music, but we’re not really aware of
how powerful it may be as an instru-
ment for social change. Think about
the protest songs of the civil rights
movement, and the transformational
power of the music gifted to us by
Guthrie, Dylan, and the Beatles, not
to mention Beethoven, Bach, and
Stravinsky, or Coltrane, Ellington, and
Armstrong.
Planetary Gigs. So, here’s the idea.
Make connections through music,
with the intention of doing good,
revealing peace, for the benefit of our
planet. That’s it; easy and do-able. It’s
so simple it just might work.
Connect musically with your
friends and family. Bring people to
your home to listen to and play music.
Support local musicians. Promote
music education, such as blues in the
schools. Take music lessons. Introduce
political activists to drummers, reli-
gious folk to singers, lawyers to guitar-
ists, and police to horn players. Invite
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music into your life and into your soul.
Do all this with intention; with the
intention of removing fear and anger,
healing division and discrimination,
and teaching tolerance and oneness.
Simply promote music and musicians
with the desire and belief that it will
be good for all of us. And so it shall be.
Our New Society. Yes, we can have
a new society. We can create a new
world where we truly appreciate and
enjoy each other and the gift of life
we share. This is the world we want,
where people take pleasure in family
and friends, singing and dancing, do-
ing their passions, and creating a more
joyful and peaceful planet together.
There’s nothing to hold us back. Let’s
actualize a collective belief that we
will get what we want. It’s time to up
the ante and make our lives meaning-
ful with everything we do, and one
way we can do this is through music.
The universe is ready. Quantum
physics teaches us that we can do
whatever we intend.
Imagine that we can achieve it.
Visualize what our new world looks
like. Know that it will be. It doesn’t
matter how we get there. It doesn’t
matter what steps we take. I’m sug-
gesting the one thing we try—and
enjoy while we’re doing it—is music.
Making connections through music,
with the intention of creating peace.
Why not? What have we got to lose?
Let’s bring intention to the hopeful,
courageous, and empowering senti-
ments for peace rising around the
world at this time.
Jefferson Glassie is the Chief Spiritual
Dude of the Planetary Gigs Society,
which has as its mission: Sharing
Music and Creating Peace. He also is
the author of a recent book, Heaven is
Everywhere, which posits that peace is
a matter of perspective. He’s also author
of Peace and Forgiveness and Poems of
Peace and Forgiveness. Check out: www.
jeffersonglassie.com.