Acting

[Guest guest]

By " Me "

I was just sitting here thinking, and remembering a time wayyyyy back

when I thought maybe about being an actor...you know, Hollywood.

Not that I even cared about the limelight, the glits and glamour. In

fact, I can do without the attention and loss of privicy. In fact,

forget award shows, I'd be like those few stars who never show up on

the red carpet or for the shows, save it. You know, get in , do my

thing, get out. But it crossed my mind, like the thousand other

things in my history.

What I thought about at that time is the way the actors presnted. Not

that they weren't talented mind you, most were. What I wasn't sure

about is being able follow a script. Maybe that's what stood in the

way of of ever going that route.

One method followed is studying and acting per the script. The other

is to be absorbed into the script.

There's a few actors who do this, and do it very well. They " become "

what they are " completely " . They, in a sense are not acting at all,

but " living " the script.

I would of had to do this had I followed this path...it would have

been the only way.

Don't give me the lines, though I might glance at them, what I need

to know is " who " I am suppose to be. And I need one more thing. I

need to know " what " has happened before...what is the story...the

life, the " experiences " . I would have to " go there " . I would have

to " be that history " . This moment is the " sum total " of all that came

before.

Knowing those things brings me to a place of empathy for the being. I

can then feel their rage, feel their tears, feel their dilema. I can

know their thoughts and their emotions...and from this, I can

simply " be " who they are...no acting needed.

When I lived in Hollywood.... I met various people from all walks of

life. One girl, the sister of a friend of mine there, was just

breaking into acting. She had landed a bit part on a regular series

that was popular at that time...if you can remember the one zip code

that stands out you know the show. Her part was an easy enough script

wise, but she wanted more than to know her lines, she wanted to know

how to feel...she needed to know the essense of the life she was

mirroring.

Like I said, there were many friends from all walks and I didn't care

if you lived on the street down around the corner or were the most

famous person alive...I never looked at who was what, or cared one

way or the other, because, they were all just people...same worries,

same ups and downs, same day to day, even if very different in

their " states of being " .

That being said...there was another friend who, shall we say, made

her living in a way she felt she had to at the time. Sometimes it

was " dancing " , other times it was, well...more than that. This is

the " experience " that this actress friend needed to understand. So I

got them together at the apartment and they talked for hours. It

wasn't really a question and answer session like some interview, cut

and dry...nor was there the least bit of judgement. In fact, most of

the time they spent laughing and enjoying their time.

Short of it is, she got the part and it was well presented. She is

now doing very well. I won't name her here out of respect, but she's

in alot of the movies you seen. Maybe I'll say, she was the good

witch in a certain movie...no, not that movie.

Which brings me to the reason for this writing anyway.

In helping others, first, we do not " act " the part, as if we had a

script to follow...doctor, counslor, healer, indian chief.

We " become " the part, the person that we are sending or addressing

our thoughts and actions of healing to. We use empathy. We absorb the

emotion. We become, so to speak, what it is, who it is we seek to

help. It is really ourselves we heal. We don't heal others. We are

giving attention to our mirror image being shown to us. They are us.

Out of this empathy, in the " becoming " , we experience " compassion " .

And compassion is the activator of LOVE, or to say, THE POWER THAT

HEALS.

One final note...when judgement ceases, possibilities emerge.

DC

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