Open Space - Nothing New

[glory ressler]

Dear all
Harrison wrote
> A little something to tickle your reflection --
Zhaozhou asked Nanquan, "What is the Way?"
Nanquan said, "The normal mind in the Way."
Zhaozhou asked, "Can it be approached deliberately?"
Nanquan said, "If you try to aim for it, you thereby turn away from it."

Zhaozhou said, "If one does not try, how can one know it is the Way?"
Nanquan said, "The Way is not in the province of knowledge, yet not in
the
province of unknowing. Knowledge is false consciousness, unknowing is
indifference. If you really arrive at the inimitable Way, it is like
space,
empty and open; how can you insist on affirmation and denial?"
At these words Zhaozhou was suddenly enlightened.

Translation by Thomas Cleary (Unlocking the Zen Koan)

Great tickling which took me back to my days in Gestalt training.  I
think the story of our earthly story (and perhaps our conscious movement
in OS) is about the struggle of holding polarities > both/and.  As OST
practitioners, we have the privilege of modeling holding the space for
polarity turbulence without judgment.  In Gestalt, we talk of the
'creative point of no-difference' > aware of indifference, aware of urge
to make a difference, both held in consciousness and accepted until some
other point of action/passion emerges.  The next action will again
create a disturbance whose polarities can be explored, included and
conscious space held for, and so on, and so on .... never ending, always
so .....
Thanks for the forum to express my thoughts!
Best wishes,
glory ressler

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>From  Tue Sep 12 16:45:22 2000
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Hi all.
I'm working on an idea to use OST in a program for developing leadership. In
short it´s about starting from the white wall, letting the participants
create their own program in Open Space. A collegue of mine will support the
projectgroups in their work. More OS-gatherings will happen on the way
thorugh the program, which might never end...? Any suggerstions and/or
experiences appreciatied. I´ve read and appreciated much of the info
concearning OS and Education.
Greetings Thomas

Thomas Herrmann
Open Space Consulting
Ny adress: Syréngatan 6a
434 43 Kungsbacka, Sweden
Phone:  +46 (0)300-197 81
Mobile: +46 (0)709-98 97 81
E-mail: thomas.herrmann at telia.com

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