meetup

[BJ Peters]

Larry-- I've been a part of the Wilber meetup group in Phoenix for
almost a year and have experienced the same marvelous, deep, rich
conversation in this group as you describe. In many ways it is like OST
- self organizing, free-flowing, about passion and taking
responsibility for what we say and do. And the diverse levels of
familiarity and understanding provides spirited exploration and
learning opportunity for all. There are folks ranging from those who've
read everything Wilber has written plus all or many of the authors he
cites in his work to those who've not read much yet.

I'm constantly struck by how compatible Wilber's model is with OST,
with "What the Bleep Do We Know", with NonViolent Communication, with
Appreciative Inquiry. It's all part of the integral nature of things .
. .

Best --BJ


On Thursday, June 3, 2004, at 08:47 AM, Larry Peterson wrote:

> Michael Herman posted a link to www.meetup.com a few days ago and I had
> the gift of a bit of slack in my schedule.  So I went to the site.  I
> found an active Toronto community using meetup.  One of the active
> groups was focusing on Ken Wilbur and having a meeting last night.
> Everything conspired for me to show up and it was a marvellous
> conversation.  People were at various levels in understanding and
> exploring, but some real depth from the psychological stream and the
> scientific stream and some who had been exploring Wilbur's work for 10
> years or more.  One relative newbee had recently taken Spiral Dynamics
> training and was keen to make those connections.
>
> Few had heard about OST but were fascinated by what they heard.  A
> couple of folks in the group are also active in an Andrew Cohen network
> and the magazine "What is Enlightenment?"  The magazine's latest
> edition
> is on "the mystery of collective intelligence".  I have not read it,
> but
> OST is not a featured subject.  So it blew them away to hear what OST
> is
> about and the synchronicity of the conversation that evening.  I plan
> to
> go back when I can again.
>
> Just thought I would say thanks to Michael.  Meetup is a free "bulletin
> board" to enable connections between people and seems to be active in
> English in many countries.
>
> Larry
>
> Larry Peterson
> Associates in Transformation
> Toronto, ON, Canada
> 416.653.4829
>
> larry at spiritedorg.com
> www.spiritedorg.com
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