Thank you Eric. I am quite fond of that Harding piece too..<br><br>Chris<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/20/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Eric Lilius</b> <<a href="mailto:elilius@halhinet.on.ca">elilius@halhinet.on.ca
</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;">Chris,<br><br>A deep bow....nay.... a prostration of gratitude for the sharing of this
<br>wonderful book.<br>The Tao Te Ching often comes to mind when contemplating the<br>indescribable essence of Open Space.<br>Thanks again for this deeply distilled and long gestated work.<br>It will reside beside my well thumbed User's Guide, and Ms. Heft's Idea
<br>Book.<br>It would also nestle well with Douglas Harding's "On Having No Head".<br><br>"You are holding this space.You have all of<br>creation in your hands,like a delicate glass<br>ball.You must simply allow it to rest there,
<br>and let the people draw on the echoes<br>planted in their genes,and continue the<br>journey of evolution together."<br><br><br>This makes my spine tingle.<br><br>Megwetch<br><br>Eric<br><br><br>Chris Corrigan wrote:
<br>> Friends:<br>><br>> I am pleased to announce the release of a small book I have been<br>> working on for the last three years. It is called "The Tao of Holding<br>> Space" and it is a collection of interpretations of the 81 short
<br>> chapters of the Chinese classic Tao te Ching as they apply to my<br>> experience of holding space. I started this book three years ago,<br>> when I began noting parallels between Lao Tzu's words and my<br>
> experience of leadership, facilitation and living in Open Space,<br>> something many of us have done. In some ways this book chronicles the<br>> essence of my own emergent practice of Open Space. In looking over it
<br>> one more time, I realized that almost everything I know about Open<br>> Space is somehow distilled into these chapters<br>><br>> I have written here many times over the years about the appreciation I<br>
> have for the teachers on this list. Signing on to the OSLIST is one<br>> of the single most important decisions I have ever made. And so,<br>> listmates and friends in this practice, I ultimately wrote this for
<br>> you, individually and collectively. Some of you will see your words<br>> and ideas expressed in here as I learned and Incorporated them into my<br>> own practice. Harrison's words are here of course, as are many of
<br>> Michael Herman's relating to practice and invitation. And I took Lisa<br>> Heft's "model enthusiasm" as the subject of one chapter. These among<br>> others. I have a been an active listener all these years!
<br>><br>> You can download it here:<br>><br>> <a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/ftp/Tao_of_holding_space.pdf">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/ftp/Tao_of_holding_space.pdf</a><br>><br>> Please feel free to share it as widely as you see fit. It is a small
<br>> offering of gratitude for all that I have learned from this community<br>> over the past 10 years.<br>><br>> With deep appreciation for the inspiration and continued learning,<br>><br>> Chris<br>>
<br>> --<br>> CHRIS CORRIGAN<br>> Consultation - Facilitation<br>> Open Space Technology<br>><br>><br>> Weblog: <a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
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