Sitting the question is the very heart of active listening, and certainly the way to practice it. ge
Office: Via A. Volta 6 - 20121 Milano – Italy Phone: +39 3293281343 - Fax: +39 02 87151318 - Skype: gerardodeluz *[email protected] <[email protected]>* - *www.loci.it <http://www.loci.it> * <http://www.scuolafacilitazione.it> *Certified Professional Facilitator* *Please consider the environment before deciding to print this e-mail* This e-mail (and any attachment(s)) is strictly confidential and for use only by intended recipient(s). If you are not an intended recipient(s), please notify it via e-mail at [email protected] <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/1/blocked::mailto:[email protected]> promptly 2016-01-07 17:27 GMT+01:00 Harrison Owen via OSList < [email protected]>: > 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] >
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