third principle

[Jeff Aitken]

Rachel wrote:

"What it
says to me is that whatever happens is the only thing that could have and
that I, or we as the case may be, made the choices and decisions that led us
to what happened.  And that the choices we are going to make are going to
lead to future actions."

Thanks Rachel (and thanks for your story!) I agree.

As I introduce this principle to a group, I say two things:

At the end of the event, you will find that the quality of your learning
and contributing was based on the choices that you made; and,

If there is anything you care about that does not get raised for
conversation and captured in the proceedings, the person responsible for
that is (to use Harrison's words) sitting in your seat.

Jeff

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Jeff Aitken
Inverness Ridge, CA USA
415.669.1924
ja at svn.net
www.openspaceworld.com

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>From  Sun Jan 14 12:19:58 2001
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Artur wrote,
> Could I visit the school project and the community in the days
> before or after next OSONOS?

I think you have a wonderful idea here, Artur.

I like the idea of our being able to see local OS in action
when we join together in whatever country for OSonOS.  It is
such a way to learn about each culture (youth, education,
country culture, and more) in relationship to OS and to
learn from seeing OS used in different ways.

Lisa Heft

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>From  Sun Jan 14 12:27:37 2001
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Nino, it is wonderful to learn from you and about you.



Nino Novak wrote:

> By the way - the best "opener of space" towards my children seems to be
> love. I don't know if this can be compared to a facilitator's attitude.
> And I don't know if it can be learned in a training - but at least the
> OST laws and principles seem to be a substantial part of what I do when
> I love.

I think 'love' can often be described as

belief in someone
faith in someone
creating safety...
fully listening and hearing them,
accepting them fully as they are and not trying to change
them
seeing beauty and potential in them
seeing the world in a different way through knowing them and
interacting with them

...and I could go on.

To me, these are very like being an OS facilitator...


Lisa Heft

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