[OSList] Please describe your experience of silence in Open Space events and Happy New Year!

[Chris Corrigan via OSList]

Silence and space are
a place to receive
what is subtly perceived

and need to be held with the terror of not knowing 
that causes the error
of filling space to show that

you are certain this will work
and you know what will happen
but what lurks in this shadow

is a stealing
of potential
because you can never know

what will be essential
to every group in any context
so don’t stoop to the base level

of stopping evolution
because you afraid that you don’t have
the solution

that you think we need -
silence and space is the way
we will feed ourselves.

Chris.


> On Dec 31, 2014, at 8:56 PM, Carmela Ariza via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
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> Dear colleagues
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> Happy new year to all!
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> I would like to ask all about your experience of silence in OST - please describe your experience of silence while facilitating or as a participant in an open space event. I will put together all responses and share it again with the rest of the OSList subscribers...
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> I would also like to share with you a poem I wrote yesterday on the Many Faces of Silence...(see below). You may also read this on my poetry blogspot: Carmela's Poems and Prayers: THE MANY FACES OF SILENCE <http://carmela-poems-and-prayers.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-many-faces-of-silence.html>
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> THE MANY FACES OF SILENCE
> by: Carmela Ariza
> 31 December 2015, Panglao, Bohol, 10:22AM
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> INTENTIONAL SILENCE
>  
> I seek the woods
> And the woods find me
> I listen to the log
> Lying, waiting
> Eventual decay
> In the offing
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> PUNCTUATED SILENCE
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> Storms
> Bring me to a standstill
> Blood
> Rushing through my viens
> Dread
> Anxiously anticipating
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> DEAFENING SILENCE
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> Whirring thoughts
> In a constant refrain
> Burying oneself
> In work or laughter
> This is a sentence
> Without reprieve
>  
> VEXED SILENCE
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> Incensed
> Enraged
> Outraged
> Furious
> !*@#^)(>$@
> I walk away
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> PENSIVE SILENCE
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> Lost in deep thought
> Questioning
> Deliberate pondering
> Wistful longing
> Freefalling insights
> Plucking wisdom
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> MOONSTRUCK SILENCE
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> Nervous but ecstatic
> Consumed with desire
> Smitten kitten
> Tickled teakettle
> Frolicking in the rapids
> Restless, definitely not loveless
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> HEARTBROKEN SILENCE
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> Exposed
> Vulnerable
> Pricked
> Betrayed
> Inconsolable
> Silent
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> EMERGENT SILENCE
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> Nine months in waiting
> Coming out
> Being true to oneself
> Release and deliverance
> Reaping, fruiting
> Healing, in the fullness of time
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> SACRED SILENCE
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> In deep sorrow or deep pain
> A child’s embrace gives comfort
> In contemplation
> A coming home to the core
> In harmony with nature
> Oneness
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> THANKFUL SILENCE
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> Forbearance in difficult times
> Appreciation for what gives rise to my existence
> Reaching out to help the needy
> Grateful surrender
> Accepting the present
> Here and now
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> I wish everyone OPEN SPACES FOR SILENCE THE WHOLE YEAR!
> 
> BLESSINGS to all!
> 
> Carms
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>  
> True happiness is a state of mind.
> Happiness is not a consequence of things that happen. 
> Do not pursue happiness - practice it. 
> Sing, even if you do not sound good. 
> Smile, even when things go wrong. 
> Create happiness, and happy you will be.
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