Obama and The Summer of Love

Music Review: "San Francisco"

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Do you want to know why Barrack Obama has been so popular with many Americans?

It shouldn't be a real mystery. There is some similarity between 2008 and 1967. There are many "Boomer Generation" folks who are beginning to retire who remember the war that wouldn't stop, a war that was unpopular and a protest movement that brought down President Johnson, who declined to run for re-election in the face of all of the demonstrations. Enough similarity to motivate many old and now younger folks who want to see war wiped off the face of our planet.

What was going to be a promotion for a Monterrey, CA music festival tapped into the consciousness of those who were seeking change, a different way of looking at life, more like what religion and spirituality promise. Life would be so much better if we would just love one another. That is the promise of the song "San Francisco", sung by Scott McKenzie:

"All across the nation,

Such a strange vibration.

People in motion

There's a whole generation

With a new explanation.

People in motion, people in motion.

For those who come to San Francisco,

Be sure to wear some flowers in your hair.

If you come to San Francisco,

Summertime will be a Love-in there."

Who in their right mind would not want a thousand years of peace to begin right now? Wouldn't that be the kind of change a person would vote for?

Musically, that Music Festival was a seismic event, what with Jefferson Airplane, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Otis Redding, The Byrds, the Grateful Dead, The Who, and Big Brother and the Holding Company with Janis Joplin, and The Doors providing the entertainment. The song "San Francisco" was number four on the pop charts at its peak. When many people hear music from these musicians, it brings back the longing for the Love that is missing from their lives, from their world.

One thing is clear: we do desire change. Another thing is also clear: we fear change. A third thing is also clear, things will change and we cannot control that. A fourth thing is also clear: we have no idea, for sure, what kind of change will result in a more loving and respectful world.

Sometimes the best and most lasting change is one that is hidden from most people. Many of us boomers might look at the world today and think that nothing has changed: we are still involved in wars, and fights, and trying to force people to do the right thing in the outer world. Many are changing from the inside. It was in 1965 that Jesus began channeling the "A Course In Miracles", a book about Love and how to achieve Love consciousness: forgiveness.

How interesting to look back and realize that "God-who-is-Love" was already answering, in detail, the massive calls for love. That answer is still available today as millions have read and studied 'the course' and even more are studying materials inspired by 'the course'. There truly is a better way.

Politicians who tap into the desire for this kind of change will have the power of the universe behind them when they become guided by that power! We 'individuals' cannot know who in the end will bring us closer to Love and Peace, but we can bring Love and Peace into our own lives right now and that will radiate into what we experience as the world.

It's the Power of One.

Thanks to Scott McKenzie for being the Voice For God!