ho-
you nailed it!
"something to do during this Transformative Moment" = Open some Space
Elwin
From: Harrison Owen via OSList <[email protected]>
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Subject: [OSList] Opening space when borders are closing
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div.yiv4197264890WordSection1 {}-->The events in Paris have caught our
attention. However, with deepest respect and sympathy for my Parisian friends
(Christine in particular), the simple truth is that the human toll (127 and
counting) is only the daily score in many troubled spots of the world. You can
name them as well as I. And Mr Holland, President of France, declaring, “This
is an act of War,” and “promising” retaliation of whatever sort -- is quite
understandable. Of course he also (according to the American Press) closed the
borders. Again understandable, but curious.... especially when it appears that
some substantial portion of the combatants (enemy) are French. Somehow the
enemy is us.... This is not your grandfather’s war. Or Something. Any human
being who claims to understand what is going on, and feels competent to
prescribe the specific solution (close the borders, open the borders, ban the
immigrants, welcome the immigrants, shoot them all, whatever) is, in my humble
judgment, quite mad. I, however, will venture one affirmative (positive)
statement. We (That’s all 7 ½ Billion of us) are in a Transformative Moment.
How long it will last, and what the end result will be, I don’t have a clue.
But I do believe that it will take all 7 ½ billion of us, working together, to
solve the issues at hand. Tall order, to be sure. Then again, we have had some
several hundred thousand years’ practice. And to date – despite all odds –
we’re still here. And the magic sauce? I do know some things it’s (special
sauce) NOT: a special program, ideology, methodology, tool, technique,
intervention, practice, discipline... It is.... something that has been around
a lot longer, much more basic and fundamental. You guessed it. Self
Organization. We did not invent it. Certainly didn’t create it. But we can
help, I do believe. Open Space wherever, whenever, however, with whom-so-ever
as often as you can. If nothing else, it will give you something to do during
this Transformative Moment. Harrison Winter Address7808 River Falls
DrivePotomac, MD 20854301-365-2093 Summer Address189 Beaucaire Ave.Camden, ME
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