Laughter

[Ethelyn & Harrison Owen]

Doug wrote:

OK, folks: Joelle you speak of "that place," and Harrison you talk about
whether or not laughter is the causative factor or whether it "does the
job," and both are perceptive answers.
But I am not sure I yet see what is this something that happens in OST and
these other methods. What do you suppose it is that causes this community
to erupt, this healing (do you understand it to mean "wholing," if that is
a word?) to happen?

short take on a long answer (actually a whole book) is that in Open Space
the natural self-organizing system which we all --  are gets back to work,
and if it is wounded, it heals itself. Laughter is one of the sounds we
make when we are healing.

Harrison


Harrison Owen
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Potomac, MD 20854 USA
phone 301-365-2093
Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
Personal website www.mindspring.com\~owenhh

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