when a client hires Open Space Technology,is this what she gets?

[Chris Corrigan]

Peg:

That is exactly what I do.  I refer often to the fact that I have
trained with both Birgitt and Harrison in OST.  As a result I make every
effort to do OST well, in order to honour them and the learnings they
have given me.  A student dishonours a teacher if they live the
teachings poorly.

As it turns out this is also the way it is in my spiritual practice,
which is the sweatlodge.  It is very important to know which traditions
one is sweating in, and which teacher gave which sweat to whom and which
pipe and so on.  That lineage exactly establishes credibility and
authenticity.  In the same way, I make the effort to tell people that I
have been trained by Birgitt and Harrison so that folks understand that
I'm not just fooling around with this stuff!

Chris

Peggy Holman wrote:

> >From Birgitt:
>
> I also wonder if there couldn't be something that when a client hires
> Open
> Space Technology, that this is actually what he/she gets. I don't see
> the
> solution to this coming from linear thinking and tried and true but
> ineffective means such as certification. What I was grasping for came
> out of
> what I think of as a tradition of a medicine man or medicine woman
> mentoring
> someone to learn their art and then taking them through an
> initiation/ritual
> to show the sacredness of the honor and privilege and responsibility
> now
> bestowed. OST, well done, is sacred work.
>
>
> Birgitt -- I think you're on to something -- how can we establish
> competence
> without resorting to something insipid like certification?
>
> I've recently been exposed to several mystical traditions. I notice
> masters
> refer to their teachers as a way of setting context for what they
> offer.  I
> can see some merit in this form.  Over time, lineage grows via who we
> look
> to as our guides.
>
> Peggy
>
> Peggy Holman
> The Open Circle Company
> 15347 SE 49th Place
> Bellevue, WA  98006
> 425.746.6274
>
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