like michael, i stopped telling the medicine wheel story a long time ago. the story i usually tell is about invitation, and what they've already done. i like to notice before we finish how this happens so to point out that keeping it going or repeating it can be pretty easy.
the story goes like this: take a moment to look at what we just did... somebody wrote a short note about something that mattered, picked a time and a place, and sent it to everyone who might care. you all cared and came. some of you posted a few words about things that matter to you, picked a time and a place and your breakouts happened. now you've got a book of notes in your hands... a few words about things that matter. so keeping this going can be as simple as writing a short note and sending it to anyone you think might care. get together. do some work. take some notes... this storyline was triggered by overhearing a couple people talking as they walked out of a meeting once... "this was really great," says the one. "yeah, we should do this every couple of years," says the other. "too long to wait!" i think to myself. m -- Michael Herman Michael Herman Associates 312-280-7838 (mobile) http://MichaelHerman.com http://ManorNeighbors.com http://OpenSpaceWorld.org On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 9:41 AM, agusj <agusjs2...@yahoo.com> wrote: > I listened from Harrison some words that caused profound impact on me: "OS > is a training for life." In that sense, I think to do a final reflection on > the process is essential, because transformation only emerges when people > find meaning for themselves about what they do. If we take into account that > western culture is goal-oriented, if you do not guide the look to the > process, most of the people won't be aware of what happened in between. For > me, OS was transformative when I understood it as a training for life and > not only as a mean to achieve some results, and this happened when I really > paid attention to the conditions that make the OS process so powerful and I > let me go through them. Only then I realized what had caused the OS in me as > a person, and this was training for life... > > Greeting from Bogota > > Agustin > ________________________________ > From: Michael M Pannwitz <mmpa...@boscop.org> > To: OSLIST <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> > Sent: Tuesday, September 4, 2012 8:21 AM > Subject: Re: [OSList] medicine wheel? anyone? > > I stopped using the Medicine Wheel years ago when the thought crossed my > mind, that this was more an interest (stake) of mine and had probably > very little to do with my role of attempting to be fully present and > completely invisible. Also, I began to feel that I was employing a > "tool" in an attempt to have participants become more aware of what a > grand experience they had just been through... is that really my > business? Does it make more time and space for the forces of > selforganisation? > Greetings from Berlin > mmp > > On 04.09.2012 14:08, Harrison Owen wrote: >> Not to twist thoughts or maybe bend minds – but I doubt that anything is >> “essential” when it comes to facilitating an Open Space gathering, if >> only because the fundamental process, (self organization) was there way >> before OST. Not of our making or control. And if we did absolutely >> nothing, self organization would roll on. BUT I believe we >> (facilitators/practitioners/?) can add value by helping to bring this >> elemental power of life to consciousness awareness. There are all sorts >> of ways that can be done, but the more subtle the better. I always loved >> the Medicine Wheel for its elegant simplicity and the way it wove >> history and tradition into present experience. But is it essential? I >> more than suspect that the only “essential” for a good OST is to learn >> to do nothing at all… >> >> ho >> >> Harrison Owen >> >> 7808 River Falls Dr. >> >> Potomac, MD 20854 >> >> USA >> >> 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) >> >> Camden, Maine 20854 >> >> Phone 301-365-2093 >> >> (summer) 207-763-3261 >> >> www.openspaceworld.com <www.openspaceworld.com%20> >> >> www.ho-image.com <www.ho-image.com%20> (Personal Website) >> >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of >> OSLIST Go >> to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> *From:*oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org >> [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] *On Behalf Of *Raffi >> Aftandelian >> *Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2012 11:39 PM >> *To:* OSlist >> *Subject:* [OSList] medicine wheel? anyone? >> >> friends, >> >> craig's questions encouraged me to post about something i've been >> meaning to ask for a while: >> >> i'm curious how much - if at all- do you use the medicine wheel >> reflection activity described in the ost user's guide at the end of an >> ost meeting. >> >> do you see it as an essential element of a carefully facilitated ost >> meeting? or not? >> >> or is it best dropped ('one more thing not to do'). >> >> in my training in ost it was presented as essential and for years i did >> it and couldn't quite connect to it. but with time however, my >> relationship to the medicine wheel changed. and i think it has lots of >> value. at the very least it serves a role in bridging, bridging the >> experience of the meeting to the monday after the meeting...and beyond. >> as in, 'how do we take what we experienced here into our day to day life >> in our organization?' >> >> also my curiousity comes from hardly ever seeing it mentioned on the >> list... >> >> curious about your responses, >> >> much warmth, >> >> raffi >> >> 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 >> > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 386 resident Open > Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org > > > > > -- > Michael M Pannwitz > Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany > ++49 - 30-772 8000 > > > > Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 386 resident Open > Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries > worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org > _______________________________________________ > 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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