[OSList] florian fischer has passed away

[Raffi Aftandelian via OSList]

My goodness! So unexpected! I remember meeting him in a training led by Marv and Sandra in 2003 in Potsdam, if I'm not mistaken.
I was taken by his playfulness and poetry. And I remember thinking, "Gosh, I'd love to have that sense of lightness, open-heartedness, presence, and play when I'm his age."
What a gift he is/was to the world.
Florian offered the poem/reflection for Living Peace in 2007.
Raffi 
Living peace 

Florian Fischer 



There is a special space 

where I'm studying peace, 

studying almost permanently, 

how to welcome peace, how to practice peace, 

how to hold peace, how to live peace: 

It is the space between 

»This is what I intended - but this is what happened*. 

An interval, a void, a break, a silence. 

It is the difference between frustration and acceptance, 

it is the way from No to Yes - and from Yes to No, 

it is the insight, that imagination, 

not only sometimes but every time, 

switches to illusion in the moment of realisation, 

it is the deep breathe before agreeing the change, 

and when it seems another person is changing my mind, 

it is the space to transform 

my ill humor about dependance into humbleness 

to see that they themselves are not less dependent. 

Sometimes it is the waiting-room 

to host a thrilling idea from conception to birth, 

sometimes it is an open space where a fear disappears 

and something dissolves just like that. 

In any case it is the playground between my own self 

and the self which is working on self-organization. 

It is all only about my inner peace, 

my only possible contribution to peace in the world. 

Rodalquilar, 30.12.2007 

**************There is a societal ill that Pindostani civilization is loathe to acknowledge. It is far more dangerous than hubris. We call it false immodesty. 
>From The Pindostani Primer: Celebrating Being Amerikan as a Generative Pejorative. By Imam Aftandollah the Overimpressive
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