I like that Jeff! Having just returned from the land of the “Tao te Ching” ... where following The Way leads to nothingness. Clearly, real open space happens when you stop working so hard... or something.
After 5 wonderful days with colleagues in Beijing, I find myself smiling as the jet lag recedes. For a gift I brought my friends a copy of Chris Corrigan’s “The Tao of Holding Space.” I offered it with a smile, knowing from whence the Tao had come. Sort of like carrying coals to New Castle. Or Tulip Bulbs to Holland. Or perfume to Paris... Or... I told my friends in Beijing that, for me, the Tao te Ching was the most wonderful guide to holding and opening space. It was written (to the best of anybody’s knowledge) about 1200 BCE. That would be better than 3000 years ago. Been around for a bit. Harrison Winter Address 7808 River Falls Drive Potomac, MD 20854 301-365-2093 Summer Address 189 Beaucaire Ave. Camden, ME 04843 207-763-3261 Websites www.openspaceworld.com www.ho-image.com OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jeff Aitken via OSList Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2015 4:21 PM To: Barry Owen; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] There is no such thing as open space I like the term 'opening space' -- endeavoring that the space be a little (or lot) more open than before. Maybe the practice is a lifelong one, of opening the space a bit more in each cycle of day, week, month, or year, etc. Really deep folks might tell us when the space will be completely open again - in a zillion years - or maybe in this moment? Jeff Lagunitas, California On Nov 8, 2015 10:24 AM, "Barry Owen via OSList" <[email protected]> wrote: Yes! It's all relative . . . Barry Owen Real Estate Strategist Founder/Principal Broker Pareto Realty, LLC <http://www.merriam-webster.com/audio.php?file=bixpar02&word=Pareto&text=%5Cp%C9%99-%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%88%3C%2FSPAN%3Er%C4%81-(%3CSPAN%20class%3Dunicode%3E%CB%8C%3C%2FSPAN%3E)t%C5%8D%5C> \pə-ˈrā-(ˌ)tō\ The Vital Few 4012 Hillsboro Pike #5 Nashville, TN 37215 Office: 615-502-2080 Connect: 615-568-2123 <http://twitter.com/#!/barryowen> Twitter, <http://www.facebook.com/barryo06> Facebook, <http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=15553654&trk=tab_pro> Linkedin WhyJoinParetoRealty.com <http://whyjoinparetorealty.com/> ParetoRealty.com <http://paretorealty.com/> BarryOwensBlog.com <http://barryowensblog.com/> On Sun, Nov 8, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Daniel Mezick via OSList <[email protected]> wrote: Someone I love said to me "Pffft. There's no such thing as open space." I added, "Hmm. So there is no such thing as open space? only closed space?......opened to varying degrees?" And she said "Yes. Yup. That's it." Hmm. No such thing as "100% open" space... I wonder about this. I also wonder if you might want to comment on this idea. Is the "no such thing as open space" idea heresy-in-fact? -- Daniel Mezick, President New Technology Solutions Inc. (203) 915 7248 <tel:%28203%29%20915%207248> (cell) Bio <http://newtechusa.net/dan-mezick/> . Blog <http://newtechusa.net/blog/> . Twitter <http://twitter.com/#%21/danmezick/> . Examine my new book: The Culture Game <http://newtechusa.net/about/the-culture-game-book/> : Tools for the Agile Manager. Explore Agile Team Training <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-training/> and Coaching. <http://newtechusa.net/services/agile-scrum-coaching/> Explore the Agile Boston <http://newtechusa.net/user-groups/ma/> Community. _______________________________________________ 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 Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] _______________________________________________ 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 Past archives can be viewed here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
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