Are we to invite only those who are inviting? /Only/ those who are lovely?
If we invite the uninviting and love the unlovely, the rest is up to them.
Is it not?
Isn't that how opening space actually goes?
Daniel
PS See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performative_contradiction
On 12/9/15 1:30 PM, Jan Höglund via OSList wrote:
Well, who does Donal Trump invite? Not Muslims obviously.
I just read "Talking to the Enemy" by Scott Atran
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14848338-talking-to-the-enemy
Yes, it's about opening space...
I'll write a book review some day.
/Jan
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To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 09:49:23 -0500
Subject: Re: [OSList] Open Space wherever, however, whenever, with
whomever as often as you can
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Wait. Is Donald Trump invited? His ideas?
Are those who have thus far repressed similar thoughts and feelings as
expressed by Trump...are they also invited?
Because: if he is not, if they are not, if those ideas are not, then:
the space that is purportedly open is in fact closed.
VERY closed.
Perhaps this dynamic is what causing Trump's various expressions to
resonate? Perhaps this dynamic is in fact energizing Trump's campaign?
http://www.trans4mind.com/jamesharveystout/repress.htm
Repression. It is similar to suppression in that a thought or feeling
or emotion is not expressed -- but in repression, we deny that the
element even exists.
On 12/8/15 7:48 AM, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote:
“Donald Trump calls for ‘total’ ban on Muslims entering United
States”
(Washington Post 12/8/15)
Donald Trump has said what some people here in the USA (and
elsewhere in the world) have also been saying and feeling. These
are the words of fear. Unfortunately they are also the words of a
demagogue, seeking to play upon the fears of others. That there is
danger is clear, but an infinitely greater danger is that we
sacrifice our essential humanity to our fear. Sealing our borders,
closing our doors and windows... we close our space. And while it
may appear safer, that is an allusion. Life cannot be lived
without space to live in. We are no exception.
Recently we have been celebrating the warmth and depth of this
global community. It is a wonder. But the beauty of this community
is not an inherent gift, I believe. Rather it is the reflection of
what we do. Opening Space. Opening space is not magic. We did not
invent it. It is not even complicated. At root level it is simply
inviting people to be fully who and what they are, to greet each
other and to enjoy the space. We can do it. We can invite others
to do it. And now is the time.
Harrison
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