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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> OSLIST
[mailto:OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Ralph
Copleman<BR><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:12 PM<BR><B>To:</B>
OSLIST@LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU<BR><B>Subject:</B> "rules" and
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<DIV></DIV><FONT face="Times, Times New Roman"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14px">One
way to test what is essential (what Artur termed "micro") and what is not would
be to open some space without mentioning either the four principles or the law
of two feet. Or anything else.<BR><BR>If self-organization occurs in os,
would not the "space" still "open" without things we have come to believe are
essential? I'm betting it would, or at least could. Perhaps all we
need is a room and a theme and a wall. Maybe some tea and coffee.
How free are we? <BR><BR>Picture it. You're invited, so you
show up because the theme interests you or you know the inviter. You get
there, see the theme statement on the wall, and nothing but a circle of chairs.
Nothing. Not even a facilitator. Others arrive. The only
things you share at this point are your presence and your presumed interest in
the theme.<BR><BR>If self-organization is real, is not the space already open?
It may take longer, but might relevant, useful conversations
begin?<BR><BR>I think the facilitator meets our need for an authority figure (a
perfectly natural, good thing, most of the time), and the ideas about feet,
insects, etc. a minimal unifying structure (think of it perhaps as curbs to a
boulevard?) that steer us into an opening, a place we have agreed, by showing
up, we want to be. OS in action <I>resembles</I> self-organization, but it
isn't the pure thing. (Not that it really matters. I love it simply
because it’s the best way I know to show people what evolution on Earth is
really like. And it produces great results for my clients.)<BR><BR>One
more rumpled notion occurs this morning... What about the storytelling
role, the thing we do as facilitators to connect people entering an open space
to a greater whole? I know this is important, but is not the facilitator
simply reminding people of a story they already know, deep down? If
self-organization/evolution is real, it’s been working far longer than humans
have even been around. Might we not trust this process? How
far can we go?<BR><BR><BR>Ralph
Copleman<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR></SPAN></FONT>* *
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