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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><FONT
face=Arial size=3>Hello folks</FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT face=Arial><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004>Since we're on the topic, I'll meander a
while:</SPAN></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>re: < </SPAN>'System’ - a collection
of elements connected to form a whole. <SPAN
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<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>I suggest that a system is a whole in
which there are connections/communications amongst elements in endless
feedback loops. And each element is a whole. How is that
different to the definition above? Fractals rather than Leggo?</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>For me it's an evolutionary
shift, beyond a linear modification of the status quo. </SPAN><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004>To paraphrase Einstein, "If we keep doing what we've
always done, we'll keep getting what we've always got". Thinking like water
(F. Peavey). Despite our heart and mind felt intentions, our
cultural and circumstantial conditioning constrains us. Like yoga;
how I understood it when I started and how I get it now, even though I'm less
flexible, is light years apart. </SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>"Out beyond ideas of wrong doing and
right-doing, there is a field. I'll meet you there."</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>(from a poem by Rumi)</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004></SPAN><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004></SPAN><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>Similarly, Open Space is so simple at a
mechanical level, yet is an opportunity to tease our own evolution. And
of course, whatever happens.....</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>Joanna Macy
offers Deep Ecology workshops based on systems theory through
experiential and intellectual processes towards embodiment of the
concept. Joanna's website: <FONT color=#008000><A
href="http://www.joannamacy.net">www.joannamacy.net</A> </FONT><FONT
color=#000080> </FONT></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004>Perhaps not the first stop for the Treasury dude
;-)</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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class=952512323-01032004></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><SPAN
class=952512323-01032004>cheers</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=952512323-01032004><SPAN class=952512323-01032004>Robyn
Williams</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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