[OSList] doubt about how to begin OS

Sun Jul 11 08:09:06 PDT 2021

Thanks to you all!! Really!!

Your answers help me in this process of looking for my place in os.

It´s great reading you all.

PS: and Michael (mmp), yes I´m in the basque country and Eleder is helping
me, do you know him?

El sáb, 10 jul 2021 a las 23:36, Michael Herman via OSList (<
oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>) escribió:

> Here's another way to think about it, Arantxa... Imagine for a moment that
> you have this large or small crowd gathered and they've all politely seated
> themselves in some sort of circle.  Your question is where to go, how to
> act, how to relate to them...  So I ask you, what would you do if you knew
> that there was lots of ice cream and treats to sprinkle and drizzle on top
> of it, all set up and ready in the middle of the circle?  Would you smile?
> Would they smile back?  Would you enjoy telling them about the various
> options and possibilities that had been arranged?  Would you enjoy holding
> them, locked in their seats, for just an extra few minutes, heightening the
> anticipation, maybe digressing a little bit on a tangent about
> the history of sundaes, or teasing the list of ingredients?  And when you
> were done explaining, ready to let them run for the bowls, where would you
> be?  Probably at the center, pointing to it, welcoming them to come.  And
> then where do you go?  Out of the way!  While it's true that some healthy
> eaters might not get too excited about this ice cream business, they'll
> likely perk up when they notice the fruit and nut toppings.  By and by,
> most everyone will discover something delicious in the center of your
> circle.  So your job is to walk into that crowd knowing that something cool
> is coming up soon.  Have fun giving it away!
>
>
>
> --
>
> Michael Herman
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>
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>
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 2:04 PM Harrison Owen SR via OSList <
> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>
>> Welcome to the circle!  And to the millions of folks who have shown up
>> before. Including the several who have spoken so elequently of their
>> experience (Peggy, Chris, Michael...) Walking the circle ( or as it is ofen
>> called)* bounding *the circle is a very ancient artifact of human
>> society. We didn't invent it, but it is surely nice to remember it. Enjoy
>> yourself. Great Space!
>>
>> Harrison
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 1:08 PM Peggy Holman via OSList <
>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Arantxa,
>>>
>>> Like my long time friends, Chris and Michael, and as Harrison first
>>> suggested, I, too, walk the circle. And have been since 1996. I don’t have
>>> much to add to what Chris and Michael have already said, but I’m writing,
>>> so I guess I have something to say. :-)
>>>
>>> I slowly walk the circle speaking as I do. Just once around before I
>>> stop on the rim. After that, I move occasionally if I my intuition tells me
>>> to do so.
>>>
>>> I notice as I walk that the energy of the space changes. It is as if the
>>> connections among us become clearer to all. Harrison called it the shaman’s
>>> walk. He said is done at the pace of your heartbeat. Slow and steady, about
>>> 60 beats per minute, I seem to recall.
>>>
>>> I often think of Open Space as the exquisite mix of yin and yang,
>>> masculine and feminine. Walking the circle evokes the yin energy of
>>> relationship. Speaking the question/theme calls in the directional energy
>>> of yang. Together they move us towards each other and into our creative
>>> potential.
>>>
>>>
>>> Welcome to the journey!
>>>
>>> Best of success to you,
>>> Peggy
>>>
>>>
>>> ________________________________
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jul 10, 2021, at 8:23 AM, Chris Corrigan via OSList <
>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Yes. I walk the circle. I greet people, look at them, talk about their
>>> invitation and encourage them that this is the time they have wanted to
>>> talk about thi BC s important to them. Then I very simply explain the
>>> instructions and invite them to make their agenda. And then I walk out and
>>> let them get to work.
>>>
>>> Trust the people. If the issue is important for them they will make the
>>> conversations they need to have.
>>>
>>> Chris.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jul 10, 2021 at 3:37 AM arantxa hergueta bravo via OSList <
>>> oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi to you all!
>>>>
>>>> May name is Arantxa. I´m new here, and I´m new in Open Space too. In a
>>>> few days I will facilitate my first OS and to do so I´ve been doing some
>>>> reading and talking with a friend, who knows very well the whole process.
>>>>
>>>> I´ve got a bunch of doubts, but want to share one specially with you.
>>>> If someone wants to share her/his experience or ideas It´ll be terrific.
>>>> I´ll try to explain it. It´s been years that I don´t write in English,
>>>> so…lets´see!
>>>>
>>>> My friend has told me, once the “event” promoter has made a
>>>> presentation, he comes from outside the participants circle, invites
>>>> everybody to breathe, look each other and so, and, then, he comes into the
>>>> circle and walks inside it (walks the circle) looking to each of the
>>>> participants in order to greet them. My questions: How do you do it? How do
>>>> you begin? Do you “walk the circle”? Why? How does it make you feel?
>>>>
>>>> And that´s all for now.
>>>>
>>>> Thank you very much!!!
>>>>
>>>> And have a beautiful day!
>>>>
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