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Doug wrote:<br><br>
OK, folks: Joelle you speak of "that place," and Harrison you
talk about <br>
whether or not laughter is the causative factor or whether it "does
the <br>
job," and both are perceptive answers.<br>
But I am not sure I yet see what is this something that happens in OST
and <br>
these other methods. What do you suppose it is that causes this community
<br>
to erupt, this healing (do you understand it to mean "wholing,"
if that is <br>
a word?) to happen?<br><br>
short take on a long answer (actually a whole book) is that in Open Space
the natural self-organizing system which we all -- are gets back to
work, and if it is wounded, it heals itself. Laughter is one of the
sounds we make when we are healing.<br><br>
Harrison<br><br>
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