What to do next... (WaveRider)

[Julie Caldwell]

Harison,

When my mind contimplates these thoughts, I remember:

One into many, many into one.

Cherish others more than oneself.
Use oneself to cherish others.

 From a clear day, after a snowy longest night of the year
on holiday

Cannon Beach
Oregon

Julie Caldwell








On Dec 22, 2009, at 5:56 AM, Harrison Owen wrote:

> Ralph puts things in a slightly different way. Which is usual with  
> Ralph who
> always seems to be walking with a different drummer. Under the  
> heading of,
> "What do you do in this self organizing work on a fresh Monday  
> morning?",
> Ralph identifies tasks for himself and his community. At first take  
> this
> made a lot of sense -- there is me and we. And there are appropriate  
> tasks
> for each. But then my drummer spoke up and I began to wonder whether  
> things
> were as clear and simple as they first appeared. First off, you are  
> never
> going to get a we without a lot of me's -- which might suggest that  
> we is
> simply the collective me? And how about the other way around? No me  
> without
> a We. Certainly works out at the reproductive level. It would seem  
> that
> everything is connected in this self organizing world, being both  
> simpler
> and more complicated than we might assume. It might also suggest  
> that the
> distinction we make between we and me may be a little over done. And  
> just to
> really confuse things ... if it is true that action starts with  
> invitation
> -- where is my invitation for my (self initiated) action?
>
> Harrison
>
> Odd thoughts from a Very snowy Washington DC
>
>
> Harrison Owen
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of  
> Ralph
> Copleman
> Sent: Monday, December 21, 2009 7:39 AM
> To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
> Subject: What to do next...
>
> Harrison, you asked...
>
>> And I was wondering how would apply what you
>> have said to an everyday situation? Supposing it is Monday morning  
>> at your
>> place of work saving the environment in New Jersey. Your inbox and  
>> todo
> list
>> are filled to over flowing -- and that cup of coffee (if you had  
>> one) is
>> getting cold. What do you do next?
>
> Hmm.  Cool question.
>
> My life as director of our small nonprofit has been reinforcing two  
> lessons.
> One is Yin, the other is Yang (though I cannot tell which is which).
>
> One lesson: there are steps I can take to help move my community  
> toward
> sustainability.  I can and must take action on my own.
>
> On the other hand (lesson two), I know it's not up to me alone.  I  
> hold
> space for many others who participate in this work with me, and I must
> accept that each of them moves in their own way and their own pace.   
> Often I
> find I am watching others hold space, too.  Our collective activity  
> adds up
> to a self-organizing system, as you'd expect.
>
> If your question is, how do I decide what to do, well, I get my  
> answer from
> the 50 Swedish scientists who created the definition of  
> sustainability known
> as The Natural Step.  They set out four system conditions that we  
> have to
> meet to achieve sustainability.  These four are, in effect, the  
> criteria
> established by Earth during 4.55 billion years of self-organizing  
> evolution,
> and that had been working fine - until modern humans came along and  
> sold
> ourselves a large set of lies about ownership of the planet.
>
> When I get up in the morning, I ask myself, quite simply, what can I  
> do
> today to more effectively live within one or more of the self- 
> evolved system
> conditions.  You could say I'm holding space for Earth and the  
> sentient
> species known as homo sapiens to re-consider their relationship.
>
> But I have a feeling I have not completely understood your  
> question.  Is my
> answer missing something?
>
> Ralph
>
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