It seems like every single wildly successful transformational/motivational/spiritual speaker/author I’ve ever encountered has a story to tell about the awful time in their lives when they were homeless, sleeping in an alley/bus-stop/car/empty field, washing their clothes in a Denny’s bathroom or their hair with the 7-Eleven soda machine (discreetly). They were either cracked out, drunk, disorderly,
It’s been one year since I’ve moved full time to Los Angeles; one year since my main project, music band Here II Here, called it quits. In this past year, I’ve worked hard to launch Here II Here singer/songwriter Ash Ruiz’s solo project, including producing one of the best music videos I’ve ever seen and
“You are permanently employed by the Universe.” ~ Marianne Williamson I heard Marianne say that a few weeks ago at one of her brilliant weekly lectures in Beverly Hills. At the time, I was sitting in the midst of uncomfortable professional stagnancy as a transformational artist manager. My various projects appeared to me either stalled
The joy is in the journey. You’ve probably heard that before. What does that really mean? Especially when parts of the journey are challenging or just plain dreadful? Something within me seems so unquenchably hungry to arrive somewhere, as if I’m incessantly hunting for a place of rest, of peace … a place where I
Recently, I attended the “Lightning in a Bottle” (LIB) festival in southern California. LIB is kind of a “Burning Man” Festival warm-up weekend, though in the same way you go to Kindergarten to warm-up for a Ph.D. program. While I was there, I had a conversation with a brilliant artist friend that completely blew open
♦◊♦ I’ve never tried to pull a caterpillar out of its cocoon, hoping to catch an early glimpse of the butterfly. I don’t recall ever ripping open the closed bud of a spring flower, desperate to experience its full bloom glory. I do, however, sometimes eat raw cookie dough before I bake the cookie. But
“I literally just got home from producing the festival of my life and now my girlfriend is telling me to change the kitty litter.” ~ Fabian Alsultany, co-founder of Tadasana Festival Co-founder Fabian Alsultany gets painted at Tadasana as teachers Hemalayaa and Parashakti supervise Fabian and I looked at each other and laughed hysterically after
On Monday, I gave a live video interview about how I came to the Transformational Entertainment world, sharing my personal spiritual challenges as a Captain in the US Air Force, my life leading up to “Managing The Magic” with conscious music band Here II Here, working with the brilliant teacher/artist/songwriter/performer/laugher-extraordinaire, Ash Ruiz, joining GATE (Global
Have you heard the expression, “the world is your mirror”? I originally learned that meant whatever I saw in the world/people around me only reflected something within me. Specifically, whatever I rejected in others, in the world “outside” me, only pointed at the same quality within me. At first, that pissed me off. I
[Eckhart Tolle and Jim Carrey Goofing on Stage] ==================================== Two years ago I watched a YouTube video of actor/comedian Jim Carrey introducing Eckhart Tolle at an event in Hollywood called G.A.T.E. – the “Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment”. I saw that video while on tour with pop-spiritual music band Here II Here, and I was