Come, be heard
Come, be heard
:- Doug.
Spontaneous the day
Throw yourself all in
On a heart-thorn
:- Doug.
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to stand in the other’s open presence
To stand in the other’s open presence
Is the same as
To open your vulnerable self
:- Doug.
looking for the magic word, again
I think I was looking for the magic word, again. Get to the meat.
:- Doug.
What can we do?
What is the best we could hope here?
What can we do towards that?
What is the most human, the most loving thing, here?
:- Doug.
Not so in your face
No I do not want to be so in your face: I’d much rather be in your soul.
:- Doug.
You know what is beautiful and good and true
You know what is beautiful and good and true here. Can you figure out what this is? Do the thing your essence tells you to do.
:- Doug.
the best that should happen now?
What is the best that should happen now? Why don’t you see to it?
:- Doug.
You know is best
Do the thing
You know is best
The best of your self
Beyond mere excellence
That which is worth a life
:- Doug.
Butterfly wings bright
Butterfly wings bright
Dust comes off if you touch then
No more can you fly
:- Doug.
standing, moving, same thing
Thou and Thou
spin round and round one another
in this medium, spirit
in the unvocal
word before the words
standing, moving, same thing
silence, presence, same thing
:- Doug.
Ravel, for the un-
Spirit is the between
in which we stand
and meet
Ravel, for the un-
is the human melancholy
:- Doug.
cannot institutionalize love
We cannot institutionalize love, for institution turns away from relation to It, and love turns toward relation with a single Thou: contrary directions. Institution is necessary to progress and live. But she who is without a Thou is not human.
:- Doug.
experts in this particular community
What if we were to bring together 20 or 30 world class experts, experts in this particular community, and have them turn us in the best direction they can work out together? That is Open Space.
:- Doug.
three classical professions
Lawyer is one of the three classical between professions: this person goes between human and humanity.
:- Doug.
