Children are particularly amenable to spoon-bending. I've attended Terrie's workshop several times and have always been fascinated to see that it is folks who have control issues who are unable to bend. The first time I bent cutlery was in a high-energy concert that I attended with Terrie - she handed me a spoon, whispered in my ear to visualize it bending, to let go of outcome and just to see what happened - during some thunderous applause, I felt this very thick, strong hunk of metal warm up, go soft and then easily bent it into several curlicues - amazing! Prior to that moment, the fork was soooooo thick and strong that I couldn't even budge one of the tines, despite several forced attempts!!! When I arrived home that evening, it took all of 10 seconds to teach my 13y.o. son - and now I don't have an intact piece of cutlery in the house!!!! But the power in bending metal is in the metaphor - when you think that something in life is too difficult, go back to the spoon - setting intention, visualizing the desired result clearly, then letting go. It works! (And I find it to be a powerful, powerful metaphor - like Open Space - and life in general, the power is in letting go of control.) Thanks, Terrie, for bringing up this fascinating discussion.
Laurel. -----Original Message----- From: Meg Salter [mailto:meg.sal...@sympatico.ca] Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 2:12 PM To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Open My daughter and several of her friends bent spoons as a dare/game when they were quite young (8 or 9?). Later, the thought became too scary, and she denied doing it, or admitted doing it by force only (not possible). A few years later (age 14?) we revisited it together - she could still do it, although with somewhat less ease. I have always observed that her own inner connections were quite deep. I myself haven't tried (although maybe I should after meditating?) - but I have observed and know it to be true. Meg Salter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don Ferretti" <dferr...@placer.ca.gov> To: <osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu> Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: Open > Terrie, > > You are the first person I have communicated with who actually can bend a spoon by letting go. I have read Wheatley's books. I understand how Open Space demonstrates the order of chaos. I have put into practice these thoughts as I approach my work and life and I thought I was doing pretty good but now I you open another realm I thought was only reserved for a very small percentage of people on earth. I would like to learn more. > > Don > > >>> Terrie Conway <terriecon...@home.com> 12/04/00 09:27PM >>> > Don - if you are referring to my recent post on how I learned the power of > "letting go" - yes 95 to 99% of we humans can tap into a relaxed state > (Alpha and Theta) to set intention in order to cause the metal of a spoon to > go soft enough to be able to bend, twist, or wrap it around itself. I have > been "teaching" several mind-body exercises including spoon bending > (psychokenesis) as a way of helping people tap into the power of their > intention and to create the life/work they want/love. I was inspired and > helped by the work of Margaret Wheatley re: Chaos Theory, Quantum Physics, > sub-atomic particles, action at a distance and morphic fields. I think Open > Space is another demonstration of these phenomena in action at the humanly > observable level. > > Terrie > > - > > * > * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu > Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html > > =========================================================== > osl...@egroups.com > To subscribe, > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, > and choose a login ID and password > 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions > > To unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: > 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist > 2. Sign in and Proceed > * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== osl...@egroups.com To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@egroups.com: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
