Dear Friends, my name is Bhavesh Patel, and I just attended the World Open Space on Open Space in Kiev from the 24th – 26th May 2007.
Even though I have been opening space for a few years, this was my first meeting with the OS community. I learnt a lot from the quality people that gathered together : - from the facilitator on his style of opening space, and little practical tips - from the sharing of experiences about opening space with other more experienced facilitators - from the questions of some of the newer people to OS - from being a participant and not a facilitator The time connected me again with the OS spirit, and refreshed and inspired me. I realised that OS can be used in so many ways, and the environment and results that it produces are also so many. I am now thinking about using OS more in conflict resolution work. I am also thinking of running an OS in 2010 for Initiatives of Change, a global transformation network, to search for the future of this work, and the action steps needed. I have just come back from Moldova where there is real interest in OS, and I also just ran some OS in Holland, and they have asked me back for more ! This was with a group called Action For Europe, people from East and West Europe travelling together to find a common vision. I also met people who know people who I know, which reminded me of this bigger interconnected thing that is happening in the world. Another realisation was the depth of OS, for me it is very much aligned with my spiritual understanding of the world. It reconfirmed that I feel deeply led to opening space for individuals and organisations through coaching and OS, for the purpose of helping them connect with their innate huge potential, and by doing so move towards being purpose filled happy whole people. One critical thing I would say is that I felt the theme wasn't particularly powerful or meaningful. It may be better to have no theme, or to use this time more for sharing and exploring between OS facilitators. SO a BIG THANKS to the support I got from Lisa, Peggy, all the people I connected with, and the US Institute who supported me financially to go, and I hope to stay connected with this community. Breathe Peacefully………..BhaV ! * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
