2011.02.01 01:00 - Space, no matter what

The Guardian for this meeting was Wester Kiranov. The comments are by Wester Kiranov.

When I came into the pavillion, the avatar of Archmage Atlantis was there but he didn't react for the next half hour or so. oO0Oo Resident and Kit Ciaco did come in, and Archmage woke up later, so we did the Being session in bits and pieces. First just a bit of chat, and a short explanation of these theme sessions.

Wester Kiranov: hi arch
--BELL--
Wester Kiranov: hi samud
oO0Oo Resident: hello Weter, Arch
Wester Kiranov: welcome to another Being session
oO0Oo Resident: :)
oO0Oo Resident glances, and smiles at observerm
Wester Kiranov: I would like to go through the circle so we can all share our thoughts of this week on Being. Any questions?
oO0Oo Resident: thoughts accumulated on the topic of being? for the last week Wester?
Wester Kiranov: The idea is that once a week, for every time of there is a PaB session, we try to re-focus on Being. Not necesarily of last week, more what you would like to share now. Shall I go first, so you get a better idea?
oO0Oo Resident: ty , sure
Wester Kiranov: OK. The idea is that one person at the time talks, and when finished, tells the next person
oO0Oo Resident nods
--BELL--

Wester
Wester Kiranov: Today I find it more difficult than other days to let go of the things around. It's a bit busy here, both SL and RL
Wester Kiranov: Still, even and especially within busyness, it's possible to find spaciousness.
Wester Kiranov: I find, that with time, it becomes easier to find space within this moment, no matter whatever is happening.
Wester Kiranov: it does not have to be silent to find silence.
Wester Kiranov: Just take a deep breath.
Wester Kiranov: over to you, Samud.

oO0Oo
oO0Oo Resident: ty wester
oO0Oo Resident breathes deep
oO0Oo Resident: returning.. just happens, like the breathe has to be taken
oO0Oo Resident: mental moths and sloths dance at their pace, and curtsy when I'm alive
oO0Oo Resident: to this moment
oO0Oo Resident: letting functional forwardness lead me
oO0Oo Resident: from a place of not expecting
oO0Oo Resident: layers of thoughts receeding and welling as a tide
oO0Oo Resident: Arch?

Kit Ciaco came in just as oO0Oo finished his turn.

oO0Oo Resident: Hi Kit
Kit Ciaco: Hi - sorry - I don't want to intrude - I didn't realize how late it was.....
oO0Oo Resident: np
oO0Oo Resident: we are doing a circle of reflection on being
Kit Ciaco: ah!
oO0Oo Resident: wester and I have gone
Wester Kiranov: Yes, you can still take your turn if you want to.
Kit Ciaco: OH!

Kit
Kit Ciaco: Well, thanks!
Kit Ciaco: Being.... well, for me it's just putting one foot in front of the other, not overthinking the moments, just flowing with them - in a decisive way, which is perhaps paradoxical.
--BELL--
Kit Ciaco: Arch??

Arch was still not responding. We went back to business as usual.

Kit Ciaco: And might I add - that is a fine stead you have!
Wester Kiranov: I think Arch is not really there - he hasn't responded at all in the last half hour
Kit Ciaco: ooh.....
Wester Kiranov: Back to talking normally then
Wester Kiranov: Kit, what do you mean by flowing in a decisive way? Could you elaborate a bit?
Kit Ciaco: Well - I like to take moments as they come but not in a default sort of way
Kit Ciaco: I am, ahem, not mentioning NAMES, but some accuse me of being a control freak
Kit Ciaco: hahahahahah
Kit Ciaco: What it is is that I do like to control my own self, my opportunities, my environments
Kit Ciaco: so in that manner I am decisive
Kit Ciaco: but not in the sense of analyzing each step I take
Kit Ciaco: I chose my battles well - usually.....
Kit Ciaco: Oh - I stand corrected - control QUEEN!!!!!
Wester Kiranov: Could you give an example? This is a bit abstract to me.
Kit Ciaco: Sure -
Kit Ciaco: Let's say I'm tooling along with my goats, for instance
Kit Ciaco: not absorbed in anything but the moment....
Kit Ciaco: BUT

And then, finally, Arch woke up.

Archmage Atlantis: Yikes, I get here early....fall asleep and wake posssesd bu a contol freak
Kit Ciaco: if one gets ill I will analyze the heck out of the moment - but as long as things are going swimmingly, no - I just while away the moments in a foggy bliss....
Kit Ciaco: LOL!
Archmage Atlantis: Wonder Woman where are you?
Kit Ciaco: Control QUEEN!!!! You may bow to my royalty....
Kit Ciaco: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Wester Kiranov: Hi Arch, wb
Kit Ciaco: As a follow up
Kit Ciaco: to my compliment on Arch's fine animal
Kit Ciaco: I challenge you to a race - your steed against mine....
Wester Kiranov: That's a very fine horse
Archmage Atlantis: I know
Kit Ciaco: Truly! One of the most gorgeous on the grid, no question!
Archmage Atlantis: He doesn't get out of the box often
Kit Ciaco: oh!
Kit Ciaco: I can't hardly keep mine home
Archmage Atlantis: I was trying to put our pic in the exhibit
Kit Ciaco: but he brays and whinneys in public so I thought it best to keep him home tonight
Kit Ciaco: he's at home pouting....
Kit Ciaco: What exhibit, Arch?
Archmage Atlantis: Hummmm. Koya purrs without me hearing
Archmage Atlantis: The Art of Being, I think it's clled
Kit Ciaco: Can anyone enter?
Archmage Atlantis: Yes, everyone
Kit Ciaco: For our listening audience (and my personal ignorance) - how does one enter the exhibit?
Archmage Atlantis: Did either of you claim the log?
Wester Kiranov: I claimed it
Kit Ciaco: I claim NOTHING except the dog
Wester Kiranov: :D
Archmage Atlantis: Oh, Wester, you must be out of my camera range
--BELL--
Archmage Atlantis: Ah, there you are :)
Archmage Atlantis: This must be a being session
Archmage Atlantis: Pema listed them
Archmage Atlantis: And you had one, in my memory
Wester Kiranov: Yes, this is the 1 am theme session
oO0Oo Resident: Finding space in not just the silent moments Wester... thought that intrigueing
Wester Kiranov: kit and samud already took their turn, and so did i
Wester Kiranov: but if you still want to have a go, arch, be my guest

Archmage
Archmage Atlantis: And we did also,,,by accident and sleepyheadedness
Archmage Atlantis: Babbling on, half asleep with a horse and a tiger
Archmage Atlantis: I sure hope that counts

Kit Ciaco: such is existence - in some moments!
oO0Oo Resident: lol
Kit Ciaco: But Arch - I'm serious about that race!
Archmage Atlantis: I understand Kit......I just don't race anymore
Kit Ciaco: understood!
Archmage Atlantis: Life is more than a sprint to the front
Kit Ciaco: hehehehehehehh
Kit Ciaco: Heck, sometimes life IS the spring - front, middle, or behind!
Kit Ciaco: or the sprint, for that matter.....
Archmage Atlantis: Like tiger cubs playing, colts frolicking......or the baby fish that appeared in my aquararium this week
oO0Oo Resident: sounds lively Arch :)
Archmage Atlantis: It is a lively place I live in.....not many humans though
oO0Oo Resident: animals have a life giving effect sometimes
Archmage Atlantis: Lots's of animals and plants
Kit Ciaco: Indeed!
Wester Kiranov: (I will have to leave pretty much at the gong)
Kit Ciaco: OK - reckon I'll mosey along about that time as well!
oO0Oo Resident: sounds as thought you are surfing with the busyness Wester. Nice to have this brief interlude together
Wester Kiranov: i think it's nice too
--BELL--
oO0Oo Resident: That's me as well friends. Be well. See you again soon. :)
Kit Ciaco: See ya'll!
oO0Oo Resident: Nice that people brougt animal friends along
oO0Oo Resident: all the best Arch
oO0Oo Resident: take care
Archmage Atlantis: And to you all.....I still have this problem with the exhibit tho