Fw: Long time lurker seeks OS input

[Peter or Esther]

Dear Peggy and OS List,

Thanks for your most informative response. We read the attachments and
reviewed the web page.

We also are responding to the entire list. Is this appropriate or should
we be communicating directly?

As it turns out last Monday evening (9/15) we took our initial idea
below to a new monthly Open Space event here in Western North Carolina
-- in the Smoky Mountains, in Asheville, NC -- sponsored by Spirit In
The Smokies, an alternative & spiritual magazine we have here.

Two of the market place groups dealt with this topic. In the third pass
of the evening about 15 of us decided to meet next Monday evening to
follow up on an alternative to organized religion.

Also, the two of us, at the urging of some other list members attended a
Quaker (Friends) meeting last Sunday and found it somewhat satisfying
but still short on OS philosophy.

As our group progresses we will make them aware of this email and the
web page.

However, we have one question that perhaps you can shed some light on.
In looking to create an alternative to organized religion most of us are
trying to get away from hierarchy (ministers, practitioners and "proper"
organization.)

Our question: is your program too far along for it to be useful to an
exploratory process such as we are about? Your process obviously
reflects where you have evolved to. In great respect and appreciation,
we wonder if the kernel isn't as far as we should go as we start to
evolve, relying on ourselves to step through our own process. Perhaps
you have some insight into this question?

Warmly,
Peter and Esther Fisher

Peggy Holman wrote:

> Peter and Esther,
>
> I'm replying off the OS list becuase so much time has passed and I'm
> just catching up.  Also, I wanted to send an attachment, which I don't
> like to do on the list.
>
> Spirited Work is an open space learning community that sounds like it
> has much in common with what you're envisioning.  I've attached a
> flyer about it and a paper we wrote about our 5 years of experience,
> meeting 4 times a year in Open Space.  It is intended to help others
> who wish to start similar communities.
>
> Please let me know if you'd like to know more.
>
> Peggy
>
> _______________________________
> Peggy Holman
> The Open Circle Company
> 15347 SE 49th Place
> Bellevue, WA  98006
> 425.746.6274
> www.opencirclecompany.com <http://www.opencirclecompany.com>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter or Esther <mailto:PeterEsther at Charter.net>
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> <mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 9:52 AM
> Subject: Long time lurker seeks OS input
>
> To the OS list:
>
> I have been a lurker around OS for nearly 30 years, having looked over
> my shoulder at some of the work being done at General Motors when the
> Saturn operation was first planned. (I am retired from GM.)
>
> Since then my wife Esther and I have participated in several OS events
> and even facilitated a couple ourselves. We have also been active in
> alternative conscious explorations.
>
> This list, of many we subscribe to, seems most open to new thinking
> and hence we ask for your help.
>
> We have this idea and hunger to LIVE more fully in OpenSpace, having
> reached all kinds of limits in "regular" organizations and we are
> thinking about placing the following announcement/ad in the Mountain
> Xpress and Spirit In The Smokies (which are alternative press
> vehicles) here in Asheville North Carolina.
>
> We would appreciate suggestions/input/ideas and thoughts relative to
> our approach. We would also appreciate hearing more on how you LIVE
> daily in OpenSpace.
>
> Here is the piece we have constructed so far:
>
> "CENTER for BEING 828-298-5800: Sundays 11:00 am - 12:30. A leaderless
> alternative to organized religion in Asheville. Being and practicing
> conscious presence together as One. Facilitated only by spirit or
> intelligence. Together, in a circle, we explore and practice deep
> listening, sensitivity, synchronicity, spontaneity -- sharing from our
> hearts & minds. Based on Aquarian Age and New Millennium truths in
> such modern manuscripts as: "The Power of Now" & "Stillness Speaks" by
> Eckhart Tolle; "Beyond Belief, The Secret Gospel of Thomas" by Elaine
> Pagels," Harry Potter" by J. K. Rawlings and others."
>
> Warmly, with appreciation
> Peter & Esther Fisher
> Asheville, North Carolina
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