To me indifference signals someone has checked-out. I think people often let go, are more willing to be unattached, when they experience the abundance of possibility that exists when space opens.
This may be a situation where, from the outside, something looks the same -- indifference, nonattachment -- but the internal experience is radically different. Peggy On Jan 28, 2010, at 6:20 PM, Ralph Copleman wrote: > I have just re-read the little poem I sent to the list earlier today, and I > sort of tripped over my use of the word "indifference". > > Open space, I have often told myself, succeeds in part because we bring our > passion, infused with the energy of commitment or responsibility. But as I > stumble over that one word, I find myself asking if os succeeds also because > participants can relax and let go of something; we can settle into some form > of indifference characterized by a kind of less-certainty or non-knowing. > Maybe it's just relaxation. Perhaps so much good stuff happens because > tension levels rarely run high, replaced by play and buoyancy. > > Ralph Copleman > > P.S. To those who are generously inviting me to be a friend on Facebook, > Open Space World, or any other social networking program: I appreciate the > interest, but I cannot keep up with everyone so I am limiting my "confirm" > responses these days to a very few. A no-response does not mean I am > "indifferent" to you. Thanks for understanding. > > * > * > ========================================================== > [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 * * ========================================================== [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
