<font color="#006600"><font><font face="verdana,sans-serif">Hi James,<br><br>Adriana's description of the circle she hosted for her family reminded me of a blog post of Iyeshka (Wendy) Farmer's from some years ago, of an Open Space memorial she hosted for her grandfather's Life Celebration. Here it is, with its beautiful details: </font></font></font><a href="http://wordgravity.blogspot.com/2006/11/open-space-memorial.html">http://wordgravity.blogspot.com/2006/11/open-space-memorial.html</a><br>
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On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 5:18 AM, Harrison Owen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hhowen@verizon.net" target="_blank">hhowen@verizon.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">James...
I think you might argue that every Open Space is a funeral of sorts.
When a group of people find themselves at a critical juncture it is
almost always the case, at least in my experience, that something has
died and needs to be let go of. That may be an idea, a practice, a
business model, a way of life, but whatever it is it has to be honored
and set free, opening space for the new to appear – which it ordinarily
does. Seen in this light then it is not surprising that tears of sorrow
and joy commonly make their appearance even when the theme was something
as mundane as a new software. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Harrison</span></p>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Aug 10, 2013 at 1:22 AM, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adriana@diazberrio.com" target="_blank">adriana@diazberrio.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">James Sheldon: <br>Yes I can tell you that when my dear step father pasted away I ask the friends and family to meet in a circle and asked them to share what ever they wanted to say about this moment or about this incredible man and it was a very powerful way to open the space and to listen to each other. I was inspired by my OS experiences and it worked very well for us. Is this the kind of idea you have about using OS in funerals?<br>
We could used more probably but this took about one hour....<br>Adriana Diaz-Berrio<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/8/10 Michael M Pannwitz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mmpannwitz@gmail.com" target="_blank">mmpannwitz@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Dear James,<br>
it has been done, most certainly in Australia.<br>
Here is the link to those colleagues that listed themselves in the World Map/Australia<br>
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If I remember correctly, Brendan, the fifth in the list, did it... but certainly would know who did.<br>
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Weddings and birthdays have been done using OST in Germany and I imagine in a number of other places.<br>
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Just for the record: in many cultures traditional funerals or wakes do look very much like an os-gathering...<br>
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Cheers<br>
mmp<br>
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On 10.08.2013 05:05, James Sheldon wrote:<br>
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My grandmother died recently, and I was unable to attend her funeral<br>
because of distance and timing. I asked if they could record some of<br>
the stories people told, and was told that people felt uncomfortable<br>
about that.<br>
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It made me realize that when I die (hopefully not anytime soon...), I'd<br>
like my funeral/memorial service done using OST. Has anyone ever done<br>
this? Apparently there have been Open Space Weddings... but what<br>
about funerals or memorials?<br>
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