So I get a call Friday Morning at 7:30, I pick up the phone to look at it, assuming calls at 7:30 in the morning are not going to be good news and I see it is from Melba Alhonte, the ring master of all of the great New York Spiritual Warriors events that have taken place over the past two weeks. I answer the call and hear the angelic voice that I associate with pure positive energy and have for almost 25 years. Melba wishes me a happy birthday and tells me she is in Sag Harbor with Jsu and J-R and the rest of the Traveler’s Spiritual Warriors roadshow; would I be willing to take Q&A for a just scheduled screening near Queens, NY. After a little estimated geography, we figure out that I am going to Rockville Center, NY.
Later Friday I get all the details from Zoe Golightly, the worldwide zen master of all things Spiritual Warriors: The Movie with an address and the name of my destination; Blue Firmament Holistic Center.
Saturday afternoon I arrive at Blue Firmament with my sixteen year old Jessica and her friend and fellow movement kid Chelsea Marie Katz (daughter of Hillary Levion and Barry David Katz). Manny Stissi has already gotten to the center and provided the DVDs and Spiritual Warrior books and flyers. We are met by our host and the woman who runs the center named Sheiva. The center is large and inviting, with a selection of organic dry goods, crystals, and reading materials, there is a raw juice and food bar in the back and our screening will take place in a seminar room right behind. Downstairs is a group of treatment rooms for facials and bodywork.
My understanding is that Sheiva found out about Spiritual Warriors through some form of list or network and her email inquiry found Zoe who responded immediately. Sheiva got the word out to her network overnight and by the time showtime arrived, there were twelve attendees including four MSIAers (Manny and I, Jim John and Mary Jane Weis) two aforementioned teenagers and six folks who had never seen the movie before (one of whom did attend the book signing in Manhattan).
The screening began with the new short movie called “Who are you” (click here to view the short film Who Are You) and concluded with Spiritual Warriors. There was a real sense of blessing and as I watched the movie and the other attendees I had a strong sense of value and gratitude. I had introduced the movie with the following analogy, Spiritual Warriors isn’t really Jsu’s autobiography, although it does contain a reflection of his own life’s work as a spiritual being and the impact of his spiritual teacher and friend, John-Roger. The movie is really a meta-biography by which I mean it is the auto-biography of every person who sees it. We are all on a spiritual path and this wonder movie is filled with sign posts that both confirm our past experiences and provide reference points to the inner journey upon which we each find ourselves.
Blue Firmament hopes to host additional screenings of the movie based on interest expressed by clients and customers who weren’t able to attend on the 25th. Look for more information to come…
