This so beautiful Carmela!! Thank you so much for sharing this precious gift for 2015! I have read it through a number of times! So much wisdom!!
Happy and blessed 2015! Shobha Sent from my iPhone On Dec 31, 2014, at 11:57 PM, "Carmela Ariza via OSList" <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Dear colleagues Happy new year to all! I would like to ask all about your experience of silence in OST - please describe your experience of silence while facilitating or as a participant in an open space event. I will put together all responses and share it again with the rest of the OSList subscribers... I would also like to share with you a poem I wrote yesterday on the Many Faces of Silence...(see below). You may also read this on my poetry blogspot: Carmela's Poems and Prayers: THE MANY FACES OF SILENCE<http://carmela-poems-and-prayers.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-many-faces-of-silence.html> [image]<http://carmela-poems-and-prayers.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-many-faces-of-silence.html> Carmela's Poems and Prayers: THE MANY FACES OF SI...<http://carmela-poems-and-prayers.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-many-faces-of-silence.html> View on carmela-poems-and-p...<http://carmela-poems-and-prayers.blogspot.com/2014/12/the-many-faces-of-silence.html> Preview by Yahoo THE MANY FACES OF SILENCE by: Carmela Ariza 31 December 2015, Panglao, Bohol, 10:22AM INTENTIONAL SILENCE I seek the woods And the woods find me I listen to the log Lying, waiting Eventual decay In the offing PUNCTUATED SILENCE Storms Bring me to a standstill Blood Rushing through my viens Dread Anxiously anticipating DEAFENING SILENCE Whirring thoughts In a constant refrain Burying oneself In work or laughter This is a sentence Without reprieve VEXED SILENCE Incensed Enraged Outraged Furious !*@#^)(>$@ I walk away PENSIVE SILENCE Lost in deep thought Questioning Deliberate pondering Wistful longing Freefalling insights Plucking wisdom MOONSTRUCK SILENCE Nervous but ecstatic Consumed with desire Smitten kitten Tickled teakettle Frolicking in the rapids Restless, definitely not loveless HEARTBROKEN SILENCE Exposed Vulnerable Pricked Betrayed Inconsolable Silent EMERGENT SILENCE Nine months in waiting Coming out Being true to oneself Release and deliverance Reaping, fruiting Healing, in the fullness of time SACRED SILENCE In deep sorrow or deep pain A child's embrace gives comfort In contemplation A coming home to the core In harmony with nature Oneness THANKFUL SILENCE Forbearance in difficult times Appreciation for what gives rise to my existence Reaching out to help the needy Grateful surrender Accepting the present Here and now I wish everyone OPEN SPACES FOR SILENCE THE WHOLE YEAR! BLESSINGS to all! Carms True happiness is a state of mind. Happiness is not a consequence of things that happen. Do not pursue happiness - practice it. Sing, even if you do not sound good. Smile, even when things go wrong. Create happiness, and happy you will be. _______________________________________________ OSList mailing list To post send emails to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
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