It's a simple fact of happenstance: before there were
trainings,
before there were courses, before there were
seminars,
before there were symposia, before there were
worldwide
enterprises
committed
to making
the work
of
transformation
available in any number of cities and countries in many languages,
the way you got it was by being around
Werner.
If you say that's contentious, I want you to know I hear you. And
I'm completely fine saying it that way. I have no problem
acknowledging it's authenticity - which is to say I've taken no
issue with it, no quarrel with it. Here's why:
You could argue the theory of relativity isn't the
property of any one particular person. I happen to agree with you.
But until Professor Albert Einstein isolated and made its
distinctions available for humanity, relativity wasn't accessible
through
language
to anyone. You could just as well argue the force of
gravity
isn't the property of any one particular person. I would also agree
with you. But until Sir Isaac Newton isolated and made its
distinctions available for humanity,
gravity
wasn't accessible
through language
to anyone. And "accessible
through
language"
is the essence.
Similarly you could argue
transformation
isn't the property of any one particular person. I would agree with
you on this score too. But until
Werner Erhard
isolated and made its distinctions available for humanity,
transformation
wasn't accessible
through language
to anyone. And that's how it is for us folks here on
Planet Earth,
yes? It's people who bring forth new ideas.
The design for the hip-shaped Coca Cola bottle didn't
just fall out of the sky. Having said that, when I asked
Werner
"Who is the
source
of
transformation?
In particular, who is the
source
of this
transformation
in my life? Is it you?", he answered me "No, it's you. You have
this
transformation
because you
created
it. That's all.".
It's true. I
created
this. There's no doubt about that whatsoever. But here's the thing:
what's appropriate for me personally to give back is "Yes I
created
this ... and you
created the space
for me to
create
it.". You see, I for one am 1,000% totally OK with acknowledging
source.
And no, I'm not coerced to. Nobody is. It's not expected. But for
me,
transforming
my life and Life itself, and acknowledging
source
are like the front and the back of my hand: they're inseparable.
This relationship, this
dance
with
transformation
and acknowledgement makes for profound love, for
intimate friendship,
for (I say)
privilege.
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