<div class="gmail_quote">Hi Every One,<div><br></div><div>I like this discussion on connections and would comment on the co-incidence topic in particular</div><div class="im"><div> </div><div>As following the discussion
on OSLIST on connections of OST with other (spiritual) practices I am
reading a book on a thinker and a poet of ours - Uku Masing. It is a
collection of memories from his students, friends and admirers. There
is a poem of his, quoted, in which he says he would rather
be the "friend of the whole space" than exploiter of its
resources.</div></div><div>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">The friend of the space
sounds very OS-like for me. And it reminds me of another co-incident
of my getting closer to OST. It happened during my visit to US in
1992. My guide to the country was a Friend, Kersey Bradley. At the time he was an
engineer on a cargo ship (Liberty) which took me over the ocean.
He invited me to his home, introduced to his lovely family and helped
to get further north from Pennsylvania. When in Worcester (MA) I met
the local Friends and attended their meetings regularly. As looking
back to these meetings from my experience of OST, this was and
introduction into OS - the circle, space for expressing, listening, no
particular leader of the meeting, the Spirit.</p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Ten years later I was sitting in opening circle of OST led by Harrison in Tartu. </p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">I am grateful to these people and those co-incideces.</p>
<p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Be well,</p><p style="margin-bottom:0cm">Arno</p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2011/12/17 Harrison Owen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Bernhard – having said that “I was in”(for more discussion) – I guess I just sort of disappeared without further word. However, being at a loss for words is not a common state for me </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings;color:#1f497d">J</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> -- and the topic you raise is, and has been, of intense interest to me.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">The similarity of the Open Space experience and the Buddhist practice and experience caught my attention some time ago. And, as I said in my prior post, it is not just Buddhism but many, perhaps most, of the other great traditions. But Buddhism is certainly a great place to start. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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