Werner
Erhard's
intentionally broad assertion "Nothing's wrong" could be
contextualized
in so many ways. Here in this essay, it's my intention to flesh out two
of the pertinent ways "Nothing's wrong" pertains to
these Conversations For Transformation
essays
(to any conversations for transformation, actually).
When
Werneroriginally
touted "Nothing's wrong" like a possibility, it was not as a
mistaken judgement of what's going on in the world. "Oh come on, there
is
(something wrong)!"
is the oft flustered, indignant challenge to "Nothing's wrong",
followed by a
finger-wagging
list comprising
hunger,
climate change,
plastics
pollution, war,
financial integrity (ie
the lack thereof)
etc etc ... you know, the usual gang of suspects of what's going on
that is wrong in the world.
Even if
Werner's
"Nothing's wrong" were a mistaken judgement of what's going on that's
wrong in the world, we all know well by now that we could
make a difference,
a
big
difference in whatever's going on that we've deemed to be wrong. We
could feed everyone (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we
could fix climate change (we now know we can, we just have to do it),
we could clean up
plastics
pollution (we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could end war
(we now know we can, we just have to do it), we could
instate financial
integrity
etc etc (we now know we can, we just have to do it).
First off, that's really only an interim possibility of "Nothing's
wrong" (ie when it's deemed to be a mistaken judgement of what's going
on that's wrong in the world). "Oh come on, there is
(something wrong)!"
the skeptics say, rolling their eyes at this mistaken judgement that
"Nothing's wrong!". But there's more.
Second off, it's that the ultimate possibility of "Nothing's wrong" is
it's
a place to stand,
not a judgement (mistaken, or otherwise). It's a possibility to try on,
a space to come
from
(if you will), a context in which things are exactly the way they are
and aren't the way they aren't. When things are exactly the way
they are and aren't the way they aren't, they're
perfect.
It's in this way that things are
perfect,
that "Nothing's wrong" (and stop lying about it). In
this way that things are
perfect,
"Nothing's wrong" encompasses ... well, everything
(look: everything is exactly the way it is, and it isn't the way it
isn't, is it not?).
There's something profound that's revealed about both "Nothing's wrong"
when it's deemed to be a mistaken judgement, as well as when it's
encompassing everything - which is this: it's only when we
stand in
/ come from "Nothing's wrong" like a space ie like a context which
encompasses everything, that we're really empowered to
make a difference
in the areas where "Nothing's wrong" is deemed to be a mistaken
judgement. Especially regarding "Nothing's wrong" encompassing
everything, what's true is nothing was ever wrong in the world in
the first place. What's true is nothing was wrong when
Werner started this work in
1971,
just as now in 2023 it's true that nothing's wrong still
(that's "Nothing's wrong" like a space ie like a context which
encompasses everything).
Gee! I hope you get that: nothing's wrong, things are
perfect.
It's the truth, a truth that isn't temporary, doesn't belong to any one
era, and is never out of fashion. When "Nothing's wrong" is a context,
something
profound
and
wonderful
becomes possible (even if it's a mistaken judgement, it's a call to
action).