Found Poem -- May 26-31, 2006 -- Holding / My Truest Self / Space
Chris Corrigan
chris at chriscorrigan.com
Thu Jul 6 14:08:43 PDT 2006
Aren't we something?
:-)
Chris
On 7/6/06, Scott Gassman <scott.gassman at gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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:
> >
> >
> > oh so resonant and sweet!
> > thank you lisa.
> >
> > chris
> >
> >
> >
> > -----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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello, dear colleagues –
> >
> >
> >
> > (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) )
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ____________________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Holding / My Truest Self / Space
> >
> > "Found" Poem, May 26-31, 2006
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing in – the energy of what is about to happen
> >
> >
> >
> > Who am I and what difference does that make?
> >
> >
> >
> > I am me, complicated by the fact that "me" changes over
> time.
> >
> >
> >
> > The only "thing" I will ever bring to the party is me,
> >
> > Nothing more, nothing less, just me.
> >
> >
> >
> > And the only thing that seems to matter much is that the "me" that shows
> up
> > is really me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Not some abstract me.
> >
> > Not some new and improved me.
> >
> > Not somebody else's version of me.
> >
> >
> >
> > Just me. Just the way I am.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing out – releasing self, being in the moment.
> >
> >
> >
> > I have found the experience in Open Space to be an incredible
> > dialogue between
> >
> >
> >
> > the me that showed up authentically
> >
> > and the emergent self that greeted me at the end of
> the
> > day.
> >
> >
> >
> > What I have learned is that presence is no mere accident.
> >
> >
> >
> > It is the result of years and years of practice
> >
> >
> >
> > To continue growing more and more open and even in doing so,
> >
> > Find my core more and more reinforced.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing in – form and essence.
> >
> >
> >
> > OST has both form
> >
> >
> >
> > Chairs and windows and markers and paper
> >
> >
> >
> > Words and silence and walking and eye contact
> >
> >
> >
> > and essence.
> >
> >
> >
> > Invitation and authenticity
> >
> >
> >
> > Authenticity opens to essence, pours into essence.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing out – inviting co-creation.
> >
> >
> >
> > My heart connects with the music and my hands connect with the
> > instrument.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing in – trusting the people, trusting the process.
> >
> >
> >
> > What is most important is bringing my true self to the circle,
> >
> >
> >
> > to be willing to 'be'
> >
> >
> >
> > and knowing how to invite and holds space for
> others,
> >
> >
> >
> > in a gentle, loving way that invites them
> >
> >
> >
> > to be as authentic as I strive to be.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Breathing out…
> >
> >
> >
> > And then
> >
> >
> >
> > comes the pulsating blissful moment
> >
> >
> >
> > of stepping out of the
> > way…
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -- by Lenore Mewton, Chris Weaver, Zelle Nelson, Chris Corrigan,
> Harrison
> > Owen and Lisa Heft
> >
> > June 23, 2006
> >
> >
> >
> > ___________________________
> >
> > L i s a H e f t
> >
> > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
> >
> > O p e n i n g S p a c e
> >
> > lisaheft at openingspace.net
> >
> > www.openingspace.net
> >
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