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Conversations For Transformation

Essays By Laurence Platt

Inspired By The Ideas Of Werner Erhard

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The body of work on this website is the expression of my acknowledgement of Werner Erhard who introduced me to transformation.

Photography by James Wilson - © Woodfin Camp, Time and Life Pictures, Getty Images - January 1, 1979
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This collection of my essays shouldn't be construed simply as a compendium of my writing, observations, and commentaries. In fact, if that's how they do play to you, then I would have failed in my intention to make them available.

Rather, what I have in mind is to engage with you in conversations for transformation such that in the reading of each one, you have an experience of a way of being transformed just by allowing their words to ripple through the oceans of your listening. My intention is to leave you with an experience of transformation rather than to merely impart new information.

Ever since I was born I've been aware my true nature is transformation. When I met Werner Erhard in 1978, his friendship and education enabled me to eventually marshal my language to express this transformation in my day to day conversations and inspired me to write some of them down.

I've also engaged in the discipline of writing computer software since 1970.

The intersection of these two enduring platforms of my life has resulted in this internet series of essays:
  1. Keeping Your Word Means Making Happen What You Said Is Going To Happen
  2. Commitment And The Willingness To Have It All Work Out For Everyone
  3. Keeping Your Word Is A Black And White Issue
  4. Packing My Own Parachute
  5. Fear
  6. Commitment Creates The Space For Keeping Your Word To Happen
  7. Skydiving
  8. Workability
  9. Participation
  10. BREAKTHROUGH SKYDIVING
  11. Mirror Work
  12. Showing Up
  13. Look Who's Laughing Now ...
  14. Communication
  15. Power And Completion
  16. Who I Am
  17. 2001 - A Week Before
  18. We Are The Word
  19. The Final Frontier: "Why?"
  20. The Heart Of Werner's Work
  21. The Lightning Bolt
  22. Sailing
  23. Can You Get It And Keep It Forever?
  24. Sleep After Transformation
  25. September 11, 2001
  26. Transformation
  27. What Happened As Distinct From The Story About What Happened
  28. Sleep After Transformation II
  29. Being Upset: This Side Of A Breakthrough
  30. Nothing
  31. The Value In Afghanistan
  32. 2001 - One Year Later
  33. Last Word
  34. 100%: A New Paradigm For Relationship
  35. It Doesn't Mean Anything!
  36. Imagine
  37. Who Are You As Family? Or: Is Your Word Your Bond?
  38. Nelson Mandela And Transformation
  39. The Storyless You
  40. Transformation And The New Nuclear Threat
  41. Getting Over The Block To Sharing Over Which You Will Never Get
  42. You Are A Machine
  43. The Fundamental Inauthenticities In My Life: The Possibility Of Being Charismatic
  44. The Way Of Transformation
  45. Distinguishing Definition? Or Defining Distinction?
  46. Transformation And Medication
  47. A Rose By Any Other Name
  48. Blueprint For Success
  49. Do Not Believe Anything You Hear In Here
  50. The Cult Of Transformation?
  51. There Is Nothing To Get And There Is Nothing To Fix
  52. September 11, 2001 - One Year Later
  53. Nothing But The Truth
  54. A Revolutionary Notion: Accessing Possibility From Complaint
  55. If I Am Perfect Just The Way I Am Then Why Do I Not Feel Great?
  56. I Speak Therefore I Am
  57. Sleep After Transformation III
  58. Sheikh Noorul Mubeen
  59. Alexandra
  60. Laurence Platt Autobiography
  61. The Original Jeffrey's Bay
  62. The Myth That Life Is ... Er ... Hard
  63. The Humanitarian Of The Year
  64. Tyranny Of The Mind
  65. High Class Zen
  66. Vast
  67. Getting It - The Big "IT"
  68. Runaway Train
  69. Big Enrollment
  70. The Passion Of The Transformation
  71. Money And Us
  72. If That's What You Got
  73. The Whole Truth
  74. Not Writing: Koans In The Key Of B-Major
  75. Snake
  76. Zen And Werner's Work
  77. Chess
  78. No Greater Love
  79. Nepenthe
  80. Hello Henry Miller
  81. Fahrenheit In A Celsius World
  82. Poet Laureate
  83. Essays - One Year Later: Critical Mass
  84. It's OK The Way It Is
  85. People Make Up The Darndest Things
  86. Context Is Decisive
  87. Conversations For Transformation
  88. False Bottom
  89. Vindication
  90. Source
  91. What Happened Is Not A Problem
  92. The Friends Of The Landmark Forum In South Africa
  93. Transformed Friendship
  94. But And And
  95. Speaking Of Freedom
  96. Lighten Up!
  97. Joshua Is Doing Nothing
  98. A Paradigm For Nothing
  99. Nothing We Can Achieve
  100. The Transformation Of China
  101. Fight, Flee, Or Face Up (The Train Is In The Station)
  102. In The Face Of Commitment
  103. Where The Rubber Meets The Road
  104. A Man In The Crowd
  105. Blue Screen And The Prism: A Composition In Two Movements
  106. Seeing Is Not Believing (Seeing Is Seeing And Believing Is Believing)
  107. Personal Business
  108. Listen To The Children
  109. Anticipation: Accounting For An American Love Affair
  110. Being There
  111. Dog Days
  112. Stepping Down
  113. Second First Impression
  114. Do Artists Retire?
  115. Presence Of Love
  116. Essays - Two Years Later: Glass Walled Studio
  117. What's Next?
  118. Dynamite Next To A Naked Flame
  119. On Fake Picassos
  120. Ego
  121. Getting Better
  122. Vintage Erhard
  123. Eye Of The Storm
  124. Impostors All
  125. Used By The Truth
  126. Watching The Wall
  127. Empty And Marvelous
  128. Simple Things
  129. End Of An Era
  130. Real Men Cry
  131. Something's Wrong
  132. A Different Set Of Rules
  133. Holiday Service
  134. Woman Of A Thousand Faces
  135. Flood!
  136. On Having No Past
  137. What Got Me
  138. Mindblower
  139. Voice? What Voice?
  140. Gravity
  141. I Am Love With You
  142. Stellenberg Avenue
  143. Commitment To Self
  144. Disengagement
  145. Eye Of The Needle
  146. Black Brick
  147. Wet Water
  148. On Saying Nothing
  149. Gaping Holes
  150. Big Land Big Sky
  151. Nametag - A True Story
  152. Standing In The River
  153. Constituted In Language
  154. What's So
  155. The Bluff
  156. Mandala
  157. Reluctant Warrior
  158. Wine Country
  159. Present To Sacredness
  160. Dorothy, I've A Feeling We're Not In Kansas Anymore
  161. Sound And Fury
  162. When The Cows Came Home
  163. The Land Of "Nothing's Wrong"
  164. Mystical Connection
  165. Ten Pin Bowling
  166. Faery Cottage
  167. Independence Day
  168. Babe On The Freeway
  169. A Feast For The Eyes
  170. Future As Possibility
  171. It Shows Up Personal But It Ain't Personal
  172. Ordinary Life Extraordinary Commitment
  173. From Context To Language
  174. The Second Coming Of Supersurfer
  175. Essays - Three Years Later: Internet Presence
  176. Redemption And Peace
  177. Living From The Edge
  178. September 11, 2001 - Five Years Later
  179. Complaint And The Blind Men
  180. Snake II
  181. Touching Nothing You: ZenPlay In Two Acts
  182. Moved To Tears
  183. In My Dreams You're Me
  184. Puppet Show
  185. Stepping Up: A Retrospective Of The Future
  186. Breakfast In America
  187. Purple Child
  188. A Galaxy Far, Far Away
  189. Paint On Listening
  190. Awake To Life
  191. Somebody Else
  192. Nothing To Do, Nowhere To Go, Nothing To Get
  193. Elephants All The Way Down
  194. Ding Dong Bell
  195. Friend Of The Planet
  196. Light In The Night
  197. The Last Place You Look: Koans Of Conduct
  198. The Only Game In Town
  199. A Walk In A Minefield
  200. Breakthrough Heart
  201. Werner's Space
  202. Low Road
  203. Third Rail
  204. Resistance
  205. Driving In A Watercolor
  206. Cause In The Matter
  207. Laurence Platt Video Interview
  208. Big And Small
  209. Art Gallery: The Physics Of Creativity
  210. Half Life
  211. Superstitious Minds
  212. Innocent Eyes
  213. I
  214. Three Distinctions Of Word
  215. Plastic Chandelier
  216. Already Always Listening
  217. Throwaway
  218. Here Again
  219. Secret Service: License To Thrill
  220. Face To Face
  221. Master Of Life
  222. Love And Kindness
  223. Snake III
  224. An Experience Of Distinction
  225. Nothing Feels So Good
  1. Attention To Detail
  2. Language Barrier
  3. Deliberate Love
  4. In The Clear Now: Born Again Again
  5. Fulfilled And Accepting
  6. Rough Dichotomy, Hard Choice
  7. No Maps, No Instructions
  8. I've Got Nothing To Say: Twenty Boxes Of Nearly Haiku
  9. Two Human Beings One Heart
  10. Force, Power, And Three Distinctions Of Me
  11. What If There Was No Gun?
  12. Transformation: The Life And Legacy Of Werner Erhard
  13. Romeo In Black Jeans
  14. Living In I Don't Know
  15. Killing Me Softly
  16. Family In Me
  17. The Land Baroness And The Cowhand
  18. A Galaxy Far, Far Away Revisited
  19. God Only Creates What Is
  20. Essays - Four Years Later: Side By Side
  21. Base Nature
  22. Stranger Out Of Time
  23. Crisis Of Faith
  24. Love Living Into Love
  25. Give It Away
  26. Alive And Well
  27. Soap Opera
  28. What Comes Up Must Come Up
  29. Webmaster
  30. Free
  31. Internal States
  32. Clearing
  33. The Alchemy Of Disappearance
  34. More Magnificent Than This
  35. Holding Hands In A Dream
  36. Waiting On You
  37. Battened Down: An Inquiry Into Service
  38. Not What You Expected
  39. Privilege At Daybreak In The Battle Between Good And Evil
  40. Christmas Greetings
  41. Up All Night
  42. Laurence Platt Autobiography II
  43. Orion
  44. Perspective
  45. No Boundaries
  46. Paper Clip
  47. The Virtue Of Indifference
  48. 24 / 7 / 365
  49. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
  50. Victory Over The Past
  51. Erotica On Schedule
  52. Creekside Cabin
  53. Where You Go When You Die
  54. Beach Gone!
  55. Werner Erhard Video Experience
  56. Gridiron
  57. Complete And Delete
  58. Updated November 24, 2009: Werner Erhard Photo Experience
  59. Updated November 4, 2009: Werner Erhard Quote Experience
  60. On What It Takes
  61. A Future Worth Living Into
  62. Two By Four Tap
  63. Legacy
  64. Hands Off Love
  65. Alan
  66. Everyone Loves You
  67. Little Son Of A Bitch
  68. A House On Franklin Street
  69. One In One
  70. Generous Integrity
  71. Interesting Interested Lady
  72. Afraid Of Nothing
  73. Personal Piece
  74. Magnum Opus
  75. Walk A Way With Me
  76. Alexandra II
  77. Graduation Day
  78. Trimtab
  79. Walking Out Of My Overcoat
  80. Tell Me A Story
  81. I'd Rather Be With Me
  82. Haiku
  83. Interpretation As Interpretation
  84. Like Icing On A Cake
  85. Enrolling Others In Your Possibility Isn't A Chore
  86. Friend
  87. Beingsphere
  88. Creating The Master
  89. Sailing Ship
  90. To There Through Here: Heaven Via Dallas
  91. Life On Mars
  92. Essays - Five Years Later: Arm In Arm
  93. Common Man Common Place
  94. The Big Three Oh
  95. Moment Of Choice
  96. I Listen You
  97. World Traveler: A Straight Love Song
  98. NeXT
  99. Too Much
  100. Santa Barbara
  101. Zen Gardener
  102. Easy, Effortless, And Hassle Free
  103. Start A New Conversation (If You Don't Like The One You're In)
  104. Paradox And Confusion
  105. Nothing Doing
  106. Changing Ways
  107. Point Of View
  108. Naked Presence: Deploying A New Grammar
  109. An Experience Like A Red Balloon, A Life Like A Concrete Form: A Manifesto
  110. Devolution
  111. Future Perfect
  112. Full On You
  113. Patient Horse
  114. Liberated By I Don't Know
  115. Can't Hold On To A Wriggling Puppy
  116. Unbelievable
  117. Holes In The World
  118. Worry Or Not, It Turns Out Anyway
  119. Scoop
  120. Out Of My Head
  121. Clean, Well Lit Quarters
  122. Prelude
  123. Covenant
  124. Ask Me Anything
  125. Laurence Platt Intersections
  126. Coming Around Again
  127. A Dog Trying Not To Be A Dog
  128. Close Up, Face To Face, Larger Than Life, And Twice As Natural
  129. A Knock At The Door
  130. Reflection On A Window
  131. Being Invisible Being
  132. With You Without You
  133. Catalyzer
  134. Dogshit Reality
  135. Three Sixty
  136. Updated November 24, 2009: Laurence Platt Photo Album
  137. Recontextualization
  138. Consider THIS!
  139. Sleep After Transformation IV
  140. Sandals On My Head
  141. Enchanted Hill
  142. Coin Of The Realm
  143. Reactivation: Tempest In A Teacup
  144. Flash
  145. Making It
  146. Razor Thin Line
  147. Workability II
  148. Give Me Money (That's What I Want?)
  149. Beyond Compare
  150. Raise The Bar, Break The Barrier
  151. Mom Dearest
  152. True Gold
  153. Alone With You
  154. Business As Usual
  155. The World Is My Monastery
  156. Nothing At The Pump
  157. Epistemology
  158. Whack!
  159. Inexorable
  160. Collect Your Self And Punt
  161. Exuberance
  162. Initial Objective
  163. Mother's Day
  164. Attachment: When Your Creation Runs You
  165. You Don't Need This
  166. Natural Expression
  167. Essential Question
  168. There Is No "The Answers"
  169. Mint Condition
  170. Presence Of Self
  171. Cast Iron Pots
  172. I'll Think Of Something
  173. Me And The Voice In My Head
  174. Law In The Universe
  175. Kind Words
  176. South Africa Premiere
  177. Do It For Nothing
  178. A Life You Love
  179. Soft Heart, Hard Road
  180. Not Truth / Truth
  181. At This Very Moment
  182. It's Not Out There
  183. Ascension
  184. Love Means Nothing
  185. Familiar Unfamiliar Territory
  186. Interview
  187. Mona Lisa! Mona Lisa!
  188. Further Than The End
  189. Skewed Since Antiquity
  190. Essays - Six Years Later: A Very Good Year
  191. Squishy Integrity
  192. That Thou Art
  193. I See You're Everywhere
  194. The Antithesis Of Resignation
  195. Drinks On Me
  196. Confronting The Machinery
  197. Inside
  198. Straight Talk
  199. One Foot On The Line
  200. Writer's Block
  201. Happy Memories, Great Feelings
  202. Get A Life
  203. Moment Of Truth
  204. Looking Into The Space: Reflections On Synchronicity And Mystery
  205. The Only Worthwhile Fame
  206. Causal State
  207. Timeless Classic Rincon
  208. Goleta Beach
  209. New: Werner's Work Is Coming Back To Hawai'i
  210. New: Family Ties
  211. New: Disclaimer
  212. New: Running From Empty
  213. New: I Love You Revisited
  214. Latest -I: Brilliant Is In Your Ears
  215. New: It's Never Gonna Get Any Better Than This
  216. New: State Of Play
  217. Coming: Who Are You Going To Be?
  218. Coming: Observations From Within The Question
  219. Latest -II: Private Movie
  220. Coming: Projection Booth
  221. Coming: Deadly Distraction
  222. LATEST I: Nothing Out There, Nothing In Here
  223. LATEST II: This Is What It Means To Be!
  224. Coming: Work In Progress
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