The Michael Jackson Tapes: A Tragic Icon Reveals His Soul in Intimate Conversation by Shmuley Boteach & Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Author:Shmuley Boteach & Rabbi Shmuley Boteach [Boteach, Shmuley & Boteach, Rabbi Shmuley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Biography & Autobiography, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Music, Genres & Styles, Rock
ISBN: 9780786751563
Google: A3Cpylo9odcC
Amazon: B003156AXC
Publisher: Vanguard
Published: 2009-09-25T00:00:00+00:00

Years later I authored a book called The Kosher Sutra, which outlined all the erotic principles of attraction, with mystery, forbiddenness, and sinfulness being at the forefront. The book became a best-seller.

MJ: Uh huh.

SB: Why would you marry her if you could have her without the commitment? If you wanted to borrow ten million dollars from the bank manager, and he says, “Here Michael, here’s ten million dollars,” would you then say, “Oh, by the way, you forgot to ask me for collateral. Here it is”? You wouldn’t volunteer it. So, you understand what I’m saying? And they might never get married and these women come in their hundreds to me, crying, writing about how lonely they are. They don’t know the power of mystery. They go to bed on the first date; they don’t know how to hold back. He never has to win them over. And by the way, that’s what happened to Madonna. Madonna overexposed herself. She’s still a celebrity but she’s not what she was.

MJ: Yeah, I know.

SB: She didn’t even overexpose herself, Michael, through TV and music. It wasn’t that she gave too many interviews. Rather, she overexposed her body. She was a sex symbol. People wanted to know what her body looked like, and she did that stupid, sleazy, disgusting book, and all you had to do was buy the book. The mystery was permanently gone.

MJ: I know, I know. Exactly right.

SB: There are few people today who understand the power of mystery. You understand it because there is an intuitive spirituality to your nature that is a real gift. Because this understanding of mystery, and your understanding of the power of timing, helps us understand the holy. God only reveals very sporadically and at very choice moments. Mystery and timing are central to revelation. MJ: I love that. That’s one of my favorite things to think about too. SB: How hidden God is.

MJ: How hidden.

SB: You’ve got to find him.

MJ: You see all his miracles through him but you don’t see his face, himself, you know? You see through the children.

SB: Which makes you more interested in him?

MJ: Yeah.

SB: You want to find him?

MJ: Makes you want to seek him out and find him. Absolutely. I love that. And some people just throw up their hands and go, “What is this all about, this whole universe and where is he? I want to talk to him and what is it?” You know I love that. He’s the ultimate. He is. He’s the man.

SB: So this is how we stop people from being bored. First of all one more thing before we move on to boredom. So you instinctively knew timing, mystery? You just knew?

MJ: Yeah, it’s true, Shmuley.

SB: It’s not like a manager pulled you aside and said, “Michael. You can be a big star. Don’t overdo it”?

MJ: No. No way.

SB: Did your brothers not understand it?

MJ: No, they don’t understand it. They would jump on anything, any second. If anybody said, “I want to interview you tomorrow about Michael’s new style of dress, “Sure.

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