Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Holy Wowness!!




I missed you... but here I am back after a couple amazing weeks of transformational magic. It started in Tucson with our first Resourceful Human event, held for 25 wonderful people. We had an amazing day pushing ourselves into new territory and building the foundations for our future success. I gave my first speech ever and it went fabulous! I`m not one to toot my own horn, but I feel so great about stepping up into that and really coming through for myself. And by coming through for myself I came through for everyone else. Missy and Faye were also brilliant and we realized that one day was only a tiny taste of what we have to offer. All in all I am really excited about the day and also the great video footage we got from it.

From there we drove for a couple days to S.F. where Missy and I were presenting our talents for the 133rd Transformational Gate... I am really proud of us. Missy was spectacular and had 4 groups of 100-300 people totally rockin out in their bodies. It was so cool to watch and deafening at times : ) Folks really showed up and stepped into some serious fun factor. I played some of my favorites at the end of each class and it was beautiful, blissful and wonderful. One of the new friends we met there, Bright Hawk, played some djembe and hung drum as well. Just a really great time. The magic continued as the entrainments got more intense too... at times we had trouble balancing between being there for that and doing the programs. On the last night they do something called the Angel Wash, which I was to play for. I had written a new song especially for it and was nervous and excited to see how it would work for everyone. Turns out it was the best ever according to many of the long time gaters. Everyone lines up and creates a tunnel and then bathes each other one by one in a sea of love basically. The energy got so intense and I was playing the song for 45min straight, people were singing and clapping and blissing out... it was really cool. Then everyone spontaneously started clapping in this wild syncopated rhythm, they got so into it we couldn't`t stop them! It was just a special moment that I`ll never forget.

So grateful for the opportunity to share in that way and have everyone step up so fully. Just awesome.

We then drove down to LA where we will be for the next couple weeks. I`m playing music for some meditation circles and then off to speakers bootcamp. Excited and rollin... Just wanted to share some of the magic with you. Step in and step up to whatever makes you sing. I love you and thanks so much!

Chief ME
(In Charge of Being Myself!)

Friday, November 6, 2009

Transparency













In times of fear there there is only one ear,
tuned to the channel that can be handled
in the midst of mirrors.
If I were a scorpion I would sting
If love were a fortune I would sing
A way forward from the weeds
And along the path where planted seeds
Grow from time, into the fine line of right now.


This episode is about transparency. Humans are evolving rapidly into a new way of being on the planet and with each other. One of the most obvious examples of this transformation is right here, on the intranets (internet). I was resistant as first to the onslaught of social media and it's incredible expansion over the past few years. I have been on Myspace for almost 5 years and found that to turn into a strange spam-fest where musician after musician tries endlessly to send out impersonal friend requests with the best result being an actual online friendship and the majority being an inauthentic time waste dump. I had some amazing things happen though through there and did some vocal tracks for another guy without ever meeting him. Just digital connection. I think he still has one of the songs posted (Solardaze). And beyond the couple exceptions I just witnessed thousands of desperate musicians trying to reach out and be noticed... the problem being that we were all doing it to each other! Not the most effective strategy, unless your intention is to collect a large number of friends. I hit 1000 the other day and I actually know about 30 of them.

My intention is not to rag on Myspace, they started something important, I just believe that the structure doesn't support what the evolution of social media now calls for----Transparency!
Transparency is honesty, courage, authenticity and integrity all rolled into one. The expansion of Facebook and Twitter are two huge examples of this. People want to be real with themselves and each other... We are starved for authentic interactions and the digital buffer allows some safety for being with each other in this way. I find it astounding, refreshing and so exciting. Never before have we had the opportunity to put ourselves on the line like this. Just think, whenever you post something, say on Facebook, there is the thought that "oh, everybody I am connected to can read this." It changes the game and creates a new level of responsibility. There is a new tone that begins to emerge and small talk becomes nearly irrelevant. I never liked BSing about anyway. Always made me more uncomfortable than comfortable.

The real beauty lies in the ability to connect with those who resonate with you. Have you noticed that only some of your friends really engage with your most edgy posts? I take that as a positive indication that I am following my own heart. The new idea of community defies location and is creating a network of like minds, like a grid across the globe. I had this insight once where I was looking at the earth from space and it was dark, and all the lights that we associate with cities and such became humans lighting up, one by one. And as the lights came on the whole world began to glow, not from human ingenuity but from the awakening of human brilliance.

Our past has been an exploration of separateness and the individual. We are heading for, and some would say we are in a time where this is not sustainable. It has been a thrilling ride, and it is naturally coming to a close. A new way of being is emerging and the exciting part is we don't know what it will look like! We are here to create it, to unfold from our hearts the essence of ourselves. A mission unique to all and yet one and the same. We are entering a new paradigm, from duality to paradox. Where the perfection of what is becomes the perception of what is.

I love you, and am so grateful for my fellow travelers!!
Blessings and Unmessings,

Chief ME
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Resourcefulhuman.org