AUTOBIOGRAPHY

I want to share my story, not to seek pity but to spread love. With all due respect and humility, I lived in extreme poverty in Mexico and was given away at the age of three. When I came to the U.S. at the age of eight, I had to eat from the trash cans of our neighborhood supermarket to survive. I worked at our neighborhood car wash for 25 cents per car to help my mother make ends meet, and picked trash until I was seventeen.

These hardships led me to do a lot of soul searching. I delved into various subjects like theology, philosophy, psychology, astronomy, astrology and read books from authors like Leo Tolstoy, Herman Hesse, Nicolas de Cusa, Sri Aurobindo, Gandhi, The Christian Bible, Hinduism, Buddhism, Carlos Castañeda, Mother Teresa, Maria Sabina, and many more. It was a wild ride with many fevers, headaches, and breaking of many schemes.

I wanted to find out why I was here, where did I come from, what was my purpose, what life after death was like, what GOD was, what dreams were, what energy was, whether happiness was real, and most importantly, who I was truly. I wanted to know the real me, beyond what I was told I was, beyond what our culture defined success as, beyond religious doctrines and philosophical views, beyond all the opinions that existed on the web. Who was I really?

After all that, the barefooted boy who ate from trash cans was given an artistic talent from the universe and finally graduated from college in 1994. My career in Commercial Arts took me to design for top 500 companies like Disney, Havana’s, Vivendi, Universal, Tequila Patron, Colour Pop, Frozen, and I was also one of the original co-executive directors of the Hollywood Forever Dia de Los Muertos, bringing artists from all over the world to exhibit 350 paintings and attract more than 60,000 people. I am now working on a new project with Alex Cigolini, who has given meditation to monks in Tibet, is a singer, and practitioner of Pneuma Breathworks. Together, we will be bringing meditation to our communities.

Today, I see those experiences as neither good nor bad. They were just experiences that helped me become the person I am today. In other words, thanks to all that pain and suffering, I found myself.

Success is knowing yourself mentally, spiritually, and physically. One cannot exist without the other. We cannot focus on just the spirit and leave the mind and body behind, or focus on just the body and leave the spirit and mind behind, or focus just on the mind and leave the spirit and body behind. To be in balance, we have to cultivate the mind, body, and soul. When we find ourselves and stop playing the victim, we discover GOD within us. We discover its essence within us, in every organ, in every atom, in every cell of our hair. The soul that makes us move is GOD expressing itself through us. Without it, neither you nor me, nor anything would exist. GOD is all of you and me. It is a collective consciousness, and we are all ONE, ONE LOVE, ONE GOD, ONE CONSCIOUSNESS. It is up to us to collectively live and raise the vibration to a higher level of consciousness through pure LOVE!

Peace, Love, and Good Harmony always! Namaste!

 

PHILOSOPHY

HUMAN / DAD / HUSBAND / ARTIST / GRAPHIC DESIGNER / POET / VISIONARY

“Economically, I survive as a designer, and passionately, live life artistically. But above all, I am first HUMAN, I am one with everything and everything is part of me!!!”.
I am driven by an unwavering urge to continually move forward with the pace of time and express myself through art. Despite the superficiality and constant changes of the world we live in, I face it every day with a positive outlook and an unbreakable spirit. My passion for studying philosophy, theology, and history inspires me to learn and grow every day. Whether I’m reading, painting, sculpting, writing poetry, playing percussion, meditating, or praying to the divine source, I strive to live a fulfilling life that inspires others to do the same. I believe that by embracing our passions and living with purpose, we can all make a positive impact on the world around us.

Always in contemplation with life!!!

Art Chabolla
Peace, Love and Always Good Harmony

 

Below is a link of a poem I wrote to inspire our everyday routine of life.
Enjoy!!! Many Blessings to all.

 

DAD: My three simple priorities are my children,  my happiness and my freedom.

HUSBAND: She is the white clouds sustaining my entire world.

ARTIST: I feel the necessity to continually be in motion with the moving space of time, and find the needs to constantly express my self through the arts so that I don’t bottleneck my thoughts and or emotions”.

PHILANTHROPY:
I have worked with many non-profit organizations under Xamanism Art & Culture with Spiritual Enlightenment and have organized events for institutions such as… Hollywood Forever Dia de Los Muertos, Mercado La Paloma, Tierra Blanca, Art Place, Grand Performances, Sol Professionals, Semblanza, Belasco Theatre, Casa 0101 and many others..

Our Objective has been to help empower our communities artist, musicians, poets, writers, actors, etc. and help them define the purpose of their existence. Simultaneously, helping to inspire and enrich our communities spirit, new and old generations with substantial Art & Culture performances with events that have included Art Exhibitions, performances, poetry, literature, dance, music, and volunteering. While at the same time, helping Artistic performers survive from their talents through cultural events, community events, fundraisers, non-profit organizations, school events, city events, etc. For they, the artist plays a tremendous role in the changing of our society and culture.

Our purpose was founded on one simple, yet powerful way – The Shaman Way.
What is Xamanism? Shamanism with an X, means witch doctor, guru, medicine man. A shaman is one who goes into an ancestral state of consciousness. An enlightened being beyond normal perception of reality… beyond physical, spiritual and mental. A hue-man with many different abilities for healing and problem-solving. We represent their ways, their teachings and their love for humanity.

Xamanism Art & Culture with Enlightening Purpose is a local art & cultural development firm in Los Angeles, spearheaded by my wife Miriam Chabolla and Me, we have co-produced one of the largest Dia De Los Muertos events in California, with attendees up to 60,000 people and other events all around the city of Los Angeles.

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MEDITATING: To Oneness, motherFather God in you.