holding space

Thu Sep 11 11:33:00 PDT 2003

Dear Eva,

Through each breath, I am with you, all of Sweden and Anna and all her
relations.  Your spirit directed leadership is an inspiration to me.

Peace,

Christine

Christine Whitney Sanchez
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Invoking the wisdom and capacity of the human spirit!

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Eva P
Svensson
Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2003 7:39 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: holding space

Hello,
Today is a sad day here in Sweden - our foreign affairs minister Anna
Lind has been murdered. The news breaked out while I'm in a place
where I have been facilitating/training a group of people in
leadership. Anna Lind was stabbed with a knife yesterday afternoon
right here in Stockholm and the news said that she was badly injured
but no one spoked about the risk that she could die.
This morning just a second before I got the news, a thougth flew
through my head - what if.., what will I as a facilitator do with my
group, then the thought flew away again. And then I knew - that the
worst thing had happen. I prayed for help and I got it - I felt that
I was helped to do the best I could do to navigate the group and
myself through the day, and holding space for us all. And I was on my
way to send a mail to ask for
help from you all out there, but I just couldn't do it (actually I
did not dare). But you all helped me anyhow just that I knew that you
where all out there and "only" by thinking about that gave me
strength and power. "Let your soul be your pilot, let your soul guide
you" as Sting puts it -
Thank you for letting me be a part of this community.
Eva

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>From  Wed Sep 10 23:50:01 2003
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From: Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
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Sweet synchronicity Meg...I'm liking the long link thing more and more,
thanks to yours and Don's explanation.  I'm especially liking the
"tipping into a new dimension" idea.  I'll roll with that one for a
while.

Chris

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Meg
> Salter
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 5:52 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Fw: [searchnet] The Math of Networks
>
> I got the 'long link' reference from an earlier posting - via Peggy
Holman
> and Kenoli.
> To paraphrase - my understanding is that ...most networks are both
tightly
> clustered [go to nodes close by - people who already know each other
> fairly
> well] AND have 'weak connections - which go to totally different
places' -
> aka long links - between previously isolated clusters - people who
didn't
> know each other. So it's the old both - and. both similarity and
novelty.
> so building on the ken wilber thing - yes, long links  help to bring
the
> network to life, translate the current maximum possibility. And depth
> links
> act like a heightened vector. Still - I think that enough of the long
> links
> stuff, and - presto magico - thru the power of self-organization, you
> naturally 'tip over' into another depth dimension.
>
> you know a funny thing happened today. In the middle of this somewhat
> gruelling 2 hour meeting with research scientists/ steering committee
> reviewing the agenda - they kept coming back to the invitation list.
Who
> should come? have we got the outlying people? somehow the right
questions
> seem to pop up. We KNOW this stuff - intuitively, in our heart of
hearts.
> end of day thoughts in glorious fall weather Toronto
> Meg
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Corrigan" <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> To: <OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:45 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: [searchnet] The Math of Networks
>
>
> > Hi Meg:
> >
> > Long links.not a term I have heard before.  I'm wondering though,
taking
> > a turn at invoking Ken Wilber here, if what you are describing is
"deep
> > links," in other words, links that extend through the levels of
matter,
> > mind, body, soul and spirit.  To me, "long" implies breadth of span,
and
> > those people are really useful in Open Space too.  Maybe they appear
as
> > butterflies and bumblebees, somehow seeming to be connected to the
whole
> > group in a way that others are not, somehow standing on both the
inside
> > and the outside.
> >
> > I think the OST facilitator is the deep link and the act of holding
> > space, as we continually define it, is the act of enfolding the
group in
> > higher levels of possibility, or as you have put it "a space meta to
the
> > network...a link to enspiritng energy that is the source of all new
> > creative potential"
> >
> > I like that.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> > ---
> > CHRIS CORRIGAN
> > Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> > http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> > chris at chriscorrigan.com
> > (604) 947-9236
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
Meg
> > Salter
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 8:01 AM
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Fw: [searchnet] The Math of Networks
> >
> > Thanks Chris
> > I'm meeting with a bunch of research scientists this afternoon to
plan
> > an open space. For some people, mathematical or exterior language
helps
> > them to feel at home with this concept.
> > And another musing thought about ... long links. Certaiinly links
among
> > disparate groups/ people create a long link within the current
> > network, helping to energize it, create a living group from what
might
> > have been disparate, unconnected people/groups.
> >  I wonder if the facilitator is a long link too. ie, by holding
space,
> > being invisible and deeply present, the facilitator is energiziing a
> > long link to - a potential outside the network.  . a space meta to
the
> > network?.. a link to enspiritng energy that is the source of all new
> > creative potential???
> > And then I wonder too, why in so many spiritual traditions, the link
to
> > the teacher is considered critical... another long link?
> > Meg Salter
> >
> > MegaSpace Consulting
> > (416) 486-6660
> > meg at megsalter.com
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Chris Corrigan
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 12:21 PM
> > Subject: Re: Fw: [searchnet] The Math of Networks
> >
> > Welcome Alexander, and thanks for your blog link too.  Several of us
> > here have weblogs as well, including myself
> > (http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot ) , Michael Herman
> > (http://www.globalchicago.net) and Martin Leith
> > (http://www.martinleith.com/blog/).  I like what blogging (keeping
> > weblogs and linking to sources) is doing in the wider world to
connect
> > people and ideas and create networks.  I'll add you to my list of
links.
> >
> > As for the math of networks, I like what David P. Reed has said on
this.
> > In this article - http://www.epublicrelations.org/Reedlaw.html -
someone
> > has outlined his mathematical law of group formation:
> >
> > "The Group Forming Law (or, Reed's Law) calculates the number of
groups
> > of two or more people which can be formed a single group.
> >
> > For example, how many groups of two or more people can be formed
with an
> > initial group of three? According to Reed's Law is 2N-N-1.
Substituting
> > 3 for N the answer is 4. Not a very impressive number. However, the
> > answer grows dramatically as N grows. For example, how many groups
of
> > two or more people can be formed in a classroom of 20 students? The
> > answer? 1,048,555!!!
> >
> > More here:
> >
http://www.contextmag.com/setFrameRedirect.asp?src=/archives/199903/Digi
> > talStrategy.asp
> >
> > I sometimes like to do the math before meetings to use the figures
to
> > explain the amount of potential in the room. Walking the circle,
> > uttering the second principle about whatever happens, I sometimes
say
> > "and if you don't believe me, understand this:  The twenty of you in
> > this room can form yourselves in over one million permutations, so
don't
> > be too worried about what might have been.work with what is."
> >
> > And Harrison, I've often thought of responsibility not so much as an
> > initial condition, but more as a kind of boundary that both enables
and
> > bounds the passion.  Passion and responsibility have a symbiotic
> > relationship in Open Space, but my experience has been that people
> > discover their responsibility AFTER they tap their passion.  In
other
> > words, without passion as the initial condition, it's less likely
that
> > people will feel like they need to propose a topic, much less
convene a
> > conversation or follow up.  But people motivated by passion can seem
to
> > do anything.  Reminding them that the CAN do anything (with the Law
of
> > Two Feet) certainly helps.
> >
> > ---
> > CHRIS CORRIGAN
> > Bowen Island, BC, Canada
> > http://www.chriscorrigan.com
> > chris at chriscorrigan.com
> > (604) 947-9236
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of
> > Harrison Owen
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 5:23 AM
> > To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> > Subject: Re: Fw: [searchnet] The Math of Networks
> >
> > At 11:58 AM 9/9/2003 +0200, you wrote:
> >
> > Hi
> >
> > Yeah, small world networks are definitely a big part of why Open
Space
> > works. Actually it's a big part of why the world works :o)
> >
> > Mark Buchanan has written an excellent and highly readable book
called
> > "Small world" on this very new and very promising science. I've
reviewed
> > it here: http://www.kjerulf.com/journal/00000214.htm .
> >
> > Obvious parallels between small world networks and open space
gatherings
> > include:
> > * Small world networks are highly adaptable, yet very stable - as
are
> > Open Space gatherings
> > * The structure in small worlds networks arises without central
planning
> > - as in OS
> > * Bumblebees can be seen as "weak connections" between tightly knit
> > groups - one of the main reasons that small world networks are
tightly
> > knit
> >
> > Right on! Despite the fact that some folks think they actually
organize
> > networks, I think the truth of the matter is that they happen all by
> > themselves in the way of all self-organizing systems. The critical
point
> > of initiation is the convergence of passion and responsibility --
> > somebody cares about something and takes responsibility to talk to
> > others who might share the care. If the fire of passion ignites --
you
> > have a network. If it fizzles and goes out in a puff of smoke, you
don't
> > -- and no amount of huffing and puffing will make any difference.
Sounds
> > a lot like Open Space to me.  All of which relates, I guess, to
Artur's
> > thoughts about "essential conditions" . . . Chris put it neatly
> > (although I am not so sure how elegant I was)  "As for the
conditions
> > that make Open Space really hum, I go back to
> > Harrison's elegantly stated four: passion, diversity, complexity and
> > urgency.  The more of each, the better the process works." I think
it
> > might work better if one were to say passion/responsibility -- but
> > anyhow I find the same essential conditions apply to all useful
> > networks.
> >
> > ho
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Harrison Owen
> > 7808 River Falls Drive
> > Potomac, MD 20854 USA
> > phone 301-365-2093
> > 207-763-3261 (Summer)
> > Open Space Training www.openspaceworld.com
> > Open Space Institute www.openspaceworld.org
> > Personal website http://mywebpages.comcast.net/hhowen/index.htm
> >
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