No question that for me, holding space is one way to bring expanding consciousness and subtle realms into form - epecially as the facilitator. A facilitator quietly sitting in the corner can be a "cover" for an active meditation practice happening in the room (silent mantra, breath mindulness...whatever ...)
When things are getting Really Weird, e.g. opening space the morning of Sept 11., a manic-depressive woman pacing the room counter-clockwise during first round of break-outs, I personally resort to active (desperate?) meditation practice. And wonders seem to happen! Meg Salter MegaSpace Consulting 416/486-6660 [email protected] www.megaspaceconsulting.com > In a message dated 1/2/02 1:30:24 PM, [email protected] writes: > > << I guess part of the problem here is that there seems to be a > general presumption that just because you as the facilitator are not saying > something, or doing something (overt) you have no impact or contribution. > There are in fact subtle realms to be explored and worked with, and maybe > another strand of our conversation might take a look at all of this? > >> > ...and joelle wrote: > I'd love to participate in a conversation on this subject. The first Open > Space conference I attended, I was struck by how different it felt than any > other place I had been. As a longtime facilitator, much of what was done was > familiar to me from one context or another. I admired how every element of > the meeting design was chosen for congruence with the purpose and > intention--a truly elegant design (meaning elegant in the sense of minimal > and functional). But something was going on that could not be accounted for > by good design decisions. And I think that something relates to work with > subtle realms. > > I have found that two days in Open Space where someone is holding space with > clarity and integrity expands my consciousness in ways that are still a > mystery to me. I have experienced altered states of consciousness on Day 3 > in Open Space (and sometimes after I leave the conference) during which I am > very open to the world, and am brought face to face with my own issues in > startling ways. I don't have a theoretical basis for explaining this, but it > has happened too many times for me to consider it a random event. > > I'd love to hear from others on this subject. > > * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
