open space and synchronicity

Thu Jun 1 11:15:16 PDT 2006

Hi, Diane,
I just wanted to say thank you for introducing me to the dancing
wombat.made me grin :-)

Warm regards,
k

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lumina fr. L., light, air, opening

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Diane
Brandon
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 9:21 AM
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Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity

Ruminating a bit about time.... I enjoy time, as in timing in a dance,
having lots of time, plenty of time, and planes/trains/buses being on
time. Time is over-important in our culture, but a useful tool. (Like
money. My favorite thing about not having much money, which is our
current state, is that I stay home more, and have more *time to spend
with friends. Less *time going places to buy things is a blessing.)
money, time, spend, hmmmm... I was a math major for a few years, and I
like numbers, time and money and measures, all numbers....

I do like the emphasis on "syn" = with. Being with, being connected, we
are all one. (Have you all enjoyed the dancing wombat? Maybe I've
mentioned it here before? If senility gets me (moreso than now!), maybe
I'll just watch it over and over again:
http://www.globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml ) 

I agree that being with, living with, time with, are all  natural, and
the "woowoo" and being surprised means that we are mostly out of "sync"
- not knowing we are all part of one, with an energy flow that is there
to rest upon (someone is watching over me). So we re-member, and notice
that we are in-sync, in flow. (Harrison, if everyone knew how simple and
natural open space is, you probably wouldn't have sold any books about
it!)

Back to time and schedules. I heard a talk last year by John McKnight,
about Asset Based Community Development, and the thing that was most
useful to me, since I'd read a few of his books and had been to ABCD
training, was his comment about respecting the need for some
organizations to run like machines, like clockwork. The example was
public transportation. He didn't want the airline pilots or mechanics,
or bus drivers, to meet in open space each morning and create a new plan
for the day.... at least not on their work days! 

MBTI, J-P, P's love open space?

Diane

On May 28, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Harrison Owen wrote:

I have to make a confession. The word "synchronicity" has always bugged
me. Comes from the Greek "syn" "chronos" (literally - with time, or same
time). It is time and the clocks that get me. As if clocks/time makes
that much difference.  And in contemporary usage, synchronicity gets an
over plus of being something weird, magical, or psychic. Now -- who am I
to question things "magical, weird, and psychic?" I have had some people
suggest that all three of those things could be my middle name. But
still they make me very uncomfortable.

The reason is that most of the things that people talk about under the
heading of synchronicity (and then go WOOWOO!) seem to me to be very
natural, rather what you would expect - especially if you are in the
real flow of things, and acutely aware of that flow. So when Chris talks
about Seagulls sitting on the window sill, laughing at the Closing
Circle, my reaction is - What would you expect, Chris? And Tree, the
fact that you felt irresistibly called to let dinner in the door sounds
pretty reasonable to me. And Phelim, if you really insist in seeing
Butterflies and Bumble Bees spread across the Press, that's OK - but I
wouldn't say it too loudly. :-)

There is another word which for me is much more comfortable - and takes
me to the same, or better, places than Synchronicity. It is "Symbiosis,"
"Symbiotic" - or I suppose "Symbiosity".  Still Greek, but with a twist.
"Sym" (with)
"Bios" (life) - with life - or better yet, "Living Together." The
thought is that when life flows together, all the pieces fit - even the
ones that seem a little strange. For me, this is an everyday story,
especially when our awareness is turned up to HIGH (as in OS). And the
story suffers when we try to re-write it according to our notion of what
we think SHOULD be happening. It gets even worse when we try to
operationalize our understanding of what SHOULD be happening in order to
bring it under control and make sure that it happens the way we expect
it to. That's when we really get in trouble!

So Chris - Of course Gulls will laugh at the Closing Circle. First of
all they are Gulls. Secondly, theClosing Circle can get pretty funny.
And Tree - What is so strange about letting Dinner in the door? And when
it comes to the "struggling author" - how could he NOT find support and
assistance in The Evolutionary Salon? I suspect that the only way he
could avoid all such help would be if it were not truly The Evolutionary
Salon - or that he had his blinders on and could only accept help in
some pre-defined package.

So what else is new? Just another day in the Open Space of life here on
Planet Earth, just flowing together- Symbiotically.

Harrison      

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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
Corrigan
Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 5:42 PM
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Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity

Well...yes to all...and on the subject of synchronicity, the thing that
often seems to happen for me is that birds turn up.

Eagles in the middle of the city, sparrows finding their way into locked
meeting rooms.  Gulls sitting on the window sill and laughing at every
comment in a closing circle.  

I don't talk about them much, but I come to rely on my avian familiars
in my work....

:-)

Chris
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