| "Old systems that no longer support the evolution of | | | | Shakespeare that is a bloody miracle! When a |
| mankind are crumbling, making way for something new | | | | performer is that good, you know he isn't the doer. |
| to come forth. Humanity is being forced to wake up. A | | | | Ask any artist, ask any writer what happens when |
| new God-consciousness is emerging and with it the | | | | they are in touch with their creative self. When I am |
| dawning of a new age." -Panache Desai | | | | writing, I am not doing it. I don't hear or see anything |
| It's clear the old ways don't work anymore. The need | | | | outside myself. Whatever comes forth comes from |
| to make "me" right and the other guy wrong, to insist | | | | the source within, not from the thinking mind. |
| that my way is the only way, are fear-phobia habits at | | | | So Who's Doing It? |
| the core of most of the civilized world's problems. As | | | | It isn't about telling ourselves to stop thinking. That's a |
| society becomes progressively dysfunctional, suspicion | | | | sure path to insanity. Some people find peace and |
| and fear contribute to the same worn-out behavior | | | | quiet in meditation. That's a good thing and I do it as |
| patterns. Destructive as they are, the familiar feels | | | | well. But you can also be in touch with your inner |
| safe. When we focus on our differences rather than | | | | stillness while your eyes are wide open-as long as |
| our essential oneness, we are not allowing our true | | | | your mouth is shut. Stop talking, be quiet and be |
| spiritual self to be. | | | | present. Present awareness is your Sacred Self, |
| To Be or Not To Be | | | | always with you even as you listen to someone |
| Many people question William Shakespeare's | | | | speaking to you. |
| existence, submitting that someone else wrote his | | | | Among many child psychiatrists, Dr. Edward Hoffman, |
| plays and sonnets. Intriguing for scholars, but does it | | | | author of "Visions of Innocence" found in his research |
| matter who wrote them? A literary genius was at | | | | that children have insights and experiences that leave |
| work in Stratford, England in the sixteenth century. | | | | them with a remarkable sense of certainty regarding |
| That person brought incredible joy to hundreds of | | | | spiritual reality, with lasting influences that shape their |
| millions down through the centuries, throughout the | | | | lives. When I was eight years old I floated out of my |
| world and in every language. There is no doubt he | | | | bedroom, down the stairs and out into the city streets, |
| was someone in touch with his spirituality. | | | | passing people who did not see me. My parents said it |
| In "As You Like It," you hear the familiar: "All the world's | | | | was a dream. But there were other similar |
| a stage, and all the men and women merely players; | | | | experiences in my adult life that made me a seeker. |
| they have their exits and their entrances." | | | | The Consciousness We All Share |
| How many times have you felt your life a dream in | | | | Commenting on his Album "Magic," Bruce Springsteen |
| which you are on a treadmill, or simply drifting through | | | | told N.Y. Times reviewer A. O. Scott he had a |
| life like the clouds in the sky? You make your entrance | | | | "re-infatuation with pop music." If you're a fan of |
| and your exit without ever having known what you | | | | Springsteen, you will applaud this album. But its somber |
| missed: how Divine you are. | | | | declarations are ubiquitous and a depressing reflection |
| Here's the Bard at work again in Hamlet, Act II. "There | | | | of the present mood of the country. |
| is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so." I | | | | In contrast, when guitarist Grammy winner Carlos |
| reference this quote often to make the point that it's | | | | Santana appeared with Los Lonely Boys at the Sound |
| the busy mind that gets in the way of knowing our | | | | Advice Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach, here's |
| Divinity. Only when we stop thinking, stop focussing our | | | | what he said: |
| attention on the noise machine (thoughts/mind), can we | | | | "When you come to see a Santana concert, it's a |
| know the stuff of which we are made, our | | | | celebration of the highest things we are as humans. |
| essence-silence, pure consciousness. | | | | We need bands that are accentuating the Divine side |
| You Are Not The Doer | | | | of human beings. Spirituality doesn't only belong to the |
| A reviewer recently said of actor Jude Law's | | | | Dalai Lama, or to the Pope or to Mother Teresa. We |
| performance on Broadway: "Hamlet is 400-ish years | | | | all have the ability to create miracles. All of us are |
| old. How does he stay so young?" | | | | wired to heal ourselves and our planet." |
| Apparently every single reviewer has fallen in love | | | | We can all celebrate the highest by celebrating what |
| with Mr. Law's earthy performance. And when entire | | | | we have in common, our oneness, by celebrating what |
| American audiences can understand and enjoy Mr. | | | | miraculous beings we are. |