Story of a recent 2.5 day OST

[Harrison Owen]

At 11:19 PM 8/23/2001 -0700, Chris wrote:

>There is an element of sacrifice that is not in the User's Guide, or on
>Michael Herman's website or in any of the training that I have ever
>taken.  And yet it is known by all OST facilitators after they do their
>first one.

Actually it is there -- but not in so many words. It is called Letting Go,
and Getting out of the Way. But thanks for pointing out what for me is a
critical point. To state the obvious -- sacrifice is at the core of Open
Space, because until or unless stuff is given away, the space can never be
open. My guess is that this bothers a lot of folks, and it is certainly
hard on those who see life as a game in which whoever has the most toys
when they die wins -- But for me sacrifice is at the heart of both Open
Space and life.

>Harrison Owen

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