2013.03.10 08:00 - Guardians Session: Open Other End

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    Attending today's Guardians Session were: Adams, Aggers, Aph, Bleu, Catrina, Druth, Eliza, Eos, Louis, MellowDee, Raffila, Sun, Wol, Xiri & Zen. The few comments are by Eliza, who moved the long greetings to the end of the page. 

    Topics for the next two weeks (see toward session end for inspiration):

    1)  What stops?
    Zen (zen.arado): stopping link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...it?usp=sharing


     2)  Appreciate the Presence of Appearance as a Presentation of/by Being

    “Appreciate the presence of appearance as a presentation by Being”. It would only be later we would learn this phrase predated PaB. Pema Pera:

    “Appreciate the presence of appearance as a presentation by Being”

     

     Pema Pera: The way to read this is from the end
     Pema Pera: There is Being — Being is all there really IS
     Pema Pera: Being presents
     Pema Pera: What does Being present?
     Pema Pera: appearance
     Pema Pera: more specifically:
     Pema Pera: the presence of appearance
     Pema Pera: and what can we do with that?
     Pema Pera: Appreciate it
     Pia Iger: so easy 
     Pema Pera: yes!!
     Pema Pera: once you learn to subtract, it all becomes very easy.
     Pema Pera: easier and easier as you go along
     Pema Pera: and “progress” becomes faster and faster
     Pema Pera: almost unfairly so
     
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    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Great to see everyone - shall we jump right in, beginning with party updates?
    Wol Euler nods.
    druth Vlodovic: I second the motion bleu
    Aphrodite Macbain: sure
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hehe
    Agatha Macbeth jumps
    Sunshine (szavanna) jumps too
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Aph would you like to let us know how things are going and what is still needed?
    Louis Onyett: counter jumps?
    Aphrodite Macbain: hmmm
    Sunshine (szavanna): °͜° listens to Aph
     
               POETRY
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: nothing new to report except for the poetry reading on April 6 and the retreat
    Eos Amaterasu opens calendar
    Aphrodite Macbain: Everyone is invited to find their inner poet and participate in the poetry reading
     
    Eos Amaterasu looks in inventory
    Aphrodite Macbain: on April 6.
    Agatha Macbeth looks for her inner poet
    Bleu (bleu.oleander) looks within for inner poet
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes please look into inner inventories
    Agatha Macbeth: Snap
    Aphrodite Macbain: Please send me the poems by [wrong date given]
    Eos Amaterasu: autopoeisis
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): autopoets
    druth Vlodovic: :)
    Adams Rubble: March 30?
    Agatha Macbeth: Bless you
    Aphrodite Macbain: wordsmiths as well as poets are accepted
    Catrinamonblue: Aph needs more coffee :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes
    Eos Amaterasu: April 6
    Aphrodite Macbain: March 30 :/
    Aphrodite Macbain: I sent out an email to all pabbers and friends
    Eos Amaterasu: Oh, send poems by March 30
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes
    Zen (zen.arado): :/
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and this will take place in the Molecule Theater.... we get to fancy up
    Aphrodite Macbain: ony 1 cup of coffee so far
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes
    Bleu (bleu.oleander) muses about her outfit for poetry reading
    Aphrodite Macbain: you can either read it in voice pr put it in text only
    Raffila Millgrove: if there's sufficient poetry to warrant.. can you extend a bit beyond a 30 minutes?
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes
    Sunshine (szavanna) muses about Bleu's outfit
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :P
    Aphrodite Macbain: of course
    Sunshine (szavanna): :)
     
    Eos Amaterasu: what does a poet look like?
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): how should one look as a poet?
    Sunshine (szavanna): poety
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): snap
    Raffila Millgrove is only tossing in some haiku.. so.. no epics from me.
    Aphrodite Macbain: wise, thoughtful, silly, and strange
    Eos Amaterasu hearing *snap*
    Zen (zen.arado): poetic
    Aphrodite Macbain: no epics allowed
    Louis Onyett: Oh double snap, muses about Bleu and Sunji's outfits
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :P
    Eos Amaterasu: crackle
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: Did everyone get my email?
    Zen (zen.arado): the rime of the ancient pab
    Aphrodite Macbain: anyone?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes Aph... good to keep reminding too, thank you
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes I did
    Wol Euler: /me nods.
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): sometimes emails are put aside for "later"
    Aphrodite Macbain: great. I hope there will be a big turnout
    Aphrodite Macbain: Eliza, could you talk about the retreat you have proposed
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): the later monster gobbles up things in my inbox from time to time
    Wol Euler: so true
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): sure
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Aphrodite Macbain: hungry monster
     
    Bleu (bleu.oleander) makes note to self ... write a poem
    Aphrodite Macbain: about PaB and you
    Aphrodite Macbain: celebrating pab
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): or Being? or Being you? lol
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): PaB and me
    Aphrodite Macbain: being is ok too
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: and appearing
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): being me
    Zen (zen.arado): being a pabian
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: ummm
    Aphrodite Macbain: Eliza?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): see... so many different ideas
    Aphrodite Macbain: can you describe the retreat idea?
    Wol Euler: perhaps write the poem that feels appropriate to you?
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): being me at PaB ... hey that rhymes
    Agatha Macbeth nods @ Wol
     
                 Stopping and Dropping
                         (RETREAT)
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes Aph, on the way.. so the retreat notion is to offer a few different times at which we can gather for more quiet reflection...
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): as well as a pre-retreat exploration leading into those times
    Agatha Macbeth: Sounds good
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Eos, Wol, San and I will be available in the retreat space... though maybe not always all at once
    Eos Amaterasu: warm up the mirror neurons
    Aphrodite Macbain: could you describe the pre-retreat?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): the set times are 5pm on Friday, and 5am and 5pm on Sat/Sunday....
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes Aph.. on way ;-)
    Aphrodite Macbain: sorry~
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): its fine... fingers not so fast :))
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Okay so the pre-retreat is similar to the 99 days exploration, for those who are familiar with that...
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): for those unfamiliar it is simply that I'll make a page for us to share in a collective exploration ...
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): or rather to explore on our own and then share in one place about how "stopping and dropping" is going
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): one thing I noticed in conversations this week, is that dropping is a little ambiguous still....
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and maybe that is because we have not really explored "stopping" well ?
    Wol Euler nods.
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's hard to stop
    Bleu (bleu.oleander):is stopping a prerequisite for dropping?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): so I hope, on these pages, to give some inspiration toward that...
    Aphrodite Macbain: good question Bleu
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and still let everyone work with it in their own way
     
    Catrinamonblue: sounds good for those of us struggling with that thanks Eliza
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): when does this start Eliza?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): (rereads what I just wrote to see what I left out, hah)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): March 22 is when I'll make the page and will send a note
    Agatha Macbeth grins
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ty :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): It will last for 15 days prior to retreat/party weekend
    Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks for doing this Eliza
    druth Vlodovic: maybe a link to the collector page?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and the suggestion is that everyone spend 15 minutes on their own each of those 15 days.. however, of course, that is just a suggestion
    Wol Euler: doesn't exist yet, druth :)
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Right... I'll probably use the 99 days template, although I thought about just overlapping WITH 99 days
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): think that is too confusing?
    Aphrodite Macbain: If you do it we will come
    Agatha Macbeth: Well I get it, so should think others will ;-)
    Raffila Millgrove: er.. could it have it's own section/place for those of us not in 99 days..
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): OK, yes it can
    druth Vlodovic: I'd be confused
    Wol Euler: separate is probably less confusing
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): thanks for the feedback... separate it is
    Agatha Macbeth: Right
    Raffila Millgrove: yes.
    Raffila Millgrove: ty
    Wol Euler: but we could certainly link the day pages of both to each other
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Okay so the last thing is that the sessions during the weekend are each their own...
    Aphrodite Macbain: shall we call it something else?
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): 15 days
    Aphrodite Macbain: ~listens
    Aphrodite Macbain: why not?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): which means that while normally during a retreat it is asked that people set aside the time in RL to also 'retreat'... these could almost be called cool down sessions :))
    Raffila Millgrove: it's this the PAB 5th anniversary retreat?
    Aphrodite Macbain: stopping sessions
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): these will be during the festivities and anyone can attend just one or all sessions
    Raffila Millgrove: that seems an ok title for it.
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes, stopping sessions
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes Raffi
    Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks Eliza
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): we will likely still draw from the stopping/dropping exploration in those sessions but not in a very structured way
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): there will be times for silence, for simple sharing, then silence, basically
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): anything to add Wol or Eos?
     
              APRIL 1 THEME SESSION
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: Eliza will also lead a theme session on April 1 to mark the realy APB anniversary
    Aphrodite Macbain: right Eliza?
    Agatha Macbeth: Great
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): I happen to host April 1st evening
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): nice
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): so yes would be nice to give the session a box and bow of some sort :))
    Aphrodite Macbain: nice kick-off
    Wol Euler: /me smiles.
    Eos Amaterasu: come in your tuxes and gowns
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) smiles
    Agatha Macbeth: Will do
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): wear our PaB outfits
     
                  ART!
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: people are encouraged to celebrate in their own plot in some way
    Aphrodite Macbain: we are hoping we will get some more suggestions for logo design
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes!
    Aphrodite Macbain: to send to Bleu
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes!
    Aphrodite Macbain: who will incorporate them in to our party decorations
    Sunshine (szavanna): :)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): balloons at Pavilion are free to take and decorate with your own designs
    Aphrodite Macbain: and dont forget Art As Being
     
    Sunshine (szavanna): I started at my plot with a few things
    Aphrodite Macbain: yayy Sun
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes Art of Being Five
    Aphrodite Macbain: -ji
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes pls IM me if you need help with Art of Being
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): and me too
    Sunshine (szavanna): hehe Aphji °͜°
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Sunshine (szavanna): and Bleuji too
    Aphrodite Macbain: jijis
    Sunshine (szavanna): we are very IMable
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): can start installing monday the 18th
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Sunshine (szavanna): °͜°
     
                  "INTRO TO PAB" PROJECT
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: druth has been working on a wonderful project as well
    Aphrodite Macbain: do you want to say anything about it druth?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): ah, yes saw your decorations at the Sunshine hut
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) listens
    druth Vlodovic: not much to say I'm afraid
    druth Vlodovic: I'm putting together a sort of "intro to pab" slash in-world index to the wiki
    druth Vlodovic: you've seen the makings of it next to the dome
    Sunshine (szavanna): :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :))
    Sunshine (szavanna): IM me Druthy
    Aphrodite Macbain: behid Sunji's place
    druth Vlodovic: ages ago i sent out an e-mail request for information I'd like to populate it with
    Sunshine (szavanna): if you need something
    druth Vlodovic: but that can be done over time,since it is an installation rather than a presentation
    Aphrodite Macbain: it will continue beyond the party celebrations
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): an evolving project
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): it is a lot of fun... really like the way its taking shape
    druth Vlodovic:if anyone would be interested in contributing pop over to the ghost pavillion and click stuff,it'll give you notecards of what sorts of info I am looking for
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): bridge between wiki life and sl life :)
    druth Vlodovic: and,of course,I'm interested in your ideas and suggestions as well
    Aphrodite Macbain: I'm working on A PaB chronology of major events, builds and ideas to put in the museum
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): big project ... thank you for starting this
    druth Vlodovic: since it is supposed to represent the sim
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: Thanks druth. Is there anything in particular you need ?
    Aphrodite Macbain: that we can help you with?
    druth Vlodovic: there is a list, if you want it :-P
    Aphrodite Macbain: maybe send it out by email again
    Sunshine (szavanna): send me :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes thats best
    druth Vlodovic: one thing that might make it more fun is to have a collection of anecdotes or poems you think would be interesting to people
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): taken all together it seems like a lot but really each is quite simple and a good excuse to play with friends
    Aphrodite Macbain: smiles
    druth Vlodovic: oh yes
    Sunshine (szavanna): °͜°
    Aphrodite Macbain: so, that's it for now
    druth Vlodovic: does anyone know how to scripts menus?
    Wol Euler: sure, we can discuss that later
    Wol Euler: (druth)
    Aphrodite Macbain: good!
    druth Vlodovic: I've been playing with a few i got but it's a bear
    druth Vlodovic: ok,thanks
    Aphrodite Macbain: hard to play with bears
    druth Vlodovic: :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): bear :)
    Wol Euler: dangerous too
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yay :) sees each of us with puzzle pieces behind their backs
    Sunshine (szavanna): only Woly can tackle
    Raffila Millgrove slips away quietly...due to busy rl day. tc all.
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): bye Raffi
    Agatha Macbeth: Just don't sleep in their beds
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Bye Raffila :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): take care Raffi °͜°
    Zen (zen.arado): bye Raffi
    Catrinamonblue: bye Raff :)
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: If any of you have additional ideas about how we can celebrate PAB's 5th please tell me
     
               SYNCHRONIZED TOAST
     
    Wol Euler: bye raffi, take care
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): bye bye Raffi
    Agatha Macbeth: Bye Raff
    Aphrodite Macbain: waves at raffi
    Louis Onyett: Bye, raff
    Aphrodite Macbain: If any of you have additional ideas about how we can celebrate PAB's 5th please tell me
    Wol Euler: synchronized toast
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): and rice
    Aphrodite Macbain: imagines hundreds of toasters popping up toast
    Agatha Macbeth: Absolutely
    Wol Euler: everyone have a glass or bottle of what htey find enjoyable and appropriate ready, and a signal from the GOC we drink together, around the world
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): like the one Storm made to fly on?
    Aphrodite Macbain: great idea Wol
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): that's a lovely idea Wol
    Eos Amaterasu: global toast
    Wol Euler: heh, you people must all be hungry.
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Catrinamonblue: Wol missed our foodie session this morning :)
    Eos Amaterasu: raise a glass to the hard-working Pabbers
    Aphrodite Macbain: Wol, could you coordinate that?
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ham with mUSt-art
    Zen (zen.arado): Champagne?
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): oops and pickles
     
    Wol Euler: nothing to coordinate :) each of us buys, GOC says "go", we all say "skol" or "prosit" or whatever
    Aphrodite Macbain: giggles
    Eos Amaterasu: na zdrowie
    Agatha Macbeth: Bless you
    Sunshine (szavanna): egeszsegedre
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): btw, with the party goings-on, do we have an invitation we are sending out? originally we'd mentioned the celebrations being a good reason to do a kind of outreach to hear from people we haven't in a while/include them
    Sunshine (szavanna): :)
    Agatha Macbeth: You too
    Eos Amaterasu: take a 9 second sip
    Sunshine (szavanna): lol
    Eos Amaterasu: intoxicate the moment
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): big gulp :)
    Wol Euler: good idea, eliza
    Zen (zen.arado): 90 second sip
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes Eliza, we will send out an invitation with a list of all the events on it once we have worked out all the events
    Sunshine (szavanna): siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiip
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): sunji!
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): great, ty :))
    Sunshine (szavanna): sorry
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): tsk tsk
    Sunshine (szavanna): serious
    Sunshine (szavanna): °͜°
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): (some might want to toast with soup) :::slurp:::::
    Aphrodite Macbain: oh no!
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): srsly
    Wol Euler: perhaps a pre-invitation very soon now, so that people whose principal mail address is not the one known to us, have a fair chance to hear of the party
    Agatha Macbeth: And cheese
    Aphrodite Macbain: so that's "my" report
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): cheesy
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hey Mel :)
    druth Vlodovic: also some people have very tight schedules and might need to plan ahead
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): thanks for all your work Aph, and Sun, Bleu, Druth, everyone etc....
    Zen (zen.arado): Hi Mel
    Sunshine (szavanna): Mel :)
    Agatha Macbeth: /me nods
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Mel!
    MellowDee (melody1778): hi
    Sunshine (szavanna): ty Liz ❤
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ty Eliza!!
    Agatha Macbeth: Hi MD
    Wol Euler: hello mel
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes, I will try and send the invitation out (with Aggers help) by the 15th
    Wol Euler: thank you, eliza, for gently pushing all this along, as usual!
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Mel it is nice to see you - we've been talking about Art of Being and Birthday celebrations
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): don't forget your art of being projects .... !!
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) is a pusher... but at least gentle one :) ty
    MellowDee (melody1778): thank you, I am sorry I have not been around much
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes IM me °͜°
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hello Mel! :-)
     
    Zen (zen.arado): you have to know aht you want to do before you need help with doing it though :(
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Aphrodite Macbain: think "five"
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): just do it
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): I find that just getting around others who are working on things brings up ideas
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes
    Sunshine (szavanna): I love that Bleuji "just do it"
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): do first ... think later
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): start at the end :)
    Wol Euler: right
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes!
    Zen (zen.arado): yeh..stop thinking Zen
    Agatha Macbeth: Open other end
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) smiles
    Wol Euler: :)
    Catrinamonblue: :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes Zenji
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): love that Aggers
    Zen (zen.arado): chastises self
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): ;p
    Sunshine (szavanna): no more thinking °͜°
    Aphrodite Macbain: no chastizing allowed either
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): well don't go that far Sunji :P
    Sunshine (szavanna): ah ok
    Louis Onyett: Thinks of Yoda
    Zen (zen.arado): duh
    Sunshine (szavanna): you can think
     
           TOPICS 
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): how are you guys feeling about topics lately? Love had so many vigorous discussions we were too tired for freedom perhaps
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yada yada yada
    Sunshine (szavanna): ;p
    Aphrodite Macbain: too tired for freedom?!
    Agatha Macbeth: Yoda yoda yoda
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :P
    Eos Amaterasu: "what is stopping?" came up earlier as a topic
    druth Vlodovic: how about "stopping"?
    Louis Onyett: better than yada yada yada...like it Aga
    druth Vlodovic: snap
    Agatha Macbeth: Hee
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes, what is stopping?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :) well there were a few interesting sessions for Freedom and dropping, but not as lively aside from yesterdays 1pm which was great fun to read
    Zen (zen.arado): good Jeff Foster article
    Aphrodite Macbain: how about appreciating appearance etc?
    druth Vlodovic: then we can have "the wisdom of Yoda" for the following week
    Zen (zen.arado): on stopping
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Is there someone who would like to offer a frame for Stopping as a topic?
    Eos Amaterasu: what stops?
    Zen (zen.arado): I just did
    Zen (zen.arado): :)
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: clocks

    Agatha Macbeth: ***Strong Am I With The Force***
    druth Vlodovic: link zen?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Oh, good article Zen
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) also appreciates the question "What stops?"
    Eos Amaterasu: I'd suggest that as a framing: simple, two words
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): nice
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): simply stop
     
    Louis Onyett: Our hearts at death. But trees are wise and feel safe, even when dying.
    druth Vlodovic: when trees stop they bloom with life
    Catrinamonblue: yes they do :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): ...." the love of the rotting log for the forest" O once said...
    Aphrodite Macbain: poetrees

    Stopping...
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): seems a great plan for this coming week :) And the next.. we have two suggestions so far... appreciate the presence of appearance (?), and Yoda :)
    druth Vlodovic: starting?
    Aphrodite Macbain: and stopping
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) gggles

    [pause]
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): don't all speak at once now :P
    druth Vlodovic: maybe starting first to get people going on their poems and artworks :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): giggles
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: I dont really inderstand the appreciation o appearance thing- someone will have to explain it again
    Zen (zen.arado): I shared it on Google drive ok?
    Aphrodite Macbain: appreciation of
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): thank you Zen
    Aphrodite Macbain: thanks Zen
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): it may be a topic for a two week stretch Aph... perhaps to come back to?
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): ty Zen:)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ty Zen
    Zen (zen.arado): it isn't long
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): when we find ourselves in sessions and also want to work on projects there is nothing stopping us from sort of building while participating in discussions or setting aside a session or two to just play with prims
    Aphrodite Macbain: nods. Perhaps we need to distribute a reference to the appearance quote as well
    Catrinamonblue: appreciating the appearance of being? I like that one as a topic to explore
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): also remember Sunji's class is [wrong time given] Wednesday
    Sunshine (szavanna): °͜°
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): 11 am or noon?
    Sunshine (szavanna): noonslt
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's a bit longer Cat...
    Sunshine (szavanna): noon NOON
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Oh, sorry...yes 12 now
    Sunshine (szavanna): ;o)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :::face palms:::
    Sunshine (szavanna): hehe
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-) have changed my calendar
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): great °͜°
    Sunshine (szavanna): and I am on standby
    Zen (zen.arado): an hour earlier next week?
    Sunshine (szavanna): to fix projects

    APAPB
     
    Eos Amaterasu: https://wiki.playasbeing.org/About_PlayAsBeing/Vocabulary_of_Play_As_Being/APAPB (CAT re appreciate presence of appear)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): me too
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): the whole sentence is Appreciate the presence of appearance as a presentation of Being
    Sunshine (szavanna): and Bleu too
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): ty Eos!
    Aphrodite Macbain: thanks Eos
    Aphrodite Macbain: thanks Eliza.
    Catrinamonblue: thanks Eos :)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): back to basics seems appropriate
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): the page could use a bit more attention but that is a wonderful Pema quote
     
    Aphrodite Macbain: Pema suggests starting at the end and working backwards
    Adams Rubble: Stopping to consider the basics
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)
    Eos Amaterasu: "naked thereness"
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): start here
    Aphrodite Macbain: Major theme of PaB discussed:
     
     “Appreciate the presence of appearance as a presentation by Being”. It would only be later we would learn this phrase predated PaB. Pema Pera: “Appreciate the presence of appearance as a presentation by Being”
     
     Pema Pera: The way to read this is from the end
     Pema Pera: There is Being — Being is all there really IS
     Pema Pera: Being presents
     Pema Pera: What does Being present?
     Pema Pera: appearance
     Pema Pera: more specifically:
     Pema Pera: the presence of appearance
     Pema Pera: and what can we do with that?
     Pema Pera: Appreciate it
     Pia Iger: so easy 
     Pema Pera: yes!!
     Pema Pera: once you learn to subtract, it all becomes very easy.
     Pema Pera: easier and easier as you go along
     Pema Pera: and “progress” becomes faster and faster
     Pema Pera: almost unfairly so

     
    Aphrodite Macbain: That's what I found in the chronicles
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Nice!
    Catrinamonblue: interesting thanks Aph
    Eos Amaterasu is subtracting
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ty Aph
    Aphrodite Macbain: It helps a bit
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :) so then we DO want to go from Stopping into APABP ?
    Wol Euler: I would agree with your suggestion that APAPB is worth two weeks on its own
    Wol Euler: IMHO YMMV
     
    Eos Amaterasu: shift from packaging to ISness

    Aphrodite Macbain: why not? it's good to review thes ideas as we lead up to our 5th
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): we can extend it into the following week
    Wol Euler: oh, yes, good idea. of course we could
    Aphrodite Macbain: YMMY??
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and then choose just one topic next guardian session
    druth Vlodovic: if we do two weeks we might want to separate them
    Wol Euler: *YMMV
    Wol Euler: Your Mileage May Vary
    druth Vlodovic: sowe don't get topic fatigue
    Aphrodite Macbain: lol
    Eos Amaterasu: Appreciate the Presence of Appearance as a Presentation by Bleu
    Aphrodite Macbain: thanks Wol
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal) grins
    Bleu (bleu.oleander) looks around

     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): hm ::head is spinning:::: So we can keep it simple to begin with....
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): this coming week: What Stops
    Agatha Macbeth: KISS
    Aphrodite Macbain: sure and why?
    druth Vlodovic: muah!
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): next week: APAPB using the lines Aph has shared from the Chronicles and the APAPB page...
    Wol Euler nods.
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): then next guardian session take a temp and see if we want to extend the topic
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): into the following week
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): and if so, how so
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): ?
    Aphrodite Macbain: It is very extendable
     
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): so for sign ... what stops .. and .. APAPB ?
    druth Vlodovic: cool
    Aphrodite Macbain: yes
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): What stops, with a "?"
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): yes
    Catrinamonblue: sounds good :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :)
     
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): to begin with I'll offer a really nice page I found....
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): I must go now...have a nice day all:)
    druth Vlodovic: we can save "?" for another weeks topic
    Aphrodite Macbain: First Principles
    Aphrodite Macbain: lol druth
    Eos Amaterasu: ¿
    Zen (zen.arado): bye Xiri
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): bye Xiri
    Wol Euler: bye xir, take care
     
    Agatha Macbeth: Adios Xira
    Catrinamonblue: sounds good :)
    druth Vlodovic: that will do it :)
    Wol Euler: /me nods.
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :)
    Zen (zen.arado): I still don't get that APAPb stuff
    Aphrodite Macbain: wow - great image
    druth Vlodovic: good :)
    Zen (zen.arado): maybe you had to be at the RL sessions?
    Eos Amaterasu: where's the scraper?
    Aphrodite Macbain: me neither Zen
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :)
    Catrinamonblue: learning opportunity :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: a pick axe more likely
    Wol Euler: indeed
     
    druth Vlodovic: if you read the magic of time it works it's way up to it, so it might be easier to follow
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): perhaps these two weeks will clarify?
    Agatha Macbeth: A rock drill?
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): yes Druth
    Eos Amaterasu: take it a word at a time
    Aphrodite Macbain: :-)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Pema really takes a lot of time to peel apart various parts there
    Eos Amaterasu: take it personally a word at a time
    Zen (zen.arado): it's like everyone starts talking in Dutch
    Eos Amaterasu: Piet does
    Aphrodite Macbain: lol
     
    Adams Rubble: The first theme session was with Stim and Pema on APAPB. It is worth reading if you can find it
     
    Bleu (bleu.oleander):could coordinate these ideas with poems and art too
    Adams Rubble: series of sessions
    Aphrodite Macbain: that's where the quote came from Adams
    Adams Rubble: There is a link in the Chronicles
    Zen (zen.arado): brb
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): need to experience it to really get it if that's possible
    Aphrodite Macbain: It's been great reviewing the chronicles for the Chronology
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): that's the thing... until the practice leading to the first retreat (which I didn't go on) APAPB sounded very strange to me...
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): took weeks of working with it every day to begin to open
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): like the egg in harry potter :P
    Wol Euler grins.
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): :)
     
    Eos Amaterasu: Ciao bellissimi
    druth Vlodovic: maybe have a week of it every month :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: Ciao ciao
    Adams Rubble: bye everyone :)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ok
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): I have to go.. but thanks everyone and if there is more to add on to the log when I post it please do so
    Sunshine (szavanna): take care all °͜°
    Wol Euler: bye eos, bye eliza, bye everone else
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hugs
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): bye all
    Wol Euler: enjoy your sundays
    Sunshine (szavanna): have a great week
    druth Vlodovic: bye guys
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hugs
    Sunshine (szavanna): and sundays
    Catrinamonblue: Bye all who are leaving :)
    Louis Onyett: When did bellissimi get here?
    Aphrodite Macbain: bye everyone
    Wol Euler: thank you, eliza and aph and everyone else
    Louis Onyett: bye all
    Sunshine (szavanna): hehe Louis
     
     
    THE BEGINNING OF THE SESSION:
     
    The room fills...
     
    Agatha Macbeth: Hello Liz ♥
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Agatha! fantastic hair!
    Agatha Macbeth: TY :)
    Agatha Macbeth: God it's laggy here
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): sorry :( for me it is okay
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): (well actually it took a while for that to show up so you win)
    Agatha Macbeth: Hm
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): I'm laggier in RL than SL today
    Agatha Macbeth: Aww
    Agatha Macbeth: I actually found this hair on the MP in passing
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): I love it on you
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :) will be back in a few minutes... daylight savings change calls for strong tea before session begins
    Agatha Macbeth: Yes, right
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :) brb
     
    Agatha Macbeth: Aha, the crowd begins to gather....
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hello Aga:)
    Agatha Macbeth: /me waves
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): waves hi to all
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): wow nice ... room filling up
    Agatha Macbeth: Liz is afk atm
    druth Vlodovic: ripples
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi all again :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hello Hello (back, ty Aggers)
    Agatha Macbeth: Oh, no she isn't
    Aphrodite Macbain: morning all
    Sunshine (szavanna): hi all - I am sunji °͜°
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): duh
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): nice to meet you Sunji
    druth Vlodovic: shh eliza,you'reafk
    Sunshine (szavanna): you too Eliza
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): heheh
    Aphrodite Macbain: smiles at sunji
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): Aphji
    Catrinamonblue: hi Aph :)
    Sunshine (szavanna): hehe hi Aph ❤
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Aph :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: hi
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): some 'ji's are better than others lol
    Sunshine (szavanna): yes hmm
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi Aph:)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): come one come all
    Sunshine (szavanna): hi Raffi °͜°
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): we're scattered about strangely like this... hm
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Raffi :)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): cozy up
    Louis Onyett: Yes ma'am.
    Sunshine (szavanna): hehe its like chess
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): /me reaches to tug at Agatha's leg..
    Louis Onyett: Louis to R-4
    Sunshine (szavanna): ;p
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hehe
    Louis Onyett: Bleu to K-9
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Eos :)
    Louis Onyett: She likes dogs.
    Louis Onyett: lol
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): k-9's
    Sunshine (szavanna): hi Eos °͜°
    Eos Amaterasu: hi all
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): (leave battleships outside of the door)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): lol
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi Eos:)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): :))
    Sunshine (szavanna): Aga °͜°
    Sunshine (szavanna): oh nice hair °͜°
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): ok srsly now
    Louis Onyett: Hey, that is good, since a battleship would kinda be cheating at chess
    Sunshine (szavanna): /me braids Aga's hair
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): hehehe
    Agatha Macbeth: It's taking me about half an hour to react to anything
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): :)
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): all that dropping and meditation...
    Sunshine (szavanna): Zenji °͜°
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Zen!
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): that's new? lol only kidding
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): so we are surprisingly lively for daylight savings affected avies
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi Zen
    Catrinamonblue: Hi Zen :)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): coffee affected here
    Sunshine (szavanna): hi Wol °͜°
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi Wol
    Aphrodite Macbain: speak for yourself - the only thing propping me up is my coffee cup!
    Xirana (xirana.oximoxi): hi Wol, Zen
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): Hi Wol :)
    Zen (zen.arado): Hi all
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): Wolji
    Wol Euler: afternoon eveyrone!
    Agatha Macbeth: Yay Wollie
    Eos Amaterasu: Hi Zen, Wol.... (this *is* real life?)
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi Eos
    Wol Euler: of course :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: waves at wol.eos and all recent newcomers
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): big crowd
    Adams Rubble: Hello Aphrodite, Agatha, Eos, Zen and Wol and anyone I missed :)
    Aphrodite Macbain: hey Adams
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): we should take a vote on something lol
    Agatha Macbeth: /me waves again
    Eliza (eliza.madrigal): /me grins
    Bleu (bleu.oleander): hi Raffi
     
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