By Tania Del Rivero

Unlike many of those who have also made a contribution for this articles, I never participated in a training with Michael. I knew him in a very different way, for me he was: my aunt’s husband.
I never heard about his ideas, because whenever we had a family reunion he was not someone with whom I used to talk, why? I couldn’t tell. I didn’t lived his testimony in a direct way, I saw his legacy in a more indirect and surprising way.
I was a witness of how his way of seeing the world made a persona the best version of herself. And it was delightful to see this transformation. Clearly, I wasn’t aware of what was causing this transformation, but I knew it had something to do with Michael.
I saw how a person who used to be explosive when she reacted and closed in her constructions, turned into someone who now took a little bit more to explode, into someone who was willing to listen to others constructions. In someone who has learned to be enough and grow in her enoughness. In someone who has learned how to look at others with kind eyes, and therefore she now sees the best in everyone around her. She’s become someone better, someone whom I’ve learned to love like never before.
Today, because of life turns, I’ve been able to see and meet a different Michael, the one who was teacher of many, and friend of many more. And I’ve been able to listen his ideas, quotes and get to learn about his theory. I barely know about constellations nor systemic thinking. In very few articles I’ve had the privilege to read, I’ve seen Michael through his students’ eyes and understand a little bit of the Blumenstein Theory.
Once I heard, by someone else, that someone who calls himself/herself open minded and gets upset about someone who is close minded, is not really open minded. And I thought that making that part of our daily life was too difficult, but that most likely if we all understood this life would be easier, and the world would be a better place.
Today that I know the Blumenstein Theory and what it stands for, I realize that maybe is not that hard. I realize that, actually, is a lot easier than I thought and that what we need is that this theory which is so disruptive can be known by mane more.
I realize that if we all talked from our hearts, if we stayed in our own garden, if we offered empty wine glasses in our every day, if we learned how to see the best in others, if we understood and saw our enoughness, then this world would be a little better, and life would be a little bit easier.
And even though that’s a great discovery. There’s something even more amazing and it’s seeing all that Michael caused in so many people. Many times I’ve heard that a lot of people want to transcend before passing away, I have no idea if this was Michael’s purpose, maybe not, maybe he was only living a good life. However, he managed to transcend, to leave a whole legacy behind him, a heritage that -with no doubt- can help make the world a better place.
From my small place in this world I will try to apply what I’ve learned, understand this things more deeply, contributing with Visión Sistémica to spread this amazing Blumenstein Theory, the theory of someone whom I wish I had shared more time to get to call him “uncle”.
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