A. Month of December

On Friday December 5 Pema Pera and Gilles Kuhn debated about Edmund Husserl's philosophy of Phenomenology in the Kira Cafe. From this was to grow the Phenomenology Workshop on Fridays. The latter was to start a couple of weeks later emphasizing exploration with weekly "lab reports".

Continuing Dialogs

Pema and Stim continued their dialog about Being into December with a dialog about starting at the end. (http://playasbeing.wik.is/Chat_Logs/2008/12/2008.12.02_13%3a00_Dialogue_Part_III%3a_Pema_and_Stim)

Pema Pera: so my "start at the end" may be misleading
Pema Pera: ah, yes, same thoughts :)
Pema Pera: "be at the end"
Stim Morane: better... but maybe not very exciting
Pema Pera: or "be, in a way that may seem `at the end'" from the relative viewpoint
Pema Pera: that's okay, Stim
Pema Pera: :-)
Faenik: why not?
Pema Pera: as soon as one gets a taste of it, it's VERY exciting and totally NON exciting, at the same time
Pema Pera: so I'm not worried about that
Stim Morane: "as soon as"?
Pema Pera: the "Play" in PaB and the group will together give us enough excitement
Pema Pera: well, yes, from the relative point of view "as soon as" it starts to sink in more
Stim Morane: :)
Pema Pera: of courese not fro the absolute point of view
Pema Pera: :)
Pema Pera: so the biggest challenge is how to combine the two
Stim Morane: I would suggest just relaxing
Stim Morane: one of the hallmarks of being awake is that there is no concern about being awake
Pema Pera: yes, I can see that -- but how do you translate that in what we are doing here?
Stim Morane: good question
Pema Pera: we have two totally different views

Then, when the first series of diaplogs was complete, Pema and Stim began a three-session dialogue of the Prehistory of Play as being in December which continued into January. (see Chapter 3: The Beginnings).

Taste of December:

December opened with the following exchange with Crusty who visited regularly in November and December:

Wol Euler: ah there you are :)
Wol Euler: I'm glad to meet you Crusty, I've been reading your name in logs recently.
Crusty Goldshark: Hi - you read things in trees? Wow!

Switching from what we think we are (December 2 01:00):

Pema Pera: -- but then there is a very radical way
Pema Pera: in which you switch from you to Being
Pema Pera: totally different
Pema Pera: instead of identifying with the you you thought you were, you let Being Be
Pema Pera: that is by far the fastest and simplest way . . . . .
Becka Finesmith: each way leads to the radical?
Pema Pera: not "leads to"
Pema Pera: but "is allowed by"
Pema Pera: if you really like to continue to struggle unnecessarily :-)
Pema Pera: (saying all this totally seriously, not trying to be flippant)
Becka Finesmith: I don't want to struggle, but I'm not ready to let go of all I know yet
Becka Finesmith: So I must take the scenic route
Pema Pera: you will never be ready
Pema Pera: Being has always already been ready

New Guardians:

Aurora Kitaj, Hana Hendrassen, Pila Mulligan, Scathach Rhiadra, Susi Alcott, Vraja Rexen and Wester Kiranov became guardians in December.