More on The Law

[Virginia Burt]

Dear Ralph
Thank you for comments and your sharing of your time in Open Space -
appreciated and enjoyed as always. Virginia
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  From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of glory
ressler
  Sent: April 10, 2000 7:17 PM
  To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
  Subject: Re: More on The Law


  Dear Ralph and Florian
  I don't know the two of you and you don't know me but I know Birgitt and
having been in a space she opened and having read all the discourse on the
'Law of ....' I thank the both of you for keeping the good vibe happening
and sharing it on the listserve.  Thanks to Birgitt.  Thanks to Harrison.
Thanks to Open Space.
  Glory Ressler
  Florian Fischer wrote:

    ralph,
    i red it as if being together with you.
    gave me a good feeling, good vibration.
    its only certainty, which makes real things happen,
    isn´t it.
    love
    florian
    Ralph Copleman schrieb:

    > Hi,
    >
    > Funny things happen on the road to certainty.
    >
    > Over this past weekend, I was in some open space.  I've been opening
the
    > damn stuff a lot lately, but being IN it, now that's a rarer treat for
me.
    > It was a one-and-a-half day gig, and the facilitator, to my great
delight,
    > was Birgitt Williams.  And the brief tale I want to tell goes like
this...
    >
    > Birgitt was doing her thing at the start, opening the space, and she
came to
    > the part about the Law of ? what?  I expected her to say "Law of
Mobility",
    > but she said "Law of Two Feet", turning as she said it, to give me
this big,
    > semi-conspiratorial smile.  I winked back in acknowledgement.  There
was no
    > one in the room of about 80 or so who was using a wheelchair, no one
to be
    > offended by the absence of reference to the "otherwise abled" etc..
Birgitt
    > went on to explain how the Law works, etc. and as she then turned her
    > attention to the next aspect of things, the woman next to me, a
stranger,
    > whispered to me, "I guess it's too bad for amputees."  She was making
a tiny
    > joke at the expense of open space, no harm done.  But I was surprised
that
    > someone had chosen to comment on the issue.
    >
    > I guess people notice what you say.
    >
    > Best bit in the opening was Birgitt's explanation of the obverse side
of
    > "When it's over, it's over."  She said that if your formal time period
is
    > coming to an end, and you find you're only about five minutes away
from
    > producing world peace, please DON'T STOP.
    >
    > (I suppose we all handle these opening chores a little differently,
and I
    > find lately I digress from my "script" more and more and treat the
time as a
    > bit of open-space-within-structure.  I say different things; I move
    > differently...  I have this notion that the whole opening can be done
solely
    > and completely with gestures.  Thought I might try that sometime,
although I
    > don't know why.  Sure would be a switch for a guy who loves the sound
of his
    > own voice.)
    >
    > Birgitt was absolutely on top of her game, of course.  She can open
space
    > around me any time, any where she wants.
    >
    > --
    > Ralph Copleman
    > http://www.earthdreams.net
    > 609-895-1629

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