Heya peeps,
Ram and I will be in Margs for the following dates Feb 1-9 then Feb 12-18 - We're looking for affordable accommodation - I know what you're thinking - 🤣.
What we are offering in music services to the region has value and we believe in its value to the point of living it as our truth - we cannot in our right minds charge the exorbitant amounts required to then also stay in paid accommodation in order to provide a service which is spiritual in nature - we're getting people to sing, to open up, to find their temple within, to return to a place of sincerity and sacredness to use as a reference point for their everyday life. We're introducing ancient traditional practices back into the social order which provides people with pathways to their true and authentic self within.
If anyone resonates with this and wants to assist - even a camping spot on a hill so we can still practice some music as we need is fine.
Running events - I have found there is a very fine line to what one can charge and still retain spiritual service as a primary driver for expression. Charge too much - no one comes or only really self-entitled people come expecting a specific holy experience. Charge too little - less people put real value on the experience and no one comes.
The way it was given to me in Turkiye with the 114 day Sema in 2017 was as a gift. I wish to give back in the same way with all of my life and my energy on the line - why do I do things this way? Because it is authentic to my nature and I cannot live any other way - it isn't worth living any other way!
The reciprocation received from people that I give to when I am authentic - is returned in a way one and equal to Source - when money or too much money is charged - it becomes an expectation - a thing of this world, a competitive thing that generates and develops hierarchy.
Business and the way we treat each other in a competitive way - even in areas of 'spirituality' - is not conducive to a life of devotion. So many spiritual practitioners suffer on this debate - as the energetics of being involved with this system sucks the dam dry if not protected.
Giving in this way - I have found it is often a default of the 'normal person' to not trust the person giving ("what do they want back? What is their intention or motivation? I don't want to have to give anything back, I won't receive. What are they? Some sort of cult? I'm going to attend and give nothing although I've got five Maserati's in the garage to test their service." 🤣).
It has taken me a long time to really understand who and what I am and what this body is and its function on an energetic level. After much painstaking extreme searching I have discovered - I am a very vulnerable person which directly reflects people back to themselves - I involuntarily take on parts of other people and return it to them - it's not a disorder or a handicap - if used in the right way and recognized and acknowledged - it is a gift. I've learned that most people if not all have an element of this capacity and retain different parts within themselves which they identify with. Some people recognize the fluid nature of the idea of the self and others have never felt who they are outside their established circles which tell them constantly who they are.
I've had nothing for a long time and lived on the street for years both in Australia and around the world - I'm not concerned with 'making it' - I mean really - work, procreate, die? Or work higher and higher on the progress of any artistic industry on a tower of delusion - having to constantly feed an inauthentic projected version of the self compromising with the true self in order to make money or feed delusions of grandeur?
If anything is making us face our reality - it should be the events transpiring in the world today - what really do we want to live for? Why the hell are we here!? If there is any time to figure that out - it's now!
Traveling story - I was traveling through Milan and used the last of my money for a hostel to stay a night and have some comfort - I had a euro in my pocket and all I could do was stress about this one euro in my pocket - I put a lot of pressure on myself to play music on the street to make more money to have some security and be able to get what I need. I traveled a lot like this - day to day. I met so many people and good people that gave unconditionally.
As it turned out - I threw that one euro into another musician's case - a haphazard decision - it was all I had - and the most amazing thing happened. Once I truly had nothing - all of the stress of money disappeared.
The competitive nature of this system - creates a mindset which people adjust to and live in long term - this mindset of 'gain' and 'progress' then locks people out of their authentic self. You can't see it when you are in it. And in this, that group of people called 'society' project mental illness onto anyone who decides to do differently or they don't even see them for who they are - projecting all manner of inadequacies in order to retain their position in the tower of progress.
Look at this system and look how it runs contrary to the natural processes of life - this 'society' is the disorder. A group psychosis that affirms itself - a dominant in an abusive relationship.
Allow nature - return to vulnerability and authenticity.
The housing situation in Margs is nothing exclusive to Margs - the path of 'progress' in a fancy money laced area is fast squeezing out the semblance of culture that started its popularity. That free and open energy which allows travelers to lodge and pass through for very little - which is an invitation for cultures to come and exhibit themselves - which in turn increases general knowledge of the self in the group mind - and supports a healthy sustaining economy in a world where the economy serves the people and not the people serving the economy.
We live in an unspoken class consciousness - which as long as the types of inequality exist as do today in Western society - yes, does exist - it doesn't matter how equal we treat each other at a fancy cafe. This person spends most of their life fighting for their survival and holding the struggle within while pretending to be 'making it' - while another person works very hard has an able body and expects everyone do the same for the same rewards - another person again was born into a business savvy family and so knew how to make a lot with very little quickly at the expense of others - while another person was born into money and pretends they worked hard for it expecting the world to serve them and it does. These people are not equal. We cannot claim this is equality.
The pattern of gentrification is seen all around Australia and the world in many well-to-do 'up and coming' places. This pattern cannot be stopped without individual conscious involvement in what we are doing. To go along with 'progress' is to be guided by the system - yet individuals will turn around later and justify their actions by using the system of progress which they allow to feed off the authentic self as good reason for doing nothing.
We're too busy. With no time. Why are we rushing to our deaths? Who are you saving this or that for? Why does your legacy hold dominant placing over another's? Can you really retain anything after you leave this life?
I will fork out what little we are making into suitable accommodation for our needs as necessary - A price tag upwards of 2000 dollars which equals the takings we might take for the time we are here - offering two vocal workshops and a large Indian Style Kirtan by donation with other friends in the region.
This is service. The service we give does not stop. We still give with all our heart as best we can and retain our authentic natures - which is the most valuable thing we have. We provide opportunities and fertile ground only.
Rarely do people speak so openly and honestly like this - I'm not tooting my own whistle - I've been watching this world for a while. I know the difference between what I speak and what is normally done - it's taken me a while to really get it. It does put me in a place of vulnerability - which attracts judgement.
I've lived the worst - I've nothing to lose. That's why I'm free to speak.
When more people stand up and speak up. We can fix this mess. Until then - everyone is doing what everyone else is doing.
Regards,
Monty