Re: Initiation

2008-04-09 Thread Stanley Park
Hi friends, I think the "initiation" is to start to invite people to an adventurous yet exciting life-long journey of living with spirit alive which secretively triggers self-organizing force of OST. Recently, I have changed my signature from park to spark. Now, I can tell why I did s

Initiation

2008-04-08 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Dear all, Thanks for your responses. Cher Harrison, you invite us to not believe a word you say. And in that vein, I don't believe you for a New York (or Moscow, for that matter) minute, that initiation for you just means beginning... for the reasons that Artur outlined... Not that it r

Re: Initiation

2008-04-07 Thread Doug Couch
In a message dated 4/7/2008 12:18:23 PM Pacific Standard Time, ch...@chriscorrigan.com writes: What?!?...you mean, all these years I have been breaking vials of scented oil over people's heads and teaching them secret handshakes, and now you tell me it just means "getting started?" Wish I

Re: Initiation

2008-04-07 Thread Chris Corrigan
ic. I have always called Open Space Technology an exoteric method > it being very transparent with no mumbojumbo or secret parts visible > only to the "inner circle" > So calling it an initiation is not attaching "esoteric" to it in my line > of thinking > Greetings

Re: Initiation

2008-04-05 Thread Doug Couch
ric method it being very transparent with no mumbojumbo or secret parts visible only to the "inner circle" So calling it an initiation is not attaching "esoteric" to it in my line of thinking Greetings from Berlin mmp **Planning your summer road t

Re: Initiation

2008-04-05 Thread Michael M Pannwitz
to the "inner circle" .... So calling it an initiation is not attaching "esoteric" to it in my line of thinking Greetings from Berlin mmp Artur Silva wrote: Adding another language (a third one?) to the confusion. In Portuguese, "beginning" translates as "in

Re: Initiation

2008-04-05 Thread Harrison Owen
From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Artur Silva Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 11:16 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Initiation Adding another language (a third one?) to the confusion. In Portuguese, "beginning" translates as "início"

Re: Initiation

2008-04-05 Thread Artur Silva
Adding another language (a third one?) to the confusion. In Portuguese, "beginning" translates as "início" that is similar to "initiation". So I have always translated "Initiation" as "início", hence "beginning", or "

Re: Initiation

2008-03-31 Thread Jack Martin Leith
Raffi, My understanding of "initiation" in this context is "getting things started". Best wishes to you, Jack Jack Martin Leith Bristol, United Kingdom Mobile: 07831 840541 (+44 7831 840541) This is my new number – please delete the old one email: j...

Re: Initiation

2008-03-31 Thread Harrison Owen
, view the archives Visit: <http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html> www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Jack Martin Leith Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 1:55 PM To: osl...@listserv

Re: Initiation

2008-03-31 Thread Harrison Owen
du Subject: Initiation Dear listers, While working through the OST User's Guide a few months ago, I noticed the word "initiation" in Chapter 6, "Creating Time and Space" as the word marking the opening of the space. The Guide explains that initiation has these stages: 1.

Initiation

2008-03-31 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Dear listers, While working through the OST User's Guide a few months ago, I noticed the word "initiation" in Chapter 6, "Creating Time and Space" as the word marking the opening of the space. The Guide explains that initiation has these stages: 1. Welcome 2. Focus the