Madonna is in Malawi. The press on her visit is cryptic. She's alleged to be adopting a boy. Or not. Andrina Mchiela, secretary to the minister for gender and child welfare, said Madonna planned to adopt a Malawian child during her visit. Maybe wishful thinking on their part? Madonna's rep says she has no knowledge of any such thing.

This past August, I read that she was planning a trip to Malawi in October and Jeffrey Sachs (economic advisor to Kofi Annan and the UN) would accompany her. We know she's funding the building of the orphanage there. I imagine she's interested in checking that out. I would imagine Sachs would also like to know how that is going. I've seen pictures of its progress. It's honestly remarkable! You've got to remember, these kids don't have electricity or clean water or food. The orphanage will provide that for them. It should be complete early next year.

And then we need to provide funding to run it.

Why can't we believe that people are generous and want to make a difference in the world? Why does it always have to be about something else? Isn't raising $3M and working to help an impoverished village enough? If Madonna is adopting, great. So many kids living in Malawi will otherwise die before they hit five years old. That is, until we get in there and help. And Madonna is in there helping. Good deal. That's kabbalah. It's all about sharing.

Quite personally, I feel badly for Madonna when the press talks about Kabbalah as a religious cult, one because it's not (what are you supposed to believe? it doesn't make sense) and two, and probably the bigger point here, it makes me look bad! I'm not that much of a goodie two-shoes. I have my pride.

So, once again, here's the deal:

Malawi is among the poorest countries in the world, trapped in a seemingly endless cycle of hunger and disease. Just over 14 percent of the 12 million population is infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, and an estimated 1 million children have been orphaned.

The Raising Malawi project aims to set up an orphan care center to provide food, education and shelter for up to 4,000 children. It will have projects based on Kabbalah. Projects. Teach-a-man-to-fish-type projects for sustainable growth.

Any kabbalistic teachings are about Light consciousness. Light, as in the Creator, yes. Light consciousness is simply the opposite of victim consciousness. It means that for every cause, an effect. So, step it up and be the cause of your life. No matter what. And, if the odds are truly stacked up against you, well...with enough Light consciousness in the world, others will come to your aid. Because, the goal of Light consciousness is to become beings of sharing not from the illusion of "me" being separate from "you", but with a knowing that, at the source, our souls are all connected.

That's it. That's the spiritual mumbo jumbo. The only reason human beings argue with that consciousness is fear and ignorance. It's exhausting.

Although, I gotta say, why Madonna would choose to wear a white shirt knowing that she'd be crawling around a sub-Sarharan African dirt floor is beyond me. Now that's nuts!