The guardian at this meeting was Sky Szimmer standing in for Caledonia. The comments are Pema Pera's.
That afternoon, Sky was the guardian, standing in for Caledonia. Sky and Stim happen to know each other in RL, but somehow have been visiting the tea house at different times of the day, mostly.
Sky Szimmer: So thrilled to see you!
Stim Morane: is anyone inside?
Stim Morane: yes, I guess it may be.
Sky Szimmer: How are things?
Sky Szimmer: have you been checking in to PaB ?
Stim Morane: I actually have no experience of the larger environment and activities in second life.
Stim Morane: Do you know of a way of getting a list of all the activities in second life?
Stim Morane: Yes, I forgot about that.
The conversation shifted from SL to PaB.
Stim Morane: Right. So what have you been learning here in this “play as being” group?
Sky Szimmer: what I have learned?
Stim Morane: Well, perhaps I shouldn’t have asked that.
Stim Morane: Yes, other participants have mentioned that to me too.
Sky Szimmer: see there is no getting beyond. that is just where my understanding falters.
I had to smile reading this, seeing how Sky tends to short change herself. I am not the only one who has found quite a bit of depth in her understanding and insight, when talking with her! At this point Spiritnoname walked in.
Sky Szimmer: have you been here before?
Stim Morane: Sky, Wasn’t the answer to your earlier question basically supposed to be the “nine second” format?
Stim Morane: Oh, I was just checking… didn’t mean to suggest anything critical.
Sky Szimmer: Spirit? Have you come and participated in Zazen or PaB before?
Sky Szimmer: It seems to me I can’t just stop.
Stim Morane: Is that a way of saying you like the environment itself?
Sky Szimmer: Spirit what does :p mean?
Spirit explained why he had chosen his no name name, a great choice!
And Sky summarized the basic PaB ideas.
Sky Szimmer: you maybe interested in what we are doing here. It is called playing as beings.
Sky Szimmer: Playing as Being points to an exploration of reality in which we use our own life as a laboratory. When we switch from what we have to what we are, what do we find? Can we make conjectures, hypotheses about what Being could be, and play with those in our day-to-day life? What happens when we do? The best way to find out is to just give it a try, starting with the description on the page with hints.
Sky Szimmer: Are you familiar with this?
Stim Morane: It’s hard to know what to say, without more knowledge of what a given person’s view and experience are.
Stim Morane: Anyway, I appreciate what you’re saying.
Sky Szimmer: I must step away for a second. Please excuse me.
Stim Morane: Spirit, is that sword “holdable”?
Stim Morane: Sky and Spirit, I need to go now, unfortunately. Sky, would you like to “eject” me so that I can get the firsthand experience of what that’s like?
Sky Szimmer: how do I do that?
Stim Morane: Ah, unfortunately, I don’t know either.
Stim Morane: Anyway, it’s nice to see both of you. I hope we can get together another time for a chat here.