Dear Birgitt, I like to call God what truly is heartfelt and meaningful for me. This is God inside me and me inside God.
Be blessed, Mikk On Oct 8, 2011, at 7:05 PM, Birgitt Williams wrote: > Dear Raffi, > I am fascinated by the adventures you choose to take. What comes to my mind > are two things. One, it is important not to take a ‘side’ as the gods don’t > care what side you take so long as you do take a side because it allows them > to divide and conquer. Note that I use small letters for ‘gods’. The second > is that it is important to take a stand for what truly is heartfelt and > meaningful to you. > > Blessings, > Birgitt > > From: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Skye Hirst > Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2011 10:10 AM > To: Raffi Aftandelian; World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] occupy Open Space?! > > I'm so glad you are there and sharing your experience. I too feel this is a > most exceptional event of process, and a rich one in the history of our > "becoming" as humans. Skye > On Oct 8, 2011, at 12:35 AM, Raffi Aftandelian wrote: > > > dear open space and genuine contact friends (aka spaceniki and, perhaps, > "wheelies")- > > Tonight marked the spirited kick-off for Occupy San Diego, one of the many > local initiatives around the world taking place in solidarity with Occupy > Wall Street. Speaking as a process artist (OST facilitator and Genuine > Contact Program certified trainer) and a charmingly flawed co-human with a > heart who is planning on camping out (occupy?!) on site for while, I wanted > to share some thoughts and observations and also extend an invitation. > > First off, taking part in all of this- tonight's march or attending the > General Assembly (I was at last night's assembly- 130 people were there!)- > really stretches me. I can't align with any of the adversarial language and > expression here. So, as we marched today I was just silent, holding my > multi-colored sign which read, "What does a wise, compassionate and glocal > response to massive economic injustice look like?" Heck, even calling it > "Occupy" make me shudder!!! > > It is physically just very challenging to be in the presence of all of that > energy. That said, from the the *moment* I heard of Occupy Wall Street, I had > an *immediate* intuitive hit that this is something different, that this is > something that I have to support. And at the very least this initiative could > be supported by bearing witness-- and the simplest way I could do that is > just camp there, just sleep there. That's it. > > Perhaps the act of sleeping in a public space can be a way of claiming *and* > opening space, a way of dreaming the New Story into being? > > Also, I'm amazed to see how many different people locally have heard of the > local Occupy San Diego initiative and how many different people I know showed > up tonight! It's almost as if somewhere deep down there was a part of us that > knew this is something we need to support. > > One of the things that encouraged me while attending General Assembly last > night was the readiness and willingness of people from disparate points of > view to hear each other out. What I'm seeing is messy, imperfect, and I know > and imagine that ball has been dropped. But overall, it's a rather > encouraging picture. It's also encouraging to see meditation part of the > picture, too. A 20+ minute flash mob still silent sitting meditation took > place after the march tonight > > And indeed it has a lot of open space feeling to it. The general assembly and > committees had been meeting at Children's Park (high play and high learning > anyone??) here downtown. The park is made up of large circular patches of > grass bordered with concrete. Each committee met in a different patch - > marked with the name of the committee. And you just went to the committee you > wanted. And from what i could see, if you wanted to create a new committee, > you could do that, too! (apparently, there is a process committee here, too). > > I'm curious if there are other process artists out there on or off these > lists who are also supporting Occupy... where you are. I'd love to enter into > conversation (skype call anyone??) on or offlist to explore the ways we as > process artists can support this initiative. Drop me a line! > > > much warmth from the pacific coast, > raffi > > p.s. to catch some of the flavor of our local "Occupation," see > http://www.flickr.com/photos/occupysd/ > http://www.livestream.com/occupysd > > p.p.s. I look forward to circulating widely this piece by zen teacher and > peacemaker, Bernie Glassman > http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/10/we-are-the-100/ > > p.p.p.s. to borrow a turn of phrase from a fellow spacenik who lives > DownUnder-- "What can happen?" > > powered by ubuntu 10.4 > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > Skye Hirst, PhD > The Autognomics Institute > Perceiving the Process Nature of Life-itself > > > sk...@autognomics.org > www.autognomics.org > Twitter @autognomics > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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