Every Day Is Christmas When You Are In Luvv

Posted on May 18, 2012 by admin

Everyday Is Christmas When You Are In Luvv is a principle to live ones’ life by. It’s not about Black Friday or Thanksgiving night shopping, it’s really about opening the very personal gifts on a daily basis. Seeing each day in new and being willing to step into the day with the curiosity of a child and the wisdom to listen to the small voice to guide you. To embrace the principal of Every Day Being Christmas I have to first embrace luvv. It’s the luvv that makes Christmas and brings me to places that I otherwise would not go.

Today was a day where really could feel the fresh winter snow in my heart. I could hear Christmas calling me to come out and play, to explore, to do and to taste the joy that comes from the adventure. The falling snow in the heart feels to me to bring in a new way of looking at things. My adventure today was full of magic, from getting a parking place right in front of the Secretary of State building to going to the Gene Autry museum, visiting a companions home and now sitting in a library in Eagle Rock basking in the fullness of Christmas.

Everyday is Christmas when you are in luvv is about being fully connected to the fantasy and knowing that by bringing the luvv I bring with it new opportunities, hope, pleasure and joy. It’s a feeling that touches my heart and beckons me to follow it, to be purposefully Looney. It’s also about appreciating each day in new ways. I am so happy I listened this morning and following the conscience. I don’t know what my day would have felt like if I had stayed with what I planned to do.

Enjoy the music.

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Calling The All

Posted on March 24, 2012 by admin

I am here to bring about a little change. I can’t truly prevent the creations threats, but my job is to ride the roller coaster and bring in as much change as I can. I have to go beyond faith into the trust, into the doing and into the now. I have to stop looking for the creation to be on my side. I Can Win Now is about assisting others to learn how to hold under pressure, how to move into a greater doing in ones life and to be a part of bringing about some change. We are in a very now period where change is rapid and without warning. The fidelity of life for me is connected to my ability to connect to the source of who I am.

I Can Win Now is about the fulfillment of desire and my individual purpose to live a pleasurable life. The pleasure principal is one of the major keys to winning. It’s not all about who comes in first its more about being willing to face my destiny with verve and courage. I might win more frequently by losing than if you win by the numbers and in the process sacrifices my individuality.

Making the call to the All is about standing in my own shoes. Making the direct connection beyond the multi-level switchboards of the creation. Like Rocky on the beach I have to be willing to face it and if I lose. I lose fighting, standing in my own shoes and with the courage to face the next round. The illusion only measures things purely by the numbers. The All measures each step we take by our willingness to hold and embrace the pressure.

I have been delegated the responsibility of bringing through an idea–I can Win Now which encompasses the power of victory and motivation. I realized that I have been trying to bring through an idea that requires high-grade rocket fuel with coal. There is no way that will work. In fact it’s painful and stupid. I Can Win Now and the I Can Company are similar to the frequency that comes with any new idea. It’s fucking scary as hell. It requires a tremendous amount of holding and deep penetration.

I am being commanded to stand up, face the idea, and do what I am being called to do. I truly have no choice. I either stand up and get struck by lightening or by the All. The decision squarely rest on my shoulders. When I don’t show up there is a tendency for me to blow up. That leads me to right and wrong which is just a game, but there is no correction in playing that game.

To win I can’t nullify myself because I am afraid to face the pressure, to ante up or to save myself from facing the domination with luvv. Not being who I am says I won’t rely on the All and that I am looking for someone to let me slide. The noble side of me says, “well you doing this (taking the safe route) so you can survive for you family”. The truth is we all luvv to see the hero go down fighting. No one routes too much for the wimp.Learning how to win requires me to hold and to listen to conscience and not the repetitive droning of false conscience

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My Luvv of Music

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

I really luvv music. I am listening to Elton John’s greatest hits and rocking out here at 3 A.M in the morning. Music for me brings in the fantasy, the joy and the SEX. It resonates in the inner most part of my expression and just makes me happy. Music tells most of my life story of joy,sadness and redemption. I remember when I was 16 I used music to romance a girl I was very attracted too. I’ve never been much of a spoken word romancer. That particular night I played a lot of Al Green(ironic since I went under that name at the time). just put one song on after another and each song seemed to express my feelings much better than my words could. I luvv all kinds of music and tonight seems to be about Bruce and Elton. Who knows who else will make the playlist tonight ?

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My New Found Attraction To Beer

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

After 45 years of not having a sip of beer I find myself attracted to Beer. I guess it started this past Saturday night at Nora’s annual St. Patrick’s Day party. I was sitting there and there was beer flowing. I had a couple of cokes, but the beer kept calling my name. I have never liked the taste of beer. I had the fortune or misfortune of trying a beer when I was 13 years one. It happened to be one of the worst beers that a virgin beer drinker could try. It was Rheingold Golden Ale .I took one swig and spit it out. That ended my beer consumption. I consumed many other things over the years, but beer was off limits.

So here I was looking at all these Irish folk drinking beer and it seem that the most popular one was Guinness Black Larger. It had a sexy look too it and since I was the only black person at the party, it seemed to have my name on it. So I went out and got a cold one. Took a swig and initially had that same reaction., ugh. Then I took another and another. I ended up drinking half the bottle. It seemed to activate something other than being drunk (I wasn’t) there were plenty of folks that fit that category. It brought in an ease, relaxation and amplification, so much so that I went out the next day and bought some beer.

More to explore.

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Simple Pleasures

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

French Fries from Yamashiro in Hollywood

The above photo represents a night of pleasure I had with my wife(Gail) and Nora and Eileen. There are many pleasures in life and while sitting on atop Hollywood looking over the city I was able to enjoy the food, companionship and the greet view of Los Angeles.

At the moment I am enjoying one of my lifes pleasures- up late at night, listening to music through my headphones and sitting in my office writing and exploring the Internet. My playlist tonight includes Bruce Springsteen’s greatest hits. Wow, what an awesome writer, singer and spirit. I ‘ve really never listen to a collection of his songs at one time. The guy is pretty damn great.

My other pleasure is getting emails from some of my fellow bloggers who I subscribe too. Tonight like clock work my companion blogger hit me with a sweet one. Embracing The Tiny, where she has decided to write small daily tidbits about your daily life. Tonight was about her Electric Pleasure device [read here]. Her post ignited my thoughts about pleasure and seeking more of it.

The really sad thing about our lives filled with education is that at no point from kindergarten through Doctorate programs, does anyone really address the issue of pursing a life of pleasure. It something that I both stumble upon and then deny.

The simplicity of pleasure in itself to me is very powerful. For me the more I can stay in the pleasure vortex the greater chance I have of fully living my daily life. Pleasure, is a sweet, juicy word that has so many variations to it.

Bruce is still belting out the songs and I am feeling the pleasure fully engulfing my being and lifting my conscience to higher levels of desire and passion.

Make sure you pleasure yourself today. Oh, Dolly, she is next on my playlist- Dolly Parton to the Moon and Back. How pleasurable is that?

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A Magical Twist

Posted on March 20, 2012 by admin

I started researching the Tornadoes in the Mid-West that happened a few weeks ago while I was in Missoula Montana. Here I am a few weeks later, now ready to complete my report. I was listening to Bruce Springsteen’s greatest hits which includes some of his great songs—Dancing In The Dark, Born In The U.S.A and My Hometown and it jostled my memory that I had began writing about the tornadoes and needed to complete the assignment.

Seems like the story of 40 people dying in Tornadoes would be a downer in many ways. My wife(Gail) mentioned the story to me about a man who was killed in the tornado who was going to celebrate his 40th wedding anniversary with his wife and now after doing all the planning for their anniversary party, his wife now has to spontaneously prepare for his funeral. When I heard the story a part of me wanted to ignore it because internally I knew that this was an area in which I was being pulled to explore. At around 5 am this morning I awoke to an internal call to read the news and specifically to look into the tornadoes that hit the Mid-West this past week. Initially, I just started reading the NY Times daily updates, then the sports section and than got into an area of interest to me- Advocacy for NCAA student-athletes. As I was reading about the Advocacy program, an image of a man-holding dog popped up on my screen and there it was-the tornado had blown into my field of vision. I tried to continue reading about Advocacy for athletes, but I was commanded to do more research on the tornadoes.

I have never been in physical tornado (was in a tornado warning one night in Kansas) and there are days where I feel like I’ve been thrown all around in my conscientious. As I started looking at the photo spreads that were online I was pressed to fully understand what I was seeing. Was I seeing devastation, disaster or some sort of change? Most of the images were of old places and old towns and I asked myself was this a spiritual action of some sort. I noticed that as I saw each image, a part of me began to open up more. I could breath deeper and there was a freedom ringing inside of me that I hadn’t felt for awhile.

I was moved by several stories, but one story in particular caught my attention and it was the story of seven-year old Jamal Stevens. Jamal’s story is fascinating and a demonstration of how protection and magic play a part in our daily lives. I saw the image of Jamal Stevens a seven-year old boy. I read the caption underneath the image. Jamal had been thrown from his home and was found 395 yards down the road on the inter-state, with only miner injuries. Wow, there is an exuberance that came over me, along with the recognition that magic is everywhere.

For me these images invoked the feeling of starting over, embracing new energy and staying hopeful. Yes, 40 people died, but many more lived. I found myself stuck on the 40 that died and it took me a moment to realize that the mathematical percentages where skewed towards the living. I am not quite sure of what all I am looking at here, but it definitely has a lot to do with life, death, conscience and the All. There is more to research, but this is a start.

Check out Jamal’s story [here]

Check out man of laughter [here]

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All Is Well

Posted on February 27, 2012 by admin

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Posted on February 21, 2012 by admin

These Two videos from 2003 are as fresh as if they were produced in 2012. It dawned on me tonight as I immersed myself in the music of Whitney, Michael Jackson, R Kelly, Mariah, Celine Dion and others that there is a requirement for me to Luvv Now and Learn now. Many times I feel others more deeply once they have passed on. My desire is to feel them now and luvv them now. The other illusion is that luvv is only for the physical form. What if luvv was universal and traveled to the beyond and back. Wow, what a fantastic ride that would be.

Enjoy

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What Matters ?

Posted on February 17, 2012 by admin

What Matters
Jerome Green

Knowing what matters in life is a tremendous gift to receive. I can’t say I really got this principle until today. I was talking with a companion of mine and we were discussing our individual trips to Disneyland. I was telling her about a new awareness I had when I entered Disneyland on my last trip there. I became keenly aware how much I appreciated that I lived in Los Angeles and that I could on a whim, with my season pass, decide to take a ride out to Disneyland and be there in 30-45 minutes.

As I looked around the park, I saw people who traveled far in wide from different, states, countries and continents to visit Mickey’s home. The desire could not be met in the moment. I on the other hand could be spontaneous. What a treat and gift. As I was telling her my story, she laughed and said, “that was exactly the feeling I had when I entered the park this past week”. How funny that we would have the same feeling on separate visits. She went on to say, “Its’ about what matters”. The power in those four words deeply moved me. What Matters is a powerful thought to hold on to.

I’ve been waiting to write about my magical trip to Disneyland, but really couldn’t until now. It took this conversation to move me to write. When I enter Disneyland, nothing else really matters. Whatever problems or worries I have are left behind. The sign entering the park says it all.

What Matters in my life at this point is very simple. What matters is that I learn to luvv more, do more with the luvv and inspires others to luvv. What Matters? That I surrender to the idea of bringing in the cash to fuel my desire to learn, explore and embrace the adventure.

Looking back takes us out of the present and into the past and away from What Matters. What matters to me? Having fun. I spent my 5 hours there riding the train, going the Mickey’s theater, going on Space tours 4x and Buzz light year 3x. In the end, my visit was full of fantasy and personal pleasure. The things that matter to me are life’s pleasure (including my personal connections with my wife, son and other companions), and the pursuit of adventure.

Doc Holiday on his deathbed in the movie Tombstone talking to Wyatt said it best:

Go grab that spirited actress and make he your own. Take that beauty from it, don’t look back. Live every second. Live right on to the end. Live Wyatt. Live for me. Wyatt, if you were ever my friend – if you ever had even the slightest of feelin’ for me, leave now. Leave now… Please.

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Whitney

Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin

Whitney passing shows the importance of listening to conscience.

I just finished reading a pretty fascinating article by Nicholas Powers “Why Did Whitney Die? How double Consciousness Robs Black America Of It’s Artist”. The Article became my in the moment muse for expressing my feelings about Whitney’s passing.

I must admit my brother (James) nailed this on the head when he texted me the night Whitney died.

“Niggas killed Whitney! Listening to all the noise on the radio. Her frequency was too high to sustain idleness in any form, Same with MJ! We have moved so far away from the artist. It’s sad that only their deaths bring us back to our hearts” The cultural bar is now underground.”

I must admit at the time that he texted me that I didn’t fully get it, but now, a few days removed, I totally get it.

Another way of looking at this is that Whitney died for the same reasons we struggle through our daily lives. Whitney spent the last 15 years or so listening to the Big Voice (fans, society and critics) and avoiding listening to the small voice (conscience). Symbols of the small voice are the Lincoln Penny, and Jiminy Cricket

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