Open

[Doersam, Laurel]

Children are particularly amenable to spoon-bending.  I've attended Terrie's
workshop several times and have always been fascinated to see that it is
folks who have control issues who are unable to bend.  The first time I bent
cutlery was in a high-energy concert that I attended with Terrie - she
handed me a spoon, whispered in my ear to visualize it bending, to let go of
outcome and just to see what happened - during some thunderous applause, I
felt this very thick, strong hunk of metal warm up, go soft and then easily
bent it into several curlicues - amazing! Prior to that moment, the fork was
soooooo thick and strong that I couldn't even budge one of the tines,
despite several forced attempts!!!  When I arrived home that evening, it
took all of 10 seconds to teach my 13y.o. son - and now I don't have an
intact piece of cutlery in the house!!!!   But the power in bending metal is
in the metaphor - when you think that something in life is too difficult, go
back to the spoon - setting intention, visualizing the desired result
clearly, then letting go.  It works!  (And I find it to be a powerful,
powerful metaphor - like Open Space - and life in general, the power is in
letting go of control.)  Thanks, Terrie, for bringing up this fascinating
discussion.

Laurel.

-----Original Message-----
From: Meg Salter [mailto:meg.salter at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:12 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Open


My daughter and several of her friends bent spoons as a dare/game when they
were quite young (8 or 9?). Later, the thought became too scary, and she
denied doing it, or admitted doing it by force only (not possible).

A few years later (age 14?) we revisited it together - she could still do
it, although with somewhat less ease. I have always observed that her own
inner connections were quite deep.

I myself haven't tried  (although maybe I should after meditating?) - but I
have observed and know it to be true.

Meg Salter

----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Ferretti" <dferrett at PLACER.CA.GOV>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 11:50 AM
Subject: Open


> Terrie,
>
> You are the first person I have communicated with who actually can bend a
spoon by letting go. I have read Wheatley's books. I understand how Open
Space demonstrates the order of chaos. I have put into practice these
thoughts as I approach my work and life and I thought I was doing pretty
good but now I you open another realm I thought was only reserved for a very
small percentage of people on earth.  I would like to learn more.
>
> Don
>
> >>> Terrie Conway <terrieconway at home.com> 12/04/00 09:27PM >>>
> Don - if you are referring to my recent post on how I learned the power of
> "letting go" - yes 95 to 99% of we humans can tap into a relaxed state
> (Alpha and Theta) to set intention in order to cause the metal of a spoon
to
> go soft enough to be able to bend, twist, or wrap it around itself.  I
have
> been "teaching" several mind-body exercises including spoon bending
> (psychokenesis) as a way of helping people tap into the power of their
> intention and to create the life/work they want/love.  I was inspired and
> helped by the work of Margaret Wheatley re: Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics,
> sub-atomic particles, action at a distance and morphic fields.  I think
Open
> Space is another demonstration of these phenomena in action at the humanly
> observable level.
>
> Terrie
>
> -
>
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