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size=2>-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----<BR><B>Van:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU]<B>Namens </B>Harrison
Owen<BR><B>Verzonden:</B> 12 december 2001 17:52<BR><B>Aan:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Onderwerp:</B> Re: Self-Organization????
OS just one of 18?<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
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size=2></FONT><BR> </X-TAB>All
of which poses an interesting question -- Does everybody have to go into The
Void in order to experience/understand Open Space? I guess the answer is Yes
and No -- it is all about levels. It is quite possible to just "do" Open
Space. No explanation needed or wanted. Or you could dig a little deeper into
the question -- Why the Hell does the damn stuff work -- when everything (well
almost) in our training and experience says that it couldn't and shouldn't?
And I think some sort of an answer starts to emerge when we open up the
discussion to include Self-Organizing systems. But is that all there is?
to which I must answer, No we are just getting started -- and it is off to The
Void. Is there anything else? Probably. It might just be pure nothingness...
Now try that for a sales pitch in the The Corporate Board Room!<BR><SPAN
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size=2>The levels, yes. This is one of the things I'm trying to get in the
attention. Not as an explanation or a way for convincing, but that
there is some powerful essence that can be discovered keeping in
mind what a real Open Space is: to respect the Space of the
others and to leave it up to their choice what level they would like to go
in to.</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The notion
of levels is useful to me (In my text I used two sides of Open Space,
but "levels" feels as a better word). And important to learn that
it's a good thing to keep all levels open and not to interfere
with someone's choice. (Not to interfere is not that easy, as we all
know)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Still,
like the way of the invitation before an Open Space meeting, I think that it
is useful to have a notion of "levels" and that it is possible to invite
also to the other level, maybe just by the way the facilitator is present.
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana size=2>In a
family or organization constellation the level of the communication canal
to what is called "systemic energy" (I can't explain this word for now, it
is something like the flow which deeply leads and connects us in our
life) has to be opened. There is no choice here: As a participant you don't have
to be experienced, but connecting to this level is needed for this
work. But here explanation in words is the same as to explain what
Open Space is: just experience it and you know what it is.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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class=330430622-12122001></SPAN>Absolutely! Which is why it has always seemed
to me that anybody with a good head and a good heart can"do" Open Space, but
it probably takes a life time to get to the bottom of things. <BR><SPAN
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class=330430622-12122001></SPAN>I'm writing<SPAN
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size=2> </FONT></SPAN>an article on comparing Open Space and Organization
Constellation but it's<BR>not ready yet.<BR><SPAN
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<DIV dir=ltr style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I will look forward to seeing
it.<BR>Harrison<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana
size=2>This invitation will stimulate me to write it, first in
Dutch and then in English, it is in my heart, and will definitely come
out. I got the idea the first time when I did the training of Birgitt in
Holland in may this year, but just now is the time to finish it.
</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Beside my
article I would really recommend to read or if possible: experience, something
about the constellation work of Bert Hellinger. He is a German,
but has done a lot of constellations in English and there are also videos
available in English, however the most of them are about family
constellations. Organization Constellations is still a very young
field.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Books in
English are: "Love's hidden symmetry" (ISBN 1-891944-00-2) and "Acknowledging
what is" (ISBN 1-891944-32-0)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT size=2><FONT face=Verdana>His
website is: </FONT><A href="http://www.hellinger.com"><FONT
face=Verdana>www.hellinger.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana>
</FONT></FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr><SPAN class=330430622-12122001><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Greetings, Michaël </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>_______________________</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Michaël Molenaar</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Tilburg - Holland</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><A
href="mailto:michael.molenaar@wxs.nl">michael.molenaar@wxs.nl</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>_______________________</FONT></DIV></SPAN></DIV>
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