About circular time... in college in History of Religions I was introduced to the idea that until the Hebrews all time was circular, but that the Jews were the first to have a history. This idea is probably in Elidade's The Sacred and the Profane. It blew my mind at the time..
Annamarie Pluhar Pluhar Consulting http://www.pluharconsulting.com 802.451.1941 802.579.5975 (cell) On Mar 24, 2013, at 4:08 PM, paul levy <p...@cats3000.net> wrote: > Perfectly described, Koos! > > And it is why I believe that when we open space, we open space not only for > the future but for our whole "time organism". > > It is also why, if there must be "action planning" is need not only come at > the end! > > Time is linear, circular and many other things as well. > > Warm rushes > > Paul > > On Sunday, 24 March 2013, Koos de Heer wrote: > Paul, > > > > I once heard a story from someone who had been to Greece, interviewing people > about the political and economic situation there. He reports that some > people would say: “We can’t predict the future – after all, you have no idea > of the things that are still hidden behind your back.” The metaphor of the > way time flows there is the opposite of ours. In Western Europe, we picture > ourselves as looking to the future and having the past behind our backs. > Apparently in Greece, the people experience the timeline so that the future > is coming from behind and the past is disappearing in front of them. So they > are looking at the past and not seeing the future. Which makes sense; we > think we look at the future, but what are we looking at? Only images, because > we don’t know what it will be. Which also leads to the question whether our > images from the past are correct, but that is another story. > > > > This leads me to wondering if there might be cultures where time is viewed as > circular, which would make even more sense to me. > > > > Koos > > > > Van: oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org > [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] Namens paul levy > Verzonden: zondag 24 maart 2013 19:37 > Aan: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Onderwerp: Re: [OSList] Follow-Up and Flow in Open Space > > > > David > > > > There's a depth and warm texture to your model. > > > > I would offer this: > > > > You define vision this: > "what does it look like when it is done" > > > > I believe that is only part of vision. > > > > Vision is what does the temporal picture look like: the picture of past, > present AND future, all playing into each other. As I said earlier - what > went before (past) is also before us (future, in front). > > > > Such a magical word - before - it means both behind and in front ! > > > > When we open space for a vision of the whole timeline - the unfolding story - > then something often emerges - it is this: potential > > > > I believe we can only truly know the future vision when we look back at it. > > > > Be prepared to be surprised. > > > > The future is often revealed by opening space for the present and the past. > > > > Futures are fulfilled in where we have travelled from. > > > > Paul > > > On Sunday, 24 March 2013, David wrote: > > When I do open space with my business hat on in the consulting role, I almost > always start with four imperatives that most companies start with, even if > they havent articulated it, but soon lose sight of. I call it VMPM. Vision, > Mission, Purpose, Method. Many companies have a mission statement, few ever > read it after it has been written. NO company is healthy for more than a year > or two at a time, although many run very successfully from the economic > metric for years or decades. I just put up the four words, the group gets to > define them. Here are my definitions, that we usually start with to frame the > discussion: > > > > Vision: what does it look like when it is done. A vision is a snapshot, or > series of snapshots. Vision is not Mission. > > Mission: What is the target, how does the map compare to the territory. The > territory is not always reflected on the map. (just by a street map of > Nairobi sometime, and you will see what I mean). Mission is not Purpose. > > Purpose: the personal "why" . Purpose is purpose, it is my personal core > driver. > > Method: How we do it, the outflow of the inflow of the first three points. > Method is how I achieve my self interests as part of a collaborative > community, also called a company. > > > > All successful communities have these common elements: Community! which is > collaborative and cooperative, consistent and committed. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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