Tibetan temple bells

Raffi Aftandelian raffi at BK.RU
Wed Mar 19 12:39:31 PDT 2008


Dear friends and colleagues,

The recent discussion on choosing not to talk about bumblebees reminds me of
my hesitation in using Tibetan temple bells to open the space and to invite
everyone to the closing circle.

I really like Tibetan temple bells and their place in OST meetings. They
seem to mark an entrance into a different time and space, from chronos
(sequential time) to kairos (spacious, potential-filled time). They seem to
invite presence. And I particularly like the bells given to me because of
their story.

And, I worry that by using these bells, I am appropriating something that is
not from my original culture.

And very occasionally, the bells seem to evoke something mystical, bringing
on great discomfort to some participants. I am not sure this dissonance is
necessarily something harmful for participants, however.

How do others see the questions, concerns I raise here?

appreciatively,
raffi

raffi at bk.ru, raffi_1970 at yahoo.com

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