A JOURNEY through TIME and SPACE
TIME MACHINE is a virtual CD with 12 virtual tracks. It is a compilation of the best of my songs written over 30 years. It is meant to be listened to, so that is why I’m releasing them only as sub-titled videos, to encourage listeners to slow down for just a few minutes and savor an experience.
Time Machine begins with two songs meant to dovetail each other. The first, Diamonds of Song, is the only song I’ve intentionally written that works. It sets the stage for what follows.
The second, Rockin’ to the Grave, is more spirited than spiritual, but starts at the beginning—the first crack in the façade, the first glimmer of awakening—that can ignite an urge to rebel.
To pursue spirituality in the West is an act of rebellion. It means to step out of conventional safety and security to enter the unknown—a realm of radical self-empowerment, where authentic spiritual teachings lead to practices that lead to experiences that lead to transformation.
Rationally, radical transformation can be terrifying. As the veils of delusion begin to fall away, and things gradually start to appear as they truly are, you will begin to become estranged from conventional reality, still participating in the rituals but now perceiving the utter madness that drives them. Living in the world, you may begin to feel on your own, alone, unless you have a spiritual partner or cross paths with fellow seekers from time to time.
Yet, paradoxically, you will become more grounded and sublimely joyful, even in the midst of the horrors of our age. You will need less, want less and become less. And it will slowly cease to matter.
And, ironically, this can lead not to dropping out, but dropping in. Action, not apathy. Increasing social passions for justice and equality while fostering a detached equanimity.
Don’t say I didn’t warn you! 😇
