Dear Paul, Thanks for having the courage for going against the grain and giving us a "heads up" (a warning).
It all comes down to one's spiritual practice. It is very humbling to hear what you have said. I think back to the tone of your User's Guide, Harrison. I recall when I first read it that I heard a tone of "Hey, this OST facilitation is easy. Anyone can do it. It's simple. It's fun. It's a cinch." I don't think you necessarily wanted to convey that message, but that's the message I took to heart. And what I find is that the deeper one gets into os, the further we are invited to jump off the pole into a bottomless well, the more we are invited to lose ourselves...so that we may then be found. You mentioned how one consultant said that OST must be the greatest scam invented-- you get paid and the client does the work. That story makes me think that OS is one of the greatest ways of tricking somebody into developing a spiritual practice. To do this work well there is no other way. And sometimes that's scary. Grounding. grounding. grounding. Warmly, raffi Raffi Aftandelian wrote 25 октября 2005 г., 10:09:25: > Dear colleagues, > I am somewhat reluctant to offer up this thought because it goes > counter, or at least somewhat against the grain, of the thrust of > the discussion on "needing a day of rest after conducting an OS". > Nonetheless, perhaps it has some truth in it, even if many of you > aren't experiencing it. > One of my life teachers was a man, a mining engineer from South > Africa. One of the finest, deepest minds on philosophy, psychology > and general spiritual awareness I have been blessed to have known. > It was his contention that if we feel tired after leading an event, > and needed time to 'recover', it was because We (ego) were trying to > do it, and not letting spirit do the work. Not fully surrendering > to the now, without attachment to outcome. Our anxiety about outcome > produced the exhaustion. His contention was that we should be > feeling exhilarated, infused, energized by an event where spirit was > in charge and being released, most especially in the workplace. It > seems to me that OS is about as close to 'letting spirit do it' as > I've experienced. Why, then, is the circle opener (convenor?) > tired? Just something I've been pondering. > Sincerely, > Paul Everett -- Raffi mailto:ra...@bk.ru * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
