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

Eos Amaterasu: Hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hello Eos
Eliza Madrigal: :) like it when the pavilion is grassy
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Eos Amaterasu: Which day will be the broccoli exploration?
     (referring to the 15 Days of Stopping)
Eliza Madrigal: hahaha
Eliza Madrigal: if you like, you can add broccoli to each one... or, brussel sprouts ^.^
Eliza Madrigal: each his or her own skill level
Eos Amaterasu: hmm yes. the art of getting those broccoli tips just soft and crisp enough
Eliza Madrigal: right, and releasing attachment to them as they are completely consumed
Eos Amaterasu: where does the taste go?
Eliza Madrigal ponders a while

Eliza Madrigal: I listened to the artist you posted tonight... absorbing
Eos Amaterasu: Isabel Bayrakdarian? Was just listening to another of the songs
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: her voice changes everything
Eos Amaterasu listens
Eliza Madrigal: just that - that as soon as I began listening, even with the rough recording - the environment entirely changed
Eos Amaterasu: hmm, yes
Eos Amaterasu: amazing what these humans can do :-)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eos Amaterasu: and there's so many variations and ways to do it!
Eliza Madrigal: to do each it, until there seems no it just unique expressions expressing
Eliza Madrigal: some kind of praise
Eos Amaterasu: you seem to be comfortably in some sort of zone, Eliza (like your outfit - loose and warm yet regal)

Eliza Madrigal: thank you :)
Eos Amaterasu: you are "conducting" a great little retreat
Eliza Madrigal: as for the zone... perhaps it is the retreating seeping in
Eliza Madrigal: appreciate your participating... sharings so open and rich - hope tomorrow is not too daunting - a little more of a challenge ;-)
Eos Amaterasu: uh oh!
Eliza Madrigal laughs

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal: today I was gripped by a strong tug to get back to some practices i'd let go for a while, and I wondered if it is simply the opening of retreat stance, even though simple explorations really
Eos Amaterasu: in the mood...
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: and you Eos, how are your zones? :)
Eos Amaterasu: maybe they are plural indeed :-)
Eliza Madrigal listens
Eos Amaterasu: I haven't hatched yet
Eos Amaterasu: (that just came out)
Eliza Madrigal: :)) pre hatching place
Eos Amaterasu: I've also been often remembering to act as if it is my last day
Eos Amaterasu: it puts a really special " " on everything
Eliza Madrigal: wow... please say more
Eos Amaterasu: like that broccoli :-)
Eliza Madrigal: tender in the right places?
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Eos Amaterasu: appreciate and let go simultaneously
Eliza Madrigal: sounds like a beautiful practice in some ways.. though, wonder if practicing that way a lot one might feel they haven't had a first day
Eliza Madrigal: (strange thing to ask?)
Eos Amaterasu: might be the same day
Eos Amaterasu: it's like you go to the gap, you discover it, recognize it
Eos Amaterasu: and then you come from that, which is from freshness, first day
Eliza Madrigal: I see.. so not as much about "I would do this" but hm...
Eliza Madrigal: isn't this all quite precious
Eliza Madrigal: ?
Eos Amaterasu: it's fun....
Eos Amaterasu: like letting Eliza guide us into who knows where over 15 days!
Eliza Madrigal giggles wildly... Eliza driving... up into the mountains...
Eos Amaterasu: this group trusts you, and will follow you anywhere :-)
Eliza Madrigal: hope it isn't that.. not trust of me...
Eos Amaterasu: maybe it trusts what you trust
Eliza Madrigal: I can taste that we are all "trying and seeing" though, when I read... there is a layered richness
Eliza Madrigal: ah, indeed ... some mutual heart
Eliza Madrigal: it is really hard for me to "stop" lately... needed this

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal: "perfume my own mind"
Eos Amaterasu sniffs internally
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: still considering your "acting like it is your last day" - that is a bit like dream practiice
Eliza Madrigal: hm.. and today Wester wrote that life is as real as a rainbow :)
Eos Amaterasu: refracted higgs boson :-)
Eos Amaterasu: yes, a bit like dream in that this lifetime is like a bubble in a bigger bubbling?
Eliza Madrigal: and in every departure an arrival

Eos Amaterasu: Actually, speaking of stories, which I thought of doing a "last day" I remembered one occasion when I helped CT Mukpo start the day
Eliza Madrigal smiles and listens happily
Eos Amaterasu: carefully cleaning his glasses.... he looked at them... I cleaned them again
Eliza Madrigal: aw
Eos Amaterasu: sense of deliberateness, almost heavy, in the sense that attention was not elsewhere
Eos Amaterasu: but also suspended
Eos Amaterasu: I hadn't thought of that in a long time
Eliza Madrigal: and you... so attentive with him
Eos Amaterasu: contagious :-)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: not elsewhere but suspended... can feel that
Eos Amaterasu: how to play as being :-)
Eliza Madrigal: completely seriously and completely lightly
Eos Amaterasu: ha ha , yes
Eos Amaterasu: am more attentive to how human beings are, each person no less an expression than me
Eliza Madrigal: each encounter entirely new
Eliza Madrigal: yet somehow enriched by the histories and stories... a wonder really
Eos Amaterasu: I've found delightful somehow this performance by Luna of Voodoo Chile; a girl several generations from Hendrix and yet playing his music delighfully new
Eliza Madrigal clicks
Eos Amaterasu: performing on the "Gayageum", a Korean string instrument
Eliza Madrigal: delightful!!
Eos Amaterasu: amazing things in all sorts of corners :-)
Eliza Madrigal: we live in amazing times.. access to so much

--BELL--

Eliza Madrigal: great timing - she ended just before the ding :)
Eos Amaterasu: ding an sich
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eliza Madrigal: So last night, you signed off before I could spotlight you for your PaB story :) I know your arrival a bit because I interviewed you early on... but... I wonder if you have thoughts on how everything has evolved and where you first approached from :)
Eos Amaterasu: :-)
Eos Amaterasu: I don't know... we seem to be in a rich phase now, in many ways
Eos Amaterasu: although I think with fewer numbers
Eos Amaterasu: is that also your impression?
Eliza Madrigal: yes, very much so
Eliza Madrigal: and your own personal exploration within the group one?

Eos Amaterasu: woof!
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, hello Para ::::::rubs ears::::
Paradise Tennant: smiles and wags her tail and listens
Eliza Madrigal: was just putting Eos on the spot ^.^
Eos Amaterasu: saved by the pup
Eliza Madrigal: hahaa
Eos Amaterasu: what comes to mind is more appreciating how different people are, that there are different ways of being and experiencing and expressing than my particular way
Eos Amaterasu: I think there's something very magical that we somehow manage to circle around
Eos Amaterasu: and play with and allow to happen
Eos Amaterasu: it feels like just the beginning
Eliza Madrigal: first day :)
Eos Amaterasu: still hatching
Paradise Tennant: ;;)
Eliza Madrigal: thank you.. that's quite profound and, yes
Eliza Madrigal remembers belt buckle ;-)

Eliza Madrigal: Paradise..you are so cute :)))
Paradise Tennant: I know !! like it a lot so much fun :)
Eliza Madrigal: haha... with your "waggedy tail"
Eliza Madrigal: wanted to say too para, how much I liked your project and card for Art of Being
Eliza Madrigal: eloquent
Paradise Tennant: smiles thank you :))
Paradise Tennant: aph suggested I do a poem and I thought oh easy enough :))
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Paradise Tennant: having no building skills I usually just rummage around in my inventory until I find something that works
Eliza Madrigal: if no building skills you are a good arranger :)
Paradise Tennant: yes I can rez with the best of them :)) also a creative shopper :)
Eos Amaterasu: rezourcelful
Eliza Madrigal: ha ha
Eliza Madrigal: I'd better get going... must open the next page for retreat and also sleep :)
Paradise Tennant: okies nite nite eliza :) nice to see you :)
Eliza Madrigal: thanks for this time Eos, and so nice to see you Paradise :)))
Eos Amaterasu: good night, Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: ♥ ♥ ♥
Eos Amaterasu: ((()))

--BELL--

Eos Amaterasu: Well, time for me to go to bed
Paradise Tennant: smiles getting a little sleepy too
Eos Amaterasu: meanwhile, you might enjoy this, para pup: 
Paradise Tennant: nite nite eos sweet dreams