Heresy

Me and I

It’s that simple: me and I.  The primary, ultimate reality, the perennial truth. Existential loneliness is feared by most of us off-guard pedestrians on this planet, and to avoid it, we have invented a number of frankly unnecessary stimuli, in an attempt to disconnect for a moment from the mirror of our soul, from which we cannot disconnect: our own selves.

I say we should celebrate it.  I propose a heresy of celebration for our own individuality.  At any time, even the muddiest of times, we are whole, perfect and complete.  At any time, we can have the universe inside our heart, if we stop to listen to ourselves, celebrate ourselves, embrace ourselves, live the "me and I" intensely.

And just how do you celebrate the blessed experience of existential loneliness?  Silence is your best ally in listening to your own thoughts with clarity, because at times, you are so caught up in getting away from yourself that you mistake the voices of the world with your own and you believe you are thinking when, in reality, all you are doing is repeating.  Space, nothing and “Me and I”;  at the beginning, it will be awkward, but when you find in the nothingness the perfect space for your own communion, you will feel the grandeur of living under your own skin.

I give to you the timeless wonder of ABBA, singing "Me and I", which is nothing more than me and I...

Making love out of nothing at all

I was lucky to live and enjoy the 80s in my 20s (like the Pareto Principle); the Alf hairdo, the ridiculous pink and light blue eye shadow, the leggings with heavy socks on the outside (like a rainbow of colors), MTV’s newly invented videos, the belt falling to one side on top of a long shirt, the long messy hair and, of course, Air Supply singing the unintelligible lyrics (because we couldn't speak English) that we loved to death, all the absurdly intense, platonic romance that was even impersonal at the time, because rather than being in love with someone, we were in love with love.

One of the biggest hits of the decade was "Making love out of nothing at all".  I think I have sung the song about one thousand, three hundred and eighty seven times, but just now am I beginning to understand its true meaning and I have brought it into this sacred heresy: we are powerful because we come from love, we were created in a moment of infinite love and our unlimited power consists of the fact that we are capable of creating love in an instant, out of nothing, that is our choice.  In an instant, we can turn day into night if we give enough love to our purpose.  In an instant, we can connect to an unknown soul and build a bridge that will take us into infinity, build love, make love.  

In an instant, we can give all our light and create a dream of love that will make us infinitely happy.  In an instant, we can even decide to make love to our own soul and love ourselves in such a way that it will make us ONE with our own essence, with our own light, in an instant, if that's what we want, if that's what we choose to do.

Today, my request and personal exercise is to make love out of nothing, particularly to me, give my unlimited love to the light of my own soul, in an instant that will stay alive, that will re-create itself for all eternity.  Today, the invitation is to exercise the unlimited power of our love, to start from nothing and give the generosity of our love to everyone and to ourselves.  Today, my invitation is to make love.

Here is MTV’s Air Supply video… I hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed it back then!