This essay,
Tell Me Something About Nothing,
is the second in the fourth trilogy
Questions For A Friend:
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| 1) |
My overriding concern speaking these
Conversations For
Transformation
publicly and internationally via the internet is this: they must
work
for you. To be sure, they must
work
for you and they must
work
for me, and clearly they already
work
for me - I wouldn't be doing this if they didn't
work
for me. But
working
for me isn't an adequate yardstick to apply here. They must
work
for you too.
First question: "I'm writing inspired by you, sharing you, and I love writing inspired by you, sharing you - giving everything, putting it all at stake, expecting nothing. Does this serve you?" |
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| 2) |
From that fateful
moment out of time
on the
Golden Gate Bridge
thirty nine years ago (I don't want to add significance to it, but
in the truest sense of the word, it was a "fateful"
moment) until now, the expansion of
transformation
in the world has been unstoppable. I've seen some barriers,
interruptions, and distractions come and go during this time. But
each of those barriers, interruptions, and distractions have only
served to provoke a prolonged inquiry into the value of
your work
from which has emerged a deeper appreciation than I had before.
I owe a debt of gratitude to those barriers, interruptions, and distractions because without them, I wouldn't have as deep an appreciation of your work as I have today. Second question: "Today around the world your work thrives, expands, and is more widely acknowledged now than it's ever been. Thirty nine years ago, did you know it would be like this?" |
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| 3) |
I'm open minded. I've got space for people. Really I
do. There's one way people just being people, disappoint me. It
runs counter to my intention to create space for people to be the
way they are and the way they aren't so they can change if they
want to and they don't have to. When it happens it's borderline
not alright with me. When it happens I
make it alright ... but I'm disappointed.
Third question: "I'm disappointed when people don't get transformation shared ie when they don't register in the possibility of your work. What's the best way to listen 'No'?" |
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| 4) |
Going back for a moment to that fateful
moment out of time
on the
Golden Gate Bridge
thirty nine years ago: we know something happened
which for all intents and purposes was the emergence of the first
really useful access to
transformation
on
the planet.
And I get from speaking with you about it that it just
happened - there wasn't much of you in it
doing anything. By the same token, there you were on
the
Golden Gate Bridge
at the exact moment when
"IT"
showed up
ie when
"IT"
happened to you. And many things, in one way or
another, led you to being there on the
Golden Gate Bridge
in exactly that space at exactly that time.
Fourth question: "If you narrowed it down to one thing, to what do you attribute your own transformation?" |
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| 5) |
I don't carry others' greetings to you. That's not because I don't
want to. I wish I could. If I did, there'd be so many we wouldn't
get anything done for a week just going over them one by one giving
each the dignity it merits.
I make it work by communicating "Everyone loves you!", an all inclusive statement which carries everyone's greetings as one so you can get everyone's greetings all at once. Continuing with this theme of one communication all inclusive of everyone, we could have an event, one event, one big event for you to be with everyone again all at once all inclusively. Fifth question: "It would make a heartfelt difference for millions of people who love you, to be with you again especially in the United States at a big arena event. How realistic is this expectation?" |
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| 6) |
When you started, you said
"Transformation is the
space in which the event
'transformation' occurs.".
That's exactly ten words. It speaks to me. Man! It
really speaks to me. It's terse and brilliant. But
then again, I'm listening from having participated in
your work
for nearly forty years. So that makes me the choir
this quote preaches to - so to speak. It may not be a useful quote
for people who don't yet know
your work.
Sixth question: "How would you answer people who don't yet know your work who ask what living Life transformed is in ten words or less?" |
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| 7) |
There's a dilemma I find myself in from time to time. You could
call it a
Zen
dilemma because sometimes I'm in it and sometimes I'm not.
I never fully resolve it by myself. It comes. It goes. By itself.
It's this: if everything is
OK the way it is
and OK the way it isn't, then "making a difference" is
an oxymoron.
Seventh question: I say things are OK the way they are. I also say given what's wanted and needed (and possible) in the world, I can't register enough people fast enough. What's your view of this apparent anomaly" |
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| 8) |
There's no lead-in or introduction to this one. It is what it is.
Eighth question: "You've said sadness doesn't work because it's supposed to cure being sad but it doesn't. How do I disappear sadness?" |
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| 9) |
There's an implicit love I share with my immediate family, the
people I'm biologically related to. It doesn't matter
what they do or say. They can do anything. They can say anything.
The love is always there. So it's natural for me to want to share
transformation
with them. Yet as strong as their love for me is, their
resistance
to me is stronger. There's a barrier I've only occasionally
overcome. Some of them have asked me not to share with
them. They want the old, implicit family relationship, and
that's all they want. For me it's a breach of
integrity to continue with them like that. And yet they're my
family.
Ninth question: "I'm very successful sharing transformation publicly but only moderately successful sharing it with my family. Why is sharing transformation with my family harder than sharing it publicly?" |
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| 10) |
Imitation, it's said, is the sincerest form of flattery.
When the language of transformation and possibility is jargonized, when it's absorbed into the popular vernacular, it indicates it's been taken on by the culture. In this way, there's evidence of a powerful conversation conducted by a committed few reaching in waves all around the world. Yet looking at Mastercard and Infiniti marketing and advertising for evidence of the language of transformation and possibility directly impacting the way we speak, isn't a powerful example of the presence of transformation on the planet. Tenth question: "Where do you look for evidence transformation is alive and working in the world?" |
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