In this essay I'm showcasing a video of
Werner
speaking: he's acknowledging his audience after discussing
Robyn Symon's
tour de force
"Transformation:
The Life and Legacy of Werner Erhard"
with Jonathan Moreno at the
University of Pennsylvania's Bioethics Film Festival. And even if
you weren't there, you'll get he's acknowledging you unabashedly
and personally. That's authenticity: when someone can acknowledge
you in such a way that you'll get it ... even if you weren't
there.
Where would you have to be
coming
from
to create "There's Life happening where you are, and that's very
moving
for me" authentically? Moreover, who would you have to be
being to deliver "There's Life happening where you
are, and that's very
moving
for me" authentically? Or better, what would you have to be
standing
for
to distinguish "There's Life happening where you are, and that's
very
moving
for me" authentically? It's a discovery that's disconcerting,
mesmerizing, riveting.
Maybe one answer to all of the above is "a
relentless,
unerring fountainhead of love, commitment, creation, completion,
and empowerment",
the experience of being
around which
is one of living transformed like a possibility. And that's
not living "transformed" like in some hiply esoteric concept.
What it is, even more than merely being transformed, is being
transformed in magical ways that can be applied pragmatically and
pointedly to the
real-world
concerns that matter to all of us. For example, before I met
Werner
I had it that what didn't work in my life didn't work because of
what
my parents
did (or didn't do ie neglected to do) and what worked in my life
was all my own doing.
Being around Werner
I got I'm responsible for what doesn't work in my life, and
my parents
get all the kudos for what works. That's about as
real-world
transformed (and about as
impactful
on
real-world
concerns) as you can get.
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