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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For me, i tried to map the territory i found myself
in life...but then i wanted to destroy all the maps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Sometimes i need maps, sometimes i prefer getting
lost to discover more then any map can show me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So it's a critical balance...i check myself, if i
am interested i read....otherwise i leave it. </FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I must say though; i enjoy every dialogue, every
contact much more when i can destroy all the maps</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>about myself and
others. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Going, living through conflicts, talking to
people, sharing...opening space to dialgue or not being able to open
space</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>teaches me more then any
book. </FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Funda</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
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> Tuesday, August 30, 2005 8:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: An OS "critique" and
response</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Tracy, my own take on this stuff is that OST has actually led
me to things like Spiral Dynamics and Integral Theory and not the other way
around. I think OST facilitation is fundamentally a practice first, and
the theory comes later once you see what is going on and get curious about how
it all happens. <BR><BR>For me maps like this always help me to help a
client to understand the deeper implications of what is going on, why OST
seems to be (and is) so transformational. But it's important to use
language that works for you and for the sponsor.<BR><BR>Ken Wilber is one
person whose thinking has helped a lot. Michael Herman's work has really
been most useful in adopting this stuff to OST for me. And there are
many others, including Stuart Kauffman, Meg Wheatley, Angeles Arrien, David
Bohm, Steven Johnson, Peggy Holman and Anne Stadler, Alan Stewart, Christina
Baldwin, Fritjof Capra. Pema Chodron, Otto Scharmer, Adam Kahane, William
Issacs and Peter Senge who have all been influential in helping to map the
territory I find myself on as a result of using OST.
<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Chris<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 8/30/05, <B class=gmail_sendername>Envision
Halifax</B> <<A
href="mailto:info@envisionhalifax.ca">info@envisionhalifax.ca</A>>
wrote:</SPAN>
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I am now kicking myself a bit
for missing the session in Halifax on Spiral Dynamics but at the time, the
topic sounded strange for someone new on the scene. In reading this very
interesting discussion I have collected a few pieces from people that
brought me to a question. As someone new, trying to learn and navigate the
sea of information:</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><B><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is there real
value in learning about Spiral Dynamics as it relates to opening space and
for those of you who are familiar with SD, how has it helped you with
opening space?</SPAN></FONT></B><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> (I think Funda was starting to get close to
connecting this with her post)</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Pieces of posts on this topic
that made me consider why I would take time to learn more about
SD…</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><SPAN class=q>I
don't have a clue who said what to whom -- but what I do know is that
when you open some space -- folks get to work. <BR></SPAN>The rest of
it is kind of immaterial. (T-1, T-17 --). Harrison Owen</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Geneva color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva">…Anyway, I think
systems that create hierarchies are inherently faulty, no help for it.
That includes programs that 'certify' somebody to do something they are
already perfectly capable of doing all by themselves or by just following
instructions with a lot of heart.<BR>Paul Everett</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Geneva color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Geneva"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy">...all human beings move in and out of
levels of development, levels of consciousness and levels of
understanding. I might be green about social issues, orange about art
(orange is second tier, above green) and red about homophobia in the same
moment. Few human beings live frozen, stuck in just one way of being
for all issues in life. As a workplace meeting takes place, for
example, participants might move in and out of memes like shifting
sands.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Trebuchet MS" color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: navy">Tree Fitzpatrick</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face="Courier New" size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I really respect all of the
thoughtfulness and work that people have put into posts on this topic and
others. I will visit the links, thank you for the
resources.</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tracy</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"></SPAN></FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Tracy Boyer</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Volunteer Coordinator
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<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Envision
Halifax</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">PO Box 941</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=FR
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Halifax CRO, NS</SPAN></FONT></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">B3J 2V9</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=1><SPAN lang=SV
style="FONT-SIZE: 9pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">902.425.5741</SPAN></FONT></P>
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