[OSList] A visit, a query, an encounter and a thought post WOS2013

Thu Jul 18 09:47:31 PDT 2013

Hi Alan!
Thank you for your "dispatch" from your continuing remarkable travels
as an itinerant
apparatchik.  And thank you for sharing this gem from Anne Stadler.  Anne's
kitchen was my first-ever encounter with OST, long long ago.  Her words
whcih you share prove true to me increasingly each day:  community, and the
*gift of heartful, mindful appreciative attention*, live perennially,
paying no heed to the apparent laws of space and linear time.
Much Love,
Chris

On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear Alan, what a blessing to have met you in Taiwan, to know you! What a
> blessing to be part of this community!  These past few days I have been
> visiting with Karen Davis in Quebec where I was born.  Yesterday we were
> talking about you and your vision around Conversare, a beautiful opening of
> space where strangers can meet strangers. We spoke of how the world  needs
> this now, to be reminded of the simple joy of being together. Amidst the
> issues, the hurts, the polarization of perspectives, and all that needs to
> be done in the world, there is a soothing feel of just being with each
> other. I celebrate being on this list, in this community feeling the pride
> and joy of knowing you Alan and others like Sharon Joy Chao who has just
> opened incredible space with 1000. To also know all who gave their gifts of
> experience and support to her as she opened this big space. How very
> special to be connected with so many this way.
> Thank you Harrison Owen for bringing Open Space to us and sharing it so
> generously. It is a gift that never stops giving!
> I close with this quote on the wall at Karen's home by Goethe. "As soon as
> you trust yourself, you will know how to live". Open Space gifted me with
> trusting myself bringing joy, peace and immense gratitude.
> Love to all in our Open Space world!  Suzanne
> On Jul 18, 2013 12:07 AM, "Alan Stewart" <alan at multimindsolutions.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi All
>>
>> Here are some reflections and follow-ups on my experiencing associated
>> with my recent going along to WOSonOS2013<http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com/>in St Petersburg. Which may trigger you to appreciate that there is more to
>> it when considering whether to head off to Belgrade next year. <smile>
>>
>> Firstly, I would add to what others have reported, that this WOS was a
>> most happy event, lovingly and thoughtfully convened by Suzanne and her
>> merry gang. There was wonder-full connecting between all present, including
>> quite a few who had been at previous such gatherings, one from the very
>> first! (This was my fifth, starting in Monterey, CA, in 1998). Also in
>> attendance was a group of ‘millennials’ (mainly graduate students at the
>> local University of South Florida) who participated in Lisa’s
>> pre-conference preparation and then in the main event. Which made for
>> lively cross generational exchanges and a lot of fun.
>>
>> *. The visit*
>>
>> Immediately after WOS I participated in a lovely 'confab of
>> conversationalists.' This took place at the home of my old friends Juanita
>> Brown and David Isaacs, ‘co-noticers’ of the process now also used widely
>> around our little planet, 3rd from the sun, The World Cafe<http://www.theworldcafe.com/history.html>.
>> They have recently relocated to ‘Millie’s Mountain’, a beautiful 90 acre
>> farm carved out by Juanita’s late parents, Millie and Harold, deep in the
>> Blue Ridge Mountains near to Asheville, NC. My visit was the catalyst for
>> their first ever gathering of Café and Space niks in the area.
>>
>> *. The query*
>>
>> *En route* from Australia to the USA I stopped in New Zealand where I
>> happened to talk with a person who is responsible for a review of services
>> of a major hospital. When he heard of how OST could be of value for this
>> purpose he expressed interest.
>>
>> Are there any Spaceniks based in the Auckland area who would wish to
>> pursue this? If so contact me for details.
>>
>> *. The encounter*
>>
>> When moving on from Asheville to go to New York I was ‘stuck’ *en route* in
>> Charlotte, NC, for about 24 hours as flights north were cancelled due to
>> heavy ahead. And so I checked in to an hotel near to the airport and posted
>> a note on our list to ask if anyone local was available for a meet-up with
>> me Stammtisch style.
>>
>> Not receiving a response I took a bus down town the next morning. There I
>> had a delightful encounter with an elderly African American couple who
>> happened to pick up the iPhone I had dropped. Hearing how I came to be in
>> their city for one day they said “We would like to take you under our
>> wing.” Which they did, very graciously. During which we drove through
>> fascinating parts, went to their home for a cup of tea and they dropped me
>> back at the airport. A most generous and thoughtful gesture on the part of
>> hitherto total strangers.
>>
>> Whatever happens ...in this instance very enjoyably. <smile>
>>
>>  *. The thought*
>>
>> This was recently passed on to me in relation to work I am doing
>> currently from a person who has been an OST practitioner from its early
>> beginnings and who is likely known to many of you, at least from her
>> periodic 'heart and mindful' postings on this list.
>>
>> "We carry community inside us. It's present whenever we gift any
>> encounter with our full heartful, mindful appreciative attention."
>> *Anne Stadler*
>>
>> *
>> *Do the right thing, take risks, change your mind, have fun ...
>>
>> Looking forward
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
>> *Alan Stewart, PhD
>> Social artist with conversations that matter and participatory fun*
>> *Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia
>> tel: **+618 82127168* <%2B618%2082127168>*
>> mob: **+61(0)413848680* <%2B61%280%29413848680>*
>> em: **alan at multimindsolutions.com* <alan at multimindsolutions.com>*
>> web: **http://www.multimindsolutions.com*<http://www.multimindsolutions.com/> (under
>> reconstruction)*
>> **blog: **http://conversare.net* <http://conversare.net/>*
>> Stand-up: **http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/alan-stewart/*<http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/alan-stewart/>
>>
>> *New e–book Time to converse – the heart of human warmth<http://www.multimindsolutions.com/?page_id=243>
>> *
>>
>>
>>
>>
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