[OSList] medicine wheel? anyone?

[Harrison Owen]

Not to twist thoughts or maybe bend minds - but I doubt that anything is
"essential" when it comes to facilitating an Open Space gathering, if only
because the fundamental process, (self organization) was there way before
OST. Not of our making or control. And if we did absolutely nothing, self
organization would roll on. BUT I believe we (facilitators/practitioners/?)
can add value by helping to bring this elemental power of life to
consciousness awareness. There are all sorts of ways that can be done, but
the more subtle the better. I always loved the Medicine Wheel for its
elegant simplicity and the way it wove history and tradition into present
experience. But is it essential? I more than suspect that the only
"essential" for a good OST is to learn to do nothing at all.

 

ho

 

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From: oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org
[mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of Raffi
Aftandelian
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 11:39 PM
To: OSlist
Subject: [OSList] medicine wheel? anyone?

 

friends,

 

craig's questions encouraged me to post about something i've been meaning to
ask for a while:

 

i'm curious how much - if at all- do you use the medicine wheel reflection
activity described in the ost user's guide at the end of an ost meeting.

 

do you see it as an essential element of a carefully facilitated ost
meeting? or not?

 

or is it best dropped ('one more thing not to do').

 

in my training in ost it was presented as essential and for years i did it
and couldn't quite connect to it. but with time however, my relationship to
the medicine wheel changed. and i think it has lots of value. at the very
least it serves a role in bridging, bridging the experience of the meeting
to the monday after the meeting...and beyond. as in, 'how do we take what we
experienced here into our day to day life in our organization?'

 

also my curiousity comes from hardly ever seeing it mentioned on the list...

 

curious about your responses,

much warmth,

raffi

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