“You should seriously consider how serious you’ve become.”–Matt Cornwall
Ever since 1687 when that apple toppled onto crusty ole Isaac Newton’s head, we’ve known the impact of gravity on material objects.
But there’s another kind of gravity (the gravity that’s a synonym for seriousness) that also greatly impacts our lives.
Which is why I’m so excited to share the following words of wisdom from my new friend, Matt Cornwall, who has spent his life “proving” how the solemn kind of gravity binds and limits our imaginations.
As you’ve heard me swoon before, I deeply cherish all the emails that drop into my inbox every week.
This one from Matt was so compelling that I asked him if I could share it here on the blog. After all, it’s not every day you meet a guy who describes himself as a “cosmic switchboard operator on roller skates.”
His latest creative project started when his adorable grand-niece paid him what he considers “the greatest compliment ever.”
She asked, “Uncle Gum (as in Great Uncle Matt), how come you’re NEVER serious?”
Here’s how he answered:
“I believe seriousness is a disease or dis-ease. I’ve been an artist/writer/actor and overall creator and bringer of joy my whole life. After coming out of a five-year stint of completely unplugging from the world, I am called now to heed and heal the deafening collective wail.
“I’m currently allowing/developing a playshop tentatively called “Matt’s Multidimensional Playshop 5.w(0)w .
“It grew out of a Cosmic Coaching workshop where I was asked, “What do you think the world needs right now?
“Obviously, in addition to Jackie DeShannon’s timeless song “What the world needs now is love,” the world also needs fun and innocent play! Being serious is antithetical to the exuberantly playful nature of the universe.
“We are children of the universe, playing together on this beautiful little playground. We’re magical cosmic fairies, farting out realities left and right. We are pure consciousness manifesting into marvelous forms with which to experiment, have fun and play.
“I’m convinced that any form of suffering is the direct result of the dis-ease known as seriousness or being “grave”– the irony of this word speaks for itself.
“One of the projects I’m developing is called the C.S.D.C or The Center for Seriousness Disease Control and Prevention (modeled after the C.D.C) I see it as a viable national public (mental and therefore physical) health agency that uses humor to bring awareness to how ridiculous it is to be serious or attached to illusions of any sort.
“In this new agency, there will be “doctors” with new methods of testing how serious a patient is and new forms of medication — such as advanced laughter and a whole set of tools for letting go and not taking life so seriously.
“The C.S.D.C will create love, peace and bliss viruses or algorithms, reminding the masses that we have the power to create, re-invent or make up entirely new meaning.
“We are indeed fully equipped to infect ourselves with full-blown bliss. It’s a new kind of pure science and/or philosophical recreation center, basing its discovering around the metrics of attaining higher, deeper state of unadulterated, unconditioned bliss, fun and joy.”
Amen, Matt. And thank you for your contribution. I, for one, can’t wait. And with that I’ll close by seconding Matt’s motion: There is a whole spectrum of vibrant, playful possibilities. Seriousness, begone. #222 Forever!
Matt Cornwall is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, non-dualist, and shamanic trickster /Universal Intelligence entrepreneur living in Los Angeles. After DJ’ing for the past 15 years internationally for luxury hotels and tech companies such as Apple, Google and Facebook, he is currently developing projects and products designed for the smooth and joyous transition from the 3-D to 5-D multidimensional collective shift in consciousness happening rapidly on the planet.
Check out his website here and his youtube channel here:
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World).
22 Responses
By gum, good lord.. this is great 🙏🏼
Right?!! Couldn’t agree more.
thank you so much! : ))
Thank you, Pam, for another wonderfully rich post, and also for introducing us to Matt!
My pleasure!
Made my day! Love to you, Pam and Matt!
And love to you, too! Love to everyone everywhere always!
Sign me up!
222 Forever!!!
Woo-hoo!!!!
I agree whole heartedly! I’ve been so grave most of my life, that fun was impossible for me to understand. Heard a whole lot of “behave yourself”. Me, I like to laugh and play as much as possible in this over serious world. Joy is the shaker I reach for to spice things up now. I’ll pop over and have a very good look at Uncle GUM’S sites. Thanks so much, Pam for the introduction and always keeping us on track. It’s just too easy to wander off. Marlene Herself.
Matt is someone I’d love to hang out with! My life is certainly a lot more carefree and happy now that I’ve moved to Hawaii. But finding like-minded souls in person is still a goal.
I’d love to hang out with you too!
I’m so deeply moved and touched by your comments, and for Pam’s lovely and beautiful gesture!~ I’d love to hear from any of you around any inspiration or ideas that might come to you for creating The Center for Seriousness Disease Control! You can email me at : wowmmm@pacbell.net
This is great! I am with you and would love to work at the C.S.D.C. After all I am a Registered Nurse and I once worked for a division of the CDC, lol! Time for more laughter, joy, light, and fun.
Laugh and play is the answer to everything. Loved the post.
Dear Pam, you have some pretty cool friends!
This post is really spot-on! Although it is rather difficult not to get sucked into the current problems which affect us all, I always try to find something amusing or silly for distraction. A good laugh makes you feel better, even if this laugh makes you coughing or sneezing 😉 Thanks for introducing Matt, will certainly visit his website!
And – if you have some free time, just listen to Monty Python’s “Always look on the bright side of life” Works 100%!
https://youtu.be/SJUhlRoBL8M
You’re welcome 🙂
Love this Pam. Thanks for sharing. Joy, bliss, love, peace, living a life of ease. A happy heart brought to life at reading this post (and all your posts, really!). Much love.
I seriously believe Matt is onto something. 222 forever. Love and hugs to all.
So happy I finally read this message, just the right time. Thanks to you and Matt!!
How does one join one of your ‘Possibility Posse’s?