Dear friends, When we open our space as our natural state of being, a sacred universe seems to unfold in each of us as a universe of undivisive whole.
And it is there (Here & Now) where Nirvana-Enternal Peace-Natural State of Being Love Itself. That's what happens to me at least. love from seoul spark 2011. 12. 14. 오후 2:16에 "Bernhard Weber" <[email protected]>님이 작성: > Harrison and all > > I like the recently upcoming discussion about the history of Systems > Thinking, but I would also like to make a big jump from this. > > I am not shure, but to me it seems to not be by pure "accident". > 1. Recently Stanley park wrote "Now is the territory of Peace- Nirvana" > 2. And some days later you Harrison wrote "Open the space of your life > and the lives of those around you, and you will discover your own natural > state". > > "Your own natural state", that is exactly how Buddhist masters (like e.g. > Chögyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche, the contemporary Tibetan Dzogchen-teacher) > refer to what is often called enlightenment, liberation, Rigpa, ... > > Although it is not really possible to "feel" something behind the words of > a written posting, I always felt some kind of reluctance by side of you, > when somebody in the group related the effects of OST or the OS spirit to > central Buddhist concepts. Would you prefer to not discuss it (treat it as > a tabu) or am I completely wrong here? (And my feeling demasked as > pseudo-feeling;-) > > I am here in Sri Lanka at the beginning of the 7th year of residence, the > place/space where Gautamas words have been put into Pali language and > written down some hundreds of years after his passing away/paranirvana. So > all this is resonating in me as a kind of effect of the Spirit of the > space/genius loci. > > Anyhow I would like to invite you and all to explore, if the following > idea makes sense: > > What the two citations above seem to hint at in my eyes , is a quite > specific function/effect of Open Space: being a trigger for processes > during which not only things get done, as it has been pointed out again and > again, but a trigger for processes that may also lead to enlightenment. If > there is some value in that idea, then OS might be a collective > equivalent of a master > > A master also can only be a trigger, because as already the historical > Gautama (called the Buddha) stated, that he can, on basis of his own > experience only show the way, point to the right direction, but the > practitioner has to do the work. There is no way that the master can do it > (the full liberation, the reaching of the natural state) for the student. > > So I am wondering if the efficiency and effectiveness of OST in getting > things done, is not intrinsicly knitted together with (alias dialectically > connected to) this "collective master function". Two sides of one medal? > > Of course I am not interested to tie OS to Buddhism as a belief system. > But of course my understanding of the ways to enlightenment is also not > tied to a specific belief system. I have luckily been exposed to "passion, > responsability and love " in- and outside of OST in various cultures like > my own Christian culture in Austria, Candomblé in Brazil, animistic cults > (as the christians call them) in Africa, Buddhism of the Theravada, > Mahayana, and Tibetan tradition (Buddhism fused with Bön), Yoga in India... > And it always works and in all kinds of places. > > So once again: might it be legitimate, make sense and be useful to look at > OST as a kind of set up for a collective master without a present > individual guru? > Or not? > > Bernd/Colombo > > > > > > . > > Bernd Weber > > Change Facilitation s.r.o., A Global Partner Who Makes Change Happen in > Complex Environments; www.change-facilitation.com, > www.change-management-toolbook.com [email protected]; > Regional Phone numbers: > -Austria: +43 664 135 4828, landline + 431 5968657) > > -Sri Lanka: landline +94 11 2785859, iPhone +94 777740757 > > > > NEW: Intensive Learning Workshop > "Playing with the Waves of Change" > www.change-facilitation.com/ > > You want to have the design for a "Playing with the Waves (of Change) WS > 2 completely taylor-made according to your individual learning interests & > needs & limitations? Then have a look to the questionnaire at > www.surveymonkey.com/s/5ZDS6JQ > > > > If you get Email from my account <[email protected]> > please do not use the reply button but answer to <[email protected]>, because > my change-facilitation.org INBOX is not working for the time being. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Am 13.12.2011 um 22:11 schrieb Harrison Owen: > > discover your own natural state > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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 > >
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