Mystery and Depth

[Chris Corrigan]

I just think that's fodder for you guys..."Chaos draws the attention of the 
soul" That's magnificent...

What say you all?

Chris

On 5/5/05, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil <wendy at xe.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
>  Just talked to Chris C. and he tells me that I HAVE to post this 
> here...it's an excerpt from today's entry on my blog. I am feeling a bit 
> unsure of it...this is very raw thinking and even I don't really know where 
> this came from...Chris assures me that you will understand...
>  From: word gravity 
> www.wordgravity.blogspot.com <http://www.wordgravity.blogspot.com>
>  
> Trying out some raw stuff on you again...
> My friend Chris Corrigan <http://www.chriscorrigan.com/>has been wondering 
> about the wonderful mystery that is Open Space 
> <http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?GlobalChicagoHome>and the 
> depth that he feels functioning there. He has asked his community to think 
> about it...so here I go...pulling some threads...
> 
> I am currently reading Harrison Owen's <http://www.openspaceworld.com/>, 
> The Power of Spirit. In it he pulls out this interesting tidbit from Gregory 
> Bateson, "the perception of difference is the essence of learning...learning 
> occurs when we notice 'differences that make a difference'." I guess I'd 
> probably say differences that matter--assuming there is a quality of 
> attention here. Harrison then spins it out by combining it with the 
> attributes of chaos..."chaos creates the differences that make a difference, 
> through which we learn."
> 
> Chaos draws the attention of the soul (rather than merely mind). Mattering 
> is the quality of attention that drives the self-organising principle. So 
> what is 'mattering'? The recognition/mirroring of the soul's 
> purpose?/passion? in another being/object/idea...from which connection, the 
> chain of action/arising unfolds...thought, action, and so on...
> 
> Add to that this interesting quote from Dave Pollard's 
> <http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/05/04.html#a1133>site yesterday 
> (talking about John Livingston's 1994, Rogue Primate)...
> 
>  He argues that, far from being less conscious than civilized man, wild 
> animals and wild human cultures actually have a greater 'participatory 
> collective' consciousness beyond...our primitive individual consciousness, 
> that extends to their ecological community and to the entire Gaia organism 
> of the planet, an interconnectedness to which we, and other domesticates, 
> have become numb, have lost from disuse or ideological counter-programming.
> 
>  So, maybe, Open Space with its manifest chaos acts to un-numb us, as it 
> were, and reconnect us with our wild soul-mind...
> 
> I am also pulling in thinking from Eric Maisel 
> <http://www.ericmaisel.com/>(Fearless Creating), who talks about the 
> necessity within the creative process of feeding and nurturing the "wild 
> mind" (chaotic, original, deep) versus the "tame mind" (structured, known, 
> prosaic). 
> 
> Phew...that's enough of that...
>  Cheers all,
> Wendy
> 
> Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
> Prospera Communications & Consulting Services
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology

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