Argentine composer Facundo Cabral stood out for spreading his thoughts through deep reflections, one is sadness. Through satire, anarchism, social criticism and optimism, he sent a fervent message. In his exhibitions he constantly quoted Whitman, Borges, Atahualpa Yupanqui, Jesus, Teresa of Calcutta and Krishnamurti. One of his most famous performances is titled “You’re Not. “depressed, you’re distracted.
He was exiled during the Argentine dictatorship and has since been eradicated in Mexico and is present in some 165 countries Some of his most famous concerts were those performed in the company of Alberto Cortez, who in turn defined Cabral as “a controversial figure who invented himself”.
- In his recital “Aren’t you depressed.
- Are you distracted?”.
- Cabral reflects on sadness.
- An evil that stands out in our time and that at some point in life affects everyone.
- Cabral makes sadness a kind of blindness that distracts us and we end up not enjoying the richness and beauty of the world around us.
In part of the previous presentation, the composer invites us to question the subject by saying, “Distracted from the life that inhabits you?Do you have the heart, brain, soul and mind?So how can you feel poor and miserable?the life around it, dolphins, forests, seas, mountains and rivers.
And he adds, underlining: “Do not fall into the same thing that your brother fell, suffer for any human being while there are still six billion people in the world. Besides, it is not so bad to live alone: I am fine, deciding at all times what I want to do And thanks to loneliness, I know myself: something fundamental to live?
Finally, he says, “That’s why you think you’ve lost something, but it’s impossible because everything was given to you, you didn’t even have a hair on your head. Then you can’t own anything. Besides, life does. it doesn’t take things away from you, but it frees you and relieves you only to fly higher, to reach fullness.
Facundo Cabral was a man who shared his life experience with the crowd, this exchange with others was characterized by the use of sarcasm and an intelligent and sharp humor, viewers enjoyed and recreated the meaning of their lives in an authentic and original way.
In his exhibitions it is clear that life is first and foremos say a matter of learning: “From cradle to grave, life is a school. So what you call trouble is lessons. And life is dynamic, so it’s constantly moving. For all this, we must always pay attention to the present. There is so much to enjoy and our time on Earth is so short that suffering is a waste of time.
It refers to death as follows: “You have not lost anyone. The one who died just stepped forward, because we’re all there. Also, better for him. Love is still in your heart. There is no death, there is change and it follows”. on the other side wonderful people await us: Gandhi, Michelangelo, Whitman, St. Augustton, Mother Teresa, her grandfather and my mother, who believed that in poverty we are closer to love because money distracts us with many things ?.
Cabral was a kind of apostle of love, who cried out to the four winds his concern for the established; a convinced pacifist, who did not believe in violence as a solution to anything; a lonely and happy being who has always surrounded himself. with good literature and good music to make their own creations.
He promoted the idea of being guided by our heart: “You can’t find happiness, and it’s so easy! You just have to listen to your heart before your head intervenes, which is conditioned by memory, which complicates everything with old things. , with orders from the past, with prejudices that hurt, that imprison the divisive head, which is impoverishing, the head that does not accept that life is as it is and not as it should be, do only what you like and you will be happy?
He says that being happy is a duty: “Make peace with yourself, stand in front of a mirror, and think this creature you see is God’s work. And he decides now to be happy, because happiness is an acquisition, not something that will come from outside. Moreover, happiness is not a right, but a duty; because if you’re not happy, do you end up bittering the whole neighborhood?
Regarding catastrophic diseases, he says: “And if you have cancer or AIDS, two things can happen, and both are good. If the disease beats you, releases your body so uncomfortable: I am hungry, I am cold, I am sleepy, I want, I have motives, I have doubts, and if you win with the disease, you will be more humble, more grateful and therefore happier easily, freed from the enormous weight of guilt, responsibility and vanity. live every moment deeply as it should?.
To the proper thing of the inner light, he says: “Fear distracts us from love, which is wise and courageous because it knows that there is no measures or end. Look at you and the clouds on the periphery will disappear, calm down and shut up. “listen to the sage who lives in you. Once the interior lighting is on, nothing can turn it off. Is it as perfect and incorruptible as the gold that symbolizes the power of purity, of the essential, that is, of the spirit that is an infinite and wonderful journey because it is there in every moment lived in depth ?.
Regarding ego and innocence, Fernando Cabral says: “When you abandon the ego, miracles begin. Then, without a fight, you regain your natural strength. Thus, you can savor life through love, walk on water, and heal with words. name things, but the innocent sees them; the ego judges them, but the innocent live them. Ego divides, innocence harmonizes differences; the ego depends on the mind, the innocent depends on the heart. “
Now you have the elements, all you have to do is accept the challenge: “Now that you’re alone and calm, forget who you are, because it’s just a creation of others, and listen to your heart: “Who do I want to be?”What do you want to do now??? Why is life now?