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2007-04-01 Thread funda oral
w the archives Visit: www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of avner Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:07 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space c

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-04-01 Thread Harrison Owen
f avner Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2007 5:07 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes Harisson, the Rabbi you mentioned had moved a long way since then and he is trying to initiate these days a spiritual alliance between the Judaism and the Islam. Not letting fear con

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-04-01 Thread avner
: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes Something that Chris said caught my eye. "Phill Cass calls the "private voice of possibility" which emerges into the public consciousness. Suddenly we're not talking about the fearful aspects of a state run system of colonization, but rath

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-31 Thread Raffi Aftandelian
Dear Avner and all, Thank you Avner for your story about the Rabbi who is working to create a spiritual alliance between Judaism and Islam. And it is great there is an initiative to convince Israeli authorities to let Muslims of all ages pray on Temple Mount. >What kind of challenge are the Iran

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-31 Thread Chris Corrigan
1, 2007 12:29 AM *Subject:* Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes Something that Chris said caught my eye. "Phill Cass calls the "private voice of possibility" which emerges into the public consciousness. Suddenly we're not talking about the fearful aspects of a state run s

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Harrison Owen
hives/oslist.html> www.listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html -Original Message- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Chris Corrigan Sent: Friday, March 30, 2007 4:04 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Michael Maranda
Considering the question of America the Fearful and Frightened, I dont think this is something that began 5.5 years ago. I enjoy the analogy of the dojo/dojang and the idea of going beyond the question of safety with respect to the spaces we open. I spend a fair amount of time thinking about th

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Corrigan
ehalf Of *Chris Corrigan *Sent:* Friday, March 30, 2007 4:04 PM *To:* osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu *Subject:* Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes This is a wise response Wendy, about Open Space not being safe space but rather a space in which we can train with our fear. Many of us who ar

Terrorized by terror - Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Pat Black
I don't disagree with anything said on the subject of fear up to now but for me it the discussion is lacking some components and I am not sure myself what they are. Hopefully in my response I will unpack them. > "The culture of fear is like a genie that has been let out of its >bottle. It ac

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Corrigan
This is a wise response Wendy, about Open Space not being safe space but rather a space in which we can train with our fear. Many of us who are martial artists will know the experience of bringing your fear to the dojang (in Korean, the training gym, like the Japanese dojo) and practice it with p

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
Dear Harrison, Thank you so much for starting this thread. Chris, your analogy of the hole in the bathtub is a very clear representation of what (little) we know about creating change in complex systems. Right now fear seems to be the primary attractor guiding the energy in the US system—and

Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Harrison Owen
Zbigniew Brzezinski, National Security Advisor to Jimmy Carter, is usually over shadowed by Henry Kissinger, which is a shame, because the clarity and insight of Zbigniew is remarkable, I think. Case in point is his recent article, "Terrorized by the War on Terror." I bring all this up here because

Re: Terrorized by terror -- Space closes

2007-03-30 Thread Chris Corrigan
I have this strong sense that fear is like a whirlpool - we are drawn into its centre because of the forces of gravity, the viscosity of the water and the hole in the bottom of the bathtub. With nowhere else to go, the water goes down, and if we are water in this scenario, we are sucked somewhat