I forgot to thank Dianne Reid for her photo of me at the Ma Rainey Blues and Jazz Festival and to Jerry Sheldon of New York City for a b/w photo of me with Boney M. in Luxemburg. Where did he get that shot? I lost that one years ago. It’s amazing how these things can turn up. Thanx guys!
Something very interesting struck me yesterday. It’s very important for people to have the wisdom to be able to distinguish whether or not they are members of a cult. A cult and religion can be similar in the way of dedication and applying the principles to one’s daily life. A cult brainwashes his members, publishing lies about others, hiding truths, fancy rhetoric, hearsay, sucks up to who the cult thinks is right, downplay other capable people, a cult uses prayer to pray against others, not for others. Most cults are spin-offs and their leaders are wanna-bes. One of my favorite songs of all time is “I Heard It Through The Grapevine”. I was told Nichiren Shoshu was terrible, slanderous, and many other bad things! I was told one of the biggest untruths in my entire life! I’ve never been lied to like that and never been hurt by lies like I have been by the Soka Gakkai. Very disappointing! I did something about it and I left. I was approached by one the members, a very good friend of mine, saying “you can’t leave the organization”. Why not? What’s going to happen if I do? Is that cultish behavior or what? I did leave and that was the best day of my life. I chanted 3 million daimoku and found the right answers for me. My decision was not made arbitrarily, it was made after a careful and precise dissection of “me”. I have utmost respect for Soka Gakkai and they have lots of confused members at the moment. When they are able to see clearly, they will repent. Keep chanting! Chanting is powerful no matter what. Eventually, the chanting will open the eyes and lead them back to the right path. I was so happy to meet Rev. Tozawa and will do my best to do more shakubuku.
I finally have the contract and they finally hired the right band, I think. I will contact the band directly within the next few days, and if they don’t know what a fake book is, ooops! Incidently, my concert has been rescheduled to March.
i was scheduled to perform at gaston college for black history. unfortunately, the show has been rescheduled due to what? this show was discussed with me in october 2005. the committee that’s doing this wants to cut costs. they hired musicians that cannot play the music. the music i do nowadays is called straight-ahead jazz. do we know what that is? hello! why wasn’t this handled in a timely manner? one week before the show, they find out the musicians cannot play jazz. two weeks before the show, they send a contract, this is so-o-o-o- STUPID! now they want to waste more of my time rescheduling the show. gaston college, get it together!
Madeleine esta! i still haven’t heard from Gaston College regarding my flight. how disorganized can one be! Come on people, colleges and universities have acts all the time performing on campus for something or other. Contracts and flights should be taken care of early on. Less stress, you know? Let’s see if they get things together this week. This is the last week to book flights. Can you get a good price on a flight to North Carolina at the last minute? Is there a website out there or travel agency that can get good deals on tickets at the last minute? IT CAN BE DONE!
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