A Hopi Elder Speaks

Tue May 2 15:33:15 PDT 2000

Not an entry in the poetry contest - but this spoke to me of Open
Space

There are things to be considered:
Where are you living?
What are you doing?
What are your relationships?
Are you in the right relation?
Where is your water?
Know your garden.
It is time to speak your Truth.
Create your community.
Be good to each other.
And do not look outside yourself for the leader.

The time of the lone wolf is over.  Gather
yourselves! Banish the word struggle from
your attitude and your vocabulary.  All that we do now
must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
"We are the ones we've been waiting for".

Oraibi, Arizona

>From  Tue May  2 22:37:23 2000
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From: Larry Peterson <lpasoc at inforamp.net>
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There are times when I work with a group, usually in training or workshops,
where the "theme" for the Open Space to come is generated by the group
itself.  This works in a small group. Usually, I use a talking piece or
other format to engage the group in explore what it wants to accomplish and
what kind of theme would best provide a focus for that conversation.  In a
"training" event, I would go thought a similar process that I go through
with sponsors, but in brief, to discover a theme statement that is
compelling, open, in a language that engatges the group.  At OSI meetings,
we have ofter started by connecting and finding a theme that fits where we
are headed.  The gathered group is the sponsor.

Larry
    -----Original Message-----
    From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Ingrid
Olausson
    Sent: May 2, 2000 4:30 AM
    To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
    Subject: develop joint theme

    Larry. You wrote:
    developing a joint theme (the way we have done at the OSI part of
OSonOS)
    the group went for an afternoon and the next morning in Open Space

    Can anyone tell me how this is done? I haven't yet been a part of this
event.
    Ingrid Olausson, Sweden

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