Regarding ‘integration’ attempts on ‘four laws of the Spirit’ and ‘OST principles’, i don’t think it’s a helpful exercise. The two things are very different linguistic constructions. The former is a proposal on ‘how to show up’. It’s an example of what might be called ‘wisdom tradition’. The OST principles are a proposal of ontological reality (what ‘is’ rather than what we ‘do’). The principles describe a reality in which we exist - descriptors of the reality of a self organising cosmos and a description of how we see that in an OST meeting. So i suggest not trying to conflate, align or integrate them. Each does a different kind of ‘work’ Michael Wood www.openspacecoachingandfacilitation.com Ph. +61 435 065326 > On 5 Oct 2026, at 6:08 am, everyone-request@oslist.org wrote: > > Send OSList mailing list submissions to > everyone@oslist.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or > body 'help' to > everyone-request@oslist.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > everyone-owner@oslist.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..."Today's Topics: > > 1. Fw: Re: Re: The OST principles go mainstream (Koos de Heer) > <mime-attachment> > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org

Thank you for the useful distinctions Michael. > On Oct 4, 2026, at 2:58 PM, Michael Wood via OSList <everyone@oslist.org> wrote: > > Regarding ‘integration’ attempts on ‘four laws of the Spirit’ and ‘OST principles’, i don’t think it’s a helpful exercise. > > The two things are very different linguistic constructions. The former is a proposal on ‘how to show up’. It’s an example of what might be called ‘wisdom tradition’. The OST principles are a proposal of ontological reality (what ‘is’ rather than what we ‘do’). The principles describe a reality in which we exist - descriptors of the reality of a self organising cosmos and a description of how we see that in an OST meeting. > > So i suggest not trying to conflate, align or integrate them. Each does a different kind of ‘work’ > > > Michael Wood > www.openspacecoachingandfacilitation.com > Ph. +61 435 065326 > >> On 5 Oct 2026, at 6:08 am, everyone-request@oslist.org wrote: >> >> Send OSList mailing list submissions to >> everyone@oslist.org >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via email, send a message with subject or >> body 'help' to >> everyone-request@oslist.org >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> everyone-owner@oslist.org >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of OSList digest..."Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Fw: Re: Re: The OST principles go mainstream (Koos de Heer) >> <mime-attachment> >> OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org >> See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org > OSList mailing list -- everyone@oslist.org > To unsubscribe send an email to everyone-leave@oslist.org > See the archives here: https://oslist.org/empathy/list/everyone.oslist.org