Agenda
- Check in
- Opening Blessing
- Review WWWs
- Weekly event logistics
- Reform Pagans
- Review Agenda
- Viventibus Mundos
- Who are we?
- Are we still Gaia's People?
- Evaluations
- Closing Blessing
Next business call
- Foundation
- SolSeed Creed
- New Videos
Check-in
- Eric … Church was good this morning, but we talked too much to people :-)
- Shawn … I'm getting anxious about San Francisco and Europe trips, and the amount of days I'll have to work on things … Habitica is helping me stay focused and sane
- Ben … I am nauseous and wishing that I had got up earlier this morning. This is the first full day of my trial stay at Ryan House. I am nervous about that.
Opening Blessing
We come together after another week, to discuss how we proceed for another week and beyond. May our anxieties prove to be helpful and not a hindrance, and may we accomplish all the things that we are here to set out to do in alignment with our highest aspirations. --Blessed Be
Personal WWWs from last time
- Ben: Write 3 pages of my novel
- It’s gotten to the point where it’s not something I think about as “something I do”... used to be a semi-regular habit and it’s not anymore … also feeling an inferiority complex after reading a really good novel
- Shawn suggests 750words.com
- Ben: Getting better at serving Gaia through getting better at producing media
- For this week: schedule an informational interview with the UW Center for Creative Conservation
- Left a message but they're probably all on vacation
- Shawn: Finish reading Into the Cool (65 pages to go)
- The book is dense enough that this goal wasn't realistic
- Shawn: Do a Ph.D. program to get Credibility and Contacts in order to spread the idea of what I am trying to do
- For this week: <s>Sign up for GREs</s> and get through <s>the verbal part</s> 3 chapters of the GRE study book
- Too many other things going on ... didn't estimate how much time it would take vs. how much time I would have ... hard to tell people "I need to study instead of doing something fun with you before you leave for 2 months"
- Eric: First "step" for Buckleberry is to build autonomous quadcopters that collect twigs
- For this week: Research at least <s>6</s> 3 different <s>quad</s>copters (Spreadsheet)
- It's hard to block off enough time because there's so much time blocked off already
- Habitica might help -- Just Signed up for Habitica --
Group WW(W)s
- Shawn … contact someone at Windward about visiting … after talking to Scott about visiting him in Hood River
- Everyone … choose the one thing about the Viventibus Mundos ritual we most want to change, for discussion next meeting
Personal WWWs
- Ben: Write 3 pages of my novel
- Shawn: Finish Verbal GRE section, start Analytical GRE section
- Shawn: Finish Into the Cool
- Eric: First "step" for Buckleberry is to build autonomous quadcopters that collect twigs
- For this week: Research at least 1 different copter per day
Weekly Events Logistics
Service rotation: Eric, Shawn, Ben
- September 8th Service: 10 AM PST / 13:00 EST … Eric
- September 9th Business Call: 9:30 AM PST / 12:30 EST, on Zoom
Reform Pagans
- Are we looking to start a collaboration, or just tell their members about this other group they might be interested in?
- Looking at a collaboration, not committed to it
Viventibus Mundos ritual contents and the SolSeed Creed
Reminding our elephants
- Too esoteric? Explain the concept in the Creed?
- It's one of the key differences between SolSeed and other religions that are just about whipping your elephant to force it to do the right thing
- Thirdhand: research shows that this leads to depression, anger, agitation, and sneaking off to do fun things that are bad for you
- Positive reinforcement works better
Evaluation
- Shawn … I am happy with the focus and the moving forward with trying new things, and looking forward to continuing and possibly involving more people.
- Ben … I am nervous about spending so much time on the WWWs that we don’t get to other things much. This is probably my general difficulty with change. I will get over it.
- Eric … I’m excited about spending so much time on WWWs because it feels like something shiny and new and I am attracted to shiny, new things … I’m thinking that it will become a real productivity enhancement to have you guys as my secret group working on making my life more aligned with this group.
Closing Blessing
We can’t do a closing blessing, Ben has to go! -- Blessed Be