fergal barr--
Wonderful! I truly enjoyed this romp of yours! Thank you.
:- Doug.
PS: What's a connswater?
:- Doug.
On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 12:31 +0000, fergal barr wrote:
> So if you want to know what happened in the last seven days in Belfast
> here's a little summary........I hope you like it.......
>
>
>
> A reading from the book of proceedings, according to Harrison
>
>
>
> In the beginning Michael & Jo created the Open Space. Now the earth
> was open-spaceless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the
> deep, and the Spirit of Open Space was hovering over the waters.
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Open Space," and there was Open Space. Michael
> & Jo saw that the Open Space was good, and they separated the light
> from the darkness. Michael & Jo called the light "Open Space", and the
> darkness they called "Passion". And there was evening, and there was
> morning--the first day. Michael & Jo said, “Now that we have created
> the first day, do not be surprised but be prepared to be surprised.”
>
>
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Let there be butterflies and bumblebees
> between the waters to separate the conveners from the convened." So
> Michael & Jo made the butterflies and bees and separated the conveners
> and the convened under the Facilitators Dance from the sky above it.
> And it was so. Michael & Jo called the expanse "passion". And there
> was evening, and there was morning--the second day. Michael and Jo
> said “Now that we have created the second day, do not be surprised
> when it starts, whenever it starts is the right time.”
>
>
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Let the passion under the sky be gathered to
> one place, and let dry ground appear." And it was so. Michael & Jo
> called the dry ground "Connswater", and the gathered people he called
> "participants". And Michael & Jo saw that it was good. Then Michael &
> Jo said, "Let the participants produce ideas: seed-bearing plants and
> trees on the land that bear fruit with seed in it, according to their
> various passions." And it was so. Connswater produced vegetation:
> plants bearing seed, seeds bearing passion, passion according to their
> kinds and trees bearing passion fruit with seed in it according to
> their kinds. And Michael & Jo saw that it was good. And there was
> evening, and there was morning--the third day. Michael and Jo said
> “Now that we have created the third day, do not be surprised what has
> happened because whatever happens is the only thing that could have
> happened.”
>
>
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Let there be Networks in the expanse of the
> sky to separate the passion from those who do not yet share passion,
> and let them serve as signs to mark seasons and days and years, and
> let them be Open Space Facilitators in the expanse of the sky to give
> light on the earth." And it was so. Michael & Jo made two great lights
> —a circle of chairs to govern the day and communities to govern the
> night. He also made the stars – they were two little ladies who made
> copius amounts of tea and coffee. Michael & Jo set the circle in the
> expanse of the sky to give light on the earth, to govern the day and
> the night, and to separate light from darkness. And Michael & Jo saw
> that it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning--the
> fourth day. Michael and Jo said “Now that we have created the fourth
> day, do not be surprised at who comes because whoever comes is the
> right people.”
>
>
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Let the circle teem with living creatures, and
> let butterflies and the bumblebees fly above the earth across the
> expanse of the sky." So Michael & Jo created the great creatures of
> the circle and every living and moving thing with which the circle
> teems, according to their kinds, and every facilitator according to
> its kind. And Michael & Jo saw that it was good. Michael & Jo blessed
> them and said, "Be fruitful and increase in number and fill the circle
> with networks, and let the butterflies and bumblebees increase on the
> earth." And there was evening, and there was morning--the fifth day.
> Michael and Jo said “Now that we have created the fifth day, do not be
> surprised because it’s not over. When it’s not over it’s not over”
>
>
>
> And Michael & Jo said, "Let connswater produce living creatures, who
> from this day forth will be known as Spacers, Open Spacers and let
> connswater produce living creatures according to their kinds:
> creatures that move along the ground, create communities, set up
> networks, write task cards, read books of proceedings, sit in circles,
> convene meetings, dance the facilitators dance, draw symbols, chime
> bells, sit in silence, eat from the buffet, construct pin boards and
> perfect the art of putting pins in the pin boards….and let their be
> wild animals who do all of this but with passion, each according to
> its kind." And it was so. Michael & Jo made the living creatures and
> wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to
> their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the open space
> according to their kinds. And Michael & Jo saw that it was good.
> Michael and Jo said “Now that we have created the sixth day, do not be
> surprised if it’s over. Because when it’s over it’s over”
>
>
>
> Then Michael & Jo said, "Let us make facilitators in our image, in our
> likeness, and let them rule over the open space and the bumblebees and
> butterflies of the air, over the communities that we have created,
> over all the networks, and over all the spacers that move along the
> ground."
>
>
>
> So Michael & Jo created facilitators in their own image, in the image
> of Michael & Jo they created them – although it’s should be pointed
> out at this stage that it’s not compulsory to have a pony tail or wear
> a beard; Michael and Jo created male and female facilitators……and
> filled them with passion…..again it should be pointed out at this
> stage that too much passion and facilitators may end creating their
> own little network of baby facilitators.
>
>
>
> Michael & Jo said onto the facilitators them, "Be fruitful and
> increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the
> spacers of the sea and the bumblebees and the butterflies of the air
> and over every spacer that moves on the open space. But be careful
> how much you move over the open space – you need to remember your
> carbon footprint"
>
>
>
> Then Michael & Jo said, "I give you every seed-bearing plant on the
> face of the whole open space and every tree that has fruit with seed
> in it. They will be yours for food. And to all the beasts of the earth
> and all the bumblebees and butterflies of the air and all the spacers
> that move on the ground--everything that has the breath of life in
> it--I give everyone a buffet for food." And it was so.
>
> Michael & Jo saw all that they had made, and it was very good. And
> there was evening, and there was morning--the sixth day. Michael and
> Jo said “Now that we have created the sixth day, do not be surprised
> if this is not the end. Because that is the law of the two feet.”
>
>
>
> Thus the heavens and the earth were completed in all their vast array.
> By the seventh day Michael & Jo had finished the work they had been
> doing and looked forward to moving to the next open space where they
> will coincidentally meet 150 Catholic singles in Vienna – I’m free for
> that training if you need some help - and Michael turned to Jo and
> said can you believe this – we actually get paid for this???; so on
> the seventh day they rested from their work. And Michael & Jo decreed
> that the seventh day would be holy and it would be a day of rest –
> well all except for those who had to sit in lots of traffic on the way
> out of Belfast….and so on the seventh day they rested……and the journey
> to find a new sponsor had begun again…….…
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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