos Amaterasu: whups!
Archmage Atlantis: I have a cell phone and a land line (POTTS)
Frenchie Riverstone: is good to call people w/cell phone in disaster place
Archmage Atlantis: *smile*
Frenchie Riverstone: in riot or war, cell phone can help get out information
Frenchie Riverstone: also in hurricane or tornado
Frenchie Riverstone: need satellite phone on sinking ship tho :)

Eos Amaterasu: can we create the same openness effects that disaster can, but in ordinary life?
Frenchie Riverstone: yes
iwandertoo Resident: yes
Eos Amaterasu listens
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, I think so....but the element of being "forced" out of normal patterns is not immediately available.....
iwandertoo Resident: i dont know that it is something created, rather an attunement
Archmage Atlantis: Have to use other techniques
Frenchie Riverstone: no need to be hurt to be open
Eos Amaterasu: how about we give it a try, or attune to it, in upcoming 90 seconds gap
Archmage Atlantis: Agree, Frenchie
Archmage Atlantis: Ok, Eos
Aphrodite Macbain: OK
Eos Amaterasu: just listening attunes
iwandertoo Resident: or a sense that some other is really being seen and heard
iwandertoo Resident: "everyone deserves a smile"...if you do this for a day - literally - you will see something amazing
Aphrodite Macbain: yes - people usually smile back
Eos Amaterasu: the deep wisdom of mirror neurons :-)

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: ?? mirror neurons?
Aphrodite Macbain wonders if it is the same as yawning
iwandertoo Resident: something more, i think. i mean not just a smile, but a genuine conveyance of "I'm alive, you're alive...isnt this something?" this sort of smile.
Eos Amaterasu: something comes through
Aphrodite Macbain: an aclknowledgement of another in the universe
Eos Amaterasu: Hi Stevenaia
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
iwandertoo Resident: waves
Aphrodite Macbain: Hiya Stevenaia
Archmage Atlantis: A smile that comes up through the heart/the body......yes......a smile of intention, not as much
Frenchie Riverstone: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: waves to eos, Frenchis, APhodite, Arch,mage, susan
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, Stever
Eos Amaterasu: a smile the smiler could not resist
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Aphrodite Macbain grins
Archmage Atlantis: *g*
Aphrodite Macbain nods

stevenaia Michinaga: topic? smiles
Archmage Atlantis: atm, steve
Eos Amaterasu: started with disasters that open us, to wondering how ordinary life can do so
Aphrodite Macbain: dealing with wemergncies?
Eos Amaterasu: (as opposed to Imergencies?)
Aphrodite Macbain giggles
Frenchie Riverstone: thank you
Frenchie Riverstone: i go now
iwandertoo Resident: waves
Frenchie Riverstone: good night :)
stevenaia Michinaga: nice to meet you frenchie
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye
Aphrodite Macbain: Bye!
Eos Amaterasu: aur revoir, Frenchie
Aphrodite Macbain: au revoir
Archmage Atlantis: nite Frenchie
Aphrodite Macbain: My computer is getting in the habit of following people out of the room
Aphrodite Macbain: I followed frenchie just now
Eos Amaterasu: you have a mobile?
Aphrodite Macbain: like I was attached to her
Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
Aphrodite Macbain: how did that happen?
Archmage Atlantis: quantum mechanics, maybe?
stevenaia Michinaga: they say you can scale the affect up :)
Aphrodite Macbain: hehe.
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Aphrodite Macbain puts on her mechanic outfit and slides under the car
Archmage Atlantis: Well, my pumkin is turning into an old couch.....time to say good evening.....Blessings and Namaste :)
Aphrodite Macbain: Poof
stevenaia Michinaga: night Arch
Aphrodite Macbain: Time for me to move again
Eos Amaterasu will also poof after the next pause

--BELL--

Aphrodite Macbain: Nite all
iwandertoo Resident: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: Thanks for your web widget, Eos, it;s a nice tool
Eos Amaterasu: we can be there together at moments, stevenaia :-)
stevenaia Michinaga: :)
Eos Amaterasu: bye iwandertoo and stevenaia!
iwandertoo Resident: waves
stevenaia Michinaga: hmmm, can;t find the link
stevenaia Michinaga: http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Guardian_Pages/Pause9