self organizing systems and world peace

[Chris Weaver]

Thank you Prasad.  In all this wonderful story I love most the reminder of
the thousanth cow!

I am remembering what Chris Corrigan just shared with us:
The framing of this circle on the ground
Brings whirlwinds, tempests, thunder and lightning.

I am appreciating Gabriela's description of uncountable "grief circles,"
which I have experienced, that the tiniest taste is more than I can bear
alone;

I like the work Michael Herman has developed on his website around the idea
of invitation.  In what we do, how inviting are we?  In my daily
interactions, and as a facilitator, what is the circle I draw?  What is my
capacity for invitation?

Oh yes, we are interconnected.  When we invite, we do not know who or what
will show up.  The grief circles are waiting.  The pearls-beyond-price,
hidden, are waiting.  When Chris Corrigan facilitates, even the birds
appear.

These eyes have seen enough to know that, in a world of randomness, the Open
Space facilitator stepping into the circle would not survive.  Carried off
by a whirlwind; struck to ashes by the lightning of the violence of the
world.

We are not in a world of randomness.  Who does show up is finely tuned
beyond all imagining, and is always just beyond my conception of my
capacity.  The fear is there; the blindfold dance begins again.

And so I am returning to my own understanding of the heart of Birgitt's
questions:

Who is the "self" in this "self-organizing system"?

(You don't have to answer that.)

Shalom,
Chris
Swannanoa, North Carolina, USA






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