An audio version is a great idea -- but nothing planed. However, Peggy Holman videoed my lectures for the Practice of peace program in Seattle. As I remember something was supposed to happen with all that -- but what I can't recall. Anyhow the lectures are basically a shorter version of the book.
Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, Maryland 20845 Phone 301-365-2093 Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter or Esther Sent: Friday, April 16, 2004 8:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Possibilities of Peace Harrison, Because of my eyes I try to get audio copies of books. Is "The Possibilities of Peace" available in audio or do you plan that it will be soon? Namaste, Peter Fisher Harrison Owen wrote: >Dear Friends and Colleagues, > >It was never my intention to get into the "Peace Business." Nor was it my >intention to write another book. But in the course of my life my intentions >are often overlooked, and happenstance rules. So much for a life plan. And >now, the book - The Practice of Peace - is available in a 2nd edition. > >Happenstance, in this case was a fortuitous journey to The Middle East >several years ago. I went to that troubled part of the world lacking any >clear understanding of what I might usefully contribute. To say that I was >confused would be gross understatement. But confusion, as I have learned, is >often (always?) an essential precondition to deeper insight. Confusion rids >the mind of all you thought you knew, and thereby opens some space for new >ideas. The new ideas, in my case, were perhaps closer to a blinding flash of >the obvious. Twenty years' experience with Open Space Technology, over >40,000 iterations in 83 countries had demonstrated to myself and thousands >of colleagues, that every time space was opened, a most remarkable and >unexpected result occurred. I called it Genuine Community, the sort where >differences (of opinion, ethnicity, economics, politics etc.) were if >anything amplified AND those involved found it possible to treat each other >with respect, often coming close to real affection. It seemed to me that >another word for this phenomenon is Peace. Further more, the deeper the >original conflicts the more intense was the sense of community. > >Why all this should be happening and what might be done with it remained >hidden in my cloud of confusion. Hence the book, which began life as a set >of confused notes to myself in search of clarity and understanding. Anybody >who says that they write a book does not fully understand the process, I >think. And certainly in my case, the book wrote me. As those of you who have >shared in this little odyssey will know, confused notes eventually yielded >to some form of connected text, which in turn was shared with some 180 >colleagues for their critique. And critique in full measure was given and >gratefully received - yielding a book which was published collaboratively by >the several Open Space Institutes around the world with the title, The >Practice of Peace. In the intervening period since publication, there have >been multiple workshops and conferences around the world, each contributing >to a deeper understanding of Open Space and the possibilities of Peace. Now, >I am pleased to announce that a 2nd Edition has been published by The Human >Dynamics Institute. > >In substance, the 2nd Edition is not radically different from the 1st, but >countless hours of concerned conversation with colleagues and friends around >the world have tightened the focus, enhanced the flow, and brought to mind a >number of facets that had been neglected in the first attempt. In short it >is a much better book. > >As an author, I have always found it difficult, not to say embarrassing, to >recommend my own books. However, in the case of this book, The Practice of >Peace 2nd Edition, I have no such qualms. This is not theory in search of a >practice, but just the reverse. The practice required the theory simply >because the practice works. Every time Space opens, Peace seems to break >out. And the application is not only in the global arena of conflicted >people, but also in the multiple areas of human life were Peace appears in >jeopardy, including families, community organizations, and businesses. > >Such qualms as I may have about apparent self-serving advertising are also >mitigated by the fact that even though my name appears on the book (and I >take full responsibility for all errors and omissions), this book is in >truth a communal production. Literally thousands of people all over the >world have contributed great thoughts and ideas. So this is not so much an >advertisement for my book, but our book. > >To receive a copy for yourself or to pass along to a friend, you may contact >the good folks at the Institute -- www.hsdinstitute.org/dept_press.asp. >Also the several Open Space Institutes can provide copies. Click on >http://openspaceworld.com/intro%20to%20pop.htm for the details. Last, but >not least, I believe that www.amazon.com will be carrying this book as they >have also carried my others. > >Thanks for bearing with me. I hope you will read and enjoy, but most of all >use -- The Practice of Peace. > > >Harrison > > > >Harrison Owen >7808 River Falls Drive >Potomac, Maryland 20845 >Phone 301-365-2093 > >Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com <http://www.openspaceworld.com/> > >Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org >Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm >[email protected] >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives Visit: >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > > > >* >* >========================================================== >[email protected] >------------------------------ >To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, >view the archives of [email protected]: >http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > >To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: >http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist > > > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
