"if nothing draws the attention of the soul, at last chaos does"
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From: Chris Corrigan
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Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 9:21 AM
Subject: Re: Mystery and Depth
I just think that's fodder for you guys..."Chaos draws the attention of the
soul" That's magnificent...
What say you all?
Chris
On 5/5/05, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil <we...@xe.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just talked to Chris C. and he tells me that I HAVE to post this
here...it's an excerpt from today's entry on my blog. I am feeling a bit
unsure of it...this is very raw thinking and even I don't really know where
this came from...Chris assures me that you will understand...
From: word gravity
www.wordgravity.blogspot.com
Trying out some raw stuff on you again....
My friend Chris Corrigan has been wondering about the wonderful mystery
that is Open Space and the depth that he feels functioning there. He has asked
his community to think about it...so here I go...pulling some threads...
I am currently reading Harrison Owen's , The Power of Spirit. In it he
pulls out this interesting tidbit from Gregory Bateson, "the perception of
difference is the essence of learning...learning occurs when we notice
'differences that make a difference'." I guess I'd probably say differences
that matter--assuming there is a quality of attention here. Harrison then spins
it out by combining it with the attributes of chaos..."chaos creates the
differences that make a difference, through which we learn."
Chaos draws the attention of the soul (rather than merely mind). Mattering
is the quality of attention that drives the self-organising principle. So what
is 'mattering'? The recognition/mirroring of the soul's purpose?/passion? in
another being/object/idea...from which connection, the chain of action/arising
unfolds...thought, action, and so on...
Add to that this interesting quote from Dave Pollard's site yesterday
(talking about John Livingston's 1994, Rogue Primate)...
He argues that, far from being less conscious than civilized man, wild
animals and wild human cultures actually have a greater 'participatory
collective' consciousness beyond...our primitive individual consciousness, that
extends to their ecological community and to the entire Gaia organism of the
planet, an interconnectedness to which we, and other domesticates, have become
numb, have lost from disuse or ideological counter-programming.
So, maybe, Open Space with its manifest chaos acts to un-numb us, as it
were, and reconnect us with our wild soul-mind...
I am also pulling in thinking from Eric Maisel (Fearless Creating), who
talks about the necessity within the creative process of feeding and nurturing
the "wild mind" (chaotic, original, deep) versus the "tame mind" (structured,
known, prosaic).
Phew...that's enough of that...
Cheers all,
Wendy
Wendy Farmer-O'Neil
Prospera Communications & Consulting Services
1.250.713.2351/1.800.713.2351
weblog: www.wordgravity.blogspot.com
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