Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-23 Thread Chris Corrigan
Colleagues: I opened the space the other day for about 70 people here in Vancouver. Just thought I'd let you know how it went. These folks were a motley collection of rubes, rogues and spirited tricksters, dopplegangers, shapshifters and ghosts. Some were old, and some were very young. Some wer

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-23 Thread Michael Herman
...and that's just how it was. fantastic. many many thanks to chris and laurel, and to gabriel who's keeping it going still on big mind. michael herman doppleganger, first class Chris Corrigan wrote: > Colleagues: > > I opened the space the other day for about 70 people here in Vancouver. > J

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-23 Thread Alan Stewart
- Original Message - From: "Chris Corrigan" To: Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2001 4:39 PM Subject: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST > Colleagues: > > I opened the space the other day for about 70 people here in Vancouver. > Just thought I'd let you know how it went. &g

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-23 Thread Chris Weaver
Thanks for the fine spaceholder's reflections, Chris. & thanks especially for this: There is an element of sacrifice that is not in the User's Guide, or on Michael Herman's website or in any of the training that I have ever taken. And yet it is known by all OST facilitators after they do their fi

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-24 Thread Harrison Owen
At 11:19 PM 8/23/2001 -0700, Chris wrote: There is an element of sacrifice that is not in the User's Guide, or on Michael Herman's website or in any of the training that I have ever taken. And yet it is known by all OST facilitators after they do their first one. Actually it is there -- but n

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-24 Thread Ann Thompson
Hello all, I was not there. I have been on the receiving end to receive the ‘gifts' of all of you attending an international conference where ‘YOUR difference makes a difference'. I catch a bird's-eye view of the spirit generated, and the diversity of players on stage. I feel the texture

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-24 Thread Chris Corrigan
Ann Thompson wrote: > Am I dreaming, or was I really there, after-all? Have we reached a new level > of integration of "just being with" in OST and in Open Space? Funny you should mention that...:-) i was thinking the same thing myself. Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-24 Thread Michael Herman
yep. same for my website. the phrase about sacrifice that shows up at the very beginning and the very end of my evolution at work collection is from t.s.eliot... four quartets... "costing not less than everything" also, early on, i decided that i had to do this writing, for whatever it is worth

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-08-26 Thread Alan Stewart
Hi there One of the people who participated in the Closing Circle in Vancouver said 'The next Buddha will be the collective' and, I think, the name of a person who had written about this concept. . I would wish to know more of this. A componenent of the spirit of the gathering, as I experienced

Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

2001-09-01 Thread Joelle Lyons Everett
Chris and Laurel-- Many big "thank yous"! For volunteering to bring OSONOS to Vancouver, for all the preparation and the openhearted way it was organized, for the giving and sacrifice that that takes, including the gift of standing just enough to the side that everything else can happen. I think

(RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"

2001-08-25 Thread Mark R. Jones
mark.r.jo...@seabase.com <mailto:mark.r.jo...@seabase.com> -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Alan Stewart Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 4:58 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Story of a recent 2.5 day O

Re: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"

2001-08-27 Thread Harrison Owen
At 07:45 PM 8/25/2001 -0700, Mark Jones wrote: Tich Nhat Hahn is the Buddhist teacher that made the proclamation regarding the "Collective" as the next manifestation of the Buddha. I believe that Open Space as a life practice creates the minimal structure required to begin to grok "Community /

Re: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"

2001-08-27 Thread Richard Holloway
2776 -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu]On Behalf Of Harrison Owen Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 4:55 AM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST" At

Re: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"

2001-08-27 Thread Harrison Owen
At 11:41 AM 8/27/2001 -0700, you wrote: there are a number of recurring themes that are consistent with the thoughts shared by both of you. Certainly the idea of Gaia consciousness, proposed by several leading thinkers, including Gregory Bateson, is one. Another, Meme theory (info at