Open Space & Bulgaria

[Elwin and Joan]

--- Raffi Aftandelian <raffi at bk.ru> wrote:
> Elwin, your law of 500 feet story (or was it more? were there pet
> catipillars and centipedes participating too?) was a nice stop the
> world a la Castaneda story. Thank you!

Raffi it was 506 feet that fled from the circle when it was time to
post issues. There were no catipillars or centipedes but more than a
few Butterfies!

> Your story reminds me of my OST facilitation odyssey almost 4 years
> back. And it makes me ask the question, how often do people usually
> go in facilitating an OST event without a trace of doubt? My
> confidence in the group is higher and higher with each time I
> facilitate an OST event. But baby, with each time I do open space I
> feel smaller and smaller. Is this making sense? It's like after each
> time I do open space I have opened one door and a whole new set of
> doors has appeared and behind that door are more...

The best answer about facilitator doubt would be what I said to an
observer friend who witnessed the 506 feet rush out of the room. He
said, "What is going on? What is going to happen?"

My reply was standard Open Space. I said, "whatever happens is the only
thing that can happen." And it did!  The more you do it, the better it
gets....if you go by the BOOK!


Elwin Guild
Future Development International
Baltimore
elwinandjoan at yahoo.com

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