SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin

Mon Jan 22 23:56:07 PST 2007

Dearest Chris, and all,

My first response to your brilliant and beautiful vision was similar to
Avner's -- although my own impulse was to plan to actually show up on Bowen
(I really like the part where you say "it will be cheap and accessible"!)
until I too realized that the week of the Harvest Moon is during the Jewish
holidays (which begin with the new moon immediately preceding). A
spiritually potent time to gather, and certainly a gorgeous time for
harvesting on many levels, but not a good time for some of us to travel or
even to be online.

(although by the way, one way to think of those ephemeral, temporary "huts"
of Sukkot, meant to be open to the stars and the elements, is to consider
these ephemeral, temporary, opened-space bodies we live in as those huts --
which I guess are not so difficult after all to put on the plane or on the
ferry boat!)

I love your idea of setting a time based on the moon, and am writing just to
mention that it might be that the Harvest Moon will always correspond to
Sukkot -- I don't know exactly how it works except that Sukkot is always the
full moon around that time, with the New Year / Rosh HaShanah being at the
new moon two weeks before. And, this year, like last year, Ramadan also
begins at that same new moon and ends with the following new moon. Indeed a
potent time!

With very deep appreciation for your inspired imagination,
and already excited to see what might happen in September,
love, Christy

-- 
Christy Lee-Engel, ND, LAc
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On 1/22/07, avner <avnerh at zahav.net.il> wrote:
>
>  The 22nd is Yom Kipur, our most holy day, the day of deep reflection on
> all that we have done through the year. So about the flow, in between these
> 2 events it might be even better, even though Israelis tend to take this
> time for a holliday.
>
> Yesterday we summarized our 1st Israeli osonos, which was a very gracefull
> one. the open space community here will explore this beautifull offer
> of Michael Herman and you
>
> Avner
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>  *From:* Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> *To:* OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 23, 2007 7:40 AM
> *Subject:* Re: SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in Berlin
>
> Ah yes...but still...that week might work no?  Earlier perhaps wrapping up
> in time for sukkot?  If we made the "OSonOS week" from September 20-26
> ending the night of the full moon, then it might accomodate those that need
> to wrap up before celebraing the equinox.
>
> At any rate, the celebration of sukkot is about living out in the
> ephemeral open spaces, the booths.  So it seems like there is some flow
> there too...
>
> Chris
>
>
>
> On 1/22/07, avner <avnerh at zahav.net.il> wrote:
> >
> >  What an inspiring idea Chris, and to see it first thing in the morning
> > here in East feels my heart with gratitude and connectedness.
> >
> > I wanted to cry yes but looking at the calender I noticed that the night
> > of the 26th is the Jewish Holliday (we have quit a few) of Sukot, to
> > commemorate our Exodous from Egypt buy sitting for a week in decorated `as
> > if` huts,with its temporary symbolism. So the date fits spiritually but
> > not practically for many Jews
> >
> > Nevertheless if you all adopt this date, I guess we will find ways to
> > open the space with you, in `inner` ways and it might be beautifull as well
> >
> > All the best from a coolish and sunshine Jerusalem
> >
> > Avner
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >  *From:* Chris Corrigan <chris at chriscorrigan.com>
> > *To:* OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> >  *Sent:* Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:20 AM
> > *Subject:* Re: SV: Michael Pannwitz's comment about OSonOS 2008 in
> > Berlin
> >
> > Friends:
> >
> > If I have understood Harrison correctly over all the years he has been
> > talking about Open Space, he has always had an aspiration that the process
> > become so ubiquitous that it disappear into a fabric of "business as usual"
> > while at the same time changing business as usual, much as brainstorming has
> > since its discovery in the 1950s as a simple but powerful technique for
> > unlocking creativity in groups.
> >
> > It has seemed to me that over the past ten years the movement of Open
> > Space has been dispersing far and wide.  It used to be that there were only
> > a handful of trainings for example and I knew all of the trainers.   Now
> > Open Space training is offered everywhere by people who none of us in the
> > "core community" of practitioners have ever heard of.  OST is being used in
> > all kinds of settings and what we are learning about leadership,
> > organization and management is being deeply internalized into practice and
> > life.
> >
> > It seems that the movement of who we are and what we know has been
> > scattered to the winds and that is a beautiful thing.  It is something that
> > could never have happened if Harrison had retained control over the process,
> > or if everything was centralized into one set of licenses for training and
> > use.  OST is used every day in hundreds of different contexts and its spirit
> > permeates many organizations, communities and personal practices.
> >
> > And so. the evolution of this conversation seems timely.  As much as I
> > also have enjoyed the OSonOS events (and I co-hosted one of them) I can see
> > the wisdom and delight in what Michael Herman has proposed.  A worldwide
> > Open Space week, self-organized, possibly interconnected or possibly not in
> > which many gatherings on many scales could take place is a brilliant and
> > accurate reflection of our community of practice.  Better than having 200
> > people gathering one place, having 200 gatherings of 50 people in many
> > places would be a monumental testament to the ubiquitous nature of this
> > incredibly fluid process.  As far as I know, none of the organizational
> > change practitioner's communities has anything like this.
> >
> > To me it is the difference between watching the moon eclipse the sun,
> > and watching a full moon rise.  Both incredibly beautiful events, but
> > different.  But the solar eclipse is only visible to a very tiny slice of
> > the world, and when one occurs, those of us who are outside of that range
> > can only follow along on the web or TV and envy those who got to be there.
> >
> > But sharing the experience of watching a full moon rise is totally
> > different.  Lovers separated by many miles often do this,  feeling connected
> > in the moment with their partner, sharing a common experience of beauty.  We
> > appreciate the event together and we appreciate the fact that we are doing
> > it together, no matter where we are.
> >
> > And so, what if we chose the week of the harvest moon for our week of
> > gatherings?  In the northern hemisphere, the harvest moon is the full moon
> > closest to the autumnal equinox, usually occurring in late September or
> > early October.  The harvest moon marks the time of year when the harvest of
> > the year's bounty begins.  The days and night are roughly equal in length
> > and the tides are reasonably equal as well.  It is a time of equanimity and
> > rededication to the communal effort of harvesting what we have sown.
> >
> > This year the harvest moon is September 26th
> > <http://www.farmersalmanac.com/astronomy/fullmoons.html>.  What if all
> > over the world, during the week of September 24, we gathered in large to
> > small groups for a day or two or more and held open space on open spaces, to
> > harvest what we have sown, learn from one another and contribute to a
> > worldwide learning inquiry about the edge of our practice, and the
> > incredible evolving story of Open Space?
> >
> > If others feel like this is a good idea, I will start the ball rolling
> > by committing to having one here on Bowen Island, near Vancouver, Canada
> > that week, let us say September 25-26-27.  It will be in a rustic setting,
> > and it will be cheap and accessible.  Anyone who wants to gather with me
> > from near and far is invited.  We will enjoy each other in two days of Open
> > Space and on the evening of September 26, we will go down to the beach
> > looking east across the mouth of Howe Sound to the North American mainland
> > and watch the harvest moon rise, knowing that as we are doing so, many of
> > our friends and colleagues will have seen that same moon emerge over their
> > gatherings in Siberia, Zimbabwe, Belgium, the United States, Colombia and
> > Haiti?  And then we will post our proceedings on our worldwide web site and
> > relish in the conversations shared with others across our world.
> >
> > What say you, friends?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >

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