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  • will
    Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 2331

    Will's sitting schedule

    Just so it doesn't get mixed with the Treeleaf schedule.

    6:30am (10:30pm UTC)


    5:30pm (9:30 am UTC)

    9:30pm (1:30pm UTC)

    Everyday


    G,W
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  • will
    Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 2331

    #2
    Re: Will's sitting schedule

    If anyone would like to sit daily and the time is a little off, we can rearrange a different time.

    G,W
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    To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
    To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
    To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
    To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
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    • Skye
      Member
      • Feb 2008
      • 234

      #3
      Re: Will's sitting schedule

      Originally posted by will
      Just so it doesn't get mixed with the Treeleaf schedule.
      09:30 AM UTC - 5:30pm China (9:30 am England/10:30am Spain/5:30am New York/ 6:30pm Japan)
      03:00 PM UTC - 11:00pm China (3:00pm England/ 4:00am Spain/ 11:00am New York/12am Japan)
      10:30 PM UTC - 6:30am China (10:30pm England, 6:30 pm New York/ 11:30 pm Spain/ 7:30 am Japan)
      Thanks Will! That works well for me.

      Edit: I've added the UTC times for the sittings above.

      Skye
      Even on one blade of grass / the cool breeze / lingers - Issa

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      • Undo
        Member
        • Jun 2007
        • 495

        #4
        Re: Will's sitting schedule

        Hello Will,

        Thanks for that.
        5:30 for you, 09:30 GMT or 10:30EST fits in well with BST (Baby Sleeping Time).
        Failing that 11:00pm your time may be a good bet so I should be able to sit with you at some point.

        All the best,

        Philip

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        • Shohei
          Member
          • Oct 2007
          • 2854

          #5
          Re: Will's sitting schedule

          heh BST i like that
          I can join in the latter one i thing (11pm your time)

          looking forward to it!

          Gassho
          Dirk

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          • Skye
            Member
            • Feb 2008
            • 234

            #6
            Re: Will's sitting schedule

            Saw a few people pop in and out of the room while we were sitting, but just "blue screens" no video.
            May I suggest if you need to set up your computer and test settings, please start in the Meeting Room:

            http://www.treeleaf.org/zendo/meeting-room.php

            From there you can click the link over to the Sitting Room when you're ready.

            The video is a little distracting at first, for sure, but I'm sure I'll get used to it quickly. I put the laptop out of my sight but that just made it worse because I had to fight the urge to glance I suppose in a traditional Zendo, although you're facing a wall, you still have a bit of connection with those sitting around you through your peripheral vision? Never been to one...

            Just another thing for me to drop, it's working or not working, it can all wait until the sitting is finished. I've got the planning and fixing monkey mind. It's fun to think of all the people sitting at funny angles on this spinning globe and all our simultaneously true perspectives. Tomorrow's session with sutras & stuff is going to be fun!

            Thanks,
            Skye
            Even on one blade of grass / the cool breeze / lingers - Issa

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            • John
              Member
              • Sep 2007
              • 272

              #7
              Re: Will's sitting schedule

              I find the time differences are a bit confusing, especially as the clocks go forward in the UK this weekend. I got caught out in Second Life when they went to Summer Time at a different time from us 3 weeks ago in the US. Might be easier to announce times from just one zone/city only and then we can add or subtract for our own zone?
              I hope to make the 10.30pm (UK time) sitting tonight - I usually sit at that time anyway,

              Gassho,
              John

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              • Skye
                Member
                • Feb 2008
                • 234

                #8
                Re: Will's sitting schedule

                John,

                That is the reason I suggest everyone post the UTC times in addition to any local time zones. We all switch to daylight savings at different dates and some not at all, the best way is to pick your local time for "leading" a sitting, then convert it with this:

                http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedform.html

                Then post the UTC time in the forum. The UTC time can be compared to the UTC clock in the Sitting & Meeting rooms so there's no confusion. For now, London time = UTC but that will change shortly when you switch to BST. Japan, India, and China do NOT do daylight savings so Will's UTC sitting times shouldn't change - however the local England times will change.

                Skye
                Even on one blade of grass / the cool breeze / lingers - Issa

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                • Shugen
                  Treeleaf Unsui
                  • Nov 2007
                  • 4535

                  #9
                  Re: Will's sitting schedule

                  Skye, Will etc.,

                  If I do not have a camera set up and look in the sitting room, does it cause you guys/gals to see a blank blue square? And, if so, is it distracting? I would like to sit at the same time when I can but I don't want to distract anyone else in the room. I'm undecided on getting a camera (my computer is kind of old and has about all it can handle right now)

                  Thanks,
                  Ron
                  Meido Shugen
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                  • Skye
                    Member
                    • Feb 2008
                    • 234

                    #10
                    Re: Will's sitting schedule

                    Yes, you'll just show up as a blue square. Not distracting at all, for me anyway.

                    Maybe MeBeam will add the feature of being able to replace your feed with a static image, as a privacy screen or for those without webcams. I'll suggest it to the developers.

                    Skye
                    Even on one blade of grass / the cool breeze / lingers - Issa

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                    • Shugen
                      Treeleaf Unsui
                      • Nov 2007
                      • 4535

                      #11
                      Re: Will's sitting schedule

                      Skye,

                      Thanks for the quick reply.

                      Ron
                      Meido Shugen
                      明道 修眼

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                      • will
                        Member
                        • Jun 2007
                        • 2331

                        #12
                        Re: Will's sitting schedule

                        And, if so, is it distracting?
                        I think that's alright. No problem

                        G,W
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                        To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
                        To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
                        To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
                        To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
                        [/size:z6oilzbt]

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                        • Shindo
                          Member
                          • Mar 2008
                          • 278

                          #13
                          Re: Will's sitting schedule

                          Will

                          it has been a pleasure to sit with you over the last few days (I promise to sit on the floor - once I sort out this wireless malarky - I normally do )

                          Anyway the clocks went forward last night so that (& a working and family life) - have curtailed my efforts, so in bold I put in the new UK times:

                          09:30 AM UTC - 5:30pm China (10:30 am England/10:30am Spain/5:30am New York/ 6:30pm Japan)
                          03:00 PM UTC - 11:00pm China (4:00pm England/ 4:00am Spain/ 11:00am New York/12am Japan)
                          10:30 PM UTC - 6:30am China (11:30pm England, 6:30 pm New York/ 11:30 pm Spain/ 7:30 am Japan)
                          I may swing by at the weekend in the morning or afternoon (family permitting). 11:30pm is too Zen hardcore for me (I know us Limeys hey! )

                          Best wishes & thanks for all your efforts

                          Jools
                          [color=#404040:301177ix]"[i:301177ix]I come to realize that mind is no other than mountains and rivers and the great wide earth, the sun and the moon and star[/i:301177ix]s". - [b:301177ix]Dogen[/b:301177ix][/color:301177ix]

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                          • will
                            Member
                            • Jun 2007
                            • 2331

                            #14
                            Re: Will's sitting schedule

                            11:30pm is too Zen hardcore for me
                            Yep. I have to cut the chatting short at the end of the 11pm sits, so I can get to bed. Anyone who showed up at the 6:30 sitting probably noticed I was missing. My pillow had total control. :roll:

                            I was on there at 7:00 though No more late night music sessions for me for a bit. This schedule is really good for noticing balance and such I think. See you at the next.

                            G,W
                            [size=85:z6oilzbt]
                            To save all sentient beings, though beings are numberless.
                            To penetrate reality, though reality is boundless.
                            To transform all delusion, though delusions are immeasurable.
                            To attain the enlightened way, a way non-attainable.
                            [/size:z6oilzbt]

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                            • Longdog
                              Member
                              • Nov 2007
                              • 448

                              #15
                              Re: Will's sitting schedule

                              See you in an hour Will.

                              Kev
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