Honouring and Practice

Fri Nov 20 11:53:40 PST 2009

thanks, larry, for putting this one in a format that matches the other.
i'll go paste it in right now.  m

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Michael Herman
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On Fri, Nov 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM, Larry Peterson <larry at spiritedorg.com>wrote:

> 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<http://thefirstcanadianhealthcareconference.ca/index.php?/Healthcare-and-Ope%0An-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
>
> -----
> 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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