A wee bit out of context (or not). I sometimes take my bells on hikes, find a quiet place in the woods and settle in quietly.
Once the environment (wildlife) forgets my intrusion and goes back about its normal business, I ring the bells once . . . and watch. I find them to be just as powerful out there in the "rough" as they are in a room full of people. b On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:23 PM, Steve Cochran <scochran...@gmail.com> wrote: > Wendy's MO is mine as well for the opening and closing. Thanks > for 'charging and conditioning' idea - I'll use it. > > In addition, I usually have mine in my briefcase at all times and find many > chances to offer to use them in all kinds of situations that seem to need > them (vs. yelling or clapping to get attention). As we all know, it's > wonderful to see how people respond. Always helps a community come together > in a much moer gentle way than most folks have experienced. Often times, > someone who knows me in such a setting will seek me out and ask, "Do you > have your bells?" > > Thank you for this discussion, karolina - wonderful. > > Best to All - Steve > > On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 1:27 PM, Wendy Farmer-O'Neil <we...@xe.net>wrote: > >> Really good points, Chris. >> >> I use the bells only as part of my initial opening of the space and then >> to open the closing circle. I often use them before participants arrive to >> condition and charge the space as a lot of venues have cluttered energy or >> low energy. I've found ringing them in the corners of the room and in the >> center of the space (and anywhere else that intuition says needs a lift) >> helpful. (Again, I do this before other participants arrive, as part of >> general set up.) >> >> Cheers, >> Wendy >> >> On 8-Jul-10, at 9:35 AM, Chris Corrigan wrote: >> >> Bells can get overused and can lose their appeal and charm, so use them >> infrequently and with the pacing and mindfulness that Lisa and Wendy both >> suggest. >> >> Also, be careful how you pick them up. I find that the bells reveal one's >> inner state like nothing else. If you pick them up without consciousness, >> and you grab the cord in the middle, they clatter and ring and crash and >> lose their power, and you will find yourself embarrassed and apologetic. In >> all things balance is good, but not in picking up ting sha. If you pick up >> the bells by the cord holding them closer to one end or the other, the bells >> won't collide. That way when you finally do ring them the sound will have >> been previously unheard and therefore more powerful. >> >> Finally, something I have learned working in Native communities here in >> Canada...if there are a lot of Elders in the room, the bells will often >> remind them of the time they went to Church-run residential schools which >> were resulted in very traumatic experiences for many many people. As a >> result I rarely use bells anymore in these contexts, preferring instead to >> call people back together with a drum or some other more appropriate >> attention-getting sound. >> >> Chris >> >> >> ---- >> Chris Corrigan >> ch...@chriscorrigan.com >> http://www.chriscorrigan.com >> >> >> On 2010-07-07, at 8:57 AM, Lisa Heft wrote: >> >> I bow to you, Ms. Karolina. >> >> I only know what I have noticed. >> >> 1) If you ring them 'to let people know things) - for example to signify >> the change in time for sessions - you are actually breaking into peoples' >> thought process. And there are always enough timepieces (electronic and >> otherwise) that people have and even clocks on the wall, plus session >> convenors' interest in their next sessions - to let people know in a >> participant-centered (rather than facilitator-driven) way when the time is >> shifting. So when I do it, I only ring them at one certain time - to draw >> peoples' attention to the fact that Closing Circle is beginning. When I >> introduce how the day will go (usually after they post their topics on the >> wall), I include the fact that I will not be telling them about time, that >> they have these timepieces, but that I will see them in Closing Circle at >> ''x o'clock" and that I will be in the room if they have any questions. And >> when I use them this once - they really capture peoples' attention, because >> they have not over-heard it. If I am not mistaken, the fabulous Elwin Guild >> uses one ring of his bells after the very last comment / all is over at the >> end of the event. Elwin, would you like to share how you use your bells? >> >> 2) I 'ding' the bells about 4 to 6 times, letting the full sound of each >> ding run out, before I start the next ding. I breathe. And I find the dings >> are much like a graceful breathing. >> >> 3) If it is a very large venue I hold them up to a microphone. >> >> 4) Some people hold them like cymbals (the 'faces' on vertical planes >> opposite each other); some people hold them both facing down, next to each >> other (lightly holding the straps so as to not affect the sound), and touch >> them to each other. This last method is my method. >> >> 5) When buying them - ideal is to go to an actual store (a Tibetan store >> for example) to listen to the music and tone of each set of bells, to feel >> which is the one set that speaks to you. >> >> 6) I went to great lengths to make a connecting piece that was not the >> original leather - so that I could put things on it that meant something to >> me. It turns out that it can affect the sound and can stretch and I am >> wondering if perhaps keeping the original simple leather piece might be >> best. Although mine is still the way I created it and I enjoy how it looks. >> >> What do others do and know about their bells and their use of them? >> >> Cheers from a gray California morning, >> Lisa >> >> * >> Lisa Heft >> * >> Consultant, Facilitator, Educator >> *Opening Space* >> lisah...@openingspace.net >> www.openingspace.net >> * >> * >> * >> Ask me about the The Power of Pre-Work workshop for facilitators -August >> 18-20, 2010 - San Francisco >> and the Open Space Learning Workshops - October 15-18, 2010 - Medellin, >> Colombia and December 15-17, 2010 - San Francisco >> >> Join me on OSLIST - the World Open Space community in conversation >> (English) http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html >> and at the Open Space World Community space (all languages) >> http://openspaceworld.ning.com >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Jul 7, 2010, at 8:31 AM, Karolina Iwa wrote: >> >> from facilitating wikisym2010 in gdansk, poland, >> i am writing with a question: >> >> many of us - including me - use temple bells during os events to attract >> participants attention. >> anybody knows the full code of respectful use of the bells? >> >> i would appreciate your contributions to decreasing my ignorance. >> thank you in advance for sharing. >> >> karolina. >> >> >> >> ____________________________________ >> >> karolina iwa. >> >> trainer & facilitator >> collective intelligence & self-organisation >> >> D: +49 15774 932139 PL: +48 880 747578 >> ____________________________________ >> >> * * ========================================================== >> 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 >> >> >> * * ========================================================== >> 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 >> >> >> * * ========================================================== >> 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 >> >> >> Wendy Farmer-O'Neil >> CEO Prospera Consulting >> we...@xe.net >> 1-800-713-2351 >> >> The moment of change is the only poem. -- Adrienne Rich >> >> >> >> >> * * ========================================================== >> 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 >> > > * * ========================================================== > 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 > -- Barry Owen Real Estate Broker Professional Coach Keller Williams Realty Connect with me @ Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, Plaxo Call me: 615-568-2123 Read my Blog: http://activerain.com/blogs/barryo Visit The Owen Group http://www.theowengroup.net http://www.owengroupnashvillehomes.com Barry Owen’s Internet Portal to all blogsites, websites, and social networks http://tnrealestatetribalhub.wordpress.com/2009/06/02/barry-owens-web-portal/ Simply & BOLDLY Living the FourFold Way in Open Space! 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