Thirty Five years ago today we lost the great talent of Elvis Presley. I actually remember the day well - I had always liked Elvis and my neighbors were very big Elvis fans. We listened to Love Me Tender in his honor and watched Elvis movies late into the night. In the passing years I have rediscovered the raw talent of early Elvis and the soul searching heart ache of the later man. He was a man who knew something was missing from his life and along with the pills his search consisted of spiritual traditions both East and West. It's been said that the Tao De Jing was the last book in his possesion the night of his death. Clearly he was more then the pills and booze and women - he was much like you and I and our own search for spirit. Our path may (hopefuly) take more constructive turns but make no mistake we are often as lost as Elvis in his sad last days. I know I have been. I have been blessed with my own addictions that have led me towards a more lasting inner peace -and the inward search continues. I'll one day arrive (to find there was really nowhere else to go) and I hope Elvis has arrived as well. He desreves Peace. We all do.
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