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<FONT FACE="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:12.0px'>Chris et all,<BR>
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Your emerging thinking of the OST Facilitator's role as a "ceremonialist" really resonates for me.<BR>
Many thanks for this thread of princples of indigenours science too. Yet another fine rabbitt hole to explore...<BR>
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Ann Badillo<BR>
Palo Alto, CA<BR>
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On 5/16/06 9:01 PM, "Chris Weaver" <chris@springbranch.us> wrote:<BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#0000FF">> Harrison asked, "And now what?"<BR>
> <BR>
> And before that he described two conceptual bases he has found useful:<BR>
> Complexity Theory, and Consciousness Studies.<BR>
> <BR>
> Although "consciousness studies" is broad enough to (not include but touch)<BR>
> it, I remind us of the conceptual base of Indigenous Science. Here are some<BR>
> principles of indigenous science from Apela Colorado, via Jeff Aitken:<BR>
> <BR>
> 1. The indigenous scientist is an integral part of the research process and<BR>
> there is a defined process for insuring this integrity.<BR>
> 2. All of nature is considered to be intelligent and alive, thus an active<BR>
> research partner.<BR>
> 3. The purpose of indigenous science is to maintain balance.<BR>
> 4. Compared to Western time/space notions, indigenous science collapses time<BR>
> and space with the result that our fields of inquiry and participation<BR>
> extend into the overlap of past and present.<BR>
> 5. Indigenous science is holistic, drawing on all the senses including<BR>
> spiritual and psychic.<BR>
> 6. Indigenous science is concerned with relationships, we try to understand<BR>
> and complete our relationships with all living things.<BR>
> 7. The end point of an indigenous scientific process is a known and<BR>
> recognized place. This point of balance, referred to by my own tribe as the<BR>
> Great peace, is both peaceful and electrifyingly alive. In the joy of exact<BR>
> balance, creativity occurs, which is why we think of our way of knowing as a<BR>
> life science.<BR>
> 8. When we reach the moment/place of balance we do not believe we have<BR>
> transcended ˜ we say that we are normal! Always we remain embodied in the<BR>
> natural world.<BR>
> 9. Humor is a critical ingredient of all truth seeking, even in the most<BR>
> powerful rituals. This is true because humor balances gravity. (1994)<BR>
> <BR>
> Dipping into these principles, I emerge contemplating the OST facilitator's<BR>
> role as a ceremonialist. Indigenous science speaks to our experience about<BR>
> the essential importance of the quality...the fragrance...of the open space<BR>
> within the space-opener and space-holder(s).<BR>
> <BR>
> Yes?<BR>
> <BR>
> Chris<BR>
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