Ok, so to begin, I am not a big fan of TV or pop culture in general, and while I think everything has its place in the world, I wasn\u2019t overly interested in Lady Gaga a week ago. I certainly knew who she was and of course lots of her songs are catchy \u2013 but a \u201cmeat suit\u201d \u2013 really??? It just didn\u2019t seem worth following.<\/p>\n
Then came my mom\u2019s 70th<\/sup> birthday and my wife and I wanted to do something fun, memorable and uniquely honoring my mother\u2019s eternal youth, love of rock and pop culture and wildly open mindedness\u2026 so what else could we do? We took her to the hippest biggest tour of the season: LADY GAGA MONSTER\u2019S BALL.<\/p>\n My mom and wife LOVED every minute of the journey \u2013 from the moment they started to plan their \u201coutfits\u201d to the dinner before (at a restaurant full of insanely dressed Gaga fans) and of course the \u201cBroadway, meets Madonna, meets\u00a0 LSD, meets a massive LGBT pride parade, future disco rave\u201d show itself\u2026<\/p>\n Me, well\u2026.<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t know me, I have a PhD in Comparative Religion, I am an ordained interfaith minister, trained as a chaplain, and business consultant and author of a few books including \u201cReturn to the Sacred\u201d and \u201cInspiration Deficit Disorder,\u201d both with Hay House books. I have been a director at Canyon Ranch Health resorts, an executive director at a major Canadian healthcare management company, and have been featured as an expert in books, films, radio, TV \u2013 the likes of Larry King Live, Yoga Journal, In Session TV, CNN, etc. etc. etc.<\/p>\n Why do I say all this? To blow my own horn? To promote myself? No. I say these things to make my comments very clear.<\/p>\n As of March 26, 2011, the night of the Monster\u2019s Ball, The Gaga is my Guru!!!<\/p>\n No, really! I loved this show and the woman herself! It was fantastic . My taste in clothing (or lack of it) and music is not always the same as hers, but she embodies something extraordinary and I have to honor it and follow it. Who knows if she was always like this, or not, or why she started on this road or not\u2026 Gossip is gossip and you can judge the past all you like.\u00a0 But in this moment she has been transformed into more than an icon and she is using her status to raise huge amounts of money for charity, huge amounts of awareness for disenfranchised groups and maintains a bizarre kind of artistic integrity that shows that you can be in the world and not of it at the same time.<\/p>\n That\u2019s why I am going to dedicate a mini-blog series to the Wisdom of Lady Gaga (as I see it). If you love her it Gossip is gossip and you can judge the past all you like.he same time.she is using her status to raise huge amounts of money fois worth reading, but if you don\u2019t get her yet, it makes it more worth reading\u2026!<\/p>\n So, before concluding Gaga for my Guru vol. 1<\/strong>, I want to highlight the three core messages she repeated again and again in her show.<\/p>\n 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Charity:<\/strong> Vote with your money, support charities, get involved, get educated and align yourself with brands that support your beliefs. Don\u2019t be an ignorant contributor to what you don\u2019t agree with.<\/p>\n