Alaska OS Conference and OS Workshop

[Glory Ressler]

Julie,
I wanted to join in to say 4 things:
1) The invite/conference looks wonderful.
2) I regret not being able to come to Alaska.
3) There are interesting convergences and synergy.
4) I send my love and best wishes :-)

glory

Julie Smith wrote:

> Thanks Tova and John,
>
> I have often wished I were closer to Jerusalem and Haiti so I could
> experience what each of you do. Tova, be looking for that astro-bright
> lime green invitation in the mail.  :)
>
> This conference feels a little risky to me..... lots of people look at
> me with a question in their eyes when they read the theme...... becoming
> a PEACEMAKER?  In some ways, the theme feels much too big and abstract.
> In other ways, it feels like the most important question of our time.
> Either way, some days I feel like I'm taking a step into the abyss. :)
>
> As we were finishing up the theme and invitation, Harrison posted his
> thoughts about OS and the Practice of Peace. I started thinking about
> what it means to use a Practice of Peace (as a process) to talk about
> Becoming a Peacemaker (as the content of discussion). I wonder what
> happens when process and content are congruent in this way, when both
> are focused on two aspects of the same phenomena.  I wonder if there's
> some kind of exponential learning curve that manifests when content and
> process line up like this.
>
> As I continued to think about that, I realized there is a third
> congruency. So much of the conversation in this community is about
> spirit, about the state of being of the OS facilitator, about inner
> peace.  Curious....
>
> Julie
>

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