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Listen: what if transformation really were simple? What if this great possibility we human beings have been approaching, reaching out for, backing away from, then approaching again through the millennia, really were simple? But if I said it's simple, don't we all know that would be too good to be true? Now everyone knows (and there's that expression again) that if something's too good to be true, then it's probably neither. So now consider this: it's what we know that gets in our way of being transformed.
To develop this idea ie to follow it through, assume the access to transformation were indeed simple. The question to ask then is: what's the simplest aspect of our lives? Whatever (or where-ever) that is, there's a good chance transformation would be discovered there. Well ... the simplest aspect of our lives I say, is our being, yes? We be. We are. Period. And that's where transformation shows up: in our being - beyond knowing, beyond language. More trouble: for the most part, what's too simple for us smart rats to even begin considering, is there's something of great value to be discovered in being.
Anyone participating ongoingly in the work of transformation will attest to having to give their complete attention, and get down to work. Transformation, as has been said many times, is simple. But nobody has ever said it was easy. While unlike anything else you've ever experienced which has a powerfully innate, natural attraction, it's no walk in the park. This is not entertainment. Participating in the work of transformation requires a certain commitment, a bringing yourself to bear. The processes themselves can be arduous. The conversations aren't your run of the mill office water cooler banter. It's all in the languaging. But here's the thing: the languaging of transformation is only secondary. Primarily as languaging, it calls for the speaker to step up ie it calls for the language-er (that's you) to come forth ... and be present.