Hi Chris,
Reading this book strongly affected and inspired me.
I appreciate your generosity in making it available.
Allison.
On 19/10/2006, at 2:58 PM, Chris Corrigan wrote:
Friends:
I am pleased to announce the release of a small book I have been
working on for the last three years. It is called "The Tao of
Holding Space" and it is a collection of interpretations of the 81
short chapters of the Chinese classic Tao te Ching as they apply to
my experience of holding space. I started this book three years
ago, when I began noting parallels between Lao Tzu's words and my
experience of leadership, facilitation and living in Open Space,
something many of us have done. In some ways this book chronicles
the essence of my own emergent practice of Open Space. In looking
over it one more time, I realized that almost everything I know
about Open Space is somehow distilled into these chapters
I have written here many times over the years about the
appreciation I have for the teachers on this list. Signing on to
the OSLIST is one of the single most important decisions I have
ever made. And so, listmates and friends in this practice, I
ultimately wrote this for you, individually and collectively. Some
of you will see your words and ideas expressed in here as I learned
and Incorporated them into my own practice. Harrison's words are
here of course, as are many of Michael Herman's relating to
practice and invitation. And I took Lisa Heft's "model enthusiasm"
as the subject of one chapter. These among others. I have a been
an active listener all these years!
You can download it here:
http://www.chriscorrigan.com/ftp/Tao_of_holding_space.pdf
Please feel free to share it as widely as you see fit. It is a
small offering of gratitude for all that I have learned from this
community over the past 10 years.
With deep appreciation for the inspiration and continued learning,
Chris
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CHRIS CORRIGAN
Consultation - Facilitation
Open Space Technology
Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot
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