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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Just talked to Chris C. and he tells me that I
HAVE to post this here...it's an excerpt from today's entry on my blog. I
am feeling a bit unsure of it...this is very raw thinking and even I don't
really know where this came from...Chris assures me that you will
understand...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>From: word gravity </FONT></DIV>
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href="http://www.wordgravity.blogspot.com">www.wordgravity.blogspot.com</A></FONT></DIV>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Trying out some raw stuff on you again...<BR>My
friend </FONT><A href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/"><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#6699cc size=2>Chris Corrigan </FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>has been
wondering about the wonderful mystery that is </FONT><A
href="http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?GlobalChicagoHome"><FONT
face=Tahoma color=#666699 size=2>Open Space </FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>and the depth that he feels functioning there. He has asked his community
to think about it...so here I go...pulling some threads...<BR><BR>I am currently
reading </FONT><A href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/"><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#666699 size=2>Harrison Owen's</FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>, The
Power of Spirit. In it he pulls out this interesting tidbit from Gregory
Bateson, "the perception of difference is the essence of learning...learning
occurs when we notice 'differences that make a difference'." I guess I'd
probably say differences that matter--assuming there is a quality of attention
here. Harrison then spins it out by combining it with the attributes of
chaos..."chaos creates the differences that make a difference, through which we
learn."<BR><BR><FONT color=#ff0000>Chaos draws the attention of the soul (rather
than merely mind). Mattering is the quality of attention that drives the
self-organising principle. So what is 'mattering'? The recognition/mirroring of
the soul's purpose?/passion? in another being/object/idea...from which
connection, the chain of action/arising unfolds...thought, action, and so
on...<BR></FONT><BR>Add to that this interesting quote from </FONT><A
href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/05/04.html#a1133"><FONT face=Tahoma
color=#666699 size=2>Dave Pollard's </FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>site
yesterday (talking about John Livingston's 1994, Rogue
Primate)...<BR><BR></FONT>
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<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>He argues that, far from being less conscious than
civilized man, wild animals and wild human cultures actually have a greater
'participatory collective' consciousness beyond...our primitive individual
consciousness, that extends to their ecological community and to the entire
Gaia organism of the planet, an interconnectedness to which we, and other
domesticates, have become numb, have lost from disuse or ideological
counter-programming.<BR></FONT></P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>So, maybe, Open Space with its manifest chaos acts
to un-numb us, as it were, and reconnect us with our wild soul-mind...<BR><BR>I
am also pulling in thinking from </FONT><A
href="http://www.ericmaisel.com/"><FONT face=Tahoma color=#666699 size=2>Eric
Maisel </FONT></A><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>(Fearless Creating), who talks about
the necessity within the creative process of feeding and nurturing the "wild
mind" (chaotic, original, deep) versus the "tame mind" (structured, known,
prosaic). <BR><BR>Phew...that's enough of that...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Cheers all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Wendy<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Wendy Farmer-O'Neil<BR>Prospera Communications
& Consulting Services<BR>1.250.713.2351/1.800.713.2351<BR>weblog: <A
href="http://www.wordgravity.blogspot.com">www.wordgravity.blogspot.com</A><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
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