The first independent movie on gongs. Watch the 11 minute preview https://weneedtogong.com/. The 40 min version premiers on May 6 and the extended 90 min version on June 24. A truly international collaborative effort to elevate energy by lovers and advocates of all things gong!
Pivotal Moments
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone. Neale Donald Walsch
As I was about to be led down the aisle the minister whispered in my ear ‘are you ready?’. Inside I screamed ‘You’re asking that…. now?’. Every step led me away from an old life and towards the unknown.
There comes a moment in one’s life when you stop and think. What am I doing? That is the point where life changing decisions are made. AbhiShek Ranjan
This weekend eight gong CATalysts completed level 1 training. Congratulations for having the curiosity, courage and commitment to embrace change, to dive into the world of gongs where personal fulfilment, satisfaction and harmonic resonance lies. Go forth and play!
Our lives are a product of choices. Dr. Kathleen Hall And for these students their lives will never be the same.
Bang a Gong
Bang a Gong
Since 1932 The Rank Group opened movies with a bare chested hunk hitting a gong. The first gong banger was Carl Dane, a former circus strongman. The original gong was made of paper mache and now resides in the London Film Museum. This week my Spotify weekly pick included Get it On by T.Rex. It went #1 in the UK and when they wanted to release in the USA the name was already taken. Thus BANG A GONG became a US #1 hit. And it is now my theme song for gong workshops. We ALL need a gong.
“One day a week I seek to rest
from earthly toil and sorrow.
Revitalised, I find the strength
to battle new tomorrows.”
― Richelle E. Goodrich
Connecting - above, below and to each other
Connect - to join, link; unite or bind: to establish communication between (Oxford)
This week I am in Bangkok teaching Gong Level 1 and 3 to an enthusiastic group of students from Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore, the USA and Switzerland. What brings us together is a common desire to serve. It is in giving that I connect with others, with the world and with the Divine - Isabel Allende
Yogi Bhajan said that 'The gong is the sound of Creativity itself. One who plays the gongs plays the Universe.' As a player we are conduits from source to our audience. First we tune in to our Self and tune out monkey mind distractions. For The calm mind allows one to connect with the inner Self, one's Soul, the very source of our being. That's where the music lives. That's where my (the) music comes from. - Carlos Santana
Congratulations to the most recent members of the gong community in Hong Kong and in Bangkok. They are truly the next wave of transformers for the Age of Aquarius.
Anyone who is passionate about what they do will have a better chance of connecting with future generations than those who simply follow transient trends.... their work will have a distinctive character and this is what people respond to.... Giorgio Armani
If you want to touch the past, touch a rock
If you want to touch the present, touch a flower
If you want to touch the future, touch a life. - Anon