Fall into potty
Rabbi Brian lauds perspective and how it can keep one from getting upset when you fall into the toilet.
God loses to Bias
Rabbi Brian explains how two characteristics of the human psyche can keep us from hearing God.
Nightmares
Rabbi Brian tells the 3 components to nightmares and how our lives are a lot like them sometimes.
Don't listen to THEM
Rabbi Brian talks about how THEIR opinions can get US into big trouble. (This is very similar to a previously recorded notion published as issue
Annoyed at a tree
Rabbi Brian implores you not to get annoyed with inanimate (or animate) objects that annoy you.
Opinions of Others < Self Worth
For the mathematically challenged: “the opinions of others is less than your self-worth.” I want to share two experiences about the importance of not listening
phoneaddicted
Rabbi Brian talks about how addicted he is to the iphone. Not very profound.
Kosher on its head
Rabbi Brian explains an alternative method for when to declare something kosher.
All of us get angry
Rabbi Brian talks challenges you if you consider yourself to be one of the “peaceful” people on the planet that it’s probably not all true.
Surrender
Surrender is one of the cruxes of a spiritual-religious life. Religion (real religion done right, not religion-lite) is based in this notion of surrendering —
Graduation 2013
I was asked by the students of the Los Angeles Leadership Academy (where I taught before I moved to Portland, ORE), to be their graduation
Go and Fail!
This might seem an odd wisdom biscuit topic and I doubt you’ll ever see this spiritual-religious nugget on a bumper sticker. Go ahead and fail.
Attachment, Greed, and Henry Higgins
I was at a holiday party once, where a white elephant gift exchange was taking place. There I learned a great lesson about attachment and
Let’s not confuse the path with the goal.
Practice whatever your practice is. But, don’t lose sight of WHY you are practicing it. With love,