This is a continuation of my previous blog. What is karma, and how does it relate to a Rock ‘n’ Roll? I’ll get to the music part shortly, but first let’s dip our toes into the meaning of karma.
The word karma means “action” or “to do.” According the Oxford University Press, in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, karma is the universal law of cause and effect, as applied to the deeds of people. To me, karma is much more than simply balancing the energy of our actions. There’s lots of buzz around the “Law of Attraction,” (see my previous blog) which states that our thoughts are like magnets, and draw situations and people to us. Like attracts like. This seems closely related to karma, since karma is kinda like a boomerang…what you put out comes back to you, though it might not necessarily be in this current lifetime.
Since like attracts like, and I’m attracted to rock music, let’s use my spiritual journey with the band Cheap Trick as an example. Since the band recently sang the Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s album at the Hollywood Bowl, and John Lennon wrote “Instant Karma,” I’ll briefly describe why I believe many rock musicians and fans are karmically drawn together.
In January 2002, when asking Universe why so many rock music fans were still diggin’ their favorite classic rock bands after 25+ years, the words “Group Soul Reincarnation” blasted through my consciousness. Reincarnation and rock music? Yes, it sounds crazy, but reincarnation, karma and rock music go together like peanut butter and jelly on white bread.
Our souls often return lifetime after lifetime to work out our karma. And who do we do this with? Other souls who’ve been with us before. That’s why group reincarnation is an important concept, because your parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, children, etc…have probably been with you in other lifetimes and certain karmic relationships need healing. But, I believe the group reincarnation theme may extend into larger groups, such as a rock band and their fans.
Souls that attain fame or leadership roles in other lifetimes often return into similar areas of influence in subsequent lifetimes. The people that followed the leader(s) will frequently incarnate with them again, even if the leader holds a different societal position. For example, one of the many books I came across about reincarnation was entitled Past Lives of Famous People, by David Bengston. Bengston accesses the Akashic Records and sees the soul of John Lennon previously incarnating as Vladimir Lenin, (the Russian Revolutionary) John Wilkes Booth (the dude who shot Abe Lincoln), John Wilkes, (an English radical, journalist and politician) Niccolo Machiavelli, (political philosopher, musician and poet) and Jonathan the Maccabee (Jewish political leader).
I don’t know if he’s accurate, yet each lifetime (and these may not be all incarnations, only the ones where he saw Lennon’s soul having a life of notoriety), centered around being a revolutionary. Could Lennon’s appeal in this lifetime be in part due to group magnetism, whereby we subconsciously remember his soul and are drawn to his music in an effort to recall our own spiritual nature?
The lead guitarist of Cheap Trick was highly influenced by the Beatles and John Lennon’s music. There are definite similarities, even on some tracks of their most recent album Rockford. Based upon the synchronicities I experienced while writing my book, I sense some members of Cheap Trick, and possibly even many of their fans, may have been connected with John Lennon in a South Dakota lifetime during the 1800’s. Unfortunately, I can’t go into the details here, but this is explored more fully in my book.
So, why should anyone care about group reincarnation and rock music? Because a parallel theme that emerges between the two subjects is healing. Music is a powerful healing force, and I believe from our souls’ perspective that the band’s music was intended in part to bring us together so that many of the fans could heal from their childhood and past life wounding.
Until we become conscious of the source of our trauma, and then find ways to heal it, we frequently recreate similar scenarios and situations with our soul group through the Law of Attraction. That’s what happened to me. By recalling what appears to be past life soul associations with some of the members of Cheap Trick, and healing the repressed emotions that arose from listening to their music and seeing them in concert, I was able to move past the fears from this lifetime which kept me from making headway with my soul purpose: To write and publish a book about the importance of group reincarnation and illustrate how our souls use music to heal.
Are many rock musicians and their fans karmically drawn together to create a brotherhood in an attempt to raise our consciousness and heal? I feel like Sting when he sings that he’ll send an s.o.s. to the world in the hopes that someone gets his message in a… blog. It often feels as if no one resonates with my unusual insights, but after hearing Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head, and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, speak last night at the Boulder Book Store, I know I’m onto something. Something big. Really big. Just wait and see.
The word karma means “action” or “to do.” According the Oxford University Press, in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy, karma is the universal law of cause and effect, as applied to the deeds of people. To me, karma is much more than simply balancing the energy of our actions. There’s lots of buzz around the “Law of Attraction,” (see my previous blog) which states that our thoughts are like magnets, and draw situations and people to us. Like attracts like. This seems closely related to karma, since karma is kinda like a boomerang…what you put out comes back to you, though it might not necessarily be in this current lifetime.
Since like attracts like, and I’m attracted to rock music, let’s use my spiritual journey with the band Cheap Trick as an example. Since the band recently sang the Beatle’s Sgt. Pepper’s album at the Hollywood Bowl, and John Lennon wrote “Instant Karma,” I’ll briefly describe why I believe many rock musicians and fans are karmically drawn together.
In January 2002, when asking Universe why so many rock music fans were still diggin’ their favorite classic rock bands after 25+ years, the words “Group Soul Reincarnation” blasted through my consciousness. Reincarnation and rock music? Yes, it sounds crazy, but reincarnation, karma and rock music go together like peanut butter and jelly on white bread.
Our souls often return lifetime after lifetime to work out our karma. And who do we do this with? Other souls who’ve been with us before. That’s why group reincarnation is an important concept, because your parents, siblings, friends, co-workers, children, etc…have probably been with you in other lifetimes and certain karmic relationships need healing. But, I believe the group reincarnation theme may extend into larger groups, such as a rock band and their fans.
Souls that attain fame or leadership roles in other lifetimes often return into similar areas of influence in subsequent lifetimes. The people that followed the leader(s) will frequently incarnate with them again, even if the leader holds a different societal position. For example, one of the many books I came across about reincarnation was entitled Past Lives of Famous People, by David Bengston. Bengston accesses the Akashic Records and sees the soul of John Lennon previously incarnating as Vladimir Lenin, (the Russian Revolutionary) John Wilkes Booth (the dude who shot Abe Lincoln), John Wilkes, (an English radical, journalist and politician) Niccolo Machiavelli, (political philosopher, musician and poet) and Jonathan the Maccabee (Jewish political leader).
I don’t know if he’s accurate, yet each lifetime (and these may not be all incarnations, only the ones where he saw Lennon’s soul having a life of notoriety), centered around being a revolutionary. Could Lennon’s appeal in this lifetime be in part due to group magnetism, whereby we subconsciously remember his soul and are drawn to his music in an effort to recall our own spiritual nature?
The lead guitarist of Cheap Trick was highly influenced by the Beatles and John Lennon’s music. There are definite similarities, even on some tracks of their most recent album Rockford. Based upon the synchronicities I experienced while writing my book, I sense some members of Cheap Trick, and possibly even many of their fans, may have been connected with John Lennon in a South Dakota lifetime during the 1800’s. Unfortunately, I can’t go into the details here, but this is explored more fully in my book.
So, why should anyone care about group reincarnation and rock music? Because a parallel theme that emerges between the two subjects is healing. Music is a powerful healing force, and I believe from our souls’ perspective that the band’s music was intended in part to bring us together so that many of the fans could heal from their childhood and past life wounding.
Until we become conscious of the source of our trauma, and then find ways to heal it, we frequently recreate similar scenarios and situations with our soul group through the Law of Attraction. That’s what happened to me. By recalling what appears to be past life soul associations with some of the members of Cheap Trick, and healing the repressed emotions that arose from listening to their music and seeing them in concert, I was able to move past the fears from this lifetime which kept me from making headway with my soul purpose: To write and publish a book about the importance of group reincarnation and illustrate how our souls use music to heal.
Are many rock musicians and their fans karmically drawn together to create a brotherhood in an attempt to raise our consciousness and heal? I feel like Sting when he sings that he’ll send an s.o.s. to the world in the hopes that someone gets his message in a… blog. It often feels as if no one resonates with my unusual insights, but after hearing Daniel Pinchbeck, author of Breaking Open the Head, and 2012: The Return of Quetzalcoatl, speak last night at the Boulder Book Store, I know I’m onto something. Something big. Really big. Just wait and see.