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<div>Hi</div>
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<div>This is my first post on this list although i have been listening
for some time. I am based in Sydney and am an occasional open space
facilitator.</div>
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<div>this wonderful idea reminds me of a Japan Australia dialogue i
attended about a decade ago in which i was playing the role of the
rapporteur. the topic was 'responsibilities to future generations' and
was sponsored by the Japanese Foundation for Future Generations which
,by the way, was one of the major sponsors of the NGO part of the Rio
Earth Summit.</div>
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<div>There were representatives from heritage, environment, business,
media etc - an incredibly rich dialogue ensued but after a while it
became obvious that we were talking about different ideas of past,
present and future. I remember vividly one of the Japanese describing
the 'present' in Japanese as meaning ' the dynamic domain in which the
past and the future interact' - so it seems to me that we have
something to learn from this.</div>
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<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">Peter Wallman</font></div>
<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">+61 2 9882 3196</font></div>
<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">PO Box 7103 McMahons Pt NSW 2060
Australia</font></div>
<div><font size="-2"
color="#0000FF">peter@passionmaps.com</font></div>
<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">www.passionmaps.com</font></div>
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<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">"The figure whose attitude
best expresses the passion</font></div>
<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF">that moves it is most worthy of
praise."</font></div>
<div><font size="-2" color="#0000FF"><i>.....Leonardo da
Vinci</i></font></div>
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<div>Ah -- Funda. Let me reveal a mystery to you. You just can't get
away from<br>
NOW. It is all you have! Past is over, future hasn't happened yet.
What you<br>
got is NOW. And the only question (at least for me) is how big is your
NOW?<br>
If it is a tiny little "now" desperation quickly sets in.
How are you going<br>
to get everything (you want to do) squeezed into this anorexic
(pathetically<br>
thin) now? You can't! And the more you try the worse it gets.<br>
<br>
But there is an alternative. Just make your NOW BIGGER! It may sound
a<br>
little weird, but with some effort (not to be confused with work),
NOW<br>
becomes big enough to include what we call the Past and also the
Future. The<br>
Past, with all of its richness of experience (including the pain) is
always<br>
available. And the Future is not some far off thing -- but dreams
coming<br>
into focus NOW. For me it is a matter of opening my (personal) space.
You<br>
can do this in all sorts of ways, but (I hate to say it) Visualization
can<br>
help! :-)<br>
<br>
Harrison</div>
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