The beat returns - Friday Sept. 17, 2010, 7:00 PM

Maybe it is ridiculous to think we can change the world. We know it isridiculous not to try. Are we simply victims of fate, or are wecreating a fate that will victimize us? This is a Global Event thatwill use drumming to focus a collective positive intention,then send it around the world in a continuous wave to improve ourrelationship with each other, and with a living planet upon which welive, breath, and have our being. 10 Billion Beats started in Sept.2009. It grew and grew until nearly 200,000 people participated aroundthe globe. In 2010 the grassroots movement will be even bigger and weinvite you to be a part of it. We are not trying to have the world'slargest drum circle, we are trying help people stand with each otheraround the globe through the uncertain times ahead.

"It is quite true that in the history of human thinking the most fruitfuldevelopments frequently takeplace at those points where two differentlines of thought meet..."

Werner Heisenberg

Sound - vibration - frequency - beat has for millennia been an avenue foroutward creation and inner exploration. When we listen to the lilt of amountain brook, or the rhythm of a human heart, sound provides us apathway to the subtle energies in the deep reaches of our psyche. Whenwe attune with the rhythm of those around us we join in the harmoniousdance of life. Sound interconnects us with others and transports us toconsciousness states where we encounter insight, healing, growth, andour highest creativity. So what might happen if we use the sound ofdrumming—like a physical prayer or meditaion—to help balance ourrelationship as a human family and with the Earth itself?

The human heart beats billions of times in a life. The human brain hasabout 10 billion cells that connect our nervous system and exchangeinnumerable signals every moment to create our thoughts and direct lifefunctions. While 10 billion seems like a hugh number, to be human is toengage grand scale operations each time we simply take a breath. Wehave overlooked the magnitude of what it takes to be human and as weapproach 10 billion humans on this earth, we have underestimated theeffects of our existence on the planet. With, or without, ourcooperation, nature will bring balance to the relationship.

This is an intention experiment.

It seems that somewhere deep within our collective psyche, for as long ashumankind has been able to voice it, people have been predicting aworld-ending catastrophe accompanied by a last minute rescue from somehigher source. Gifted seers like early warning radar, have predictedthat some enormous change will occur in this creation. Shamans haveprophesied this "great turning" in indigenous villages, every religioustradition has recorded some description of it in their scripture, andlike a weather-change many sentient beings that walk this planet sensesomething in their bones. 2012, Rapture, Earth Changes, Ascension, TheEnd of Days, we don't know what is coming. For many it is a cause foralarm, for others a reason for joy. It is not our wish to challengeyour religious beliefs or question that which brings you solace.Whatever the case turns out to be, in this coming period more will beasked of us. Whether it is in a New Heaven, on a New Earth, or walkingmore miles in the same pair of shoes, we should be asking, "How can wehelp create the world we all can live in, now, and come 2013?"

We will use positive intention to affect the uncertain times we sense and benefit every life on the planet.