Conversations For Transformation: Essays Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard
Conversations For Transformation
Essays By Laurence Platt
Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard
And More
I Don't Have To Say "In A Glass"
Cowboy Cottage
, East Napa, California, USA
January 23, 2017
"
Transformation
is
being
in a
conversation for transformation
. When you are no longer in a
conversation for transformation
, you are no longer
transformed
."
...
I am indebted to John Taylor who inspired this conversation.
W
erner
E
rhard's seminal "
Transformation is being in a conversation for transformation; when you are no longer in a conversation for transformation, you are no longer transformed
" which anchors ie which grounds this
essay
, fortunately requires no explanation. I say "fortunately" because in my elementary experience of
how
this all
works
, explaining this sort of thing, while it may appear to be a
way
of doing some good and extracting value, ultimately proves to diminish value.
The truth
explained, it would seem,
simply
isn't
the truth
anymore. So I'm not going to venture an explanation for it. And fortunately it's not necessary to explain it, since it's fully
get
able anyway. I am, however, going to suggest an
emphasis
for
listening
it which may not be apparent upon hearing it for the first
time
, which will be useful.
Try this on for size: read
the quote
ie
listen
it while emphasizing the first "
conversation for transformation
". Now read it
again
, and this
time
listen
it while emphasizing "
being
". The latter ensures to be
transformed
ie to be in a
conversation for transformation
, you have to bring
who you really are
to bear on whatever you're
speaking
ie you have to be
present
to it. With the former, there's room to have a
conversation
about
transformation
without
being
present
to it. And a
conversation
about
transformation
when you're not
being
present
to it,
devolves
quickly into a debate about
transformation
, into an argument, an
opinion
slugfest
. Having a
conversation
about
transformation
, isn't the same as
being
in a
conversation for transformation
. In other
words
, having a
conversation
about
transformation
,
isn't
transformation
.
I'm like a sponge. If I'm good at one thing, it's
being
coachable
. What I've put together in this
internet
series of essays
, except for its presentation, delivery, and style, can hardly be called
original
work
. Almost all the ideas I
present
in the
body of work on this website
, aren't mine. They're
Werner
's. And those which are mine, have in most cases first been run by my
coaches
,
trainers
, and
committed
listeners
who've let me know what I'm
really
saying (we all know by now that whatever
the voice in our head
is saying when we read our own
writing
, isn't what we're
really
saying). There are many,
many
people who are vastly more skilled and adept at this, who have
mastered
and delivered this material than I'll ever aspire to be. I don't do what they do. What I
personally
provide is I bring
who I really am
to this
internet
series of essays
. When I do that, they're assured a certain authority,
authenticity
, acceptability, and accuracy. That's the "
being
" in these
Conversations For Transformation
.
So when I
write
these
Conversations For Transformation
, I'm
freed
(at least to some degree) from having to articulate each and every nuance, each and every subtlety, each and every syntactic trait of
transformation
in order to
communicate
transformation
. Make no mistake: accuracy is vital. That said, the thing to bear in
mind
is a
conversation for transformation
is only secondarily an opportunity for debating
the
way
(if you will) to
transformation
. Primarily it's an opportunity for
simply
being
. My
intention
is to
get
Conversations For Transformation
out of the realm of debate ie out of the realm of "talking
about"
, and squarely into the realm of
being
.
This
is the realm in which
Conversations For Transformation
work
. This is the realm in which
transformation
is
communicated
. This is the realm in which people
get it
. Really.
Now, exactly
how
people
get
transformation
from
these essays
(or better, from
Werner
or from any other
source
for that matter)? is something of a fabulous
mystery
- indeed it's something of a
miracle
. I actually need to say very little about
transformation
for you to
get it
, as long as we're
being
in a
conversation for transformation
together. And if we're
being
in a
conversation for transformation
together, you
get it
anyway without requiring each and every
word
, nuance, subtlety, and syntactic trait of
transformation
to be
present
, in place, and correct. That's the
magic
of the quality of
communication
in a
conversation for transformation
ie that's the
magic
of
being
: you
get it
anyway, and the
how
simply
doesn't matter.
Listen
, if I ask you for some
water
, I don't have to say "in a glass": you
get it
anyway, yes? Like that.
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