i'll see your stickling and raise you one, birgitt... adding that we are not really living IN open space, there isn't a flow i get into, there is only the flow that i am... and the difference for me is whether or not, or perhaps how much, i notice it moment to moment... how much of the Open Space (out there) am i able to intentionally, consciously embody (right here), how much am i able to be not so much aware OF Open Space (the gift of the Creator, as you say), or even being IN open space, but being a body being aware AS open space.
and so it is that i offer you this further distinction. while i am able to notice the open space that i am, the method that is OST, AND the universe as Open Space, i most often find myself inviting friends, clients, people in general to notice themselves already IN Open Space. at my best, however, i invite them to be with me AS open space. maybe this treads into the area you consider taking credit for too much, this notion of being already AS open space, but we are what we are, and more and more the physicists and the sages are all tending to agree that we ARE mostly space. too much of this, however, makes it tricky to know how to get dressed in the morning, i think. <grin> with thanks, michael p.s. i'm in the midst of a two week somatics practice course, with friends from around the world, connected like we are by wires. the practice is to yawn on the inbreath and say 'aaaahhhh' on the outbreath, for five minutes, four times a day. sounds simple, but it's quite mindblowing, especially in distance community, together. anyway, i wrote something about the connections between yawning and open space and this embodying stuff... it's about one page long, so maybe i post just the url for it here... http://www.globalchicago.net/ubb/Forum4/HTML/000031.html Birgitt Williams wrote: > > I am a stickler on this one and will continue to be. When we meditate, do > yoga, walk in nature, we can get to the state where time and space feel > suspended and we are in flow with Spirit because we are in Open Space where > chaos and order dance. This is way way way bigger than Open Space Technology > which gives us a little teeny tiny window into what already exists, the > beautiful Open Space of Creation for Creation. > > People often have a wonderful experience in an Open Space Technology meeting > because time and space are suspended just for a while so that people can > access the great Open Space or be in the flow of the Tao or make genuine > contact with Spirit. At least that is how I see it. It helps me to stay > humble and respectful knowing that we are about this teeny window into > something bigger and more precious not of our making. For me, God created > Open Space, and Harrison created Open Space Technology. I think we need to > be mindful of what we are doing and not to blur the difference and give > ourselves credit for too much. -- Michael Herman ...inviting the extraordinary to work Michael Herman Associates 300 West North Avenue #1105 Chicago IL 60610 312-280-7838 voice/fax mailto:mher...@globalchicago.net The Global Chicago Network http://www.globalchicago.net Michael Herman Associates http://www.globalchicago.net/mha Worldwide Open Space Website http://www.openspaceworld.org * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
