on reinventing love...

I've been pretty lax about reading the Kabbalah daily tune-ups for the last couple of months, as I've let work eat up too much of my energy and focus. The good news is that all of that energy ultimately got channeled to my realizing I had to get the fuck out of dodge. My last day is Friday. Best "job-job" I've ever had, but time's change, as do organizations, and sometimes not for the better. I don't know exactly what's next, but I'm really excited about moving in a new direction. I'm ready.

What is the purpose of your relationships? Besides fulfilling you and helping you correct your soul, how is the world benefiting?

Relationships can be eternal if we create things with our friends and loved ones. Maybe it's starting a neighborhood project or organizing a fund drive or writing a book. It's the most satisfying thing to work on something with other people, especially if it's something spiritual.

Today, focus on your most important relationship and brainstorm with that person about ways in which the world can benefit from your unique connection.

-Yehuda Berg

I guess I shoulda known...

That Prince would kick ass at Coachella. We all know he can, but it's always a question of what's his headspace at the moment and which way is he going to take the show. I think he pulled it off.

Wow. Love what he's doing here on guitar.

trip the station change the channel

I've been bad about reading the Daily Kabbalah Tune-ups myself, much less reposting them. Now I'm ready to "flip the switch" and reconnect.

We flip the Light on in our lives when we identify, uproot, and transform our reactive, negative characteristics. It is the degree of change in our nature that determines the measure of our fulfillment. It is the transformation from reactive to proactive that reveals spiritual Light.

Today, review what you perceive to be your negative characteristics. How could you utilize them to reveal more Light in your life?

things are shaping up 2 be pretty odd.

what if Madonna was inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame and I didn't even know the ceremony had already happened?

what if a friend got a copy of the new Madonna single before it was released, and I told him I'd listen to it as soon as the Panic song that was playing ended?

what if a couple of weeks after the RRHoF ceremony it re-aired on VH1 and I still didn't see it?

well, those aren't really "what ifs", but my current reality. yes, Panic at the Disco has captured me in a way that I haven't been captured since, well, since Madonna started splitting my attention from Prince in 1990. it's been soooo long, but I must say the ride is AMAZING.

I have much more to say about them and the brilliance of Pretty. Odd., but for shorthand, dig if u will this picture: take psychedelic-era Beatles (very Across the Universe-ish), add some Around the World in a Day/Parade era Prince (i.e. Revolution, i.e. Wendy & Lisa influence), a dose of Stephen Sondheim and just a dash of (no, not formaldehyde!) Rent, e viola:

don't look back because life is short

A student wrote to me this week, "for the last two months I've been restricting in this one area of my life. But I'm still not seeing any changes."

While restriction is a great start, the student is forgetting to throw away the calculations. When we sit and wait for the result, it will never come.

A student goes to his teacher and says, "Teacher, no one loves me." The teacher says, "run away from love and love will run after you." Easy enough. Two weeks later the student returns and says, "it's not working. I'm running but it's not running after me." The teacher says, "you are running, but you keep looking over your shoulder to see how far back it is."

Today, don't look back, don't look ahead. Just look at the spiritual task in front of you. Submit to the process and let go of the need for results. As my mother and teacher Karen Berg says, " don't chase love. If you busy yourself with helping others, love will come, like a butterfly, and sit lightly on your shoulder. "

things have changed for me...

holy shit I'm so behind over here! eek! much ado:

2 weeks as a dog owner is changing my schedule immensely. I'm waking earlier and being much more active. Always on the run, I swear.

Had a great weekend with my bro and sis in town.

Spazzing over Pretty. Odd., which leaked on MTV. All I was hoping for and oh so much more. More on that, for reals. Stay tuned.

Court hearing in the morning to finally put a fork in it.

Work shit just out of control ridic. Some fucking people. That's all I can say. For now.

Official plantar fasciitis diagnosis from the podiatrist Dr. McDreamy recommended. I love how EVERY doctor he recommends is a Hot Gay Doctor. Really. Really, I love it, and really, they're all hot gay doctors.

OH YES. FINALLY actually writing the short that's been in my head. Thumbs up, bitches!

got til it's gone

today's kabbalah daily tune-up from Yehuda Berg, one i know and understand well. when the appreciation ends, it's time 2 move on...

Tuesday, March 18

My brother Michael was addressing students here in Los Angeles last weekend about the importance of appreciation. He repeated something my father taught us growing up: the moment appreciation is lost, the relationship is lost.

I spoke about appreciation in Sunday's daily but it's especially relevant now, when the energy of doubts is at its strongest. The lesson to remember is:

our connection to others, ourselves, and ultimately to the Light of the Creator, begins and ends with appreciation.

This is something you know. I simply wish to remind you of the utter importance of constantly fighting for appreciation. And make no mistake, it's a fight. A battle. A war. It's easy to erupt in anger and indignation but far more difficult to fight the internal battle against ego [jealousy, insecurity, resentment, doubt, and you can fill in the rest.]

Who are the people in your life whom you've begun to take for granted? The best way to get that thankful recognition back is to imagine what life would be like without them.