Proximity and The Tao of Holding Space

[douglas germann]

Hi all--

Chris's Tao of Holding Space stopped me in my mental tracks last night
with one word: proximity.

What we are about in opening space is bringing people into proximity,
yes?

Proximity: notice what can happen when we bring people who care near
each other. Ideas bounce and blend and reproduce. Passions infuse. Keep
us in tightly sealed containers and nothing new happens. Juxtapose us
and there is possibility. For fire.

Which raises for me the question of why do people try to keep others in
tightly sealed containers, such as "do me" audiences who are not allowed
to talk back, let alone with each other? Is it lack of experience with
any container where people can let their lights shine on each other? Is
it fear of the fire? Something else?

Ever notice that after a play or a good seminar, when we go home we want
to talk about it? We want to assimilate it, re-enjoy, extend it. What if
we could harness that energy at the event itself? Get the people there
to assimilate, re-enjoy and especially extend it, starting right there?
What if?

Is this what OS is?

				:- Doug. Germann

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