Sometimes I don't know exactly who I am.
Although, I do endeavor to walk what I feel, to be a true path. I don't always succeed. And it's Not Good vs. Evil or Right vs. Wrong.
I take care to bring my steps closer in line with universal truths and walk towards the betterment of humanity. Focusing on what kind of energy I might reflect.
I know that violence, bred from ignorance, is ultimately unnecessary and self perpetuating.
I know that we can teach our children by example that Greed, selfishness, and ethnocentric behavior, do not help the world in any way.
I feel better giving than taking. However I feel that it is all to easy to be giving as well as taking out of ignorance. (The original Golden Rule Read: Do not do unto others what you would not have them do unto you)
I feel that what we eat, and what we read, what we watch on TV and at the Movies, all affect us as people.
What we say and what we do can be very powerful. intention is the moving force of the universe, so we must pay attention to our intentions.
And I feel that our most inner nature is perfect and peaceful and loving, and the closer we come to that inner nature, the better the world will be. I believe, that even for those of us who now live under a very darkened veil, it is possible to connect with this perfect inner nature.
When giving voice to these ideas, sometimes, it is more comfortable for me to speak musically, under the intellectual radar.
Even though the words are not always there, for they can be interpreted and misconstrued, or altogether rejected, the intent is ever present in the music. And this is my intent:
When I perform/share music with people/the universe, I'm not just me playing too someone. I am a conduit for and the totality of everything that exists, manifesting as a little vibration, so that it can be experienced and easily accessible to anyone and everyone who listens.
It's not as heavy as it sounds. It's just that, at a subatomic/spiritual level, we are all the same being, everywhere, everywhen.
My role, my obligation, my dharna, my purpose, at that moment, is to manifest this oneness and help you and me remember, even if for a brief instant, who we are and have always been.
This is what I do and why I do it. It feels good to get back to the garden of Eden, past the cherubs, beyond the tree of "knowledge" to glimpse our true universal oneness, our tree of life. We are that garden, those trees, the cherubs, the snake.
So that's some of it in a nutshell.
Oh yea, and I love Dogs.
Peace
Dave