Living in OS...My Inquiry!

[anne stadler]

I am stepping out of my on-line retirement mode, and inviting you into a
conversation I would LOVE to have with my OST pals, far and wide.  In fact,
I would like to encourage US ALL to have such a conversation with each
other!!!  It is my present version of Living in OS

My question to you is: What are you doing with your one wild and precious
life?

And guess what!  Here¹s my answer to that question!!
As Rumi says:  ³Beyond ideas of right and wrong, there¹s a field...I¹ll meet
you there!²

I am committed to being part of learning communities of practice, living
consciously in the ³open space² of the universal intelligent field (which
some of us call God), playing in the ³floating bodhisangha² (thank you,
Mark!) of radiant networking.

My inquiry is: In what ways can we manifest gift exchanges (communities of
practice) that identify, support and amplify the life force in any person,
place, or situation on the planet??   (the word ³community² is derived from
the Latin ³cum², meaning ³together², and munus, meaning ³gift²...or ³gift
exchange²).
   
This is what I am doing now, and will continue to do until I am guided
otherwise.  It is alternating cycles of energy flow and energy storage
(Thank you for those lovely terms,  Gabriel and Tracy!).

Re. Energy Flow:

> +++++++++++++++++++
> I am taking what Mark Jones says about ³living in Open Space² and amending it
> to reflect how I live it:
>  * "Living in Open Space² means to ³show-up² and ³OPEN space²
>> +  in every interaction;  it means taking responsibility for what
>> +  I love; it means Hearing, Seeing, and Loving myself and every
>> +  sentience that I encounter; it means being the conscious evolution
>> +  of consciousness.
>> +  Opening space starts with inquiry and listening.
> +++++++++++++++++++
> 
> At times, I am part of gatherings coming together for inspired work and play.
> 
> At such gatherings certain patterns appear.  Here are some I have noticed:
>  
> Invite ALL: I, as host (often with other hosts),  invite people to gather.  We
> sit in a circle (or circles) to show that all are welcome.  AND maintain an
> attitude of invitation throughout.
> Welcome:  Welcome whoever comes; remind people that we are here with unseen
> beings, ancestors, Nature presences, and, all of life.
> Speak/act from inner silence/listening: Invite people to listen inwardly and
> participate from that listening space in whatever way each is guided.
> Take responsibility for what has heart and meaning.  Acting from this place
> connects each individual with the field.
> Hear, see, love myself and all: I invite people to hear, see and love each
> other in any conversations they are drawn to, and I model that.
> Inquiry opens self to the field:   I ask whatever question I am guided to
> (and/or that people were invited to converse about), and invite each person to
> respond and introduce self to group.
> ³the field² guides whatever comes forward:
> As each person follows what has heart and meaning: speaks, acts, sings, plays
> music, draws, or offers whatever form of intelligence is guided,  when he/she
> deems it is optimal, the intelligent field emerges though conversation,
> invitation to activity, whatever is optimal at any given moment.  Ease is the
> hallmark of such emergence.
> ³Yes² opens space: If offerings are received with ³yes?² or ³yes...and?², the
> life force flows.
> Disturbance or ³no!² if received with a ³yes², is an invitation to hear, see,
> and love the ³no² sayers until the story they are carrying is congruently
> told.  
> To conclude: Re-member the whole circle, identify the question,
> Reflect: ask for reflections in order to allow the collective to evolve
> consciously (using a talking stick, if guided to do so)
> Goodbye is an opening:  and finally, invite any offerings to
> say/sing/move/²goodbye², and open to the next possibility.
> 
> Exchange gifts: As a member of a learning community of practice, I also invite
> everyone to be part of a gift exchange: I invite people to offer their gifts
> to assist others if a particular activity has heart and meaning for them,
> and/or identify activities where they would welcome the help of others in the
> community.  
> 
> To me, conversation is a communication medium of gift exchange (as are
> drumming, mime, drawing, painting, mind-mapping, singing, toning, etc).
> 
> That is my period of ³Energy Flow², AKA ³Breathing Out².
> 
> Energy Storage:  
> I am also guided to be in periods of ³Energy Storage² , AKA ³Breathing In²,
> during which I am mostly alone, listening to the field, receiving information
> via art, movement, reading, etc. and guided to be present with
> other-than-human entities with whom I share the planet, to learn from and
> listen to them.
> 
> The rhythm of ³breathing in² via energy storage, and ³breathing out² via
> energy flow is my current practice.
> 
> What is your practice?  AND what would you like to share about your being,
> doing, learning???


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