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The Space of A, B and C
Introduction
Writing and placing a mission statement sets up a situation where there is an observer (the client at A below), the observed (the mission statement at B) and the space in between them both (C).
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The Space of A
When the observer chooses the place they want to sit or stand in respect to their mission statement, this place and the space around them becomes the ‘Space of A’, this space holds who they are and what they know at the beginning of the session.
Throughout the session, the client needs to be returned to this position occasionally, because that is the position that defines the edge of their world, the problem boundary. They also need to go back to that position to end the session because when they are in a different position they may be in the state of mind where they are at a different age. Returning to the space of A will ensure they are in their right mental state, as a whole person.
The Spaces of B and C
The mission statement and the space around it is the ‘Space of B’ and the boundary of the space in between is the ‘Space of C’, the figure below shows this.
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Asking Questions of the Spaces
The facilitator can ask questions of the person (A), the mission statement (B) and even of the space in between (C), in the belief that space can hold information as well as the person or mission statement.
The questions are not limited to only what the observer knows; information is valuable no matter where it comes from. If questions are only ever asked of the observer, there will be very interesting and useful information missed.