Crystal Clear - David Archuleta's Transcendant Example

Last Tuesday night I happened to watch American Idol. The 10 male finalists were competing in the second week of the weeding out process. For the first nine contestants, the show was interesting in the usual way. The combination of incredible talent and the raw courage to perform and be vulnerable to searing criticism before the entire world is fascinating to witness. This endeavor certainly would stretch anyone's psychological and emotional comfort zones.

The first nine performances this night supported the general consensus that this season's crop of American Idol finalists is exceptional. Each voice, personality, and style uniquely strong. A pleasure to watch. Great entertainment. Fun.

Then 17-year old David Archuleta sang John Lennon's Imagine. And something profound happened. This young man sang with such purity of both voice and spirit as to send ripples of pure positive vibration into the universe. Something shifted in the fabric of creation. David wasn't singing to please the judges or the audience. He wasn't calculating or strategic, clever or theatrical. This young man was the embodiment of pure, unadulterated Light. He sang completely from the heart, allowing every cell of his body to resonate and express his powerful, powerful spirit. It was obvious that he was not just performing, but expressing, from the deepest, purest heart space, the message of the lyrics.

With only time for one verse, David chose to sing the third verse - his favorite because of its 'great message.' David not only sang the song, but made it his own, in what Paula Abdul described as "one of the most moving performances I've ever heard" of "one of the most beautiful songs ever written." It's as if David Archuleta picked up where John Lennon left off. I don't know how anyone who saw/heard/felt this performance could help but be affected.

My reaction was to feel hope for - and get a glimpse of - a truly transcendant future. The newly dawning Aquarian Age. I can't stop watching the YouTube video of David's performance. When I do, I feel my heart expand and I am frequently moved to tears. I really do imagine a brotherhood of man, nothing to kill or die for, a world in which we really do live as one. And the more of us that imagine that, day after day, with open hearts and full-throttle passion, the sooner it will materialize.

I believe David Archuleta is one of the special ones, a quintessential Crystal Child. A being of Light born to help the species ascend to higher dimensional living. He is a vivid and shining example for the rest of us, of what it looks and feels and sounds like to be fully in our bodies, to live from the heart, to resonate at the highest frequencies. And in the process make the world a better place by holding a vision for a glorious future, and unreservedly and joyfully doing what we are born to do.