open space and synchronicity

[Phelim McDermott]

Hi Harrison,

I agree about the heightened perception however i think that's a bit  
different from a signal appearing on the front page of a national  
newspaper! I also have experienced the parallel between the weather  
and the emotional weather in the room. (I don't know if you can send  
images to the string but thought it was worth trying to put them in!  
let me know if they dont come through and i'll post them on a  
webpage!) Also it was interesting to tell the group about this in  
morning news and even though it is of course a "coincidence" I am  
interested in which bit of me says `"Of course" when hearing this as  
the group did... the same bit of us that understands Open space to be  
a totally natural and ordinary phenomenon perhaps!


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exact days of the open space events!

love and synchronicity

Phelimx




On 27 May 2006, at 13:17, Harrison Owen wrote:

> Phelim -- Synchronicity seems to be a common bed-fellow with OS,  
> but I can't
> recall anything quite as in-your-face as your stories. Without  
> getting into
> an arcane discussion of cosmic net, connections and mysterious  
> forces (all
> of which I am sure are operative) it seems to me that one way of
> understanding the phenomenon is to notice that in Open Space  
> somehow our
> senses (all seven or eight of them) go on high alert. We then  
> notice a lot
> of things that ordinarily pass us by without a trace. To me the  
> wonder is
> not so much the perceived synchronicities but rather the heightened
> perception. I suppose one might explain some of this in terms of  
> what the
> Buddhists call Mindfulness -- but real mindfulness is typically only
> realized after intense Practice. Which might then suggest that OS  
> is then
> some form of a collective Practice . . .? And what do you have to  
> say about
> that, Mr. Chris Corrigan???
>
> Somehow related to all this is the experience I have had on multiple
> occasions where the weather (rain, sun, snow, clouds etc.) seems to  
> mirror,
> or possibly occasion, the moods and happenings in an OS. My sense  
> has always
> been that in some rather remarkable way the participant group was  
> in strong
> alignment not only within itself, but also with the world around  
> it. I don't
> know how you would ever measure or prove this, but it is a curiosity.
>
> Harrison
>
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> Subject: open space and synchronicity
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> I am interested to know if people find  the  practice of open space
> gets supported for you by synchronicity experiences? Here's mine for
> the week. In january i did a two day open space event for the theatre
> community here in london and as i reported on this list had a great
> time. On the morning of the second day i bought a copy of my usual
> newspaper the independent. On the front cover was an enormous FULL
> PAGE picture of a beautiful blue butterfly with an article about
> climate change and saying this particular blue butterfly was an
> endangered species in the uk. This week I Facilitated my second open
> space event for a "The Producers forum" .. a community of producers
> working in the arts here. Yesterday on the morning of the second day
> i went in and as usual bought my  copy of the independent
> newspaper.... on the cover was an enormous FULL PAGE picture of..
> yes  A bumble bee saying three species are extinct and more
> threatened by new farming methods suggestions given to help save
> them.  I am almost spooked by how personal this message seems to be
> in its timing and how insignificant it may seem to anyone else. When
> the universe speaks through open space it has much more elegant ways
> than email!
>
> Great open space event by the way!
>
> Best wishes
>
> Phelim
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