Sounds like dogma to me, Harrison. On Saturday, 10 August 2013, Carmela Ariza wrote:
> Dear HO and the rest of OS loving colleagues, > > While reading again fully and partly the sharing/discussion on > certification and now this - point of Harrison on "I will be the first to > cheer the departure of OST...." > > Somehow my poem that I wrote this morning resonates with the ongoing > discussion. Allow me to share this.... > > Holding Things Lightly > by: Carmela Ariza > 5:55AM, 10 August 2013 > > Allow me > To hold things lightly > For when I cling to them > I loose sight > Of the more beautiful > Of the more important > And the more fulfilling > Things in life > > When I have an idea > Give me the wisdom > To hold it lightly > That I may give room > For this idea to grow > Along with other ideas > Acknowledging > Collective wisdom > > When I have an opinion > Whether about an issue > Or about a person > Or even an event > Allow me to hold this opinion > Lightly > So that I could lend an ear > To other opinions I hear > > When I have something > I call my favorite thing > Allow me to hold it lightly > So that I will not hold it > Too tightly > Grasping for more > Never letting go > Hurting myself or others > > When I hold someone dearly > Allow me to relax my grip > On the one I love > So that she may grow > Through and with others > Affirming my part > As well as the role of others > In forming and shaping my beloved > > When I am so attached to my life > Allow me to see beyond this life > And when the end is near > I shall gracefully exit > Not fearing > Nor doubting > That this road ahead > Is where I am meant to be > > Help me to hold things lightly > Suspending my thoughts > Making space for something new > Stepping back > Taking a different view > Confirming, disconfirming > Breathing in, breathing out > Simply letting go > > All the best to all! Have a good weekend! > > Carms > > > *If there is to be any peace it will come through being, not having. -- > Henry Miller* > ------------------------------ > *From:* Harrison Owen <hho...@verizon.net <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'hho...@verizon.net');>> > *To:* 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' < > oslist@lists.openspacetech.org <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > 'oslist@lists.openspacetech.org');>> > *Sent:* Saturday, 10 August 2013, 8:14 > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Certification? > > Paul – it ain’t Dogma – just experience. If the experience changes, change > the story. And that is what we are – Story Tellers. And the Tale has yet to > be fully told. One thing I am absolutely clear about. We didn’t invent it. > And certainly I didn’t invent it. Been going on for 14.7 billion years, and > we are just catching up – just barely. Wherever it happens is the right > place. We just have to keep out eyes open. And Be prepared to be surprised. > I will be the first to cheer the departure of Open Space Technology. It is, > and always has been in my mind a “half-way technology.” Something we do > until we can easily and openly do the real thing. Which paradoxically is > nothing new and nothing strange. Just what we do, and what we are. So relax > Paul... the story is just getting started.... > > Harrison > > Harrison Owen > 7808 River Falls Dr. <x-apple-data-detectors://6> > Potomac, MD 20854 <x-apple-data-detectors://6> > USA <x-apple-data-detectors://6> > > 189 Beaucaire Ave. <x-apple-data-detectors://7> (summer) > Camden, Maine 04843 <x-apple-data-detectors://8> > > Phone 301-365-2093 > (summer) 207-763-3261 > > www.openspaceworld.com > www.ho-image.com (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-bounces@lists. <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > openspacetech.org <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > [mailto:<oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > oslist-bounces@lists. <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org> > openspacetech.org <oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org>] *On Behalf Of > *paul levy > *Sent:* Friday, August 09, 2013 7:23 PM > *To:* World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] Certification? > > The problem, dear colleagues, is that if you fix this as dogma... > > For me it all comes down to this: > · 5 Conditions of Use > · A few logistics > · Circle > · 5 Principles > · Law of 2 feet > · Be Prepared to be Surprised > · Trust the People > ... Then you have killed the space for change. What Harrison calls (also > dogmatically) "the genuine article" sets up a tragic polarity between > genuine or NOT genuine. > > George W Bush did the same in the Iraq war: "Either you are with us or you > are against us" > > Harrison will take this "genuine article" dogma to his grave. Shame. > > Certification even arises at all because of this false dogma. It has drawn > it in by becoming a blueprint. Oh dear. > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org <javascript:_e({}, > 'cvml', 'OSList@lists.openspacetech.org');> > To unsubscribe send an email to > oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org<javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', > '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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