2008.08.21 19:00 - The Song of "Just Imagine"

Pia Iger was the guardian and she is waiting for fellow guardians to upload the log for her..."Here I am Pia"...Adams

Adams Rubble is posting this part of the log for Pia with few comments. I came in on an ongoing conversation between Mongo, Threedee, Adelene and Doug. Tomo, Kojiro and Navi arrived right after me.

Mongo McGinnis: whats up
Mongo McGinnis: havent been here in a while
Adelene Dawner feels like being a smartass... "Good question... what is 'up'?"
Adelene Dawner: ^.^
Mongo McGinnis: just an iinocent question
MystiTool HUD 1.0.21-freebie: Entering chat range: doug Sosa (17m)
Kojiro Eretz: Hi all!
Adams Rubble: Hello Adelini, Mongo, Kojiro, Threedee Doug Tomo :)
Threedee Shepherd: nothing unusual, or is it "nothing is unusual"?
Threedee Shepherd: hello all
doug Sosa: :)
Kojiro Eretz: So..... quiet.....
Adams Rubble: shhhh
Adams Rubble: :)
Kojiro Eretz: XD
Mongo McGinnis: does pema pera come here anymore
Adams Rubble: yes, often
Threedee Shepherd: of course, often
Mongo McGinnis: used to him
Mongo McGinnis: whAT IS THE DISCUSSION
doug Sosa: he is in kyoto, so lets see. what time breakfast?
Mongo McGinnis: soory didnt meant o shout
Mongo McGinnis: that explains it nyc or japan
Threedee Shepherd: the discussiono "tries" to start with us reporting about our 9-sec practice experiences, and then actually goes almost anywhere about the nature of reality
Kojiro Eretz: I tried that 9 second meditation once or twice today ( im new :P)
Threedee Shepherd: 4 times a day!!

Stevenaia appeared next followed by Pia

Kojiro Eretz: one image came to mind
Kojiro Eretz: A little anime girl saying hi... thats about it.
Threedee Shepherd: was she familiar?
Adams Rubble: Hi Steve, hi Pia :)
Kojiro Eretz: No not really.
Threedee Shepherd: Hi Steve, Pia
doug Sosa: hi pia
Kojiro Eretz: Hi :D
stevenaia Michinaga: hello, welcome back Kojiro
Kojiro Eretz: Thank you ^^
Mongo McGinnis: i am already getting critized for being here
Pia Iger: Hi, everyone,
Mongo McGinnis: hi
Adams Rubble: Mongo?
doug Sosa: criticized?
Mongo McGinnis: adams
Adams Rubble: criticized?
Threedee Shepherd: Mongo, not by us, I hope, seriously :)
Mongo McGinnis: yes you guys are weird according rto my friend and family
Adams Rubble: Ah
Adams Rubble: Say hi for us :)
Mongo McGinnis: mets win
Mongo McGinnis: that my ;ife
Mongo McGinnis: mets sweep atalantq braves
Threedee Shepherd: What is weird about us?
stevenaia Michinaga: ..says the lion
Adams Rubble: hehe

Keith Joined us

Mongo McGinnis: no idea just my wife came in and said mets sweep the atlanta braves
Adams Rubble: Hllo Keith :)
Threedee Shepherd: This lion is not weird, because it is not real, and how can unreal things even BE, let alone be real
Keith Sporg: hi how are you?
Threedee Shepherd: Keith, you have dropped in on an ongoing discussion group that talks about the nature of reality
Threedee Shepherd: Hello
Mongo McGinnis: hi
Mongo McGinnis: havent been here in a while
Pia Iger: Keith is born today.
Mongo McGinnis: whats the discussion
Keith Sporg: that sounds interesting
Kojiro Eretz: Happy birthday Keith!
Keith Sporg: yes im new to this game
Threedee Shepherd: no topic has emerged at this session, yet
Keith Sporg: thanks :-)
Mongo McGinnis: keith rules haapy birthday
Keith Sporg: yall are a lot nicer than the last people I was aroud
Keith Sporg: yes I do!! yayy
Keith Sporg: but I really want to make some new friends
doug Sosa: we are pretty friendly, spend time talking about how we experience the world in short bursts of meditation.
Keith Sporg: sounds good to me
Keith Sporg: its relaxing
Keith Sporg: that is wut i need in my life right now
stevenaia Michinaga: http://playasbeing.wik.is/Informatio..._in_a_Nutshell
doug Sosa: keith, do you know how to sit on the cushion?
Threedee Shepherd: doug, that is a really useful and informative description :)
Mongo McGinnis: i am a big zen buddhist for over 30 years
Keith Sporg: nope no idea
Keith Sporg: lemme try
Keith Sporg: ok there
doug Sosa: beautiful!
Threedee Shepherd: Mongo, which "school"
Keith Sporg: does anyone here want to add me as a friend and help me out when I could use it?
Mongo McGinnis: zen and rinzai
Mongo McGinnis: Mountains and rivers in mt tremper
doug Sosa: sure but i don't yet know how to do that.
Keith Sporg: do whats?add friends?
doug Sosa: yep.
doug Sosa: hey i got it.
Mongo McGinnis: soto and rinzai
Keith Sporg: hey i did too :-)
Threedee Shepherd: Mongo, is there a "koan group" in SL?
Mongo McGinnis: i like shugen
Mongo McGinnis: not sure
Pia Iger: (thanks, fellow guardians, Pia's internet is slow today. Thanks for your help of hosting.)
Pia Iger: but I am listening. just type slow.
Mongo McGinnis: i like myotai the best but she broke off MRO
doug Sosa: here we do short 9 second meditations during the day and then report on them here, whre we meet 4 times a day. but most ofcourse don't come to all sessions.
Keith Sporg: i set this as my home.yall all are very kind.I am going to make some money and I will be back
Adams Rubble: Hello Navi :)
Threedee Shepherd: Come again Keith
doug Sosa: how do you make money?
Kojiro Eretz: Good luck with the money earning.
doug Sosa: guess we'll have to wait and find out.
Mongo McGinnis: computers
Kojiro Eretz: It's hard to make money in SL if you don't have ingame knowledge about building things :/
doug Sosa: I've none.
Mongo McGinnis: i make money by making cinnections and kearning new skills
Mongo McGinnis: but mostly i am here for the buddhism and zen
Kojiro Eretz: I originally came on to meet other people who like anime ...but.....
doug Sosa: what do you hope for from these two?
Kojiro Eretz: Most of the people I found were... immature about things...
doug Sosa: oh we all got mature and are now hopingto be immature again.
Adams Rubble: :)
Kojiro Eretz: XD
Threedee Shepherd: Lately in my 9-sec, my most common observation is of "everything" in my field of view, for which this is no one term, and thus, no word, even though each of the parts "has" a word..
Threedee Shepherd: *there is
doug Sosa: do you have a sense of what is beyond the field of view? I find that is part of it.
Mongo McGinnis: this is who iam fom begiinig to end imagine a two year talking about emptiness
Threedee Shepherd: No doug, I do not
stevenaia Michinaga: do you sense themes over time like this, my experiences are generally unique
doug Sosa: that is intriguing. is it like a room with no outside?

Pema Joins Us

Adams Rubble: Hi Pema :)
Pema Pera: Hi everybody!
Kojiro Eretz: Hi! :D
Mongo McGinnis: hi pema
Threedee Shepherd: Sometimes I am outside and see mountains and trees, 45 minutes, I saw the long sidewalk I was on as if it were a long path in a filed of houses and green.
Threedee Shepherd: Ho i Pema
Threedee Shepherd: *field
doug Sosa: :)
Threedee Shepherd: 45 minutes ago, I meant to say
Threedee Shepherd: <aside> this keyboard MUST be switching letters around, it can't be me :(
Adams Rubble: :)
Kojiro Eretz: Maybe it needs to be cleaned?
Mongo McGinnis: new people here since i was here you have a good group pema
Pema Pera: Thanks, Mongo, and great seeing you again -- has been a while!
Pema Pera: last time was in the old tea house perhaps?
Mongo McGinnis: yes
Kojiro Eretz: Is it strange not to have any speratic thoughts during these 9 second meditation periods?
Threedee Shepherd: Doug, you said "what is beyond the field of view? I find that is part of it." Can you say more about "whatr is beyond" in your experience?
doug Sosa: tuna being grilled gotta rescue it. but one last thought Three.
Threedee Shepherd: No, Kojoiro, that happens for me often.
doug Sosa: i experience what i can see as in a container of effortless being.
Kojiro Eretz: Ah, ok then.

Avastu arrives as Doug departs

doug Sosa: bye.. (as the smoke comes in)..
Adams Rubble: Hello Avastu :)
Threedee Shepherd: Evening Avastu
Pema Pera: Hi Avastu!
Avastu Maruti: hello my friends
Kojiro Eretz: Hi there :D
Mongo McGinnis: hi whats up
Pema Pera: Thank you, Pia, for helping us to get organized with the excerpt project!
Pema Pera: Mongo, we have had 500 or so sessions now
Pema Pera: and we're trying to get some of the most fun parts selected
Pia Iger: You're welcome. Just IMed Syl, we got some foundations done.
Pema Pera: a very hard task of course
Pema Pera: and very ambiguous
Pema Pera: everyone has different preferences
Pema Pera: but together we can make a mashup, a collection
Mongo McGinnis: what is up at the present moment no offense just wonderindering what people are thinking right now
Kojiro Eretz: ... Trying to think of... what to think.....
Pia Iger needs to keep poking fellow guardians for the project.
Mongo McGinnis: non thinking??? or something else
stevenaia Michinaga: it;s like walking into the middle of a story, it takes a moment to get up to speed
Threedee Shepherd: ...I apologize in advance for this Mongo: What I thought when you typed that is that you keep asking that question and not offering a topic.
Mongo McGinnis: havent been here for a while just wondering what we have been up to or discussing
Threedee Shepherd: OK, my sense is that we have only one topic, BEING, and that we spiral and eddy around it in many ways, not trying to "get" anywhere in particular.
Mongo McGinnis: soory talk and i will add in when i have something to say
Adams Rubble: Sorry sleep overtaking. bye everyone :)
Pema Pera: bye Adams
Kojiro Eretz: G night Adams

Adams left here prematurely; there is more to post