JOHN RAATZ, JIM CARREY and ECKHART TOLLE: GATE 3 - Transformational Entertainment and Media

Jan. 15, 2013 - PRLog -- John Raatz • Eckhart Tolle • Jim Carrey  Invite You to Join With Us to “TRANSFORM THE WORLD BY TRANSFORMING ENTERTAINMENT & MEDIA”  Spend an Evening, or a Day (or Both!) with…  A stellar lineup of extraordinary presenters and performers from the worlds of entertainment, media, wisdom culture, and the arts. GLOBAL ALLIANCE FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT TM

GATE 3: Celebrating Meaningful Messages for An Awakening Humanity on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 6:30-PM to 11-PM.  GATE Transformational Story: Conference 2013 The Power of Story to Create Personal, Social and Global Transformation on Saturday, February 2, 2013 from 9-AM to 5-PM at the Saban Theatre, 8440 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills, CA.

The Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment (known as GATE) is shepherding the emerging and rapidly transformational entertainment and media worldwide.  GATE 3, scheduled for the evening of Saturday, February 2, 2013 in Los Angeles, is the third, major public event of the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment, which is an experience that cultivates, promotes, and advances collaborations between transformational content creators and purveyors, and it is open for all those interested in being part of the expansion of the transformational genre that is currently happening around the world.

John Raatz is GATE’s founder and Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey are honorary co-founders. The Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment (GATE). Raatz notes: "At GATE, we want to be the supporting mechanism that assists those in the entertainment and media businesses who are transformationally oriented to speak their truth through their work. And guess what! That's monetizeable! The audience is ready!"

GATE 3: “Celebrating Meaningful Messages For An Awakening Humanity” is on Saturday, February 2, 2013. The Evening Program: 6:30 pm to 11 pm. The Daytime Program is called “Transformational Story Conference 2013.“

John Räätz is a pioneer in the growing genre of transformational media and entertainment and the founder of the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment. Over the past 15 years, he has been involved with the marketing, public relations, distribution and other business aspects of many groundbreaking films including Mindwalk, Baraka, Hearts of Darkness, What The Bleep Do We Know!?, Peaceful Warrior, America: Freedom to Fascism, Illusion and Darshan: The Embrace. He is the founder and CEO of The Visioneering Group, LLC, a progressive marketing and strategic public relations firm linking spirit, vision and values with communication to promote a positive future™.

John will be interviewed on the DARE TO DREAM Radio show, an award-winning, syndicated program that is pragmatic and spiritual, a metaphysical talk show hosted by Debbi Dachinger that teaches how to transform oneself into the full potential of why we were put here, to fulfill our missions and life calling while being of service to the planet and humanity.

A trailblazing visionary, leader, advocate and speaker in the growing transformational entertainment/media genre, John founded, along with author/spiritual leader Eckhart Tolle and actor/activist Jim Carrey, GATE – the Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment – and is its Board Chairman. GATE is a nonprofit organization (501c6 pending) dedicated to mobilizing and supporting entertainment and media professionals, who want to express their own transformational vision and values though the content they write, produce, perform in, or otherwise contribute to.  Since 2004, John has served as a member of a Grammy Awards screening committee and also serves, since 2008, as a judge for The Posi Awards honoring songwriters and musical artists who are spreading an empowering message through music.  Since 2005, John and team have been the exclusive speaking agents for Quantum Physicist Dr. Fred Alan Wolf. In 2006, through Visioneering, John partnered with GAIAM, the global lifestyle merchandiser and mail order company, to form Awakened Media.

John has had a lifelong love of music, kicking off a professional career as a blues/rock guitarist at age 12! As a lead guitarist with various bands, from age 12 to 17, he opened for several legendary acts including The MC5, Iggy Pop and the Stooges, Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, Alice Cooper, Humble Pie, Edgar Winter and others. Embodying an exceptionally eclectic spiritual path since 1967, John is a teacher of Transcendental Meditation and, since 1976, has instructed thousands in the practice.

Through Visioneering, John has represented scores of clients including many of the foremost authors, thought leaders, musical artists, and films in the transformational milieu, such as authors Eckhart Tolle, Fritjof Capra, Peter Russell, Chellis Glendenning, Deepak Chopra; recording artists Dead Can Dance, Lisa Gerrard, Madonna, Donovan, Kitaro, Kenny Loggins, Turtle Island String Quartet, The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos Chant and such films as Mindwalk, Twenty-One, Toto Le Heros, Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse, Baraka, A Brief History of Time, Raspad, The Real Dirt on Farmer John, Illusion, This Island Earth, What the Bleep Do We Know!?, What The Bleep?-Down The Rabbit Hole, Ripple Effect, Peaceful Warrior, The 11th Hour, Darfur Now!, Youth Without Youth, Darshan: The Embrace, Saint Ralph, Unknown White Male, Two Weeks, Toward The Within, A Human Search: The Life of Father Bede Griffiths, Ecological Design: Inventing The Future, Side Effects, Aaron Russo’s America: Freedom to Fascism, and others. Currently John and team represent writer/director Lexi Alexander’s film, Lifted, GhettoPhysics: Will The Real Pimps and Ho’s Please Stand Up! – the follow-on film to What The Bleep.., and writer / director Tom Shadyac’s new film, I AM.

GATE 3 is celebrating meaningful messages for an awakening humanity. A Celebration of Transformational Entertainment, Media and Arts to be held at The Saban Theater, 8440 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211. Ticket information: http://gatecommunity.org/ticketinfo/

To learn more, listen to Debbi Dachinger as she interviews John Raatz on Dare to Dream radio, listen via podcast at: http://www.deborahdachinger.com/interview-archives. Debbi’s Dare to Dream radio show is a syndicated, multi-award winning program, featured in news sources around the world. Dachinger is a bestselling author, keynote speaker and media personality. Dare to Dream radio airs live on the following stations: Indie 100 (out of Burbank, CA), the Morning Inspiration show: Wed-Fri 9-11 AM PT, and SAT & SUN 11 AM – 1 PM PT, and syndicates on WROM Radio (Detroit), WHTB (Massachusetts) and Butterfly Radio (Florida).