Chris (and Chris) and others - Part of my background / experience is in HIV/AIDS education. Here is what we teach regarding the treatment approaches for that virus. A note that you cannot 'cure' a virus - you therefore treat in three ways at once for the best approach to maintaining health:
- Anti-virus medications which inhibit the virus from reproducing itself and from attaching to healthy immune system cells - Anti Opportunistic Infections medications that act proactively to ensure that - if you get an infection (specific to a damaged immune system because that immune system cannot recognize infection) you will get a milder case of that infection, not a life-threatening case - Immune enhancement medications and other approaches, from spiritual to emotional to herbal (which I also classify as medications) to natural approaches such as acupuncture or bodywork, to exercise to nutrition to community support and connection - to help the whole body do its own work against the virus in as robust a way as possible. I share that with you because in looking back over it I can see many metaphors and also literal applications to/of/for what Open Space and other good work does in organizations / communities / systems to keep them healthy *even when* they are sick, and to prevent further life-challenging illness. My two pesos/rubles/cents, Lisa L i s a H e f t Consultant, facilitator, educator O p e n i n g S p a c e 2325 Oregon Berkeley, California 94705-1106 USA (+01) 510 548-8449 [email protected] (coming soon: www.openingspace.net) -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of chris weaver Sent: Saturday, May 31, 2003 4:51 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: the OST-Healing Metaphor... two more thoughts along these lines: the language of a homeopathic intervention, or a "dose" of what ails us, is problematic. it seems that the system reveals what ails it from within - it is in no way an outside intervention - and calibrates the internal dose with great care (as the person hesitates to give language to the dead moose and then finally does, digging deeper than ever to find words that are both honest and responsible...) and...what is a vaccine? a big dose of not what ails us but what might ail us in the future? a very tricky undertaking, seems to me... just meandering... chris * * ========================================================== [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
