what has reality ever done for me?

excerpt from newsletter

2011-08-22T14:37:00.000-07:00

September 2011

Greetings.

It is the ten-year anniversary of the American Tragedy of September 11th. You may have forgotten about it, there has been so much tragedy and drama since then, but the aftermath remains strong. We are still at retaliatory war in Afghanistan even though Osama Bin Laden is dead. We are still at war in Iraq even though that country had nothing to do with the Tragedy of September 11^th nor did it have “weapons of mass destruction”. These wars have destroyed more lives than were lost and affected by the loss of September 11^th. These wars are bankrupting this country, both financially and emotionally. And spiritually. To heal the psychic wound left by the Tragedy of September 11^th, we must heal the aftermath of the tragedy. Stop all war now. STOP ALL WAR NOW! Let September 11^th be a symbol for the futility of war. Demand an end to senseless death and destruction. An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.

11 September 01

NO MORE WAR

11 September 11

Send a postcard to the White House now. Let President Obama know that war is not a winning endeavor. No-one wins a war. Remind him of his promise to bring the troops home. Use the above design to show solidarity. Make the “o” in “more” a peace sign. MORE PEACE. Share this with your children and parents, your friends, neighbors, co-workers. Whatever your church, share this with the members of your church, the leaders of your church. Post a banner on your home (like I do). Make an effort and make a difference.

President Barack Obama

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

To print out free, black and white, 8 ½ x 11 peace posters, go to: RoyAnthonyShabla.com or blesstheworld.com. Post them in the window of your car and home. You will also find on the websites: peace shirts, buttons, stickers, and other accessories… as well as my excellent book, (PEACE) WORDS. Immerse yourself and your loved-ones in peace. Give peace gifts, give peace a chance. That is the best gift to ourselves and the generations to come.

poetry jewelry

2011-07-02T17:46:00.000-07:00

song for malia obama

2011-06-25T01:53:00.000-07:00

song for malia obama

the planet is my family you see so you and you and you are part of me

to heal the mother land and sea and sky lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow

i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now

the planet is my family you see so you and you and you are part of me

to heal the father love from land to land lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow

i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now

the planet is my family believe yes you and you and you are part of me

to heal the brother love from man to man lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow

i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now

the planet is my family baby so you and you and you are part of me

to heal the sister love in every home to carry sister love where ev you roam

to be the sister love just ask me how lets raise a hand and take a solemn vow

i want to save the world when i grow up if only you would save it for me now

i want to save the world when i grow up i want to save the world and raise it up

if only you would save it for me now if only you would save it for me now

glee notes

2011-06-10T00:22:00.000-07:00

glee

rachel: she sings funny girl as well as streisand… (not to be blasphemous) but seriously, the girl has something more than notes for that material. if only her part would veer away from the way we were (quinn is prettier than me…) but I guess its accurate to the mini streisand character… her eyes do a lot of her acting.

kurt: his voice has gotten better as the show progresses ~ he sounds like a young julie andrews, just brilliant. he should be covering a bronski beat/communards song, his voice is richer than jimmy sommervilles (no disrespect, its apples and oranges ~ i love jimmy sommerville). his face/body acting is very accurate to his character ( i wonder if he is actually acting…).

blaine: the most talented all-around actor on the show (of the kids), the best musical actor on the show, his face/body and voice are always in the perfect right reading. his character is a little more sophisticated than its age… but he is the perfect dreamboat.

mercedes: can run with the best of them (pun intended), her voice has also improved during the show. (like rachel with streisand) she has a genre that fits her voice ~ she shines at bluesy gospel arias… but gives rachel competition in any genre. her acting is ok, she isn’t given much to work with.

notes: most of the actors swallow their words from time to time, making replays necessary to monitor the writing.

the writers walk a tightrope of heavy themes in an early time slot, dealing bravely with important teen issues in an acceptable manner. there are some continuity problems in the stories; there are grammatical (tense) problems with the dialogue (timeframe problems in the stories).

the camera work/editing is often disappointing, possibly a result of the early time slot and the needs of an ensemble cast.

sun moon stars

2011-05-30T11:55:00.000-07:00

June Greetings!

The month begins with a New Moon Solar Eclipse. This is the time to finally see what has been hidden right in front of you. Spend the month looking at the obvious solutions to the challenges in your life. There are simple ways to make your life better.

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The standard summer survival kit is as follows: blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse, First Aid, and Chakra Tonic. And a bottle opener! With the release of nuclear radiation into the atmosphere and ocean, this kit is even more important this year. Sunburn, jetlag, insomnia/anxiety may be worse this summer due to radioactive fallout; and cuts, bug bites, and other vacation casualties may be slower to heal. Give yourself the best possible Summer: let it begin with blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies.

War

Remember the annual forecast: the Chinese Year of the Rabbit is a peacemaker but the Feng Shui Astrology for 2011 is that of conflict. Even the predictions are in conflict! This has been and continues to be a terrible year for war on the planet. America is actively engaged in three wars and supporting several others. Poor President Obama needs our love and support (not conflict) right now to help him move this country into peace. Work together for a solution.

To educate yourself about peace, see my book (PEACE) WORDS.

To show your resolve for peace, wear Peace Shirts.

For free peace posters, go to RoyAnthonyShabla.com and share with your friends (and enemies!)

Make a difference in the world instead of a dent.

Summer Solstice

The month ends (June 21^st) with the Summer Solstice. The Sun is at its peak in the sky and the days are the longest for the year. This is the time to shine! The Summer Solstice is a time of healing the physical body, enjoying the physical body. Let yourself run in the field of grace!

To align yourself with the Solstice energy, use blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic and Gold Light. Let the sunshine in!

Feng Shui

There is improvement in the Feng Shui Astrology in several categories this month. For complete information, click here.

May Summer 2011 be a lasting joy. Best wishes for you and the planet from blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com.

love and longevity

2011-05-24T19:20:00.000-07:00

The difference between French men and American men is simple. French men love to be in love. French men love the chemistry, the brain hormones, of love; they love the regular affection and sex that stimulate those hormones ~ it is a win-win situation. Both the chemistry and the circumstances to promote that chemistry result in good feelings. In France, love is a drug. And everyone is addicted.

American men see love as a trap, a limitation, a loss of identity. Attractive men (both physically and socially) in America remain single out of an underlying fear of losing freedom and selfhood. And sexual encounters without romance do not stimulate the brain chemistry that results in good feelings. Americans are severely depleted in the wondrous effects of love.

American women contribute to this. The How-To-Catch-A-Man books and seminars reinforce the idea of hunt and capture, the women taking the masculine role of hunter (like the perpetually single goddess, Diana) reinforcing men’s fear of being trapped. What came first, the chicken or the sperm and egg?

Biologists who promote the idea that it is natural to avoid monogamy neglect the basic information that humans have evolved beyond the animal brain. The difference between man and monkey may be only a few chromosomes but the result is obvious: civilization (for better or for worse) is the result of that evolution. And monogamy is the mainstay of civilization. And romance is the mainstay of monogamy.

To replace the lacking love hormones, Americans exercise. Physical exertion releases endorphins that are similar to the love hormones for good feelings. In Paris, you would be hard-pressed to find a gym. But in Los Angeles or New York, there is a gym in every mile and a gym membership promotion in every mailbox. The exercise craze has little to do with health; it is primarily supplying necessary brain chemistry for survival (and feeding the low self-esteem issue of needing to look good/never looking good enough). What is lost on Americans is the fact that the love hormones affect your perception of the lover: the person you love becomes more and more beautiful to you as you continue to release the hormones. Without the release of love hormones, nothing remains beautiful in your perception.

The studies of why the French have a lower rate of heart disease than Americans were incomplete: while wine with lunch and dinner do promote certain aspects of heart health, the emotional heart is an even greater factor. Longevity studies repeatedly show that happily married people live longer than any category of single people. Love is healthier than diet and exercise. And infinitely more fun!

Love, romance, affection, regular sex ~ the combination of these cure a whole laundry list of physical and emotional symptoms. While “the turmoil of love” may contribute to suicide attempts (a la Romeo and Juliet), romance relieves the inclination to suicide and other self-destructive tendencies as well as psychological diseases such as depression, anxiety (there is anecdotal evidence regarding agoraphobia; “germaphobia” – see Glee), and OCD (remember the movie, As Good As it Gets?). Hypertension is almost unheard of in France.

The difference between French men and American men is that the French have discovered the fountain of youth. And contrary to popular belief, it is the Americans who don’t like water.

For more information, see blessthebody.com Be In Love Personal Remedy and blessthebody.com Love Light Spiritual Remedy

jazz poetry reading

2011-05-23T12:29:00.000-07:00

Roy Anthony Shabla 18 June 2011

galleRoy @ village book shop

roy anthony shabla
will read his new chapbook
casa la reina
at
village book shop
in glendora
saturday
June 18th

shabla is accompanied by
jazz bassist
gary silva
for this performance

the reading is sponsored by
valley poets reading
curated by
john brantingham
editor, chiron review

Roy Anthony Shabla fb is removing the post info -- see my website: royanthonyshabla.com

Roy Anthony Shabla review of chapbook:

"a collection of sparingly gestural word sketches that create a keenly drafted interior of one mans home and psyche on a particular day."
"absolutely naked, absolutely genius!"

rf / ted art project

2011-03-05T10:53:00.001-08:00

2011-02-26T17:53:00.000-08:00

Happy Vernal Equinox!

The month of March brings Spring to the Northern Hemisphere but for many, the weather is stuck in Winter. A few tips for this unseasonable season:

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Feng Shui

The Annual Astrological Feng Shui Workshops were a great success and many reports of feng shui magic are already arriving. Things have definitely improved from last year.

If you have not completed your annual feng shui treatments, do so immediately. This will be a month that will change the world!

After completing the placement of your annual feng shui treatments, spray your home with the Clean House Spritz to clear any unbalanced energy. It is a spiritual Spring cleaning for the home and should be repeated regularly.

If you have been unable to locate appropriate feng shui treatments for your home, see blessthehome.com Feng Shui Shops for quality elemental feng shui treatments at a good price.

For the monthly feng shui treatments, click here.

Books

An important feng shui treatment for the year is to place four new books in the Southwest sector of the home. As an incentive to support real books of real literature, RoyAnthonyShabla.com has put a 15% sale on all books by Roy Anthony Shabla for the month of March. Order now copies of:

eating God (ecstatic poetry)

(PEACE) WORDS (memoir of a revolutionary)

Feng Shui Every Day (architectural self-help)

Child Harold at the Zoo (dysfunctional family love)

and others. The 15% discount is for online purchases and is already programmed into the website. Enjoy a little culture and good feng shui.

May Spring find its way into your heart and home. Many blessings from RoyAnthonyShabla.com and blesstheworld.com. Thank you for your love and support.

2011 Annual Predictions

2011-01-27T17:11:00.000-08:00

Psychic and Feng Shui Predictions for the New Year 2011

It will be a peaceful year and a year of peacemaking. (Please let it be true.) It will be a year where kindness and sophistication play out in personal, societal, and international relationships. Scholarship and the arts will gain energy again.

You must be an active peacemaker this year. Small squabbles will ruin a nice year and wrong feng shui will encourage law suits.

This will be a year of recovery and healing. People will go deeper into their wounds, working in areas they thought were healed before. You may get to the source of a problem this year and increase your health and longevity substantially. But this is not a year of intense spiritual or healing discipline ~deep spiritual healing will occur naturally as a part of your lifestyle. Do not take this as permission to be lax; it is permission to relax.

Women may find their health issues amplified without correct feng shui. A small problem can turn into a big problem easily.

It is also a year of partnerships, be that business or romantic… but definitely a combining of incomes. Be aware, however, of financial indiscretions in partnerships ~they are not always intentional but ethical lines may get blurred. Also, if a business deal seems too good to be true, it probably is. There is an aspect of cunning in all contracts this year. Beware of seduction in leasing a car or buying an unnecessary luxury item on time. Also, some "robbery" comes from within. Be wary of someone new in your home.

This is crucial to the year: the energy for great loss of money, burglary or mugging, and even injury by knife or bullet is very strong this year and affects everyone. Strong feng shui to antidote this energy is necessary.It will appear the economy is better ~people will return to luxury goods and pampering. Do not allow yourself to overindulge, however; if "relax" turns to "lax", the economy will grind to a halt again. Enjoy yourself within reason. You do need some pampering this year to recuperate from last year.

Financially, the West will lay the groundwork for recovering some its strength. It will not be an easy recovery but there is hope for the smart, the kind, and the diplomatic.

While partnerships will increase, it will also be a year of "alone time". People will require solitary vacations or trips to the day spa instead of group outings. Deeper relaxation or healing depends upon "quiet time".

Work both hard and smart this year but play gently. You will find rewards in both.

While people will require "alone time" for healing, nightlife should increase. Upscale bars or nightclubs should see an increase in business. People will meet for a civilized drink to discuss the arts or world affairs.

The business of art and world culture will increase. A literary genius may be discovered in California. California art may regain dominance in the world.

The man of the house should see all wonderful things manifest in his life. This is his year for career advancement and success. The groundwork you have laid will begin to pay off. Correct feng shui can help your dreams come true! Do not miss this golden opportunity.

Older women may find romance. Depending on your situation, this could be wonderful or disastrous. Enjoy the pleasures the year brings but do not let "relax" include your common sense or morals ~you can easily be lulled into a bad situation. Remember, this is a year of sophistication and dignity. Behave accordingly and the delights of passion can be yours. Poor feng shui, however, can result in an emotional rollercoaster or scandal.

Besides a year of healing, this will be a year of illness. Those who go from "relax" to "lax" will find severe health problems in their lives. Remember: fine food includes healthy food; restful lifestyle includes activity. You know what is good for you and what is not ~if you choose to ignore your own wise counsel, you will pay another for it. Happiness is an activity not a condition.

Young start-ups can profit this year. If you are a go-getter, this may be a good time to start your own business. Make sure you have done your homework and the stars may surprise you. Women may find lucky help from heaven in business matters this year if their feng shui is in place.

While this is not a year of war, unreasonable inter-personal conflicts may plague the year. Be rational, be a peacemaker. It is not a year that will support someone scrappy. If war or lawsuits do occur, it is unfinished business from last year. To prevent conflict, complete all diplomatic issues immediately.

This information is repeated because conflict energy will be sneaky this year. One again, be the peacemaker. The benefits you reap will be great.

Business: Interest in home will take precedence over the exotic ~people will buy American. Interest in the arts, especially flat art and literature, will increase. Real estate will stabilize and sales will begin to gain energy again. But be wise about speculating in property – there is still money to be lost if you are greedy. Conservative "money" will profit including metals, fine jewelry. It is a year of "coins".

Outside America, countries will work toward autonomy ~international business may sputter, the European Union may re-think its priorities.

The primary image for this year is a bowl of tangerines (see Feng Shui Every Day for information on feng shui symbols, specifically citrus.) The secondary image is a rhinoceros.

2011 promises to be a dramatic and much-needed change from 2010. Best wishes from blesstheworld.com.

For Annual Astrological Feng Shui Workshops that customize treatments to your home and personal situation, see blesstheworld.com.

Two Friends Press

2010-11-23T19:46:00.000-08:00

Happy Holidays!

RoyAnthonyShabla.com and Two Friends Press are pleased to announce the publication of Tequila Tales, an anthology of short fiction featuring the iconic Mexican beverage, tequila. Edited by Millie Johanna Heur and Roy Anthony Shabla, this collection spans genres from romance to comedy to science fiction to mystery. It is a testament to this multi-faceted beverage and makes a great gift for your more literate drinkers! For more information, see TequilaTales.com

A publication reading for Tequila Tales will be held at {open} in Long Beach, California on December 7th at 7 pm. See {open} for details.

For the other kind of “spiritual” people, eating God has been updated and expanded. If you have not read ~or not recently read~ this book of ecstatic poetry chronicling one man’s pilgrimage through life in the eternal search for love and truth, you are in for a delight. Very human and humble. A “must-read” for anyone practicing yoga, meditation, or any of the spiritual arts. If poets could be superstars, Roy Anthony Shabla would be the man to watch. ~Spirit of the Valley. For more information, see RoyAnthonyShabla.com

(PEACE) WORDS is a portrait of the artist as a young vandal, a documentary of the young poet as a peace activist. This is the story of an outsider who finds his way and his place in the world despite the idiocy of convention. Excellent reading for budding writers and artists but a treat for all. For more information, see RoyAnthonyShabla.com

Feng Shui Every Day has also been recently updated and expanded. This practical handbook of modern architectural ecology is easy to understand and simple to use. It reveals many secrets masters keep hidden. A “must-read” for anyone buying or remodeling a home, investing in real estate, or trying to improve luck in life. For more information, see blesstheworld.com

Two Friends Press is a literary collaboration between Millie Johanna Heur and Roy Anthony Shabla committed to publishing quality anthologies and building a literary community. For more information, see TwoFriendsPress.com

http://twofriendspress.com/

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http://tequilatales.com/

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symphonic poem in black and gold

2010-09-12T21:36:00.000-07:00

Symphonic Poem in Black and Gold

Symphonic Poem in Black and Gold challenges the traditional concepts of boundary and orientation in painting in several ways. The two canvases of the diptych are not joined; each is meant to be framed and hung separately. There is no designated “top” or “bottom” to each canvas ~in fact, the painting can be hung with each of the canvases oriented horizontally or vertically; and neither canvas is specified as “right” or “left”. Ultimately, they could be hung one above the other. The placement of the components of the painting is contingent on the inherent qualities of the site where it is hung.

At first look, the two canvases seem mismatched. While the restricted palette unites the two, the visage of the canvases seems incongruous to each other. On closer examination, however, the grid-like pattern of one canvas is seen to be the foundation of the other: the experience of one side of the painting supports the experience of the other and together, they describe a linear progression. While one canvas is dynamic (it draws the immediate attention with its explosiveness), the other canvas opens delicately upon quiet examination and gives the eye ~and the psyche~ a place to rest. Each side of the diptych balances the other through yin and yang qualities (the “yin” canvas painted with yang qualities [straight lines]; the “yang” canvas painted with yin qualities [rounded lines]), creating a fluid movement of energy between the canvases by drawing the eye to one and then the other and back again.

The execution of the painting is a collaboration between artist and medium interacting with the laws of chance and physics. Metallic powder and large amounts of water added to the paint contribute to the unpredictability of the result, as do inconsistencies in the canvas and stretchers. The finished artwork is the product of the semi-random movement of multiple layers of paint and metallic powder, each with an extended drying time, and the sure hand of the artist.

This artwork, though, reveals the hand of many artists, from the painter, to the fates and gravity, to the curator, and ultimately, the viewer. It co-exists with the site in which it is placed and, hopefully, the company it keeps…

The Symphonic Poem series of paintings relates to the architectural aspect of music, the structure and complexity of classical forms of music and, quite possibly, the architecture that music fills. Symphonic Poem in Black and Gold describes a musical construction of two movements, each of which carries motifs of the other. In one sense, it builds to a crescendo; in another, it deconstructs itself to a simple, lyrical beauty; a loud movement and a soft movement, in whichever order it is experienced.

The black and metallic gold colors describe music as electricity in the void of space; a spark of creativity in the depth of the soul. The painting crackles with life, with excitement, even on the more sedate side of the diptych ~quite possibly more so on the quieter side of the diptych as the tension of its structure seems so biological, so full of the potential for life…

From the introduction to Symphonic Poems:

These paintings extend the abstract expressionist tradition of Jackson Pollack and Mark Rothko. Non-narrative in format, the paintings are windows onto the biological soul and are reflections of a moment in time ~ they are not meant to be referential, they are not meant to be sentimental; they are meant to be held in quiet contemplation just as if one were sitting at a symphonic concert. If the experience of the moment could be conveyed in words, the paintings would not need to exist. But the moment cannot be conveyed in words. Thus the universe of these paintings.

Symphonic Poem in Black and Gold (2010)
Roy Anthony Shabla
Latex and metallic powder on primed canvas
Each canvas 6’ x 5’

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war and peace

2010-08-01T16:11:00.000-07:00

Roy Anthony Shabla have you done more for peace than the nobel laureate?

roy anthony shabla ~ books royanthonyshabla.com
books written by Roy Anthony Shabla ~ art, peace, poetry, feng shui, film.

Roy Anthony Shabla war escalates; casualties escalate. whos in charge of this?

Roy Anthony Shabla
the depth to which war is wrong is unfathomable. "unfathomable" means "cannot be measured, is too immense"... war does not negatively affect only the dead and those close to the dead or the wounded and those close to the wounded; war negatively affects the generations of the dead and wounded, the generations that parented the dead and the wounded, the generations that survive the dead and the wounded, and the generations not yet born. there is none untouched by even the most distant act of war, the negative effect spreads out from its source like a pebble from hell tossed into the still pond of humanity.

Roy Anthony Shabla what have you done today to save the world?

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pray for me

2010-03-25T19:29:00.000-07:00

i was asked my feelings about prayer in schools. i am whole-heartedly in favor of prayer in schools -- i think it is an important aspect of education, respect for the divine. i am, however, whole-heartedly against christian prayer in schools. the cult of christian fascists who attempt to dominate the body (especially the genitals), the mind (especially the conscience), and (their concept of) the soul of everyone in america is out of control. we are not a religious state, look what religion has done to the middle east... fundamentalism is fucking up this country and the entire planet. the reign of terror must stop.

why must fundamentalists demand that everyone else behave as they themselves believe? cannot they hold their faith quiet unto themselves? no! if they dont get good sex, no one else gets it either!

if the cult of christian fascists truly believed that prayer in schools would benefit america, islamic prayer would be acceptable (it is the same god after all)... prayer rugs, facing mecca, bowing -- i suggest this be done everyday for a week in the schools. then a week of hindu prayer. then a week of buddhist prayer; a week of jewish prayer; a week of native american prayer; a week of native african prayer; a week of voodoo prayer; a week of pagan/wiccan prayer; a week of australian aboriginal prayer; etc... and finally a week of christian prayer. take the children through an entire year of prayer around the world, that would be an education! learn true respect for the divine, not just fear of some evil little god.

i whole-heartedly support prayer in schools... but only as a means to the divine, not as a means to religion. any regular prayer that stops at religion or a particular deity is missing the point. and the purpose of education is to help the next generation not miss the point. like the current one is. amen.

for real communion with the divine, see blesstheworld.com for meditation classes.

notes on equal rights

2010-01-14T11:49:00.000-08:00

Equality ~ equal rights ~ will never exist within a mentality of separation. The Civil Rights Movement taught us that. The Anti-Apartheid Movement taught us that. It is not until you understand at a deep level that the human condition is the same for each and every person, that others require the same basic qualities for a graceful life as yourself ~ dignity, well-being, purpose… and seeing that your own dignity, well-being, and purpose are entitled, it is only a small leap of compassion to understand that these must be entitled for all. Without compassion, there will never be harmony, never be graceful society… there will never be the sense that others have familial needs, emotional needs, social needs… and it is this inability to view others as human ~ as bearing the human condition ~ that fosters separation and inequality.

If you sincerely want to be a good person in the world but have not attained the charasm of compassion, try kindness. The most powerful tool for changing the world is kindness practiced without arrogance.

for my book on peace and equality, go to:
http://royanthonyshabla.com

websites

2010-01-11T14:27:00.000-08:00

blesstheworld.com ~ natural and holistic healing, wellness therapy, spiritual remedies to transform your life. remote / distance healing, psychic healing, spiritual healing, chakra balancing, aura cleansing, karma release, tantric / kundalini release for health and vitality. spiritual consultation, psychic reading, medical intuitive ~ get real answers. meditation class, yoga for the soul. metaphysical glossary, learn metaphysical terms, words. feng shui, chinese astrology, five-elements architectural ecology, chinese new year predictions, psychic predictions, feng shui predictions, feng shui consultation, candles, water fountains, windchimes ~ feng shui cures to transform your life. homeopathics, flower essences, spiritual tinctures, alchemy, panacea, elixir of life, light ~ the most powerful remedies on the planet. spiritual books, ecstatic poetry, books on activism, the peace movement, anti-war, the green movement, ecology ~ feed your mind and soul, heal your heart. plus, t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, sweatshirts and decorative arts for peace and love and harmony in the world.

http://www.blesstheworld.com

royanthonyshabla.com ~ roy anthony shabla is a poet and writer, editor, bookmaker. he writes ecstatic poetry in the tradition of rumi, hafiz, tagore, kabir to rave reviews. his books include a memoir of the early peace movement and his own peace art designs, a quirky, childhood memoir that will make you laugh and cry and nod knowingly, as well as long poems for the theater. his books are a startling and delightful epiphany. he is currently working in opera, film, and editing an anthology of short fiction. for years, he has been working on a spiritual cookbook. this website is also a portal for the art, film, clothing designs (t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, etc), and spiritual work of roy anthony shabla. consultation available for editing manuscripts and bookmaking, art acquisition and placement, as well as psychic-spiritual and feng shui work and garden design. he was once the youngest literary editor in the country and has lectured frequently on antique american decorative arts, ceramic arts. he has been a long-time advocate for peace and ecology.

http://www.royanthonyshabla.com

galleroy.com ~ is an online art gallery featuring the artwork of roy anthony shabla. paintings, prints, handmade books, film, performance, and a variety of mixed-media are represented. large abstract expressionist paintings, meditative paintings, assemblage, small letterpress poetry prints and watercolors and handmade poetry books and chapbooks, short artist films, and free art events, happenings, guerilla and graffiti art... as well as graphic peace t-shirts, hoodies, and other graffiti designs. this site also links to the other work of roy anthony shabla, writer and poet, healer and teacher and spiritual consultant, and activist.

http://www.galleroy.com

galleRoy.com

2010-01-06T12:52:00.000-08:00

the website of my paintings and other artwork is now live online.

http://www.royanthonyshabla.com/galleroy/index.html

soon, slideshows of the work will be installed.

also, art events will be listed... many of them are free.

get a little culture in your life (without yogurt, that is!)

notes on democracy

2010-01-04T17:40:00.000-08:00

the basic problem with democracy is that:

it is far more likely to find one person who will put the needs of the group before himself than it is to find a majority of people who will do that…

however, the basic problem with dictatorship is that:

it is highly unlikely that that one benevolent person will be the person to rule.

democracy demands intelligence and compassion to thrive yet the democratic process requires neither.

thus, it would appear, entropy exists even in the most honorable political systems…

when applied to america, however, never underestimate the tenacity of mediocre minds.

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predicitions for the chinese new year (early)

2009-12-28T14:43:00.000-08:00

FENG SHUI for the YEAR of the TIGER 2010

There is the possibility of feeling heaven has abandoned you, especially for the man of the house. The woman of the house has the possibility of disaster. Married couples can suffer greatly by this combination and, during certain months, be susceptible to suicide.

for complete predictions for the year of the tiger and free psychic predictions for 2010, go to:

http://www.blesstheworld.com/feng_shui_monthly_treatments.html

for feng shui workshops to give you the best chance this year, go to:

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home again home again

2009-11-02T19:31:00.001-08:00

i am home from a wonderful trip to kauai. i swam, hiked, did yoga, chi gong, ate, drank, and repeated it all! the weather was great -- even the one day it poured was great.

i drove around the island in a red convertible mustang -- always with the top down (except in the rain) -- and my room was almost the size of my house complete with a full kitchen, dining and living room, laundry, and a balcony with a view of the ocean. i never turned on either of the flat screen tvs except one night to show my films...

i placed fliers and graffiti and met sweet people everywhere we went. it was definitely the best work ive had in a long time!

i am only home a week and a half then off to san jose. try to come to meditation class this wednesday and/or sunday. balance is very important at this time.

happy day of the dead!

always good

2009-09-30T11:45:00.000-07:00

By Bill Maher / September 27, 2009New Rule: If America can't get its act together, it must lose the bald eagle as our symbol and replace it with the YouTube video of the puppy that can't get up. As long as we're pathetic, we might as well act like it's cute.I don't care about the president's birth certificate, I do want to know what happened to "Yes we can." Can we get out of Iraq? No. Afghanistan? No. Fix health care? No. Close Gitmo? No. Cap-and-trade carbon emissions? No. The Obamas have been in Washington for ten months and it seems like the only thing they've gotten is a dog.Well, I hate to be a nudge, but why has America become a nation that can't make anything bad end, like wars, farm subsidies, our oil addiction, the drug war, useless weapons programs -- oh, and there's still 60,000 troops in Germany -- and can't make anything good start, like health care reform, immigration reform, rebuilding infrastructure.Even when we address something, the plan can never start until years down the road. Congress's climate change bill mandates a 17% cut in greenhouse gas emissions... by 2020! Fellas, slow down, where's the fire? Oh yeah, it's where I live, engulfing the entire western part of the United States!We might pass new mileage standards, but even if we do, they wouldn't start until 2016. In that year, our cars of the future will glide along at a breathtaking 35 miles-per-gallon. My goodness, is that even humanly possible? Cars that get 35 miles-per-gallon in just six years? Get your head out of the clouds, you socialist dreamer! "What do we want!? A small improvement! When do we want it!? 2016!"When it's something for us personally, like a laxative, it has to start working now. My TV remote has a button on it now called "On Demand." You get your ass on my TV screen right now, Jon Cryer, and make me laugh. Now! But when it's something for the survival of the species as a whole, we phase that in slowly.Folks, we don't need more efficient cars. We need something to replace cars. That's what's wrong with these piddly, too-little-too-late half-measures that pass for "reform" these days. They're not reform, they're just putting off actually solving anything to a later day, when we might by some miracle have, a) leaders with balls, and b) a general populace who can think again. Barack Obama has said, "If we were starting from scratch, then a single-payer system would probably make sense." So let's start from scratch.Even if they pass the shitty Max Baucus health care bill, it doesn't kick in for four years, during which time 175,000 people will die because they're not covered, and about three million will go bankrupt from hospital bills. We have a pretty good idea of the Republican plan for the next three years: Don't let Obama do anything. What kills me is that that's the Democrats' plan, too.We weren't always like this. Inert. In 1965, Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare into law and 11 months later seniors were receiving benefits. During World War II, virtually overnight FDR had auto companies making tanks and planes only. In one eight year period, America went from JFK's ridiculous dream of landing a man on the moon, to actually landing a man on the moon.This generation has had eight years to build something at Ground Zero. An office building, a museum, an outlet mall, I don't care anymore. I'm tempted to say that, symbolically, all America can do lately is keep digging a hole, but Ground Zero doesn't represent a hole. It is a hole. America: Home of the Freedom Pit. Ironically, it's spitting distance from Wall Street, where they knock down buildings a different way -- through foreclosure.That's the ultimate sign of our lethargy: millions thrown out of their homes, tossed out of work, lost their life savings, retirements postponed -- and they just take it. 30% interest on credit cards? It's a good thing the Supreme Court legalized sodomy a few years ago.Why can't we get off our back? Is it something in the food? Actually, yes. I found out something interesting researching last week's editorial on how we should be taxing the unhealthy things Americans put into their bodies, like sodas and junk foods and gerbils. Did you know that we eat the same high-fat, high-carb, sugar-laden shit that's served in prisons and in religious cults to keep the subjects in a zombie-like state of lethargic compliance?Why haven't Americans arisen en masse to demand a strong public option? Because "The Bachelor" is on. We're tired and our brain stems hurt from washing down French fries with McDonald's orange drink.The research is in: high-fat diets makes you lazy and stupid. Rats on an American diet weren't motivated to navigate their maze and once in the maze they made more mistakes. And, instead of exercising on their wheel, they just used it to hang clothes on. Of course we can't ban assault rifles -- we're the first generation too lazy to make its own coffee.We're the generation that invented the soft chocolate chip cookie: like a cookie, only not so exhausting to chew. I ask you, if the food we're eating in America isn't making us stupid, how come the people in Carl's Jr. ads never think to put a napkin over their pants?[Bill Maher is host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher."]Source / The Huffington PostThanks to Bill Meacham / The Rag Blog

two letters in one day

2009-09-28T17:05:00.000-07:00

brian eno

2009-09-26T10:51:00.000-07:00

its funny you dont know how lucky you are until circumstances change for the worse...

millie and i went to see the brian eno exhibit at cal state long beach last week. we didnt go to the lecture because it was a hundred bucks... a hundred bucks!

and our timing was such that we arrived at the exhibit when everyone else was in the lecture... there were just a couple kids manning the university art museum... and they didnt know anything from anything. but they were sweet.

there is a room of prints ~ giclee copies of prints ~ in the first room of the museum. they are competent and attractive. they are the basis for enos installation.

the next room has the sound and light show.

the reviews of the show were lukewarm but we decided to see for ourselves what was what. and we did.

the focus of the room is a wall of twelve monitors mounted in a kaleidescope pattern. on the monitors, images of enos prints slowly dissolve one into another. at first, the change is so slow we couldnt see them change. we thought the monitors themselves were moving but couldnt see the images move.

with no-one else in the museum, i could go up close to the monitors and really view them. we could sit ~ and we did for 45 minutes ~ and watch the slow parade of images...

enos trademark ambient music filled the room. and piles of gravel were placed in certain places...

the images and music were randomly generated and layered so the experience was always new... it was a meditation and millie and i thoroughly enjoyed it. it was beautiful.

we looked at the other exhibit ~ cory arcangel ~ before we left. it was also wonderful (an abstract, generated film thing ~ you have to see it).

millie and i went to papa luccis in belmont shore to eat veggie pizza... then across the street to finerprint records to look for music...

then we decided to go back to see the eno exhibit again.

the lecture was out and people were coming and going ~ mostly attractive college kids... there were different kids manning the desk and everywhere people were visiting... and as we sat in the viewing room, the noise of people talking, doors slamming, and general hubbub was a complete distraction from the meditation of the art. it is the noisiest museum i have ever been in. no respect, i tell you.

the exhibit is great ~ you need to see it. but go when the museum is closed ~ even the staff can be loud!

galleRoy @ BUSTER'S

2009-09-25T15:16:00.000-07:00

i have postponed galleRoy @ BUSTER'S ~ the film, music, poetry performance scheduled for next month in culver city. everything is not coming together easily (see previous post) and it is better not to make myself crazy. er.

jessica, jason, and lily are working on the films ~ and that is where i need to focus... rehearsal schedules and technical difficulties will be dealt with in their own time.

in the meantime, i am trying to write. trying.

there isnt as much writing needed for the websites (though i did just finish a long newsletter), and the spiritual forum i write for closed today (though i am now writing for another), but between tequila tales (a book i am working on with my friend millie), my biography anecdotes, and the endless amount of emails i get... there is hardly time to clear the mind, let alone work on the two things i want to write: namely a long poem about dissatisfaction with the circumstances of life (to go with body of water) and the karma cookbook.

but these take psychic space... and mental time...

so maybe postponing galleRoy will give me those.

to keep abreast of my busy schedule see http://royanthonyshabla.com ~ and subscibe to the newsletter for even more info.

daily grind

2009-09-19T14:24:00.000-07:00

yesterday big jeanne and i went to see bright star the movie about keats. go and see it now because it wont be in theaters more than a couple days. poetry, early 19th century, country... a slow movie like this wont play to the american public. but it was good.

and we ate at real food daily. and it was good. (i had two five dollar coupons from the time elizabeth and i tried to eat there and they were remodeling... so the bill wasnt so bad either!)

i am done with traveling for a few weeks and relaxing at home... catching up on writing and art... even a little reading!

am trying to finish films... trying to put together a performance at busters in october... but everything is lagging. when the films are completed, we can begin rehearsals. dont have all the readers yet, dont have the musicians (but one)... but i need the films to even begin the work of putting it together... and am dependent on film editors (who seem to have better things to do) to finish this portion of the project.

o well. then i can have a nap~

river of peace

2009-09-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

today i crossed the peace river, a wide beautiful waterway in florida halfway between fort myers (where my aunt and uncle live) and orlando (where i left florida and flew back to california).

last night karen and grace and i spent the evening with my aunt ursula and uncle johnny. we ate and drank and ate some more. and we talked and talked and talked. we all had a wonderful time. johnny brought out old photographs ~ there is one of his father selling vegetables from a cart in niles ohio (there is no photo of my great grandfather selling from such a cart) and i would like to use it in my cookbook. and ursula brought out pictures of cousins i dont know, have never met...

and we talked politics...

and ursula told us about about a woman who had been ordained a catholic priest and was excommunicated from the church but still said mass and ministered to her congregation. she had a program for the homeless and urusula had cooked food for it ~ the same as we were eating... she had to tell us while johnny was out of earshot as he didnt approve. (others in my family are similarly inclined ~ my cousin helen in las vegas runs a food bank for aids patients ~ her catholic church helping over two thousand clients... but helen wont donate to the regular collection at church ~ that goes to pay for the pedophilia lawsuits ~ she only gives to the building fund and the food bank.)

we had a long drive today to get me to the airport on time so after we crossed the peace river, we stopped only for a few moments to get coffee and post peace graffiti. grace did the honors at a fast food chain and karen shot pictures...

it was a great trip to florida, surprising karen, meeting buffy, visiting with grace and al, seeing my aunt and uncle... we flew fighter kites, walked in the rain, shopped... and there was a big party... but mostly we talked. it was wonderful to be able to have a conversation and relax... and now im home and back to the grind... but the river of peace still flows through us all.

september 11

2009-09-11T21:01:00.000-07:00

today is the anniversary of the september 11th tragedy. i am in florida (not portland like my schedule says) to surprise karen guido for her birthday. her husband made the arrangements and they picked me up at the airport last night and she was surprised. i think she is still surprised.

we stayed up til 3:30 in the morning talking, howling...

today we did a variety of things ~ the most important of which was vandalizing st. augustine beach. karen and i installed peace graffiti along the beach walk where surfers and strollers alike can enjoy it and meditate on it. we also placed graffiti on the bandstand, a great old and romantic structure in semi disrepair.

the army corps of engineers screwed up the placement of a jetty fifty miles north of st. augustine resulting in the quick erosion of st. augustine's beach, the area now closed because of dangerous high tides crashing on the beach wall rocks.

surfers access the dangerous waters from either end of st. augustine but the middle of the lost beach holds only a view for everyone else. peace graffiti is thus perfectly placed ~ natural grace and beauty made unattainable by military unintelligence, the structure of humanity eroding from human idiocy.

we had a lovely dinner with karen's parents then came home and talked about art late into the evening. we did not light candles on the street nor show our posters to the traffic but instead waged peace with peppermint tea ~ thus our work to save the world continues.

to print free peace posters, order peace t-shirts, or buy my book about peace graffiti ~ go to royanthonyshabla.com http://royanthonyshabla.com/ . (i was wearing a "one for all" peace shirt today and recieved wonderful comments.)

there are documentary photos on the posters page of royanthonyshabla.com. the pictures of today's vandalism will be posted soon.

what have you done today to save the world?

blanca

2009-09-07T20:20:00.000-07:00

elizabeth and i went to see blanca today. blancita. she was my cleaning lady, elizabeths longtime friend. she worked for everybody -- including shelly winters. blanca has been dying of cancer for a long time -- throat, stomach cancer... a very hard way to go. we have visited her a few times but this was the worst. she looked like a tiny little ghandi under a blanket on the bed ~ bald, weak, alien...

but her soul was still there, her spark, her humor.

i will write more later.

life and death

2009-09-05T13:12:00.000-07:00

today is steves birthday. he died on the summer solstice a year ago. i miss him more and more. martha is still inconsolable.

last week, i was in the san francisco area (orinada is next to berkeley) to help stacy take care of her mom. when i was there three weeks earlier, alice was exhibiting slight signs of a stroke -- nothing too demonstrative but she was taken to the emergency room. she came back two days later with a diagnosis of alzheimers though she had no symptoms of alzheimers. the doctors had to make some diagnosis because thats what they do... but then she did start to exhibit signs of alzheimers... (you could almost think it was suggested by the diagnosis...) very quickly she went from stage two to stage six, really in three days... and alzheimers is a very slow-progressing disease...

experts now determine that alice is suffering with a very rare disease similar to mad cow --creutzfeldt-jakob disease -- a rapid, degerative brain affliction that turns the organ into a spongy mush. and physical, emotional, and mental functions deteriorate as the brain does. quickly.

there are several websites for information. and mad cow is not only in cows and humans -- the deer on bobs farm in oregon had it last year... maybe that accounts for bobs craziness!!!

as with any caregiving, a sense of compassion and a sense of humor are vital. and support is key.

stacys aunt meri, alices sister, was there to help and was tireless in her help. stacy has a six-month old baby and a three-year old girl. tater and coconut. and a husband, my friend chuck. and now her mother... it is a lot to handle.

people coming to visit were useless -- making things even more difficult... and professional care had not started yet. so i went to pitch in.

o i didnt do that much -- made food, helped with moving alice, watching the babies... working together makes difficult work enjoyable -- something always to remember as a caregiver: dont do it all yourself.

martha and i learned this well taking care of steve. 3 am toilet dramas would launch us into giggles and gagging... sleep deprivation and living room defication are handled better with a friend...

the feng shui has been difficult for health recently: both july and september have extreme illness and death. and october has the same...

i am so grateful my mother is fine, my family (knock wood) are all ok. besides stacys mother being sick; chuck, stacys husband, his mother has a relapse of cancer; and rich, stacys brother-in-law, his mother is dying of cancer.

marthas dear friend and neighbor joan, her husband doesnt have long to live...

and my dear friend, client, and student... my compatriot and bon vivant wifey, her father is hospitalized with a rare form of blood cancer. she is devasted. and rundown from being present for her parents...

the tough times are not only economic. but the blessing is that we have each other through it all.

humanity

2009-09-03T11:37:00.000-07:00

the september newsletter (see below) has stimulated readers to relate their stories of crazy people -- from inappropriate drivers to inappropriate shoppers... anywhere people interact. this is a crazy crazy time and things are only getting worse.

but no-one has mentioned the humanity shops. http://blesstheworld.com/humanity_shops.html

blesstheworld.com has launched a page of affiliate shops ~ links to other websites such as chocolate, coffee, wine, etc... where the retailer is green and socially conscious and donates to ecological and humanitarian charities. some really wonderful shops... if you follow the link from blesstheworld.com to one of the shops ~ gourmet chocolate for example ~ and make a purchase, blesstheworld.com receives a small referral fee.

on the humanity shops page, it states that this money (the referral fee) goes to help support the work of blesstheworld.com... and thus the question arises: what is the work of blesstheworld.com?

for those who dont read my newsletters or books... or dont listen to/dont appreciate what they read... blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com are regularly engaged in humanitarian works.

peace graffiti takes considerable effort and income as well as magic. if you havent read my book, (peace) words, order it now: http://royanthonyshabla.com/books.html and join the cause. war is an assault on the human spirit and a curse on the earth. what have you done today to save the world?

this week, blesstheworld.com has donated books to literacy and cultural programs in india, pakistan (for women in afghanistan ~ the taliban notwithstanding), brazil, zimbabwe, greece, denmark (anti-government squatters), poland, czech republic, and the ukraine. illiteracy is a worldwide shame on humanity.

blesstheworld.com regularly supplies the blessthebody.com spiritual remedy first aid to disaster victims. http://blesstheworld.com/spiritual_remedies.html this also takes considerable time and money. but it is a great service to wounded souls.

besides these humanitarian works, many many free consultations are given ~ you know who you are ~ both over the phone and through email. no one is turned away from meditation class for lack of funds ~ though those who do not pay, usually do not return. and the blesstheworld.com website includes a page of free posters (have you printed and posted peace fliers? if you have, do it again. if you havent, start now! http://royanthonyshabla.com/posters.html). what have you done today to save the world?

most people have a difficult time with their own lives, they dont have the energy to worry about others. unfortunately, inertia is the american way. but the blesstheworld.com humanity shops, the royanthonyshabla.com books, the peace shirts... all support peace and human rights in the world. if you do not have the time or energy to march to save the world, patronize blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com. your support is greatly appreciated.

complete september newsletter

2009-09-02T13:04:00.000-07:00

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September 2009

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

It is the end of Summer and the beginning of the Season of Blessings. Harvest festivals ~ culminating in the United States with Thanksgiving in November ~ are our opportunities to be grateful for what we have, what we enjoy. May this season bring you an autumn of the heart where you find a bountiful harvest festival within yourself.

The August newsletter received a great response! People commented on the “Predictions” section, reminding me of earthquakes I had foretold (I was like an earthquake meter when I was younger) as well as events personal to their lives. Usually, these incidents are downplayed or forgotten ~ I try not to be a “story”, a vaudeville, a parlor trick. But people do want to be entertained…

This month is very unsettled. I do not want to verbalize the possibilities; I prefer to work for peace. While the meditation class schedule is very disrupted (my travel schedule is posted to both websites), find time and place for meditation and rebalancing. Helping yourself will help the planet at this time. Schedule a spa day for your soul.

And go to the free posters page on royanthonyshabla.com and print out fliers. If you aren’t working for peace, you are allowing war. If you don’t believe in the possibility of peace, you are supporting the probability of war. Make peace graffiti ~ get the idea of peace into the consciousness of the planet. Any wall can change the world ~ write wisely.

This will be the 8th anniversary of the September 11th tragedy. If you will not post graffiti for peace, then wear a peace t-shirt to the supermarket, put a peace sticker on your car, hang a peace clock in your cubicle at work. Do not succumb to inertia and apathy. What have you done today to save the world?

The original recommendation for people directly affected by the September 11th tragedy was the use of blessthebody.com First Aid for five years. Boxes of First Aid were sent to various sites in New York City and elsewhere to assist with the immediate trauma. But there have been no reports of blessthebody.com First Aid usage even to one year. Hopefully, victims found another tool to assist them. Healing is a difficult road; not healing is worse.

On September 11th, light a candle as a prayer for peace for the world. Go outside your home, your safety zone, and light a candle for the world. Print out a free poster or wear your peace shirt and stand on the street with a candle. Stand up for peace in the world. Stand up for peace for yourself and those you love. And give thanks for the blessings in your life.

Humanity Shops

blesstheworld.com is pleased to announce the Humanity Shops. These are affiliate websites of quality which offer products to enrich your life and the world. While the Humanity Shops is still in progress, there are now available websites of fine chocolate, gourmet coffee, and connoisseur wine. Others will be added as things progress. Much of the Humanity Shops’ products are fair trade organic and sustainable and the companies return money to humanitarian and ecological charities. If you place an order having gone to one of their websites from blesstheworld.com, blesstheworld.com will receive a small referral commission. This helps to support the work of blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com, the cost of peace graffiti, the cost of donated remedies, and many, many other things.

One of the Humanity Shops to note is the flower shop. Fresh, organic flowers delivered in beautiful, recycled materials. There is a special offer at this time: buy one dozen roses, receive another free. Send flowers to your neighbor, your friend, your mother-in-law for September 11th; order flowers for your Autumnal Equinox dinner party. Make peace with the world through flowers!

Go to the Humanity Shops page and read about the exciting companies with which we are partnering.

blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies

The cause of the “unsettled” crazy energy (people driving dangerously, reacting inappropriately, etc.) is a degeneration of the aura. The recommended blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse for the last two months and the warnings of radiation poisoning since the beginning of the year were a protection against this degeneration. Extreme weather patterns are also a result of disbiotic radiation, as is nervousness, weakness, and unstable empathy. Now, the frequent use of blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is recommended to repair the damage from ambient radiation, especially if you have not heeded the previous warnings.

Aura Spritz

The aura is a complex, multi-dimensional vibration-bundle which contains all information about you. A small portion of the aura is known as the light around the body, the halo. The complete aura exists both within and without time/space and contains all your spiritual bodies and reaches to the edges of the universe. Ascended Masters have access to the complete aura while most people operate within a very limited energy space.Damage to the aura affects the physical body, the chakric body, the emotional body; it affects the physical life-process, the spiritual life-process.The aura is damaged by many antagonists: radiation (use with blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse); family/inter-personal dysfunction (use with Chakra Tonic); anger, jealously (use with E-motion Potion)...But most importantly, the aura is damaged by psychic attack, black magic, voodoo. Negative thoughts directed from a casual encounter are very tangible antagonists to the integrity of the aura. Ritual abuse/attack is much worse.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz cleanses and repairs the aura at all levels and cuts karmic cords to all antagonists. It amplifies all other remedies (eg: see above; also: Silver Light for peace; Green Light for harmony/healing; Love Light for universal compassion, et cetera). For severe auric damage, use with blessthebody.com First Aid. For destructive empathy, use as a tonic with First Aid.blessthebody.com Aura Spritz is your first line of defense from bad luck in any form because everything exists in your aura before it exists in your life.

To balance the “unsettled energy” within your body at this time, it is recommended to use blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic regularly.

Chakra Tonic

The chakras are portals of spiritual energy which connect to specific points on the physical body. They pertain to psycho-emotional issues which manifest in the physical body and the physical life.blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic repairs, balances, and strengthens the chakra and nadi (connections between the chakras) systems and their subsidiary systems (the endocrine system, the nervous system, the acupuncture points and meridians systems). It supports the balance of the hormones, brain chemicals, digestive enzymes. It supports the balance of psycho-emotional life-issues. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic is like "Kundalini-yoga-in-a-bottle".As a tonic, it is best used regularly over a period of time. This is an excellent basic remedy. Chakra Tonic combines well with the other blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies — choose to combine remedies to focus the energy to a desired action (eg: Chakra Tonic with Bright Brain for hormone balancing; Chakra Tonic with E-motion Potion for psychological processing; Chakra Tonic with Bright Immunity for strength and vitality).This is an important remedy during pregnancy (especially for the healthy development of the fetus), menopause, home re-modeling (combine with First Aid), mid-life crisis, or any life-transition. blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic helps you maintain healthy balance.

In honor of the tragedy of September 11th, blessthebody.com First Aid will be reduced to $13 for the month. Now is always the time to accept healing into your life. Also, the trauma of a damaged aura (from the current radiation problem) is more significant than the trauma of a damaged body and blessthebody.com First Aid will be your friend, relieving the pattern of trauma from both your body and your aura.

First Aid

Shock and trauma overwhelm a portion of the psyche, stunting the growth process on all levels. An insect bite or paper cut; a car accident or death in the family — from surgery to a stubbed toe, this is your "first-aid-kit-in-a-bottle". More effective than Rescue Remedy or arnica, use for all minor or major emergencies. It is indispensable if you have children or when travelling; keep an extra bottle in your car and toiletries bag.First Aid relieves shock and trauma from physical, emotional, mental, psychic, and spiritual stress, both current and historical. Use to relieve childhood and distant trauma as well as everyday circumstances. First Aid calls the spirit back so healing can begin.

Astrological Feng Shui

While there is the possibility of financial abundance this month, there is also conflict with that money, especially as robbery. There is also great illness and death. Take time to place these treatments with respect after removing last month’s treatments.

In the Southeast, place eight stones and six coins. Excellent luck.In the South, place three coins. Marriage luck.In the Southwest, good luck.In the West, place images of health.In the Northwest, excellent luck.In the North, stimulate the moving metal. Disaster.In the Northeast, leave coins, return fire.In the East, place six-times-six coins. Disaster.In the Center, place six-times-six coins in water. Violence and loss.

Use blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse and Aura Spritz on your home. If it seems the energy isn’t flowing smoothly or is out of synch, add blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse.

RoyAnthonyShabla.com and blesstheworld.com wish you a kind September.

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there is no homebut your heart.even the oceanwhich draws the poison from my soul like a poulticecannot housethe furniture of my lifenor shelterthe delicate chinaof my work.i am indigentwithout your love.the sourceof my poemsis not the sea,not the sky ~though the breadthof these is a glimpseof the face of god…no, the sourceof poetryis notan expanse of bluenor anunfathomable depthbut insteadthe soft fresh greenof the gardenblossomingin the chamberof your heartwhere i live.

beginning of september newsletter

2009-08-17T20:50:00.000-07:00

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September 2009

Happy Autumnal Equinox!

It is the end of Summer and the beginning of the Season of Blessings. Harvest festivals ~ culminating in the United States with Thanksgiving in November ~ are our opportunities to be grateful for what we have, what we enjoy. May this season bring you an autumn of the heart where you find a bountiful harvest festival within yourself.

The August newsletter received a great response! People commented on the “Predictions” section, reminding me of earthquakes I had foretold (I was like an earthquake meter when I was younger) as well as events personal to their lives. Usually, these incidents are downplayed or forgotten ~ I try not to be a “story”, a vaudeville, a parlor trick. But people do want to be entertained…

This month (September) is very unsettled. I do not want to verbalize the possibilities; I prefer to work for peace. While the meditation class schedule is very disrupted (my travel schedule is posted to both websites), find time and place for meditation and rebalancing. Helping yourself will help the planet at this time. Schedule a spa day for your soul.

And go to the free posters page on blesstheworld.com and print out fliers. If you aren’t working for peace, you are allowing war. If you don’t believe in the possibility of peace, you are supporting the probability of war. Make peace graffiti ~ get the idea of peace into the consciousness of the planet. Any wall can change the world ~ it depends only on what is written on it.

to register for the newsletter or to read from the archive ~ or to print free posters ~ go to: http://blesstheworld.com

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going going gone

2009-08-17T19:29:00.000-07:00

Current Travel Schedule

August 5 to August 12 ~ San Francisco
No Meditation Class Sunday, August 9.

August 20 to August 24 ~ Dallas
No Meditation Class Sunday, August 23.

August 28 to September 1 ~ San Francisco
No Meditation Class Sunday August 30.

September 10 to September 15 ~ Portland
No Meditation Class Sunday, September 13.

October 24 to October 31 ~ Kauai
No Meditation Class Sunday, October 25.
No Meditation Class Wednesday, October 28.

august forecast

2009-08-01T16:14:00.000-07:00

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August 2009

Greetings!

galleRoy @ Casa La Reina was a huge success. The art, the film, the food, the drink ~ all were wonderful. People are still talking about it. The garden of poetry was a romantic setting and the band was amazing. Guests came from all over California. If you missed this party, you missed something. See my blog for details.

RoyAnthonyShabla.com and blesstheworld.com are both pleased to announce the completion of their site renovations. Enjoy the new, simpler formats and sleek, over-all design. It is safer and easier to order remedies and services online than ever before.

One expanded feature of blesstheworld.com is the glossary. It is a list of commonly referenced metaphysical words with clear, simple definitions. Give yourself a crash-course in metaphysics by perusing the blesstheworld.com glossary. It is an interesting and enlightening read. Other features will be added soon.

Predictions

Clients have been confirming my predictions more than ever. Forecasts based on astrology, numerology, feng shui, and psychic energy have been manifesting regularly this year. Many predictions and tales of confirmation are related during the weekly Divine Meditation classes but other predictions have been made during workshops, special events, private consultations, and this newsletter.

Information pertaining to the physical body (eg: poisoning) and the emotional body (eg: conflict) as well as career and financial information have born out. Those who have heeded the predictions are understandably grateful.

I also predicted the onset of fighting in the (un)Holy Land despite peace talks and the death by stabbing on the first day of the 2008 Summer Olympics.

During my dharma talk on New Years’s Eve, I gave forecasts for the year. A few were repeated in this newsletter. One thing I spoke about was the death of a famous and beloved person. This prediction was not about a general person in the public eye ~ famous people die regularly ~ but someone the world would mourn. I compared this to the death of Princess Diana. The passing of Michael Jackson was on that par.

I still believe the stock market will bottom in September. The housing market is already showing some signs of recovery. While I believe the recession will not be easily reversed, the signs of hope are clear. The wonderful event of galleRoy @ Casa La Reina was a gift of hope to everyone in my life. I hope you drank deeply of the cup.

The year has reached its zenith and my concern for radiation toxicity is acute. As a preventive, the use of blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse is suggested. (Those who followed last month’s suggestion to use Radiation Cleanse and blessthebody.com Grace and Peace and Joy reported outstanding results. What have you done today to save yourself?!)

To increase your own intuition, the use of blessthebody.com Bright Brain is suggested.

Bright Brain

The brain is the master computer of the physical body and the main interface with the subtle worlds. Poor diet/nutrition, toxic environment/blood, imbalanced hormones and chemicals, and electro-magnetic and other radiational fields contribute to a decrease of these functions, as do inter-dimensional interferences. Headaches, dizziness, buzzing, inability to focus/inability to remember, poor coordination, mood-swings, insomnia, and general degeneration are all symptoms of a decrease of these functions.

Bright Brain restores vitality and light to the essence of the brain which balances and enhances its functioning. It also strengthens the etheric body, slowing the degeneration of the physical body. Rudolph Steiner said that cancer was a degeneration of the etheric body. Use of Bright Brain as a tonic maintains a strong etheric body.

It is important for serious meditators, students, drug-users, and anyone over forty years of age.
Combine with Radiation Cleanse, Chakra Tonic, White Light for severe symptoms. Combine with Silver Light for chronic anxiety.

Implant Cleanse

Recent astrology, especially the new moon eclipse, emphasizes the release of karma. If you are having trouble releasing negative patters in your life, combine blessthebody.com Karma Cleanse with blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse. And be prepared to change!

Deep-seated encoding and implants from fourth-dimensional interference or hereditary karma can impede the ability of the DNA structure to replicate correctly, causing mutation and illness. Often this is a vibrational disturbance that is subtle and the problem manifests over a period of time. Other cases are more overt and acute.

blessthebody.com Implant Cleanse removes the vibrational disturbance creating the underlying imbalance. Combine with blessthebody.com Love Light for best results. Add Aura Spritz and White Light for particularly difficult situations. This is highly recommended for chronic illness, both physical and emotional.

Feng Shui Astrology

This month has a severe problem with conflict in relationships. Romantic relationships may suffer to the point of dissolution. Stay in control of your temper and temper your hyper-sensitivity. Regrets last longer than quarrels.

This month also holds extreme good luck in the center of the home. Make use of this area as much as possible to create dreams-come-true!

In the Northwest sector: if you have water, add fire (1 hour a day). Good luck.
In the Northeast sector: burn fire only 5 minutes a day. Add six bags each with six coins. Bad luck.
In the South sector: remove water.
In the Southeast sector: if you don’t have it and are able to add it, add yang water.

Do not place water features in the bedroom.

For more information on feng shui treatments, see Feng Shui Every Day.

Continue spraying the home this month with blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse and Grace and Peace and Joy.

Visit the new blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com websites. There are surprises there for everyone!

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police

2009-08-01T14:08:00.000-07:00

this morning, after the drama of last night, i had more police in my life.

simply: i was driving. there was an accident in the street. the police were on the scene. i went around the accident to continue on my way.

a block later, a cop pulled me over.

he said i went around that accident. yes i did. he said i went on the wrong side of the street to do it. i said the accident had blocked the right side of the street. he said i should have turned down a different street.

he wrote me a ticket.

then: i said if you had wanted me to turn a different way, you should have been directing traffic.

he said you can fight it. i said i will. with cutbacks because of the economy, your time could be better spent than writing this frivolous ticket. it could have been spent directing traffic.

anyway, its been too much. i'm laying low for awhile. as long as the neighborhood is quiet.

neighbor hoods

2009-08-01T12:03:00.000-07:00

the neighbors woke me last night playing loud music. it was sometime after 2 am. at first, i thought it was teenagers in a car with concert-setting speakers, the bass pulsing, but it didn't leave. so i went into the front yard to look. there was no-one around. and the sound was coming from my next-door neighbor's house.

these neighbors have always been good. yes, they tore down the bungalow like mine and built a huge mini-mc-mansion which hulks over me. yes, the cement acid from the block wall they built killed four of my trees. and yes, they do have huge, mexican parties all the time. but they have never been overtly inconsiderate.

i figured they would turn the music off in a minute because they have a baby living in the house. i figured all the other neighbors would call the police because it was so loud, so late. but none of this happened.

i got out of bed again and went to pee. the music was even louder. i decided to go back to the front yard then over to the neighbors to see what i could see. maybe it was a party that lost track of time...

but i did not see anyone through the large windows. there was low lighting inside the house but the place looked deserted. i could see well into the house from the sidewalk. i walked around to my back yard and looked over the tree-killer wall. again, i could see into the house but didn't see anyone. the music was loud but no-one was home.

that worried me.

so i called the police.

now, 411 on the cell phone has advertisements first; then directory assistance. after a commercial for walmart (at 3 am, mind you, in my boxers in the back yard) i ask for the police department. 411 has no listing. city and state, government, etcetera... no listing for the police department. i try three times.

then i call 911.

the police woman who answered asked if i needed an ambulance. i said no. i said the neighbors were playing loud music, it sounded like a night club. she could hear it over the phone. she said you don't call 911 for loud music.

i knew she didn't care about the walmart ads etc so i just kept going. "the music is loud but i don't see anyone in the house. it's weird and worries me."

"are there strange cars in the driveway?" i had to walk back to the front of the house. "i see the regular truck in the driveway but there is a white car in front of the house i don't know."

" and you don't see anyone in the house?"

"i can see into the house from the sidewalk and there's been no-one around... wait! i see someone." it was the father of the family. why would he be there listening to loud, nightclub-disco music?

"so it's ok?" the woman asked me. i said i think so... then:

"wait! someone's coming out." she stayed on the phone with me. two guys came out of the house, friends of the son i imagined. i walked toward the closer one and asked, "are you gonna be playing that music much longer?"

"fuck yes we're gonna be playing that music. whater you gonna do, call the police?"

i said i was already talking to the police, still holding the phone to my ear.

"you don't know who you're talking to. do you know who the fuck i am? i'll fuck you up."

the police woman asked in my ear, "has he been drinking?" i said yes. she said walk away, go home, lock your door, i'll send someone.

this is when he was saying to me, i'll fuck you up, i'll kick your ass you fucking faggot (a hate crime, i was wearing a NO H8 t-shirt with my boxers)... i walked back toward my house.

the two guys went back into the house for a few seconds then came out and got into the white car. it tore off down the street. and the music got turned way down.

a minute or two later, a cop car pulled up. i went out to meet it.

i told the officer the music had just been turned down and a man had threatened me then fled. i also said the neighbors had always been nice. (i didn't tell them about the wall and my trees. i also didn't mention that they had been to my huge but respectful and elegant party two weeks previous...)

he asked if i was ok. that was kind. i said everything seemed fine now. his partner drove up ~ i thought it might be the white car returning...

both officers walked toward the neighbor's house to look. they asked if i wanted them to investigate. i said it was probably ok now.

but the second officer said, "i hear the music and its over fifty feet." so they went to the front door to knock and i went back to my porch.

they stayed at the door for a few minutes. longer than i expected. when they were returning to their cars, i went out to meet them again.

the first officer said they were drunk (in my opinion, if you were drinking, by 3:30 in the morning, you would be passed out asleep. people awake at that time of the night, not realizing that their music is beyond inappropriately loud, must be doing drugs... coke, crack, something cut with speed... but i didn't suggest that).

the officer asked the neighbor's names. i told him and he seemed surprised. he said the man was behaving like an ass. i got the feeling he meant belligerent.

the police left.

a few minutes later (five minutes to four in the godawful morning), the white car returned. this made me nervous because of the threat that had been issued from its occupant. the two guys and a third, a white guy, got out and went into the neighbor's house. the white guy only stayed two minutes then got back in the white car and tore off.

i didn't get to sleep until after five. i was up at 7:30 and watering the garden by 8. i tried to get a nap after that but the phone kept ringing...

if i turn up dead anytime soon, question the neighbors. after all, they did kill my trees.

merce cunningham dead at 90

2009-07-27T15:59:00.000-07:00

he is collaborating with john cage yet again.

o what a night!

2009-07-26T16:15:00.000-07:00

my dear friend of many many years sandra vista suggested while at my galleRoy event a couple weeks ago that we meet at exenes opening at western project. exene cervenka and john doe were/are the heart and soul of the famous and influential los angeles punk band x. x played at the amphitheater two nights ago and i am told burned the house down. they still have it. i met exene more years ago than any of us care to admit when she gave a reading of her poetry with henry rollins of black flag. we met in passing with gavin dillard the naked poet and others and i have followed her career/side projects since her early days.

sandra is a good artist, a career artist, a woman's artist, and a good teacher. her work documents her life in a beautiful and non-sentimental way. i have known her since before she was sandra vista and we always have a great time when we are together. and she throws the most interesting dinner parties!

sandra was bringing two friends and dc and i were meeting them at the gallery. exene and the other artist wayne white put together a great show. very real and resonant work of which im sure there will be great reviews.

dc and i were there before sandra and visited with suzanne an old friend of exenes about trips to india and morocco. the gallery was hot and became stuffy with more and more people so we spent most of the time in the back alley drinking. it was pleasant.

sandra and her friends june and carol arrived a little later and carol turned out to be carole caroompas the performance artist of japanese folding screen fame. we drank and visited with people and took short trips into the gallery to look at the art again. tulsa the editor of artillery who didnt show up at galleRoy two weeks ago was there and didnt remember me even when i said i was a friend of the world famous laura london. how could anyone ever forget me? she took a photograph of dc and carole caroompas and me for the next issue of the magazine but you know how that stuff turns out.

later in the evening i spotted phranc our favorite jewish lesbian folk singer talking to exene. i hadnt seen phranc with a ph and a hard c since the early eighties at the mercury arts center in long beach. the last i remember phranc and i and a couple other people were sitting on the sidewalk of fourth street outside the mercury arts center at 3 am singing this land is your land accompanied by her acoustic guitar. we visited for a few minutes and she said she was performing and rereleasing her old albums. she looked really good.

dc and i wanted to eat dinner at tender greens but they dont serve hard alcohol so we all went to rush so carole caroompas could have a martini. and thus the performance art for the evening began.

somehow the bartender didnt know how to make a martini; somehow the chef didnt know how to cook short ribs; somehow the waitor didnt know how to bring sidedishes; many things were sent back including the bill. twice. but the coup de gras of the performance was when carole caroompas locked herself in the bathroom stall and crawled under the door to escape much to the horror of the bathroom attendent. she came back to the table with her story of trauma dipping her fingers into a glass of water to wash her elbows. dc gave her lotion to rub on herself after the table bath.

sandra called the evening and the curtain fell. we left rush and dc and i made it home thankful for a quiet ride. o what a night!

science is 2000 years behind the times

2009-07-23T11:42:00.000-07:00

and still doesnt get it!

posted on internet:

Humans Glow in Visible Light
By Charles Q. Choi

(July 22) - The human body literally glows, emitting a visible light in extremely small quantities at levels that rise and fall with the day, scientists now reveal.

Past research has shown that the body emits visible light, 1,000 times less intense than the levels to which our naked eyes are sensitive. In fact, virtually all living creatures emit very weak light, which is thought to be a byproduct of biochemical reactions involving free radicals. (This visible light differs from the infrared radiation — an invisible form of light — that comes from body heat.)

To learn more about this faint visible light, scientists in Japan employed extraordinarily sensitive cameras capable of detecting single photons. Five healthy male volunteers in their 20s were placed bare-chested in front of the cameras in complete darkness in light-tight rooms for 20 minutes every three hours from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. for three days.

The researchers found the body glow rose and fell over the day, with its lowest point at 10 a.m. and its peak at 4 p.m., dropping gradually after that. These findings suggest there is light emission linked to our body clocks, most likely due to how our metabolic rhythms fluctuate over the course of the day.

Faces glowed more than the rest of the body. This might be because faces are more tanned than the rest of the body, since they get more exposure to sunlight — the pigment behind skin color, melanin, has fluorescent components that could enhance the body's miniscule light production.

Skip over this content Since this faint light is linked with the body's metabolism, this finding suggests cameras that can spot the weak emissions could help spot medical conditions, said researcher Hitoshi Okamura, a circadian biologist at Kyoto University in Japan.

"If you can see the glimmer from the body's surface, you could see the whole body condition," said researcher Masaki Kobayashi, a biomedical photonics specialist at the Tohoku Institute of Technology in Sendai, Japan.

The scientists detailed their findings online July 16 in the journal PLoS ONE.

© Imaginova Corp. All rights reserved.
2009-07-22 18:00:53

another glossary post

2009-07-22T12:29:00.000-07:00

the following is added to the glossary on blesstheworld.com:

peace ~ in its most superficial form, peace is anti-war, the absence of war. it is the opposite of conflict. this can be applied on a global level, a commercial level, an interpersonal level, or as pertaining to turmoil within one's self, etc. but in reality, peace is much more than the absence of conflict. it is an equalitarian existence, a global life or a personal life of fairness and respect. those who work for peace in the world know that stopping war is a small bandage on a large wound. war is a symptom of a deeper consciousness that allows unfairness and disrespect to exist. the consciousness of individuals that make war (on each side of the conflict) and the consciousness of individuals who judge those who make war must be altered for there to be peace. while violence is an aspect of animal nature, war is not. and human nature has the power to elevate itself to a nature of peace. (see tao on blesstheworld.com glossary.)

and wear my peace shirts to make a statement for peace. every little bit helps shift the consciousness of the planet. http://blesstheworld.com

glossary post

2009-07-22T12:14:00.000-07:00

the following was going to be in the glossary on the blesstheworld.com website where no-one would ever see it... but we thought it too controversial... so we put it in this blog for the edification of the multitudes!!!

god ~ the consciousness of the animating force of the universe (see prana on blesstheworld.com glossary).

do not confuse this consciousness with the christian god. he is an aspect of god like pan or diana or other greek and roman gods, like the multitude of hindu or buddhist dieties, the native american gods, or the gods of any culture. the christian and hebrew and muslim god (it is all the same aspect) has been having his fifteen minutes of fame and will one day be relegated to antiquity. do not believe the illusion. do not believe the pr. do not let religion keep you from an experience of god.

an aspect of god makes god more tangible to the masses and any aspect of god is valid for veneration. some are more elevated than others. many are more elevated than the christian god. but the idea of an aspect of god as being mistaken for god may be what makes atheists atheists, a small-minded logic. atheists do not believe the christian god is god thus there must be no god! as written in my blog (search below on atheism), atheism is a vocabulary problem. atheists believe in god, they just call it a chair or the wind or love. without god, their asses would be sitting on the floor in a stuffy place without the best of human relationships. but they would know they were right!

god does not have a chosen people. god does not promise land. god is neither a ruler nor a realtor. god does not lord over people. god does not command or damn. god is not vengeful or judgmental. those are all human traits. man created god in his own image and likeness. and the different aspects of god reflect the variations of human consciousness. see joseph campbell, hero with a thousand faces.

god is the consciousness of the animating force of the universe. words will not explain it further. have the experience instead. http://blesstheworld.com

god bless jimmy carter

2009-07-20T12:56:00.000-07:00

reported from the internet:

After more than 60 years together, Jimmy Carter has announced himself at odds with the Southern Baptist Church -- and he's decided it's time they go their separate ways.

Via Feministing, the former president called the decision "unavoidable" after church leaders prohibited women from being ordained and insisted women be "subservient to their husbands."

Said Carter in an essay in The Age:

At its most repugnant, the belief that women must be subjugated to the wishes of men excuses slavery, violence, forced prostitution, genital mutilation and national laws that omit rape as a crime. But it also costs many millions of girls and women control over their own bodies and lives, and continues to deny them fair access to education, health, employment and influence within their own communities.

And, later:

The truth is that male religious leaders have had -- and still have -- an option to interpret holy teachings either to exalt or subjugate women. They have, for their own selfish ends, overwhelmingly chosen the latter. Their continuing choice provides the foundation or justification for much of the pervasive persecution and abuse of women throughout the world.

After watching everyone from philandering politicians to Iran's president taking a sudden look heavenwards when the roof starts to come down on them, it's refreshing to see Carter calling out the role of religion in the mistreatment of women.

The question for Carter -- and for others who find themselves at odds with leadership -- is, when a group you're deeply involved in starts to move away from your own core beliefs, do you stay and try to change from within or, at some point, do you have to look for the exit? Carter did give the former a shot -- in recent years publicly criticizing and distancing himself from church leadership, while staying involved with his church. Now, he's seeing if absence might do what presence did not.

peace shirts ~ royanthonyshabla.com

2009-07-19T22:21:00.000-07:00

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are you?

2009-07-19T22:18:00.000-07:00

Obama's daughter does her part to promote peace with t-shirt

UNDATED -- As President Barack Obama engages in peace talks, his daughter is making a peace statement of her own with her clothing choices.

Obama's 11-year-old daughter Malia donned t-shirts while abroad with the famous logo for the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.

The symbol designed in 1958 is now also used to represent "peace."

Malia wore the two t-shirts with the peace sign while in Rome with her mother Michelle and sister Sasha.

Obama recently signed agreements with Russian president Dmitry Medvedev to cut back on the world's nuclear weapons.

The CND's goal is to rid the world of nuclear weapons and weapons of mass destruction.

The Obama family is accompanying the president at the G8 summit in the Italian town of L'Aquila.

Copyright (c) 2009 Sunbeam Television Corp. All Rights Reserved.

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just a reminder

2009-07-19T22:09:00.000-07:00

yet another reason to wear my t-shirts:

Published on Wednesday, March 5, 2003 by the Times-Union (Albany, New York)

He Kept His Shirt On -- And Got ArrestedCrossgates Mall shopper charged after refusing to take off shirt with peace slogan

by Carol DeMare

An attorney for the state was arrested and hauled into court after refusing to take off a T-shirt that said "Give Peace a Chance" while shopping at Crossgates Mall.

Roger and Stephen Downs had these shirts made at Crossgates Mall, but Stephen Downs was arrested when he refused to take his off and leave the mall. This is at least the second time in recent months that mall security asked people wearing T-shirts with peace slogans to leave.
Steve Downs, 60, of Selkirk, said he was minding his own business Monday when he refused to remove the shirt and was charged with trespass.

"My point was I'm not trying to convert anybody," Downs said Tuesday. "This was a statement of where I was in my life."

He had purchased the shirt in a shop in the mall shortly before the arrest. The store put on the lettering while he waited: "Peace on Earth" on the front and "Give Peace a Chance" on the back.
His son, Roger Downs, 31, of New Baltimore, an ecologist, also bought a shirt. It read "No War With Iraq" and "Let Inspections Work."

"When they asked me to take it off, I took it off," Roger said. "I think it was ridiculous. I guess the way we see this is we feel the mall has a right to control assembly, not want large protests or large special interest groups or rallies. We were just individuals with T-shirts on, and we were shopping. We weren't talking to people or handing out leaflets."

Numerous calls to Crossgates Marketing Director Sarah Nieves regarding mall policy were not returned.

Heidi Siegfried, interim executive director of the Capital Region chapter of the New York Civil Liberties Union, said, "We have the position that the public space in the mall should be a First Amendment protected activity. Even when they have the right to control and prohibit ... someone shouldn't be removed when doing activity consistent with the normal uses of the mall."

On Dec. 21, about two dozen anti-war protesters wearing pro-peace T-shirts and carrying signs were asked to leave Crossgates. The group complied.

The incident with the father and son occurred shortly after 7 p.m. in the food court. They said they were asked by two security guards to take off their T-shirts, leave or be arrested.

"I don't think we have to take off the T-shirts," said Steve Downs, chief attorney in the Albany office of the Commission on Judicial Conduct.

The guards returned with a Guilderland police officer and, "It was the same routine all over again," the father said. "I said 'OK, arrest me.' "

The cop talked to him for an hour after he was handcuffed, Downs said, trying to get him to drop the whole thing and take the shirt off.

"I didn't want to do that," Downs said. "They were just doing their duty. They were trying to be very peaceful. They didn't want any confrontation."

He was repeatedly told the mall was private property and what he was wearing was unacceptable, the same as if he went to someone's home wearing something unacceptable.
"I said it's not the same thing, it's not a good analogy," said Steve Downs, who insisted he wasn't protesting or demonstrating by wearing the shirt.

Guilderland Town Justice Kenneth Riddett released Downs on his own recognizance and set a return date of March 17. Trespass, a violation, carries a maximum of 15 days in jail. A fine or conditional discharge with community service is more commonly given.

Copyright 2003 Times-Union

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peace on earth ~ one t-shirt at a time.

2009-07-19T21:16:00.000-07:00

in case president obama lost my t-shirt catalog, he can go to my website and select the image, style, and color he likes. in whatever size he needs... royanthonyshabla.com ~ maybe the girls will order stickers and do some peace graffiti!

http://RoyAnthonyShabla.com

barack obama

2009-07-19T20:54:00.000-07:00

i have written letters to president obama. the first one i sent as a congratulations on his election and inauguration. i sent a copy of my book (PEACE) WORDS as a gift. i never got a response ~ no thank you. i sent him another letter asking him to remember his committment to peace and to not let the small-minded idiots sway him from his ideals. i wanted to send him one of my t-shirts ~ i thought the "what have you done today to save the world" image would be good for him... or the "one for all" would be good... but even though we have all seen him with his shirt off, i couldnt guess his size. anyone who has seen me dress knows i couldnt guess my own. so i sent him a "one for all" button and the t-shirt catalog instead. no response.

in the third letter, i said his idea of non-partisan government should be expanded to the entire planet... that governments and international businesses should be asked to work toward the greater good of all instead of trying to carve out their own niche of security and prosperity. when one prospers, all prosper. maybe that sounded too much like communism... but i think he is smarter than that. still, the monologue goes unanswered...

one day we will live in a golden world where the president of the united states answers your letters and wears your t-shirts. one day we will live in a world of grace and peace and joy. but for the moment, president obama has something more important to do than respond to me. and i have another letter to write.

taliban video of american hostage

2009-07-18T20:41:00.000-07:00

i dont know what to say.

inter sweat

2009-07-16T15:11:00.000-07:00

i sit at my computer more than web nerd trixie sits at hers. today, the entire day has been spent working on the website with web nerd trixie on the phone. we are updating, correcting, inter-linking... i am inter-sweating with all the internet work i do!!! tomorrow i will sit at the computer all day with lily working on pics and graphix. and tomorrow night i will sit at the computer and work on films with jason. my ass is sorry with all this work!

look at my work: http://royanthonyshabla.com

the event of the season

2009-07-14T18:23:00.000-07:00

my party was fabulous. many people arrived an hour early and quite a few stayed hours after... the paintings looked great and three sold. the slideshows and films got a lot of attention (there were seven different media playing on eight different monitors). the blowups of poems set a romantic tone... the house and garden looked like a dream and the luminaria made magic once the sun was set. the band was fantastic and everyone raved about them. the food was interesting and delicious and the wine flowed and flowed and flowed...

people came from all over, young and old, cool and dorky ~ it was the perfect mix and a lively communion. charlie sheen, pete seeger, and mary oliver (the great poet) made appearances.

i am still hearing from guests saying they had a wonderful time, saying they have been talking about the event since they left... if you missed it, you missed something! it got into your psyche.

i am hearing from people a second time to say they loved all the details of the gift bags, all the work it took, all the interesting items like the handmade book... they are just getting through all the stuff.

to me it was a blur, a three day blur that seemed like 45 minutes.

i want to thank everyone who helped ~ it took a huge crew to ready the house and garden, the paintings and prints, the films and slideshows, the giftbags, the food... many people pitched in before, during (alot of the "party" things like serving the food would not have happened without people just pitching in), and after the party ~ just out of love. i tried my best to invite everyone in my life ~ 75 lucky people showed up to celebrate the deliciousness of life and the exquisite perfume of my existence. i am very very blessed.

because it was such a blur, i didnt put together some connections i should have... jack should have met leslie; beto should have met charles rosenberg; martha and george should have talked; likewise little pam and cousin jeanie; and jason and johnny... and so on and so on and so on... but i did visit and mingle ~ it was a delight to see people i havent talked with in awhile. and there were some missed connections because of timing ~ one coming after another going... but a lot of guests did make new friends. and everyone had a magical time. martha and i are not quite sure how (or who!) we made it into our respective beds...

galleRoy at casa la reina was a huge success and i am so proud to have put it all together. now i need a little nap!

until galleRoy.com is completed, visit http://royanthonyshabla.com

royanthonyshabla.com forever!

2009-07-10T17:56:00.000-07:00

patrick told me i was a little hard on the hindus. he meant that in my newsletter, my description of how the indian internet technicians attempted to extort money from me by changing the passwords to my websites was harsh. he doesnt realize the emotional distress and huge amounts of money this cost me. he doesnt realize the loss of business and extra hard work it cost me. just today, my dear friend and new webmistress karen guido of tinicum designs made a report: all websites are returned to my control, all domaine names are returned to my property, and the renovations of both blesstheworld.com and royanthonyshabla.com are completed. we definitely have a reason to celebrate! almost $15,000 later, everything is back on track! and the bonus is this: if you go to google and search on "spiritual remedies" or psychic consultation" i come up on the first page, in the top ten. now that is amazing!

2009-07-08T10:15:00.000-07:00

yesterday was my annual trip to laguna with big jeanne, cinder, and randy. cinder is not cinderella but cinderrama and we always have a good time. randy, her husband, sits in the "husband" chair that most boutiques, antique stores, and art galleries provide... while we shop. the day was spent walking through the village and, not to waste time, we placed a bunch of graffiti stickers on our rounds ~ often under the noses of the local police and firemen (who all look like swimwear models)... we always have a nice lunch at a restaurant with a balcony over the beach... and of course, a bottle of wine. i wonder what the poor people were doing!

the trip coincided perfectly with michael jacksons memorial ~ we were travelling in the opposite direction of the staples center. most people die when they are dead ~ he seems more alive now than ever! the family should freeze his body and take it on the road, michael on ice (i wouldnt put it past them)... or if there are pre-pubescent boys on skates, the ice-capades!

all these mourners must have seen and heard something i didnt. and millions of people couldnt be wrong. look at the stock market. im glad they were watching the memorial instead of crowding up my trip to laguna ~ we even found great parking!

2009-07-04T10:19:00.000-07:00

i have been hanging paintings and working in the garden a lot this last couple weeks... getting the house ready for a big event next sunday. i am having a party to show my art, film, poetry... to celebrate the deliciousness of life... to give hope to the masses during this time of economic depression. there will be live original jazz, veggie/vegan finger food, and lots of alcohol! banners and poetry will fill the garden, paintings and film will fill the house. if you are in the los angeles area, come and celebrate the delightful perfume of my existence.

the invitiation is on my website. email for directions.

RoyAnthonyShabla.com Equal Rights T-shirts and Graffiti

2009-06-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

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what is wrong with us?

2009-06-29T01:10:00.000-07:00

the conflict in iran is escalating yet the teaser for the evening news is "how michael jackson impersonators are dealing with his death"... what is wrong with us?

sublime begets sublime

2009-06-28T14:48:00.000-07:00

w s merwin the great american poet was on charlie rose the other night reading from his new pulitzer prize winning book, shadow of sirius. he was always a beautiful man and age has not changed that. likewise he was always a lovely writer and the years have not changed that either. the first line of the first poem of his new book was taken from the first line of the first poem of my book from the eighties, flowers of ecstasy. in fact the entire first poem is after the first poem from my book... so wonderful to be that highly regarded by one of americas greatest living poets. i am honored.

the reading was truthful and clear and the dialogue was interesting. much of what merwin said to charlie rose replayed our rare and intoxicating late night conversations in my garden, bottle of wine and crackers not withstanding. it is a delight to speak with someone who actually has original thoughts, something worth saying. you see many of the ideas from our conversations (which are repeated in that interview with charlie rose) in my book, eating god. we have been a great influence on each other.

those conversations on the birth of art/poetry/music are reflected in my new series of paintings, jazz poems. the paintings are meditations on the physics of creativity... sublime begets sublime.

to see my books: http://royanthonyshabla.com

blesstheworld.com

2009-06-25T14:07:00.000-07:00

my website, blesstheworld.com, had been held hostage by hindus in india for two years ~ we couldnt update it or fix all the problems they created... they had changed passwords and were extorting money and even my old webgirl miriam (who is in mexico and subsequently dumped me at the height of the problems) couldnt fix the mess she created. my dear friend karen guido saved the day! it has taken awhile but we built a new, stylish, simple, modern website and yesterday did a hostile takeover of my own domain. we have regained control and blesstheworld.com is now live online, functioning and current. the shopping cart works. the newsletter works. and it all makes sense! all the money, time, and energy i spent with the hindus had to be scrapped. it was a waste except for the lesson learned: buy american! i have a wonderful site now and im happy with what we have done. it is a great thing! many many many thanks to karen guido and tinicum designs.

http://blesstheworld.com

war and piece

2009-06-25T13:28:00.000-07:00

those who come to class or read my newsletter know i predicted conflict for this month. interpersonal conflict (relationship conflict), business conflict, and social conflict. the riots in iran over their elections, the unrest and terrorism in iraq when things were calming down, afghanistan... the world is exploding with conflict! i am putting out fires in my personal life everyday! i had been a little lax with the peace graffiti but stepped up my output this past week. and others have been helping. i hope everyone is speaking out for peace (you can order stickers, pins, t-shirts, etc from my website if you want assistance with speaking out for peace). peace banners will be displayed at my upcoming fabulous party on sunday july 12. go to the website to see the invitation. i will be showing my paintings and other art. i just picked up from the framer a print i did in the eighties ~ it was reframed and cleaned up... it is surprisingly like paintings i am doing now... we dont really change, we just evolve. if only humans would evolve out of war.

for graffiti t-shirts, stickers, etc: http://royanthonyshabla.com

me me me

2009-04-14T13:39:00.000-07:00

i do so much writing i just dont feel inclined to write my blog after (or before) busy busy days... and so this has been neglected. i have been traveling frequently ~ in fact, i leave tomorrow for the bay area again. and go to new york for the first week in may. my paintings have gotten a great reception and i am putting together a nice protfolio of current work. i am picking up the letterpress edition of my second print today. my court case for civil disobedience at the NO H8 rally in long beach last november finally settled. it was pled to an infraction and i got a fine; no jail time, no community service. people have been so supportive of me, i really appreciate it. one wanted to have a fund raiser, a potluck to raise money for my fine. i might still do that ~ its a very sweet idea. if you just want to send money, the address is on my website. i would hope that selling books and prints would help with finances but sales are slow... i have a small small circle that needs to be expanded. spread the word ~ send money, spend money!!!

spend money: http://royanthonyshabla.com

poisoning

2009-01-29T13:52:00.000-08:00

in my newsletter the first of the year, i cautioned people to beware of poisoning. have a good diet, find a way to do a cleanse... and after the newsletter, there were several incidents of poisoning: salmonella outbreaks in most states, mercury poisoning by a famous actor, and also small local poisonings -- some from nutritional supplements. in my newsletter for the chinese new year, i again cautioned about poisoning. lawsuits about heperin poisoning are coming public, blowfish sushi poisoning in japan... and there have been incidents of tainted water, other food poisonings, etc etc etc. this is something that will continue for the year. yet people never think im talking about them. and yet i am.

for other prediciton for the new year, see my newsletters. http://blesstheworld.com

whirlwind life

2009-01-29T13:26:00.000-08:00

i havent blogged because it has been a whirlwind of a time recently. and it will only get worse. i have been moving all the furniture in my house to different rooms. the feng shui for this year is dynamic and i want to make use of it. last week was art week in la -- bob and i went to the fairs... and this week was my birthday and the chinese new year -- celebrations galore! next week is the pottery show in pasadena (and i will have an out-of-town guest in my new guest room)... then i am on the road. i will only be home two days (to teach feng shui workshops) from february 12 to march 2... traveling to the bay area and dallas and back to the bay area. say a little prayer for me!

i have been writing like crazy (until i just cant even think of another word) for the new website. we are behind schedule but doing really well. we had wanted to be ready at the new year but i think we should make it by the vernal equinox which would be fine. i cant go any faster. my webgirl cant go any faster. details on all this stuff later. not pretty.

and i am working on a letterpress print. and i am trying to paint. its a wonder i have time to breathe!

when i return from the travels, i will have another guest in my new guest room. if things dont get done (the kitchen is being ripped out next week by the way) and i get to relax, i will be a guest somewhere... like the mental hospital in norwalk.

peace and graffiti

2009-01-08T22:19:00.000-08:00

i wrote my newsletter about peace before israel attacked the palestinians in the gaza strip. the vibe of war must have been in the air. i had also stepped up the peace graffiti, venturing into new areas of los angeles ~ wifey was picking up cookies from a bakery on la cienega and saw my graffiti; i had been able to place a GREAT MINDS sticker next to a sticker of robbie conals. i have admired his work for many years and was proud to be next to him.

the night israel began bombing the gaza, someone stole two peace posters, yard signs, from my front yard. like i said, the vibe of war must have been in the air. those yard signs had been in my parkway for eight months.

i teach meditation at busters in culver city on wednesday evenings. recently, i have been arriving early to do some chalk graffiti in front of the shop. some of it is advertising... much of it is peace on earth. this week, while i was writing "world harmony" with the "o" in "world" made as a peace symbol, a security guard from a local business, as she was walking by, said to me: " nice handwriting." it seems, even the peace keepers have no interest in peace.

those who have read my new book, (peace) words, have loved it. maybe we just need the whole world to read it... shepard fairey sent me a bunch of his stickers for the holidays. im using some of them as part of an altered, limited edition of the new book. graffiti and peace bring all kinds of people together and im proud to participate in the movement with so many wonderful people.

for peace shirts, graffiti stickers, and my books: http://royanthonyshabla.com

jerry brown

2008-12-22T20:59:00.000-08:00

jerry brown must be reading my blog. his article in the los angeles times on saturday outlined my thoughts on proposition 8. he may have fleshed out the thesis a bit but nevertheless it was mine. mine mine mine. the idea that a popular vote can remove constitutional rights is unconstitutional. a basic tenet of the constitution is that the rights of minorities must be upheld. if there are two green people, you cannot by popular vote restrict their constituional rights because there are only two green people to vote for themselves. and the ignorant, self-righteous christians are legion. way unfair. but jerry will look after it all. im so glad hes come out of hibernation. now if he would only get back together with linda ronstadt. and join obama in the white house!

for no on prop 8 t-shirts, stickers, pins: http://royanthonyshabla.com

its the end of the world

2008-12-12T13:19:00.000-08:00

its the end of the world as we know it...

people are afraid. the economy is bad: stocks, houses, cars... retail ~ all in the toilet.

clients are telling me its the worst year of their lives.

i, on the other hand, wrote two wonderful books this year. i finished my wonderful handmade book. i have finished a couple poetry films, working on another. i now have my poetry on bottles of wine. and my graffiti is on a line of t-shirts which everyone loves.

i am teaching two meditation classes a week instead of one.

i have wonderful clients who adore me, wonderful friends who love me. my daughter is more and more of a delight in my life. and my family isnt misbehaving (much).

i employ more people than i did last year. and im happier with my employees than i was last year.

yes these are difficult times. like death, this is something that happens. i think we all have to ask ourselves: did we really enjoy the good times? or did we waste them and much of the fear now is really regret? i count my blessings in the good times and the bad. and i am really blessed.

blog on blogging

2008-12-09T23:40:00.000-08:00

arianna huffington was on tavis smiley tonight. she was on charlie rose last week. she is promoting her new book about blogging. she looked beautiful, spoke intelligently, and was very sweet. and the script was almost identical on each show.

i met arianna huffington at a day spa in the valley many years ago. she was a regular client, i had an office there. we only said hello and im sure she has no recollection of the event but i have followed her press ever since. and im sure it is that meeting that stimulated her blossoming in the world. she has come a long way since then.

annie leibovitz was also on tavis. she also has a new book. i never met her but i think she would be great to have a glass of wine with. she was unpolished and real. i wish her segment could have been longer -- to let the artist reveal the art... but im sure she will be on charlie rose soon... if he can ever get done with politics and the economy.

i bet charlie rose would be great to have a glass of wine with too... but he would do all the talking and im not so good at listening. oh well. im sure the wine would be good.

talk talk madonna talk

2008-11-18T11:06:00.000-08:00

i was up late chatting with madonna. sometimes i get tired holding the phone so i lie down and rest the receiver next to me on the bed. shes really an interesting person when you calm her down. besides the political and spiritual stuff, she really has ideas about art and poetry and community and we enjoy talking to each other. for all her wonderfulness however, i dont think i would trade lives... it seems so attractive to be a star, a mega star, but poor thing has no quiet privacy without a lot of work to get it. i told her she could crash on my couch if she needed to get away ~ downey is a little slice of nowhere! but with these terrible fires, its not good for her throat... but shes not here right now anyway.

new book on peace and protest

2008-11-11T13:44:00.000-08:00

my new book, (PEACE) WORDS, is just released. it is autobiographical about being a protest artist and a peace monger. it confesses numerous international illegal actions and many beautiful, quiet convictions. order your copy now from my website. http://royanthonyshabla.com

i was arrested in the equal rights rally in long beach on friday. someone contacted me who was also arrested but he wasnt very good at communicating. if you were arrested or if you have pictures of me being arrested, please contact me. i was giving away pins at the rally: ONE FOR ALL and i was wearing a t-shirt with that design. i was happy to see so many wonderful people overcome inertia and stand up for equal and human rights. let the revolution shine.

best laid

2008-11-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

well millie and dc and i didnt take public transportation into la for various reasons. but maybe we should have... the freeway traffic was slow and when we got off the freeway, the traffic on sunset was worse because of preparations for a the no on 8 rally... we ended up going round about and making it to the theater just in time for the movie.

the world we want: the movie was good. not great. i had two problems with it: the editing was too fast and there were several missed opportunities in the narrative. but it was uplifting and touch the emotions of everyone. the director was very sweet.

we didnt go the reception after the movie but chose to go to the roosevelt hotel for a drink (since we couldnt make it for one before). but the roosevelt had an event and we left there and went to a little dive called snow white. (snow whites star was not in front of the bar as one would think but across the street and up a block toward the roosevelt.) it was decorated with paintings from the disney film. and they had beers the size of your forearm.

it was a favorite place of millies friend rene who was a cool guy and we all had fun listening to the 60s-70s music. van morrison (who was performing at the hollywood bowl two blocks away while we drinking), david bowie, simon and garfunkel... and more beer than four people needed.

when we came out of the bar, the prop 8 protest had somehow followed me (according to dc) and the intersection was blocked by police in riot gear. they werent ready to arrest people and the police were only there to keep traffic ~ especially foot traffic ~ away from the protestors. i wasnt intimidated and went to talk to a couple of the police but the girls were apprehensive and dragged me away. i didnt understand how they were really afraid and i should have paid more attention to their feelings. we couldnt get through to the car parkinglot without going around another way. it wasnt bad and we were soon on the way home.

i had neglected to bring stickers etc and nothing much went as planned but we had a nice night.

for no on prop 8 t-shirts, stickers, pins: http://royanthonyshabla.com

the next day

2008-11-08T13:50:00.000-08:00

if i can walk, tonight dc and millie and i will take the green line to the blue line to something or other and end up for a drink at the roosevelt hotel before the afi film screening of "the world we want" sponsored by legal aid (whom mille works for ~ it is her promotional event). i will recount my stories of being arrested for peaceful civil disobedience (failure to disperse) in long beach last night. and we will do graffiti. and distribute protest poetry. what an evening planned... if i can walk.

please note: there is an astrological configuration ~ saturn opposing uranus ~ that pertains to revolution and has not occured since the mid-1960s. maybe this will be the beginning of the great flowering that happened in the 60s...

but marching in protest all over town. then being arrested... and released from the police station on the opposite side of town from your car... and no one will pick you up hitch-hiking in the middle of the night with no shoe laces in your shoes (no matter how good your hair looks)... to make a long story short: revolution YES. tired, aching feet/body NO!

excerpt from my new book on peace revolution

2008-11-08T13:48:00.000-08:00

PEACE

There is the thought that peace is idealistic, unrealistic, and impractical ~that it is the stuff of dreams, not meant for this world. But that is not true. Peace may well be the most pragmatic choice available to any society and the most valuable solution to the problems of this world.

That which is contrary to the natural harmony of things takes a toll on its participants far greater than its short-term rewards. War is the greatest counter-harmony endeavor imaginable. And its immediate rewards are lost in the mire of its product.

Conflict in personal matters corrupts both the physical and emotional selves; conflict in social matters corrupts the healthy and fortuitous progress of groups. The energy involved in each is better exerted toward raising the quality of life and the quality of spirit. But somehow, the directness of that idea is lost in the realm of egos.

While aggression may be a remnant of our animal nature, conflict is not the way of longevity. Harmony will outlive dissonance. And the arrogance that is the foundation of conflict will be the undoing of the aggressor. That which is great will fall.

Peace is the only logical choice for a person, a family, a society, a country, a planet. Peace is the only legacy worth endowing, the only life worth living. In every moment, there is the choice between love and fear, harmony and disharmony; wiser is the path of peace ~peace is the path of the wise.

Great minds dream alike.

to see my books: http://royanthonyshabla.com

NO H8

2008-11-08T13:18:00.000-08:00

something like proposition 8 should have never been on a ballot. the constitution of the united states upholds the equal rights of all, even minorities. while a majority of votes were not cast against proposition 8, the rights of the minority should still be upheld. this will go to the supreme court. ballot measures should be for taxes on gas or water not civil rights. equal rights for all people should never be in question.

the christian church needs to be removed from the american political system. there should be sanctions or something. they are setting us back hundreds of years. we are supposed to have a separation between church and hate.

i went to the rally for equal rights last night in long beach. it was wonderful to see the thousands of people (the los angeles times reported 2000 but it was well over 3000) marching and chanting ~ the disease of inertia lifting from the american population. gay, straight, hot, cool, short, fat, families... all were represented. a lot of young people. i thought i saw paris hilton ~ not marching, but in a car waving and taking pictures. i didnt think she could even spell "8"!

the protesters blocked traffic for miles. marching from one end of long beach to the other, several impromptu rallies developed when police in riot gear blocked the way and organizers were soft. the people took over. peaceful civil disobedience went on a couple hours longer than organizers and police wanted. and arrests were made. i was the first person arrested. (the la times reported only three arrests were made; cnn reported nine. i was one of twenty.)

before being arrested, i put up more graffiti than any other night. i also handed out ONE FOR ALL buttons which received an overwhelmingly wonderful response. and except for my tired body, it wasnt a bad night.

for no on prop 8 graffiti and attire: http://royanthonyshabla.com

new niggers

2008-11-05T12:10:00.000-08:00

gay people are the new niggers, the less-than-human, according to the recent election. a black man is elected to the highest office in the land but gay people are not afforded the same civil liberties or constitutional rights as any other american citizen, any human being. every gay person should wear a t-shirt that says "nigger" to jump start the civil rights movement.

note: tonight, thousands of protesters blocked the streets in los angeles (west hollywood) and san francisco (the castro) protesting the passage of proposition 8. i am happy to see this civil disobedience. it gives me hope that the disease of inertia plaguing this country may be receding. i hope the protesters dont burn the arrogant, self-righteous, christian (especially mormon) churches in their path. that would be a tragedy. but you cannot expect humanity from the less-than-human.

while i dont advocate violence, in such circumstances, i understand it. remember the great movie, ragtime?

protest slavery: http://royanthonyshabla.com

boiler maker

2008-10-22T13:33:00.000-07:00

i went to the premier of the new movie, boiler maker, last night. it was a good film. solid performances by all. good writing, i would have liked it a little tighter, extending the lines in some cases... and i would have liked the photography to be a little tighter -- like movies in the 70s. two bank robbers end up holding an a a meeting hostage. accurate portrayal of a a people and meetings (in my guest experiences). john savage, joey diaz as part of a great ensemble. all good actors and good portrayals. delightful variety of characters. kurt caceres is the character of redemption. he has the difficult part of convincing you of his redemption and is quite believable. i always think it is the quiet portrayals that are the most difficult and he did it well.

sitting in the audience with character actors all around you is like being in your own home with family you havent met. you recognize them but you dont quite know who they are. and im terrible with stars. linda gray was a client for weeks before i said to her you kinda look familiar... my grandmother had to tell me who debbi morgan was when she saw her leaving my house...

elizabeth and i passed on the reception to go over to el carmen for a drink and a chat. we had a lovely evening.

more freewaves

2008-10-10T10:51:00.000-07:00

well freewaves wasnt all that... but we had a nice time. dc and i met early to go to lace, the gallery sponsoring freewaves, and it was ludicrous. the two girls at the desk didnt know anything about freewaves and looked at us funny when we asked, they handed us a brochure but had never read it. we knew more about it than they did. and they didnt have the etiquette to be helpful. they were fun and cute but that only goes so far. three feet away from them was a table set up with the guy from freewaves and they had never spoken to him. we asked him about the multi-media unit you use to walk the streets and see art and info about sites along hollywood boulevard. he didnt have it. it wasnt ready. it wouldnt be until the next day (when i had to work and couldnt drive all the way out to hollywood to use it). tonight (last night) was the opening and it would be available after that (today). i said that the brochure (which he hadnt read either) said that these units were available all afternoon today (yesterday). he said he didnt finish the work until that afternoon. i said didnt your mother tell you not to wait until the last minute...

so dc and i went to eat something at california pizza kitchen.

then we went to the roosevelt hotel for the first freewaves event. around the david hockney pool, there were cocktails and monitors showing short films. a semi-beautiful crowd and semi-interesting films and semi-crappy red wine made for a semi-spectacular event. a lot of the films had the menu setting stuck on the screen, disturbing the art. the projection of films on the pool and the large balloons floating in the pool only worked part of the time. and one lesbian filmmaker was particularly obnoxious.

i ran into christie brinkley and we visited a few minutes. the whole billy joel debacle wasnt mentioned (my foot in my mouth yet again) and she kiss-kissed me before leaving.

preston digitator and carina farina met us and we went to the knitting factory for the next event.

german technology and german precision, the freewaves at the knitting factory was very german. hard, cold, loud, and discompassionate. it wasnt without merit, but was better in small doses. some of the work was lovely but we left after the second set otherwise we would have committed suicide. charlie did show and we danced a little together, preston and carina had already gone.

all-in-all, not the best la evening, not the best art scene. but it was better than the stock market.

freewaves

2008-10-09T11:56:00.000-07:00

this afternoon dc and i will meet preston digitator and charlie sheen at freewaves, the video art festival on hollywood boulevard. we havent hung out as a group before so i dont know who will like whom... everyone seems to like hanging out with me separately but the personalities are so different i dont know how it will mix. o well i cant worry about it. drinks at the roosevelt hotel, music at the knitting factory, video art everywhere and anywhere. i will have fun.

christianity and art and theater

2008-10-08T10:16:00.000-07:00

the best thing about christianity is the artwork. the worst thing about christianity is the christians. and the plays. christianity is good for drama but not theater. well, except for comedies. i think god made christians because he needed a good laugh. the artwork is just a lucky happenstance.

you may suggest that christianity is good theater within its own rituals but that is merely pageantry. as far as theater, christians have been performing the same play over and over again for centuries and it hasnt gotten any more interesting. maybe they should try sondheim.

current

2008-10-06T20:56:00.000-07:00

Autumnal Equinox, Mercury Retrograde, Halloween: Greetings!

In meditation class, we have been working on gratitude. With the economic problems in this country, the fear and hysteria in the news may make it more difficult to remember how really blessed you are. I have had a challenging year and yet more wonderful things have manifested for me than in a long time. In the arena of this newsletter, my feng shui book is published with a wonderful response. My new book on peace should be out by Christmas. My handmade book (poetry and film) is now ready for release. My new line of t-shirts is selling well and everyone loves them. I have been receiving spontaneous testimonials regarding my healing and feng shui work. My psychic predictions have been manifesting one after the other. The spiritual remedies continue to sell well and my client base is relatively unaffected by the downturn in the economy. I may need to pinch myself or touch wood, but things are good.

And the bad things are negligible. Especially since I’m not living in Iraq or Darfur or (insert your favorite war-torn region here). Count your blessings on both sides of the coin.

Autumn is the time for appreciation and gratitude. Next month will hold the harvest festivals and Thanksgiving. The end of this month will hold the celebration honoring the shadow self (Halloween) followed by the celebrations honoring the spirit world and the ancestor lineage (All Saints and All Souls Days). Take time during this harvest season to appreciate the depth and richness of your life.

The planet Mercury goes retrograde (reverses its progress in the sky) twice a year and sends terror into the hearts of many. We are in the midst of it now. Mercury pertains to business, travel, communication, technology, and masculine issues and its retrograde motion is said to negatively affect these areas. It is important to be grounded and balanced at this time. Double check appointments and be cautious when driving. Don’t beat on your computer if it is hesitant. Speak slowly and consciously to insure accurate communication. Understand clearly the obligations of any contract you sign. But every astrological phenomenon has both positive and negative aspects and this is no different. Old business clients can return or a business deal that was shelved can revive. You may schedule a wonderful trip home or return to a special place with fond memories. You may get more in touch with yourself through meditation or contemplation and liberate some blockage you have carried. An important man in your life may rectify a situation or make amends. There is much to be grateful for in every aspect of Mercury retrograde.

Be sure to count your blessings every day. Mine far exceed what is written here and include the people in my life. Thank you to everyone.

Spiritual Remedies

In appreciation of the great efficacy of the blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies and their amazing effect on my life, I am honoring every order of five different remedies with the blessing of a randomly chosen sixth remedy until The Day of the Dead (All Souls Day). Bless yourself with the appropriate blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies and receive one for free. Shipping is included at this time.

The two remedies most important during this economic crisis and Mercury retrograde are blessthebody.com First Aid and Chakra Tonic. Use them liberally to relieve the stress of difficult times from your energy field and psyche.

Spiritually, blessthebody.com Green Light has been overwhelmingly important for all my clients at this time. How does it fit into the circumstances of your life?

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Peace Shirts

My line of t-shirts (and numerous other clothing items and novelties) has gotten a wonderful response. If you need to be clothed, why not wear something that really makes a statement! Show your support of peace, love, and understanding in the world by wearing GREAT MINDS DREAM ALIKE, HOPE, ONE FOR ALL, or any of the other designs. Click on the shop image at the top of each shop to link to the next design. They are a good quality, make unique gifts, and ship quickly.

Books

Many of my books have gotten newly designed covers and slight corrections. Most have not been publicized here. If you do not have my book of spiritual poems, eating God, or my new feng shui book, Feng Shui Every Day, give yourself the delight and healing of these works. They also make great gifts. And while you peruse the catalog of my books, give attention to Child Harold at the Zoo and Soundtracks for Film. They each received a good response in their respective fields. Talk of film and theatrical events based on these has been broached.

My handmade book, body of water (poetry and film) is now available. Go to RoyAnthonyShabla.com for details and to order one of the limited edition.

Feng Shui

While those who take the annual feng shui workshop were fine with their treatments and cures last month, this month requires some adjustments for everyone.

There is an abundance of mental stress and relationship conflict this month. There are also challenges with money matters. To counteract these negativities, place for the month the following remedies: in the Southwest sector, add a jar of coins; in the East, add a rhinoceros or fu dog; in the Northeast, add three candles ~ burn for one to three hours per day; in the North, place a five-elements treatment (an example of each element ~ wood, fire, earth, metal, water). Because the planet Mercury is retrograde, it is important to take special care with these areas of your life even with the feng shui cures in place. As added protection, use blessthebody.com Chakra Tonic around your home.

Politics

I no longer hold an evening of channeling on the day of All Saints. It was, for the most part, unappreciated and unheeded ~ much more of a vaudeville to people than valuable advice. The last channeling evening was four years ago, before the last United States presidential election, and the information warned against the karma of voting from a place of fear. And look what we got. The karma of this passing presidency will last for many years to come.

My suggestion is to never, never, never do anything out of fear. Never give fear your power. Never be controlled by that mind.

If you are voting, vote from a place of love, a place of compassion, a place of peace. Yes, I realize I am talking about politicians and it may be difficult to find those qualities in a candidate. But open your heart to the possibility of this, once again, becoming a great country and the world, a shiny, new world (NOT a new world order!)… Vote for the highest ideals, the brightest light. Nobody who attains office ~ most especially the president of the United States ~ manages to do all the things he promises to do; vote for the person who’s promises are more enlightened. Lack of light is what got us into the mess we are now in.

blesstheworld.com and RoyAnthonyShabla.com wish you grace and peace and joy throughout this season and the coming holiday season. May your choices in life be an obvious blessing.

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what a week!

2008-09-23T10:47:00.000-07:00

i was on the bonnie hunt show last week. we had a wonderful time. she wanted to see and hear about my t shirts. we didnt have time to talk about poetry or spiritual things... just peace and ts! terry garr was on ~ i love her. it was sad to see her condition but she was still lovely. and that gay dog whisperer was on. puppies licking peoples mouths. shouldnt there be a warning about that? they lick their own asses and eat poop!

then i went to san jose. to a play (the foreigner at the rep), to a movie (burn after reading, brad pitt steals the show), to an opera gala (selections, and martha was honored onstage), and to a couple parties. what an autumnal equinox! it was marthas birthday and we had a wonderful time together.

just a note: i have not been kicked out of the new spiritual forum. yet. and am still participating.

preston-digitater has figured out what no-one could ~ how to get some of my short films translated to final cut pro. amazing! the best of the best couldnt do it. so we are working on compiling the films into one package... except that he didnt show up today. so it will continue next week.

the t shirts look good and have gotten a lot of praise. if you have not gone to the website and scrolled through all the t shirts and other fun products, get there now! they are wonderful and powerful and cool.

im working on a book about the t shirt/graffiti designs. hopefully it will get put together soon.

and i have started doing graffiti again.

there is no rest for the wicked.

t shirts

2008-08-26T20:01:00.000-07:00

obama stole my slogan. i have been using HOPE for a few years now ~ it has been posted as a huge banner on the side of my house and in other places around town. i always get comments when i wear the t shirt. my mother still has posters up. GREAT MINDS DREAM ALIKE has been up even more but he didnt steal that one. dont think he could pull it off! i wish he could ~ im keeping my heart open to him. there have been free posters to download from my website for years now too so they could be all over the world. WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TODAY TO SAVE THE WORLD? im asking you!

i just finished uploading new t shirt designs. they are great. some really beautiful HOPE designs as well as GREAT MINDS and some new styles of PEACE. there are also hoodies, tank tops, clocks, greeting cards, mugs, and posters... tried to keep the prices low ~ magnets and stickers are wholesale priced. all original art.

go to my website and bring a little HOPE into your life. http://royanthonyshabla.com

what a world what a world

2008-08-21T11:43:00.000-07:00

my students tell me i predicted the last big earthquake we had in california. they also tell me i predicted the large number of hollywood deaths this year ~ the next academy awards show will have a long long list of beloved dead. i dont remember but i say these things in class and then they come true.

i do remember saying that there would be death at the olympics caused by metal. and on the first day, three people were stabbed, one died, and the attacker killed himself. i also said i didnt think that that would be the only tragedy...

my meditation classes have been powerful, people receiving healings right and left. and in the middle. attendance however remains steady but low.

new people come and go, return and disappear... but the core group remains strong and faithful.

when outsiders hear of predicitions coming true, they ask for a predicition for themselves personally. they want to hear that a knight with bad boy looks will sweep them off their feet and treat them like a princess. they want to hear that they will win the lottery or be discovered sipping soda and become a famous movie star. the reality however is that most people live their lives asleep and nothing outside of boring will ever happen to them. you have to feel sorry for psychics who are expected at the drop of a coin to expound rhapsodic about someones uneventful life.

when i tell them something or other, especially when it involves what to do to release the karma of their lives, they glaze over and drift away. they never take the suggestions. ever. and they dont return. maybe an email once in awhile... but nothing happening and nothing done to make something happen.

so if you want me to predict your future, first send the money. you better pay double because it will be good. i will tell you that brad pitt or johnny depp or taye diggs will be replacing your regular ups man and deliver you a fine package. it will be a box of money and you and whichever he it is will roll around in it naked. then some poor, demented, almost-homeless chinese person will appear at the door and stab you both and himself.

and the olympics will continue without pause. the show must go on.

http://blesstheworld.com

technical difficulties

2008-07-31T15:14:00.000-07:00

my website was down yesterday and this morning. like last week it was due to a server and a host problem and not an error on the part of my website or current webmistress. but to the average client or web surfer it seems like my website doesnt work correctly and isnt professional~ something that is not good for business nor my blood pressure. we are now served and hosted by the team who serves/hosts nbc. while their ratings havent been great hopefully the nbc website remains online... and thus mine also.

even more frustrating has been the effort to upload my movie to youtube and the book publisher. the files are so large that even special software needs hours to move the files ~that is if it doesnt freeze the computer. which it did.

so i have spent the entire day at this computer with nothing to show but a soft ass and a mushy brain. what have you done today to make me miserable?

http://royanthonyshabla.com

poets ~ not free-for-all

2008-07-21T17:58:00.000-07:00

i tried to avoid blasting the book of poetry that won the john ciardi prize for 2006 (it was just released) but recent events have been a call to action. the book is unreadable, uninspired, and unaccomplished. and the judges and authors who endorsed it must have been blackmailed. if you do not believe me and want to read it for yourself, do not buy the book; get it from a library or borrow it from someone else unfortunate enough to already have it; not another tree should be sacrificed for that illiterature; toilet paper is a better use of wood.

i (briefly) belonged to an internet poetry forum. i had set up a username/profile but hadnt submitted a poem or commented on others poems. i really had no intention of submitting a poem, i do fine with myself and bob as readers, but i thought the exposure to current poetry might be a good thing, stimulating (i dont read poetry because i think it makes you write like what you have read... i was backsliding on my valuable philosophy when i signed up for the forum).

without any interaction in the forum, i began receiving hate mail. "leave now" and "your stuff is shit" is the basic gist of the messages. how could anyone know my stuff is shit? no-one reads it! and even if my work were less than the great people who write for the forum or win prizes, the concept of the forum is to improve your writing skills through interaction. was there an assignment to practice writing hate mail i didnt get?

i asked a moderator how it was i was receiving this mail, i wasnt even a presence in the forum... as a result, the moderator blocked me from entering/participating in the forum and my emails to the webmaster questioning this have gone answered.

and then the small dim bulb i call a brain fired: maybe someone from the john ciardi prize, one of the judges or endorsers, or even the poetess herself... WAS PART OF THE FORUM. maybe my presence was a spotlight on the inadequacy of the book. maybe my very talent, goodlooks, and inestimable charm were more than any of them could handle!!!

or maybe they just didnt like me. for some quirky internet reason.

but my poetry is still better. nah nah nah!

to see my books: http://royanthonyshabla.com

impeach bush

2008-07-16T09:45:00.000-07:00

jimmy carter will have the last laugh. he has been the butt of jokes since before his presidency but history is showing his superiority in vision and leadership over the reagan-bushes and even clinton. if we had listened to carter, we wouldnt be in the mess we are in now.

it is always easy to make fun of those interested in the environment and ecology, in peace and peaceful dealings in the world, in social fairness, but these ideas have longevity and sustainablility (something not many people were interested in a few years ago but is a hot topic now).

our country is run by oilmen and we are in an oil crisis. and the oilmen have taken us to iraq for an oil war. alan greenspan was clear about that. we should have made an effort to avoid all of this.

clinton was impeached for getting a blow job in the oil office -- oval office -- georgie porgie bushy 2 has done much worse. he has used the oil office to ruin this country.

elect jimmy carter and ted turner and barack obama for co-presidents -- that would do some good for the race problems! and maybe save the country from the oilers.

poetry

2008-07-15T13:03:00.000-07:00

i would not like a bad review of my work and i wouldnt print a bad review of someone elses work without reason... even good reviews of my work have left me feeling poorly because the reviewer missed the mark or was weak in his analysis...

but i have to say something.

and it isnt sour grapes!

i entered the competetion for the 2006 john ciardi prize for poetry with my book eating God. i didnt expect to win. and i didnt! the literary community will not seriously consider poetry about god unless you are a long-dead sufi like rumi or hafiz. contemporary poetry about god is relegated to the greeting card category.

my poetry about god, however, is about some down-and-dirty sex. im not sure how that gets missed... but we arent the most literate country...

anyway, as a consolation prize to entering the competetion ~ and also to make the winning poet think people actually buy and read poetry ~ all the losers receive a copy of the winning book. mine arrived in the mail yesterday.

richard wilbur loved it.

maxine kumin loved it.

x j kennedy loved it.

and the judge who selected it, mark jarman, loved it (of course).

i hated it.

i hated everything about it.

i wont go into detail regarding why i hated it ~ i would hate to read something so pointedly negative about my work ~ but i just didnt find the breath others found. (the reviews were so wonderful they were printed twice ~ once before the title page and again on the back cover ~ just in case a reader isnt quite sure how wonderful the book is... i read the reviews twice and had a difficult time even with them, the list of titles and references... the words seeminly without heart... not heard because there was nothing to hear).

my work, of course, is all heart!

my dear friend steve sanford died (someone who definitely deserves a blog entry ~ when i can get through it) and at his funeral, my poetry was read. i should have had a table set up selling books, the response was so wonderful. it was no john ciardi prize with copies going to the losers, it was better. it was alive. and it was heard. and it was a winner! nah nah nah!

my poetry: http://royanthonyshabla.com

2008-07-03T22:58:00.001-07:00

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July 2008

Greetings.

The summer’s here and the time is right for dancing in the streets. And I hope you hold those wonderful feelings throughout the rest of the year.

The feng shui astrology is very difficult this month so I am going to offer several treatments. Please take the time to institute these treatments immediately and keep them through the first week in August.

My new feng shui book, Feng Shui Every Day, has been selling well and remains $9 for another week. I have sold out of my own two shipments and will order again soon. Order yours online now. This book is a clear, understandable dissertation on the permanent feng shui treatments you can do for yourself at your home. It does not replace having a master come to analyze your house but it does reveal many secrets masters keep hidden. This is a good month for real estate and Feng Shui Every Day should be your constant companion if you are purchasing or remodeling a home.

My long-overdue handmade book, body of water, is nearing completion. The letterpress booklet is ready and the short film is ready. The portfolio insert is ready and the individual items need only to be signed and numbered. The portfolio itself is still in process but if you want to reserve a copy of this limited edition at the pre-sale price, order it now from RoyAnthonyShabla.com.

For summer fun and travel, the most important remedies to keep with you are blessthebody.com Radiation Cleanse, Chakra Tonic, and First Aid. Don’t let circumstances spoil a wonderful summer.

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Feng Shui Astrology

This month is very challenging for illness and death, violence, lawsuits, and loss of money or robbery. The following treatments should be installed as soon as possible and be kept through the first week in August. This is not meant to instill fear or even worry but instead to give you the tools to be proactive.

In the Southeast, place four jars of water with six coins in each jar.

In the South, place seven bottles of water each with six coins.

In the Southwest, place a fountain (as long as its not a bedroom) or six bottles of water each with six coins.

In the West, place a five-elements treatment. This is an example of each of the five elements, wood, fire, earth, metal, water.

In the center, place three red candles. Light them three hours a day.

Once you place the treatments, bless yourself and your home. And forget about the forecast. This is a summer to enjoy.

For more information on these treatments, refer to my book, Feng Shui Every Day.

May the current Summer of Love, the Summer of Light, fill your soul with joy.

for complete newsletter and archive of all newsletters: http://blesstheworld.com

Feng Shui Secrets

2008-06-20T15:15:00.000-07:00

Feng Shui Every Day

is a simple, clear, practical book outlining the secrets of feng shui that masters will not reveal. In an easily understandable format, Feng Shui Every Day presents the information necessary to empower you with the ability to manifest wealth, romance, vitality, and harmonious relationships in your life. Read this book before purchasing or remodeling a home or designing a garden. It makes an excellent gift for realtors and real estate speculators, architects and contractors, decorators, or anyone who wishes to improve his life and release his spirit. You will not view architecture in the same way again.

Feng Shui Every Day takes the science of feng shui out of the Orient and the art of feng shui out of the Oriental style. This book is written for the Western home and the modern sensibility. Room by room, Feng Shui Every Day delineates secret information regarding the features of the structure and furnishings of a house that enhance or deplete love, money, health, creativity, and camaraderie. No previous experience or knowledge is required. With a short read, you can quickly begin changing your life.

Discounted for one month only, $9 from RoyAnthonyShabla.com

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Roy Anthony Shabla

is a guru and healer who teaches ongoing meditation classes in the Los Angeles area. He is the founder of blesstheworld.com and designer of the blessthebody.com Spiritual Remedies. His private practice includes clients from all walks of life across the country.

As a feng shui master, Roy Anthony Shabla is regularly consulted in dire circumstances. His annual feng shui workshops and consultations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, and other cities are greatly anticipated and respected. His personal combination of psychic reading, spiritual healing, and feng shui has changed the lives of thousands of people.

One aspect of his feng shui work is garden design. Roy Anthony Shabla has consulted on numerous private and public gardens in both the United States and Mexico. He specializes in peaceful and romantic garden oases emphasizing the placement of outdoor art.

His new book, Feng Shui Every Day, is quickly becoming a classic. It is available from RoyAnthonyShabla.com for the discounted price of $9 for this month only.

http://royanthonyshabla.com

fathers day

2008-06-15T22:15:00.000-07:00

am just back from san jose. steve is doing poorly. very poorly. i will go back in two weeks ~ either to help martha or to bury steve. what a difficult time.

wifeys dear friend died of a brain tumor in san jose last night. what kind of coincidence is that? poor thing, wifey is beside herself.

cant get ahold of billy ~ hes in cedar rapids (iowa) where the flooding is twelve feet high... he has a house full of art... and his family is there.

i finished the feng shui book. its decent. i will upload some slight corrections sometime soon. i will have a class on feng shui on saturday but the time/place/event confirmation came too late to do a newsletter... and nobody is signed up for it yet... so it might be a sparse summer solstice...

the body of water film had more problems than ever. and since i was gone last week i wont see any changes until wednesday night. this has been going on long enough. elizabeth has been making slow but steady progress on the body of water book and will be finished with the inserts soon. but she will go to indiana or illinois or some godawful "i" place for a month and i will get even less work out of her!!! something needs to be completed soon.

i am beginning to translate poetry into chinese. i will try to meet this week with a translator to check my work. really, its amazing what lengths will i go to to not write my cookbook.

but i had a wonderful fathers day with my daughter. we had breakfast with my mother and mary then went to look for rabbits, fairies, and ducks. every crowd has a silver lining.

blog slog

2008-06-02T12:34:00.000-07:00

well i havent had a chance to blog in awhile...

the body of water film should be done on wednesday ~ im so happy... the handmade book still needs a little more assembly...

the application to premiere the body of water film in australia is going fine...

am working on house of my heart... still in the writing phase...

writing a small feng shui book ~ should be very useful to people ~ hoping to get it done quickly...it can be updated easily in the future...

havent been able to get to gallery and museum shows ~ just too busy...

and elizabeth hasnt been able to work for me ~ her other clients have had greater needs...

and big jeanne, well i havent gotten a decent days work from her in i-dont-know-how-long!!! but she is coming later today to help with some spiritual remedies before she goes for surgery tomorrow... its always about her isnt it?!!!

i have seen a little of phil donahue talking about his new documentary on the iraq war... he should run with ted turner for the presidency! now that would get me interested in politics. poor obama has had to sell his soul to officially be a good man. now i feel bad for him. politics is the devil, like walmart, ebay, and tomatoes.

millie and i had a long-awaited date to go to amoeba records to look for music. i have been craving piano and erik satie, john cage, and thelonius monk will feed me for awhile. millie got sufi and soul music and we were pleased with our evening.

i havent had time to be much more interesting... either here or there! some day you will get a proper blog!

for spiritual remedies and my other work: http://blesstheworld.com

its good to be home

2008-05-27T19:29:00.000-07:00

ive been up in san jose for the long weekend visiting with steve and martha. a quick trip to chuck and stacys for the coconuts birthday party at fairyland in oakland then back to san jose. everyone doing well. a little drama with logan and joanne but they will find their way through it all. we played cards and i didnt lose! and i met their (l and j) daughter amber who may do some work for me animating some of my work. she is at school in laguna.

i didnt get to work on the new feng shui book i hope to have out for a workshop at the summer solstice... but i can work on it tonight.

the application for the urban screens exhibit of my film body of water is fine and in the works. final touches are being put on the film and should be finished soon.

meditation class tomorrow (wed) night in culver city.

i heard from bob ~ he read two of my pieces at the sunday salon and an encore was demanded. ive been asked to come myself to teach and read and whatever. bob is in salem now sulking in the rain and the weeds instead of building an ark.

and im back to it all...

to see my work: http://royanthonyshabla.com

update

2008-05-13T13:28:00.000-07:00

my short film and handmade book body of water are nearing completion. it is details and signing that are left...

as a command performance, bob will read a couple of my new poems for the film house of my heart at jeannies salon in mendicino this weekend...

tina at busters is proposing to stage my short play dear this summer... possibly with short films outside...

and i may be showing button paintings at an event next month at busters ~ we shall see what gets completed...

on the other hand, i still have not called armando to order the canvas for the jazz poem paintings...

and the karma cookbook is stewing in my head more than on the paper...

a new photo of me looking like emily dickinson or virgina wolfe is just posted to the website...

enjoy!

poets and writers

2008-05-09T14:45:00.000-07:00

a dear dear old lady, vera hickman, took me while i was still in high school to the soroptimist house on campus at long beach state for the monthly literary club meeting. (as an aside, it is the old ladies of the world who keep societies balanced. they are the militant supporters of the arts, of social projects, of fairness and peace. it takes their efforts to balance the general inertia and apathy of communities at large, at least in the united states. sadly, vera died many years ago after i had been out of touch for quite some time. the world is certainly missing her.) the literary club at that time consisted of the more conventional poets and writers on campus and they would meet and read and discuss their work. after several months i was going alone to the meetings and making friends. at one point, someone suggested we put together a literary magazine. the general question was raised: does anyone know how to do this? i said i did. and so separate meetings for what would become "riprap" followed and i found myself at the csulb campus even more often. one night after a production meeting, a guy told me that some poets were meeting at a bar across the street from campus and asked if i wanted to go. the forty-niner. im sure he had no idea i wasnt a student in college but high school, that i was underage to go to a bar, that i lived with my parents in downey... i followed him into another world!

these poets were not sophisticated. two tables of mostly scruffy men sitting haphazardly askew and talking about anything but literature... this was a dark, smoky, delightful shock after leaving the riprap meeting where what was published had to be suitable for church. this was a beer club! and the beer was definitely an interesting aspect of it all. i knew what tap beer was ~ no high school is that isolated ~ but i guess i had never appreciated the fact of large pitchers of beer that seemed to appear on the table, spill on the table, disappear into the men... and someone put a mug in front of me and filled it. (a couple years later, when the bar began using smaller pitchers, the poets left for a different bar in protest!) i noticed that one guy, fred voss, didnt drink the beer from the pitchers like everyone else but instead went to the bar to get bottles of beer, one at a time, for himself. i asked him why and he leaned forward and said softly that that beer didnt taste good. i leaned forward and said, "none of it tastes good." young as i was, i knew you didnt drink for the taste. i guessed if you were, you would be drinking girlie drinks.

i was mostly a fly on the wall that night. since i wasnt a student, i didnt know anyone except the guy who invited me, i especially didnt know the teachers... but i quickly saw how this hive of bohemians swarmed around a particular queen... and that was gerry locklin.

gerald locklin was the center and the reason for the long beach movement in creative writing and the father of the long beach style of poetry. he remains its finest example.

i became friendly with and published gerry in several projects, both academic and private, and when i was kicked off the campus literary magazine a couple years later, he said, "now you can do what you want." (i began editing and publishing with vera and isabelle ziegler, a grand dame of letters, while i was still in high school ~ a proposition which both got me started with and removed from the literary group at the soroptimist house and riprap magazine). gerry only showed up at my apartment door at 2 or 3 in the morning a couple times, a bottle of cream sherry and a tale ~ both of which are now forgotten ~ and i never had a bad time with him.

but most stories from that time are forgotten...

i moved to europe for a couple years and lost touch with everyone. that was 25 years ago. now i just saw gerry and the circle of writers at gerrys retirement party in long beach and it was like being underwater, in a dream... i searched the memory banks for references to these people, grasping for a buoy in a sea of amnesia... i drank with these people, i published these people, i left these people behind.

but gerry himself and his work remain strong. he is still unpretentious, generous of spirit, and talented. he no longer drinks (for health reasons) but his personality was never predicated on alcohol. everyone else from that period was a shock ~ some lines had changed... waistlines, hairlines, laughlines... and some hadnt... the writing which was read as a tribute to gerry had the familiar voice of the past... (as a gift, i gave gerry a copy of child harold at the zoo ~ the closest my work comes to the long beach style.)

millie, my dear friend from that period who has evolved along similar paths to mine and remains close, invited me to go to that west coast writers tribute and retirement party for gerry. she looked fabulous and i cleaned up well. maybe we looked better (inside and out) than we did 25 years ago. there was a new group of young writers there, some the sons of our original group... ahh the deliciousness of youth, the vitality, the eager soul disguised as aloof , pretty in bum jeans ~ millie and i had a delightful time visiting with dave alvin and others of the old garde and enjoying the scent of the next... and left the evening reveling in the quirky justice of time and the undeniable cycle of karma.

best wishes gerry!

to see my books: http://royanthonyshabla.com

wright or wrong

2008-04-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

did hilary clinton start the reverend wright controversy? she should be ashamed. or was it john mc cain? he has plenty to be ashamed of... bill moyers hosted jeremiah wright on his pbs talk show a couple days ago and showed clips from the "offensive" sermons. the sermons were not offensive ~ i have said much worse... they were inflammatory, they were righteous, but they were not hateful, unamerican, or lunacy. the man himself presented as very intelligent and compassionate. he was a good preacher. he was literate (besides the bible) and charitable. he may come from a place of anger (a result of the american history of slavery and racism) but it was not blind anger nor illogical.

one sound bite the media has embraced is wrights comments on aids as a government engineered disease to decrease the undesirable and surplus population. an indictment of our media is that no one has mentioned the fact that this idea did not originate with wright. theories such as this have been around since the 1980s and have some plausibility. the media never researched the history of the theory to understand where wrights ideas come from. he is not a lunatic, he just has an unconventional point of view. like einstein or (insert your favorite revolutionary here).

charlie rose hosted a panel on his pbs show last night to try to understand reverend wrights impact on america and the presidential election. it was inadequately stated that right or wrong reverend wrights words are not barack obamas thoughts and it is a shameful example of dirty politics to try to tie them together. and a shameful example of the stupidity of the american public to believe it. no one blames hitlers mother for the holocost.

barack obama who started the campaign as a light and hope has turned into a politician. his disowning of reverend wright was a brillant and necessary political move that should clear up this problem and alleviate the damage. it was however not a brilliant nor necessary spiritual move. while reverend wright could have behaved with a little more dignity and charity when this situation came to a head (and i think in retrospect he will wish he had taken the higher road), the great flaw, the great disappointment, the great tragedy is that obama put politics before loyalty and friendship. a good man abandoned a good man for the "higher good".

the making of the candidate (think robert redford) that is barack obama has also caused him to back pedal on issues like the war. he had been opposed to the war. now, pope benedict and ted turner are the only ones who do not waffle on this. and im not voting for the pope.

now you see why im not political ~ the whole process is full of politicians!

earth day

2008-04-22T11:04:00.000-07:00

happy earth day! happy birthday hadley (my little monster)! elizabeth has gotten off the sofa and is cleaning the kitchen cupboards. im sure shell be back to napping soon. im writing bad checks to pay bills (its kinda fun!)... and we are going to do more cleaning in the garage and make spiritual remedies and maybe a little work on the art projects. then i will visit dorothy for a bit before going off to have dinner with my daughter. that is how my earth day is planned. maybe sitting in the garden for a few minutes. and leaving some food for the fairies. i already recycled and feng shui-ed this morning... its a beautiful day in these times of war.

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papas got a brand new bag

2008-04-21T14:12:00.000-07:00

pope benedict came to america, specifically the united states of america, this past week and i have to give him a lot of credit for showing up here and addressing the current issues. im not a fan of religion and have little time for medieval irrationality, but the last pope stopped coming to the usa because of the protests. he was afraid. and that was long before the sex with young boys issue blew up in the churchs face. the last pope went repeatedly to mexico where his popularity was a slam dunk. but protests in america (the usa) over keeping the church in the dark ages ~especially by the catholic nuns~ were too awkward for him. and the sex with young boys issue was always swept under the altar cloth. unlike his predecessor, pope benedict showed up in the united states and addressed the churchs responsibility for the sex with young boys issue. he was brave. he was forthright and clear. and i think he helped a lot of people in their healing processes. if only he would wear a fashionable hat and dress, something from this century, something fitted... maybe then he could be sold to the american (lapsed) catholics like obama is to the american youth. clothes make the man. and the bag makes the outfit.

make wood, not war

2008-04-21T10:24:00.000-07:00

tomorrow is earth day. and i havent heard from al gore. isnt that always the way? once they steal the recognition for all your hard work, they dont even know you. i bet if i ran into him on the street in front greens he would put his hand up and say no autographs. well im not bitter! much! but it would be nice to get a phone call once in awhile. tomorrow is also hadleys birthday. my darling monster of a daughter. she will be seven. going on thirty. she had a party on saturday ~ a small party ~ she didnt want any kids from school BECAUSE SHE SEES THEM ALL THE TIME. there was the requisite jumper. there was the requisite pinata. there was the requisite crying. everyone had a lovely day with a view of the ocean. yesterday i cleaned a small area of the front part of the garage and sold eleven boxes of great stuff to a junk dealer. and hauled about as much back into the house... i will take progress any way i can get it. at least when it comes to cleaning up my stuff. re-using is the best recycling. today i am paying bills, running errands, getting details out of the way so i can go forward into my week. onward ecological soldiers! make wood, not war! plant a tree, save the world.

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morrisey

2008-04-14T16:27:00.000-07:00

i had lunch with morrisey this weekend. we knew each other from when i lived in london many many years ago. it was a big secret, this lunch, very hush hush. we ordered in from his hotel room. and it was pleasant and comfortable. we talked about our projects and working together. my art, my poetry, my life ~hasnt changed much in the last ___ years. although maybe they have become more refined... the style, the subject, the intent is who i was and who i am. my current writing, my current painting... is all work i was doing (way ahead of my time) when i was younger. my life seems to cycle in spirals through my art.

the same with morrisey. he sounds as good as he did with his early bands and his recent work is immediately recognizable as his own. the new work still incorporates his style of repeating a lyric line with different musical emphasis... i did mention to him that i thought his post punk lack of succintness in his lyrics was dated (i think thats why he wanted the meeting... but i shouldnt have said it so succinctly...) and maybe we could collaborate on something fresh and sharp... it was good to see him but we parted without defining a project.

tina at busters wants to talk to me about producing my short play.

and karen in florida is working on getting some closure to some of my short films.

all in all, a good few days without picking up a paintbrush or pencil!

ellen

2008-04-10T13:21:00.000-07:00

i was supposed to have dinner with ellen on monday night but she blew me off. ellen degeneres. she hardly even danced with me! and no parting gifts. but she did know the words to all the hip hop songs so she was participating in reality. i like that.

the tibetians are staging a rebellion ~ or at least the white people in san francisco are staging a rebellion for the tibetians, stopping the olympic torch, protesting the olympic games held in china. ted turner said he didnt support a protest of the olympic games because it is through sports that much goodwill is done. thus, the goodwill games. and i see his point. at their purest, the olympic games are a beautiful expression of the human experience. but then there is politics and lack of humor to spoil everything! and religion.

i do think there should be a boycott of china. they sell toothpaste with antifreeze in it. they sell dishes with lead in them. they really dont have a sense of humor. but this country of inertia would never place economic sanctions on anything so important to our walmart economy... so we smile and forget.

maybe ellen couldnt make dinner with me because she was trying to get the chinese to laugh a little. if anyone could, it would be her. im sure she was doing something to save the world. otherwise why would she give up the pleasure of my company?

politicos

2008-04-03T18:38:00.001-07:00

friday is the 40th anniversary of the death of martin luther king. blacks, americans, and humans in general lost a great example of what is it to be a man in the world. i hope everyone takes a moment to remember him.

now that my busy season is over i am busier than ever!

last week was a trip to palm springs for art... before and after last minute feng shui consultations.
this week was taxes and art and antiques... before and after last minute feng shui consultations.

next week is the ellen degeneres show... and feng shui! no wonder i never get any writing or art done! but maybe ellen will dance with me. that would make for quite a week!

ted turner was on charlie rose a few nights ago. if he were running for president, thats whom i would support! i, who have no interest for politicans, would support ted turner.

politicians say what they think you want to hear. or they convince you to think you are hearing what they want to say. but it mostly small-minded nonsense.

ted turner says what he wants to say and doesnt care what anyone thinks. and what he wants to say is that war is bad business and ecology is of utmost importance. all without trying to appease anyone. of course i would support him. no nonsense. no religion. no politics! and no fear.

if all politicians could be so clear, i might not have given up on the whole enterprise!

chain chain chain

2008-03-26T12:33:00.000-07:00

this is not my war. but it will be my peace. raise your hands, raise your voices, raise your hearts ~and make it your peace too! (what a great slogan!) i am making new peace posters to hang on the house. what have you done today to save the world? go to the website and download posters to show your support of peace.

i may also make election/peace posters... VOTE SOUL with the O as a peace sign... we shall see what gets done.

the ny times reported on the massive number of deaths in the hibernating bat population of upstate new york. it is a serious ecological problem and researchers dont have a clue as to what is causing it. the problem with the bees is the same ~though scientists say it is unrelated to the bats. i think the scientists are too short-sighted, these are very obviously related ~maybe just not to the same immediate agent. the bees, the bats, the frogs ~these are the barometer of ecological homeostasis. the biological earth is very out of balance. well, the environmental, economic, social, and spiritual earth is out of balance. and what would be the cause of that?

we humans dont seem to have an appreciation of the deep consequences of our actions. karma. environmental, social, economic, spiritual karma! and a dozen other kinds as well.

the green movement is catching on a little too late. it was in the 1970s i got my family to install solar panels on our house. i was a freak! my parents almost didnt agree to it even though the economic rewards were obvious. it was just too much outside of conventional acceptance for the way one was supposed to live. now that convention is changing but the change is superficial and unexamined. many "green" products and/or lifestyles cause as much damage to the world and ourselves as the ignorant original. (how did florescent lights become good for us?)

five years of war in iraq. five years of lies. if people are dying senselessly, why wouldnt animals? why wouldnt plants? our karma is far-reaching. and we are the immediate agent.

when is the last time you protested the destruction of the rainforests? when have you protested the war? any war?

when i was last interviewed on bbsradio.com, i was asked about forecasting the political elections, the candidates for president of the united states. i always say i will not choose a winner because i believe the karma of the people as a whole will prevail. we have had george w bush for eight years because of the american capacity to embrace fear, uphold ignorance, and fully engage in inertia. we willingly and knowingly bought an inferior vacuum at too high a price that turned out to explode in our faces. and here we sit with dirt on our collective face without even the sense to wash.

my politics are thus: peace. ecology. no fear!

my lifestyle is thus (i hope!): examined and enlightened.

i had been invited to show my short films at an event in berkeley in may. i have canceled participating in that event. the restrictions were unreasonable; the return was severely deficient compared to the expenditure... i asked my host why the parameters were so unreasonable. she said the others involved were jealous of my work: my art would outshine theirs. (how flattering, in a sick way!) instead of thinking that we as a whole would put together a wonderful event, the others participating could only focus on how my work would draw attention away from theirs. they could only think about themselves...

isnt that how we humans are in the world?

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peace peace peace

2008-03-21T11:14:00.000-07:00

everyone who came to my feng shui workshops received a reusable shopping bag printed with the "great minds dream alike" logo with the peace sign. elizabeth, when shes not sleeping on my couch, has people regularly stop her to ask about the shopping bag. she has started selling them from the trunk of her car for $10 each.

it is the five year anniversary of the iraq war. thousands of americans killed, how many iraqis? they have been living without electricity, water, sanitation... but full services were restored by american troops to the areas with oil almost immediately. the lies that allowed the united states to justify this war dont seem to penetrate the consciousness of the american people. war is a funny thing, eh? denial is even funnier. today, did you think about the fact that we are a country at war?

the tibetans are staging a rebellion. the chinese occupation of tibet may be reaching critical mass with the olympics looming in the near future... the dalai lama has extended a very fair hand to the chinese government in an effort for peace. the chinese ignored it. i would not have been as conservative as he. i would have demanded complete liberation. the jeweled prison of a better life under hostile occupation is not attractive to me. and maybe also to the tibetans still living in tibet. people everywhere just want to be free.

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