This game is tag-style laser combat. Players run around shooting each other and collecting boost icons. The team plints keep track of team-on-team kills, deaths, friendly-fire, etc, and produce scores for each team.

CERIX is so easy to use, you don’t really need an instruction manual to start. Here’s the rundown:

1. Attach the HUD. (The blue info icon at the hall will give you a hud when you get the pistol and wear it. Rez the box to unpack the hud and then delete the box.) CERIX attaches to the top left corner of your screen.
2. Follow the URL link it gives you for our 30-second signup process.
3. The green bar (sometimes yellow or red if your health is low) is Health. When it reaches 0, you’re dead.
4. The blue bar shows you your remaining ammo.
5. Click the health or ammo bar to expand the HUD. CERIX will display your basic performance stats.
6. Click the stats to visit your profile on our website.
7. Click the health/ammo bars again to collapse the HUD.
8. Click the arrow to minimize the HUD (it will pop out again automatically if you’re attacked).
9. Click the arrow when minimized to bring up the health and ammo bars again.

That’s it, really. There’s a full manual on the website if you need help.

Enjoy!

C-TAG LASER TAG

This is a very simple primer designed to get you started playing C-TAG immediately. It assumes you are already familiar with the free CERIX HUD system and general SL principles. For more information, visit http://www.cerixsys.com/.

Overview:

C-TAG is a fun, retro combat game designed for use with the free CERIX Combat System. While CERIX is a complex system designed for sophisticated and extensive user play, C-TAG is just a simple game designed to give you a quick and fun combat experience.

Game Structure:

C-TAG is divided into as many as five teams: Blue, Red, Green, Yellow, and White. Each team has a plinth (a short tower with stats) somewhere in the arena.

To register yourself with a team, simply wear the free C-TAG Laser Pistol designed for that team. When the system is reset by a moderator, all you need to do is click your Laser Pistol to re-register.

The game structure itself is a simple FPS, and the rules are determined by the moderator. Generally, C-TAG play involves one of two structures:

1. STRAIGHT COMBAT – This structure simply involves killing as many members of the opposing team as possible. At the end of a preset time period, scores for each team are tallied and a winner is declared. Team scores are determined simply by team kills – team deaths, with a penalty for friendly fire. Avoid killing your own teammates, as this will bring down your team’s score.

2. CAPTURE-THE-FLAG – Each team is given a flag, which looks like a revolving fleur-de-lis in the team’s color. The goal in this structure is to capture the flags of opposing teams. To capture the flag, you must find the flag and walk through it.

The Pistol:

Each shot will take 10 life points off of your target. The gun holds a total of 50 shots, and begins with a half-load of 25. When you run out of ammo, you must find an ammo boost in order to gain more shots. The pistol has an effective range of 48 meters; beyond that the damage is lessened.

Boosts:

Boosts are floating icons that appear randomly throughout the battlefield. If you find a boost, run through it or shoot it with your pistol to collect it. You will be awarded the boost, and the boost will disappear.

There are 4 types of boosts:

1) Health Boost – The health boost looks like a red cross. This boost will award you a random number of health points between 5 and 15.
2) Ammo Boost – The ammo boost looks like a green arrow. This boost will award you a random number of shots between 5 and 15.
3) Stimulant Boost – The stimulant boost looks like a blue cross. This boost will raise your total life bank by a random number between 5 and 15. Note that this does not mean you get extra health right away; instead, it means that the total number of life points you can have goes up by 5 to 15 points. If you collect a 10-point stimulant boost while your health is at 95%, your health will not change, but you will be able to heal up to 110% rather than the usual 100%. This boost lasts until your next death.
4) Shield Boost – The shield boost will provide a full shield for 30 seconds. This shield will follow you around and remove damage done by laser fire. Note that the shield works by instantly healing you when damage is done to you; this means that the damage is done first and then the shield heals you.

Support:

For questions about the structure of the game you are playing, contact a game moderator. If you want more information on how C-TAG works, visit the CERIX website at http://www.cerixsys.com.

View this video to see the Hall of Contention arena.  That’s it – Go shoot people!

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Reflection Island is a place to discuss, chat, dance, relax, and meditation areas are available at all the elemental towers as well as the Oracle gate where you can relax with friends. The elemental towers have a meditation spot on the first and second levels and the fire tower has a third at the top level. We have placed spheres at the locations corresponding with the Elemental Towers for you to use to meditate on and balance your chakras. Click the orbs by the lower pool to turn them on and off. Please turn them off after your meditation.  Enjoy!

Air Tower: 4-Heart + 5-Throat

Fire Tower: 3-Solar Plexus + 6-Brow

Earth Tower: 1-Root Chakra + Earth Harmonies in C

Water Tower: 2-Navel + 7-Crown

Oracle Gate Meditation: Gregorian Chant + Tibetan Throat Singer

Chakras, Sound and Light (the following information is from the ToneSpheres system used on the island)

The word chakra comes from the Sanskrit meaning “wheel” or “disk”. Chakras, moderators and channels of the body’s subtle energy field, are traditionally depicted as lotus flowers, each resonating at different frequencies corresponding to the colors of the rainbow. The chakras are the key to physical health, emotional stability and mental clarity. They act as conductors, filtering energy from the heavens and earth so that they can combine. The combining of these energy fields forms a chakra. It is a vortex of moving energy, which stimulates various endocrine organs in the body to secrete hormones into the blood system. The effects of hormones control our body and they affect our state of mind.

There are several different systems in use regarding the tones and frequencies which correspond to the various energy-points and organs of the body. These tones/frequencies are used to align, repair and stimulate the chakras for the purposes of healing and enlightenment.

Planetary Frequencies – ToneSphere Set #1

1-Root (Earth Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency Of The Earth-day

Color: orange-red (red)

Chakra: Muladhar – base chakra (intestines / kundalini)

Effect: dynamic, vitalizing (medicinal: tonifies)

First Chakra (Earth Tower on Reflection Island):  We must balance this chakra before moving on to the others. Otherwise our growth will be without roots, i.e., ungrounded.

• Other Names: Root, base, muladhara, Kundalini (Sanskrit).
• Situated: base of spine and the pubic bone (but encompasses genitals and reproductive organs).
• Color: red
• Element: Earth
• Area of consciousness: physical body.
  This includes all physical sensations, such as pain, sensuality, pleasure and power. Also, our survival (as an individual and as a planet), our need for world peace and environmental balance.
• Key Words: stability, solidity, unity and form.
• Physical organ association: gonads, also the glomus coccygeum or coccygeal body,adrenal gland, the kidneys and the spinal column.
• Relationship: to the solid part of the body, especially the bones.
• Importance: location of the kundalini.
• Attributes: athletic, cares about survival, sensuality, pleasure and power.
• Governs: perception of the physical world, willpower, motivation and intent.

2-Navel (Water Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency Of The Synodic Moon

Color: orange (orange)

Chakra: Svadisthan (2nd chakra)

Effect: stimulates sexual energy, supports erotic communication, (medicinal: for woman it is good for regulation of menstration, in general disturbances of gland and lymph system)

Here we encounter change, for without change we cannot grow.

• Other Names: Sacral, sexual, svadhisthana (Sanskrit).
• Situated: behind and just below the navel.
• Color: orange
• Element: Water
• Area of consciousness: emotional
  Change in that we now moving beyond our understanding of ourselves and realize the awareness of others – desire arises and with it our emotions and sexuality.
• Key Words: difference, separation, change, duality, and movement.
• Physical organ association: spleen (Peyer’s Patches) as well as the kidneys and bladder.
• Relationship: corresponds to the liquid part of the body – circulation, urinary elimination, and sexual body fluids.
• Governs: feelings of sexuality, and creativity.

3-Solar Plexus (Fire Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency Of The Sun

Color: yellow-green (yellow)

Chakra: Manipura, also called Hara (navel and 3rd lumbar vertebrae)

Effect: advances the feeling of centering of the magic and of the transcendental
(medicinal: not yet explored)

• Other Names: Solar Plexus, manipura (Sanskrit).
• Situated: solar plexus, in the V formed by the ribcage, above the navel.
• Color: yellow
• Element: Fire
• Area of consciousness: mental or intellectual body.
  This includes thoughts, opinions and judgments.
• Key Words: combustion, fire, energy, action, power, and will.
• Physical organ association: adrenal glands, pancreas, liver, stomach, as well as the nervous system and the bladder.
• Relationship: responsible for the regulation and distribution of metabolic energy throughout the body, as in digestion.
• Governs: emotional issues and issues of personal power.

4-Heart (Air Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency Of The Earth-year

Color: blue-green (green)

Chakra: Anahate (heart chakra)

Effect: relaxing, soothing, balancing (medicinal: sedative)

The task of this chakra is to integrate and balance the realms of spirit and mind with our physical body (matter).

• Other Names: Heart, anahata (Sanskrit).
• Situated: midway between shoulder blades (over the sternum).
• Color: green
• Element: Air
• Area of Consciousness: astral body
  This is the first level beyond 3-dimensional matter. Here we have the bridge between the dimensions of matter and the dimensions of spirit. Although we may refer to the “lower chakras” as being concerned with mankind, and the “upper chakras” as being concerned with spirituality and God, each chakra is no less important than the other.  For instance, the first chakra has a number of frequencies (all within the Red vibration), ranging from very low to very high. The goal is to rise above a chakra’s lower frequencies into its higher ones.
• Key Words: love, compassion, balance.
• Physical organ association: thymus gland (immune system), and the heart, blood, circulatory system, immune system, and the endocrine system.
• Relationship: to the heart – to love as a state of being.
• Governs: love, compassion, and unconditional acceptance for others.

5-Throat (Air Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency of Mercury

Color: blue-green (turquoise)

Chakra: Vishudda (throat chakra)

Effect: supports the speech center and the communicative-intellectual principle.

Here we have the realm of consciousness where communication occurs, whether that be within ourselves or to and from another.

• Other Names: Throat, visuddha (Sanskrit).
• Situated: throat area
• Color: blue
• Element: Sound
• Area of consciousness: etheric body.
  This etheric body is the template for the physical body, and represents our potential for perfection.
• Key Words: sound, vibration, communication, and self-expression.
• Physical organ association: thyroid and parathyroid glands, lungs, vocal cords, and bronchial apparatus.
• Relationship: the throat area where sound is created.
• Governs: communication, expression of thoughts and feelings.

6-Brow (Fire Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency of Venus

Color: yellow-orange (blue violet)

Chakra: Ajna (third eye)

Effect: supports higher love energy and aspiration for harmony

The essence and function of this chakra is to “see” in the sense that we accept that complete vision will include both darkness and light.

• Other Names: Third Eye, Brow, ajna (Sanskrit)
• Situated: centre of head, behind forehead.
• Color: indigo
• Element: Light
• Area of consciousness: celestial body
  It is here that we have “sixth sight”, or the ability to “see” by way of clairvoyance.  We use this chakra for visualization, receiving insight or inspiration.
• Key Words: intuition, imagination and clairvoyance.
• Physical organ association: pineal (although some believe it is the pituitary gland).
• Relationship: the storehouse and viewing screen of all visual input from our two physical eyes and our “third eye” (the etheric organ of psychic perception).
• Governs: spirituality and the search for meaning in life, intuition, visualization.

7-Crown (Water Tower on Reflection Island)

The Frequency Of The Platonic Year

Color: red-violet (purple)(violet-magenta)

Chakra: Sahasrar (crown chakra)

Effect: supports cheerfulness and clarity of spirit, supports cosmic unity on highest levels (medicinial: antidepressive)

This chakra represents our belief systems, both conscious and unconscious.

• Other Names: Crown, sahasrara (Sanskrit).
• Situated: top of head.
• Color: white (some believe violet)
• Element: Thought
• Area of Consciousness: ketheric body.
  This chakra is associated with the spiritual realm. Here is where we merge with God, the All That Is.
• Key Words: enlightenment, knowing and cosmic consciousness.
• Physical organ association: pituitary gland (although some believe it is the pineal gland).
• Relationship: not of the material world but as a gateway to worlds beyond.
• Governs: our connection to the concept of “God” or a higher intelligence.

Rainbow Frequencies:

An alternative and widely-used set of correspondences:

First Chakra
Color: red
Tone: C

Second Chakra
Color: orange
Tone: D

Third Chakra
Color: yellow
Tone: E

Fourth Chakra
Color: Green
Tone: F

Fifth Chakra
Color: blue
Tone: G

Sixth Chakra
Color: indigo
Tone: A

Seventh Chakra
Color: white (some believe violet)
Tone: B

PLEASE NOTE!

It is not healthy nor wise to constantly stimulate one chakra above the others. This can seriously imbalance the body and mind. Many health and mental problems are due to overstimulation of one energy center to the detriment of the others. Balance is the key!

When using the ToneSpheres for specific body work or work on one chakra, please use them in tandem with the provided Earth Frequencies in C Sphere; the tones of that Sphere have been balanced to ground the energies safely.

Best practice would be to use a Sphere for a maximum of 15-30 minutes, actively meditating on the color/correspondences, then to ground using the Earth Sphere for approximately 5 minutes.

Note ** The Earth Sphere is at the Earth Tower on Reflection Island where you can ground.

Welcome to Maia Avedon who will be sharing some of what she has learned and practiced as a Hawaiian woman in this life and time. Blessed with a childhood on the island of Kaua’i, where a ‘village did raise us’, she will share tales of Hawaiian values of spirit, mind and body. The meeting time will also be sprinkled with a Hawaiian word or chant, here and there. Come experience a touch of Hawaii. E komo mai !! 

Genuine seekers and open minds are welcome. Entrance fee is courtesy and respect. Relax and learn Thursday at 3:30pm SLT at the Oceanside Dock classroom.

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We are continuing to recruit more teachers. If you or someone you know is interested in holding a class and you think it will compliment our purpose, contact Seth Haalan in Second Life.

Be well friends,
Dragon Intuitive
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