Hi John, Lisa and All
My 'take' on this is that whenever people come together to treat each other
well the only thing that could happen is that magic emerges ...
Is this fatalism?
My most recent experience of this was last week when Arun Wakhlu from Pune came
to visit with me for a few days.
Dear Helen,
thanks a lot for your observation. I work partime for a swiss
association, which reprensents the interest of handicapped people.
Last year we orgnisez an open space with aboiut 40 people of many
different handicaps.
We put the poster and everything in order that small stature p
From: Tania Ashworth [mailto:tania.ashwo...@aad.gov.au]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:07 PM
To: hho...@verizon.net
Subject: RE: Imposed Structure, Self-Organisation, Ritual [Sec=Unclassified]
Scott,
At present I am learning how to live within the community where I have
facilitated two Wor
It is interesting (funny, odd, strange) how words, once casually spoken,
take on a life of their own, and somehow or another possess a depth of
meaning that was totally invisible in the moment of speaking. The phrase,
"Whatever happens is the only thing that could have," was just a throwaway,
but i
From: Deborah Hartmann [mailto:debo...@hartmann.net]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 10:23 AM
To: hho...@verizon.net
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] whatever happens...
> Life, of course, is filled with throwaways. Some stick around and
others depart.
The wording of this makes me think of the (apocryphal?
Interesting topic... form exists as long as there is life ... we create form in as many ways as we choose... and... ritual is, in my mind, only of value if there is a deeper understanding of what is behind the ritual call it spirit, call it nature, call it unity... if one is just 'going throug
Nancy - For sure the world is filled with dead rituals along with their
cousins, the myths. That is just what happens when Spirit moves on. But just
because we have some dead ones does not invalidate the class. Myths and
rituals (what I call Mythos) are profoundly useful if only because they form
t
Wow, I love where this discussion has gone. I really appreciated Tania's story
said about how spirit is preserved outside of the ritual space... in the
ongoing story of a system.
In these last two posts, I have been prompted to reflect on this
polarity/interaction/tension between what Harrison
