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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Of course chaos draws the attention of
the soul; how else could you "<FONT size=2>trip on the serendipity that lies in
wait?" (Chris Corrigan slipped that lovely line in a few hundred messages
ago.)</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Do you realize the we generated 250+
messages in a week??? Yikes! Okay, I use "we" loosely as I have been
off doing other things feeling a quiet desperation as my OS message folder
continued to expand. I'm sitting here typing, well past my bed time,
having read through one of the few really-angst filled exchanges we've had.
We seemed to have muddled through. What is it that allows this to
happen? I think it may well have something to do with chaos and the
soul. And taking responsibility for what we love, which no doubt feels a
bit like chaos grabbing our souls by their socks when the invitation shows up
for the first time.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>from a dark, beautiful Seattle
night,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>Peggy</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" size=2>________________________________<BR>Peggy
Holman<BR>The Open Circle Company<BR>15347 SE 49th Place<BR>Bellevue, WA
98006<BR>(425) 746-6274 </FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=chris.corrigan@gmail.com href="mailto:chris.corrigan@gmail.com">Chris
Corrigan</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU
href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, May 05, 2005 11:21
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [OSLIST] Mystery and
Depth</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I just think that's fodder for you guys..."Chaos draws the
attention of the soul" That's magnificent...<BR><BR>What say you
all?<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 5/5/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Wendy
Farmer-O'Neil</B> <<A href="mailto:wendy@xe.net">wendy@xe.net</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><A
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.wordgravity.blogspot.com"
target=_blank>www.wordgravity.blogspot.com</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<P><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Trying out some raw stuff on you again...<BR>My
friend </FONT><A onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/" target=_blank><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
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.globalchicago.net/wiki/wiki.cgi?GlobalChicagoHome"
target=_blank><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
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.openspaceworld.com/" target=_blank><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
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://blogs.salon.com/0002007/2005/05/04.html#a1133"
target=_blank><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></P>
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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>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.ericmaisel.com/" target=_blank><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>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<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
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
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