Love Within Beyond - a review
LOVE WITHIN
BEYOND
Regula Curti, Tina
Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye
A review
By Barbara Bullock
Dear friends,
Ever since the first Beyond CD release I have been one of the greatest admirers of the
Beyond projects. Since the beginning I felt that these projects are really
extraordinary and God sent into our world at this time. Divine timing is not
always understood by us humble and sometimes impatient human beings, yet our
mysterious universe knows exactly when the time is right. I feel that humanity
has recently entered a new level of consciousness. More and more people around
the world are opening up to the idea of the subconscious level. Many people
these days are realizing that we do not always depend on outside factors to
have peace and tolerance in our world. Instead, each of us can contribute to
it. Millions of people around the world are literally searching for tools to
help themselves to become more aware of the world they live in and how to
improve their lives. I feel that the Beyond projects remind us of likely some
of the first and foremost virtues of life – love and faith. The Beyond projects
help me to realize how simple a solution to our problems of daily life can be.
The message is clear to me. The tool for their teachings is the universal
language of music.
Love Within contains prayers in different forms from Christian,
Buddhist and Hindu traditions. Prayers have had powerful forces in the most
positive way for eternity. Deep inside of us, we all pray. Some of us pray to
higher powers, following a very specific approach of a particular world
religion, others rather by themselves in their own ways. As different as those
paths and ways may seem, at the end of the day we are all the same – human beings.
All traditions and forms teach love. And yet, our world news is filled with
wars and violence which roots are often based in religious conflicts. While we
cannot change our world into a more positive one in one day, I believe we can
all contribute something for more peace and tolerance in our world.
This
is exactly the message of Love Within and
all Beyond projects for me. Through
the harmonious combination and collaboration of the four female singers, Regula
Curti, Tina Turner, Dechen Shak-Dagsay, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye, we, the
listeners, are taught to go within.
As we do so, we rediscover our often forgotten core values such as patience,
tolerance, forgiveness, understanding, and unconditional love towards all
living beings. We also discover the mother
within ourselves. In philosophical and spiritual terms, a mother is often
considered as positive, loving and caring form of energy inside of every person.
I believe that, when we tap into this energy, we are able to express the love
and care for others and ourselves. We are able to give and receive unconditional
love as a true mother does. Many cultures also suggest religious figures one
can worship as a mother. This can be a goddess, an angel, a deity, saint or a
more general form of higher power or higher intelligence to find that
unconditional love. Regardless of its name, I believe that it is a form of
energy, which protects and loves us unconditionally. I believe that a true
mother is someone who loves, teaches, inspires, and cares for others. We all
have these qualities inside of us whether we choose to practice them in our
world or not. However, I believe that when we do, we share that unconditional
motherly love and help create a better world and better lives for everyone.
How do you do that?
There are various
ways to show us how to tap into this motherly energy. I believe we all come
from unconditional love, that we are made of unconditional love and so we are unconditional love. I also believe
that great people are born to share and teach this unconditional love for a
better world. In my heart I believe that Regula Curti, Tina Turner, Dechen
Shak-Dagsay, and Sawani Shende-Sathaye are such earth angels. They were sent to
us to share and teach their unconditional love to the rest of us. Their
alliance reminds me of the possibility of harmonization of different faiths,
different cultures, and different generations.
For
those familiar with the Beyond
projects, Love Within introduces new,
exotic music with Sawani Shende-Sathaye coming from a rich culture and history,
while providing familiar angelic sounds by Regula Curti and Tibetan chants by
Dechen Shak-Dagsay. Nothing could be more proper in our global world than
bringing different cultures together. To me their angelic voices touch my heart
and soul in a way that helps me connect to this form of unconditional love. Each
singer speaks to my heart in her own way; yet is a reminder that we are all the
same. By the time Tina Turner joins the choir, I have tears in my eyes. Tina
(Anna Mae as I like to call her as I like to think of the human being behind
the stage persona), confirms this with her soft yet strong and voice. She
reminds us that it is the music in our hearts, which keeps us going. Deep
emotions of love emerge from the depths of my heart when I listen to these wise
words. I feel the love of an Earth Mother, who shares her unconditional love
which has supported her through her own struggles and pain. Not diminished by
her trials and tribulations but filled with love and female power, she once
again shows us the way to the Beyond. By returning to her roots of Gospel, I
believe that she invites us into her heart to share what kept her strong and
able to look beyond her life experiences and sufferings. I hear your message
loud and clear. When I hear your voice and teachings, I go deep inside of me
where I find the unconditional love for myself and others you talk about. When
we sing Amazing Grace together and
pray together, I feel the love that I have often thought I lacked in my life.
Now I know that, no matter what happens in my life, I am love and I am loved.
Love is essential to survive and live happy lives, to grow and to prosper. Love is the answer to a better, more
peaceful world. Unconditional love is the
way.
My
spirits are elevated, my faith is renewed. My fears and doubts dissolve as if
by singing to me Regula, Dechen, Sawani and Tina (Anna Mae) reach out their
hands and welcome me into their realms of unconditional motherly love. Once I
have reached these heightened levels of awareness for myself, I am ready to go
out into the world and reach out my hand to someone in need.
With Love Within, the Beyond projects just
got another pair of wings to fly and share the message of Beyond. May Love Within
sing into many hearts, lift many spirits and share unconditional love around
the world. May we all be mothers within.
Love and peace,
Barbara
Copyright © 2014 by Barbara Bullock
Work cited:
Love Within – Beyond
Published 2014 by
Beyond Foundation, under exclusive license to Deutsche Grammophon GmbH, Berlin,
A UNIVERSAL MUSIC COMPANY.
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