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2015-11-15 23:57 GMT+02:00 Harrison Owen via OSList < [email protected]>: > 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 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 <http://%20www.openspaceworld.com> > > www.ho-image.com > > >
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