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Dear All,<br>
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Among us who were at OT19 (which was really good, I had a great time and
I think others did too, if you are sorry you were not there I must tell
you: you are right!), a discussion of the theme for OT20 in 2002 has
sprung up. Because there may be those among you who were not there this
time, but do want to be there next time (again: you are right!) and also
for those who do not want to be there next time but still want to help us
find a great theme (nothing against that), I now send this message to the
list, and I propose to continue the discussion here so we can include the
undoubtedly splendid ideas of all of you.<br>
<br>
About next time: it will be from July 1-5 on the shores of Lake Superior
in Minnesota. Watch this space for more info from either John Adams or
Roger Cooper or maybe even from someone else.<br>
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Here's the thing about the theme:<br>
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At 18:20 11-7-2001 -0700, John Adams wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite><font face="arial" size=2>Tentative
theme for 20-02: "Cultivating Conscious Competence"
Whadayathink? </font></blockquote><br>
And then I wrote:<br>
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Well, because of the many occurrences of the number 2 in this OT, I would
like to do something with the theme of "duality". The
us-and-them, black-or-white, good-or-bad, male-or-female, win-or-lose
type of thing that stands in the way of true diversity and creativity.
Duality as a last frantic try of Ego to hang on to some kind of simple
order and prevent chaos from happening. On the other hand, duality can be
a way of making things clear, and it can be a great way to play. So how
about Dancing with Duality? Or is that too positive and should we say
Death to Duality? Or something in between, there must be language lovers
among us who can come up with a better one...<br>
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There were other postings too, but I will not repeat them all. The most
recent one was also by me, replying to one of Ralph:<br>
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At 13:28 15-7-2001 -0400, Ralph Copleman wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Well, how about...?<br>
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The Dance of Transformation</blockquote><br>
I like that one for the sound of it and it also tickles my curiosity if
used for a symposium, but the duality is gone and I would like that to be
in it.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Or<br>
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The Duality of Transformation</blockquote><br>
That sounds almost as if duality is something to go for, and I think it
is not. Duality-thinking is often in the way of transformation.<br>
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<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Or<br>
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Dancing in Stillness</blockquote><br>
Hm.... this morning, as I did my morning dance, it felt more like Dancing
in Stiffness... (sorry, couldn't resist ;-)<br>
The sound of this one is nice, but I don't think it would attract me to a
symposium like OT.<br>
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But let's keep going, something really good is cooking out there (or in
there) somewhere.<br>
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I will copy this message to the OSLIST with a short introduction. My
proposal would be to carry on the discussion there. Seems more
appropriate as there will be people there who may want to attend who were
not there this time.<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Koos de Heer<br>
Auryn management advies BV<br>
Utrecht, the Netherlands<br>
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