dear friends and colleagues, Just want to express (just) some appreciation for what i'm hearing here:
- the challenges of working out differences in an electronic text medium, especially when this space has a shapeless, faceless quality; when we don't necessarily always see or feel the circle (nor the sessions, nor the breathing). - the importance of expressing the difficult things, the "shadow,"; the importance of divergence and disturbance to reveal what deep down we are all seeking - the importance of trying to express the shadow in ways that bring us closer together as opposed to pushing us apart - the power of team-held, highly accessible, simple, hospitable, beautiful, multilingual online spaces that invite and articulate what os/OST is all about - the importance of acknowledging our shared history and the contributions of those who have held online space for many years in service to the ost community - the importance of extending compassion and empathy to ourselves and others when we or others are not successful in giving voice to the shadow in life-serving ways. - the importance of extending, when possible, clear and inspiring open invitations to further serve this community - the importance of just being a silent empathetic presence, even in an electronic global conversation, and connecting with oneself and where one is in the course of that silence. - being reminded of those practices and wisdom that help us connect with what's really going on with us and with our deepest aspirations-- compassionate communication, the fourfold way are just two examples - and last and most: the importance of play and the transformative possibilities of (organic, free-range, new jersey) chicken grease in the larger cosmic equation Thank you for this conversation! wormly, raffi sandijuana, calif. (usa) * * ========================================================== [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
