Honouring and Practice

Fri Nov 20 08:55:20 PST 2009

Thanks to all for this important discussion.  Certainly the Wikipedia flaw
has drawn some attention through this.

Please, if you know of a recent - 2004 and beyond - "peer reviewed"
publication about OST or a book that includes or focuses on OST (other than
Harrison's, Peg's or Bunker & Alban) please provide that citation here, to
Michael Herman or on the ning site.  The current list is available at
http://www.openspaceworld.org/cgi/wiki.cgi?ResearchActivities 

Please follow the following example of a citation.

Peterson, Larry. "Healthcare and Open Space Technology". The First Canadian
Healthcare Conference. Toronto. August 2009.
http://thefirstcanadianhealthcareconference.ca/index.php?/Healthcare-and-Ope
n-Space-Technology 

Larry

Larry Peterson & Associates in Transformation
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
larry at spiritedorg.com   416.653.4829 http://www.spiritedorg.com

-----Original Message-----
From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Chris
Corrigan
Sent: November-20-09 10:52 AM
To: OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
Subject: Re: [OSLIST] re honouring each other

Wendy. Thank you for laying your heart in the field. For engaging in
the art of irime, the aikido art of entering. How we enter is
important - we all know that moment we step over the boundary and into
the center if the circle to open space. It i
s a place that demands great consciousness if that entering itself is
to be in service of life and not in service of oneself.

Thank you for reminding me of that.

Chris

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CHRIS CORRIGAN
http://www.chriscorrigan.com

Sent from an iPod, typed with thumbs...

On 2009-11-20, at 2:51, "Wendy Farmer-O'Neil" <wendy at xe.net> wrote:

> In my experience, truth is relative.  It depends essentially on my
> perspective.  The vaster my perspective, the more many-faceted truth
> appears.  Until the very notion of truth becomes more of a living
> process than a static fact.
>
> I have experienced contraction in the resonant field of OSList
> throughout this conversation.  To me that signals the presence of
> aggression.  Aggression can be very subtle or very blatant.  Either
> way, it stimulates hurt, often in those other than its target.
>
> I am a student of Aikido, so violence, non-violence, aggression, its
> evocation, its arising, and its transformation are my daily bread.
> I still have a lifetime's worth to learn about it.  I believe that t
> he purpose of conflict is harmony.  What I have learned so far, is t
> hat aggression is a destructive, life denying vector in that equatio
> n.  And that clean heart anger is a generative life affirming vector.
>
> I have yet to hear clean heart anger in this conversation.  I have
> heard a lot of aggression in a variety of forms and guises.  I have
> also heard hurt, pain, sadness, confusion, frustration, to name a few.
>
> I will share what my experience has been in service to transparency
> if it serves no better purpose.
>
> I feel contraction when I hear OS and NVC spoken of as tools because
> for me, they have become profound ways of being in the world.
>
> I feel contraction when I hear pain in Chris Corrigan's voice when h
> e wonders why this conversation needs to unfold this way between peo
> ple he cares about.
>
> I feel contraction when I hear blame, shame and name-calling.
>
> I feel contraction when I recognize the operation of a poisoned well
> argument.
>
> I feel contraction when I hear someone caught in the steel jaws of
> an old hurt.
>
> I feel contraction when i hear the pain of someone who has had to
> fight too damn hard for every inch and breath.
>
> I feel contraction when I see more unsubscribes in a day than I
> usually see in a month.
>
> I feel care, concern, pain, and sadness when I think of all of you
> in this circle who are listening or speaking.  It is you who I most
> want to speak to right now.
>
> Here is my hand.
>
> I offer it in absolute commitment.  I will never put you out of my
> heart. I will hold space with and for you through it all.  Even in
> our most shadowed , unloved and disowned places.  I'm game to face t
> he monsters of the deep.  I prefer them to the shallows.
>
> I will name that the use of violence and aggression cloaked as the
> servant of truth has been the strategy of many who would prefer to
> silence, persecute, oppress and discredit those whose opinions or
> choices were in conflict with their own agendas.  It has been the
> root of much human suffering.  I can feel suffering present on this
> list right now.  I don't like it.  I won't support it.  I am
> saddened that people I admire and respect are behaving this way.  I
> am requesting that it stop. I am also requesting that the back-chann
> el story-telling stop.  If you do not have the integrity to air your
>  complaints directly, at least have the decency not to perpetrate sl
> ander. (And I am speaking about everyone involved not one person in
> particular, because I'm certain it's going on in several
> directions.)
>
> I guess we have finally grown up.  We are apparently big enough,
> brave enough, and ready enough to face a real dragon.  Can't wait to
>  see what we do with the treasure.
>
> In deepest respect and with great love for you all,
>
> Wendy
>
>
>
>
>
> On 20-Nov-09, at 1:12 AM, Michael Herman wrote:
>
> Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
> CEO Prospera Consulting
> wendy at xe.net
> 1-800-713-2351
>
> The moment of change is the only poem. -- Adrienne Rich
>
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