No. 330: Are we thinking like Voice...?

I am watching the German film Hannah Arendt:

the story of the famous philosopher

and her coverage of the Adolf Eichmann trial in Jerusalem.

At a turning point in the story Hannah writes:

"Das Böse wird gemeinhin als etwas Dämonisches betrachtet,

Eichmann aber kann man beim besten Willen

keine teuflisch-dämonische Tiefe abgewinnen,

er war nur unfähig zu denken."

"Evil is commonly regarded as something demonic, 

but in the case of Eichmann

one could find no such trace of satanic 'greatness',

he was only incapable of thinking."

(my emphasis)

Another title for this post could be:

Awareness of the Great Voice Holocaust.

For with the deepest respect

for my friends, for myself, and for all of humanity
with our ties to all holocausts past and present
which steal Our Earthly Bodies

there is another
certainly related
yet far more deeply hidden
international concentration camp of the soul
which steals Voices.

It is disingenuous, surreptitious.
It creeps up on us in the dark:
It whispers "Go into hiding..."
it yells "SHUT UP"
says "don't even start..."

It draws us into an alternate reality
of definitions
pointing fingers
loneliness
and stares

An unchallenged reality which sneaks into collective thought

telling us some are worth more than others

and mine...?

It must not

be worthy of Life, be worthy of BE-ing.

BE/A/WARE 

where Voices are silenced in the soul

so also They Are 

in the body.

WE ARE THE ANTIDOTE TO THIS MADNESS.

And so, even in the Land of the Free

I stand, a Mother Bear, on the top of the nearest mountain and scream

Every Moment let me BE like Voice!

Let me think like Voice!

Let me LOVE like Voice!

EVEN, and ESPECIALLY, for those who have been silenced.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is Opera Organically.

No. 329: "Don't hurt yourself..."

Keep searching.

Keep searching.

Keep digging beyond the "fears"

with which our culture frames your singing.

The singing that is One

with YOU

is beyond pain

beyond hurt

beyond fear.

Don't stop singing 'til you find this Place

then keep singing 'til the Whole World 

knows IT.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is Opera Organically.

No. 328: How to snuggle with Voice

In our black and white world

it's sometimes seems hard

to get close to Voice.

But if we're brave enough

simple enough

brazen and honest enough

We can find OurSelves

in the Embrace of an Absolute

That IS Who We Are:

Bliss, Peace, Joy, Eagerness,

Glowing Quietude, All-Encompassing, Ever-Present LIFE:

This Experience Is Voice.

Snuggle in there

and know

NO ONE

can tell You 

You have no Voice

Because YOU. ARE. IT.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is Opera Organically.

No. 327: Quote of the Day: "You would be amazed..."

"You would be amazed who people are once you know yourself."

~Byron Katie

Translated to Opera Organically Talk:

"You would be amazed at other people's Voices once you know your Voice."

In community, finding Voice is about us--and it's about everyone else.

This is the magic that changes the world, one Voice at a time.

THIS is Life. THIS is Love. THIS is Opera Organically.

Come join us!  In person or online.

No. 326: Opening to Life

No. 325: Windows or walls...?

No. 324: Quote of the Day

"Labels lead to self-fulfilling prophecies."

~Marshall Rosenberg

Every. One. of Us 

has the power to define

Voice

or no Voice.

BE WATCHFUL OF Y/OUR WORDS.

TAKE ABSOLUTE RESPONSIBILITY FOR Y/OUR POWER

to KILL Voice

or BRING IT to LIFE.

When We Truly See Our Power

to exact the Life or Death of Voice

the sweetest grief will emerge from the depths of Soul--

And THERE We Meet

Voice 

Which Is All We ARE.

Let's go there.  Let's Be there.  Heal Y/OUR Voice.  Let's change the World.

THIS is Life.  THIS is Love.  THIS is Opera Organically.