Evidence

[Nancy Wells]

Have been having a rather interesting conversation with a friend of mine who
is a Transcendental Meditation teacher around this topic... goes beyond the
boardroom and may 'spark' some thoughts :)


"Until the chhandas effect (the objective malaise which hides the more
salient aspects of nature - Self and Relationship of Self to Object and vice
versa) is removed where we can start seeing or appreciating both the subject
(the Self or the subjective) and the object (the illusionary concrete and
sensory tangible), we won't be able to see how intimately each is linked
together. Both the Self and the Object are nothing but Being, the Light of
God, and in being able to see or appreciate each in ourselves and in others
(both experientially and evidentiary), we, without any added effort, would
have illuminated the already established link of 'Relationship of Subject -
Self -  to the Object (what we perceive as me/he/she and vice versa') which
completes the avenue through which we gain the truth of knowledge or
knowledge that is truthful about anything there is, ever was or ever will
be.

It is in this framework of - Self, Object and the inseparable and intimate
Relationship between the Two, that affords both the evidence and the
experience of Open Space to most naturally manifest itself from the
un-manifest. Do some brain research on any group in Open Space and the
natural paradigm of Self, Object and Relationship thereto would reveal both
the experience and evidence of how Open Space and all natural thinking
systems function. Measure the level of group coherence before, during and
after any Open Space or naturally thinking system and the coherence will
always be higher within the functioning of the natural system as a unit as
compared to just being together as a group without simple attention on what
is at hand. It is the enhanced degree of coherence or integration of
thinking of the group as a unit that produces the evidence or outcome of
what is happening in Open Space. So both the evidence and experience is
there which makes both aspects relatedly measurable and as such can be shown
it works naturally and as such scientifically as well."

Have a great day,
Nancy

-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Michael M
Pannwitz
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 6:05 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: Evidence

Ralph, you saved my day and kept me from embarking on a timeconsuming 
search for evidence. Hurrah! More time to work with open space, grand.
Greetings from Berlin
And come to Kyiv in May for WOSonOS XV
mmp

Ralph Copleman wrote:
> Harrison wrote...
> 
>     At some level I would just love it if you, or somebody, could provide,
>     "written evidence of what can be achieved through Open Space."
> 
> Yeah, me too (giggle).
> 
> But before I go around gathering such evidence, I want someone to show 
> me incontrovertible proof that sitting around a conference table for 
> several hours gets the anticipated results.
> 
> Or some measurable percentage of people who learned something from a 
> typical keynote speech in a large auditorium.
> 
> Or a significant percentage of attendees managed to stay awake during a 
> three-person panel "discussion".
> 
> H, if your correspondent has proof that conventional meetings give us 
> "written evidence" of success, than we owe it to him/her to get cracking 
> on this question right away.
> 
> Ralph Copleman
> 
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