THE PRESS, RADIO, TV and ME

Well, as for the catch phrase of the TIME IS NOW, I received a amazing leap in personal and business capacity this weekend at the Daniel Pearl Tribute Concert in Goa. From the time that I reached Goa, I was in an constant dashing from one media related item to the next.

1. The first was a 3 hour radio show at Radio Mirchi, Goa's Top Radio Station. For 3 hours the RJ an I ripped through 10 or so 2 minute sessions to get the public interest in the show and the music for the next day. We gave away CD's on the air, sang bits and pieces of songs and gracefully moved through all of the faucets of the music and the life. On one interesting note, the Radio Disc Jockey has become so computerized! He actually did not have much control over anything that was going on as it was some high tech playlist software that controlled the musical playlist, news an commercial. He did manage to cut one song in order to squeeze in another segment for us, got to love that Pankaj, we vibed right from the start!! Was a blast!!

2. Next was the press conference just before the show!! I was invited into an small ampitheater in which I was met with about 30 blank stares and was asked to discuss my life, my music and my mission in this game of it all. So, I did just that and was met with a few loving smiles and an occasional full on interest, but most of it was like talking to a brick wall with eyes. I was told the Goan Media can be shy, but this was halarious, really, got me wondering what the show was going to be like!! click here to read about the show. The best part of the press conference happened at the very end when Nikhil, a Anchor for an local news channel, walked in and sat me down for an interview. He was a casual hipster with a of spunk and was naturally confident in his peristance with me in getting me to do an interview. I was all for it. More on it later.

3. The next was the onslaught of Newspaper articles that we had to go through prior and post the show. From the misleading captions and mis-qoutes to the fantastic show review in the N..... Times (See article Here), I got a chance to see a colorful array of promotion and praise for the event. So much fun to see your picture on the front page of the paper next to OBAMA (See Front Page Here), and your picture is actually BIGGER, HMMMMM. Fun times!

4. The next was an empowerment workshop that I gave to just over a dozen of interested faculty and students from the College itself. We worked through the fear driven mind and focused on achieving our dreams. Each person got a chance to share there own unique dream and the steps that they will take in order to make that dream a reality. So much of the time we get lost in the dreaming and not in the steps that it will take to see that dream manifest in our lives. We also did an acted out version of Brave New World!! fun times!!

5. Last was the TV show that Nikhil is going to air on Prudent Network in Goa. This was my favorite. Basically, the set was like an living room, and the crafty news anchor and myself ran through an full scale emotional ride of sharing during our 30 minute segment. He will be airing footage from the show as well as plugging the website during the show which will air in two weeks in Goa. We should have the footage coming up soon!

In all is was an Media and Musical inspired weekend. I was actually completely unaware of all the attention that the show was going to get, but, was completely grateful for all the wonderful exposure and a chance to share our vision of Brave New World with people from all across Goa. I feel this weekend was a mere taste and look at the upcoming year as the music and message began to blossom and flourish all over the world. As for a personal critique on myself, I was extremely proud! I met all circumstances with confidence and sponteniety, willing to share completely and to give the music from the deepest place in my soul. Nervousness of the past was met with excitement to share and that I did, completely in every single circumstance. THE TIME IS NOW and I AM GIVING, EVERY MOMENT!!

Short Trip Back To The West - Jan. 8th, 2009

On a personal note, 2009 began in a perfect and paradoxical way, as it should. This year of intense growth and expansion, which I foresee it as, started from the very moment that the clock struck the hour of the new year. I was in the middle of GOA surrounded by my dear friends whom I was honored to welcome into India, and I felt nothing but a complete sense of heaviness come over my entire being, and, for the most part, that heaviness has not lifted. I am being challenged to the core inside of intimate relationships, communion with my fellow human beings and energetic exchanges with the people whom are a mirrored reflection of my past limitations. This is where Goa comes in!!

Now, I am not sure if I can blame my behavior, insecurity and unconscious self-banter on a place, but when you surround yourself in the midst of India's Spring Break, obviously and much richer experience then the typical Mexico Spring Break but with a similar energy, you are bound to have some past emotion surface in the process. Day after day, as I meandered through the Western Run state of India, overrun with drugs, alcohol and excessive amounts of indulgence in shopping and food, the so-called growth of my last year in India came to an near immediate crash. I became insensitive, angry, judgemental, and self-destructive. the first conversation of the new year had to do with some Westerners bashing a group of other Westerners because they were partying on the Island in a different way!!! I chose to spend the first 2 hours of 2009 in silence, setting the intention that I would be more careful with the words that would come out of my mouth. Did I keep to this intention, far from it really!!!!

Now I know that indulgence and self-mutalation is what got me to the point in my life that I am right now, but to see, how easily the Western influence can have an effect on my energy and flow was quite suprising and left me weary for my proposed summer return. Have I grown at all??? is this all just an illusion?? Probably......it is!!!

I am still a huge fan of Goa in Monsoon and probably always will be. i found this time in Goa to be quite a disgrace as I watch Western Civililzation take over the entire state, leaving the locals as mere servants to their indulgence. Gladly so, I am sure, as Goa is quite possibly the most expensive place in India. I am sure they make enough money in these three short months to be able to support the rest of the year with their community and people. So, what is 3 months of servitude when you are graces with 9 months of freedom. Small price to pay!!

On a positive note......I must say that it was a great pleasure to welcome my two great friends back into the great motherland. Since I have been in India for the past year and a few months, not one person has come to visit of followed up on their proposed plan to come home, finally, at the very end of 2008, that dream came true and I was able to welcome dear friends into the Great Mother with open arms and an eager smile. What a blessing!!

As I spend the rest of this year trudging through the fear of intimacy, stomping through the muddy waters of self-defeat, and breaking down the barriers that have limited my expansion in the universe, I feel it all a great preparation for the offerings that I have to share. The Time is Now!!!


I am greatful for the deep look into the future as I know much of my work with be in the West!! So, I let it burn, knowing nothing is forever and there is no absolute, only moments in time stepping backwards down a ladder of emotional conditioning, only to be re-instated into the bliss of heart opening!!