[OSList] New Years Questions

Fri Jan 8 10:36:58 PST 2016

Sitting the question is the very heart of active listening, and certainly
the way to practice it.
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2016-01-07 17:27 GMT+01:00 Harrison Owen via OSList <
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>:

> Sitting the Question is a wonderful approach, I've found. No rushing off to
> find the "answer" -- but just relish the question. Odd sounding, I guess,
> but my experience has been that if you sit the question, all those
> "answers"
> you first came up with look pretty trivial. And to cover another base --
> One
> way of describing what "holding space" might be is that we are "sitting the
> question" for the whole crowd.
>
> And oh... by the way, I guess a degree of senility helps.
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] On Behalf Of
> Michael M Pannwitz via OSList
> Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 9:33 AM
> To: Harrison Owen; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> Subject: Re: [OSList] New Years Questions
>
> Dear HO,
>
> I am asking a question intrigued by "sitting".
> How come I tend to find answers to my questions when those asked by me just
> sit there and kind of look remote or something?
>
> cheers
> mmp
>
> On 07.01.2016 15:02, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
> > Bhavesh... I'm sure culture has something to do with the way we
> > handle, appreciate questions. But at the end of the day, I suspect it
> > has more to do with maturity (some might say antiquity) than culture.
> > In West Africa, the Elders' job is to ponder the question. And more
> > often than not, their "answer" is another question. Buddhism,  in
> > various forms seems to find real meaning in "sitting" the question.
> > Old and/or mature folks seem to do it "best." Or something.
> >
> > ho
> >
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> >
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> >
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> > *From:*OSList [mailto:oslist-bounces at lists.openspacetech.org] *On
> > Behalf Of *Bhavesh Patel via OSList
> > *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2016 6:15 AM
> > *To:* Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list
> > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] New Years Questions
> >
> > Hey Harold and World,
> >
> > Merry Orthodox Christmas from Moldova where it has been snowing all
> day!!!
> >
> > Your question triggered a different kind of questionING in me.
> > Personally I find questions/inquiry and Rilke's 'Live the questions now'
> > approach very useful.
> >
> > *However my increasing sensitivity to culture makes me wonder whether
> > this approach works for everybody, or whether it is a cultural thing,
> > fitting more an inquiring Western culture? Sometimes do we
> > overemphasise this approach, use it in a kind of universal way?*
> >
> > I have my own answers/experiences to the above questions but of course
> > won't share them because you asked for questions!
> >
> > Smiles Bhav...
> >
> > p.s. Harold, we met at the WOSonOS in London and talked a bit about
> > complexity and Cynefin...
> >
> > On 2 January 2016 at 23:58, Harold Shinsato via OSList
> > <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org
> > <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Beloved Open Space Community!
> >
> > Instead of sharing New Years Resolutions (which never seemed to have
> > worked for me), would you share your New Years Questions? In other
> > words, what are the most alive and juicy questions and inquiries you
> > might ask the Universe in 2016?
> >
> > As a part of this invitation, I'm specifically *not* asking for
> > answers, nor would it be appropriate for me or others to answer any of
> > these questions in this thread. If you want to ask a question and get
> > an answer - feel free to start another thread.
> >
> > "Judge a /man/ by his /questions/ rather than his answers." - Voltaire
> >
> >      Thanks!
> >      Harold
> >
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