self organizing systems and world peace

[Sullivan, Tim J. MCF:EX]

Hi Birgitt,
Wow, what a great question. And the answers that have come forth are very
illuminating, I hope to you as well.

For a great and illuminating perspective on the implications of your
question  (another form of that question is: If God is so good how come
there is badness, or evil, or how come bad things happen to good people....)
I would recommend you read the book you borrowed, briefly, from me when you
were in Vancouver a year or so ago.

The book is: Facets of Unity: The Enneagram of the Holy Ideas by A.H.
Almaas. The chapter on Holy Hope would be the one to focus on, but the
entire book is helpful. Some of the response made here (on the list)have
hinted at that perspective somewhat but the book goes into it great depth.


--Tim

-----Original Message-----
From: Birgitt Williams [mailto:birgitt at mindspring.com]
Sent: Monday January 28, 2002 7:40 PM
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Subject: self organizing systems and world peace


Dear friends and colleagues,

I don't know if I can encourage this to make it to the  FAQ, however, if we
are telling the world that Open Space is a self organizing system,  we
should be able to answer the following:

"if Open Space is a self organizing system, why don't we have world peace? "
"if Open Space is a self organizing system, why are so many of us on the
list working as consultants who facilitate Open Space Technology meetings
and thereby interfere in a self organizing system?"

I am curious and seek enlightenment.

Birgitt

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