Michael Jackson - A Dangerous Story

“Inspired by the grandeur of love, artists, writers, and composers throughout the ages have expressed both love’s exalted heights and tragic depths.  In many of their masterpieces, we can sense an inner understanding of twin flames, their love for one another, and their encounters with karma and cosmic law.”

- Soul Mates and Twin Flames, Elizabeth Clare Prophet

EBONY/JET: What was the concept for the Dangerous album? 

MICHAEL JACKSON: I wanted to do an album that was like Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite. So that in a thousand years from now, people would still be listening to it. Something that would live forever. I would like to see children and teenagers and parents and all races all over the world, hundreds and hundreds of years from now, still pulling out songs from that album and dissecting it. I want it to live

- "Michael Speaks" - Ebony Magazine - May, 1992 

In 1992 most of the world was focused on Michael Jackson and his career.  His albums were monitored as to whether or not they were better than the last one, how many sales were made and how much the video's cost to make.  Most of the world is concerned about the money it takes, the money we have, the money we don't have, and what "sells".  Even during this time of the trial our television programming is entertaining those people who will come and tell their version of why they think Michael had addictions, who Conrad Murray's girlfriends were, and other controversial issues that in the end, don't matter at all.  Somehow some people still seem to think that who ever gets the best press and the most money wins at the game of life. 

I think Michael would tell you first hand that it is not the case.  As soon as he was at the top of his game there were a great many people trying to bring him down.  It was those same people who did not see what went into what he did.  Those same people even now that have never realized who he was and the deeper meaning of life that Michael brought into his music, and the deeper meaning Michael lived in his life.  To Michael personally, it wasn't just about the money or the number of albums, but the music, what he could do with the money that he earned from it, and how he could help the world.

I referenced the Dangerous Album above so we could take a look at some of the things Michael did with much of his music.  He wanted it all to live and in it, he left clues and bits of meaning for everyone to decipher.  What makes a great artist?  In painting The Last Supper it was said that DaVinci himself left clues, as well as many other artists, as to the true nature of man.  As Michael put it, true art is the union between the human and the divine.  His music was his art and what inspired him was his spirit - the divine.

He has said before that he did not wish to take credit for the music he wrote. After all, he said, it was a gift from God.  He was only the instrument, he said, for the music to flow through.  Many times he would just "wake up" with song as if it was already written.  So what are the clues that Michael left as an artist that connected the human with the divine?  Let's take a look at the first song on the Dangerous album entitled "Jam" . . 

Jam

Nation To Nation
All The World
Must Come Together
Face The Problems
That We See
Then Maybe Somehow We Can Work It Out . . so pretty simple here, the message WORLD PEACE
I Asked My Neighbor
For A Favor
She Said Later
What Has Come Of
All The People
Have We Lost Love

Of What It's About                                        . . A twin soul relationship (neighbor) put precedence on the                                   mission before the relationship.  The mission is to make "All The

 People" aware of the fact that life is about love . . there is a definite 

concern for the people in the world.

I Have To Find My Peace Cuz
No One Seems To Let Me Be
False Prophets Cry Of Doom
What Are The Possibilities                                 ..  Interpretations from the bible by others spell trouble for
I Told My Brother                                                 the world
There'll Be Problems,
Times And Tears For Fears,
We Must Live Each Day
Like It's The Last                                               .. Brother(Jermaine) shared his concerns/faith

Go With It
Go With It
Jam
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't Too Much
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To

The World Keeps Changing
Rearranging Minds
And Thoughts                                                       .. Change is constant.  Thoughts and beliefs continue to
Predictions Fly Of Doom                                          change in the world
The Baby Boom
Has Come Of Age                                                . . Media portrays world problems as "problems"
We'll Work It Out                                                 . . Hope for the world
I Told My Brothers
Don't You Ask Me                                               . . This whole passage is about his family pressures.
For No Favors                                                          Pressured to take care of and provide for them.
I'm Conditioned By                                                    Already his "career" is not his own . he is
The System                                                                "conditioned" by the system (brought up to
Don't You Talk To Me                                               have beliefs and characteristics that have been
Don't Scream And Shout                                            placed upon him by others -managers, father, etc)

She Pray To God, To Buddha                               . . This passage is about his twin soul. The Talmud
Then She Sings A                                                      Song is the Song of Solomon in the bible.
Talmud Song                                                             This biblical reference is made to the beloved.
Confusions Contradict                                                Although there is confusion on their path of
The Self                                                                      what to believe in spiritually, he wants her
Do We Know Right                                                    to recognize him in the physical body(temple)
From Wrong                                                              As a side note here - we had already met by now
I Just Want You To                                                    I did not believe he could be my twin soul and
Recognize Me                                                            walked away many times.  I hurt him because
In The Temple                                                             he already knew.  We talked, but I did not think
You Can't Hurt Me                                                      it possible to be him.  Finding peace in yourself
I Found Peace                                                             is what it takes to become whole before coming
Within Myself                                                              together.

Go With It                                                                  The rest of these passages are self explanatory.
Go With It                                                                   However, you'll notice as songs are published
Jam                                                                             through the years, what isn't too much now,
It Ain't                                                                         becomes too much in the song released in 2010
It Ain't Too Much Stuff                                                entitled "Another Day" with Lenny Kravitz.
It Ain't Too Much                                                    

It Ain't Too Much For Me To                                     
Jam
It Ain't
It Ain't Too Much Stuff
It Ain't
Don't You
It Ain't Too Much For Me To
Get On It
Get On It
Give It Baby
Give It To Me
Come On
You Really Give It Too Me
Got To Give It
You Just Want To Give It

So what's the point in all this and what does it have to do with twin flames?  The point is that Michael used the inspiration of the belief in twin flames in his music.  He encompassed the human with the divine and the mission to heal humanity all in one.  As the quote at the top of the page explains, many masters have through the ages used the same inspiration (meaning from spirit) in their craft.  The fact that Michael used it is what made his work so successful.  Twin flames are considered "perfect" love.  Deep within all of us we remember that at one time we had "perfect" love.  That memory drives us to seek it out again, to be loved and love perfectly.  What makes a great song great is that it speaks to everyone.  What better way to speak to everyone than to speak to them from the essence of their very soul? 

DANGEROUS - My Personal Story

*Dangerous was the nickname given to me by my colleges around 1988 while working for a computer company.  The original song he wrote was quite different.  We met in 1989 the night before his Grammy performance of  The Way You Make Me Feel.  I was with my colleges at the time at a work conference and that's where he learned of the name.

It was during that performance that I learned I had performed the exact dance steps he used in the beginning of the song.  I was living in a mobile home at the time.  I walked through the kitchen and thought how cool it would be to slow the song down and do a little walk like this .  . a few weeks later when I saw his performance I was stunned.  He even put a cigarette out the same way I had the night before.  Michael didn't smoke.  Unfortunately, I did at the time.  You'll hear my name "Debbie" referenced several times.



In later years you'll notice the repetition, the story being told, in his lyrics, videos, songs and performances.  For the nickname Dangerous in particular, you'll notice he screams it in his performance at the 1995 MTV music awards.  I heard him rehearsing, although I wasn't there.  I couldn't figure out what he wanted and even got quite annoyed with him for continuing to scream it and not answering me.  Anyway, when I saw the performance I understood where it came from.  His performance here tells yet another story, however.  If you listen to the words (the lyrics) and the order in which it is done, you'll notice he starts with singing about the force.  That's where we all came from and become closer to as we come back together with our twins.  Twin flames have a lot to deal with on that path, however.  There are many who do not wish for the union to occur.  At this time we had interference with our communication and I was being lied to.  We didn't let it stop us, however, and continued to push on.  You'll  notice the hitting of the baseball in the dance moves and a look to see where it goes . . its for those people, who like us, are undaunted by adversity, for those people who like to live dangerously . . 

There is more to say about this performance, Lisa Marie, etc. but I'll stop here for today . .