[OSList] raising inspiration

[Michael M Pannwitz]

Dear Michael,
I dont invite "leadership as a combination of passion and 
responsibility" when I facilitate an os-event.
In that sense I dont have to elevate anything (although I have had the 
experience, especially referring to romantic passion, that it has at 
times been elevated, it being a complete mystery to me, how that 
happens, but it happies me, when it happens).
In my experience a lot of things that I observe happening in an open 
space event happen without me being much interested in them happening 
but they certainly are meaningful. But really, whether they happen or 
not, I dont really care.
What I focus on, is to have time and space expand for the unfolding of 
selforganisation. And that keeps me really busy, just no time to think 
of all those things that ensue: passion, responsibility, peace, love, 
ingenuity, high performance, community, creativity, fun, play, high 
learning, you name it.
These things, wonderful as they are, just happen or take place in the 
wake of selforganisation doing its thing.
As I probably often have said on this LIST: they are byproducts of my 
focus on the force of selforgaisation.
Have a great weekend, slowing down is a good idea... I will be doing a 
bit of that on my trip from Berlin to Krakow on Sunday, 8 hours on a 
long distance bus, trying to follow the invitation to a Stammtisch in 
Krakow on Monday.
Cheers
mmp

On 29.11.2013 05:47, Michael Wood wrote:
> In OST we invite leadership  as a combination of passion and
> responsibility. A question I sometimes mull over is, 'is it possible
> to elevate 'passion' (clearly I'm not just referring to romantic
> passions)? If to be inspired is to be 'in-spirited', then is there
> anything we can do to raise Spirit amongst people who might not
> currently be experiencing very much of it? Or is it always a
> gift/grace which catches us by surprise?
>
> When I ask this question of my own experience I find that inspiration
> sometimes comes to me in silence, when I slow down. At other times
> I've been inspired from the outside by an inspirational speech in
> which a great vision of alternative future has got my attention. In
> an OST event there will be certain people who will be there
> immediately because they are already inspired by the topic. But can
> anything be done to inspire the currently uninspired? Or doesn't it
> matter that we even try to do so?
>
> Michael Wood Perth, Western Australia
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