Alan, what a gift to share this with us. I was mesmerized ... Takes wave riding to a whole other level, to another stratosphere.
Thank you! Suzanne On Aug 12, 2014 9:34 AM, "Alan Stewart" <a...@multimindsolutions.com> wrote: > G’day All > > > > Here are items which resonated strongly with me and may do so with you > too. In my case I had the good fortune to meet an Apollo astronaut in > person, Charlie Duke, in the mid 70s. And have also circumvented our little > planet, 3rd from the sun, several times – while at a lower height than > outer space travellers. > > > > I wonder if you also see that perspectives of ‘high fliers’ – see also my > Conversare <http://conversare.net/?p=1566> blog post on this – have > salience for our current times? Perhaps particularly for those of us who > hold space (co-create contexts) for conversations that matter among whoever > comes? > > > > This below (which I transcribed) is excerpted from an interview of Chris > Hadfield, Canadian born astronaut, on *Late Night Live *(an Australian > Radio National program*),* hosted by Phillip Adams on Wednesday 6 August > 2014. > > > > Chris is the author of *An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth.* > > > > > http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/latenightlive/an-astronaut27s-guide-to-life3a-chris-hadfield/5653184 > > > > http://mpegmedia.abc.net.au/rn/podcast/2014/08/lnl_20140806_2205.mp3 > > > > > > “… I was up (on the space station) for five months and it really gave time > to think and time to look at the world, actually to steal 90 minutes at > one point and just float by the window and watch the world, go round the > world once with nothing to do but ponder it. > > > > And I think probably the biggest personal change was a loss of the sense > of the line between ‘us’ and ‘them’. > > > > It’s really we sort of teach it to our children, you know. Don’t talk to > strangers, this is us. This is our whatever – our family, our house, our > neighours, our relatives, your school. > > It slowly grows where the line between us and them is. Um but to – I’ve > been around the world thousands of times, 2, 593 times - and that line we > impose on ourselves of where us ends and them starts, just keeps > diminishing and it wasn’t conscious. I noticed maybe a third of the way > into my half year stint up there that I just started referring to everybody > as ‘us'. Unconsciously there was some sort of transition in my mind that > ‘Hey, we’re all in this together.’ > > > > And I think you come across any city in Australia and you see the pattern > of the downtown and the suburbs and the surrounding farms and the water and > the rail and the communications, just the standard human pattern. And then > if you just wait until you cross the Pacific – takes about 25 minutes and > then you come across the Americas and there’s that exact same pattern > again. And then you wait another 20 minutes and you come across northern > Africa – and there’s that exact same pattern again. > > > > And we solve the same problems the same way, all over the world. It’s just > ‘us’ and everybody just wants some grace and better chances for their > children and a chance to laugh, understand it all. And that inclusionary > feeling was all pervasive and unavoidable, having seen the world the way > I’ve seen it and it was part of my motivations in doing my best to share it > when I came back.” > > > > Looking forward > > > > Go well > > > > Alan > > > > > > > > > > > > *Alan Stewart, PhD Social Artist Facilitator of conversations that matter > and participatory fun Based in Adelaide and operating throughout > Austral-Asia Em: a...@multimindsolutions.com <a...@multimindsolutions.com> > Web and new book: www.multimindsolutions.com > <http://www.multimindsolutions.com> Mob: +61413848680 <0413848680> Blog: > Conversare <http://conversare.net> Tw: @alpalstewart Comedy: > http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/ > <http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/>* > > > * <http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/>* > > > > > "If there's dancing count me in" > > > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to OSList@lists.openspacetech.org > To unsubscribe send an email to oslist-le...@lists.openspacetech.org > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > >
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