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----- Original Message ----- From: Julie Smith <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:33 PM Subject: A Partial Diary of the Collective Buddha > Greetings ~ > > Several months ago I came across the idea that the next Buddha might be > a collective Buddha, and that the venerable Thich Naht Hanh was at least > one person who had spoken this thought. My first impulse was to share > that provocative idea here, but I resisted. (I'm not sure why any of us > resist expressing ideas that make our hearts soar, but it's clear we > do.) > > This past weekend I spent some time re-reading some of the September 11 > posts in the archives. I don't have words to express how deeply those > posts impacted me the first time they came to me. They have a similar > impact on me even now, after repeated readings. > > I couldn't remember exactly when I had joined the OSLIST, but knew it > was just a short time before 9.11. I decided to go back to see how it > all started for me. I learned I joined the list on August 27 and began > chiming in on August 28. (The conversation that was emerging at that > time was irresistible to me, as it explicitly named a core question of > my life.) > > That was all well and good, but then I wondered what was going on before > I entered the fray. I decided to take a look. Imagine my surprise when > I found this: > > *** > > Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2001 19:45:35 -0700 > From: "Mark R. Jones" <[email protected]> > Subject: (RESPONSE): Inquiry Regarding Collective Buddha "Story > of a > recent 2.5 day OST" > > Hi. > > Tich Nhat Hahn is the Buddhist teacher that made the proclamation > regarding the "Collective" as the next manifestation of the Buddha. > > I believe that Open Space as a life practice creates the minimal > structure > required to begin to grok "Community / Collective" -- in terms of > intention, communication, and behavior. > > I believe that communities like the (Centers for) Spirited Work > that practice ongoing (3 years now) community, organization, > and business model using Open Space as the core practice -- are the > training grounds for the manifestation of the Buddha as the Collective. > > I note that the active inclusion of children into the Spirited Work > community in the USA has had a positive and profound transformative > effect on the community and the practice of Open Space as a Life > Practice > (in contrast to using Open Space as just a "facilitation" tool. > > > Mark R. Jones > > *** > > In looking more deeply at the posts I discovered there was a short > conversation about this collective Buddha idea just before I arrived. > That ended with a post on August 27 that Harrison ends with the comment > "Me and Typhfoid Mary... Great." I don't know if that was posted before > or after I signed on. > > Just as that conversation was ending, another one was gathering steam. I > was engaged the instant I read these words from Birgitt to Kenoli on > August 28: > > "I am wondering what your thoughts are about "truth"--> relative truth, > absolute truth, truth for the moment???? I agree it is powerful and I > know > my personal experience when I hear a "truth" and yet I cannot define > what > truth is." > > What followed was a rather amazing conversation about truth. That > conversation ended on September 3. Then there was a distinct lull in > conversation. The next item of note is Birgitt's September 9 invitation > "to participate with us... to "open space" for harmony in the world with > a commitment to collectively holding this space." And then another > lull. And then September 11 and everything that followed. > > As I sat on my couch yesterday trying to absorb all of this, all I could > think was ohhhhh...... all of this is our diary..... a partial diary of > the collective Buddha..... > > So I started cutting and pasting, back and forth and back and forth..... > everything in chronological order, as it happened..... > > I've made my way from August 26 through the end of September. I > included almost everything during that time period, but not quite. I > didn't include any of the housekeeping kinds of things, but pretty much > everything else. I'm not sure whether to edit things out, and if so > what the criteria should be. I don't yet know when or how to end it. > The problem is, it's LONG. 287 pages so far in a Word document. > > I don't know what I'll do with it when I'm done. I'm willing to share > it if people are willing for it to be shared, and I'm willing to not > share it if people don't want it shared. I'm willing to share the > creative decision-making aspects of whatever comes next if others are > interested in what this might manifest into. I'm willing to drop the > whole thing if people are uncomfortable with any of this. > > At the very least, I think I will print one copy of whatever I end up > with. It's a collective diary that has value to me. Maybe like so many > personal diaries, it'll end up in some dusty trunk somewhere to be found > at some later time for whatever purpose it might serve. Maybe not. > This just feels like something I need to do. > > Since this belongs to all of us, I wanted to share my intentions with > you. I'm willing to alter my course if there is a collective sense that > I should do so. > > Julie > > * > * > ========================================================== > [email protected] > ------------------------------ > To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, > view the archives of [email protected], > Visit: > > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected], Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html
