Found Poem -- May 26-31, 2006 -- Holding / My Truest Self / Space

[Scott Gassman]

Poem creators,

Thank you.

Delicious.

I will use it in future meetings.

I forgot who it was that shared the great OS slide show -

I imagine showing the slides and reading this poem

thank you for the gifts that keep coming.

Scott

On 7/6/06, Chris Weaver <chris at springbranch.us> wrote:
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> oh so resonant and sweet!
> thank you lisa.
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> chris
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]On Behalf Of Lisa Heft
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:58 PM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: Found Poem -- May 26-31, 2006 -- Holding / My Truest Self / Space
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> Hello, dear colleagues –
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> (You can tell I am having a little 'spurt' of energy here.  I had wondered
> where this poem went to – I thought I had sent it to OSLIST at the end of
> June but I had made an error and gee, I sent it to myself!  Here you go… I
> guess whenever it's sent/received is the right time…;o)  )
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> As the current Poet Laureate for the OSLIST, I have been enjoying gathering
> your words from conversations we have on the list and creating 'found poems'
> to share back with you.  If you look in the OSLIST archives you can see the
> other poems I've 'found', under the titles of "The Mystery of Open Space"
> and "Touch the Now".  You may remember some of the words shared below from a
> conversation thread we had in May entitled "Authenticity and Self-Discovery
> in Open Space".  Enjoy,  Lisa
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> Holding / My Truest Self / Space
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> "Found" Poem, May 26-31, 2006
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> Breathing in – the energy of what is about to happen
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> Who am I and what difference does that make?
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>             I am me, complicated by the fact that "me" changes over time.
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> The only "thing" I will ever bring to the party is me,
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>             Nothing more, nothing less, just me.
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> And the only thing that seems to matter much is that the "me" that shows up
> is really me.
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>             Not some abstract me.
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>             Not some new and improved me.
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>             Not somebody else's version of me.
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> Just me.  Just the way I am.
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> Breathing out – releasing self, being in the moment.
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>          I have found the experience in Open Space to be an incredible
> dialogue between
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>                      the me that showed up authentically
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>                      and the emergent self that greeted me at the end of the
> day.
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>          What I have learned is that presence is no mere accident.
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>          It is the result of years and years of practice
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>          To continue growing more and more open and even in doing so,
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>          Find my core more and more reinforced.
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> Breathing in – form and essence.
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>          OST has both form
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>                      Chairs and windows and markers and paper
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>                      Words and silence and walking and eye contact
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>          and essence.
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>                      Invitation and authenticity
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>          Authenticity opens to essence, pours into essence.
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> Breathing out – inviting co-creation.
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>          My heart connects with the music and my hands connect with the
> instrument.
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> Breathing in – trusting the people, trusting the process.
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>          What is most important is bringing my true self to the circle,
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>          to be willing to 'be'
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>                      and knowing how to invite and holds space for others,
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>                      in a gentle, loving way that invites them
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>                      to be as authentic as I strive to be.
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> Breathing out…
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>          And then
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>                      comes the pulsating blissful moment
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>                                  of stepping out of the
> way…
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> -- by Lenore Mewton, Chris Weaver, Zelle Nelson, Chris Corrigan, Harrison
> Owen  and Lisa Heft
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> June 23, 2006
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