"It always works" - revisited again

[Pannwitz, Michael M]

Dear Julie,
I am not attempting to understand what you wrote but I certainly feel
inspirited and am sure that my experience bears out what you
expressed. Thanks.
greetings from thunderstorm after a steaming summerday berlin
mmp

On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 11:45:19 -0800, Julie Smith wrote:

>Dear Artur ~
>
>For me, the "it always works" aspect of OST is the only possible outcome
>from any OST, not because of any particular "positive" or "negative"
>effect, but because during the time the OST is taking place, the group
>operates by proper principles, principles that honor the inherent wisdom
>of every person in the room, and that invite each person to express
>their wisdom in the manner of their choosing in the moment they're in.
>
>I don't think it matters if there is high energy or low energy.  Both
>are valid. (Note the growth of plants.  High energy in summer.  Low
>energy in winter.  Or bears.  Hibernation is necessary to growth and
>survival.  To all things a season....)
>
>I don't think it matters what level of passion and responsibility is
>evident.  It isn't particularly important that any of us express passion
>or take responsibility for something.  What IS important is that we each
>have the opportunity to authentically express whatever it is that calls
>out in us to be expressed.  If that expression in a particular context
>is lack of passion or responsibility, that is as valid as it's opposite.
>(I'm reminded of Thomas Edison, who conducted thousands of experiments
>before he created the light bulb that "worked."  Another way to see this
>progression is that each and every experiment "worked" in the sense that
>with each "failure" he learned something he didn't know before, and came
>closer to reaching his goal.  Thank goodness for "failure!")
>
>In terms of "did it work?" I also don't think it matters what happens
>after the OST. OST invites each of us to be fully present, fully "in"
>the moment we're in.  We aren't asked to participate in something
>planned by someone else in some other time, but to actively create our
>own experience in the unfolding moment we're in.  That is the radical
>difference that OST brings to group dynamics.  For me, THAT is
>sufficient for OST to "work."  It invites us to play with presence and
>Now in groups.  Even if no one in the room accepts the invitation to be
>fully present, the fact that the invitation was made is sufficient for
>me to feel it "worked."  Even if there is no apparent change or
>transformation in the group after the OST, or even if things appear to
>be worse, the invitation to presence and authenticity was given.  Some
>invitations need to be given more than once before they can be received.
>Every invitation matters, even if we can't perceive it's manifestation
>in the world.
>
>As I think more on the question of lasting impacts of OST, I realize
>that clearly, "later" isn't "now," so in some ways trying to pin down
>the future into a construct we interpret as positive contradicts the
>very principles of OST. When it starts is the right time, and by golly,
>when it's over, it's over. Creating conditions (if x happens, OST is
>successful) is not very OST-like.  I think we're bouncing between
>paradigms here, but can't quite articulate what I mean by that.
>
>For me, the OST invitation itself, the principles of OST, are a way of
>truth-telling.  They tell a truth about what it means to be human.
>Simply speaking them out loud, giving them away, "works."  Whatever
>happens next is..... well, the only thing that could have, given
>everything that is.
>
>I think we tend to see "good" things happen during and after OST because
>our nature and the nature of truth is "good."  When we're invited to
>manifest who we are, we find we like what we see.  And.... most of us
>also have a bit of not-truth and not-goodness to contend with.  If we
>see THAT part emerge during or after an OST, then perhaps that isn't a
>failure, but simply evidence of some of us learning something we didn't
>know before, on our way to reaching our goal.
>
>Leaving us with (whew!) It's All Good....  (with thanks to Chris C. for
>introducing me to the unbidden hidden 5th Principle.... or perhaps it
>isn't really another principle, but an outcome of the 4 Principles.....
>yes, that's it..... OST always works because the 4 Principles always,
>inherently work because they reflect the truth.  Truth, goodness, joy
>and love are all the same.  Find one and you find them all.  OST
>principles speak the truth about who we are and how we can properly
>conduct ourselves with each other.  Therefore it works.  Every time.)
>Okay, I'll stop now.....
>
>Julie
>
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