8th Sept: With just over a week and a half to go before we leave the USA, we got to attend one final Mantra concert. For the fist time Shivani and Yogi joined Karl Anthony and the Mantra Choir for the World Day of Prayer celebration at Unity center in San Diego. Yogi has been to more Mantra performances that anyone else on the planet, so she knew the chants well. Karl asked Shivani to perform her part 'One Prayer' and lead the audience in the 'Children of the World' chant the day of the Mantra. She listed to the parts while driving to the Unity center.
In a week filled with talk of hate and burning and the media frenzy that followed, the Mantra performance was the polar opposite experience. Nothing but love, peace and joy for all who attended. As Karl states, if you are for peace, pray for people who hate, do not fester hate for haters. And if you must burn something, burn that hatred and anger within, until it exists no more. For while we feel hate, anger, we can not usher in true peace for this world.
Many regulars said it was the best Mantra ever, and Mantra newcomers stated that it was one of the best live experience of their life.
A video can never do justice to the live experience, however, I created this video as a tribute to Karl Anthony. Both godfather and mentor to Shivani, who has been singing Karl's songs since aged 2.
Who Shivani is today, the role she plays in Kids For Peace is a testimony to the positive influence Karl and other mentors have been in her life.
To lean more about Karl Anthony's music and kids character building music: www.KarlAnthony.com. His mantra experience: www.MantraBliss.com
-Beejal Parmar
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