Authenticity and self-discovery in Open Space

Raffi Aftandelian raffi at bk.ru
Sat May 27 22:34:30 PDT 2006 

Zelle,

Thank you much for your reply on the OZZON thread. How important it is
to remember the power of story! It took me 4 years to get to a second
level of understanding around Harrison's words - if I recall
correctly- "OS is free, but there is a cost- to share your story."

And your reply on Authenticity prompted me to re-read Chris's words.
And only now I realize how two months ago I, unconsciously (or without
verbalizing to myself) perhaps began asking myself, "How do I bring myself as
completely as possible to each and all interactions with humans?" And
the quality of my engaging with others has felt different.


Living os? And about the same time I started practicing this I came to
a conclusion others came to a long time ago: os is a global emergent
spiritual tradition of our time. For a while I was afraid of saying
this publicly. But the authenticity thread somehow gave me permission
to do so. Why scary? Because this notion can be so easily
misunderstood.

I feel very fortunate to be here!

warmly,
raffi




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>From  Sun May 28 08:01:56 2006
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Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 08:01:56 -0400
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From: Harrison Owen <hhowen at verizon.net>
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Subject: FW: open space and synchronicity
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From: Phelim McDermott [mailto:phelim at mac.com] 
Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 6:28 PM
To: hhowen at verizon.net
Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity

Ok fair enough.....  i'll look out for the two feet that might show  
up on the front of the independent in two weeks time when I do the  
next open space for the national theatre of scotland and get back to  
you!

phelimx
On 27 May 2006, at 21:13, Harrison Owen wrote:

> Phelim -- I admit it is pretty remarkable when Bumble Bees and  
> Butterflies
> show up in the national press. Or is it? After all it is  
> springtime, even in
> the UK, I think. And one might ask how many people passed by those  
> same
> papers and immediately thought of Open Space? One, I would guess. You!
>
> I am not trying to rain on your parade, or strip mystery from the  
> majesty of
> the Universe. Heaven forbid. But for me the real magic of your  
> experience
> (which I think is replicated by the experience of multiple other  
> folks) is
> that when our space is really open somehow all of the incidental  
> details of
> our complex lives vibrate with meaning. The trivial becomes  
> significant as
> part of the warp and woof of a larger experience. Things we never  
> noticed
> before stand out and assume a place in the tapestry of life. And  
> all sorts
> of other wild, verging on hallucinogenic, things!
>
> A parallel experience for me comes when I shoot (photographs). On  
> those days
> when I am "really hot" heightened sensory awareness goes right off the
> charts. Every tiny shadow, speck of color, odd reflection seems to  
> dance and
> overwhelm. Everything is significant to the point of overload. And  
> my camera
> ceases to be a filter or funnel -- Somehow the camera is me, I am the
> camera, and collectively we (camera and me) are integral to the world
> around.
>
> Pretty weird I guess. Or -- just another day in Open Space :-)
>
> Harrison
>
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Phelim
> McDermott
> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 10:09 AM
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> Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity
>
> 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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