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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't want to repeat many feelings and
thoughts shared by others who participated in OSonOs. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I share most of them. </FONT><FONT face=Arial
size=2>My </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>experience also was
powerfull, enriching and educating like sometimes more than
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>many </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>other life
experiences. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>"Whatever happened was the only
thing that could had "</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>After OSonOS; my learnings about
about OST are;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>1) I am convinced that this bizarre
method works,effective and powerfull; at least it creates a sense of
connection </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>among
participants. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>2) I respect all of you using
this method all over the world in different areas.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>3) Its effectiveness can be increased
by paying a lot of attention to pre-planning stage, framing the</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>main theme (core issue) and ensuring
participants' subscription to that</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>4) Its effectiveness can be
increased by paying a lot of attention to the OS process itself also ( by
being</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>present,
ensuring inclusion, notifiying non inclusion etc.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>But I have still this question in my
mind " Can OS Community including practitioners, fans, participants
etc...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>can be a more effective
community and make a more significant changes? "</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>Or in an other word; </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080><FONT face=Arial size=2>" Are there URGENT
needs where this method can be used but that requires us to
be </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>a better team and community ?
"</FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>or " is it sufficient to go on like
that, sharing individual experiences?"</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080 face=Arial size=2>For instance when I read Raffi's
friend mail;</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2>We think and you understand, we imagine, that the main reason
for this terrorist act was the ongoing war in Chechnya. This war makes people
feel more futile, become more brutal, and gives rise to crime and banditism. We
are looking for new possibilities and are seeking deeper ways of affecting this
situation. Today, we decided to approach all Christians, Muslims and people of
other faiths to request that people pray for peace and the reconciliation of
people of the North Caucasus. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=2>This is all the more urgent because in North Ossetia and
Ingushetia a new tragedy is possible: the relatives of those who died in this
tragedy intend to seek revenge. October 13th is the last day of mourning for the
victims...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I feel a sense of urgency where OST can help in many
ways. So I imagine that we can start discussing and trying to do something more
concrete rather than praying only.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>And I remember reading somewhere written by
Harrison "Peace is the most urgent business in the world, now" which I
deeply believe. And I feel useless unless</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I do something about that.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>These are feelings, thoughts, questions and
worries...that I wanted to share.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>I am aslo working to be able to send you a photo album
of OsonOs but couldn't do it quickly (any help and suggestion to <A
href="mailto:fundaokan@superonline.com">fundaokan@superonline.com</A> is
appeciated)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#000080>Funda ( Istanbul is rainy and cold today, was sunny and
warm yesterday)</FONT></DIV>
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