Open Space in Taiwan

Sun Sep 17 01:20:36 PDT 2000

Beautiful tale Gail.....the connection between reiki and Open Space
Technology is not a new one...Birgitt has much of interest to say on
this topic.  Good luck with your next sessions....please continue to
share your learning with us.

Chris

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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

108-1035 Pacific Street
Vancouver BC
V6E 4G7

Phone: 604.683.3080
Fax: 604.683.3036
corcom at interchange.ubc.ca
http://www.geocities.com/chris_corrigan

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>From  Mon Sep 18 08:21:50 2000
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Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 08:21:50 -0400
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Subject: Re: Story of an Open Space with First Nations and local government
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Chris:  A great step forward and a story that can help all of us across
Canada.  Congratulations to all involved!!!

Larry

Larry Peterson
Associates in Transformation
41 Appleton Ave., Toronto, ON,
Canada, M6E 3A4
Tel:/Fax: 416-653-4829

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>From  Fri Sep 15 23:15:16 2000
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Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2000 23:15:16 -0400
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From: Birgitt Williams <birgitt at mindspring.com>
Subject: a perspective and two offers
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Dear friends and colleagues in Open Space Technology,
I have done a great deal of thinking over this last week about my feelings
about training and learning and where I am at and what I am prepared to do
to shift my beliefs into actions. Last evening I was in discussion about all
of this with my husband and partner Ward, exploring the possibilities. And
so I share with you a story of my perspective and on behalf of Ward and I,
make two offers. If you aren't interested in my personal learning story just
skip the next few paragraphs and go right down to the offer.

One of the loves of my life is Reiki, a healing art that works with energy.
Until recently, I did my Reiki Training with a Reiki Master who learned
through a certain lineage. She advised us from the beginning that she
combined two healing arts in her teaching: Reiki as learned through the
lineage, and Hands of Light work, as learned through Barbara Brennan. My
teacher is a Master in both. I was thrilled and was excited by the
combination. I was naive. And during this last month, I had to face a lot of
things about the Reiki work that I have been doing. And it paralleled my
concerns that I raised on the list about Open Space Technology. It is funny
in life how there are always wonderful mirrors to get us to look at
ourselves. My teacher was a Master in each of the healing arts separately
and she is very very good at the healing work she does. However, by learning
the combination from her rather than by learning either Reiki (although we
called it Reiki) or Hands of Light, I did not grasp certain key and critical
components about the energy work of Reiki as a true practice. And there were
several key and critical parts that were not taught to me. A very mixed
recipe. So...I have been doing Reiki healings. Some of them go well. Others
have not gone well but I didn't know it at the time. I just thought that
"whatever happens...".   I sought out the new Master because I knew she also
did healings with crystals, combining crystals and Reiki and I have learned
all I could about crystals from books and now I wanted a teacher who would
show me how to combine all of this. I love working with crystals. The new
Master would not combine the learning until she was sure that my Reiki
practice was good. Over this past month, the new Master that I have gone to
that was going to teach me at a more advanced level had to go back to basics
with me and reteach me and make sure I had the right components and the
essence for each. I have now done this. And now next week she is ready to
instruct me about healing with crystals and then when I have mastered that,
she will teach me the combination of the two. Work with energy of whatever
healing art, and Open Space Technology is also a healing art, is very
powerful and needs to be understood and worked with with care.

In my training, I paid attention to how I learn, and I needed a lot of
repetition and practice to really understand and learn to use. I would learn
something important and between sessions would forget completely and have to
go over it again and again until I had it. There is not one right way to do
it, but there are certain ingredients to attend to and to attend to
diligently.

I now know that some of the Reiki work I did in the past caused harm,
despite the fact that I am a powerful healer. Would we still say "whatever
happens...". I don't. Negative things emerged from the work that didn't go
well that could have been prevented. Or do I shrug this aside and say it is
all as it is meant to be? I think of one Reiki on a friend where there was
so much negative energy that everything in her and around her was black at
an energetic level. I did what I knew how to do at the time. Today, I know I
did exactly the wrong thing in terms of the placement of my hands. By
placing my hands palms toward the person, the negative energy remained in
her. If I had done the work of drawing out the negative with my palms away
from the person, the negative would have been released. From that day, I
experienced many negative situations with the person and we are no longer
friends. It might be meant to be, or it might have been deeply affected by a
Reiki practice in which I had been taught incorrectly.

I'm sure those of you on the list can see where the strong urge in me about
the key ingredients with Open Space Technology was becoming stronger and
expressed so on the list. I saw such a parallel.

The offer:
1.Our training manual was developed only to be distributed at our training
programs. The new manual of 146 pages was just completed this month. It is a
thorough resource called Working With Open Space Technology: a learning
journey and is a workbook. For anyone who has been through either Harrison's
training,training of the team of Gabi Ender/Michael Pannwitz or my training
that would like this as a resource, we want to make it available to you. It
is only for those who have gone through training. We don't want to add to
the confusion by making it available instead of training. If you would like
a copy, the price is $50US and should be sent with your request to Birgitt
Williams at P.O.Box 19373, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA 27619
2. Our Open Space Technology training program that is available in various
locations in the world costs $600US per participant for the four days. Most
of the locations have local sponsors and there are various financial
arrangements involved in the sponsorships. However, the annual Open Space
Technology training in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA is sponsored by
ourselves because it is our home base. The training in Raleigh for the year
2000 is October 2,3,4,5. For anyone who has taken training with either
Harrison,  Gabi/Michael or myself in the past and would like a refresher,
honouring the need for spaced repetition for deeper learning, Ward and I
will make the 4 day program available to you for $200US (just to cover the
direct costs of having you there). We realize this offer doesn't deal with
travel and accommodation which for some of you may be the biggest part of
the dilemma, but we make this offer in case it is of help to any of you as
you go deeper and deeper with your learning, or if you've taken the course
and have been too afraid to head out to do your first Open Space Technology
meeting. Coming back for a repeat may be just what you need. We make this
offer to you for this year or whatever year you can join us in Raleigh. Some
of the other locations may be able to offer some reduction but often this
isn't possible simply because of all of the costs involved. But you can
always check with us to see what is possible.

We hope that either of these may be of help to some of you,

Kindest regards,
Birgitt

Birgitt Williams
Make Genuine Contact!
Dalar Associates: organizational
effectiveness consultants

Striving for Success? Ready to exceed
your expectations?

Contact us for consulting services, training,
conference and meeting facilitation,
and keynote speaking.

www.openspacetechnology.com

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healings with crystals, combining crystals and Reiki and I have learned =
all I=20
could about crystals from books and now I wanted a teacher who would =
show me how=20
to combine all of this. I love working with crystals. The new Master =
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the=20
two. Work with energy of whatever healing art, and Open Space Technology =
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really understand and learn to use. I would learn something important =
and=20
between sessions would forget completely and have to go over it again =
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until I had it. There is not one right way to do it, but there are =
certain=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D150531622-15092000>I now =
know that some=20
of the Reiki work I did in the past caused harm, despite the fact that I =

am a powerful healer. Would we still say "whatever happens...". I =
don't.=20
Negative things emerged from the work that didn't go well that could =
have been=20
prevented. Or do I shrug this aside and say it is all as it is meant to =
be? I=20
think of one Reiki on a friend where there was so much negative energy =
that=20
everything in her and around her was black at an energetic level. I did =
what I=20
knew how to do at the time. Today, I know I did exactly the wrong thing =
in terms=20
of the placement of my hands. By placing my hands palms toward the =
person, the=20
negative energy remained in her. If I had done the work of drawing out =
the=20
negative with my palms away from the person, the negative would have =
been=20
released. From that day, I experienced many negative situations with the =
person=20
and we are no longer friends. It might be meant to be, or it might have =
been=20
deeply affected by a Reiki practice in which I had been taught =
incorrectly.=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D150531622-15092000>1.Our =
training=20
manual was developed only to be distributed at our training programs. =
The new=20
manual of 146 pages was just completed this month. It is a thorough =
resource=20
called Working With Open Space Technology: a learning journey and is a =
workbook.=20
For anyone who has been through either Harrison's training,training of =
the team=20
of Gabi Ender/Michael Pannwitz or my training that would like this =
as a=20
resource, we want to make it available to you. It is only for those who =
have=20
gone through training. We don't want to add to the confusion by making =
it=20
available instead of training. If you would like a copy, the price is =
$50US and=20
should be sent with your request to Birgitt Williams at P.O.Box 19373, =
Raleigh,=20
North Carolina, USA 27619</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D150531622-15092000>2. Our =
Open Space=20
Technology training program that is available in various locations in =
the world=20
costs $600US per participant for the four days. Most of the locations =
have local=20
sponsors and there are various financial arrangements involved in the=20
sponsorships. However, the annual Open Space Technology training in =
Raleigh,=20
North Carolina, USA is sponsored by ourselves because it is our home =
base. The=20
training in Raleigh for the year 2000 is October 2,3,4,5. For anyone who =
has=20
taken training with either Harrison,  Gabi/Michael or myself in the =
past=20
and would like a refresher, honouring the need for spaced repetition for =
deeper=20
learning, Ward and I will make the 4 day program available to you for =
$200US=20
(just to cover the direct costs of having you there). We realize this =
offer=20
doesn't deal with travel and accommodation which for some of you may be =
the=20
biggest part of the dilemma, but we make this offer in case it is of =
help to any=20
of you as you go deeper and deeper with your learning, or if you've =
taken the=20
course and have been too afraid to head out to do your first Open Space=20
Technology meeting. Coming back for a repeat may be just what you need. =
We make=20
this offer to you for this year or whatever year you can join us in =
Raleigh.=20
Some of the other locations may be able to offer some reduction but =
often this=20
isn't possible simply because of all of the costs involved. But you can =
always=20
check with us to see what is possible. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN class=3D150531622-15092000>We =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2><SPAN=20
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