Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Arno Baltin via OSList]

:)

Arno




2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

> There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a
> gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very
> suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell
> on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now.
>
>
>
> A time of reflections.
>
>
>
> It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or
> maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All
> systems are self organizing.
>
>
>
> *All Systems are Open* is a complicated way of saying that everything is
> connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we
> don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is
> completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control.
> So much for THAT vain hope.
>
>
>
> *All Systems are self Organizing* -- I know of no way of actually proving
> this one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion.
> If you find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected
> environment, where nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are
> there, must have pretty well gotten themselves together all by themselves.
> Of course there are a number of people who are sure that God did it, and
> personally I don’t have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to
> divine agency doesn’t help us very much. We still don’t have much control
> and the systems around us, including those we think we organized, have a
> source other than our selves.
>
>
>
> Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems)
> can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational
> as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example,
> Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that
> could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is
> the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way,
> so I’ve found.
>
>
>
> All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to
> do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to
> accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really
> have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If
> ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or
> contributing, you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new
> place where you can do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few
> words: Follow your passion and take responsibility for it.
>
>
>
> It took 80 years. Fun!
>
>
>
> Harrison
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Winter Address
>
> 7808 River Falls Drive
>
> Potomac, MD 20854
>
> 301-365-2093
>
>
>
> Summer Address
>
> 189 Beaucaire Ave.
>
> Camden, ME 04843
>
> 207-763-3261
>
>
>
> Websites
>
> www.openspaceworld.com 
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Paul Levy via OSList]

I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".

We are the selves that organise.

Beautiful.




> On 31 Aug 2015, at 09:51, Arno Baltin via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> :)
> 
> Arno
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList 
> :
>> There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a 
>> gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very 
>> suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell 
>> on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> A time of reflections.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or 
>> maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All 
>> systems are self organizing.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
>> connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
>> don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
>> completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. 
>> So much for THAT vain hope.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
>> one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
>> find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
>> nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have 
>> pretty well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there 
>> are a number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t 
>> have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency 
>> doesn’t help us very much. We still don’t have much control and the systems 
>> around us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than 
>> our selves. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) 
>> can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational 
>> as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, 
>> Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that 
>> could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is 
>> the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, 
>> so I’ve found.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to 
>> do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to 
>> accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really 
>> have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If 
>> ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or 
>> contributing, you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new 
>> place where you can do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few 
>> words: Follow your passion and take responsibility for it.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It took 80 years. Fun!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Harrison
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Winter Address
>> 
>> 7808 River Falls Drive
>> 
>> Potomac, MD 20854
>> 
>> 301-365-2093
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Summer Address
>> 
>> 189 Beaucaire Ave.
>> 
>> Camden, ME 04843
>> 
>> 207-763-3261
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Websites
>> 
>> www.openspaceworld.com
>> 
>> www.ho-image.com
>> 
>> OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of 
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Harrison via OSList]

Eva—you are sort of right. But the truth is that it took me a long time to 
actually figure out what was happening in Open Space. If I truly have.

 

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From: OSList [mailto:oslist-boun...@lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Eva P 
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Subject: Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

 

And I think that you came up with this ahead of 80 - since Open Space has been 
around in it’s Technology form approx 30 years if Im not totally wrong :-)

 

Bästa hälsningar

 

Eva P Svensson

 

EPS Human Invest AB

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Medlem i Beyond Performance Group

 

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31 aug 2015 kl. 11:07 skrev Paul Levy via OSList 
<oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

 

I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".

 

We are the selves that organise.

 

Beautiful.

 

 


On 31 Aug 2015, at 09:51, Arno Baltin via OSList 
<oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

:)

 

Arno




 

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2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>:

There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a gentle, 
creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very suddenly, 
kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell on the wind, a 
chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now. 

 

A time of reflections.

 

It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or maybe 
better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All systems are 
self organizing.

 

All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. So 
much for THAT vain hope.

 

All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have pretty 
well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there are a number 
of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have any real 
problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t help us very 
much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around us, including 
those we think we organized, have a source other than our selves.  

 

Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) can 
seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational as 
different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, Whoever 
comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that could have, 
wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is the right time, 
and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, so I’ve found.

 

All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to do. 
And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to accomplish a 
great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really have to do. 
Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If ever you find 
yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or contributing, you 
must move your two feet until you find yourself a new place where you can do 
the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your passion 
and take responsibility for it.

 

It took 80 years. Fun!

 

Harrison 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Address

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, MD 20854

301-365-2093

 

Summer Address

189 Beaucaire Ave.

Camden, ME 04843

207-763-3261

 

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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Amanda Bucklow via OSList]

So fab! 

Sent from my iPad

> On 30 Aug 2015, at 21:16, Harrison via OSList 
>  wrote:
> 
> There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a gentle, 
> creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very suddenly, 
> kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell on the wind, 
> a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now.
>  
> A time of reflections.
>  
> It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or 
> maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All 
> systems are self organizing.
>  
> All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
> connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
> don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
> completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. 
> So much for THAT vain hope.
>  
> All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
> one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
> find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
> nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have pretty 
> well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there are a 
> number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have 
> any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t 
> help us very much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around 
> us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than our 
> selves. 
>  
> Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) can 
> seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational as 
> different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, 
> Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that 
> could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is 
> the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, 
> so I’ve found.
>  
> All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to 
> do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to accomplish 
> a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really have to do. 
> Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If ever you find 
> yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or contributing, 
> you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new place where you can 
> do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your 
> passion and take responsibility for it.
>  
> It took 80 years. Fun!
>  
> Harrison
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
>  
> Winter Address
> 7808 River Falls Drive
> Potomac, MD 20854
> 301-365-2093
>  
> Summer Address
> 189 Beaucaire Ave.
> Camden, ME 04843
> 207-763-3261
>  
> Websites
> www.openspaceworld.com
> www.ho-image.com
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Lucas Cioffi via OSList]

Hi All,

Is it accurate to say that some self organizing happens by invitation and
some happens by coercion/force?

For example, from the perspective of someone who lives outside of Iraq, the
way the Ba'ath Party took charge of Iraq through a coup seems like an
example of self-organizing by force to us, because we're outside the system
of Iraq.  I welcome some thoughts on this.

Over the past few months (and working with Michael Herman for VOSonOS) I've
seen that the spirit of invitation shouldn't end with the writing of the
invitation, and instead it should be present throughout the open space.
When someone posts a topic on the marketplace wall, they are inviting
others to a conversation, not taking over a time slot (like having a coup
and taking over a small country).

When someone wants to be a "dictator" of their open space session, yes
others can use their two feet and walk out, but that comes at a cost to the
social fabric of the organization.  A better outcome would be that the
would-be dictator holds a welcoming space from the start.  So I'd recommend
that another sign worth posting on the wall near "Law of Two Feet" would be
"Spirit of Invitation".  I think it's wall-worthy, do you?

Lucas Cioffi
Founder, QiqoChat.com 
Charlottesville, VA
Mobile: 917-528-1831




On Mon, Aug 31, 2015 at 5:07 AM, Paul Levy via OSList <
oslist@lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

> I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".
>
> We are the selves that organise.
>
> Beautiful.
>
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Eva P Svensson via OSList]

And I think that you came up with this ahead of 80 - since Open Space has been 
around in it’s Technology form approx 30 years if Im not totally wrong :-)

Bästa hälsningar
 
Eva P Svensson
 
EPS Human Invest AB
Co owner Genuine Contact Group Inc
Medlem i Beyond Performance Group
 
"Verksamhetsutveckling genom människor skapar långsiktigt välmående företag och 
organisationer"
 
Anåsbergsvägen 22, 439 34 ONSALA
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och låta dig själv finna svaren." Sokrates








> 31 aug 2015 kl. 11:07 skrev Paul Levy via OSList 
> :
> 
> I think the clue lies in the wonderful word "self".
> 
> We are the selves that organise.
> 
> Beautiful.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 31 Aug 2015, at 09:51, Arno Baltin via OSList 
> > 
> wrote:
> 
>> :)
>> 
>> Arno
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> 2015-08-30 22:16 GMT+03:00 Harrison via OSList 
>> >:
>> There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a 
>> gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very 
>> suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell 
>> on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> A time of reflections.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or 
>> maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All 
>> systems are self organizing.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
>> connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
>> don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
>> completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. 
>> So much for THAT vain hope.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
>> one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
>> find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
>> nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have 
>> pretty well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there 
>> are a number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t 
>> have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency 
>> doesn’t help us very much. We still don’t have much control and the systems 
>> around us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than 
>> our selves. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) 
>> can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational 
>> as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, 
>> Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that 
>> could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is 
>> the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, 
>> so I’ve found.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to 
>> do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to 
>> accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really 
>> have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If 
>> ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or 
>> contributing, you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new 
>> place where you can do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few 
>> words: Follow your passion and take responsibility for it.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It took 80 years. Fun!
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Harrison
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Winter Address
>> 
>> 7808 River Falls Drive
>> 
>> Potomac, MD 20854
>> 
>> 301-365-2093
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Summer Address
>> 
>> 189 Beaucaire Ave.
>> 
>> Camden, ME 04843
>> 
>> 207-763-3261
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Websites
>> 
>> www.openspaceworld.com 
>> www.ho-image.com 
>> OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of 
>> OSLIST Go 
>> to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org 
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[ingrid ebeling ebus via OSList]

the essence of life,
love it, Ingrid


 Am 30.08.2015 um 21:16 schrieb Harrison via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org:
 
 There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a gentle, 
 creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very suddenly, 
 kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell on the wind, 
 a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now.
  
 A time of reflections.
  
 It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or 
 maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All 
 systems are self organizing.
  
 All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
 connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
 don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
 completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. 
 So much for THAT vain hope.
  
 All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
 one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
 find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
 nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have pretty 
 well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there are a 
 number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have 
 any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t 
 help us very much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around 
 us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than our 
 selves. 
  
 Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) can 
 seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational as 
 different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, 
 Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that 
 could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is 
 the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, 
 so I’ve found.
  
 All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to 
 do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to accomplish 
 a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really have to do. 
 Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If ever you find 
 yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or contributing, 
 you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new place where you can 
 do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your 
 passion and take responsibility for it.
  
 It took 80 years. Fun!
  
 Harrison
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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 7808 River Falls Drive
 Potomac, MD 20854
 301-365-2093
  
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 189 Beaucaire Ave.
 Camden, ME 04843
 207-763-3261
  
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[OSList] Fall Reflections

[Harrison via OSList]

There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a
gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very
suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell
on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It's here. Ending. Beginning. Now. 

 

A time of reflections.

 

It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or
maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All
systems are self organizing.

 

All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is
connected, including all the things that aren't really a thing, which we
don't even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is
completely unthinkable. And what you can't think, you surely can't control.
So much for THAT vain hope.

 

All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this
one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you
find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where
nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have
pretty well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there
are a number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don't
have any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency
doesn't help us very much. We still don't have much control and the systems
around us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than
our selves.  

 

Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems)
can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational
as different. Certain strange things always seem to happen. For example,
Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that
could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is
the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way,
so I've found.

 

All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to
do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to
accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really
have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says - If
ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or
contributing, you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new
place where you can do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few
words: Follow your passion and take responsibility for it.

 

It took 80 years. Fun!

 

Harrison 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Winter Address

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, MD 20854

301-365-2093

 

Summer Address

189 Beaucaire Ave.

Camden, ME 04843

207-763-3261

 

Websites

www.openspaceworld.com

www.ho-image.com

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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[David Osborne via OSList]

Amen love it too.

David

Sent from my iPhone

 On Aug 30, 2015, at 3:16 PM, Harrison via OSList 
 oslist@lists.openspacetech.org wrote:
 
 There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a gentle, 
 creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, very suddenly, 
 kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a different smell on the wind, 
 a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. Ending. Beginning. Now.
  
 A time of reflections.
  
 It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, or 
 maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) All 
 systems are self organizing.
  
 All Systems are Open is a complicated way of saying that everything is 
 connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” which we 
 don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite complexity which is 
 completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, you surely can’t control. 
 So much for THAT vain hope.
  
 All Systems are self Organizing -- I know of no way of actually proving this 
 one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first conclusion. If you 
 find yourself in an infinitely complex and interconnected environment, where 
 nobody is, or can be, in control, such systems as are there, must have pretty 
 well gotten themselves together all by themselves. Of course there are a 
 number of people who are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have 
 any real problem with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t 
 help us very much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around 
 us, including those we think we organized, have a source other than our 
 selves. 
  
 Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing Systems) can 
 seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so much irrational as 
 different. Certain “strange” things always seem to happen. For example, 
 Whoever comes are the right people, whatever happens is the only thing that 
 could have, wherever it happens is the right place, whenever it happens is 
 the right time, and when it is over it is over. Always works out  that way, 
 so I’ve found.
  
 All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for us to 
 do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems to accomplish 
 a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we really have to do. 
 Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law which says – If ever you find 
 yourself in a situation in which you are neither learning or contributing, 
 you must move your two feet until you find yourself a new place where you can 
 do the one, the other, or preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your 
 passion and take responsibility for it.
  
 It took 80 years. Fun!
  
 Harrison
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 Winter Address
 7808 River Falls Drive
 Potomac, MD 20854
 301-365-2093
  
 Summer Address
 189 Beaucaire Ave.
 Camden, ME 04843
 207-763-3261
  
 Websites
 www.openspaceworld.com
 www.ho-image.com
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Re: [OSList] Fall Reflections

[Daniel Mezick via OSList]

so interesting Harrison: all are open, all are self organizing.

http://voluntaryist.com/fundamentals/introduction.html#.VeO8P87sdek
Voluntaryism is the doctrine that relations among people should be by 
mutual consent, or not at all.





On 8/30/15 3:16 PM, Harrison via OSList wrote:


There comes a moment here in Maine when the season turns. It is not a 
gentle, creep up on you quietly, sort of thing. It is an all at once, 
very suddenly, kind of thing. There is a change in the light, a 
different smell on the wind, a chill on the air. Fall. It’s here. 
Ending. Beginning. Now.


A time of reflections.

It has taken me a lifetime of living. But. I have learned two things, 
or maybe better, come to two conclusions. 1) All Systems are open. 2) 
All systems are self organizing.


/All Systems are Open/ is a complicated way of saying that everything 
is connected, including all the things that aren’t really a “thing,” 
which we don’t even know about. The net result is an infinite 
complexity which is completely unthinkable. And what you can’t think, 
you surely can’t control. So much for THAT vain hope.


/All Systems are self Organizing/ -- I know of no way of actually 
proving this one, but it does seem a natural concomitant of the first 
conclusion. If you find yourself in an infinitely complex and 
interconnected environment, where nobody is, or can be, in control, 
such systems as are there, must have pretty well gotten themselves 
together all by themselves. Of course there are a number of people who 
are sure that God did it, and personally I don’t have any real problem 
with that. But ascribing it all to divine agency doesn’t help us very 
much. We still don’t have much control and the systems around us, 
including those we think we organized, have a source other than our 
selves.


Life under the conditions described above (Open, Self Organizing 
Systems) can seem a little peculiar to some people, but it is not so 
much irrational as different. Certain “strange” things always seem to 
happen. For example, Whoever comes are the right people, whatever 
happens is the only thing that could have, wherever it happens is the 
right place, whenever it happens is the right time, and when it is 
over it is over. Always works out  that way, so I’ve found.


All this appears conducive to a very passive existence. Not much for 
us to do. And the truth of the matter is that doing less always seems 
to accomplish a great deal more. That said, there is one thing that we 
really have to do. Follow the Law of Two Feet! Strange sort of law 
which says – If ever you find yourself in a situation in which you are 
neither learning or contributing, you must move your two feet until 
you find yourself a new place where you can do the one, the other, or 
preferably, both. In a few words: Follow your passion and take 
responsibility for it.


It took 80 years. Fun!

Harrison

Winter Address

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, MD 20854

301-365-2093

Summer Address

189 Beaucaire Ave.

Camden, ME 04843

207-763-3261

Websites

www.openspaceworld.com %20www.openspaceworld.com

www.ho-image.com

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