[OSList] Circle of One (was OSList Digest, Vol 19, Issue 5)

Thu Sep 13 04:26:22 PDT 2012

THank you so much.  Skye

On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:34 PM, Christine Whitney Sanchez <
cwhitneysanchez at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Skye,
>
> Thank you for sharing this beautiful tribute to Norm.  I can invoke the
> spirit of our time together at your home in Camden during OSonOS by the Sea
> and send you a virtual hug.
>
> Tomorrow, I will be opening the space for business owners in the
> construction industry who are gathered in San Diego for their CISCA
> Leadership Symposium<http://www.cisca.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3317>.
>  I will dedicate the opening to Norm and tell the story of his love
> of inquiry into the nature of life itself and the organizing principles of
> living systems.
>
> Blessings to you, Norm and your family,
>
> Christine
>
> Christine Whitney Sanchez, Partner
> Innovation Partners International
> Phoenix, AZ, USA ~ 480.759.0262
> www.innovateipi.com
>
> On Sep 12, 2012, at 10:14 AM, Skye Hirst wrote:
>
> I so appreciated seeing this quote this am as I reflect on Norm Hirst's
> passing.  some of you knew him and I wanted to share a remembering of his
> Individuality with the Open Space community who so reflect so much of his
> findings and life's work. With appreciation and love, Skye Hirst
>
>
> http://knox.villagesoup.com/people/announcement/obituaries/norman-hirst/895326
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Brendan McKeague <
> mckeaguebrendan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Well Gijs...what a lovely memory you're triggering from the Presidio..and
>> Matilda's creativity in Berlin
>>
>> Here is a the context, best expressed for me by John O'Donohue in his
>> inspirational book, Anam Cara...Spiritual Wisdom from the Celtic World
>>
>> "Individuality is never simple or one dimensional.  Often it seems as if
>> there is a crowd within the individual heart … At the deepest level of the
>> human heart, there is no simple, singular self.  Deep within there is a
>> gallery of different selves.  Each one of these figures expresses a
>> different part of your nature.  Sometimes they will come into
>> contradiction and conflict with each other.  If you only meet these
>> contradictions on the surface level, this can start an inner feud that
>> could haunt you all the days of your life.  Frequently, you see people
>> who are sorely divided.  They are in a permanent war zone and have never
>> managed to go deeper to the hearth of kinship where the two forces are not
>> enemies, but reveal themselves to be different sides of one belonging.
>>
>> We cannot embody in action the multiplicity of selves we encounter in our
>> most inward meditations.  But without a knowledge of these numberless
>> selves our existence is severely diminished and our access to mystery is
>> blocked.  We are talking here of the imagination and its riches; too
>> often we degrade imagination to a problem-solving technique.
>>
>> We need to develop a new sense of the wonderful complexity of the self.  We
>> need thought models or patterns which are fair and appropriate to that
>> complexity.  When people discover their own complexity, they become
>> afraid and with the hammers of second-hand thoughts they beat this rich
>> internal landscape into a monoscape.  They make themselves conform.  They
>> agree to fit in; they cease to be vivid presences, even to themselves."  (
>> pp146-48)
>>
>> This notion got me to thinking - how would it be to facilitate an Open
>> Space meeting for my 'inner village', or 'inner family'...or 'inner
>> tribe'....
>> A colleague of mine had introduced me to the Jungian 'thought model' of
>> 'Active Imagination' where we can create a space for conversation with
>> these inner-village people by intentionally engaging our imagination. These
>> characters often appear in dreams and I had been setting time aside to have
>> a yarn with each of them in response to the purpose behind their appearance
>> in my subconscious world. I would sit quietly with journal and write out
>> the conversation as it unfolded...a kind of imaginary dialogue with 'part
>> of me' that needed to be given voice in my conscious, ego-controlled
>> presence.  This was very useful for me in surfacing and addressing some
>> 'shadow issues' with a trusted companion (spiritual guide, therapist...).
>>
>> I then wondered what it would feel like if I invited whoever wished to
>> come along to an Inner VIllage Open Space meeting - and guess what, it was
>> very similar to an outer-world meeting...issue an invitation around a theme
>> that's significant for me at the time, see who shows up, post topics, host
>> conversations, converge and plan actions....with me (ego state) the
>> sponsor/facilitator recording the proceedings and getting more in touch
>> with the deeper recesses of my 'truth'....and I must confess that some
>> quite shady characters often show up - an old/familiar acquaintance, a shy
>> stranger, a domineering autocrat, a frightened child, a passionate
>> activist....all the right 'people' of course!
>>
>> So, maybe its the leprechauns in me...regardless, I love it - even tho
>> some of these meetings can be very draining and last for a couple of
>> hours...its a rich experience.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Brendan
>> (and his village)
>>
>>
>> On 12/09/2012, at 4:50 PM, Gijs Mega wrote:
>>
>> In san francisco wosonos I joined a session of my friend Brendan from
>> Perth with a similar topic. The exact name I forgot. Opening space for all
>> the voices in the head: most of us have worries, guilt, ego, but also roles
>> we have such as parent, income earner, friend....
>> It was the facilitator's role to give space to all voices and to park
>> space invaders.
>> After the meditative session, he would write down the notes as good as
>> possible and those he would discuss with some sort of personal coach on a
>> regular basis. As I recall sessions were on average around an hour, maybe
>> two.
>>
>> It was very interesting to hear and I would love to hear it again or more.
>>
>> Best wishes
>> Gijs
>>
>>
>> Send from iPad
>>
>>
>> On Sep 12, 2012, at 7:09 AM, Harold Shinsato <harold at shinsato.com> wrote:
>>
>> Matilda Leyser held a delightful session "A Circle of One - Opening Space
>> On Your Own" at 1:30 pm Thursday May 13 in Berlin at the 2010 World Open
>> Space on Open Space. It was an innovative and very useful session, where
>> Matilda demonstrated how she uses Open Space Technology on her own to help
>> her resolve issues and especially creative scenarios for play writing using
>> different spaces in a room or a few rooms using stuffed animals to
>> represent different aspects of her own psyche or persona. I wish I had
>> written up notes for the event, or someone had, but there's no evidence of
>> the session other than my photo of the schedule wall (which is how I know
>> when it happened!).
>>
>> What I remember, and I hope she or someone else corrects me if my memory
>> is faulty, is that she would begin with the regular opening with a circle
>> of herself and the stuffed animals or other objects, then write out the
>> different topic sessions - and then have different representatives move to
>> the different spaces and she would move around between them using the law
>> of two feet, and move the representatives as well. She used it in shorter
>> sessions, a couple hours, and also all day long. Though I think mostly half
>> a day sessions.
>>
>> Anyone else remember this session and any other highlights of the ideas
>> that were covered? Anyone else know of any other experiments like Matilda's?
>>
>>     Cheers!
>>     Harold
>>
>> On 9/11/12 10:08 AM, Elisabeth Teppper wrote:
>>
>> I believe the hardest of Spaces to Open are with ourselves!  So a One person OS is also valid!!
>> Love
>> Elisabeth
>> Venezuela
>> Elisabeth Tepper Kofod  -  Facilitadora de Procesos de Transformación
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Harold Shinsato
>>  <harold at shinsato.com>harold at shinsato.com
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>> twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
>>
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