For all who remain interested in the saga of Dan's encounter with the San
Francisco Anthroposophist, here is the final chapter.
I woke up this morning, New Year's Day to the realization that I needed to
extricate myself from this off-track event. My co-producer supplied the
rationale when he sent to my In-Box a 1,500 word polemic on the topic of the
laws of social exchange. The prose was dense. Here's a 1% sample: "The
basic form of such conversation (I call it "pure conversation") is thus
etheric unity, and the corresponding etheric levity, and astral relatedness
or ontological (astral) force."
When I scrolled to the bottom to find out where this was all going I read
this: At the beginning of the event, if anyone in attendance has strong and
principled objections to Constellations, "the focus should go to the one
objecting, to the one attempting to exercise a veto, until either that
person is convinced to go along with the program freely and willingly, or
that person is shown to be out of step with everyone else." If you knew my
father, the late Henry Cohen, this statement would be particularly
hilarious. His tribal name was,
"One-Attempting-to-Exercise-a-Veto-Who-Will-NOT-be-Convinced." He has a
place in my heart, but I flee from designing an event to manifest his
presence.
I responded: "I take it as a given that those who have not responded
positively to the purpose of the program will exercise their veto by not
attending. Those who are in the room, by their very presence, are voting to
proceed as advertised. I have been clear that "debate and vote" is not an
activity I am willing to engage in under these circumstances. That I even
have to explain myself on this point leaves me flustered, as if I were
arguing with you why you should not help yourself to the first slice of
wedding cake."
I'm withdrawing from the event and moving on. Thanks to all for your
support and comments. They have served the essential purpose of
Constellation Talk, which is to create a forum for facilitators to seek
support, guidance and insight.
A healthy and fulfilling 2006 to everyone!
Thanks for all.
Dan
