Teachers about Open Space

2000-12-04 Thread Birgitt Williams
Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space Technology, You are also friends and colleagues in the Open Space of this universe and I give gratitude for our connections. I am currently reviewing source materials about Open Space (not Open Space Technology, which is based on this Open Space and the te

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2000-12-04 Thread Chris Corrigan
Superforce by Paul Davies Evolution's End by Joseph Chilton Pearce The Web of Life by Fritjof Capra The Dancing Wu Li Masters by Gary Zukav ...alot of science, but recent important books for me. Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology http://www.geocities.com/c

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2000-12-04 Thread Chris Corrigan
i should have added anything by john holt and john taylor gatto, as well as book called "the sudbury valley school" all of which deal with "unschooling" or child-led learning. these books have been very influential for me in seeing the potential of open space vis a vis my children's education. i

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2000-12-05 Thread Winston Kinch
Hallo Birgitt: How about the three "s's" of Taoism and the I Ching: sincerity, simplicity and serenity? and of course Pooh as their modern day exemplar? Winston - Original Message - From: Birgitt Williams To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Teachers a

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2000-12-05 Thread Judi Richardson
Birgitt, So lovely to hear that you have discovered Pema's tapes and books. I've studied with her for a few years now. We are very lucky in Nova Scotia that she resides for quite a bit of the year in our beautiful Cape Breton Highlands at a striking Buddhist Monastery. She, and her words, em

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2000-12-05 Thread Meg Salter
--- Original Message - From: "Birgitt Williams" To: Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 9:39 PM Subject: Teachers about Open Space > Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space Technology, > You are also friends and colleagues in the Open Space of this universe and I > give

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2000-12-05 Thread Judi Richardson
Friends, As well as meditation providing flow to and from open space, my practice of Mediation also gives and receives influence from Open Space. My "style", if you will, of mediation is to hold a container for those who are in conflict to regain dignity and agreement. So much so that when I

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2000-12-05 Thread Francis Gastmans
Birgitt In the 70-ties Ruth C. Cohn developed the Theme-centered Interaction (TCI) as a way for Living Learning. The principles are very near to OS. TCI: how to keep Me, We and The Task in an active balance? Me, We and The Task can only be understood in their total context. The way: make space o

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2000-12-05 Thread Chris Corrigan
As with Judi, I have learned a great deal about holding space from my own spiritual practice in the sweat lodge. Also, I continue to learn a great deal from my partner who parents in Open Space, and from midwives and doulas that I have recently worked with. Chris Judi Richardson wrote: > Fri

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2000-12-05 Thread Chris Weaver/Rhett Hudson
We join spokes together in a wheel, but it is the center hole that makes the wagon move. We shape clay into a pot, but it is the emptiness inside that holds whatever we want. We hammer wood for a house, but it is the inner space that makes it livable. We work with being, but non-being is what we