2011.08.28 07:00 - The Treasure Near at Hand

The Guardian for this meeting was Adams Dubrovna. The comments are by Adams Dubrovna.

FcSeeker Resident: Hello O <3
oO0Oo Resident: < Fc 3
FcSeeker Resident: got a message that there's something wrong at my home
FcSeeker Resident: brb
oO0Oo Resident: kk
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Arch
oO0Oo Resident: Hi dash
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, Samúð :)
Dash Earthboy: hey y'all
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, Dash
Dash Earthboy: finally got to sleep in today
Archmage Atlantis: That's a shame, Dash......*smile*
oO0Oo Resident: makes a difference to get enough sleep
Dash Earthboy: yah
Archmage Atlantis: No rest for the weary
Archmage Atlantis: ")
Archmage Atlantis: Greetings Adams
Dash Earthboy: hey druth
druth Vlodovic: hey guys
Dash Earthboy: hey Adams
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Everyone :)
Archmage Atlantis: Morning Druth
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Druth.. Adams :)
Adams Dubrovna: Power outage on the other side of town but so far we have ours
Adams Dubrovna: The storm was generally kind to us
Archmage Atlantis: NJ, Adams?
Adams Dubrovna: yes
druth Vlodovic: I hate to sugggest it but unless you really really trust your surge protector...
Adams Dubrovna: we sprung a leak in the basement and since it broke through water is flowing freely
Adams Dubrovna: just came from mopping
Adams Dubrovna: probably will have to go back
Archmage Atlantis: nods
Adams Dubrovna: there still is the back end of the storm to go
druth Vlodovic: I bought a new computer and got a 3 year warranty that includes lightning strikes, my son goes "now we don't have to turn it off in a storm!"
Adams Dubrovna: may or might not be some trouble
oO0Oo Resident: Related to the Earthquake or Hurricane Adams... the leak?
Archmage Atlantis: The only time I've had a basement, it flooded and ruined finished space.
Adams Dubrovna: thanks for the advice druth, I have it unplugged
Archmage Atlantis: That was in TN on a hillside
Dash Earthboy: hey Eliza
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Eliza
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: glad you made it Adams, must mean things are OK in the NE...
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Everyone :)
Archmage Atlantis: Hello Eliza
Adams Dubrovna: we were lucky but our basement has sprung a leak
Eliza Madrigal: =/
Adams Dubrovna: the ground is unable to absorb any more water
Adams Dubrovna: it is just sitting on top
Eliza Madrigal: and it is still raining hard I suppose?
Adams Dubrovna: strange sight
Adams Dubrovna: right now the heavy rain has ceased but the eye is just passing by us, what is left of the eye
Archmage Atlantis: Hopefullty the furnace & laudry aren't in the basement
Adams Dubrovna: so the back end still to go
Eliza Madrigal: ah, nods... and be careful afterward with clean-up
Adams Dubrovna: yes, both furnace and laundry in basement but not that kind of water fortunatelly
oO0Oo Resident: sump pums are being sold as we speak
oO0Oo Resident: *pumps
druth Vlodovic: watch for mold
Adams Dubrovna: fortunately we did some preparation and had dug a trench
oO0Oo Resident: wb Fc
FcSeeker Resident: hi all
Adams Dubrovna: but it clogged woith leaves
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Fc
FcSeeker Resident: Dash Druth Arch Adams Eliza
Archmage Atlantis: Sigh, can't win
FcSeeker Resident: rehi O
Archmage Atlantis: Hi, Fc
Eliza Madrigal: Hi FcS :)
Dash Earthboy: hey Fc
--BELL--
druth Vlodovic: it's something to watch storms, reminds you of why people have gods :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Adams Dubrovna: This was a mighty storm but was more gentle than it could have been
Archmage Atlantis: It reminds me of the infinite.....which I suppose isn't that far from being reminded of gods/God.
Adams Dubrovna: we certainly are puny in comparison
Archmage Atlantis: Puny in form, Mighty in belief
Adams Dubrovna: :)
Adams Dubrovna: I have learned some things from Second Life
Adams Dubrovna: While waiting for the storm to come I went shopping
oO0Oo Resident listens
Eliza Madrigal: too....
oO0Oo Resident nods
Adams Dubrovna says sheepishly, that was what I learned
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Archmage Atlantis: :)
Eliza Madrigal: unpack a little, adams?
Adams Dubrovna: keeping my inventory in a safe place
Archmage Atlantis: ponders the multiple meanings of inventory in that sentence
druth Vlodovic: wb fc
Adams Dubrovna: wb Fc
FcSeeker Resident: ty
oO0Oo Resident: wb Fc
Dash Earthboy: wb Fc
druth Vlodovic: we keep money in imaginary places to keep it safe, the real world is too dangerous
Eliza Madrigal: 'where we store up our treasures'
FcSeeker Resident: into our spirit

Here is the title statement:

oO0Oo Resident glances around at the treasure near at hand
Dash Earthboy: hey Luci
Archmage Atlantis: Lo Luci
Dash Earthboy: hey Mila
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Luci :))
FcSeeker Resident: hi mila Lucinda
Archmage Atlantis: Hi Mila
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Lucinda, Mila
Lucinda Lavender: Greetings all...
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Mila
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Lucinda
druth Vlodovic: lol, balloon and coffee, all set for the day
Eliza Madrigal: indeed
FcSeeker Resident: wb mila
milakel Resident: v3 must be beta after all :)
Lucinda Lavender: been carrying them for a while I guess.
milakel Resident: hi :)
Eliza Madrigal: HiMila
milakel Resident: ah, luci and her balloons :)
druth Vlodovic: never leave home without them
Lucinda Lavender: :)
milakel Resident: be careful, it may lift you up in the sky :)
druth Vlodovic: speaking of treasures :)
FcSeeker Resident: Hello Bruce
milakel Resident: bruce :)
Archmage Atlantis: Greetings Bruce :)
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Bruce
Bruce Mowbray: Hello!
--BELL--
oO0Oo Resident: Hi bruce!
Dash Earthboy: hey Bruce
milakel Resident: :)
milakel Resident: *thinks where is the string*
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Bruce :)
Eliza Madrigal: balloons without strings, how very pab....
milakel Resident: ha! balloons emerge :)
milakel Resident: tinies can also hold it :)
Lucinda Lavender: staying light for the moment
FcSeeker Resident: dont have one
Dash Earthboy: ty Sam
FcSeeker Resident: ah thank you mila
milakel Resident: :)
milakel Resident: hi, dari
Daryl Taov: hi all :)
Bruce Mowbray: Hey, everyone. This is my new friend Daryl.
Dash Earthboy: hey Daryl
Adams Dubrovna: Hello Dari
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Daryl, pleasure to meet you
Bruce Mowbray: She and I have just been at the Garden of Peace meditation.
Archmage Atlantis: Welcome Daryl
Daryl Taov: hey hey :)
FcSeeker Resident: hi Dari
milakel Resident: ah, nice to meet you, dari :)
Daryl Taov: hi arch, adamas, eliza :)
Adams Dubrovna: Have you told dari about the logging Bruce?
Daryl Taov: hello back bruce :)
milakel Resident: join our balloon party :)
Daryl Taov: thank you for the invite
oO0Oo Resident: Hi Dari
Daryl Taov: alright :)
Bruce Mowbray: nope -- I'm not told her much of anything about PaB yet.
Adams Dubrovna: I will give you a notecard Dari
Daryl Taov: very mysterious but i m intrigued :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
milakel Resident: dari, one important bit to mention is that this meeting is being recorded and will be posted online
Daryl Taov: ok
druth Vlodovic: actually you get a lot of that in SL, but here they actually tell you
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Adams Dubrovna: thnk you mila
Daryl Taov: ;)
Adams Dubrovna: We are centered around a simple exploration
milakel Resident: dari, we can even strip your name off the record if you don't want to appear online :)
Adams Dubrovna: We stop for 9 seconds at 15 minute intervals
milakel Resident: i think the rest of the pab description comes in... naturally as you go :)
Daryl Taov: not a problem at all :)
Daryl Taov: i ve read it
Daryl Taov: exactly my kind of interest :)
Daryl Taov: i have created a group exactly in that spirit
Adams Dubrovna: interesting, what group is that dari?
Daryl Taov: but never found anybody to share really
milakel Resident: 9 sec being 1% of 15 min... or so they say :)
Daryl Taov: it s called postmodern cadavers :)
Adams Dubrovna: :)
Bruce Mowbray: ;-) !!
milakel Resident: oh, enigmatic :)
Daryl Taov: ahaha
druth Vlodovic: attractive name :) I was just reading about it
Daryl Taov: at first it was really to identify what i call hypernature
milakel Resident: i first read it as postmortem cadavers :)
Daryl Taov: meaning the way cirtuality is part of nature
Daryl Taov: virtuality
Daryl Taov: postmodern because at first i thought that virtuality was the epitom of postmodernity
Daryl Taov: a kind of pragmatic experience of it
milakel Resident: ah... could be a synonym to "being"
Daryl Taov: yes
Daryl Taov: as in "incarnate"
Eliza Madrigal: how fascinating yes
milakel Resident: pragmatic - i like this part
Daryl Taov: so the idea is : how come virtuality express immanence
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Daryl Taov: where is the invisible source of power materializing
milakel Resident: hmm
Eliza Madrigal: groundless SL
Daryl Taov: i ve been very alone so i m not sure how to discuss it
milakel Resident: eliza?
Daryl Taov: it s the first time in 4 years i speak about it
milakel Resident: oh :)
milakel Resident: i'm glad you do, dari
Eliza Madrigal nods
oO0Oo Resident nods
Daryl Taov: i ve been alone all those years, just reaching out now, through my faith mostly
Lucinda Lavender: !ah...
Eliza Madrigal: curious how faith enters...
milakel Resident: faith?
Daryl Taov: well
Daryl Taov: it s more about how do we perceive the invisible source of life
Daryl Taov: the things linking together
Daryl Taov: the space in between :)
Daryl Taov: faith in the human senses to see and materialize it
milakel Resident: yes... i think most of the time we ignore it :)
Daryl Taov: it s all that interest me :)
milakel Resident: busy with more immediate things
--BELL--
milakel Resident: *smiles watching the balloons around*
oO0Oo Resident: Surge Protector
Lucinda Lavender: yes just noticed surge protector...nice name
milakel Resident: um, surge protector?
oO0Oo Resident: We were talking about them before Mila :)
druth Vlodovic: it protects suges, so that we can use our energy to great effect
Lucinda Lavender: just did not notice the bell...sorry
milakel Resident: ah, ok :)
oO0Oo Resident: yes.. connected to invisibble sources of life in the known and unknown univeres
Eliza Madrigal considers stevenaia's references to dao and wu
Dash Earthboy: humble bow...pax et bonum y'all
Eliza Madrigal waves
Lucinda Lavender: bye for now Dash
oO0Oo Resident waves All the best dash
Bruce Mowbray: Bye, Dash!
Daryl Taov bows
FcSeeker Resident: waves to Dash
Lucinda Lavender: LUci thinks about stars being born
Lucinda Lavender: well not in the popular sense
Archmage Atlantis: Fair well, Dash
milakel Resident: dari, how did faith help you come closer to the "hidden source"?
Eliza Madrigal listens
druth Vlodovic: a star's energy comes from within it, it learns to release it
Daryl Taov: well the thing about faith is that it s personal
Daryl Taov: for me, there s no such thing about universal faith
milakel Resident: *nods*
Daryl Taov: i believe in an inner light, coming from the source of any life
Daryl Taov: that can be expressed
Daryl Taov: the spaces between all the light
FcSeeker Resident: <3<3<3
Bruce Mowbray: By "personal" you are referring to "experienced individually" -- in a mystical sense?
Daryl Taov: yes
Daryl Taov: totally
Daryl Taov: that can be sharde with friends akin
milakel Resident: it sounds quite buddhist-like, no? :)
Daryl Taov: mmm
Eliza Madrigal: direct experience
Daryl Taov: well i ve been studying zen soto mostly
Daryl Taov: yes
Daryl Taov: direct experience of the divine
Daryl Taov: the divine being : life
Bruce Mowbray: Ahhh! Dogen!
milakel Resident: :)
Daryl Taov: and the space linking it
Daryl Taov: yes dogen :)
Daryl Taov: great mind :)
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Eliza Madrigal: fascinating topic, thanks so much and am happy to meet you today Dari
Eliza Madrigal: hope you'll return
Daryl Taov: thank you eliza, a pleasure to meet you too :)
Daryl Taov: all of you :)
oO0Oo Resident notices how string of hearts eminating from Ray of light Fc, looks similar to bamboo culms
Eliza Madrigal: :)
oO0Oo Resident: :) Eliza
Daryl Taov: :)
Eliza Madrigal: bye for now everyone... thank you, and be save Adams (and all)
FcSeeker Resident: takes a humble bow
Daryl Taov bows to eliza
milakel Resident: *sips some of luci's tea while she's not watching* :)
Daryl Taov closes her eyes to feel the presence of the others, radiating
oO0Oo Resident: Need to transition too. Thanks, and Pleasure to meet you Dari :)
Archmage Atlantis: Time to tend to other affairs, Blesings and Namaste friends :)
Lucinda Lavender: ha ha...had to be away for rom th ekeyboard...
Lucinda Lavender: nice:)
milakel Resident: :P
milakel Resident: there, lost a few sips :)
Adams Dubrovna: back. bye everyone
oO0Oo Resident waves and smiles all round
Lucinda Lavender: must make RL coffee...
Daryl Taov: bye :)
Adams Dubrovna: nice to meet you Dari
--BELL--
Daryl Taov: bye adamas :)
Daryl Taov: adams
Lucinda Lavender: :)) to all
Bruce Mowbray: Please come back and join us again, Daryl.
Bruce Mowbray: Bye for now, everyone.
Daryl Taov: thank you bruce, i will :)
stevenaia Michinaga: waves
druth Vlodovic: ripples
druth Vlodovic: and disappears
druth Vlodovic: have fun guys
milakel Resident: bye folks
Daryl Taov: bye :)