ONCE UPON A TIME . . .

. . . in a far away land called New Eden, a 'boy' named Angelo Washington Williams was born.
      As a young child 'he' was full of joy. Somewhere along the way 'he' lost it . . . the joy, that is. This story tells how 'he' rediscovers it.
At some point in a life, the individual soul/ego may mysteriously be called to re-awaken to its true identity as Consciousness.

BEYOND THE MIRROR

  • is about Original Sin . . . and its resolution.​
  • is about the human shadow: money, sex, and power.​
  • is about the turn in direction from looking for happiness, fulfilment, freedom, peace, and love in the outside world, to looking inside oneself for these things.​​
  • is a tragi-comedy, and might best be considered an operetta rather than a musical; it's a bit epic-ish.
  • employs the Enneagram (see below).
"Every person develops a style of compensating for the lack, the ontological emptiness, which is at the centre of the ego."


—Oscar Ichazo (a Chillean mystic who helped bring the wisdom of the Enneagram to the West)

THE ENNEAGRAM

The Enneagram is an ancient tool, sometimes called a wisdom mirror, that dates from the time of Pythagorus. It can be used to help one awaken from the delusion of separation and subsequent suffering that is inherent in identifying as an individual ego. It  will be depicted in Beyond the Mirror  through the characters of The Players.
  • Nine egoic passions—sloth, anger, pride, vanity, envy, avarice, doubt, gluttony, and lust—will be displayed.
  • Nine qualities of the purified soul—purity, kindness, compassion, joy, peace, courage, absorption, shakti, and awareness—will be rediscovered.
After this initial awakening of the soul, attention is naturally turned away from the outside world—away from the accumulation of more things and more experiences—to looking inside ourselves for true, lasting happiness and fulfilment.

THE PLAYERS

Initially we meet The Players in the historical Garden of Eden. Here all is harmonious and peaceful. Language and time—not to mention clothing, modesty, and shame—are concepts that are yet to appear . . . though they are close at hand. 
      The remainder of Beyond the Mirror takes place in the near future: the year, 2020 (or whatever the year of the next US presidential election). Since Eve and Adam were tempted by the devil—represented in the Garden of Eden allegory by the serpent, and in Beyond the Mirror by Lobida—to eat the fruit of The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, humans have evolved into a selfish, greedy, narcissistic race that's in the process of killing itself, as well as the planet it inhabits. 
​      Is there hope for humanity? Will it survive the impending political, financial, sociological, and ecological disasters? Is there a possibility that the human race can evolve out of, and transcend, its current stage of mind-identification, which is the cause of all conflict, war, and suffering on the planet?
      The Players now comprise two families, with widely differing world views, that are at odds with one another. The McCalls are on the left, the Abercrombies are on the right . . .
“Let there be peace and love among all beings of the universe. Let there be peace. Let there be peace. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti. 
Namaskar. Namaskar. 
Welcome to Satsang. 
Om."

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— Papaji
I am blessed in this life to have all that I need. If, by some miracle, this story that I'm calling Beyond the Mirror ever becomes fully birthed, and if it were ever to become a piece of musical theatre that is produced and performed—on Broadway or elsewhere—and, God forbid, it was at some point to make a profit of any sort, then, all profits from Beyond the Mirror will go to supporting my Spiritual Teachers in their essential and challenging task of assisting the awakening of humanity in this time of crisis for the planet; in the birthing of a new Consciousness. A New Earth, as Eckhart Tolle calls it.
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—Stevie
"Let there be peace and love, among all beings of the universe. Let there be peace, let there be peace. Om Shanti, Shanti, Shanti" - Papaji