Hi Alan! Thank you for your "dispatch" from your continuing remarkable travels as an itinerant apparatchik. And thank you for sharing this gem from Anne Stadler. Anne's kitchen was my first-ever encounter with OST, long long ago. Her words whcih you share prove true to me increasingly each day: community, and the *gift of heartful, mindful appreciative attention*, live perennially, paying no heed to the apparent laws of space and linear time. Much Love, Chris
On Thu, Jul 18, 2013 at 4:33 AM, Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Alan, what a blessing to have met you in Taiwan, to know you! What a > blessing to be part of this community! These past few days I have been > visiting with Karen Davis in Quebec where I was born. Yesterday we were > talking about you and your vision around Conversare, a beautiful opening of > space where strangers can meet strangers. We spoke of how the world needs > this now, to be reminded of the simple joy of being together. Amidst the > issues, the hurts, the polarization of perspectives, and all that needs to > be done in the world, there is a soothing feel of just being with each > other. I celebrate being on this list, in this community feeling the pride > and joy of knowing you Alan and others like Sharon Joy Chao who has just > opened incredible space with 1000. To also know all who gave their gifts of > experience and support to her as she opened this big space. How very > special to be connected with so many this way. > Thank you Harrison Owen for bringing Open Space to us and sharing it so > generously. It is a gift that never stops giving! > I close with this quote on the wall at Karen's home by Goethe. "As soon as > you trust yourself, you will know how to live". Open Space gifted me with > trusting myself bringing joy, peace and immense gratitude. > Love to all in our Open Space world! Suzanne > On Jul 18, 2013 12:07 AM, "Alan Stewart" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All >> >> Here are some reflections and follow-ups on my experiencing associated >> with my recent going along to >> WOSonOS2013<http://wosonos2013.crowdvine.com/>in St Petersburg. Which may >> trigger you to appreciate that there is more to >> it when considering whether to head off to Belgrade next year. <smile> >> >> Firstly, I would add to what others have reported, that this WOS was a >> most happy event, lovingly and thoughtfully convened by Suzanne and her >> merry gang. There was wonder-full connecting between all present, including >> quite a few who had been at previous such gatherings, one from the very >> first! (This was my fifth, starting in Monterey, CA, in 1998). Also in >> attendance was a group of ‘millennials’ (mainly graduate students at the >> local University of South Florida) who participated in Lisa’s >> pre-conference preparation and then in the main event. Which made for >> lively cross generational exchanges and a lot of fun. >> >> *. The visit* >> >> Immediately after WOS I participated in a lovely 'confab of >> conversationalists.' This took place at the home of my old friends Juanita >> Brown and David Isaacs, ‘co-noticers’ of the process now also used widely >> around our little planet, 3rd from the sun, The World >> Cafe<http://www.theworldcafe.com/history.html>. >> They have recently relocated to ‘Millie’s Mountain’, a beautiful 90 acre >> farm carved out by Juanita’s late parents, Millie and Harold, deep in the >> Blue Ridge Mountains near to Asheville, NC. My visit was the catalyst for >> their first ever gathering of Café and Space niks in the area. >> >> *. The query* >> >> *En route* from Australia to the USA I stopped in New Zealand where I >> happened to talk with a person who is responsible for a review of services >> of a major hospital. When he heard of how OST could be of value for this >> purpose he expressed interest. >> >> Are there any Spaceniks based in the Auckland area who would wish to >> pursue this? If so contact me for details. >> >> *. The encounter* >> >> When moving on from Asheville to go to New York I was ‘stuck’ *en route* in >> Charlotte, NC, for about 24 hours as flights north were cancelled due to >> heavy ahead. And so I checked in to an hotel near to the airport and posted >> a note on our list to ask if anyone local was available for a meet-up with >> me Stammtisch style. >> >> Not receiving a response I took a bus down town the next morning. There I >> had a delightful encounter with an elderly African American couple who >> happened to pick up the iPhone I had dropped. Hearing how I came to be in >> their city for one day they said “We would like to take you under our >> wing.” Which they did, very graciously. During which we drove through >> fascinating parts, went to their home for a cup of tea and they dropped me >> back at the airport. A most generous and thoughtful gesture on the part of >> hitherto total strangers. >> >> Whatever happens ...in this instance very enjoyably. <smile> >> >> *. The thought* >> >> This was recently passed on to me in relation to work I am doing >> currently from a person who has been an OST practitioner from its early >> beginnings and who is likely known to many of you, at least from her >> periodic 'heart and mindful' postings on this list. >> >> "We carry community inside us. It's present whenever we gift any >> encounter with our full heartful, mindful appreciative attention." >> *Anne Stadler* >> >> * >> *Do the right thing, take risks, change your mind, have fun ... >> >> Looking forward >> >> Alan >> >> >> >> *Alan Stewart, PhD >> Social artist with conversations that matter and participatory fun* >> *Based in Adelaide and operating throughout Austral-Asia >> tel: **+618 82127168* <%2B618%2082127168>* >> mob: **+61(0)413848680* <%2B61%280%29413848680>* >> em: **[email protected]* <[email protected]>* >> web: >> **http://www.multimindsolutions.com*<http://www.multimindsolutions.com/> >> (under >> reconstruction)* >> **blog: **http://conversare.net* <http://conversare.net/>* >> Stand-up: >> **http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/alan-stewart/*<http://www.takeoutcomedy.com/site/comedians/alan-stewart/> >> >> *New e–book Time to converse – the heart of human >> warmth<http://www.multimindsolutions.com/?page_id=243> >> * >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
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