2016.02.22 07:00 - Day of Miracles

The Guardian for this meeting was Eden Haiku. The comments are by Eden Haiku.

Are y’all there and here also?

Bleu Oleander: 's current display-name is "Bleu".
Bleu Oleander: hi Eliza
Eliza Madrigal: Hola!
Eden Haiku: Hi Eliza :)
Eden Haiku: How are you this morning ladies?
Eliza Madrigal: :) when you enter a room in first life, do you fidget to find the right situation/seating comfort?
Bleu Oleander: hiya Riddle
Eliza Madrigal: Hi Riddle :)

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Hi Riddle :) Yes Eliza, kinda fidget :)
Bleu Oleander: ok done fidgeting :)
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Riddle Sideways: sorry, ouch
Eliza Madrigal: am doing okay Eden, ty - you?
Riddle Sideways: usually don't land here directly
Riddle Sideways: ... hi All
Eden Haiku: Are you still on tablet Riddle?
Riddle Sideways: no, at home
Riddle Sideways: not many excuses for typos today
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Riddle Sideways: are y'all there and here also?
Eliza Madrigal: hahaha
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eden Haiku: Both RLand SL yes :)
Eliza Madrigal checks
Bleu Oleander: ha!
Eliza Madrigal: still not sure
Bleu Oleander: what criteria are u using?
Bleu Oleander: lol
Eden Haiku: In checkered and striped pink pyjamas and socks in RL :)
Riddle Sideways: "How can you be in 2 places at once, when your nowhere at all" - Buckaroo Bonsai and also Firesign Theater
Riddle Sideways: colorful :)
Bleu Oleander: i'm here ... my dog knows that too well :)

¨There is nothing behind the trees¨

Eden Haiku: Read somewhere online this morning; "There is nothing behind the trees "
Eliza Madrigal: I'm choosing a RL hair over SL hair for once, and comfort of leggings over the fitted pants, but red shirt and sound of fountain
Eliza Madrigal: hmm, Eden.... read that in a poem?
Riddle Sideways: what is the ref, Eden
Riddle Sideways: seeing the forest for the tress?
Eden Haiku: A poet's web site yes. He has a changing tagline, a nice feature I would like to use in mine
Eden Haiku: A French poet unfortunately Eliza. Bruno Ruiz.
Eliza Madrigal: sounds Spanish
Eliza Madrigal: but a nice idea, fresh lines each refresh
Eliza Madrigal: many sites do some translation, but one has to sort of impose the poeticness often
Eden Haiku: If I go fetch the site, I won't be able to type anymore. Yes, his father was Spanish, a Republican who fled in France after Franco won.
Eliza Madrigal: ah, I see
Eden Haiku: Yes Riddle, I thinks it means something like " seeing the forest for the trees " ;)
Eliza Madrigal: (please don't go looking, would rather have your company) :)
Eden Haiku: Like when one reads TSK and seems to catch a meaning and then it vanished into thin air :)
Riddle Sideways: yep :}
Eliza Madrigal: even after reading several times, sometimes
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Riddle Sideways: trying to grasp the meaning object and it goes transluicent and expands to poof
Eliza Madrigal: I like that it isn't sticky in that way, mostly, but can be frustrating to wait for it, or mind to open up

Advertising sessions

Eden Haiku: Read in the guardian meeting group report that Steve is going to advertise his session on SL. Maybe we should do as well Riddle, advertise our sessions, what do you think?
Riddle Sideways: do like your 'Allowing' statements
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Bleu Oleander: he's going to try it for next sat
Eden Haiku: Yes, allowing I seem to grasp :)
Eliza Madrigal: Oh, great. It is a good idea to try ... see how it goes
Bleu Oleander: if you want to do that, you have to be an owner or a group member with the ability to "host events"
Riddle Sideways: hmmmm, will think about pop-up adverts on every search engine page
Eliza Madrigal: hm
Bleu Oleander: steve can give you that ability if you want it
Eden Haiku: Oh, we would need to be group members with the ability to 'host events",,,,
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eden Haiku: Well, maybe I will wait to see how it goes for him first:)
Eliza Madrigal nods
Riddle Sideways: oh, read FB instead of SL
Bleu Oleander: you can also do it on your own property if you want
Bleu Oleander: minimum needed is a 512 piece of land that you own
Eden Haiku: Advertise meeting or set up ability to host Bleu ?
Riddle Sideways: our group owns this land?
Bleu Oleander: right
Eden Haiku: Do I have to host on that land?
Bleu Oleander: so any group member who has the "host event" ability can advertise an event on the group land

--BELL--

Riddle Sideways: ok
Bleu Oleander: on your own land, you already have that ability as owner
Bleu Oleander: so for example, Eliza could advertise a session on her land
Eden Haiku: Ah ok. So I would have to ask Steve to set up the ability to 'host event' here in the pavilion?
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eden Haiku: Ok, thanks Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: he can give you that ability
Eliza Madrigal: If it goes well for Stevie and he gets more sincere interest than griefers, then it makes sense for others
Bleu Oleander: we might have to set up a new category for that
Eliza Madrigal: *She
Riddle Sideways: :)
Bleu Oleander: *she :)
Riddle Sideways: personal gender pronouns can be dropped

Dusting off old powers

Eden Haiku: Then I'm not sure I would be ready to deal with new visitors. Even following a conversation with four of us here is not that easy :)
Riddle Sideways: in the war against pronouns
Eliza Madrigal: It used to be a nice feeling to introduce pab, and to, if not hosting, support each other in welcoming someone
Bleu Oleander: you can always eject them if they get out of hand
Eliza Madrigal nods
Eliza Madrigal: would take dusting off old powers
Eden Haiku: Yes, that’s true :)
Bleu Oleander: I'll try to attend steve's sat session if I can
Eden Haiku: Ah, good idea. Will try too.
Eliza Madrigal: evenings have been hard to attend, but we'll see :)
Riddle Sideways: it is good to dust off some old powers
Eliza Madrigal: :))
Riddle Sideways: umm, no intro notecard giver in this pavillion
Riddle Sideways: it is in the sign outside?
Bleu Oleander: might be fun to advertise an open house and give tours
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Bleu Oleander: in the sign
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, open house tours means cleaning up

Open tour of PaB?

Eden Haiku: Yes! I love the open tour idea. You know I found Kira cafe and PaB through advertisements when i first came?
Eliza Madrigal: setting out tea....
Eden Haiku: Putting on our best clothes :)
Eliza Madrigal: did you do a search Eden?
Riddle Sideways: really, Eden?
Bleu Oleander: btw, i've been working on some designs for our 8 party ... do you like the one on my tshirt?
Eliza Madrigal: I guess that's the thing.... a million advertisements and efforts are worth getting to know one "Eden", or "Bleu", or "Riddle"
Riddle Sideways: "ge8"
Eliza Madrigal zooms....
Eden Haiku: Yes. I had read about this group trying to find out 'the nature of reality" but had no LM. So i went to a reading event at Kira. Was more familiar with SL poetry readings and such.
Riddle Sideways: "gr8"
Eden Haiku: Then I just tumbled down from the skybox and ended up in the gardens of the PaB village. Then found my way to a session :)
Eliza Madrigal: stylish and bright, Bleu. I thought you were wearing a previous t-shirt til I zoomed
Bleu Oleander: a friend of mine suggested that the "gr" might refer to the "grande route" in France ... a series of footpaths ... I thought that was a nice metaphor
Eliza Madrigal: Ohh that's right Kira was in the sky at first
Eliza Madrigal: one time I was too shy to walk in late to a time meeting so I hovered outside listening (was in voice)
Eliza Madrigal: I didn't know others would know, lol
Eden Haiku: Oh my Eliza :)
Bleu Oleander: I remember having a booth at the Kira open house :)
Eden Haiku: A booth ?
Riddle Sideways: oh yes, there was the sky platform with booths
Riddle Sideways: for an open house
Bleu Oleander: we had a booth for our salons :)
Riddle Sideways: that memory was almost lost
Eden Haiku: With your paintings Bleu ?
Eliza Madrigal: I went to that exhibit... first time I sat and chatted with pabers outside of session.. genesis and solobil
Bleu Oleander: yes, was fun
Riddle Sideways: sat and chatted with so many

SL salons

Bleu Oleander: we did salons back then
Eden Haiku: Genesis....such a long time ago. A sweet girl.
Bleu Oleander: seems ages ago now
Eliza Madrigal: the only salon I attended I think, was Eden's poetry reading
Eliza Madrigal: which was lovely
Bleu Oleander: yes was great
Bleu Oleander: we actually did a whole year of salons
Eden Haiku: I went to Gracie Kendal's salon I think and another one about waves....
Bleu Oleander: met a lot of very interesting people
Eliza Madrigal: all in oleanders, hearing bleu's voice for the first time, asking questions
Bleu Oleander: :)
Eliza Madrigal: Eden, and another poet was there too...
Bleu Oleander: yes
Eliza Madrigal searches memory
Eden Haiku: My friend Ulrich L. seems to be gone from SL now,
Bleu Oleander: yes!
Eliza Madrigal: aha, yes
Eden Haiku: He left Twitter first
Eliza Madrigal: pulled away from social medias?
Eden Haiku: Doesn't respond to emails either
Eliza Madrigal: aw

--BELL--

Eden Haiku: Yeah. [edited out some personal details here]

Eliza Madrigal: oh dear
Riddle Sideways: sad
Bleu Oleander: hopefully he's ok
Eliza Madrigal: not a great feeling, someone disappearing that way
Eden Haiku: Maybe I should take this last bit of info from the log though.. [I did]

Eliza Madrigal nods, since his name is here
Bleu Oleander: probably, yes
Eliza Madrigal: Today is "day of miracles" - will think happy thoughts for him
Eden Haiku: Maybe he's only pulling away from social media. Is SL a social media by the way?
Bleu Oleander: I think so

Today is Day of Miracles!

Eden Haiku: Howcome 'day of miracles' Eliza ?
XEliza Madrigal: this is the first full moon after Losar/lunar New Year
Riddle Sideways: back, from display driver crash
Eliza Madrigal: so it is considered a day when any practice you do is multiplied
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: Welcome back Riddle, Did the kitty ate up your computer connection?
Eliza Madrigal: lots of buddhists meeting for mantras and rituals today
Eden Haiku: Oh, nice to hear Eliza :)
Eliza Madrigal: fun :)
Riddle Sideways: ah, like matching donations
Eliza Madrigal gigggles wildly
Eliza Madrigal: yes
Eliza Madrigal: I think of it as, "any excuse"

Pilgrimages

Bleu Oleander: my friend just started the Shikoku pilgrimage this weekend ... do you know of it?
Eliza Madrigal: I don't, but that's very interesting... in Japan you mentioned?
Eden Haiku: oh your friend in Japan!
Bleu Oleander: http://simplyjustwalking.com/2016/02/18/88-temple-pilgrimage-shikoku-japan/
Bleu Oleander: she is from Austria and Arizona ... just now starting this pilgrimage
Bleu Oleander: it will take her about 2 months
Bleu Oleander: 88 temples
Riddle Sideways: that would be wonderful
Eden Haiku: Wow!
Bleu Oleander: amazing that she's doing that
Riddle Sideways: one for each note on piano
Eliza Madrigal: wow would so love that
Bleu Oleander: you can "follow" her blog as she goes
Eliza Madrigal: beautiful
Eliza Madrigal: I remember Wol wanted to do the poet's walk in Kyoto but wasn't able to fit it in
Bleu Oleander: she'll be posting photos and haikus
Eliza Madrigal: 800 miles @@
Bleu Oleander: exactly
Eliza Madrigal: (reading)
Bleu Oleander: she's doing it by herself
Eden Haiku: Yes, I will ;) 88 keys on a piano Riddle? I didn't know that...Then you can play the music of the Infinite :)
Eden Haiku: And your friend is reading TSK as she goes along if I am not mistaken?
Bleu Oleander: yes that's right
Eliza Madrigal: "simply. just. walking" love that
Eden Haiku: I will visit her blog from my laptop. This iMac here can explode in advertisements anytime. So annoying. I have to do something about it and I need to upgrade Firestorm too...
Eliza Madrigal: "kiss the ground with your feet" as Thich Nhat Hanh says
Bleu Oleander: she has posted some of her other treks as well but this one is her longest one
Bleu Oleander: I must get going
Eden Haiku: I love Marina Abramovic book and experience on the Great Wall of China with her partner.
Bleu Oleander: so nice to be with you all this morning
Eliza Madrigal: Okay have a lovely day Bleu :) you too!
Eden Haiku: Nice to see you Bleu :)
Bleu Oleander: u 2 !!
Riddle Sideways: so nice!
Riddle Sideways: by bLeu
Bleu Oleander: bye bye
Eliza Madrigal: they met in middle, Eden?
Eden Haiku: Yes, they did!
Eden Haiku: And then they parted, They ritualized their separation :)
Eliza Madrigal: ahhh that's right, whoa

--BELL--

Meeting of minds

Eden Haiku: And then there is a video where they meet again, after many years. He shows up at her exhibit. She's sitting in front of an empty chair in which anyone can sit and the scene is filmed. He read about it and went to the event. She didn't know. It’s very moving. In silence. Meeting of the eyes only.
Eden Haiku: Will add the link to the video from my laptop :)

VIDEO link: Marina Abramovic Meet Ulay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLbFugaFyAA
Riddle Sideways: oh, starting to remember this
Eliza Madrigal: documentary was very moving, did see that....
Riddle Sideways: please give link again
Eliza Madrigal: astounded at people so clear about their work
Eden Haiku: yes, will give link Riddle :)
Eden Haiku: yes, me too Eliza. She's wonderful this artist...
Eliza Madrigal: displayed the vehicle they lived in too... seems rare to have such a meeting of minds, even if for a time
Eden Haiku: I would love to be as focused as she is. I'm scattered in so many "selves" and "places" and "languages" and "art forms" and "projects"...
Eliza Madrigal: you seem clear in your way, Eden!!
Eliza Madrigal: certainly prolific, able to convey and captivate
Eden Haiku: Sometimes, yes, I tell myself it is "my way"...Not muh choice anyway. But still working on reuniting all the scattered parts :)
Eliza Madrigal nods... life's work
Eliza Madrigal: ::basks in Eden appreciation with Agatha::::
Riddle Sideways: seems they are united, in you
Riddle Sideways: *!
Eden Haiku: Yes, that was lovely Eliza. I was blushing :)
Eliza Madrigal: :)
Eden Haiku: "United in me": I like that Riddle.
Eden Haiku: There is certainly a part which is aware of the stranded bits of "I', the estranged parts and so on.
Riddle Sideways: as the center of a wheel-like image, your view is the scattered rays expanding out of you
Eliza Madrigal visions
Eden Haiku: Very nice image yes Riddle. I can see that.
Riddle Sideways: however, (and to all others) it looks like you are the uniting center
Riddle Sideways: easy to see about somebody else :)
Eliza Madrigal: fractaling
Riddle Sideways: why so hard to see in self?
Eliza Madrigal: true, Riddle :)
Eden Haiku: hehe yes, fractals...
Eden Haiku: It’s the same for everyone I guess :)
Eliza Madrigal: maybe then we'd spend all attention looking inward rather than finding self in others... in surroundings, etc
Riddle Sideways: oh dear, think you are right
Eliza Madrigal: then again, even going inward, find others and surroundings :)
Riddle Sideways: that fractual effect
Eliza Madrigal smiles
Eden Haiku: Flying by opening and closing our wings :)
Riddle Sideways: inward or outward seeing the repeating theme, you and all
Eliza Madrigal: mmm
Eliza Madrigal: sigh... need to go to make sure I get things done before session later... hope you both can make it but if not don't worry, meant to be light :)
Riddle Sideways: hope you don't have to do lots of work for session
Eden Haiku: Yes, I will be there Eliza. At Cat’s session. at 1pm
Riddle Sideways: we are not worth it
Eliza Madrigal: nope, but lots of other things to be able to focus on session
Eden Haiku: Riddle :)
Riddle Sideways: George?
Eliza Madrigal: nothing more worth it all
Eliza Madrigal: him too, hahah
Eliza Madrigal: okay bye for now (srry bell)
Eden Haiku: Give my love to George :)
Riddle Sideways: by buy
Eliza Madrigal: ♥ ♥ ♥
Eliza Madrigal: ♥ ♥ ♥
Eden Haiku: Bell has stopped being oversensitive to our talking over her silence :)
Riddle Sideways: need to go too, garbage/recycling day (oh and make money)
Eden Haiku: Have a nice day Riddle, thanks for coming :)
Riddle Sideways: later