honouring each other

[Raffi Aftandelian]

dear friends and colleagues,

Just want to express (just) some appreciation for what i'm hearing here:

- the challenges of working out differences in an electronic text medium,
especially when this space has a shapeless, faceless quality; when we don't
necessarily always see or feel the circle (nor the sessions, nor the breathing).

- the importance of expressing the difficult things, the "shadow,"; the
importance of divergence and disturbance to reveal what deep down we are all
seeking

- the importance of trying to express the shadow in ways that bring us
closer together as opposed to pushing us apart

- the power of team-held, highly accessible, simple, hospitable, beautiful,
multilingual online spaces that invite and articulate what os/OST is all about

- the importance of acknowledging our shared history and the contributions
of those who have held online space for many years in service to the ost
community

- the importance of extending compassion and empathy to ourselves and others
when we or others are not successful in giving voice to the shadow in
life-serving ways.

- the importance of extending, when possible, clear and inspiring open
invitations to further serve this community

- the importance of just being a silent empathetic presence, even in an
electronic global conversation, and connecting with oneself and where one is
in the course of that silence.

- being reminded of those practices and wisdom that help us connect with
what's really going on with us and with our deepest aspirations--
compassionate communication, the fourfold way are just two examples

- and last and most: the importance of play and the transformative
possibilities of (organic, free-range, new jersey) chicken grease in the
larger cosmic equation

Thank you for this conversation!

wormly,
raffi
sandijuana, calif. (usa)

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