Love Notes

“The great secret of morals is Love; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own.” ~Shelley

On exchanging self for others: http://www.freebuddhistaudio.com/audio/details?num=LOC1103

FcSeeker Resident: because the Love is 'there' even if it dont rise to love

Eden Haiku: Yes, compassion is the only other way
Eden Haiku: Yes, I believe that too.
Eden Haiku: Love is our true nature.
Eden Haiku: We swim in it.
http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2011/08/2011.08.10_07%3a00_-_Cultivating_joy%2c_calm_and_serenity

oO0Oo Resident: so, is being, the original 'real' love?
oO0Oo Resident: unconditional acceptence?
oO0Oo Resident: without subject or object?
oO0Oo Resident: from which this playground arises?
(from http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2011/01/2011.01.11_19%3a00_-_Timing_Waking )

Calvino Rabeni: My opinion is, compassion doesn't care much, whether it is called "compassion" or "love"
 (from http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2010/12/2010.12.22_19:00_-_Marshmallows_toasting_on_an_open_fire )

Zen Arado: there was a nice article in Tricycle yesterday about the love that surrounds us and we don't notice

"That radiant blessing of love
has been coming to us from the start,
not just from a few people
close to us, but also
from many not personally known
to us or people long forgotten.

So many have offered
themselves to us quietly,
unnoticed and unremarked upon, such as
those who served in our school,
who coached sports for us
as small children, who taught us music
and clapped for us, who watched over us
with kindness and care
wherever we ran and played.

Then there are all the adults who
put loving care into their work,
as our teachers,
doctors, nurses, social workers,
craftsmen, bakers, librarians,
and waitresses. 
Yet we may never have noticed
the extent of such care and consideration." 
http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2010/10/2010.10.15_07%3a00_-_The_Radiant_Blessing_of_Love

[14:46] oO0Oo Resident: thank you polite listener
[14:46] Wol Euler: :)
[14:46] Eliza Madrigal: :)
[14:47] oO0Oo Resident: is there too much immersion going on, when i start responding in chat to chat bots
[14:47] oO0Oo Resident: :)
[14:47] Wol Euler smiles.
[14:47] Wol Euler: embodiment has its own rules
[14:48] Wol Euler: and people talk to inanimate objects in RL too
[14:48] Eliza Madrigal: This morning Boxy rezzed a car and we had an accident, taking a walk during the morning session
[14:49] Eliza Madrigal: the bumper said : 'Sorry" :)
[14:49] Wol Euler: :)
[14:49] Eliza Madrigal: I love this about SL: friendly objects :)
[14:49] Wol Euler nods.
[14:50] Eliza Madrigal: the tea set in the tea hut, that checks in with you "don't you feel at one with nature?"
[14:50] Eliza Madrigal: the end bell here that hits soooo softly
[14:50] Wol Euler nods.
[14:50] oO0Oo Resident nods
[14:51] oO0Oo Resident thinks of companion robots in Japan
[14:51] Wol Euler: mmhmm
[14:51] oO0Oo Resident: a lot of scope
[14:51] Eliza Madrigal: how so? I have seen only the basics perhaps
[14:51] oO0Oo Resident: for thoughtfulness and gentleness
[14:52] oO0Oo Resident: there is intentionality to have the robots be as considerate as 'robiticaly' possible
[14:52] oO0Oo Resident: some.. as pets.. some as aids
[14:52] Wol Euler: programming compassion
[14:52] Eliza Madrigal: yes that makes sense of Japan... hm....
[14:53] Eliza Madrigal: high priority on manners and non-intrusiveness
(from http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2011/05/2011.05.18_13%3a00_-_Baby_gaze_and_Wylie_coyote )

Eden Haiku: As I was sporting my crown this morning (a Treasure Hunt trophy I'm quite proud of!), I was reflecting about the crown chakra symbolism attached to it ...
Bleu Oleander: (was hard to take off my crown, hehe)
Eden Haiku: As a way to open our crown chakra (on top of our head) as a lotus flower, slowly...
Eden Haiku: And let all the universe, all the universes pour into our bodies...
Eden Haiku: And then letting the earth energies come into our feet and go through all our bodies, physical, subtle, emotional, mental bodies.
Eden Haiku: Balancing ourselves...
Eden Haiku: That's one of the ways I use to slown down. What are yours?
Sunshine Vayandar: I always think of music first
Eden Haiku: Oh nice :)
Bleu Oleander: yes, for me too
Sunshine Vayandar: I can just play one note on the violin
Sunshine Vayandar: close my eyes
Eden Haiku: You hear music in your head? or you play it?
Sunshine Vayandar: I play
Bleu Oleander: I listen

Eliza Madrigal: hah, at some point maybe I'll make some sense again
Sunshine Vayandar: ahhh it worked!
Sunshine Vayandar: I am not planning that Eliza
Sunshine Vayandar: once you are a zulu that is it
Sunshine Vayandar: one crossed the line
Eliza Madrigal: just give up?
Eliza Madrigal: no hope?
Sunshine Vayandar: well I prefer being a zulu
Sunshine Vayandar: so my aim is to be the best zulu possible
Yakuzza Lethecus: be the best possible being
Eliza Madrigal: well you are my primary zulu role model
Eliza Madrigal: :)) Yaku
Sunshine Vayandar: ;) yes : LOL
Sunshine Vayandar: I use zulu because I have no other word really I can call myself
Sunshine Vayandar: and even zulu is not true
Sunshine Vayandar: ;)
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Sunshine Vayandar: but it sounds cool ;p
http://wiki.playasbeing.org/Chat_Logs/2011/04/2011.04.04_07%3a00_-Opening_the_Crown_Chakra