Thank you Carmela & Chris for the beautiful and relevant poetry on Silence.
And thank you Lisa for the poetry about Lurking, too. Hmmm - here's a Haiku.
Lurking in silence
The pregnancy of pauses
Waiting to engage
A Happy 2015 to all!
Warmest Regards from Snowy Montana
P.S. Hope to see you in NYC, 15-18 January,
http://osius.org/content/opening-space-peace-and-high-performance-2015
On 1/1/15 2:04 PM, Chris Corrigan via OSList wrote:
Silence and space are
a place to receive
what is subtly perceived
and need to be held with the terror of not knowing
that causes the error
of filling space to show that
you are certain this will work
and you know what will happen
but what lurks in this shadow
is a stealing
of potential
because you can never know
what will be essential
to every group in any context
so don’t stoop to the base level
of stopping evolution
because you afraid that you don’t have
the solution
that you think we need -
silence and space is the way
we will feed ourselves.
Chris.
On Dec 31, 2014, at 8:56 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>
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
--
Harold Shinsato
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
http://shinsato.com
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