Practice and Theory in Open Space (Confessions of a Theoretical Hit Man)

Sun May 14 05:53:10 PDT 2006

Harrison,

You wrote, "A friend once remarked that the world could be divided between
what he called "Theory Folks" and "Practice Folks" - those who like to think
about it, and those who prefer to do it."  I have an extended version of
your friends remark. I see it on a continuum starting with those folks who
would rather philosophise, then the "Theory Folks", then a category for
"Theory/Practice Folks", then the "Practice Folks" and lastly those who do
not have a clue what is going on!

I agree with you that those of us on this list is most probably from the
practice side of the continuum.  I see myself leaning to the theory side as
well.  I think that it is kind of logic, some one must make things work out
there.  I read a very humorous but true article by Marianne Thamm in a
woman's magazine about corporate team building exercises, she calls it
Corporate Torture. I love her one comment, "You will probably be made to
feel awkward about raising any questions about the validity of such
exercises or daring to point out that most people who are forced to do them
would, if they had the choice, probably opt out."  My point - do we not need
something that will really work for people where they can be themselves and
as you stated organise themselves into a space that works for them and have
fun while they doing it!!

I think OS provides the environment to really ask those questions. Is it not
Aristotle that said: If we no longer ask questions, we'll never learn more,
never become more because we won't have new answers to experiment with"?

Your previous question on my corner! I am still thinking - I came up with
isolation, but discarded it as I think that isolation is self inflicted.  I
still owe you an answer!

Herman

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Subject: Found Poem -- May 10-14, 2006 -- The Mystery of Open Space
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Hello, dear colleagues.  I just cut off all my hair - so now I am =
wearing
many hats.  Among others, I have a tiara (as Access Queen) and a crown =
of
oak leaves (as the current Poet Laureate for OSLIST).  I write to you =
today
as Poet Laureate.  I am not a poet - or rather, we are all poets.  As we =
all
are healers.  As we all are brave and wise.  We just don't know it all =
the
time.  But I suspect that each of us is amazing.  For today's piece of
poetry, I submit to you another 'found' poem.  Our wonderful colleague
Laurel Doersam (Canada) first brought a found poem to our OSLIST when =
she
herself was Poet Laureate.  I love the idea (you can see another found =
poem
if you look in the archives for "Found Poem - March 1-4, 2006 -- Touch =
the
Now").   A found poem takes bits and phrases and puts them together in a =
way
that pleases the poet.  Perhaps you remember the recent conversation =
about
the Mystery of Open Space.?

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The Mystery of Open Space

"Found" Poem, May 10-14, 2006

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Mystery: [Middle English misterie, from Latin mystrium, from Greek =
mustrion,
secret rite, from musts, an initiate, from mein, to close the eyes,
initiate.]=20

The American HeritageR Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth =
Edition--
Copyright C 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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Close your eyes.=20

and begin.

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Twenty one years ago, the first Open Space took place=20

Since then=20

60,000 times          120 countries       millions of people

groups of 5 to over 2000 people=20

local environmental planning       designing new polymers

redesigning manufacturing processes      sharing knowledge across
disciplines=20

understanding each other across differences        weaving peace

=20

21 years in Open Space=20

one wonderful, continuing, natural experiment

the results have been consistent=20

across facilitators, cultures, organizational types=20

=20

=20

you would think that Open Space=20

is the newest     riskiest     most avant-garde=20

way of doing business.=20

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Something is definitely strange!=20

Even the name sounds a little weird=20

           =20

People speak of doing an Open Space=20

with a sense of mystery=20

and wonder=20

usually associated with=20

walking on the moon,=20

raising the dead, or

eliminating gravity=20

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There are lots of mysteries.  =20

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Mystery. =20

Eludes understanding.

Unexplainable.

=20

What supposedly happens when you use it=20

defies imagination.=20

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Just couldn't happen!  =20

But it does.=20

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More than that, =20

it has happened thousands of times

 =20

It continues to happen=20

every time a group of people are invited

to gather in a circle=20

around a major issue=20

of common concern

=20

Order happens,=20

all by itself.=20

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They simply go to work.=20

No fuss, no bother, no organizing committee, no facilitators

nothing but                  people=20

doing what they care to do relative to a subject of genuine concern.

=20

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Mystery.  Secret rite.  As if anything in Open Space is secret.  It is =
all
there for you to see.  And feel.

=20

Literally anyone can participate=20

to fully bring ourselves to              any             and all
conversations

=20

A space where we as participants

feel we can easily=20

choose to be           ourselves.

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The real mystery is -=20

Why is Open Space a mystery?

=20

The clues for solution=20

lie right there in plain sight=20

We stumble over them every day

which only deepens the sense of mystery!

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Mystery.  Miss the trees.

Maybe we are trying hard to see a forest and we are missing the trees.

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Humans.  They have this need to know.

To explain the unexplainable.

To define the indefinable.

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Something is definitely going on=20

What does it mean?  How does it work?? (we need to know)

=20

To some, it feels.unsettling.

If nobody is in charge, maybe we all are=20

Paradigm shift is a most painful and traumatic event.=20

But what is the new paradigm?  What is the new theory?  What does it all
mean anyhow?=20

Some see it as pure magic=20

that what happens=20

could even happen. =20

Some see no "magic" at all. =20

Just the working out of complex systems which self-organize.

For some of them, it's no big deal=20

and in fact is just what complex systems do=20

For some social network theory gives evidence and explanation of what
happens. =20

For some, the ability to allow=20

the emergence              of spirit=20

                           and new collective consciousness=20

blows them away.

Other people,=20

with different experiences,=20

are going to tell=20

other stories.

=20

What is a "mystery" is based on how you interpret your experience.

When your theory is at odds with your experience,=20

that would be some reasonable indication=20

that a change in theory=20

might be a good idea.

=20

I love the many mysteries.

=20

It is all questionable,=20

It is all conversable.=20

=20

And in the mean time, the Space rolls on!

=20

Maybe if we just                close our eyes

and breathe

we know

without naming defining analyzing verbalizing

 =20

it's okay to just                know=20

   or to just                 not know

=20

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Close your eyes.

and begin.

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-- by Harrison Owen, Raffi Aftandelian, Larry Peterson, Joelle Lyons =
Everett
and Lisa Heft

May 14, 2006

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___________________________

L i s a   H e f t

Consultant, Facilitator, Educator

O p e n i n g  S p a c e

 <mailto:lisaheft at openingspace.net> lisaheft at openingspace.net

 <http://www.openingspace.net> www.openingspace.net=20

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Hello, =
dear
colleagues.  I just cut off all my hair – so now I am wearing =
many
hats.  Among others, I have a tiara (as Access Queen) and a crown =
of oak
leaves (as the current Poet Laureate for OSLIST).  I write to you =
today as
Poet Laureate.  I am not a poet – or rather, we are all =
poets. 
As we all are healers.  As we all are brave and wise.  We just
don’t know it all the time.  But I suspect that each of us is =
amazing. 
For today’s piece of poetry, I submit to you another =
‘found’
poem.  Our wonderful colleague Laurel Doersam (Canada) first =
brought a
found poem to our OSLIST when she herself was Poet Laureate.  I =
love the
idea (you can see another found poem if you look in the archives for
“Found Poem - March 1-4, 2006 -- Touch the =
Now”).   A
found poem takes bits and phrases and puts them together in a way that =
pleases
the poet.  Perhaps you remember the recent conversation about the =
Mystery
of Open Space…?

<p =
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bottom:
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style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
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__________________
</span></font></p>

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bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
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bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:justify'><b><font size=3D4 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold'>The Mystery of Open Space</span></font></b></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:65.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt'><b><i><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black;font-weight:
bold;font-style:italic'>“Found” Poem, May 10-14, =
2006</span></font></i></b></p>

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style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

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ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>Mystery:
[Middle English</span></font><tt><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier =
New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> misterie</span></font></tt><font =
size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, from Latin</span></font><tt><font size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> =
myst</span></font></tt><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><img
width=3D7 height=3D15 src=3D"cid:image001.gif at 01C67773.40589790" =
align=3Dbottom><tt><font
face=3D"Courier New">rium</font></tt></span></font><font size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, from Greek</span></font><tt><font size=3D2
face=3D"Courier New"><span style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'> =
must</span></font></tt><font
size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><img
width=3D7 height=3D15 src=3D"cid:image001.gif at 01C67773.40589790" =
align=3Dbottom><tt><font
face=3D"Courier New">rion</font></tt></span></font><font size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>secret =
rite</span></i>,
from</span></font><tt><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'> must</span></font></tt><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier =
New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><img width=3D7 =
height=3D15
src=3D"cid:image001.gif at 01C67773.40589790" align=3Dbottom><tt><font
face=3D"Courier New">s</font></tt></span></font><font size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>an =
initiate</span></i>,
from</span></font><tt><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt'> m</span></font></tt><font size=3D2 face=3D"Courier New"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><img width=3D8 =
height=3D15
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face=3D"Courier New">ein</font></tt></span></font><font size=3D2><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt'>, <i><span style=3D'font-style:italic'>to =
close the
eyes, initiate</span></i>.]</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
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bottom:
.0001pt'><cite><i><font size=3D1 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
8.0pt'>The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, =
Fourth
Edition</span></font></i></cite><i><font size=3D1><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;
font-style:italic'>-- <cite><i><font face=3D"Times New Roman">Copyright =
©
2000 by Houghton Mifflin =
Company.</font></i></cite></span></font></i></p>

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.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:65.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Close your =
eyes. </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>and =
begin.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bott=
om:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Twenty one years ago, the =
first
Open Space took place </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Since then =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>60,000 times =
</span></font><font
size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>         </=
span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>120 countries =
</span></font><font
size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>      </span></font><font
size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>millions of =
people</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>groups of 5 to over 2000 =
people </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>local environmental =
planning
      designing new =
polymers</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>redesigning manufacturing
processes      sharing knowledge across =
disciplines </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>understanding each other =
across
differences        weaving =
peace</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.75in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>21 years in Open Space =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>one wonderful, =
continuing,
natural experiment</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>the results have been =
consistent
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>across facilitators, =
cultures,
organizational types </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>you would think that Open =
Space </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>is the
newest     riskiest     most
avant-garde </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>way of doing business. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Something is definitely =
strange!
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Even the name sounds a =
little
weird </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:65.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:justify'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>         &n=
bsp;
</span></font> </p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>People speak of doing an =
Open
Space </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>with a sense of mystery =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>and wonder =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>usually associated with =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>walking on the moon, =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>raising the dead, =
or</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>eliminating gravity =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>There are lots of
mysteries.   </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Mystery.  =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Eludes =
understanding.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>Unexplainable.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>What supposedly happens =
when you
use it </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>defies imagination. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Just couldn’t
happen!   </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>But it does. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>More than that, =
 </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>it has happened thousands =
of
times</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>It continues to happen =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>every time a group of =
people are
invited</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:261.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>to gather in a circle =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:261.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>around a major issue =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:261.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>of common =
concern</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Order happens, =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>all by itself. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>They simply go to work. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>No fuss, no bother, no
organizing committee, no facilitators</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>nothing
but           &nbs=
p;     
people </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>doing what they care to =
do
relative to a subject of genuine concern.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Mystery.  Secret =
rite. 
As if anything in Open Space is secret.  It is all there for you to
see.  And feel.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Literally anyone can =
participate
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>to fully bring ourselves =
to
            &=
nbsp;any
            a=
nd all
          conversations=
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>A space where we as =
participants</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>feel =
we can easily
</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
1.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>choose =
to be
          ourselves.</s=
pan></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
-.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>The real mystery is =
– </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Why is Open Space a =
mystery?</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>The clues for solution =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>lie right there in plain sight =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>We stumble over them every =
day</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>which =
only
deepens the sense of mystery!</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Mystery.  Miss the =
trees.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Maybe we are trying hard =
to see
a forest and we are missing the trees.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Humans.  They have =
this
need to know.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>To explain the =
unexplainable.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>To define the =
indefinable.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Something is definitely =
going on
</span></font></p>

What does it mean?  =
How does
it work?? (we need to know)

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>To =
some, it
feels…unsettling.</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>If nobody is in =
charge,
maybe we all are </span></font></p>

Paradigm shift is a most =
painful
and traumatic event.

But what is the new =
paradigm?
 What is the new theory?  What does it all mean anyhow? =

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Some see it as pure magic =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>that what happens =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>could even happen.  =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Some see no =
"magic" at
all.  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Just the working out of =
complex
systems which self-organize.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>For some of =
them</span></font><font
size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:
"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>,</span></font><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'> it’s no big deal </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>and in fact is just what =
complex
systems do </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>For some social network =
theory
gives evidence and explanation of what happens.  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>For some, the ability to =
allow </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>the emergence
            &=
nbsp;of
spirit </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>         &n=
bsp;           &nb=
sp;    
and new collective consciousness </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:3.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>blows them =
away.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Other people, =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>with different =
experiences, </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>are going to tell =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>other =
stories.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>What is a =
"mystery" is
based on how you interpret your experience.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>When your theory is at odds with your =
experience, </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>that would be some reasonable indication =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>that a change in theory </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:1.25in;margin-b=
ottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Trebuchet MS"'>might be a good idea.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>I love the many =
mysteries.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New Roman"><span =
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>It is all questionable, =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>It is all conversable. =
</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>And in the mean time, the =
Space
rolls on!</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Maybe if we just
            &=
nbsp;  close
our eyes</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:171.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>and =
breathe</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:3.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>we know</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:2.0in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>without naming defining =
analyzing
verbalizing</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.25in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>it’s okay to
just           &nb=
sp;   
know</span></font><font size=3D1 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet =
MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>   or to
just           &nb=
sp;   
 not know</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-.5in;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";color:black'>  </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>Close your =
eyes.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-bo=
ttom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'>and =
begin.</span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bot=
tom:
.0001pt'><font size=3D2 color=3Dblack face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p =
style=3D'margin-right:65.25pt;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:9.0pt;margin-=
bottom:
.0001pt;text-align:justify'><i><font size=3D3 face=3D"Times New =
Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><fon=
t
size=3D2 color=3Dblack><span =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=3D1 face=3D"Trebuchet =
MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=3D1 face=3D"Trebuchet =
MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";font-style:italic'> </span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=3D1 face=3D"Trebuchet =
MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";font-style:italic'>-- by
Harrison Owen, Raffi Aftandelian, Larry Peterson, Joelle Lyons Everett =
and Lisa
Heft</span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'margin-right:-.5in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:
9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><i><font size=3D1 face=3D"Trebuchet =
MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS";font-style:italic'>May 14,
2006</span></font></i></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:9.0pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS"'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:9.0pt'><font size=3D2 =
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet =
MS"'> </span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:9.0pt'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblack
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:black'>___________________________</span></font></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:9.0pt'><b><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
style=3D'font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS";
color:blue;font-weight:bold'>L i s a   H e f =
t</span></font></b></p>

<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:9.0pt'><font size=3D2 =
color=3Dblue
face=3D"Trebuchet MS"><span =
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