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Message from Elías (23th November): “Dear Martin,
Very good. I think Dec. 17 would be better. And the best would be if you could send me q list of queries on Dec. 14, asking people to refer the queries to the relevant pages of the book (whichever of the books it is, though I assume most will be about BB). This is good so I have time to confront the questions with the relevant book pages, as I deal with so many different subjects that it is not automatic that at any moment I can keep everything in mind about one of the subjects I deal with.
I am choosing the later date because before that I will be involved in revising the Italian translation of my book in aesthetics, since the Italian lady who translated it will be here in Tenerife for the Chöd retreat and a little after, and so I would have no time to do the confrontation of queries with book pages.
If this is good for you please let me know.
I have another problem, which is that the Internet is very slow and on some days unavailable in Hotel Gran Callao, which is where I see my Internet. There is a cybercafe where I believe there may be a better connection, but then I would be doing my thing from a cybercafé. So I would have to arrange it with them in advance to make sure I will not disturb if I do an activity of the kind from their café.
Sincerely,
Elías”
== WHAT'S UP? == Czech version - česky
Presentations and discussions on the relevant philosophical-spiritual-historical topics that are present in the work of the same title written by Elías Capriles, a professor of history and philosophy, and a long term student of various vajrayana buddhist and atiyana-dzogchen masters, including Dudjom Rinpoche, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, Thinle Norbu Rinpoche, Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche etc., spending over 6 years in a personal retreat in the Himalaya mountains, doing there atiyana upadesha practice based on receiving pith instructions from the masters. Elías should connect to a Q&A session in November!
No next meeting planned, preparing a date for a session with Elias Capriles at the beginning of December
Next two weeks there is no regular meeting, but at the beginning of December there should finally be the special Q&A session with Elías remotely connected. Read whatever Capriles' text you want and mark down any notes and questions you want to know answer from Elías or you want to discuss with him. Some random relevant topics:
== HOW TO JOIN? == First test your computer settings and at the right time connect on Anymeeting.com. A microphone is obligatory, a webcam optional. If having questions/problems write me:
CONTACT: martin.malec@email.cz, tel. +420 737740166, skype: noname.tm, GTalk: brozkeff@gmail.com
Because I am excited about Capriles' work, and being myself a practitioner of Dzogchen teachings transmitted by Chögyal Namkhai Norbu rinpoche I like very much the attempt to use this standpoint for looking at Western philosophy, ideology and more or less hidden metanarrations that drive our society at this time. I belive it could be useful for others too.
The webinar remote connection will be realized using the AnyMeeting webconference platform: http://www.anymeeting.com/brozkeff1
You need to have the Java plugin correctly working and a microphone. It is recommended to have a webcam available, too.
In case some people will face difficulties with connecting via AnyMeeting there are some alternative platforms available, like Google Talk or Skype. The problem generally is with the maximum amount of people that could attend the video/audioconference at the same time. If you know some other platform (optimally a free one) that you can recommend, you can recommend it to be used, I am open to anything that will work good enough to fill the requirements of this course, that is at least a reliable audio connection of all the members connected, and optimally also the video connection, ability to show other documents (slides, videos, texts) and send text messages to all or individual members connected. Best is to be a free plaform or you can donate some commercial solution :)
Elías Capriles (on the left) and Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (17th October 2012):