Ted, I send you an affectionate hug and I, too, remind you to breath. There, there, honey pie.<br>
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I read your blog post on this contretemps, Ted, and I am now sitting here with questions for you.<br>
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Could you as an individual have given yourself permission to be in open
space throughout the evening? And if so, what might that have looked
and felt like?<br>
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I am tempted to expound on my own answers to these questions but right now, Ted, these questions are for you.<br>
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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Ted Ernst</b> <<a href="mailto:ted@chicagohumanist.org">ted@chicagohumanist.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Thanks Lisa, Joelle and Funda,<br><br>By the way, one point I forgot to mention on my blog (I'll have to go<br>back and add it), is that I had the paper and markers in the middle of<br>the circle before the abrupt shift in plans, and the Law and
<br>Principles on the wall.<br><br>Near the end, someone who han't been at the previous meeting when we<br>had the Principles up and explained asked me about them. I answered<br>that it wasn't the time to talk about them because I couldn't think of
<br>any way to talk about them without bringing up the abrupt change in<br>plans, and that just didn't feel right to me. I just wasn't up for<br>any sort of confrontation.<br><br>Oh well, whatever happens is the only thing that could have. :-)
<br><br>peace,<br>ted<br><br>On 3/21/06, Funda Oral <<a href="mailto:fundaoral@ttnet.net.tr">fundaoral@ttnet.net.tr</a>> wrote:<br>> "What do you do when the<br>> sponsor wants to back out at the last minute?"
<br>><br>> kill him/her ::))<br>><br>> or<br>><br>> say to myself that " whatever has happened was the only thing that could<br>> have"<br>><br>> and "she/he has good reasons to do that whether i understand or not
<br>> whether i accept or not"<br>><br>> and<br>><br>> i turn my back and i move to another direction<br>> and i am curious to see what happens next.<br>><br>> ok i accept that it's not that easy, but i try to do that about anything
<br>> that doesn't happen as i expected.<br>><br>> regards,<br>> Funda<br>><br>><br>><br>> ----- Original Message -----<br>> From: "Ted Ernst" <<a href="mailto:ted@chicagohumanist.org">
ted@chicagohumanist.org</a>><br>> To: <<a href="mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU">OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU</a>><br>> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 5:51 AM<br>> Subject: my work of tonight<br>
><br>><br>> >I think I've written a bit here before about holding space for a<br>> > Tantra community. Tonight was the 3rd such meeting and the principal<br>> > didn't want to use open space again. I learned this less than 5
<br>> > minutes before the scheduled opening time. I've very conflicted<br>> > inside. I've written a long account of the evening on my blog for<br>> > anyone that cares to delve deeper: <a href="http://tedernst.com/wp/?p=377">
http://tedernst.com/wp/?p=377</a><br>> ><br>> > Maybe a more general question to ask would be "What do you do when the<br>> > sponsor wants to back out at the last minute?"<br>> ><br>> > peace,
<br>> > ted<br>> ><br>> > --<br>> > Humanize the Earth! <a href="http://tedernst.com">http://tedernst.com</a><br>> > Open more space! <a href="http://www.openspaceworld.org">http://www.openspaceworld.org
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