Keepin' Busy

Sat Jan 14 06:37:52 PST 2006

The thought has occurred to me that maybe at the age of 70, I don’t need to take that sort of trip any more. But I have never been very good at avoiding such “opportunities” before, and I see no reason to expect that prudence and sanity will suddenly be mine."

  Harrison- i am proud of you.

  I am still thinking about the issues of how to sell OST and how to convince client and i came up with following thoughts;

  *yes i am an advocate of OST, actually if there is anything i am an advocate of; this is OST

  * i don't think much about the client and his/her level of consciousness, openness, intelligence etc anymore. My attention is rather on myself checking my willingness, my potential, my courage, the steps i can take etc.

  Funda

Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net> wrote:
                Marie – I can understand your feeling that my conversation about self-organization may seem a tad technical, and that for some of us (most of us?) the experience of Open Space is intensely personal. But I guess where I am coming from is a (growing) conclusion that we live in a self-organizing world which has certain operative forces and mechanisms – and how we feel about all that is to some extent a different issue.  The analogy for me would be the force of gravity, which effects, in one way or another, just about everything we do (at least in this physical realm). If I see a beautiful woman and run towards her, that probably has a lot to do with my heart, but the fact that I am running and not flying (like a bird) has everything to do with gravity.

  To me it is important to understand that much of what we take to be wonderful and magic in Open Space is still magic and truly wondrous – AND is all very much part of a larger process which was here long before Open Space and would continue to exist were Open Space (Technology) to vanish. This thought also extends the magic to every day life, or if you like, makes it very clear (to me) that Open Space is a 24X7X365 business. Yes it is true that we may intensify/focus the experience when we “do” an Open Space – but we could “do” the same thing every day of our life.

  In dealing with clients and other such people, I start from the position that doing an Open Space is nothing strange, new, or different. It is all Open Space. It is all self organization – the problem is that we ordinarily just don’t do it very well. What happens in an OS event, I think, is that we do what we always do, but now with clearer focus and intention and so it works a lot better and feels a lot better.

  As for where my heart is relative to my client, I guess the answer is that I am of two hearts (two minds) – and I will let you know when I figure it out. It is also true that this particular client situation will demand everything I have and a lot more. The good news is that I will grow with the occasion. The other side is that there will doubtless be moments of pure terror and no small amount of pain. The thought has occurred to me that maybe at the age of 70, I don’t need to take that sort of trip any more. But I have never been very good at avoiding such “opportunities” before, and I see no reason to expect that prudence and sanity will suddenly be mine.

  Harrison   

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Marei Kiele
Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:27 PM
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Subject: Re: Keepin' Busy

      "Harrison Owen" <hhowen at verizon.net> schrieb: 

    The operative power (as I see it) is the power of self organization, and I am therefore led to the conclusion that what you see in Open Space is the well functioning self-organizing system – which in turn is naturally productive of an appreciative approach, dialogue, and real community.

    Since some time I got a taste of "but that's not the essence - that is to technical" when reading about "the power is because of the self-organization.

    To me the essence of and the beauty of open space is based on the freedom and the total acceptance. 

    "I am okay, you are okay" ~ whatever interest's or not interests me ~ I am okay. No need to pretend, no need to fake, no need to try to find out what is being expected from me. When I am in Open Space (or when I create my life in an Open Space way) I can honestly and fully be me. And by honestly and truly and fully being me, so much energy which in another environment would be spend on hiding, covering, protecting, self-controlling, justifying, argueing, fighting and fearing is being liberated. And all that energy is being used FOR something instead of AGAINST something. And all the energy being alive in me is aligned with who I am. Very powerful!

    AND by following the law, or in other words following what has heart and meaning for me, I get out of the mode of being thinking driven (mind) into feeling or intuitive mode ~ and by that acess whatever fits with you belief-system, calling it my higher self, my intuition, my inner wisdom. And together with other participants experiencing the same, following the same path, we all together reach another level of consciousness.

    THIS for me is the operative power of Open Space. 

    Don't know if this works as an explanation for every client but I will try and share.

    And regarding your question, Harrison: 
"And what are our obligations to the client and the participants? And to our selves?"

    My personal answer: There are no obligations. If we do what we really (= in our hearts) want to do, everything is fine.

    You wrote: "Part of me just can't wait to get on with this show. And there is another significant part of me that desperately wishes that they would decide that Open Space is a nice idea -- but not for them. As you say," a great gig for you to be able to say you turned down!" 

    What part is your hearts voice speaking?

    Marei

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