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<DIV>Robyn -- lovely image!</DIV>
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<DIV>This conversation reminds me of one from last January called
"self-organization is what consciousness (spirit) does".</DIV>
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<DIV>I pulled this snippet of mine from it:</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial>I recently was given a gift of an image around this that
I've found quite<BR>helpful. A Buddhist priest attended Spirited
Work (a learning community<BR>that gathers quarterly in OS). He used an
image of hands for holding space.<BR>Actually, here are Master Chang's
words:<BR><BR>>Since I left Whidbey Island, I've constantly thought of OS and
its<BR>spiritual manifestation in earthly conditionings. It's dawn[ed] on me
that<BR>>we constantly create mental boundaries and then transfigure them
into<BR>organizational rules, etc., which we call containers. Thus, there
are<BR>>levels upon levels of containers, depending on levels of minds that
we<BR>have. What OP[OST] methodology attracts me is the way it
can<BR>>facilitate and accommodate multi-levels of containers by very few
simple<BR>rules of gathering and interaction. The challenge for me in
>creating an<BR>OP[OST] organization is to be able to make available (and to
promote)<BR>evolutionary & consequential levels of<BR>>unfoldment ... so
one can evolve from "container/2 hands cupped, facing<BR>each other" to
"supporter/2 hands open, facing upwards" to >"being/handless<BR>gesture"
...<BR><BR><BR>I LOVE this picture of hands reflecting the evolution of space,
perhaps<BR>because it mirrors my own growing comfort with space. (While I
aspire to<BR>it, I'm not sure I'm ready to hang out in the space of "look ma, no
hands!")<BR>It reminds me that we are all at different places of comfort with
openness.<BR>I may go screaming from the room when the space feels too closed
and someone<BR>else go running to their room because the space is too
open.</FONT><BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Peggy</DIV>
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<DIV>----- Original Message -----
<DIV>From: "Robyn" <<A
href="mailto:pov@IINET.NET.AU">pov@IINET.NET.AU</A>></DIV>
<DIV>To: <<A
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>></DIV>
<DIV>Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 6:22 AM</DIV>
<DIV>Subject: Re: Fear and control (waxing lyrical)</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>> RE:<BR>> If you close those two hands - you end up with
two fists. Definitely not<BR>> what we want.<BR>> <BR>> ~ (delighted
laughter!) I pictured the closing of two open hands, like<BR>> an
almond. The result, according to a dear and wise women that I
know,<BR>> is the mandorla, which has become a very powerful symbol for me in
my<BR>> journey towards wholeness.<BR>> <BR></BODY></HTML>
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