More than one source has said that the world has entered a crucial time, a period when things seem to be falling apart or coming to an end. However, sometimes things have to fall apart before they can be put back together in a new form, a better organization. Has your life ever felt as …
Today I’m feeling grumpy and depressed. I’m angry, too. These are not emotions I usually like to dwell in, and I don’t recommend that others do so either. They don’t lend themselves to helping us consciously create what we want in our lives. In fact deliberate creation becomes difficult when we get stuck in negative …
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I’m determined to put spiritual practice back into my life. I’ve been struggling for a year at least to find the time for a sustainable practice. I know…I teach and write about practical spirituality, by which I mean short, easy, sustainable practices that fit into our busy lives. However, I have failed to practice what …
When you travel, sometimes your bags get lost. However, no matter where you go, you can’t really lose your baggage — by which I mean your “stuff,” your issues. You can move, you can go away for a period of time, you can rearrange furniture, you can change your hairstyle and your wardrobe, but no …
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Do you want to be good at something? Do desire to be the best at your art, profession, sport, or hobby? If so, do you work at perfecting what you do? If not, you won’t achieve your goal. Even if you possess an inordinate amount of talent, you still need to perfect what you do. …
Tisha B’Av, the saddest day in the Jewish calendar, begins tonight. The Mishna says that five disasters occurred on this date, including the destruction of the First and Second Temples. The Rabbis who lived during the time of the destruction of the Second Temple were, understandably, preoccupied with the causes of these calamities. In one well-known source they tell …
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The kabbalists, or Jewish mystics, teach that every action has the same “dimension.” In other words, one action isn’t greater than another or bigger than another or better than another. An action we consider as quite meaningful or important, might actually be meaningless and unimportant in the greater scheme of things — in God’s perspective. …
In more than one mystical tradition, we are told that we know everything there is to know prior to being born into a physical body. We even know it while in utero. Then, once our little bodies make their way down through the birth canal and into the world, we forget all that knowledge and …
Why is Life about Remembering What We Have Forgotten? Read More »
Lately, I’ve been spending a lot of time at my computer early in the morning. I don’t mean at 6 a.m. I mean at 12:30 a.m. and at 1 a.m. and at 2 a.m. My days are so filled with marking things off my to-do list, handling emails and phone calls, social networking for business, …
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