Central Asia
Elwin and Joan
elwinandjoan at yahoo.com
Sun Aug 26 14:29:25 PDT 2001
Dear Jo,
I've just completed two development assignments in
Azerbaijan to create basic understanding of the
benefits and principles of NGOs and Associations;
fourteen workshops in total. None have been classical
OST.
Two of the workshops were OST based in the sense that
we worked from 'the circle" and Issues were announces
and placed on the "wall" but the point of it all was
to have strangers get to find their "common interest"
and from that interact with me regarding formation of
an association to protect that interest.
Thank you for the extremely clear and useful
description of your OST approach. After years of OST
in the Balkans I truly understand what you mean when
you say the electricity etc is problematic and hence
you "wing it" with practical alternatives.
Keep it up!! And, keep sharing it!
Peace
Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore
--- kerry napuk <k at napuk.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Dear Jo Toepfer
>
> You may have a first there but check with Elwin just
> to be sure. I
> am opening space in Yerevan, Armenia on 25 and 26
> September,
> hopefully leaving 10 people with enough training to
> be
> self-sustaining.
>
> Keep up the pioneering work!
>
> Best regards
>
> Kerry Napuk
> Open Futures
> Edinburgh
> Scotland
>
> www.openfutures.com
>
> *
> *
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Subject: (SPIRITED WORK FYI): Response to Inquiry Regarding Collective
Buddha
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Hi.
Attached is a version of the Annual Spirited Work Invitation that goes out
at the beginning
of each four-season cycle. The schedule dates are for the next cycle (Cycle
4: 2002).
I apologize for the length of the description:
The Online Community that supports Spirited Work is not publicly
available.
So you can't find or see the website.
May this be of benefit to you . . .
Mark R. Jones
Chief Information Officer: SEA-IS
Executive Vice President: SEA
P.O. Box 1457;
Lynnwood, WA 98046
Direct Line: 425-413-6000
Mobile Line: 206-696-7000
Message Line: 504-304-2460
e-Mail: mark.r.jones at seabase.com
_____________________________________________________________
We Invite You To Participate in
SPIRITED WORK! 2002
A Creative, Innovative Learning Community
Meeting Seasonally at the Whidbey Institute
Spirited Work brings together professional people from the Northwest and
other parts of the continent who feel called to participate in a conscious
learning community with a committed group of people who offer each other
support, challenge, and inspiration in our work on behalf of a hopeful and
sustainable future. Our fourth cycle begins in January 2002,
Spirited Work invites your participation. It is designed especially for:
* People who see themselves as both learners and leaders
* People who are cognizant of the environmental, social, and spiritual
challenges facing our generation and that of our children
* People who want to share their experience and learn together about
innovative organizational and leadership dynamics
* People who are making a courageous commitment to a hopeful and
life-sustaining future
* People who want to join with others in imagining and implementing
innovative strategies that can help
change the cultural course
The Spirited Work community uses the "open space" model as a primary way of
organizing our learning process and the seasonal archetypes of cultural
anthropologist Angeles Arrien. Each gathering includes "market place"
seminars, art, music, ritual, experiences in the natural world, time for
personal renewal, and wonderful celebrative meals. Between our face to face
gatherings, we are linked in an online learning community served by Big Mind
Media.
Primary conveners: Anne Stadler, Fritz Hull, Peter Donaldson, Vivienne Hull
Dates: January 24 - 27 2002
April 11 - 14
August 1 - 4
November 14 - 14
For Further Information please write, call, or email Vivienne Hull
at the Whidbey Institute, P. O. Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236
Telephone: 360-341-1884
Email: fvhull at whidbey.com
____________________________________________________________________________
___________
Spirited Work! 2002
Dear Friend and Colleague,
We invite you to join the third cycle of Spirited Work! We are an
innovative, creative, and enthusiastic learning community of professional
people from the Northwest and other parts of the continent who meet together
for a weekend retreat each season, with online conversations and projects in
between. Our new cycle begins in January. Since we came together four
years ago, Spirited Work has evolved into a very exciting community of
practice offering support, challenge, and inspiration as we all work on
behalf of a hopeful and generative future.
We see ourselves as learners and as leaders. The learner within us is
curious, open to the unknown, self-disciplined. The leader within us feels
called, divinely so, fiercely at times, to take what we know and put it to
service in the world. And we have extended our community to include
colleagues and gatherings in India !
Four people, Anne Stadler, Peter Donaldson, Fritz Hull, and Vivienne Hull
are the primary conveners of Spirited Work. We are joined by members of the
Spirited Work community who have been involved in this unique program since
its beginning.
We want you to consider this as an opportunity to nourish the continuing
spiritual transformation of yourself, your life's work, the people and
organizations you touch, and your commitment to the shared future of our
earth. We consider these times urgent in nature yet fertile with
opportunity, demanding from us new forms of conscious spirit and dedicated
action.
We seek people like you to join with others from many disciplines,
traditions, persuasions and experiences, who are ready to deepen our own
call to Spirited Work. We look forward to this creative adventure!
For further information, please call or email us at the Whidbey Institute,
360-341-1884; whidinst at whidbey.com.
Anne Stadler Peter Donaldson Fritz Hull
Vivienne Hull
____________________________________________________________________________
__________________________
SPIRITED WORK 2002
INTENTION
A community of learners and leaders gathering four times a year to deepen
our commitment to personal transformation through to the world.
GUIDING QUESTION
How can we build personal and collective capacity to support healthy and
productive relationships, organizations, and communities for "Earth, Spirit,
and
the Human Future?"
CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION
People with awareness of themselves as both learners and leaders.
People who feel called to participate in a conscious learning community with
a committed group of people over a committed period of time.
People who are firmly cognizant of the environmental, social and spiritual
challenges facing our generation and that of our children.
People in touch with the spirituality of their being who possess the courage
and openness to explore the universality of human wisdom as it appears and
reappears in diverse faith traditions.
People who seek a new "economic imagination" in organizing for productivity
and sustainability.
ORGANIZATION
Gatherings are held at the Whidbey Institute, a beautiful retreat and
conference center nestled in the intimacy of a hundred acres of forest three
miles from the ferry dock on Whidbey Island, one hour travel time from
Seattle. We meet seasonally beginning our fourth cycle in the winter of
2002.
Our gatherings are conducted in Open Space, a method of self-organizing
based on the simplest structural principles inviting the highest level of
personal integrity and responsibility.
Our content focus for each season of learning is based, in part, on the work
of anthropologist and educator Angeles Arrien. See attached excerpt from
her book The Four Fold Way.
COMMITMENT
We ask participants to commit to being part of a community of practice which
gathers seasonally and whose members are linked in an on-line learning
environment. We ask participants to familiarize themselves with the work of
Angeles Arrien, author of The Four Fold Way, and Harrison Owen, creator of
Open Space Technology. Reading through the information in this packet is a
good start but for those who like to read from the source we recommend The
Four Fold Way by Angeles Arrien (Harper San Francisco, 1993), and Expanding
our Now: The Story of Open Space Technology, by Harrison Owen (Berrett
Kohler, 1997). We encourage participants to suggest (and to bring) your own
favorite resources to contribute towards a community bibliography.
SCHEDULE
Winter, January 24, 25, 26, 27
The Way of the Warrior "Show up. Choose to be present."
Spring, April 11, 12, 13, 14
The Way of the Healer "Pay attention to what has heart and meaning."
Summer, August 01, 02, 03, 04
The Way of the Visionary "Tell the truth without blame or judgment."
Fall, November 14, 15, 16, 17
The Way of the Teacher "Be open to outcome."
Each gathering begins with supper on Thursday at 6:30 pm and ends in a
closing circle Sunday at 3 pm.
Each gathering begins with dinner on Thursday at 6:30 pm and ends by 4pm on
Sunday afternoon.
BASIC (SHARED) COST
We are committed to sharing all costs related to facilities, food,
materials, supplies, mailings, and administrative overhead. We have not yet
completed our estimated cost per participant for all four retreats,
including accommodation and all meals. We want to make it possible for
people to join us from varying income levels. Costs are adjusted for
participants who do not need accommodation at the Center. The Cost Model
information will be available in October.
We are also building a scholarship fund and welcome your contribution. If
you need scholarship support, please let us know.
REGISTRATION
To register fill out the enclosed form and send a $100 deposit to SPIRITED
WORK, Whidbey Institute, PO Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236. We appreciate full
payment by our first gathering. We are also happy to work out a financial
arrangement that works best for you.
____________________________________________________________________________
____________
PERSONAL STATEMENTS FROM THE FOUNDING CONVENORS
ANNE STADLER
I want to be part of a gift-giving learning community, in harmony with the
earth¹s cycles and rhythms. I want to experience how that affects my/our
capacity to engage fully in spirited work and in life. The gifts I bring: my
life experience includes being a child, wife, mother, grandmother, friend,
lover. I have worked as a community organizer, TV producer, learning
organization consultant and sometimes teacher. I bring enthusiasm for
learning and following the creative spirit. At this stage of my life, I am
particularly interested in co-creating learning communities in which
individuals are fully engaged and fully responsible for themselves and the
evolution of the collective.
PETER DONALDSON
I am interested in learning more about service leadership, and I want to be
in
the company of others who are similarly dedicated. My focus is creativity
spirituality, education and the arts. I work in schools a lot and here¹s
why: I believe that arts‹drama, dance, music, writing and the visual
arts‹make the teaching/learning experience intrinsic to the spirit,
meaningful to the mind and of practical value to the long term
sustainability (creative response) of our culture, our country and the
planet. My life¹s work is to bring forth beauty. To tell and retell the
stories that make us powerfully human. I see my work through the
imaginative possibilities inside this one question: "What if there were no
distinction between art, religion, and life?" This fascinates me. And I
don¹t wonder any more about how the story is going to come out. I¹m in it.
FRITZ HULL
Raised in my early summers on Whidbey Island, I grew up loving this place
with its islands, magical waterways, old farms and forests. Kayaking became
a passion. Since 1966 I have been working to make Chinook a unique,
resource-rich learning center. I have had a hand in shaping the exciting
new facilities for the Whidbey Institute. I am committed to discovering
ways we can craft a new relationship to the natural world, strengthen the
human community, explore our spiritual depths and work together for a
hope-filled and sustainable future. I want to work with others to encourage
creative leadership as we seek to serve our world.
VIVIENNE HULL
Though Whidbey Island has been my home since 1972, my soul¹s landscape is
the mythic and spiritual geography of Ireland where I was born and spent my
childhood. Because of this, I am intrigued by each of our stories and our
poetic imagination, as we seek to understand ourselves and our place in the
greater story of life. Though the human adventure is poised at a critical
threshold and the challenges we face in the next decades are staggering, I
am unapologetically hopeful. I believe that together we can bring forth the
necessary wisdom to engage our time in history with imagination and
creativity. I think the help we need will be found as we go deeply into the
"open space" of our inner lives, draw on the power of Spirit, and go out
into the wild and elemental spaces of the natural world. A sense of humor
and a bit of blarney will also help!
____________________________________________________________________________
______________
SPIRITED WORK 2002
A Leadership Learning Community
Name ________________________________________________________________
Address______________________________________________ ____________
City________________ State __________ ___ Zip____________
Phone: Day _______________________Evening ___________________________
E-mail _________________________________________
Deposit of $100 enclosed to hold my registration ________
I will pay quarterly. Amount: _____________
Full payment enclosed. Amount _________
I would like to donate additionally to the SPIRITED WORK scholarship fund.
Amount ____________ Thank You!
Scholarship request (attach personal letter)
TOTAL ENCLOSED_________________________
Payment: Check_______
Credit Card ________________________
Signature___________________________________ Date _______________
Thank you for joining us!
The Whidbey Institute
PO Box 57, Clinton, WA 98236
Office Phone: 360-341-1884 or toll free from Seattle: 206-467-0384.
Email: whidinst at whidbey.com
Website: www.whidbeyinstitute.org
_____________________________________________________________
-----Original Message-----
From: Winston Kinch [mailto:kinch at sympatico.ca]
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 5:27 AM
To: mark_r_jones at worldnet.att.net; mark.r.jones at seabase.com
Subject: Re: Response to Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha
Hi Mark:
Would you please point me more specifically to the "Centers for Spirited
Work" to which you refer? I would like to find out more about both the OST
aspect and especially the ways in which children have been involved, as I
may myself be becoming involved with an organization which is headed in the
same direction.
Winston Kinch (a Tich Nhat Hahn fan)
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark R. Jones
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 10:45 PM
Subject: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story of a
recent 2.5 day OST"
Hi.
Tich Nhat Hahn is the Buddhist teacher that made the proclamation
regarding the "Collective" as the next manifestation of the Buddha.
I believe that Open Space as a life practice creates the minimal structure
required to begin to grok "Community / Collective" -- in terms of
intention, communication, and behavior.
I believe that communities like the (Centers for) Spirited Work
that practice ongoing (3 years now) community, organization,
and business model using Open Space as the core practice -- are the
training grounds for the manifestation of the Buddha as the Collective.
I note that the active inclusion of children into the Spirited Work
community in the USA has had a positive and profound transformative
effect on the community and the practice of Open Space as a Life Practice
(in contrast to using Open Space as just a "facilitation" tool.
Mark R. Jones
Chief Information Officer: SEA-IS
Executive Vice President: SEA
P.O. Box 1457;
Lynnwood, WA 98046
Direct Line: 425-413-6000
Mobile Line: 206-696-7000
Message Line: 504-304-2460
e-Mail: mark.r.jones at seabase.com
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learning=20
community with a committed group of people over a committed period of=20
time.<BR><BR>People who are firmly cognizant of the environmental, =
social and=20
spiritual challenges facing our generation and that of our=20
children.<BR><BR>People in touch with the spirituality of their being =
who=20
possess the courage and openness to explore the universality of human =
wisdom as=20
it appears and reappears in diverse faith traditions.<BR><BR>People who =
seek a=20
new "economic imagination" in organizing for productivity and=20
sustainability.<BR><BR><BR>ORGANIZATION<BR>Gatherings are held at the =
Whidbey=20
Institute, a beautiful retreat and conference center nestled in the =
intimacy of=20
a hundred acres of forest three miles from the ferry dock on Whidbey =
Island, one=20
hour travel time from Seattle. We meet seasonally beginning =
our <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>fourth </SPAN>cycle in the winter of 200<SPAN =
class=3D700354601-27082001>2</SPAN>. <BR><BR>Our gatherings are =
conducted in Open=20
Space, a method of self-organizing based on the simplest structural =
principles=20
inviting the highest level of personal integrity and =
responsibility.<BR><BR>Our=20
content focus for each season of learning is based, in part, on the work =
of=20
anthropologist and educator Angeles Arrien. See attached excerpt =
from her=20
book </STRONG><STRONG><I>The Four Fold =
Way.<BR><BR><BR></I>COMMITMENT<BR>We ask=20
participants to commit to being part of a community of practice which =
gathers=20
seasonally and whose members are linked in an on-line learning =
environment.=20
We ask participants to familiarize themselves with the work of =
Angeles=20
Arrien, author of <I>The Four Fold Way</I>, and Harrison Owen, creator =
of Open=20
Space Technology. Reading through the information in this packet =
is a good=20
start but for those who like to read from the source we recommend <I>The =
Four=20
Fold Way </I>by Angeles Arrien (Harper San Francisco, 1993), and =
<I>Expanding=20
our Now: The Story of Open Space</I><U> </U><I>Technology</I>, by =
Harrison Owen=20
(Berrett Kohler, 1997). We encourage participants to suggest (and =
to=20
bring) your own favorite resources to contribute towards a community=20
bibliography.<BR><BR><BR>SCHEDULE<BR></DIV></STRONG>
<DIV><STRONG>Winter, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>Jan</SPAN>uary <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>24</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>25</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>26</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>27</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Warrior "Show up. Choose to be=20
present."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Spring, <SPAN =
class=3D700354601-27082001>April </SPAN><SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>11</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>12</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>13</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>14</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Healer "Pay attention to what has heart and=20
meaning."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Summer, <SPAN class=3D700354601-27082001>August=20
01</SPAN>, <SPAN class=3D700354601-27082001>02</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>03</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>04</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Visionary "Tell the truth without blame or=20
judgment."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Fall, November <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>14</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>15</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>16</SPAN>, <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>17</SPAN></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>The Way of the Teacher "Be open to outcome."</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>Each gathering begins with supper on Thursday at 6:30 pm =
and ends=20
in a</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG>closing circle Sunday at 3 pm.</STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><BR><BR><STRONG>Each gathering begins with dinner on Thursday at =
6:30 pm=20
and ends by 4pm on Sunday afternoon.<BR><BR><BR>BASIC (SHARED) =
COST<BR>We are=20
committed to sharing all costs related to facilities, food, materials, =
supplies,=20
mailings, and administrative overhead. We have <SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>not yet completed our </SPAN>estimated =
cost<SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001> </SPAN>per participant for all four =
retreats,=20
including accommodation and all meals. We want to make it possible for =
people to=20
join us from varying income levels. Costs are adjusted for =
participants=20
who do not need accommodation at the Center.<SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001> The Cost Model information will be =
available in=20
October.</SPAN><BR><BR>We are also building a scholarship fund and =
welcome your=20
contribution. If you need scholarship support, please let us=20
know.<BR><BR><BR>REGISTRATION<BR>To register fill out the enclosed form =
and send=20
a $100 deposit to SPIRITED WORK, Whidbey Institute, PO Box 57, Clinton, =
WA=20
98236. We appreciate full payment by our first gathering. We =
are=20
also happy to work out a financial arrangement that works best for=20
you.<BR><BR><BR>_________________________________________________________=
_______________________________<BR><BR>PERSONAL=20
STATEMENTS FROM THE FOUNDING CONVENORS <BR><BR>ANNE STADLER<BR>I want to =
be part=20
of a gift-giving learning community, in harmony<FONT size=3D4> =
</FONT>with the=20
earth=B9s cycles and rhythms. I want to experience how that =
affects my/our=20
capacity to engage fully in spirited work and in life. The gifts I =
bring: my=20
life experience includes being a child, wife, mother, grandmother, =
friend,=20
lover. I have worked as a community organizer, TV producer, =
learning=20
organization consultant and sometimes teacher. I bring enthusiasm =
for=20
learning and following the creative spirit. At this stage of my =
life, I am=20
particularly interested in co-creating learning communities in which =
individuals=20
are fully engaged and fully responsible for themselves and the evolution =
of the=20
collective.<BR><BR>PETER DONALDSON<BR>I am interested in learning more =
about=20
service leadership, and I want to be in <BR>the company of others who =
are=20
similarly dedicated. My focus is creativity<BR>spirituality, =
education and=20
the arts. I work in schools a lot and here=B9s why: I believe that =
arts‹drama, dance, music, writing and the visual arts‹make =
the teaching/learning=20
experience intrinsic to the spirit, meaningful to the mind and of =
practical=20
value to the long term sustainability (creative response) of our =
culture, our=20
country and the planet. My life=B9s work is to bring forth beauty. =
To=20
tell and retell the stories that make us powerfully human. I see =
my work=20
through the imaginative possibilities inside this one question: =
"What if=20
there were no distinction between art, religion, and life?" This=20
fascinates me. And I don=B9t wonder any more about how the story =
is going to=20
come out. I=B9m in it.<BR><BR>FRITZ HULL<BR>Raised in my early =
summers on=20
Whidbey Island, I grew up loving this place with its islands, magical =
waterways,=20
old farms and forests. Kayaking became a passion. Since 1966 =
I have=20
been working to make Chinook a unique, resource-rich learning center. =
I=20
have had a hand in shaping the exciting new facilities for the Whidbey=20
Institute. I am committed to discovering ways we can craft a new=20
relationship to the natural world, strengthen the human community, =
explore our=20
spiritual depths and work together for a hope-filled and sustainable =
future.=20
I want to work with others to encourage creative leadership as we =
seek to=20
serve our world.<BR><BR>VIVIENNE HULL<BR>Though Whidbey Island has been =
my home=20
since 1972, my soul=B9s landscape is the mythic and spiritual geography =
of Ireland=20
where I was born and spent my childhood. Because of this, I am =
intrigued=20
by each of our stories and our poetic imagination, as we seek to =
understand=20
ourselves and our place in the greater story of life. Though the =
human=20
adventure is poised at a critical threshold and the challenges we face =
in the=20
next decades are staggering, I am unapologetically hopeful. I =
believe that=20
together we can bring forth the necessary wisdom to engage our time in =
history=20
with imagination and creativity. I think the help we need will be =
found as=20
we go deeply into the "open space" of our inner lives, draw on the power =
of=20
Spirit, and go out into the wild and elemental spaces of the natural =
world.=20
A sense of humor and a bit of blarney will also=20
help!<BR><BR>____________________________________________________________=
______________________________<BR><BR></STRONG><STRONG><FONT=20
size=3D6>SPIRITED WORK 200<SPAN=20
class=3D700354601-27082001>2</SPAN><BR></FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT =
size=3D5>A=20
Leadership Learning Community<BR><BR><BR></FONT>Name</STRONG><STRONG><U> =
________________________________________________________________<BR><BR><=
/U>Address______________________________________________</STRONG><STRONG>=
<U>=20
____________<BR><BR></U>City___=
_____________=20
State <U>__________ ___</U>=20
Zip____________<BR></STRONG><STRONG><U> <BR></U>Phone: Day<U> =
_______________________</U>Evening</STRONG><STRONG><U>=20
___________________________<BR> <BR></U>E-mail=20
_________________________________________</STRONG><STRONG><U>=20
<BR></U><BR>Deposit of $100 enclosed to hold my registration =
________<BR><BR>I=20
will pay quarterly. Amount: _____________=20
&=
nbsp; <BR><BR>Full=20
payment enclosed. Amount _________<BR><BR>I would like to =
donate=20
additionally to the SPIRITED WORK scholarship fund. Amount ____________=20
Thank You!<BR><BR>Scholarship request (attach personal=20
letter)<BR><BR>TOTAL ENCLOSED_________________________<BR><BR>Payment:=20
Check_______ <BR><BR>Credit Card=20
________________________<BR><BR><BR>Signature____________________________=
_______=20
Date _______________</STRONG><STRONG><U>=20
<BR><BR></U>Thank you =
for=20
joining us!<BR><BR>The Whidbey Institute <BR>PO Box 57, Clinton, =
WA=20
98236<BR>Office Phone: 360-341-1884 or toll free from Seattle:=20
206-467-0384. <BR>Email: <U>whidinst at whidbey.com</U>=20
<BR>Website: www.whidbeyinstitute.org<BR></STRONG></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><SPAN class=3D700354601-27082001><FONT=20
size=3D2> &nbs=
p;=20
_____________________________________________________________</FONT></SPA=
N></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3D2></FONT></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV class=3DOutlookMessageHeader dir=3Dltr align=3Dleft><FONT =
face=3DTahoma=20
size=3D2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Winston Kinch=20
[mailto:kinch at sympatico.ca]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, August 26, 2001 5:27 =
AM<BR><B>To:</B> mark_r_jones at worldnet.att.net;=20
mark.r.jones at seabase.com<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Response to Inquiry =
Regarding=20
Collective Buddha <BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Hi Mark:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Would you please point me more specifically =
to the=20
"Centers for Spirited Work" to which you refer? I would like to find out =
more=20
about both the OST aspect and especially the ways in which children have =
been=20
involved, as I may myself be becoming involved with an organization =
which is=20
headed in the same direction.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial>Winston Kinch (a Tich Nhat Hahn fan)<FONT=20
face=3D"Times New Roman"> </FONT> </FONT></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; =
BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV=20
style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: =
black"><B>From:</B>=20
<A title=3Dmark_r_jones at worldnet.att.net=20
href=3D"mailto:mark_r_jones at worldnet.att.net">Mark R. Jones</A> </DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20
title=3DOSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU=20
=
href=3D"mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE=
.EDU</A>=20
</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, August 25, 2001 =
10:45=20
PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> (RESPONSE): Inquiry =
Regarding=20
Collective Buddha "Story of a recent 2.5 day OST"</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial></FONT><FONT =
face=3DArial></FONT><BR></DIV>Hi.<BR><BR>Tich=20
Nhat Hahn is the Buddhist teacher that made the =
proclamation<BR>regarding the=20
"Collective" as the next manifestation of the Buddha.<BR><BR>I believe =
that=20
Open Space as a life practice creates the minimal =
structure<BR>required to=20
begin to grok "Community / Collective" -- in terms =
of<BR>intention,=20
communication, and behavior.<BR><BR>I believe that communities like =
the=20
(Centers for) Spirited Work<BR>that practice ongoing (3 years now) =
community,=20
organization,<BR>and business model using Open Space as the core=20
practice -- are the<BR>training grounds for the manifestation of =
the=20
Buddha as the Collective.<BR><BR>I note that the active inclusion of =
children=20
into the Spirited Work<BR>community in the USA has had a positive and =
profound=20
transformative<BR>effect on the community and the practice of Open =
Space as a=20
Life Practice<BR>(in contrast to using Open Space as just a =
"facilitation"=20
tool.<BR><BR><BR>Mark R. Jones<BR>Chief Information=20
Officer: SEA-IS<BR>Executive Vice=20
President: SEA<BR>P.O. Box=20
1457;<BR> Lynnwood, WA 98046<BR>Direct=20
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bsp; &nb=
sp;=20
425-413-6000<BR>Mobile=20
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<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:mark.r.jones at seabase.com">mark.r.jones at seabase.com</A><BR>=
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>From Mon Aug 27 00:50:28 2001
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hello all... some quick notes regarding online activities:
1. OSLIST is now linked directly from all language homepages at
http://www.openspaceworld.org. to invite new friends and colleagues to
join us on this list, just send them to the website and tell them to
click "OSLIST"
2. DISCUSSION CONTINUES ON BIGMIND... all the proceedings are posted
there from vancouver and we'll have continuing discussions for the next
several weeks. we're adding to previous discussions AND raising whole
new issues there. http://catalyst.bigmindmedia.com/osonoslogin.html.
there is also talk about doing a mid-year bigmind osonos conference
online, so check it out if you can and give some indication there about
that conference idea.
3. OSONOS PROCEEDINGS are also posted in the relatively old-fashioned
way at http://www.openspaceworld.org/osonos if you'd like to send
friends and colleagues there to read them, without getting into the
bigmind discussions.
michael
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312-280-7838 voice
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http://www.michaelherman.com
a personal/professional portal to
consulting, open space, evolution,
invitation resources, michael's
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