Silence is golden

Linda E. Laddin lelhk at netvigator.com
Sun Apr 27 22:15:51 PDT 2003


About the "Touchy-Feely Stuff"
I sometimes hear this phrase when starting a coaching engagement with
someone who is unaccustomed to disclosing his/her thoughts and feelings.
Although everything we do and say involves our emotions, some people
seem to believe that they are all intellect and don't have to talk or
think about their emotions.  They have become uncomfortable with their
own feelings and certainly don't want to deal with anyone else's!  Open
Space can create feelings of vulnerability (unfamiliar structure, no
tables, openness, etc.) that often get labeled as 'touchy-feely' by
people new to the experience.  It's good for them but they may not know
why!
Long live Touchy-Feely!

Linda

Linda E. Laddin
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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Douglas D. Germann, Sr.
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2003 11:48 AM
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Subject: Silence is golden

Rob--

Thank you for your golden post. It is lovely.

May I break the spell to ask a question for everybody on the oslist?

You reported one participant said:
 << "You know I don't go for this touchy feelly stuff but today has been
 << great".

Just what do people (apparently the world over) see in OST that they
interpret as "touchy-feely?"

Just what does this phrase mean? And why does it have a negative
connotation?

The more I think about this, the more puzzled I become. Perhaps someone
can
help....

                              :-Doug. Germann

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>From  Mon Apr 28 10:42:58 2003
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Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 10:42:58 +0200
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Harrison Owen schrieb:

> ...doing a dream .... More, More, More!!!!

.
thank you, dear harrison.
I´m delighted in your echo.
to tell the truth, for me as well it was doing a dream --
but just this occured as something like danger:
the danger of doing too much instead of »one thing less«
so I had hard work to stay quiet within my great joy
for not at all to pushing but only to serving
»totally unvisible but totally present« just already in
the preparing of the event.
(well, I think it succeeded, it not I)

florian


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>From  Mon Apr 28 11:38:41 2003
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"Douglas D. Germann, Sr." schrieb:

> ... a question for everybody on the oslist?
>
> You reported one participant said:
>  << "You know I don't go for this touchy feelly stuff but today has been
>  << great".
>
> ...what does this phrase mean? .

something like that happend as well at the end of my recent experience in
andalucia/spain. I closed the space in that manner which chris corrigan (?)
once supposed: the circled participants standig up, looking to each and every
other
than turning to the outside, feeling the new experience in the back, being
relatet
and empowered with that energy for to go everyone on its own way, following
and practicing the rule of two feet......
when I stopped my few words about that a women said into the silence »Amen«.
which allowed to all of them to go into  (e)motion with a comon laughter.

florian

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