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Op Aug 4, 2011 om 8:42 PM heeft "Birgitt Williams" <[email protected]> het volgende geschreven: > Ah John...a good discussion is good for the soul. Thank you for the info on > self organizing systems. It is a great hypothesis and indeed a useful one as > is Harrison's response about being the negative, the ground in the energy > flow, as does his idea of the questioner. I don't disagree with any of that. > I realize that there is a dominant perspective on this list of OST being > about self organizing systems. I am opening the space up more than that for > myself and any of you who are interested in having a discussion so that I > can wonder about other possible hypothesis as well that might also prove > useful. > > In the debate by scientists about evolution versus intelligent design, there > are so many unanswered questions. I think the topic of self organizing > systems fits within this bigger debate when viewed from the lens of > scientists. I think that quantum mechanics has a lot to offer as does the > evolution of consciousness. There is so much out there that can be brought > into my wondering and I am in a place and time of contemplation of what we > know and what we don't know and is it time for an upgrade to the way the > facilitator of OST meetings views the power of his/her energy field, > intentional or otherwise, on a group of people. > > About twenty years ago, I fell in love with Harrison's work on Spirit, with > Harrison, with OST as did some others of us. I loved that working with OST > seemed to be anchored about twenty years in the future and that Harrison and > those of us who were strong advocates of getting OST out into the world were > ahead of our time. So, twenty years has passed and it seems a good time to > look again at some things that we maybe took for granted. Along the way, > Harrison chose to delve deeply and passionately into self organizing > systems. I veered away from that line of thinking and explored Spirit, the > remembering organization, wholeness is, and the expansion of consciousness > and its effects. I have learned some very interesting things in my journey, > as have those who took different journeys. > > I want to give an example. I love the work of Dr. Richard Bartlett and his > Matrix Energetics and the Physics of Miracles. He is exploring dimensions of > ourselves that can come into play in claiming our wholeness as individuals. > What happens when we apply what he has learned to our energy fields in > facilitating OST meetings? Ages ago, I started applying what I know and do > and be as a Reiki master to OST meetings. What happens when Amanda applies > to her energy field what she learns through the Heart Math work? Are we more > likely to assist those in our meetings to alter their energy fields to > vibrate differently with improved results...long term, not just in the > meeting? Will their be differences that get experienced such as an easier > negotiation to co-leadership, to collaboration not just in the meeting but > beyond? So many questions.... > > Warmly, > Birgitt > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Watkins [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 6:01 PM > To: World wide Open Space Technology email list > Subject: Re: [OSList] energy field of the facilitator and its influence on > OST outcomes > > Birgitt, > > Self organizing systems have two major capacities that are ubiquitous in the > universe: > 1) pattern emergence, or the unavoidability of new orders emerging out of > chaos or complexity or turbulence; and, > 2) pattern recognition and replication, often referred to as autopoiesis, > the way that new patterns become new systems and then replicate themselves. > These, being universal principles, most certainly contain energy fields and > patterns. > I think, therefore, that self organizing systems is sufficient to contain > what you are asking facilitators for, as long as they understand the ways in > which they are participants in self organizing systems, and trust that > process. Harrison's just sent response about being the negative, the > ground, in the energy flow seems appropriate, as does his idea about the > role of questioner. > > John > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 2:54 PM, Birgitt Williams wrote: > >> Thank you friends, >> There are so many stories of what OST is about, many assumptions, and from >> that, many different choices of actions and non-actions. I think that it > is >> useful for OST facilitators to expand their consciousness. Heart Math is a >> great path to the mind heart coherence. I believe that in OST: a user's >> guide, there is mention of having a good head and a good heart. >> >> What if, just what if, with all our stories and assumptions, it is time > for >> an upgrade of how we view the facilitator. I know that my computer does > not >> work with the same operating system that I might have used in 1995...if I >> tried that, none of the great and upgraded software I want to use would be >> able to function...or function well. I think it is worth looking at >> ourselves as OST facilitators and exploring the operating system that we >> operate from...including wondering about the need for an upgrade of the >> 'personal operating system of the OST facilitator'. >> >> I think that twenty years ago, the operating system of the facilitator of >> having a good head, a good heart, and a copy of OST: a user's guide, was >> enough of an operating system for the facilitator. Today, to get the > results >> both during and after the meeting that OST has the potential for, I can >> imagine needing an upgraded operating system for the facilitator. Would it >> include ensuring that I have mind-heart coherence? Would it include that I >> embrace expanding my consciousness? Would it include knowledge of how to >> work with energy fields so that the participants could align to the energy >> field of the facilitator, or better yet the facilitation team who knows > how >> to be in energy alignment with each other, or better yet the facilitation >> team combined with the sponsor team who knows how to be in energy > alignment >> with each other? Can we move beyond the 'self organizing system' to >> something more by our energy field as the facilitator and its influence on >> OST? >> >> I experience that humans have evolved a lot in their consciousness in the >> last twenty years and that we continue to accelerate in our development. I >> experience that young people are at a different level of consciousness at > a >> young age and that numbers of them know how to work with energy fields and >> expanded consciousness. Do we need an upgrade...not in what we do with the >> form of OST..but in ourselves as facilitators, our state of being, our > work >> with energy fields, and our consciousness? >> >> Warmly, >> Birgitt >> Ps to Michael...possibly next year in Berlin en route to Tuscany >> >> Birgitt Williams >> President and Senior Consultant, Dalar International Consultancy >> Author, The Genuine Contact Way >> 919-522-7750 >> >> Co-Owner of the Genuine ContactT Program >> Genuine Contact Way blog >> Become a fan of the Genuine Contact Way >> Follow me >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Michael M Pannwitz [mailto:[email protected]] >> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 4:36 AM >> To: World wide Open Space Technology email list >> Subject: Re: [OSList] energy field of the facilitator and its influence on >> OST outcomes >> >> Dear Birgitt, >> from where I stand, space always is. So no need to open it. Often, >> however, the space is not very large and sometimes it is shrunk to a >> mere dot in the universe. >> And then there is the question, what on earth the space is for, no >> matter how huge or how tiny. To me, in this context, it is the >> playground for selforganisation to do its thing. >> And then, selforganisation always is. >> So, here I have space always and selforganisation always. >> What then is the role/function of me and others involved in a situation >> where an urgent issue needs to be dealt with? >> Having worked as a facilitator with nothing much else than OST in the >> last 15 years, I happily will offer it in situations where conditions >> appear suitable first of all to the sponsor/client for expanding the >> space for selforganisation to do its thing. >> At the beginning of an OST event, the sponsor opens the event (opens the >> space is also what I usually say, mostly to make clear that it is not me >> doing that... it might be less sloppy and just simpler and more >> congruent with my understanding of space always being open for me to say >> "opens the event"). >> Then, I introduce OST with the idea to expand the space just a bit so >> that selforganisation can do more of its thing. At that moment it seems >> to me, everyone in the room is involved in contributing to expanding and >> holding the space... and from here on in much more so than me and, it >> seems, very little aware of it, apparently finding it the "normal" or >> "natural" thing to do, no need to really talk about it. This puzzled me >> early in my OST work, thinking the participants need to appreciate more >> what they were achieving. All attempts (evaluation, medicine wheel, >> etc.)did not seem to add anything to the event and I had the feeling we >> were taking up the time of participants with something that mainly >> interested me. >> >> How does this relate to outcome? >> >> In my practice, the Planning Group (usually 6 to 12 weeks before the >> event) always produces a mind map visualizing what the world looks like >> to them the day after the event, what has changed, what is different, >> how they feel, which perspectives have been opened, what happens at >> their place of work, in their community, etc., their aspirations, vision >> of the future. >> Looking at the mind map after the event and going through it together, >> typically not only showed that just about everything happened the way >> they had envisioned it AND a lot more (be prepared to be surprised). >> This exercise also did not seem to catapult them into paradise... now I >> suggest that they just post the mind map along other stuff from the >> event itself in the Next Meetings where they continue to work on their >> projects after the OST event. >> >> So, my picture of everyone at the gathering is not a system that needs >> resonant energy broadcasted to them from me or the facilitation team but >> a gathering of people that are enjoying, living, working and doing other >> fun and productive things in a space just a little bit more expanded >> than usual in which selforganisation is at work just a little bit more >> than usual. >> >> What I can report in my deminishing work with OST is that the two >> clients I have this year (NACOA Germany with its third strategic >> conference early in 2012 and an it-outfit in a couple of months >> rethinking some basic "givens" in their non-stop business) are >> broadcasting wonderful energies in my direction... I wonder what will >> happen without such stuff! >> >> Wishing you more quiet time to connect...and if you are in Berlin, I >> will convene a Stammtisch... >> Hugs >> mmp >> >> PS: Rereading my comments I wonder what makes me work so hared, trying >> to understand everything so hard... my suspicion is that my old friend >> "control" is alive and kicking. And I also see that there are a whole >> bunch of assumptions on stuff such as "space" and "selforganization" and >> "expanding" and "selforganization doing its thing" and many more that >> are probably very important: Are they really touched by our half-way >> technology? >> >> >> >> On 03.08.2011 02:40, Birgitt Williams wrote: >>> Warm greetings! >>> >>> I have been absent from this list for some time and am delighted to be >>> connected now, at least for a while, taking advantage of some quiet time >>> over the summer to connect with people and ideas. >>> >>> A topic that I wish to address is about the outcomes of an OST meeting >>> in relation to the energy field of the facilitator. From my perspective >>> and experience, there is a direct relationship. I often ask OST >>> facilitators what they mean when they say that they 'open space' and >>> 'hold space'. My perspective on the facilitator 'opening space' is that >>> this is just not so. The facilitator does not 'open the space'. The >>> sponsor 'opens space' in his or her organization so that the facilitator >>> can conduct the form of the Open Space Technology meeting. Viewed from >>> that lens, I make choices when I prepare with the sponsor for the OST >>> meeting, and what I ask of the sponsor and his/her participation during >>> the meeting itself. For example, the sponsor teams I work with are >>> coached about working with their personal energy to support the highly >>> engaging participatory process. I ask them to sit equidistant from each >>> other in the circle and 'hold the space' open for the best possible >>> outcomes and the greatest participation. At the end of every day of the >>> meeting, we meet simply to discuss what it felt like to them to have >>> opened the space and held the space. The reflections are amazing. >>> >>> My role as the lead facilitator and the role of my co-facilitators is >>> one of working with the space being held, of going through the form of >>> OST, and more importantly to be in touch with ourselves as resonant >>> energy field generators. Every one of us works at being in genuine >>> contact with ourselves, with our personal energy field, and within that >>> genuine contact experiences love and peace and joy. Our job as resonant >>> energy field generators is to broadcast this frequency from ourselves to >>> give the greatest opportunity for everyone within the gathering to reach >>> their greatest potential in the moment of the meeting. 'Holding the >>> space' from my perspective is this very connection and interpretation of >>> self as generating a resonant energy field. Doing little, being much. >>> >>> When a meeting goes well, there are many factors, including how well we >>> created an energy field as facilitators and how well we did this >>> together with our sponsors. We recognize that in both our observer role >>> and in our role as energy field generators, we influence the meeting and >>> the outcomes of the meeting. >>> >>> Blessings to all, >>> >>> Birgitt >>> >>> Birgitt Williams >>> >>> President and Senior Consultant, Dalar International Consultancy >>> <http://www.dalarinternational.com> >>> Author, The Genuine Contact Way <http://www.genuinecontactway.com> >>> >>> 919-522-7750 >>> >>> The Look Lo Res.jpg >>> >>> AW104 GCP Logo Yellow w Blue Back.jpgCo-Owner of the Genuine ContactT >>> Program <http://www.genuinecontact.net> >>> rss.png Genuine Contact Way <http://blog.genuinecontactway.com> blog >>> cid:[email protected] >>> >> > <http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/pages/Genuine-Contact-Way/241784543761?r >> ef=ts> >>> Become a fan <http://www.facebook.com/genuinecontactway> of the Genuine >>> Contact Way >>> cid:[email protected] <http://twitter.com/genuinecontact> >>> Follow me <http://twitter.com/genuinecontact> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> OSList mailing list >>> To post send emails to [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >>> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> -- >> Michael M Pannwitz, boscop eg >> Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany >> ++49-30-772 8000 >> [email protected] >> www.boscop.org >> >> >> Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 432 resident Open >> Space Workers in 71 countries working in a total of 140 countries > worldwide >> Have a look: >> www.openspaceworldmap.org >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> OSList mailing list >> To post send emails to [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: >> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
