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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Thanks, Ralph!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>As I was pondering
this, I realized I didn't quite hit the nail on the head.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>It isn't that Open
Space allows for expanded consciousness, perhaps, but that it invites us to
more fully express our current level of consciousness. (And what a gift that
is!) <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It is unlike many other group
processes in that it doesn't erect artificial barriers to our full expression
of our present consciousness.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(I get it,
</span></font><st1:place><font color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Harrison</span></font></st1:place><font
color="#333399" face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>....
we are invited to more fully express our <span class=GramE>Now</span>, our
current state of consciousness.... to the extent that we express it and share
it, we individually and collectively expand.)<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The experience might lead us on a spiral of expanding consciousness, and
it might not.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>That part is up to each of
us to choose.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>What Open Space offers is
simply the invitation to more fully express who we are in the present moment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Is that closer?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>This piece about
taking another look at how we think about conflict is also important.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>There is a growing profession developing
around this question, of which I am a tiny part.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I don't hear OS practitioners talking much
about conflict resolution, but I wonder whether there are some important
lessons for conflict resolution professionals in the work you're doing.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I think the answer is yes, but I haven't
quite figured out what the lessons are.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 color="#333399" face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:#333399'>Julie</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>-----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf <span
class=GramE>Of</span> Ralph <span class=SpellE>Copleman</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Sent: </span></font><st1:date Month="12" Day="29" Year="2001">Saturday,
December 29, 2001</st1:date> <st1:time Hour="6" Minute="32">6:32 AM</st1:time><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>To: OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Subject: Re: Self-Organization is What Consciousness (Spirit) Does<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> By letting go and letting be, OS allows for an expanded
consciousness that<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <span class=GramE>results</span> in the natural fading of existing
problems (and passionate engagement<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> in what is important to the group), while most forms of mediation
and<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <span class=GramE>facilitation</span> tend to focus on solving
problems logically on the existing level<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>> <span class=GramE>of</span> consciousness.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Julie and all,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Let us be careful....<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The key
word in your statement may be "allows".<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>have</span></font></span> seen what you describe
happen in OS countless times but expanded<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>consciousness</span></font></span> does not
*automatically* occur.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I also believe
that OS is not<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>the</span></font></span> only technique (large group
or other) that makes expanded consciousness<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>possible</span></font></span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So if we're looking for ways to distinguish
OS from other<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span class=GramE><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>approaches</span></font></span>, I'm not sure this is
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>But keep at it!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>--<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>Ralph <span class=SpellE>Copleman</span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>609-895-1629<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>*<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>==========================================================<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'>OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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