You've seen Tom Atlee's description of the recent "Evolutionary Salon". Here
are my reflections, mostly on the partnership between TWC and OS.
We began our first evening in a circle with a check in, people speaking to what
attracted them to the Evolutionary Salon. We described the process tha
in the end, gabriela, it's all .ORG. it's all hosted and linked
to/from .ORG homepage. what you are referring to as .ORG and what i
was being lazy in referring to is the English wiki space. .ORG hosts
many sections. what most people probably think of as the main .ORG
site is the English languag
In a message dated 5/29/05 1:59:37 PM, pe...@opencirclecompany.com writes:
> And what creates the equivalent of the river banks in Open Space? I
> believe the convening question bounds the space. It shapes the container
> from
> which all else flows.
>
Peggy,
Definitely, it provides 'bou
"You can't be this open. After all, even the river has to have banks to keep
the water in."
There is a marvelous systems group in the UK that has spent a lot of time
thinking about the biology and ecology of rivers. Your friend seems to be
saying -- when you reach the banks, you reach the ri
"You can't be this open. After all, even the river has to have banks to keep
the water in."
And what creates the equivalent of the river banks in Open Space? I believe
the convening question bounds the space. It shapes the container from which
all else flows.
overcast in Seattle,
Peggy
Harrison:
I meant to tell you an experience that was sombering for me. The other day,
I was speaking with a group of professional clergy about donig OS. I
mentioned the Law of Two Feet. One minister's eyes became large and he/she
said, "We do not want our people to learn this one. If they did
I'm reminded of a French mediation client I had. He said of his wife, whom
he was divorcing, "She manipulates our investment accounts." She gasped and so
did I, at least internally, until he made it clear that it was a GOOD thing.
In French, manipuler in this context meant manage, and what he mean
A brief consultation with Webster brought forth the following:
Manipulate--
1 : to treat or operate with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a
skillful manner
2 a : to manage or utilize skillfully
b : to control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially
to on
Ah yes, I guess it is often difficult to choose when to treat another
human as "Thou", rather than "It".
It is a sad fact of life that one cannot treat all humans as "Thou" all of
the time. I guess it is good enough if we can treat most humans as "Thou"
some of the time.
When the client is an org
Harrison Owen wrote:
>Masud -- the word "manipulative" is a curious one. In the circles that
you and I usually move in -- it is a "bad word." But if I go to a
chiropractor or a therapeutic massage person -- and am not "manipulated" I
should be very unhappy. I think the significant issue is not t
Hypothetical questions make you reflect
Questions from children are mostly hypothetical
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Ahhhfreedom! Something to
breathe over and to celebrate. Freedom of human spirits united, even in the
moment, to manifest something new, or more of the same.
This is a rich thread. Thanks to all.
Oh, and ahhh to being present. Ahhh to having a good question to focus an
interaction among wha
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