It's my practice too to let the sponsor open as you describe Michael so the organization and all participants understand that they own the experience and are responsible for the results, not the facilitator.
I have had reactions like the ones you describe Raffi from certain cultural groups who associate any kind of bells with the authoritarian educational and religious institutions in which they grew up. So using bells only for evening news etc makes it more acceptable - by that point they have become comfortable with the OS process, with each other and they are now focused on their experience and not the facilitation or the method. I also make comments similar to what Chris and others have described which help the acceptance of the bells as another nice contribution of the OS approach. Diane -----Original Message----- From: OSLIST [mailto:osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu] On Behalf Of Michael M Pannwitz Sent: 19 mars 2008 18:24 To: osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu Subject: Re: Tibetan temple bells Dear Raffi, since I do not open the space at events that I facilitate I dont use the temple bells at that juncture, of course. It is the sponsor that opens the space and after having done that asks me to introduce the process. No need for bells at that point. They do come in handy to "call" people to evening news or during action planning when there is a "schedule"...I use them as little as possible and very gently not to overwhelm myself or those around me. Right at this moment I also think of them as being "Tibetan" temple bells with that part of the world being in great turmoil. Usually, they are just very practical! Greetings from Berlin mmp * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
