Pavilion was empty when I got there. How unusual!
I walked around, and checked out the view, noticing some changes:
Moon’s PaB logo is on one side of wall and Dakini’s teleportation hub
is by the entrance… More than 10 mins passed, maybe I can try swimming
in the moat?? At this time, Syl Imed me and asked for tp. She arrived
with a friend, and many butterflies around her. Thor walked in shortly.
Sylectra Darwin: Hi Pia, this is my good friend Devon
Devon Infinity: Hi Pia.
Pia Iger: Hi, Devon. Welcome
Devon Infinity: Thank you.
Pia Iger: would you like to sit?
Devon Infinity: Sure.
Pia Iger: Syl, do you bring all the butterflies?
Sylectra Darwin: Dakini says she will be along shortly
Sylectra Darwin: Yes! You like?
Sylectra Darwin: If it’s distracting I can turn off.
Pia Iger: delightful.
Sylectra Darwin: thanks!
Sylectra Darwin: So how are you Pia?
Pia Iger: feel weird.
Sylectra Darwin: weird?
Pia Iger: first time only myself here
Devon Infinity: Is it often crowded?
Sylectra Darwin: Often at least 5 people
Pia Iger: yes.
Sylectra Darwin: there’s thorberg
Sylectra Darwin: Hi Thorberg
Pia Iger: I saw him pass by, but he did not see me, seems.
Sylectra Darwin: He is having trouble connecting to this world, hehe
Sylectra Darwin: can I ever relate
Devon Infinity: There he is.
Sylectra Darwin: Today a very well respected programmer at my work quit suddenly.
Quit suddenly… That’s something interesting to talk about! But I felt I
have to do the guardian duty first, and as conversation flows, I got no
chance to go back to this ‘quit’ topic again tonight.
Pia Iger: Does Devon know about PaB?
Thorberg Nordlicht: i’m stumbling around like a newbie
Devon Infinity: Hi Thorberg
Sylectra Darwin: hehe
Thorberg Nordlicht: hello, everyone
Sylectra Darwin: Devon knows a little, but Pia would you
Devon Infinity: Yes, I do.
Pia Iger: Hi, Thor
Sylectra Darwin: be so kind as to talk about the 9-second moment?
Devon Infinity: Yes, please.
Sylectra Darwin: good to see you Thor
Pia Iger: We experiment to stop 9 sec every 15min.
Pia Iger: in the 9 sec. we drop all we do normally, just breathe and see if anything come up, then we try to take note
Devon Infinity: I see.
Sylectra Darwin: many people journal about it.
Devon Infinity: I’d like to learn more.
Sylectra Darwin: smiles
Pia Iger: Yes, people wrote blogs that links to our main blog
http://playasbeing.wordpress.com
Pia Iger: Devon, are you interested in meditation?
Devon Infinity: Yes.
Pia Iger: some people call 9-sec a micro-meditation.
Devon Infinity: Makes sense. I would like to try.
Pia Iger: the more important part is to do it frequently, every 15 min once.
Steven dropped in and took a slow rezzing, while I continued the introduction of PaB.
Sylectra Darwin: incoming
Sylectra Darwin: Steven
Devon Infinity: Nice landing.
Pia Iger: of cause , time is not strict at all for us.
Pia Iger: just a rough idea.
Sylectra Darwin: Hi Steven! This is my good friend Devon.
stevenaia Michinaga: :), thanks
stevenaia Michinaga: I see no one, rezzing
Sylectra Darwin: NP
Devon Infinity: Hi Steven
stevenaia Michinaga: hello Devon
Devon Infinity: Plenty of seats.
Sylectra Darwin: I really like the flexibility of the method.
stevenaia Michinaga: people still appearing, one moment
Devon Infinity: Have you been practicing every 15 minutes, Syl?
Sylectra Darwin: I must admit no.
Sylectra Darwin: I would like to devote a whole weekend to it and see what happens.
Devon Infinity: Good idea.
Devon was multitasking…
Devon Infinity: Oh - brb.
Sylectra Darwin: I think it would be very powerful,
Sylectra Darwin: ok
Sylectra Darwin: but of course I gather the intent is really to keep doing it throughout the day, anytime you think of it.
Devon Infinity: ok - back. Pacifier emergency.
Sylectra Darwin: hehe
Devon Infinity: smiles
Sylectra Darwin: Devon has a baby
Devon Infinity: 3 months old today.
Pia Iger: wow. lovely
Thorberg Nordlicht: :)
Devon Infinity: TY
Sylectra Darwin: So how do the rest of you apply the practice?
Pia Iger: girl or boy?
Devon Infinity: boy.
Devon Infinity: Hugo.
Pia Iger: good name!
Devon Infinity: Thanks!
Pia Iger: Devon, we do record our talks and put on blogs, do you mind?
Devon Infinity: not at all.
Pia Iger: syl takes pics too.
Devon Infinity: I’ve seen.
stevenaia Michinaga: a very good photographer
Devon Infinity: Yes she is.
Sylectra Darwin: thanks Steven!
Ok, I had all the basic ground covered. Now we could go ahead.
Pia Iger: Syl, back to your question
Thorberg Nordlicht: ((thinking: i forget; what question?))
Sylectra Darwin: yes - how do you all apply the 9-second moment?
Sylectra Darwin: each of you?
I saw Thor start typing, on a cool silver VAIO labtop!
Pia Iger: Thor, first,
Thorberg Nordlicht: when i am disciplined enough to maintain a regular, formal meditation practice, the 9-second moments immediately put me back in touch with my formal practice, but when i’m *not* maintaining my formal practice, the 9-second moment reminds me to resume my formal practice
Devon Infinity: How long have you been formally practicing meditation?
Thorberg Nordlicht: off and on for 30 years
Sylectra Darwin: wow.
Devon Infinity: That’s impressive.
Sylectra Darwin: amazing!
Thorberg Nordlicht: depends on what else is happening in my life
Thorberg Nordlicht: it’s like physical exercise; for a while i’m very disciplined and exercise every day and really enjoy it but for some reason eventually drift away from it
Devon Infinity: I hear that!
Sylectra Darwin: smiles
Thorberg Nordlicht: same with meditation practice: disciplined for a while to good effect in my life but drift away anyway
Thorberg Nordlicht: then when i go back to it — exercise *or* meditation — i think “wow, why did i ever drift away from this; it’s so essential to my life
Devon Infinity: You must find it relatively easy to pick up again, yes?
Here is Amya, a new comer, who fitted in very quickly.
Pia Iger: Hi, Amya,
Pia Iger: join us.
Thorberg Nordlicht: yes, i *do* find it easy to pick up again; like waking up in the morning; just pick up where i left off in spite of that strange interruption with the sleeping and the dreams (what’s *that* all about?)
Devon Infinity: lol!
Sylectra Darwin: hehe
Thorberg Nordlicht: welcome
Amya Bellah: thank you :)
Sylectra Darwin: Hello Amya!
Devon Infinity: Hi Amya - I’m Devon. Nice to meet you.
Amya Bellah: hello Sylectra, Devon, Thorberg, Pia and Yogi :)
stevenaia Michinaga: hello
Pia Iger: Hi, Amya, have you been here before?
Amya Bellah: No it is my 1st time here
Pia Iger: We have meeting here 4 times a day.
Thorberg Nordlicht: most of the folks you meet around here share a common interest in comparative religion, Eastern philosophies, Buddhism and meditation
Amya Bellah: :) I had the feeling it was that
Pia Iger: http://playasbeing.wordpress.com/hints-for-playing-as-being/
gives idea of our meetings.
Devon Infinity: I think it must be someone else’s turn to answer Syl’s question. I’m new too , Amya - learning about the 9-second moment. A sort of micro-meditation.
Amya Bellah: ….am I disturbing you session though?
Pia Iger: not at all.
Thorberg Nordlicht: no, not disturbing us at all; everyone is welcome, here
Pia Iger: my turn.
I found by saying that, people can get hint and give me time to type.
Amya Bellah: thank you :) I like to listen a lot and very open minded too…
Sylectra Darwin: yes
Pia Iger: I started to be interested in meditation 2 years ago
Pia Iger: but always difficult for me to calm down
Pia Iger: even I was introduced to a very good meditation method
Pia Iger: and I really wanted to do it every day.
Pia Iger: but I could not make myself to stick to it
Pia Iger: 9-sec is easy way for me to start.
Pia Iger: and now I can say I do it a bit everyday
Pia Iger: and the impact is quite noticeable.
Amya Bellah: That is very good!
Sylectra Darwin: wonderful
Amya Bellah: They say that just a bit a day if you can do it.. already does a big difference :)
Pia Iger: right, Amya
Pia Iger: It is hard to find excuse to not do 9-sec
Sylectra Darwin: True!
Sylectra Darwin: smiles
Amya Bellah: :)….. I do not know the 9-sec… what is it exactly?
Pia Iger: let me copy what I just said to Devon
Amya Bellah: ok :)
Pia Iger: We experiment to stop 9 sec every 15min. in the 9 sec. we drop all we do normally, just breathe and see if anything come up, then we try to take note
Amya Bellah: Very interesting!
Pia Iger: people wrote blogs that links to our main blog
http://playasbeing.wordpress.com
Pia Iger: They share what they ’see’ from the 9-sec practice
Amya Bellah: I will go take a look :) You do not find it stressfull to ”think” and ”look” for the every 15min to stop?
Sylectra Darwin: that’s a good question Amy
Sylectra Darwin: Amya
Pia Iger: I have a trick
Pia Iger: just think every 15min you can drop everything, you allow yourself to do nothing, only breathe 9sec
Pia Iger: like steal a 9-sec break
Sylectra Darwin: hehe
Sylectra Darwin: I like
Amya Bellah: true…… if you ”program” it… it should come easily! I like it too :)
Steve had to go. From now on, our conversation sped up and got intertwined. I had to read what they said at the same time, could not response to Thor’s observation.
stevenaia Michinaga: I must leave, nice meeting you Devon and Amya, see you all later
Pia Iger: bye, Steven
Sylectra Darwin: Nite Steven
Devon Infinity: Bye!
Amya Bellah: Bye :)
Pia Iger: Even that, Amya, still we might skip sometimes
Pia Iger: most people do.
Pia Iger: we are just human, not machine
Sylectra Darwin: but….question…
Amya Bellah: Yes that is so true
Thorberg Nordlicht: seems to me — since all of this is presumably influenced by
Pia Iger: just do as often as we can.
Devon Infinity: what’s your question, Syl?
Thorberg Nordlicht: Buddhist thought — that the real issue is “living mindfully”
Sylectra Darwin: smiles…thinking of it - how can we remember at 15 minute intervals to do this? Timer?
Then plus Dakini…
Sylectra Darwin: Dakini…smile
Devon Infinity: Hi Dakini.
Amya Bellah: Hi Dakini
Dakini Rhode: hi… running VERY late today…
Sylectra Darwin: Missed you.
Dakini Rhode: but wanted to say hi anyway
Sylectra Darwin: Dakini, this pavilion is beautiful. My compliments
Pia Iger: Dakini, Hello
Dakini Rhode: i’m so glad you like it!
Thorberg Nordlicht: hello; glad you could join us
Amya Bellah: I have to say that everything is really beautiful around here
Dakini Rhode: it seems this area keeps improving….
Dakini Rhode: i’m glad people enjoy it
Syl pursued an answer to timer. Here came a brainstorm.
Sylectra Darwin: would anyone care to answer about how to remember every 15 minutes?
Pia Iger: yes
Pia Iger: we found a timer.
http://www.mindfulnessdc.org/bell/
Pia Iger: you can download and set it to ring every 15min
Sylectra Darwin: thank you!
Pia Iger: but if you are not w/ computer, you have to think of othe ways to remind youself
Pia Iger: any daily events
Sylectra Darwin: have to get creative.
Sylectra Darwin: clockwork chime?
Devon Infinity: Good thought.
Dakini Rhode: or one thing to do…
Amya Bellah: I think it is a matter of making it somehow and automatism…. just like brushing your teeth everymorning around the same time…..
Dakini Rhode: is to pause everytime you transition from one thing to another
Sylectra Darwin: Oh, that’s nice, very organic
Dakini Rhode: I did something very like this with another group, the school of practical philosophy
Dakini Rhode: one many used his furnace starting up…
Sylectra Darwin: I like the name! lol
Dakini Rhode: everytime he heard the furnace start up, he took a pause
Sylectra Darwin: At home, I could use the intervals at which my pets pester me.
Dakini Rhode: or when the phone rings… pause before picking it up
Dakini Rhode: yes!
Dakini Rhode: lol
Dakini Rhode: lots of things like that
Devon Infinity: That’s got to be more often than 15 minutes.
Dakini Rhode: traffic light…
Sylectra Darwin: yes
Sylectra Darwin: lol
Amya Bellah: could be anything actually….. listening to everything around you basically….
Dakini Rhode: yes!
Thorberg Nordlicht: yes, doesn’t have to be a regular interval; even a random even can bring us back to mindfullness
Sylectra Darwin: how about every time someone in a meeting at work makes a silly comment?
Thorberg Nordlicht: *event
Amya Bellah: oh my!!!!
Devon Infinity: too often again.
Dakini Rhode: haha
Amya Bellah: that would be all the time!! lol
Sylectra Darwin: smile
Pia Iger: haha
Sylectra Darwin: true
Amya Bellah: smile
Dakini Rhode: everytime certain people clear their throats…
Sylectra Darwin: I’ve been thinking of that for a while
Sylectra Darwin: haha
Dakini Rhode: can be very creative with it
Amya Bellah: makes us smile even more that is for sure ;))
Sylectra Darwin: Or a certain type of bird sings in the yard - for me it’s a mockingbird
Thorberg Nordlicht: this relates to the Buddhist notion of “mindfullness”
Devon Infinity: I like the idea of every time you go from one task to another, going from sitting to standing…
Dakini Rhode: wow yes!
Dakini Rhode: i like that for a few reasons…
Dakini Rhode: it is nice to take a break and “finish” one task before rushing into the next
Thorberg Nordlicht: “closure”
Devon Infinity: Like a mind cleansing.
Devon Infinity: To be mindful on each task.
Dakini Rhode: it changed the quality of my life i think
Dakini Rhode: it seems subtle, but it made a big difference to me
Sylectra Darwin: I read somewhere that mindfulness can consist of as simple an action as watching yourself turn a doorknob.
Amya Bellah: anything subtle can make a difference…..
Sylectra Darwin: I ran into fewer doorknobs after that
Devon Infinity: LOL!
Amya Bellah: hehehehe
Dakini Rhode: :-)))
Amya thinks in 1% too! I wanted to mention our 1% time tax idea, but I could not break in during the heated discussion. Got to learn typing faster!
Amya Bellah: I have learn than changing your thinking from 1% can make a huge difference in your life
Sylectra Darwin: Amya, what do you mean?
Amya Bellah: hmmmm well let’s see it as angles
Amya Bellah: if you change 1% of your action… your perspective can change from an angle of 1% ….
Amya Bellah: If you draw it… it is more obvious
Amya Bellah: not sure if I am explaining myself correctly
Sylectra Darwin: I think I know
Devon Infinity: If you deviate your path by 1%, after not very long, you’ll be on a different path.
Dakini Rhode: i’m seeing it as a little wedge…
Dakini Rhode: yes…
Amya Bellah: yes exactly :)
Pia Iger: right, Devon
Dakini Rhode: like a lever, applying a little force but having a big effect
Sylectra Darwin: or a starship changing direction
Amya Bellah: yes…. and if you are not satistfied about something in your life but you keep repeating the exact same things… nothing will change…. that 1% could already make a difference….
Dakini Rhode: thank you Amya, i like that analogy…
Amya Bellah: yw…..still learning a lot!
Amya Bellah: always will ;)
Dakini Rhode: this is good :-)
Sylectra Darwin: yes
Syl cooled down our talk and asked about Pema.
Sylectra Darwin: Should be a really nice blog for tonight, don’t you think?
Pia Iger: yes. i thought I would be alone here at the beginning
Amya Bellah: :)
Pia Iger: things change fast in SL
Dakini Rhode: i’m glad i caught the end of it, i look forward to reading the beginning!
Thorberg Nordlicht: yes, it seems like time passes more quickly in SL
Amya Bellah: :) when something is interesting…time always flies… SL or RL!
Sylectra Darwin: true
Sylectra Darwin: Where is Pema today?
Pia Iger: take a break, maybe
Amya Bellah: ….do you come all here everyday?
Sylectra Darwin: He works pretty hard.
Pia Iger: Yes, 4 times a day
Dakini Rhode: the group meets 4x a day, different people
Amya Bellah: all different times or all settled or just going with the flow?
Pia Iger: 1am, 7am, 1 pam, 7 pm SLT
Pia Iger: people of different time zone can come
Amya Bellah: I hope so…. cause I am from a different time zone than SL hehehehe
Pia Iger: this time usually Americans
Amya Bellah: or Canadians ;)
Amya Bellah: thanks :)
Pia Iger: right
Pia Iger: European can go to 1 am 7am meetings
Pia Iger: or Asian
Amya Bellah: very true
Amya Bellah: And I guess it lasts until whenever :)
Dakini Rhode: well at first…
Pia Iger: normally we do an hour
Dakini Rhode: we though t they would be 10 minute meetings
Dakini Rhode: LOL!!!
Sylectra Darwin: Unless of course we pull out the toys and the particles.
Pia Iger: haha
Amya Bellah: lol!!
We can’t forget playing!
Thorberg Nordlicht: ((thinking: toys?))
Dakini Rhode: do you have toys?
Sylectra Darwin: Oh Thor, I guess you weren’t there that night. What a blast. Everyone had toys to share.
Dakini Rhode loves toys…
Sylectra Darwin: I had BAM clubs.
Amya Bellah: …not sure I follow… cause toys can really mean many things!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dakini Rhode: heehee
Sylectra Darwin: Dakini, didn’t you have pans?
Dakini Rhode: yes i have the frying pan
Pia Iger: The hour passed, we can play now.
Dakini Rhode: heehee
Pia Iger: Amya, before you go,
Pia Iger: I want to ask you if you mind us to use your name in our blog
Pia Iger: cause we post all our talks on our blog
Dakini Rhode gave you Frying pan.
Amya Bellah: No you can go ahead!
Pia Iger: thanks.
Amya Bellah: yw
Pia Iger: Ok, may I say, meeting is over!
Dakini Rhode: :-)))
Amya Bellah: It was really nice meeting all of you
Devon Infinity: Go ahead w/ my name too. Great meeting!
Pia Iger: please come back. Devon and Amya
Amya Bellah: Looking forward to meet some more next time :)
Dakini Rhode: nice meeting you Amya and Devon :-)
Thorberg Nordlicht: yes, Amya, do come back, even if it’s a different time slot
Devon Infinity: Thank you for having me.
Pia Iger: bye, Thor
Amya Bellah: Will do :)
Thorberg Nordlicht: nice to meet you, Devon
Thorberg Nordlicht: bye, Pia
Pia Iger: and You will meet very interesting pple here
Amya Bellah: You all have a wonderful evening !!
Devon Infinity: Good to meet you, Thor.
Dakini Rhode: ty u 2!
Devon Infinity: nice meeting you all.
Pia Iger: bye, Dakini
Pia Iger: and Syl!
Devon Infinity: Bye.
Dakini Rhode: nite…
Sylectra Darwin: night, everyone!
Amya Bellah: bye bye :))
Thorberg Nordlicht: ok, in case i missed anybody: good bye, everyone! good night John Boy
Dakini Rhode: lol
Sylectra Darwin: hehe
