Dec 18th, 2007 marks a new beginning for me. Personally, I've been going through some very challenging times in these last 4 months. Everyday I've been trying to find the lessons I need to learn so that I can move forward to the next chapter of my life. And today I finally GOT IT. What I just discovered will definitely change my life forever and for that reason, I'm TOTALLY grateful. (What I discovered today, I'll be sharing with you in my next entry) So, What does this personal breakthrough of mine has to do with the future of CultureMachine.com, you might ask? Everything, I might say! As one of its co-founders together with Mr. Richard Panzer, I know that if I'm CLEAR from my doubts, fears and past painful memories then I'm OPEN to Inspiration, and then Inspiration will take a major role in energizing every person who will be working with CultureMachine in the future. Let me just clarify what I mean by Inspiration. I've just realized that I'm not actually "doing" anything by myself, but Life is "moving forward" its Plan through me and from now on I will surrender to Life and let it do whatever it wants with CultureMachine to fulfill its plan. Certainly, when Richard and I started CultureMachine, we both knew that it would play a catalyst role in transforming today's culture into a more positive, life enriching and inspirational for future generations. I confess that many times I asked myself: How are we going to pull this off, but Life just kept saying: Keep Moving Forward! And here we are: MOVING FORWARD... Just last week, I had this unique opportunity to perform at the United Nations in NYC for the 2nd consecutive time this year. As you may know, CultureMachine was born at a lunch table conversation Richard and I had during the 1st Teen Media Summit back in September 21st, 2003. Little did we know at the time that Sept. 21st was the official International Day of Peace established by the UN. Somehow, deep inside I knew that our paths would cross and it finally did. Just prior to entering the stage for my performance, I closed my eyes and deeply thanked for that opportunity. In deep meditation, I sincerely asked: Please Inspiration, speak through me, let Your words be my words and let people here today be inspired by our music. Just before performing my first song, This is what came out of my heart. " Good afternoon, Ladies and Gentleman. Here we are at this most prestigious building where people from all over the world look after for solutions and ways that we can all live in Peace. Yes, we know that there will always be different philosophies, different ways of thinking, different religions, different political agendas and interests. That's just the way it is. But there's got to be something that can transcend all these differences and bring us together as one. And the only thing that can do this is Love and Music. Isn't Music the language of the heart? Yes, when we all sing together in one voice, we experience our Oneness, our true identity as one Humanity. Music has this amazing power and YES I know that Music can change the world. So let's stand up, sing together with one heart and let Music and Love be our teachers to living life in Peace! Are you ready?" You can watched the performance of the song "One World (We are all One)" by clicking on the video below. So, that's why I believe that CultureMachine has one of the most important roles in this world: To fill our world with Music that transcends our differences, enrich our lives and celebrate our Universal Humanity. Music and Media that bring us all together and tell us to keep moving forward to a brighter and better future for us all.
As for today, Dec 18th, I sing my heart out from Inspiration and I know that only great tunes and great blessings are in store for all of us.
Looking forward to hearing from you!
IN Love, Peace & Music!
Diego Costa
