Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Judi Richardson
judir at accesswave.ca
Thu Nov 6 14:22:50 PST 2003
MessageMike, Julie and others.... great thoughts! In reading this, I offer
a different perspective perhaps. You see I believe our inherent nature is
balance -- we are connected to the flow of source and are balanced. When I
experience imbalance, I realize I'm choosing to pinch it off. I also see
more and more that balance, transcending polarity is always there and I
experience it in different ways. Many of us seem to be so used to overwhelm
that we see it as normal. And then often I wonder .... what is balance? I
think it is different for each of us and we need to do our own choosing. My
knowing of inherent collaboration when I was in the world of law -- an
adversarial system -- led me to continue my experiential study of wisdom
traditions, shamanac societies and indigenous forms of restorative
justice -- I've been blessed to find myself in many parts of the world on
this journey, most recently the Altai Republic.
There are times in my life when I'm delightfully imbalanced -- like moments
of pure joy! Although some might say that is transcendence of some
polarities -- as in the work Julie graciously shared.
My best form of processing is a good hearty laugh!!
with love,
Judi
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Julie
Smith
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 6:02 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Hi Mike,
I think you had it right the first time.
Becoming centered and remaining at peace amidst huge turmoil does not
require that you lose your humanity, though it probably does mean you
transcend your current concept of humanity.
I think recognizing we’re out of balance is good because we become aware
we have a lesson to learn. The act of learning the lesson brings us more
into balance, helps us recognize more of our inherent centeredness and
wholeness, and provides us with the strength and courage we need to meet the
next lesson. The point of all the lessons is to help us learn to keep
balancing what is imbalanced until we are perfectly balanced. I think that
place of perfect centeredness, wholeness and balance is available to all of
us, and is the entire reason we’re here. Balancing, or resolving our
polarities, is good, good, good. In the way we’re using terms here,
“balance” isn’t death, but enlightenment. (Though as I ponder it, there is
the death of the ego to contend with, so yes, there is a death.)
As for balancing fear/control and letting go/going with the flow
.. try
this. Draw a triangle with a base line at the bottom and two lines moving
up to the third point at the top. Write “fear/control” under the left point
at the base of the triangle, and write “letting go/going with the flow”
under the right point at the base of the triangle. This is the polarity you
’re trying to resolve. Now you have the remaining point, at the top of the
triangle, with nothing written yet. This is the point of the ascended
balance, the state of being that transcends this particular duality. Now
sit with your polarity and feel into it. What attracts you to each
polarity? What repels you from each polarity? Feel into a state that
transcends the attraction/repulsion of both, and find that place where you
are centered and whole and sure. If you can’t find it, stay with it. Ask
for help and trust that you will receive it.
Now that you’ve brought this up, I can see so many of my ponderings about
OST embedded in this very triangle. Thanks for bringing a bit more light to
my understanding.
This method of polarity processing is based on Leslie Temple-Thurston’s
work and especially her book The Marriage of Spirit.
Julie
-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike
Copeland
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:23 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Thanks Harrison
You have just blown my idea of Nirvana. I've always thought there must be
a place where I can be centred and remain at peace amidst huge turmoil. But
you're right if I was always there I'd lose my humanity; life. I still get
angry and you from time to time even let myself feel a little joy!
So from where I float in the South Pacific, New Zealand, its far better
BEING IN the river than out!
Mike Copeland
-----Original Message-----
From: Harrison Owen [mailto:hhowen at COMCAST.NET]
Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 2:11 p.m.
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Michael wrote:
how does one find the balance between fear/control and letting go/going
with the flow?
I don't think you ever will. And if you did - you would be dead. As the
fellow says - when you reach equilibrium in biology, you are dead. So then
what? I would guess we are all on a journey up or down the river - replete
with all sorts of ebbs and flows. It would be great if it all would just
even out (balance out). But it never does. Unless of course you choose to
leave the river . . .
harrison.
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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Mike
Copeland
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 7:19 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Beautiful words everyone
You have all brought me to the guts of my initial enquiry:
Finding that balance comes back to being a co-creator with spirit for
me. I am spirit's hands, eyes, ears, mouth piece; yet I am not all of it!
Spirit flows regardless of whether I hold its waters tight or with open
palms. My experience is enhanced or diminished depending on my stance. This
is what open space is teaching me. My co-operation, malleableness,
flexibility, ultimately openness to spirit is what life is all about.
The four principles, one law and spirit of open space are not just for
meetings. They are for living! In trying to live these things out, in the
furnace of everyday trials, especially in relationships, open space provides
me with a framework to be receptive to spirit; mine and the world's.
That's all
Mike Copeland
-----Original Message-----
From: Peggy Holman [mailto:peggy at opencirclecompany.com]
Sent: Tuesday, 4 November 2003 9:35 a.m.
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Fw: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
Robyn -- lovely image!
This conversation reminds me of one from last January called
"self-organization is what consciousness (spirit) does".
I pulled this snippet of mine from it:
I recently was given a gift of an image around this that I've found
quite
helpful. A Buddhist priest attended Spirited Work (a learning
community
that gathers quarterly in OS). He used an image of hands for holding
space.
Actually, here are Master Chang's words:
>Since I left Whidbey Island, I've constantly thought of OS and its
spiritual manifestation in earthly conditionings. It's dawn[ed] on me
that
>we constantly create mental boundaries and then transfigure them into
organizational rules, etc., which we call containers. Thus, there are
>levels upon levels of containers, depending on levels of minds that
we
have. What OP[OST] methodology attracts me is the way it can
>facilitate and accommodate multi-levels of containers by very few
simple
rules of gathering and interaction. The challenge for me in >creating
an
OP[OST] organization is to be able to make available (and to promote)
evolutionary & consequential levels of
>unfoldment ... so one can evolve from "container/2 hands cupped,
facing
each other" to "supporter/2 hands open, facing upwards" to
>"being/handless
gesture" ...
I LOVE this picture of hands reflecting the evolution of space,
perhaps
because it mirrors my own growing comfort with space. (While I aspire
to
it, I'm not sure I'm ready to hang out in the space of "look ma, no
hands!")
It reminds me that we are all at different places of comfort with
openness.
I may go screaming from the room when the space feels too closed and
someone
else go running to their room because the space is too open.
Peggy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robyn" <pov at IINET.NET.AU>
To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:22 AM
Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)
> RE:
> If you close those two hands - you end up with two fists. Definitely
not
> what we want.
>
> ~ (delighted laughter!) I pictured the closing of two open hands,
like
> an almond. The result, according to a dear and wise women that I
know,
> is the mandorla, which has become a very powerful symbol for me in
my
> journey towards wholeness.
>
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