Sitting the Question is a wonderful approach, I've found. No rushing off to find the "answer" -- but just relish the question. Odd sounding, I guess, but my experience has been that if you sit the question, all those "answers" you first came up with look pretty trivial. And to cover another base -- One way of describing what "holding space" might be is that we are "sitting the question" for the whole crowd.
And oh... by the way, I guess a degree of senility helps. ho 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 www.ho-image.com OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of OSLIST Go to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org -----Original Message----- From: OSList [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael M Pannwitz via OSList Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2016 9:33 AM To: Harrison Owen; World wide Open Space Technology email list Subject: Re: [OSList] New Years Questions Dear HO, I am asking a question intrigued by "sitting". How come I tend to find answers to my questions when those asked by me just sit there and kind of look remote or something? cheers mmp On 07.01.2016 15:02, Harrison Owen via OSList wrote: > Bhavesh... I'm sure culture has something to do with the way we > handle, appreciate questions. But at the end of the day, I suspect it > has more to do with maturity (some might say antiquity) than culture. > In West Africa, the Elders' job is to ponder the question. And more > often than not, their "answer" is another question. Buddhism, in > various forms seems to find real meaning in "sitting" the question. > Old and/or mature folks seem to do it "best." Or something. > > ho > > 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 <%20www.openspaceworld.com> > > www.ho-image.com > > OSLIST To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the > archives of OSLIST Go > to:http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.or > g > > *From:*OSList [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Bhavesh Patel via OSList > *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2016 6:15 AM > *To:* Harold Shinsato; World wide Open Space Technology email list > *Subject:* Re: [OSList] New Years Questions > > Hey Harold and World, > > Merry Orthodox Christmas from Moldova where it has been snowing all day!!! > > Your question triggered a different kind of questionING in me. > Personally I find questions/inquiry and Rilke's 'Live the questions now' > approach very useful. > > *However my increasing sensitivity to culture makes me wonder whether > this approach works for everybody, or whether it is a cultural thing, > fitting more an inquiring Western culture? Sometimes do we > overemphasise this approach, use it in a kind of universal way?* > > I have my own answers/experiences to the above questions but of course > won't share them because you asked for questions! > > Smiles Bhav... > > p.s. Harold, we met at the WOSonOS in London and talked a bit about > complexity and Cynefin... > > On 2 January 2016 at 23:58, Harold Shinsato via OSList > <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > Beloved Open Space Community! > > Instead of sharing New Years Resolutions (which never seemed to have > worked for me), would you share your New Years Questions? In other > words, what are the most alive and juicy questions and inquiries you > might ask the Universe in 2016? > > As a part of this invitation, I'm specifically *not* asking for > answers, nor would it be appropriate for me or others to answer any of > these questions in this thread. If you want to ask a question and get > an answer - feel free to start another thread. > > "Judge a /man/ by his /questions/ rather than his answers." - Voltaire > > Thanks! > Harold > > -- > Harold Shinsato > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> http://shinsato.com > twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush> > > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > <mailto:[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] > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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] > -- Michael M Pannwitz Draisweg 1, 12209 Berlin, Germany ++49 - 30-772 8000 Check out the Open Space World Map presently showing 402 resident Open Space Workers in 67 countries working in a total of 143 countries worldwide: www.openspaceworldmap.org _______________________________________________ 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] _______________________________________________ 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]
