"'My Religion is You': Gagasm" gagablog 23

I was asked to write a brief theology of Gaga as the Goddess for a friend's book, The Pomegranate Prophecies, so here it is:

       Lady Gaga is the Goddess. She has come into the world in Her human form of Lady Gaga - and generally prefers to be called Gaga - for a wonderful purpose in this special time. The world is entering a period of transition and She is leading us into a new reality and caring for us along the journey. She expresses divine inspiration and fierce creativity through her music, fashion, love with her fans and the art of fame. Gaga is a goddess of love, freedom, music, fashion, acceptance, creativity, sex, joy, lust, ecstasy, dancing, sexuality, justice, children, women, men, happiness, animals, plants, earth, sky, fire, water, fun, partying, drinking, smoking pot, mysticism and expanded consciousness. Her emblems are the lightning bolt, the heart, the disco ball, the rainbow, the unicorn, the Paws Up little monster claw, and an endless array of items associated with her phenomenal fashions, and specifically her own iconic styles and accessories; her hair, glasses, shoes, hats, etc. She changes her personal look dramatically, and her image remains iconically Gaga in endless transformations, so she and symbols of her are recognizable around the world even in boundless variety.
       Gaga has incarnated to lead us into a new world, a new era of humanity. She described it in her "Manifesto of Mother Monster" as giving birth to a new race of humanity that was beyond judgement or prejudice, a race that transcends race - and a spirituality that transcends religions. Gaga is reviving what many cultures and religions have suppressed; the feminine, nature, ecstasy, sexuality, and expanded consciousness. She is also bringing together a family of little monsters all over the world, her fans who think of her as Mommy Monster, who relate to her for a number of reasons, but come to feel this deep connection to her as their creator. This can be intepretted in different ways. For millions of little monsters, Gaga's bold expressiveness has inspired and encouraged them to live more bravely and become who they truly are, sharing Her message that "we are all superstars" and can bring that out of ourselves with enough love and support. Gaga expresses this love and support directly to her audience through her music, perfromances, interviews and speeches, the messages of her fashion and her video messages through the internet, and when she meets us in person. Many little monsters did not feel that elsewhere, were not encouraged or believed in to follow their dreams. Many little monsters are outsiders where they live due to being "born this way" in a repressive society and we find a home with Mommy Monster and the other little monsters, a family millions spread all around the world. Gaga has brought us together with love and this is the primary effect She has: revealing that love is abundant in a world where it is made out to be scarce. She has set an example by making a Goddess of herself, fully channeling that divine love with brave truth, that we can all follow to make the most out of life, for ourselves and everyone we meet. She always insists that we can all live our dreams as She has done and that She is just like us.
There are countless people who have brought the divine message of Love to the world. Some have been received as Goddesses or Gods, others in other ways. Many celebrities have been called "gods" with varying degrees of seriousness as well. Gaga is truly the Goddess, in a way that other celebrities could not have been, because She studied the art of Fame and applied her genius to achieving Fame and using it as art, persuing this with an artist's love. While She may not have focused on being percieved as the Goddess, it may not have been what she was seeking, it is part of the dream of Fame that She made a reality. She knew it would happen and is fulfilling the role of Goddess well, whether She would claim it or not. Like the Buddhas She loves and supports those who relate to Her and provides a refuge for us. And She does this in a unique way that affirms peoples' freedom, especially creative and sexual freedom, that so many people in the world need so much. Of course much of the unprecedented popularity of her music is due to how good and appealing it is and she is, another aspect is just how badly we need her message all over the world. She directs the world's attention and energy to helping the world and helping societies make the changes we need to become free of the past and forge a new reality.  She does this powerfully with many statements and campaigns: environmentalism, against fur and animal cruelty, for tolerance, for gay and lesbian and trangendered rights, for immigrant rights, to help the people of Haiti and Japan after dsasters there, and so many other things. She uses Her influence for good and inspires others to do their best, become superstars and help others in the same way.
Through fully accepting and expressing the divine nature within Her and becoming "a master of the art of Fame" Gaga has fully become a Goddess and a model for others to do the same. Along with the feminine and sexual elements that some religions repress, the idea that people should emulate dieties seems to have gotten lost for many people. Maybe this is the result of forgetting or denying the Goddess in general in some traditions. But Gaga restores all this, the feminine divine spiritual power, sexuality (and other ecstacies) as a means of spirituality, and connecting the individual to the divine, or revealing the divinity within all things and encouraging us to experience it and express it. When we imagine a new reality beyond strife, these things will be understood. People of the future may see Gaga and think She looks strange, as some people do today. But they won't think her ideas are strange. They will only be baffled that there was a time when the people who believed in love and acceptance for all were the "weirdos" of the world. Gaga "just speak[s] in future tense" and is changing the world so that we can live without fear or prejudice or war or judgement. I'm so glad She is here and opening the way to a new reality, showing us the hope of the future and the way to get there. I'm so excited for all that She is inspiring in the world through millions of little monsters, like lighting up the whole world with shooting stars, and to hear and see what She does as she pushes us through the buttonhole to a new reality, and what she does then and forever. Gaga is wonderful,  and it's fantastic to have Her with us.

"Pink Clouds Filled with Lightning" gagablog 22

The purpose of this Gagafesto is to describe the way I see Gaga as mystical, expressing and embodying divinity, and in this way also explain my perspective on magic - the way that divinity appears. I notice magic in connections and coincidences revealing spiritual order and I expect we will all experience these in increasing frequency and power as we approach a global transformation in consiousness and we might as well talk about it. For me Gaga is the Supreme signifcator of this in the world so I have plenty to say about her and her inspiration. But as much as I love to hear myself talk, I love it even more when someone says something I wish I could say and says it better.
I saw pink clouds the other day in a baby blue sky, and the clouds were filled with lightning. Mostly it would flash and light up different parts of the clouds, but every now and then you would see a bolt shoot across parts of it too. I've enjoyed a number of beautiful skies with pink clouds in pretty blue since moving to Colorado, but this was the first time I ever saw lightning in pink clouds. It reminded me of Gaga, of course, and made me feel wonderful. I don't know what the sky was saying, but it spoke beautifully.
Then I went inside and heard someone else's message and they also said it better than me. I turned on the TV and it was a PBS travel show in Greece, and the tour guide described different temples and the Goddesses and Gods worshipped there. When they got to Dionysis she mentioned his representing and causing enthusiasm, which she emphasised the "theos" root of the word, that it was divinity to be expressing enthusiasm, ecstasy. She mentioned that this enthusiasm and ecstacy was manifest and achieved in partying and dancing, etc. Of course this all has me thinking of Gaga, and see the ancient greeks clubbing on TV and play a "Just Dance" soundtrack in my head. Then she says "it" so well that I hope I can get the quote close, something like "He represents all that the worst in society tries to suppress but He is irreppressible" and that the spirit of enthusiasm, ecstacy, and partying that I also think Gaga embodies so well is irrepressible and a pure expression and pathway to the divine.
It made me realize that she said it so much better than me because I keep focusing on how the "worst in society" tries to suppress this type of divinity instead of the way out of it, which face it, is better, more powerful, more enjoyable - and irrepressible - and is going to win in the end. Like the guy on the radio said the other month about the Rock against Racism Movement, it makes better music. Gaga is truly amazing and shows us how we can true to ourselves, "on the right track". I do like to talk about how she combats the evil in the world with her influence but I don't want to focus on it because its negative and longwinded and the good that she inspires is pure and true and magical. After all it is the mystical connections between what seem to be worlds apart that I hope to focus on. I can rely on that line of goodness that runs between the two "sides" of things, trust in the truth to win and then do as much as I can to promote it without fear. Gaga says it so well in her songs and interviews, and I'm eager to discuss her words but get caught up in the world and its events. I'm not trying to dismiss the horrible troubles of human nature or world events, just saying that the same thing is required for all of it, Love, and Gaga is Love in a new mystical revelation for the world.
She reveals love so well in her words and I'm eager to talk about how they inspire me, focus on Gaga and the good she brings, specifically. I said this in gagablog 21, how I want to focus on "fun-loving" Gaga instead of being so serious - it may have been later that day I saw the pink clouds. Those fantastic, powerful, rare clouds made me feel encouraged, joyous, and inspired, like Gaga. It reminded me of her, like a message from her, from "where she's coming from" anyway, from Love. And I guess it said "yes, focus on the good and the beautiful in the world. Because there is so much of this magical, wonderous beauty that the more you look for it, the more you see - until you see that everything is this way all the time." And I think that is truly the path to "making" everything beautiful - because we do have horrible problems now but with love we can move beyond them - if we live with the fearlessness that comes from knowing that untroubled life is possible for everyone together and we strive for it. Thank Gaga for the reminder, for living life with this fearless truth and fully going for it, conveying the message of love so purely and to so many. I hope to live the message myself to bring the world together, heal people, and make the art and songs that can show the way most clearly and simply, for the greatest good.
I may never be able to speak as beautifully as pink clouds with lightning, but I can tell you about them and hope they light up your imagination. Thanks for letting me share the story with you, and thanks for enjoying the Love of Gaga with me!