<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">In my opinion, holding space is ultimately a practice of learning how not to hold space. In other words, the pinnacle of holding space is when the facilitator's ego falls away, i.e., there is no longer an "I, me or my" remaining to hold space. I find this "state" to be only permanently accessible via dedicated spiritual practice, excepting very rare circumstances.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">I find this video, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK8pcUt4gio&t=601s">Upgrade your Mental Operating System</a>, useful in regards to this topic.</div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div>Much love,</div><div>Jake</div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>________________</div><div><br></div><div>When the mind is quiet, the sun of your heart will shine once again, and you will be free of problems.</div><div> - <a href="http://www.robert-adams.info/" target="_blank">Robert Adams</a></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 19, 2019 at 4:43 PM Chris Corrigan via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;">I’ll offer my thoughts on this question through this link:<div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/the-tao-of-holding-space/" target="_blank">http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot/the-tao-of-holding-space/</a></div><div><br></div><div>There you will find links to the Tao of Holding Space in English and Chinese.</div><div><br></div><div>Chris<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Aug 19, 2019, at 9:59 AM, Marai Kiele via OSList <<a href="mailto:oslist@lists.openspacetech.org" target="_blank">oslist@lists.openspacetech.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div><br></div><div>Greetings,</div><div><br></div><div>I open up a new thread and bring over here what was written before in two other emails:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Harrison Owen: </span><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px">Holding Space involves being “totally present and absolutely invisible”</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:14.6667px"><br></span></div><div><span><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Paul Levy: </span><span>Holding Space involves being gently present, respectfully absent and conveniently and softly unnoticed.</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>I appreciate both descriptions and find them helpful and inspiring for me to (once again) wonder: </div><div><br></div><div><b><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="font-style:italic;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span><i>What does holding space involve… </i></b></div><div><i><b><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> for me?</b></i></div><div><i><b><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span> for you?</b></i></div><div><br></div><div>I invite an exploration of this question further down.</div><div>With a little nudge into a new direction.</div><div><br></div><div>Before…</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>***</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>…a side note on conversations on this list:</div><div><br></div><div>Part of my personal „Practice of Peace“ <i>(which is the name of the first book by Harrison I read and the one that impacted me the most) </i>involves having as little „who is right -who is wrong“ conversations as possible. My preference is exploring, sharing, co-creating. I seek to contribute to that by the language I use.</div><div><div><br></div><div>Many summers ago, I learned about <a href="https://liveconscious.com/about/respeak/" target="_blank">Percept Language</a>. Which I understand as a way of speaking that acknowledges how we create our reality, moment to moment. I imagine that we all perceive differently, and I actually cannot say how something „is“ but just how it is „for me“. (For those interested in exploring this take on language, also check out <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-Prime" target="_blank">E-Prime</a>.) </div><div><br></div><div>Speaking not in „this is how it IS“ but in „this is what I PERCEIVE“ is so unusual in our cultural—hardly anyone does it. I consciously practice this habit all the time, since 15 years, and I stumble daily. Yet I make myself hopeful with acknowledging my progress!</div><div><br></div><div>The setup of OST doesn’t include „who is right - who is wrong?" Instead OST invites people to post all the topics that are uniquely meaningful to them. Those which got stirred up in the context of an overall theme.</div><div><br></div><div>If I had it my way ;-) conversations on this list reflect that spirit of diversity and non-judgement. Of acknowledging how we all perceive through our individual lenses.</div></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>***</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Back to my invitation:</div><div><br></div><div>This topic has been explored on this list before. Many times. I know.</div><div>So to make it fresh, I wanna give it two nudges:</div><div><br></div><div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* What does holding space involve... <b>for me personally</b>?</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>Let’s share in any way that suits us, be it words, poetic, via music, painting or…</div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>And see what <b><font color="#ff91ff">wildly</font> <font color="#17d2ff">colourful</font> <font color="#ff9d00">picture</font></b> we can co-create!</div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>I’ll also contemplate on this anew. Space is open... for you! :-)</div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>* Do I make a difference between holding space for an OST as a 1-time-event (like an annual conference) </div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>compared to an OST as part of a conscious organisational transformation? </div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>If so, in which way?</div></div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>I imagine the latter can be of special interest to all who are into organisational transformation.</div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>***</div><div><br></div><div>And before I close, here is an additional invitation for to those who </div><div><br></div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- think globally</div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- see themselves as leaders of some kind</div><div><span class="gmail-m_4490511533349253406Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre-wrap"> </span>- and appreciate a space for emergence:</div><div><br></div><div>The Global Oasis for Emerging Leaders is coming up: August 26 / Sept 24 / Oct 9...</div><div>To whomever that is interesting, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-oasis-for-emerging-leaders-tickets-58880372780" target="_blank">check it out here</a></div><div><br></div><div>Greetings,</div><div>Marai</div></div></div><div>
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