[OSList] Opening space when borders are closing

Mon Nov 16 08:29:26 PST 2015

Merci Christine C'est évidement un open space 100% naturel!

2015-11-16 2:08 GMT-06:00 christine koehler via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:

> For those who read French, here
> <http://rue89.nouvelobs.com/2015/11/15/samedi-14-novembre-dois-donner-quatre-heures-cours-amphi-262104> is
> a wonderful exemple of what happens when you open space.
> It is the story of a university teacher in Lyon, saturday morning,
> supposed to do a 3,5 hour course about body, sex and cultures, who started
> talking about not being sure to be able to teach, about Paris, about having
> dinner together, about listening to music and of the wonderful dialogue
> that took place with all his students, christians, muslims, boys, girls,
> full with emotion and respect.
> Beautiful.
>
> On Sun, Nov 15, 2015 at 10:57 PM, Harrison Owen via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> The events in Paris have caught our attention. However, with deepest
>> respect and sympathy for my Parisian friends (Christine in particular), the
>> simple truth is that the human toll (127 and counting) is only the daily
>> score in many troubled spots of the world. You can name them as well as I.
>>
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>> And Mr Holland, President of France, declaring, “This is an act of War,”
>> and “promising” retaliation of whatever sort  -- is quite understandable.
>> Of course he also (according to the American Press) closed the borders.
>> Again understandable, but curious.... especially when it appears that some
>> substantial portion of the combatants (enemy) are French. Somehow the enemy
>> is us.... This is not your grandfather’s war.
>>
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>> Or Something.
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>> Any human being who claims to understand what is going on, and feels
>> competent to prescribe the  specific solution (close the borders, open the
>> borders, ban the immigrants, welcome the immigrants, shoot them all,
>> whatever) is, in my humble judgment, quite mad.
>>
>>
>>
>> I, however, will venture one affirmative (positive) statement. We (That’s
>> all 7 ½ Billion of us) are in a Transformative Moment. How long it will
>> last, and what the end result will be, I don’t have a clue. But I do
>> believe that it will take all 7 ½ billion of us, working together, to solve
>> the issues at hand. Tall order, to be sure. Then again, we have had some
>> several hundred thousand years’ practice. And to date – despite all odds –
>> we’re still here.
>>
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>>
>> And the magic sauce?
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>> I do know some things it’s (special sauce) NOT: a special program,
>> ideology, methodology, tool, technique, intervention, practice,
>> discipline...
>>
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>>
>> It is.... something that has been around a lot longer, much more basic
>> and fundamental.
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>> You guessed it. Self Organization.
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>> We did not invent it. Certainly didn’t create it. But we can help, I do
>> believe.
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>> Open Space wherever, whenever, however, with whom-so-ever as often as you
>> can. If nothing else, it will give you something to do during this
>> Transformative Moment.
>>
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>>
>> Harrison
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