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At 01:32 AM 9/10/2003 +0000, Marei wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>But thinking about the future I can
ask which conditions are supportive and which are not: which make change,
development, transformation more possible than others?<br>
If one of the things necessary for differenciation (as I agree with) is a
nutritious environment - than we can influence the possibilities for
transformation by sharing nutrition (physically or in other
dimensions).<br><br>
And referring to "wrong" conditions in organisations, the
world, our heads: Maybe they seem not to be helpful or not fitting
anymore or born out of anxiousness. But at least they were the
"right" conditions at another time or place. And in the moment
being they are still "right" for the organisation or the person
and we - judging them - just don't have all the insights...<br><br>
What I decided to try doing is both: totally accept the past and the now
- but do my share to influence the future (and accept whatever is
coming). Does that make sense to you?<br><br>
Marei</blockquote><br>
At the risk of confounding confusion, I find it most useful to eliminate
the notions of past, present and future, and concentrate on Now. I don't
think this is quite as hard as it sounds, indeed for me it becomes a
blinding flash of the obvious. We all know that the past is
"over" and the future "hasn't happened yet" -- so
like it or not -- all we have is Now (the present). Then the question is
-- How big is your Now? Is it big enough to include everything that we
used to call "past" and "future," or is it just a
tiny speck of a moment into which we frantically try a push everything we
want to accomplish???? And if the latter, then we have the added agony
about a past that is no longer available (memories) or deep anxiety about
a future that always just ahead of us (dreams). When I get it
"right" my memories are always with me -- they just get richer
and deeper. And my dreams are not some inaccessible impossibility, but a
very present work in progress. Sometimes, of course, I lose it, space
closes and I am left with a frigid (or hot) moment so small I can
barely turn around, and my fear becomes almost unbearable. At such a
time, I find several deep breaths not only useful, but essential. My
space opens, my now expands -- and life becomes possible, even if the
details remain the same. <br><br>
Sounds pretty exotic and esoteric -- but I think such an expanded Now is
precisely the experience of Open Space. And to the extent that millions
of folks around the world have been there, it can't be all that
strange.<br><br>
Harrison<br><br>
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