> On 10 Dec 2015, at 11:36, helene via OSList <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> thanks for all of this!
> we are trusting in unlimited love 
> so perhaps we don't like to get aware of our limits (= inner limits and/or OS 
> limits)
> 
> but indeed: if we invite very widely or even aim at "Trump-ists" and, for 
> instance, at a OS 50% of the participants happen to be,that sort of very new 
> participants, the spirit of OS perhaps have no chance to be really present, 
> so it will be no OS. So these persons wouldn't even imagine what is OS!
> But nobody can guess what proportion may give a critical mass in each 
> different circonstances, and it would be vain to try how to control that!!!
> 
> So i think we have but one way: let things happen, trying nothing, giving up 
> ends and means
> more and more people will progressively participate and feel the effects of 
> OS, relax their soul..."progressively" can be very fast! 
> 
> i mean, if it occurs that in an OS people have all the same points of vue, 
> the same kind of ideas and purposes, then it's clear that it's no more an OS; 
> if it works really, the range of participants will become wider and wider; so 
> i would say
> 
> a - it is most important to keep caring and loving feelings precisely towards 
> people who have agressiv, spiteful or scornful attitudes (perhaps very rich 
> and "powerful" persons get "bad" because nobody is praying for them nor 
> giving them true hugs), 
> 
> b - but let OS by itself achieve his mind; just pay attention to avoide any 
> restraining of, or diverting from OS: "do i / does everybody feel really free 
> to have any sort of ideas, to ask any sort of question, to propose any sort 
> of workshop? is there real freedom?
> 
> sorry for writing long AND in this awful english... 
> 
> Le 09/12/2015 20:54, Christine Whitney Sanchez via OSList a écrit :
>> I would pay for a plane ticket to witness this hug.  
>> 
>> Christine
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 12:27 PM, Jeff Aitken via OSList 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hey Daniel, I don't think Mr. Trump has any problem finding his breakout in 
>> the open space of the contemporary world. I find the issue exactly to be 
>> that he wishes to close off the space to others.
>> 
>> He's being a space invader. How do you handle a space invader? Maybe if we 
>> both gave him a big hug.
>> 
>> Jeff
>> 
>> On Dec 9, 2015 11:10 AM, "Daniel Mezick via OSList" 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 
>> wrote:
>> 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 
>> <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>https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14848338-talking-to-the-enemy
>>>  <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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> To: [email protected] <mailto:[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
>>> From: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
>>> 
>>> Wait. Is Donald Trump invited? His ideas? 
>>> 
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>>> Are those who have thus far repressed similar thoughts and feelings as 
>>> expressed by Trump...are they also invited?
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>>> 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.
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>>> VERY closed.
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>>> 
>>> Perhaps this dynamic is what causing Trump's various expressions to 
>>> resonate? Perhaps this dynamic is in fact energizing Trump's campaign?
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>>> 
>>> http://www.trans4mind.com/jamesharveystout/repress.htm 
>>> <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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