The Da Vinci Connection -- Open Space and the Feminine

Mon May 29 13:44:45 PDT 2006

Hello to everyone,

Bumblebee that I am, I have touched in and out of the topics on this list
since last year. Thank-you all! I also had the great pleasure of taking a
facilitation course in Nanaimo with Chris.

Open Space fills in or offers a perspective that I found missing in Process
Work with Arnie Mindell. Somehow...and I don't know how yet to articulate
it...they complement each other. Or maybe they are on a contimuum of some
sort.

But I digress.

I just wanted to offer up another book about this masculine/feminine
discussion. It is "Eve's Seed" by Robert S. McElvaine. The subtitle is
"Biology, the Sexes, and the Course of History"...a weighty thing indeed.

I haven't completed it, and it is so full of material...and my life has been
topsy turvy lately...so I won't say too much.

Here's a quote...

"Hell hath no fury like a man devalued" (opening page!)

He proposes that the pendulum of patriarchy swinging over is a complex
"interplay of our innate proclivities with changing, human-altered social
environments." That is, human nature worked as is for a very long time as we
evolved. With the development of agriculture, sweeping cultural changes
created a "mismatch" between that nature and our social environment. Not
enough time for us to change with the times. A devaluing of the masculine.

It goes into much more depth and I wish I could say more.

See if you can find the book and see if it opens something new.

Thanks for the continued exploration of how to let go more. I just love the
paradox!

take care,

> I'd also recommend
> Mother Wove the Morning (the play on video or dvd, and the book)
> http://www.clpearson.com/MWM.html
> 
> "Intellectual awareness of the repression of feminine divinity
> becomes experiential in this profound and poignantly human drama. I
> strongly recommend this wonderful and powerful play." Jean Shinoda
> Bolen, author of Goddesses in Every Woman
> 
> "...an amazing experience; a passionate performance of theater at its
> best. It makes us cry, laugh, and remember what we did not even know
> we knew. I wish everyone could see it and be inspired by it."  Riane
> Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade
> 
> Diane Brandon
> Eliot, Maine
> 
> 
> On May 23, 2006, at 7:48 PM, Eric Lilius wrote:
> 
>> I read the following this morning and was struck by the
>> synchronicity with what Harrison had written. Is this description
>> of Memorial Day the common tale of origin?
>> 
>> May 29 Memorial Day
>> The customs of honouring and communicating with the dead around
>> this time (See Lemuria (May 9), Pentecost (May 19) and Trinity
>> Sunday (May 26)), suggest an ancient origin for this festival. The
>> American holiday derived from an incident on April 25, 1866 when
>> four young Southern women, after scattering magnolia blossoms on
>> the graves of the men they had lost in the Civil War, walked over
>> to the other side of the graveyard where the Union soldiers were
>> buried and decorated their graves as well. Sympathetic reports of
>> this act of reconciliation encouraged communities all over America
>> to hold their own "memorial" services, usually including a parade,
>> a patriotic oration and a community picnic.
>> from:
>> http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/maydays2.html#amb
>> 
>> I found The Da Vinci Code to be an alternative history lesson with
>> a plot thrown in.
>> 
>> The evidence  suggests to me that the shift to the masculine had
>> happened centuries before the Christian era
>> 
>> I would add two books: "The Woman with the Alabaster Jar" by
>> Margaret Starbird for further exploration of Mary Magdalen and the
>> Holy Grail and
>> "The Alphabet Versus the Goddess" by Leonard Shlain to examine the
>> role of alphabets and literacy in the  shift from the feminine to
>> the masculine in cultures around the world.
>> Tom Robbin's wonderful novel "Skinny Legs and All" has some
>> interesting things to say about all this. He suggests that the
>> Temple in Jerusalem was at times dedicated to Ishtar as well as
>> that old war god Yahweh.
>> Martin Scorcese's "The Last Temptation of Christ" presents Mary
>> Magdalen as a priestess of Ishtar.
>> 
>> Eric
>> 
>> Harrison Owen wrote:
>>> I, along with many other folks, have just finished wandering
>>> through "The Da
>>> Vinci Code" in preparation for seeing the movie. Hardly great
>>> literature,
>>> but definitely a good read - exactly the sort of thing one needs
>>> as a warm
>>> up for the summer-lite reading. It is obviously marvelous fiction
>>> in terms
>>> of most of the plot, organizations and characters - but I was
>>> surprised just
>>> how deeply I became involved for reasons having nothing to do with
>>> all the
>>> plots and counter plots.
>>> 
>>> Who knows how it happened exactly, but it is pretty clear that
>>> sometime
>>> around the 3rd-4th centuries the presence of the Feminine took a
>>> distinct
>>> nose dive in the West. A long time ago, when I actually thought I
>>> would be a
>>> REAL academic, I spent a lot of time reading and thinking about
>>> the multiple
>>> religious bodies in what used to be the Roman Empire. One of my
>>> favorites
>>> was Magna Mater - or the Great Mother, also known as The Earth
>>> Mother, The
>>> Goddess. Turns out, She was real popular with a number of folks in
>>> the Roman
>>> Legions along with many others. As such Magna Mater constituted
>>> more than a
>>> minimal threat to the Empire and the Emperor, who rather liked
>>> being God
>>> himself. It also turned out that the Great Mother was not quite
>>> the nice
>>> lady all of us might hope for, but that is a different tale. To
>>> make a long
>>> story very short, and oversimplified, The Great Mother was run out
>>> of the
>>> Empire, and although a lot of folks might blame the Christian
>>> Church, I
>>> think the truth of the matter is that those early Christians and
>>> Christianity simply provided a handy alternative. If you couldn't
>>> have The
>>> Great Mother, what were you going to do?
>>> 
>>> However it happened, the Feminine has been largely absent/
>>> repressed in The
>>> West, an observation which is hardly novel at this point. Perhaps
>>> one of the
>>> best statements comes from Riane Eisler in her notable book, "The
>>> Chalice
>>> and the Blade." Which, incidentally, should be required reading
>>> before
>>> seeing the "Da Vinci Code." :-) I might argue that Riane had a
>>> little too
>>> much "Chalice" and not enough "Blade" - but that is obviously a male
>>> speaking and for sure serious correction, even over-correction was
>>> in order.
>>> 
>>> So what does all this have to do with Open Space? Starting perhaps
>>> a dozen
>>> years ago I noticed that when we were doing training programs, a
>>> significant
>>> proportion of the participants were women. Initially the ratio
>>> might have
>>> been 3/1 (males to females), which might not seem like much now,
>>> but even a
>>> dozen years ago, professionals in the field (of OD, Facilitation
>>> etc) were
>>> predominantly male. More recently the ratio has switched almost
>>> completely -
>>> 3/1 females to males. I even had one program where the ratio was
>>> 15/1!
>>> Watching this tend I came to a conclusion - Women Get it! But what
>>> about the
>>> Guys?
>>> Over the years it has become apparent the male of the species is
>>> by no means
>>> excluded, but I think there may be an extra loop of learning, at
>>> least for
>>> some of us. It is all about consciously accessing our Feminine. Of
>>> course,
>>> what is sauce for the gander is sauce for the goose, and I believe
>>> that my
>>> female colleagues improve their capacity to open and hold space to
>>> the
>>> extent that they consciously access their Masculine. Which brings
>>> me to a
>>> central point - Balance, or better yet, a dance of male and female
>>> energy.
>>> 
>>> Perhaps this could be part of the answer to the ongoing conundrum
>>> - how
>>> could something so simple (OS) be so powerful and simultaneously
>>> feel so
>>> good? In Open Space the continuing dance of male and female
>>> insures that the
>>> whole of humanity is present. Not just male. Not just female. But
>>> both -- in
>>> constant conversation.
>>> There might also be another clue to a continuing mystery - How
>>> could it be
>>> that something with the track record of Open Space (easy,
>>> economical, and
>>> effective - with massive experience) still be perceived as weird,
>>> far out,
>>> "touchy-feely," and definitely not to be used HERE? The answer
>>> might be
>>> that, when seen from the testosterone laced executive suite (where
>>> the
>>> inhabitants are mostly male, but females are infected as well),
>>> Open Space
>>> becomes a definite threat. It is not just that the Feminine shows
>>> up - but
>>> she shows up as an equal partner in the dance. That would be
>>> sufficient to
>>> threaten any Emperor!
>>> Now back to the Da Vinci Code!
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Harrison
>>> 
>>> Harrison Owen
>>> 7808 River Falls Drive
>>> Potomac, Maryland   20854
>>> Phone 301-365-2093
>>> Skype hhowen
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>> 
>> "Ultimately what we're touching is the invisible, all-pervasive
>> Intelligence that surrounds us and penetrates us. It is grooming us
>> to be able to tolerate its splendor. It can't just reveal itself
>> openly because we would be forfeited; we'd never know what hit us."
>> Terence McKenna
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>From  Mon May 29 17:47:22 2006
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Date: Mon, 29 May 2006 17:47:22 -0400
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Diane wrote: "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!"

=20

Diane - in my own experience, organizations that do the best in terms of
running on time, even machine like, are in fact fully cognizant that =
they
are running in open space, if not Open Space. Whether "they meet in Open
Space each morning to create a new plan" will depend on a lot of things =
but
it is certainly not a bad idea.

=20

They key point is that every system has variable system constraints =
created
by the environment, external and internal. Translated that means, I =
don't
care how good a schedule you have, how fine your equipment, how well =
trained
the folks - things just work differently when it is snowing, raining,
sleeting, sun shining - or all of the above. And things also will work
differently depending: a) Everybody has the flu b) Only a few do c) The
"team Leader just filed for divorce d) The prime lady in Dispatch just =
had a
baby - prematurely. e) etc.

=20

The key to superior performance (maintaining the schedule, or whatever) =
does
not lie in the rigid application of some pre-existing, abstract =
procedure or
system. Superior performance only appears when the capacity for rapid
adaptation is present in spades. And Open Space is one of the best ways =
(in
my experience) to speedily shift assets and resources to meet emergent
conditions and challenges. And it sure beats the hell out of holding an
executive committee meeting, or worse yet dumping the whole mess on some
poor, possibly hung over manager on a Monday morning.=20

=20

I have a friend who, in a prior incarnation, was in charge of roads for
Pueblo, CO. Amongst other things that meant he had responsibility for
snowplowing in the winter - and that is a lot of snow and a lot of =
roads, to
say nothing of very big and steep mountains. Keeping those roads clear
involves split second timing under very hazardous conditions. Just think =
of
three plows in tandem (20 ton trucks) coming down a mountain pass at 40
miles an hour. One small mistake and that is 60 tons of steel and three
mangled drivers at the bottom of the canyon. So how did they do this?

=20

Before every snow season they started out with an Open Space for all
drivers, maintenance folks, and support staff. Focal question was always
something like, "Moving Snow: Issues and Opportunities. That's how they =
made
their plan and got ready. And come snow time, when the folks gathered in =
the
yards to warm and load (salt/sand) the trucks - it may not have looked =
like
an Open Space (circle, bulletin board, market place), but when you have =
the
spirit you can by-pass some of the superficials and accomplish the same
thing. And these folks did. For mid-course corrections (new equipment,
budget constraints, new teams etc) - easy  -- open more space.

=20

So I guess I beg to differ. In mission critical situations where timing =
and
rapid adaptation are essential, if the folks aren't operating in open =
space,
I get really worried.=20

=20

Harrison =20

=20

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, Maryland   20854

Phone 301-365-2093

Skype hhowen

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www.openspaceworld.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Diane
Brandon
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 12:21 PM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity

=20

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....

=20

I do like the emphasis on "syn" =3D 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 )

=20

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!)

=20

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!=20

=20

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

=20

Diane

=20

=20

=20

=20

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.

=20

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. =
:-)

=20

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!

=20

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.

=20

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

=20

Harrison     =20

=20

Harrison Owen

7808 River Falls Drive

Potomac, Maryland   20854

Phone 301-365-2093

Skype hhowen

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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
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: open space and synchronicity

=20

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. =20

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

:-)

Chris
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Diane wrote: =
“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!”

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Diane – in my own experience,
organizations that do the best in terms of running on time, even machine =
like,
are in fact fully cognizant that they are running in open space, if not =
Open
Space. Whether “they meet in Open Space each morning to create a =
new plan”
will depend on a lot of things but it is certainly not a bad =
idea.

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They key point is that every system =
has
variable system constraints created by the environment, external and =
internal.
Translated that means, I don’t care how good a schedule you have, =
how
fine your equipment, how well trained the folks – things just work
differently when it is snowing, raining, sleeting, sun shining – =
or all
of the above. And things also will work differently depending: a) =
Everybody has
the flu b) Only a few do c) The “team Leader just filed for =
divorce d) The
prime lady in Dispatch just had a baby – prematurely. e) =
etc.

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The key to superior performance
(maintaining the schedule, or whatever) does not lie in the rigid =
application
of some pre-existing, abstract procedure or system. Superior performance =
only
appears when the capacity for rapid adaptation is present in spades. And =
Open
Space is one of the best ways (in my experience) to speedily shift =
assets and
resources to meet emergent conditions and challenges. And it sure beats =
the
hell out of holding an executive committee meeting, or worse yet dumping =
the
whole mess on some poor, possibly hung over manager on a Monday morning. =

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I have a friend who, in a prior =
incarnation,
was in charge of roads for Pueblo, CO. Amongst other things that meant =
he had
responsibility for snowplowing in the winter – and that is a lot =
of snow
and a lot of roads, to say nothing of very big and steep mountains. =
Keeping
those roads clear involves split second timing under very hazardous =
conditions.
Just think of three plows in tandem (20 ton trucks) coming down a =
mountain pass
at 40 miles an hour. One small mistake and that is 60 tons of steel and =
three
mangled drivers at the bottom of the canyon. So how did they do =
this?

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Before every snow season they =
started out
with an Open Space for all drivers, maintenance folks, and support =
staff. Focal
question was always something like, “Moving Snow: Issues and
Opportunities. That’s how they made their plan and got ready. And =
come
snow time, when the folks gathered in the yards to warm and load =
(salt/sand)
the trucks – it may not have looked like an Open Space (circle, =
bulletin
board, market place), but when you have the spirit you can by-pass some =
of the superficials
and accomplish the same thing. And these folks did. For mid-course =
corrections
(new equipment, budget constraints, new teams etc) – easy  -- =
open
more space.

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So I guess I beg to differ. In =
mission
critical situations where timing and rapid adaptation are essential, if =
the
folks aren’t operating in open space, I get really worried. =

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face=3DTahoma><span
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Message-----<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <b><span =
style=3D'font-weight:bold'>On
Behalf Of </span></b>Diane Brandon<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, May 29, =
2006 12:21
PM<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> =
OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<br>
<b><span style=3D'font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: open space =
and
synchronicity</span></font></p>

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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....

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I do like the emphasis on "syn" =3D =
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:  <a
href=3D"http://www.globalcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml">http://www.glo=
balcommunity.org/flash/wombat.shtml</a>
)

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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!)

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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!

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>MBTI, J-P, P's love open =
space?</span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>Diane</span></font></p>

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style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>

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<p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-left:.5in'><font size=3D3 =
face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'>On May 28, 2006, at 10:26 PM, Harrison Owen =
wrote:</span></font></p>

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face=3D"Times New Roman"><span
style=3D'font-size:12.0pt'><br>
<br>
</span></font></p>

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class=3Dapple-style-span><font
size=3D1 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span =
style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:red'><span style=3D'border-spacing: 0px =
0px;text-align:auto;-khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none;
-apple-text-size-adjust: auto;orphans: 2;widows: 2;word-spacing:0px'>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.</span></font></span></p>

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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. J

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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!

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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.

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color:red'> </span></font></span></p>

</div>

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

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class=3Dapple-style-span><font
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style=3D'font-size:8.0pt;font-family:Arial;
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     </span></font></span></p>

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class=3Dapple-style-span><font size=3D1 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Harrison =
Owen</span></font></span></p>

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class=3Dapple-style-span><font size=3D1 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span
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class=3Dapple-style-span><font size=3D1 color=3Dred face=3DArial><span
style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Potomac,
Maryland   20854</span></font></span></p>

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style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Phone =
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style=3D'font-size:6.5pt;font-family:Arial;color:red'>Skype =
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Re: open space and synchronicity</span></span></font></p>

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that often seems to happen for me is that birds turn =
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<span class=3Dapple-style-span>Eagles in the middle of the city, =
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laughing at every comment in a closing circle.  </span><br>
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<span class=3Dapple-style-span>I don't talk about them much, but I come =
to rely
on my avian familiars in my work....</span><br>
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<span class=3Dapple-style-span>:-)</span><br>
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