RE: A response to the musical play "Assassins"
Thank you for your lengthy explanation. I do
appreciate all your work at the Fifth Ave. I love to attend your quality
productions. I believe you have a mission and diligently bring superior
productions to the stage. I know how qualified and talented you are.
However, we are on earth to raise our souls
into unconditional love and thereby create peace on earth. When our focus is
distracted to dark issues that are guideposts to what needs to be changed, our
lessons become more volatile until we wake up to the solution. Albert Einstein
said we cannot solve a problem on the same level of which it was created; we
need a higher power.
It is possible to raise our consciousness
into loving solutions. Without learning this, people lose hope. In Man of La Mancha, South Pacific, Sound of
Music, and others, they show the encouragement of achieving a new
motivation from moving into loving resolutions that gives the audience hope and
encouragement.
In the play South Pacific, the song says, "You have to be carefully taught."
The leading lady overcomes her prejudices from her southern growing up. The
girl, Aldonza, becomes Dolcina,
because she has found a new life inside her of "worth", through the
love from a distance continuing to her. This lesson is when love is sent,
people are free to change. In Sound of
Music, the words say in one song, you have to give love away for it to
become real. In addition, that they leave their country because they will not
allow themselves to be oppressed by government is an outstanding lesson, of not
allowing themselves to be victims and accept tyranny. People are hungry for a
better life, to replace their inner pains. Entertainment that brings that
message is a blessing and raises the consciousness of the earth not just the
audience.
In "Starlight Express," the song
near the end tells us, that the power is within, "You have the
power". How much this helped me overcome a childhood and 30 year marriage
of domestic violence with physical, mental, emotional, and sexual abuse is my
story. I have been close to death nearly a dozen times. This short message made
a huge shift in my ability to overcome a lifetime of violence and abuse.
Life
is about finding the love and empowerment within and becoming a new person.
Ground Hog Day, the movie, is a great example that each time, he sees finally,
what he can do to improve and outgrow his selfishness. Sadly, society has been
taught to enjoy violence, not forgive, to judge others, and do harm to those
who harm you even when it is imagined. This attitude keeps people a victim
instead of empowering them. This will never bring the inner peace on earth that
everyone wants.
What we focus on becomes our reality. It is
always a choice to outgrow the past hurts and harms. This is called maturity.
Yes, some of them are most difficult. I tried suicide several times, my
ex-husband tried to kill me several times. I have endured incest, molestation,
rape. I have healed nine addictions, and been declared sane from mental
illness. Today I have a relationship of unconditional love with a fellow who
treats me with respect. The wonderful lyrics of Hammerstein and similar shows
became a lifeline to move above the insanity of my life.
I have
found if our minds are on the darkness, the light within cannot dissolve it.
However, releasing this negative focus, for a positive one, we find the light
within. Choosing to focus on positive messages, thoughts, and behaviors creates
love and peace, which is often called heaven on earth.
We create our own reality by what we choose
to see and be. I have chosen life, love, and happiness no longer letting my ego
run the show. If we keep darkness as our focus, that is what we become. We can
outgrow fear, unworthiness, lack, and insecurity. It is possible to outgrow
these fears from the ego. It is called growing up. I became fearless and have
found that unconditional love. As the song says, "Let it begin with
me".
There is an old Indian story
that I love to remember
that helps me return to the right
path. One evening an
old Cherokee told his grandson
about a battle that goes on inside people. He said, "My son, the battle is between
two "wolves" inside us
all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt,
resentment, inferiority, lies, false
pride,
superiority, and ego. The other is God. It is joy, peace, love,
hope, serenity, humility,
kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion,
and faith." The grandson thought about it for a minute
and then asked his grandfather,
"Which wolf wins?" The old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed."
My latest book has this story and is at the
publishers, "Paradigm Busters, Reveal the Real You" is the ultimate
self-help book to show systematically how to move our consciousness into that
love and peace that surpasses all understanding. Love is within when we give up
all that does not love. The nightmare can leave. The real life is seeing
everyone through the "eyes of love" which is reality.
I have refrained about several of your
productions about which you mentioned. I saw spiritual bankruptcy in the play
"Grey Gardens". I did not leave the theater feeling exhilarated.
However, I know the play well and was singing the songs from "How to
Succeed…" for days after that play and I felt so good and happy.
You influence thousands of people. And yes,
"The sun will come out tomorrow," or the lyrics of "When you
walk through a storm", bring hope and encouragement when we focus on
that. This can be a mission of spreading
a message that supports a culture that is healthy, happy and peace of mind.
Thank you for your concern and addressing this. I do realize you have
decisions. I would hope they will promote wellbeing for us all.
Blessings,
Rev. Marilyn L. Redmond, BA, CHT, IBRT
International
Speaker, International award winning writer, International Author,
International Consultant, International Columnist, Artist, and ordained
minister for spiritual counseling.
I share my
experience, strength and hope to find inner strength and consciousness for
health, healing, and empowerment in a higher consciousness.
