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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Congratulations to you and the many other practitioners. The beauty of OST is that when the space is open, it rarely closes.</font></div>
<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">And, when people learn how to be present, it is always available.</font></div>
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<div><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">juan<br>
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From: Harrison Owen <hhowen@verizon.net><br>
To: 'World wide Open Space Technology email list' <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org><br>
Sent: Sun, Nov 6, 2011 1:20 am<br>
Subject: Re: [OSList] Crossing borders -- Coming to the circle -- Update<br>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Turns out I was right – Carol was speaking at the same conference with Tova. It also turns out, Tova tells me, that Carol had been asked to organize the conference and invited Tova. Wheels within wheels – or something. If you haven’t listened to Carol’s talk, I urge you to do so. There is absolutely no mention of Open Space Technology – but her language is familiar, and straight from the Open Space experience that I know she has had. For me this is wonderful – and if nothing else – a demonstration of the 5<sup>th</sup> Principle at work. “Wherever it happens is the right place.” Over the last 10 years Carol has been opening space all over the Middle East, sometimes in the form that we would all recognize as OST, and doubtless more times where that is not the case, but space was opened for different and differing people. They were invited to come to the circle if they cared to come -- no questions asked. Those aren’t quite Carol’s words, but close and I love them.</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Many years ago, somebody asked me what my vision for OST might be. I said I hoped it might just disappear as a special thing because it had become such a part of our lives that it needed no special name. It was just what we did. </span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Harrison Owen</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D">To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:<a target="_blank" href="http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org"><span style="color:blue">http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org</span></a></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"> <a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a> [<a href="mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org?">mailto:oslist-bounces@lists.openspacetech.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Harrison Owen<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, November 03, 2011 3:38 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'World wide Open Space Technology email list'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [OSList] Crossing borders -- Coming to the circle</span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Carol Kasbari is a Palestinian, an old friend and “Open Spacer.” I first met her in Israel while doing a program with Tova. Carol was very young and afraid. The 2<sup>nd</sup> Infatada had broken out and a suicide bombing had just occurred in the city and as we did our program at a mountain retreat overlooking the road to Jerusalem. We could see the ambulances moving along. Suddenly Carol’s phone rang. It was her husband, Osama, and he was right in the middle of things. You could feel Carol’s terror. Our program went on. Mostly Open Space. At the end Carol came to me with the most elegant thank you I think I have ever received. She said, “You have reborned my hope.” Since that time, Carol has been doing many things including opening space for many people. Her TED talk (at the same conference Tova spoke to, I think) is powerful, to say the least. Once again she brought tears to my eyes (seems to happen a lot) – and it is clear that her hope is alive and well. Listen for yourself.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiZMXEK_E8&feature=youtu.be">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWiZMXEK_E8&feature=youtu.be</a> </div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">Harrison Owen</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.openspaceworld.com" target="_blank">www.openspaceworld.com</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.ho-image.com" target="_blank">www.ho-image.com</a> (Personal Website)</div>
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