Self-Organization and Subtle Realms

[Meg Salter]

No question that for me, holding space is one way to bring expanding
consciousness and subtle realms into form - epecially as the facilitator.  A
facilitator quietly sitting in the corner can be a "cover" for an active
meditation practice happening in the room (silent mantra, breath
mindulness...whatever ...)

When things are getting Really Weird, e.g.  opening space the morning of
Sept 11., a manic-depressive woman pacing the room counter-clockwise during
first round of break-outs, I personally resort to active (desperate?)
meditation practice. And wonders seem to happen!

Meg Salter

MegaSpace Consulting
416/486-6660
meg.salter at sympatico.ca
www.megaspaceconsulting.com

> In a message dated 1/2/02 1:30:24 PM, owenhh at mindspring.com writes:
>
> << I guess part of the problem here is that there seems to be a
> general presumption that just because you as the facilitator are not
saying
> something, or doing something (overt) you have no impact or contribution.
> There are in fact subtle realms to be explored and worked with, and maybe
> another strand of our conversation might take a look at all of this?
>  >>
> ...and joelle wrote:

> I'd love to participate in a conversation on this subject.  The first Open
> Space conference I attended, I was struck by how different it felt than
any
> other place I had been.  As a longtime facilitator, much of what was done
was
> familiar to me from one context or another.  I admired how every element
of
> the meeting design was chosen for congruence with the purpose and
> intention--a truly elegant design (meaning elegant in the sense of minimal
> and functional).  But something was going on that could not be accounted
for
> by good design decisions.  And I think that something relates to work with
> subtle realms.
>
> I have found that two days in Open Space where someone is holding space
with
> clarity and integrity expands my consciousness in ways that are still a
> mystery to me.  I have experienced altered states of consciousness on Day
3
> in Open Space (and sometimes after I leave the conference) during which I
am
> very open to the world, and am brought face to face with my own issues in
> startling ways.  I don't have a theoretical basis for explaining this, but
it
> has happened too many times for me to consider it a random event.
>
> I'd love to hear from others on this subject.
>
>

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