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New insights come because we are in the fray—in the between—and we get to see new sides of ourselves and others, and put them together in new combinations. We find ever we are more than we are. This seems magical because we so seldom look here—call it everyday magic.

Beyond there is the extraordinary magic of emergence, the third person, the creating which is only possible when we meet.

:- Doug.

A G*d who calls himself triune is telling us by this that the many are one.

:- Doug.

No! The job is not to get the word out! This is a siding. The job is to do the work. And sometimes the job is to be.

:- Doug.

It’s we who know the secret
—It’s only secret because
our others will not hear—
So we call to us & prophesy
If we go on this way, we surely die!
& no one hears
& no one wants to hear
The secret we all keep
So the secret’s safe with us
And not so safe for us
Still
It’s we who know the secret

:- Doug.

Let us have conversations to turn the world.

:- Doug.

Yet what is the hope? My hope? I hope people get together—now—every now—to create a larger world. An inclusive world. A world that hears and responds. A world that touches and is touched. A world that grows and responds and grows: loves.

:- Doug.

People who today are not in a place to open space may be tomorrow.

:- Doug.

A facilitator too involved
Does responsibility absolve

:- Doug.

Footprints in the Wind^sm # 827

We have the answering
The answering is a question
And a story, telling truth
And a hand opening wide as a heart

Please pass it on.

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Truth moves not
And love must

I’d rather be with
—And be—
Those who love
Than those who preach truth

:- Doug.

Nor time to retire
Nor time for technical work
It’s time to dream
It’s time to fly!

:- Doug.

When for another we share our voice, questions and stories become conversations. Listen-speak: course!

:- Doug.

The world is one big conversation
My life wants to be one big conversation
Because it is

:- Doug.

Look for ways to bring the larger world question to the people whom you meet today.

:- Doug.

What good do you see your gift doing?

:- Doug.

I’m here
To learn
To share
To invent
—A different way

:- Doug.

We are the ones
To show for all of us
The larger way
Just smile—
Frowns are unneeded
—Discover, share
It is a light response-ability
Keeping the world spinning aright
We are the ones

:- Doug.

It is about meeting, and seeking meeting, in as many moments as we can string on the necklace.

:- Doug.

Reaching out?
Open out!
Flower

:- Doug.

The magic is in the people
The more, the more—right here

:- Doug.

Open space is not empty
Instead fertile fecund bumpy
Inviting
We go to it not empty but overflowing
Seeking to give without control
Willing to receive without expecting
Expecting limits us & we are without limits

To live in open space is to
Invite
—help
—engagement
—meeting
Be invited
—to help
—to leave
Be inviting
Help before you’re invited
Let invitations come and go
& not count the difference

Live it before you know it
Live it to know it
Open space gently takes your hand
Splash some on your face and body
Listen—give voice—listen—live

:- Doug.

There is love to give, meeting to open.

:- Doug.

Hope is possibility.

:- Doug.