Dear oslist One of my dear friends has a disease and is preparing for the long journey of the funeral She is familiar with open space and has asked me to facilitate an opens pace for her funeral
I wounder how I should approach this and if this is perhaps a wonderful thing that I could offer as a part of the general funeral services. with love Kári On 9 December 2015 at 14:50, Lourdes Adriana Diaz-Berrio Doring via OSList < [email protected]> wrote: > Eleder: > Thank you for sharing this. > I had a similar experience when my step father passed away. We made a > circle and I asked the friends and family members who wanted to say > something related with José Luis Gonzalez it was very impressive and > moving and all listened to the person who had like a talking stick it was > inspired by my Open Space practice I loved to be able to listen to > different stories, we shared tears, we laughed and remembered many things > about this great person who lived 91 years learning and contributing in so > diferents ways to in our lives as relatives, friends... > > I felt like if he was there with us.... a live ! > Adriana > . > > 2015-12-09 7:24 GMT-06:00 Eleder_BuM via OSList < > [email protected]>: > >> Good morning, >> >> my mind comes back to a conversation invited by Pernilla last Wosonos in >> Krakow, in which she asked us, more or less: "*what everyday situations >> do you know in which the OS spirit is present?". *These days I realized >> *funerals >> can also be open space.* >> >> Last Sunday some friends of NY based scientartist Greg Rivera's met to >> celebrate having had him as a friend, some days after his unexpected dead >> (Nov 26th). Here you canenjoy some of his paintings >> <http://www.saatchiart.com/gregrivera>. >> >> He had been living in the Basque Country during the period 2007-2013 and >> made a big impression on and built close relationships with plenty of >> social innovators in the area (always a happy spirit, he coined terms suchs >> as “underground mayor” =UM...:). >> >> So, deep in pain and far in the distance, I wrote a message to a bunch of >> the ones that had related to him: >> >> *Hi, how are you? Next Sunday Dec6 (12:00) some friends of Greg´s will be >> meeting in Mundaka, near La Bañera (the house they used to live in) to >> celebrate the joy of having shared life with him. * >> >> >> >> *Feel free to bring something to eat and drink, as we plan to share >> lunchtime, after a walk around the village. We´ll be bringing, as well, any >> object, story, song, paint, idea,... that connects us with him and with >> each other.* >> >> >> >> *Please, forward the invitation to whoever that would like coming. * >> >> *Eleder 638733223* >> >> So, some days later, we met last Sunday (Dec 6th) on a beautiful field >> over the sea and shared some food and drinks around a table. >> >> The agenda was completely blank. There was nobody in charge and lots of >> passion on the clear issue: saying goodbye to the big friend. >> >> As we ate and drank, last people arrived and joined the small groups that >> formed and dissolved spontaneously now and again, people using their two >> feet. >> >> Then, some time near the end (the end time, I realized, was fixed by the >> amount of food and drink we served :) someone said he wanted to share a >> poem inspired on Greg's last days, reflecting on the relationship between >> life, dead and art. >> >> We listened standing in a circle the 20 folks of us. Then someone put the >> issue; *“would you like to share the story on how you met Greg?”*. >> People spoke from their heart and listened deeply,... >> >> Someone sang a verse following the long tradition os singing improvised >> verses. Then he proposed to get close one to the other, hugged in a closer >> circle now. Then he invited us: *“would you like to share the feature(s) >> of Greg you liked and would like to see expanding in the world?”. *A >> wise collective response emerged: playfulness, generosity, love, courage, >> artfulness, open mind, social awareness, being a “hub”, simplicity, >> peacefulness, humour, calmness,… >> >> We laughed, cried, chatted, projected, dreamed, hugged, loved (with) each >> other... >> >> When people left there was a deep agreement: this was great! >> >> Simple, comfortable, enriching, participative, self-managed, joyful, >> emotive,… >> >> And: it was for me very empowering and releasing to know that we >> ourselves could manage the mourning in such an elegant way, in a region and >> time where almost every funeral goes under a catholic tradition, completely >> in another way. >> >> Many of us were familiar with OS and familiar with what had just >> happened: this was great and simple. >> >> This was just life just open space. >> >> Cheers, >> >> @Eleder_BuM <https://twitter.com/Eleder_BuM> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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] >> > > > > -- > > Dra. Adriana Díaz-Berrio > Desarrollo de habilidades gerenciales : ver video > <http://recursoshumanos.tv/video/an/metodo-para-el-codesarrollo-de-talento> > (52) 044 442 1469511 (Cel.) > (52) 442 212 63 92 (Querétaro fijo) > (52) 55 13 28 19 12 (México DF) > www.codesarrollo-profesional.com > www.diazberrio.com > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > -- Kári Gunnarsson markþjálfi [email protected] https://www.facebook.com/heimsmynd (+354) 864 5189
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