Did you know that the word for sin in Hebrew—chet—comes from the sport of archery? So does the word Torah, which refers to the Old Testament scrolls and the text they contain. On Yom Kippur, the Day of Repentance, Jews all over the world recite the holiday liturgy, which contains a repetition of the words …
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It’s easy to get so busy that you don’t make time to connect with the essence of life. You can call this God, Source, The Universe, Higher Self, Shechinah, Krishna, Buddah, Christ, or something else entirely. The name doesn’t matter, but your connection to the divine or sacred part of life does matter. We are …
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Most of us are born into one religious tradition or another. However, your religion of birth may not remain the religious or spiritual path you choose to follow later in life especially if it lacks meaning and spirit. I was reminded of this the other night as I sat in a Kabbalah class listening to …
In the past, like most Americans, I have seen getting older as something undesirable. You can probably relate. After all, who wants grey hair, wrinkles, varicose veins, or joint issues, right? (You may have some other aging symptoms to put on the list.) What we forget, however, is that as we age, we get wiser. …
Many people try to lead a spiritual or religious life by attending church, temple or synagogue services each week or by meditating and praying alone. However, often the thoughts of God or feelings of Divine connection they find during such activities are lost on Monday morning when these very same people enter the workplace. Most …
During a telephone conversation some years ago, friend of mine asked me, “Are you enjoying your new house?” She knew we had purchased a 25-year-old home in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California and our back yard consisted of a fabulous Redwood grove. The house had a two-story western-facing wall consisting of floor to …
Have you ever wondered why those of us on a spiritual path are told to have a “practice”? Imagine if we all joined a spiritual team and got together every day for practice. What would we do? Would we run prayer sprints? Would we stretch our beliefs? Would we scrimmage different religions? In fact, practice …
Most spiritual teachers and traditions agree: Wisdom comes from within, not from without. However, that wisdom doesn’t show up simply because we ask it to or because we go looking for it. We have to live a life that invites it in. We have to allow ourselves to have experiences that give us to access …
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