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<FONT SIZE="2" POINTSIZE="10" DEFAULT="SIZE">Dear Harrison,<BR>
right, its people that deliver in open space.<BR>
The facilitator part in me is humbled every time this message strikes.<BR>
At the same time it is good for me to be part of an ost-event and to know that I support the space in which spirit unfolds.<BR>
Right now we - Felicia Schulz, Ruth Karzel and a bunch of helpers -<BR>
are in the midst of an event in which people work on the future of their church.<BR>
Today, we experienced how a fellow transformed from a worried and reluctant participant to an inspired co-worker, from Saulus to Paulus, as he put it, seeing opportunity and chance where he had only seen shadows and dispair. Seventynine years old.<BR>
I happily join you especially in these hard times to encourage myself and others to keep opening what I know to be a grand vessel for healing and development.<BR>
Love<BR>
michael <BR>
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<B>From:</B> Harrison Owen<BR>
<B>Date:</B> Fri, 21 Sep 2001 10:31:27 -0400<BR>
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,<BR>
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I am presuming that since you are in my database, you know something about me and Open Space. If I am in error, please forgive. However, if you have been wondering what we can do post 9/11, here is a suggestion. Open some space to let the healing begin.<BR>
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If ever there was the necessity for Opening Space, NOW is precisely the moment. Under a cloud of fear, people and societies inevitably close down, and actions take place at the most basic reactive level. I suspect this is totally automatic, natural, and probably necessary as a coping mechanism for dealing with the unthinkable. So there is no wrong here, but as a long term strategy, it really will not work -- for all the reasons we know all too well. This is evolution in reverse, back down into the caves of our psyche. Remaining in those caves will make the horror of 9/11 seem like child's play. And there is an alternative, we know it, and we can help. Not by ourselves, of course -- but wherever space is opened, in whatever way that happens (Open Space Technology is not the only path for sure), Spirit shows up, and healing can begin. We don't need a plan, a program, a consensus -- just do it. Whenever, wherever, and however that is possible. Just do it.<BR>
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The opportunities are infinite. Right at the moment, creating the space for folks to gather as we all consider where we are and where we are going is critical. And down the road, just a little bit, we must consider the hard practicalities of dealing with a battered economy necessitating greatly enhanced efficiency and effectiveness on the part of our organizations and social systems. When time is short, stakes are high, and resources constrained -- we know from 16 years global experience in thousands of instances -- Open Space delivers. Or more exactly, people deliver in Open Space. It works. <BR>
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This is not a commercial, for Open Space is, and has always been free. If you know what I am talking about, and consider yourself a practitioner, please, I beg you, get on with the business wherever that may be possible. If you want to know more, the necessary resources are instantly at hand. Click on <FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>www.openspaceworld.com<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U> This website supports our training programs, but you don't need training to open space. Anyone with a good head and a good heart can do it. This means you. For a quick introduction (all you need to get started) click on <FONT COLOR=0000ff><U>http://openspaceworld.com/users_guide.htm<FONT COLOR=000000 DEFAULT="COLOR"></U> . And when you need more, there are lots of books and supportive colleagues.<BR>
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And of course, if can help in any possible way, please let me hear from you. Good luck<BR>
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Harrison<BR>
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