Chats with Larry Episode 11

On today’s RABBI BRIAN’S CHATS WITH LARRY

I removed all the SpaceX chat and just have the conversations start with you talking about the iterations of the rockets and how even your vacuum cleaner has evolved. If you can give me an intro that very briefly explains what you guys were talking about we should be good.

A conversation about vacuum cleaners leads into meditation
The space between sleep and awake (sleep is a spectrum)
Giving in to allow other spirits control/influence over you
The freedom and permission to be myself
Sleep is the burden of self-consciousness
Solitary confinement can create delusion
My octopus teacher
Getting our stimulus alone or in a group
Getting some of your own medicine isn’t always negative

Truth Matters

March 18, 2026

I am standing in Kenya, with my left foot in the Northern Hemisphere and my right foot in the Southern. A line on the ground indicates the equator. Young men—asking for nothing, but hoping for tips—entertain and educate tourists, like me, about the Coriolis effect. They pour water into bowls with small holes at the bottom and let the water

Stuff Gets To Me

March 6, 2026

✧✧✧ As I pack up to leave after my workout, someone asks me, “Hey, Rabbi, how are things going?” I’m not one for small talk. Especially after being called by my title. “Well,” I reply. “I’m sad.” “Why?” “I’m thinking about the girls who went to school in the morning in Minab, Iran—over a hundred of them—killed by a bomb.”

My Letter to Habakkuk

February 26, 2026

✧✧✧ To my dearest pen pal, Habbakuk: First, let me say, no one remembers the prophets who did not deliver on the goods. Your predictions came true. And, 2500+ years later, you are still remembered. Do you remember Lenny, that guy? Kept going around Judea telling people “the goats will lay down in green pastures,” and, then, remember? It started