As Lori points out: Babies have been self-organising their births for a very, very long time! Riddleys arrival, as indeed all such arrivals, is always a special treasure, but hardly unique. His birth, like all births precedently and all those to come, always self organize. To be sure, we may help, but at the end of the day, Babies are born all by themselves, with an assist from Mother, of course. Not surprisingly the 5 Principles of Open Space all apply, as Phelim and Matilda discovered. Truth be told, every birth is an opening of (new) space, and it would seem that birthing and opening space are two ways of describing the same thing the emergence of the new. As we all know, that emergence can be unsettling, to say nothing of painful, but it is also the cutting edge of life itself, no pun intended.
Riddleys birth was a wonderful moment in time, a true gift for his parents, and eventually for all the others who will share in his new life. For me, it was also a gift of possibly a deeper sort, or certainly of broader extent reminding me that birthing/opening space is not just the special province of babies. It is an everyday, everywhere phenomenon. The 5th Principle at work. Wherever it happens is the right place. Thank you Riddley and welcome to this world! Harrison Harrison Owen 7808 River Falls Dr. Potomac, MD 20854 USA 189 Beaucaire Ave. (summer) Camden, Maine 20854 Phone 301-365-2093 (summer) 207-763-3261 www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com (Personal Website) To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to: <http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org> http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lori Palano Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2012 9:06 AM To: World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: [OSList] Re : first open space baby First open space baby, maybe, but also the latest in a long long line of them. Babies have been self-organising their births for a very very long time! Welcome wee one! _____ De : Kerry Napuk <[email protected]> À : [email protected] Envoyé le : Vendredi 20 Janvier 2012 18h59 Objet : [OSList] first open space baby Hi Phelim Congratulations to you and Matilda on giving virtual birth to the first baby born to the four principles! As they say in Britain, WELL DONE! We've had open space weddings and even open space funerals, but this is the first open space baby. As Harrison always says "be prepared to be surprised," well you surprised us. All the very best to Mother and your bonny wee Son. Kerry Edinburgh PS You do know your son can now run for president and is an American citizen! _______________________________________________ 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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