<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">Dear colleagues,<BR>
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I am somewhat reluctant to offer up this thought because it goes counter, or at least somewhat against the grain, of the thrust of the discussion on "needing a day of rest after conducting an OS". Nonetheless, perhaps it has some truth in it, even if many of you aren't experiencing it.<BR>
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One of my life teachers was a man, a mining engineer from South Africa. One of the finest, deepest minds on philosophy, psychology and general spiritual awareness I have been blessed to have known. It was his contention that if we feel tired after leading an event, and needed time to 'recover', it was because We (ego) were trying to do it, and not letting spirit do the work. Not fully surrendering to the now, without attachment to outcome. Our anxiety about outcome produced the exhaustion. His contention was that we should be feeling exhilarated, infused, energized by an event where spirit was in charge and being released, most especially in the workplace. It seems to me that OS is about as close to 'letting spirit do it' as I've experienced. Why, then, is the circle opener (convenor?) tired? Just something I've been pondering.<BR>
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Sincerely,<BR>
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Paul Everett </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2"></FONT></HTML>
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